Don't confuse him for a hack writer.
"Metatron acts as the Voice of God. Any documented occasion when some yahoo claims that God has spoken to them, they're speaking to me. Or they're talking to themselves."
— Metatron, Dogma
Showing up in deuterocanonical and apocryphal text, Metatron is an angel that acts as the Voice of God. Believed to be Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah who Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence in Biblical text, Metatron acts as the "Lesser YHWH", God's own Mouth of Sauron. Because of His tremendous power, Metatron will give out messages from Him as people are capable of withstanding Metatron's presence. Out of the angels Metatron is rather unique; he's one of few angels without an -el in his name, and one of the only times a human becomes an angel.
A popular figure in Judeo-Christian mysticism, Metatron may or may not be considered an archangel but he is usually depicted with a high position in the angelic hierarchy. He is sometimes used to explain God's judgement being harsher in the Old Testament; Metatron was more active then, and has a low opinion on humanity now that he has the purity of an angel. Besides being God's Mouth of Sauron, Metatron is seen as God's holy scribe and a figure of wisdom. Under the traditional characterization, Metatron is an Emissary from the Divine.
His name, in Greek, means "Next to the Throne", i.e. God's right-hand angel, though this etymology is disputed
in some circles. Not to be confused with Name-Tron, or Megatron in particular. Also not to be confused with Mettaton. Or Metatron.
Examples:
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Anime & Manga
- Devils and Realist: Metatron is the chief of Virtues and was once the human Enoch before being changed into an angel by Archangel Michael. Metatron specialises in manipulating people to get what he wants.
- O-Parts Hunter (also known as 666 Satan): Cross Biancina, one of the main protagonists, is the human host of Metatron, the angel number 1 of the Light Kabbalah. Metatron is considered the most powerful angel, and the only being capable of defeating Satan.
- Shaman King: A priest summoned six of the eight archangels in question and bound them to various cars, transforming them into mechanical nature spirits (the other two were apparently naturally-occurring). Metatron, who takes the form of a Hummer H1 that shaman Chris Venstar drove in the Gulf War, is said to be the strongest of the eight.
- Seven Heavenly Virtues (2018): Metatron is one of the angels supposedly meant to represent the Seven Heavenly Virtues, with hers being charity. She's an attractive nurse-looking woman and Shameless Fanservice Girl who's prone to deciding people need treatment, even when they're actually fine. She has a sadistic Split Personality.
Comic Books
- The Immortal Hulk: Approaching Bruce Banner at the end of the universe, the Sentience of the Universe is revealed to be Metatron. Like in the previous universe where he merged with Galen to become Galactus, he plans to do so with Banner for the next. Unfortunately Banner has been possessed by The One Below All, and consumes the Metatron to become the Breaker-Apart and lay waste to the next universe.
Fan Works
- The Lone Traveler: Metatron makes an appearance in one arc, where he bears a startling resemblance to Harry's old potions teacher Severus Snape.
- Saving Blitzo: The titular angel appears as a reoccurring character and a close friend of Stolas in Healing Blitzo. He acts as God's strategist and messenger in carrying out his divine will, and knows all the affairs that go on in Heaven, Hell and Earth. This includes I.M.P.'s dealings on the mortal plane. Despite this, he is willing to work alongside them once Stolas sides with heaven and Blitzo agrees to disband the company.
Films — Live-Action
- Dogma: Metatron is God's Translator Buddy, speaking on Their behalf because mere mortals cannot withstand God's true voice ("We went through five Adams before we figured that one out."). He shows up in Bethany's bedroom to warn of the impending end of the universe. With God incapacitated at the moment he serves as the Big Good, though is kind of a dick.
Literature
- Accel World: She is one of The Four Saints, initially the Final Boss of Country Cathedral before being controlled by the Acceleration Research Society to guard the location of the ISS Kit Core. Her normal form is rather abstract and she admits to not having the same concept of good and evil as people, but she's capable of taking a cuter humanoid form.
- Date A Live: Metatron is the angel of Shido's classmate Origami Tobiichi, referred to as the Angel of Extinction. Along with Sandalphon and Camael Metatron ranks among the strongest of the angels.
- Good Omens: Metatron serves as the spokesperson of God, and in the book appears to Adam after he cancels the apocalypse to start it back up. In the TV series, it's Gabriel who talks to Adam instead. It's also described as the Metatron.
- His Dark Materials: Metatron is the Regent for the Authority, the very first angel and the Demiurge figure of the franchise. Long ago he imprisoned the Authority and took control of the angels for himself. As Enoch he had a brother called Baruch, who became an angel too.
- Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle: Metatron is one of the Ragnarok who guards the first Ruin Babel. It's signature ability is reflecting attacks.
