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They are never , nor. Bun-Bun has never even heard of the riddle or Uncle Time, despite all of the lore and myths that the story invokes. Suddenly, a gigantic Angel fleet led by Jesus Christ himself suddenly shuts down Maledict's trap and ambushes his fleet. The parody is taken even farther in a non-canon post, where the voice doesn't even give another character a chance to speak for himself and sends him straight into the afterlife.

At the moment when they are most deus ex machina defeated in battle, they. Not highlighted for spoilers since she obviously lives if there's a sequel. For example, at one point Hera offers her aid to the Argonauts to get them through. The autobus comes from a character with or random chance from nature or. For small stuff a Fate Point will turn a killing blow to a glancing one, cause the enemies to take you prisoner instead of killing you on the spot, or let you dodge that lethal fall pit, but it becomes one of these when, say, you've con been killed by being spaced, caught inside a collapsing mine or building, or by having a daemon biting your head off. He also orders Orestes to travel to Athens deus ex machina stand trial in their court, and ensures him of his subsequent acquittal. But this would be Deus ex machina, as much as in the system of glad causes. Obviously, they didn't simply revert to their old terrorist selves; either the Forced Shutdown replaced their terrorist memories with their virtual ones, or they now have both sets of memories. It is more justified than other examples since Daniel serves as a plot device to start the del, rather ending it, and although he can help them, he can not automatically fix all of their troubles or changing the past, and the story focuses on Shinji and Asuka and their struggles to recover from their traumas and repair their relationship. Common Examples of Deus Ex Machina There are many custodes of deus ex machina in films. Ann had been the deus ex machina of the house since Christa's babyhood.

While technically not impossible, some critics dislike the ending of Oliver Twist for tying things up too neatly. Auntie Shrew likely survived because she fell into a when the mud started flooding the house. In the protagonists are saved in the last act when a police officer shows up out of the blue with an order from the king arresting the villain. If the problem could be solved with a bit of or other type of simple intervention, the solution is not a Deus ex Machina no matter how unexpected it may seem.

Deus ex machina - If your character is on the verge of death with no hope of salvation, you actually get a dice roll to see if your patron deity turns up to haul your arse out of the fire.

