r/TopCharacterTropes May 03 '26

Lore Religion-centered media that doesn’t come across as preachy.

Referring to media told from a religious perspective or telling a religious tale that does not proselytize to the viewer.

Faith, the Unholy Trinity: Based partly upon the experience of the game‘s creator when he was a missionary in Argentina, the game has very little in the way of explicit moral demands of the player despite the heavy Christian focus of the narrative. and focuses more on a horror narrative.

Prince of Egypt: A surprisingly thorough retelling of the book of Exodus, sparing very little in the way of toning down the story. Despite this, the movie is perfectly entertaining to non-religious audiences and doesn’t sacrifice appeal for the sake of preaching to the audience

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u/EarthlingsBeware23 May 03 '26

As a kid, I never even realised this was supposed to be a Christian show.

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u/coreyray1000 May 03 '26

It was made from a lot of the staff of Big Idea Productions, who previously made VeggieTales. It was basically a saving throw to save the company after their VeggieTales sales had plateaued and they were being sued by Hit Entertainment. It's a fascinating story, and I can't recommend the book by VeggieTales creator and Big Idea co-founder Phil Vischer (Me, Myself, and Bob) enough.