Live-Action TV
- Good Omens (2019):
- Metatron returns from the book played by Derek Jacobi, however, his role is reduced, with him only appearing in the bookshop to confirm to Aziraphale that yes, Heaven is just as intent on starting Armageddon as Hell is. He looks like a glowing floating head, and states to speak to him is to speak to God, but his presence is really, as Aziraphale points out, akin to the Presidential Spokesperson when you want to speak to the President.
- Appears in season 2 as well, when he asks Aziraphale to become the new Supreme Archangel of All Heaven.
- Supernatural: Metatron fills the roll of God's scribe. However with God being absentee and the archangels interesting in taking over the universe, he feels he can use his expertise to fill the God role himself. Unlike in the source material he wasn't human, but a glorified pencil pusher until God chose him to be his scribe. When he learns the level of God's apathy, he's rather offended. Also, like his brother Archangel Gabriel, he grows to genuinely appreciate humanity despite our many flaws, in contrast to the significantly more cynical views of his siblings (we're maggots) and Father (we're disappointments).
Music
Tabletop Games
- In Nomine. Metatron is the Voice of God: God speaks to the angels through him. Just before Lucifer starts his rebellion against God, he destroys Metatron.
- Mage: The Awakening: The Metatron is one of the Seraphim, one of the groups of Angels who inhabit the Supernal Realm of the Aether. He's described as a towering humanoid being of pure fire with countless wings constantly folding and unfolding behind it and constant electricity sparkling around it.
Video Games
- El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron: While not called Metatron yet, the game is titled as such as it deals with Enoch serving as God's scribe and teaming up with the as-of-yet unfallen Lucifel to deal with the Nephilim causing chaos. The implication is this is Enoch half-way between assuming the identity of Metatron.
- Fate/Grand Order: Metatron possesses a version of Jeanne d'Arc to descend as a Ruler Servant meant to judge humanity. However, she also embodies Sloth of the Seven Deadly Sins and is a Lazy Bum who lounges on a throne all day.
- Granblue Fantasy: Metatron is one of the primarchs and Lucilius' final creations who first appears in "Light's Reverie" to test the protagonist. Having power over light, he was created with the purpose of counterbalancing Avatar and inhibiting his destructive impulses. He has power that rivals Lucifer, however his body is incapable of staying whole for long periods of time and he self-destructs when that time passes.
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: Near the climax of the story, Voss shows Indy a mural depicting the Metatron bestowing Noah the stones needed to steer the Ark across the world before The Great Flood.
- Shin Megami Tensei: Metatron is a recurring boss that stands in for YHVH when He's not available. He's a robotic Winged Humanoid, reflecting his extreme dedication to YHVH even by the standards of other angels. According to Naoya in Devil Survivor and Mido in Shin Megami Tensei IV, his backstory as a human called Enoch still stands, with Naoya calling him as such when he speaks back to him.
- Silent Hill: The (fictional) Seal of Metatron appears throughout the franchise as one of the symbols associated with the Order. It is said to give its bearer incredible supernatural protection and dispelling abilities regardless of whether or not they are good or evil. It is a powerful sigil, though some see it as a piece of junk.
Visual Novels
- Dies irae ~Interview with Kaziklu Bey~: Claudia Jerusalem's greatest desire is to be able to embrace the sunlight and become a radiating angel. She manages to get her wish, transforming into an angel-like being referred to as Metatron,note however this accelerates her skin cancer from being an albino who loves the light and leads to her death. Not that she regretted it.
Webcomics
- Archipelago: Deep in the underground tunnels of the islands, the ruins of a fallen civilization are filled with magical automatons called Metatrons which resemble pink balls of light with wings. The heroes encounter one which deems them trespassers and threatens to have them disintegrated if they don't provide the proper password. Once the correct password is entered into a console, it becomes completely friendly and leads them to an elevator.
- Kill Six Billion Demons: Metatron 1 was the scribe of YISUN, and privy to God's secrets. Originally thought slain with the rest of the Prime Angels by the Conquering King during his conquest of Throne, Metatron is later revealed to still be alive but trapped on the edge of death after the Conquering King tortured the 777,777 true voices of God out of him and forged the first Magus Key from them. Metatron is the creator and leader of the Thorn Knights, a faction of angels who seek to sterilize Throne of mortals and return the angels to watching over an empty Universe. Later revelations by Jagganoth puts this narrative in some question: According to Jagganoth, Metatron is the Greater-Scope Villain and gave the voices of God to Zoss, and is currently forcing Zoss to trap existence in an Eternal Recurrence while looking for a 'true successor' for some unknown reason. Even Jagganoth doesn't know why yet (and this doesn't explain why Metatron is trapped in his own shell), but he plans to take Zoss' Key to slay Metatron and end the cycle once and for all.