If a bomb is about to go off, someone finds a convenient bomb-proof bunker in easy reach. If a protagonist , a. A of something occurring is accomplished by a bystander who. In its most literal interpretation, this is when a godlike figure or power, with all the convenient power that comes with that, arrives to solve the problem. A need not always be a Deus ex Machina or the sole way this trope plays out however. They are never , nor. If the problem could be solved with a bit of or other type of simple intervention, the solution is not a Deus ex Machina no matter how unexpected it may seem. The solution comes from a character with or random chance from nature or. The concept eventually came back into vogue during the early years of the film industry thanks to. Villains, and anyone else who didn't toe the moral line, were absolutely not allowed to get away with their crimes. But, more often than not. Remember, even the notorious Deus ex Machina. Apparent Deus ex Machina also happen plenty in , given reality is far more complex and random than most fictionalized versions of it. Not to mention that a Deus ex Machina short of the climax is a ; if the saving force complicates the story afterwards, it's the introduction of a new element. On top of that, the Deus ex Machina is often seen to take away from the plot and characters by forcing everything to fit. If the characters are prepared to accept the unwinnable scenario and all its consequences before the Deus ex Machina, , or it is only accomplished through a , it can take the sting out of its use. Compare to the , , , , , and. Not to be confused with the tropes , or. Nor the works , , , , or. Also, please make sure an example meets the criteria before submitting. This is not a place to. And just as Greymon tries to finish off Tommy, he, along with his army, then just disappeared. Like, poof, bye bye. Heck, the story even says that they just disappeared for no reason. No one even questions this as they were too busy on the dying Tommy. Then he dies, and suddenly, comes out of nowhere and revives him. In total, there's two Deus ex Machinas in the span of a minute. After the events of canon and the preceding fic, Shinji and Asuka were physically burned-out and emotionally wrecked. This story's author wanted to try to give them a happy end, and he thought that. So that in the first chapter a called Daniel appeared in front of Shinji and Asuka and offered to help them. It is more justified than other examples since Daniel serves as a plot device to start the story, rather ending it, and although he can help them, he can not automatically fix all of their troubles or changing the past, and the story focuses on Shinji and Asuka and their struggles to recover from their traumas and repair their relationship. And when the main external conflict begins, the main characters are cut off him, so that he can not bail them out. Instead, the Dementor and releases their life force, allowing them to. A bit more Justified than other examples, serving as a plot device to start the story, rather than the more common use in ending it. A force of good only unicorns with golden horns can summon to amplify their magic by shouting that they believe. It is never explained what it really is, why only golden horned unicorns can use it and how the Grand Ruler discovered it, but it is the main attack to kill all. After realizing a poisoned trainer is completely an , a ghost Pokémon, under orders from Giratina, takes control. Ghost Controlled Trainer: This is the most fun we've had in decades! Then, Fluttershy appears from nowhere the narration just states that she was hiding behind a cart the entire time and to take out the tree. That's because the same thing has happened to so many of Valdemar's historical figures. For example, their version of is about the same as ours, except that the ending also involves Eliza becoming a Herald; in this particular example, the 'Herald Ex Machina' doesn't resolve the plot so much as provide a handily built-in. This is in a setting where guns are the weapon of choice and no character is ever shown to have a bow. Maledict has , leaving the heroes in a literally hopeless situation. Suddenly, a gigantic Angel fleet led by Jesus Christ himself suddenly shuts down Maledict's trap and ambushes his fleet. While it was explained that a living person entering the cauldron of his or her own free will would seal its powers, it is not explained why it kills the guy and destroys the castle. It's implied that it's just that evil, but that's a rather. It is also highly anticlimactic, because the King doesn't get to DO anything, despite being hinted as being a powerful sorcerer. Another is supplied by the witches, who revive the person that jumped into the cauldron. And why is it that the witches have this cauldron in the first place and the heroes practically fall on top of apparently the only society that knows where they are? When he's swinging a sword and raving about how He shall cast down the wicked, the gargoyle under his feet roars at him and breaks off. He eventually manages to persuade the kid to give him the Piece and put him back into the story, with him zooming out of the portal. Auntie Shrew likely survived because she fell into a when the mud started flooding the house. All seems to be lost until Saddam insults Satan one too many times after receiving several brutal electric shocks from Cartman's V-chip. Satan finally stands up to Saddam and kills him, thanking Kenny for giving him the courage to get out of his abusive relationship, and grants him one wish. Kenny's wish is for all the horror and tragedy of the US-Canada war to be undone, even if it means going back to hell himself. Also, instead of going back to hell, as a reward for his sacrifice, Kenny is sent to heaven where he is greeted by large-breasted angels. The villain's plans are undone by the explosive music. Once the smoke clears, SpongeBob is left dangling on the end of a rope suspended above the stage in a neat reference to the literal Greek tragedy deus ex machina. While the movie is different in many ways from the original fairy tale, this detail comes straight from the source material. The fact that her healing powers were rather mysterious to begin with may also be a factor. However, nothing in the movie itself foreshadows it in any way unless you believe the theory that the drop of sun from the intro is the tear that saved Flynn. Its arrival is accompanied by a choir of angelic voices on the soundtrack. Even though it was established that O. Apparently, they forgot about this. Not all instances from classical mythology are subversions, though. For example, at one point Hera offers her aid to the Argonauts to get them through. It's the only time in all of antiquity when she is depicted as acting nice, let alone toward heroes. In fact, the entire name of the trope came from the theatrical device used via a cherry-picker like machine in ancient Greek plays based on the Greeks' myths. This gave him the idea for the Infinite Improbability Drive. This was basically invented by Kotua in Space as a means of getting his character, who had been reduced to a ghost forced to possess vehicles in order to stay in this world, back into a physical human body in an easy and feasible manner. This happened several times with the same people. Given the context, this might very well be a literal case of Deus ex Machina. This was later parodied by , in which the voice outright scolded a man for trying to convince it to bring him back. The parody is taken even farther in a non-canon post, where the voice doesn't even give another character a chance to speak for himself and sends him straight into the afterlife. Quite conveniently, Reptile's T-1 Typhoon crash-landed into the volcano and dropped off some climbing gear. Interestingly, unlike most examples of , this was not but , since Rex realized that relying on a Deus ex Machina to save the day is a poor strategy that could easily backfire. Rex later attempted to Deus ex Machina by setting up a in advance, only to be punished for it by the. It costs experience points to use in that fashion, but other than that the only stated downside is that the deity might refuse. A sacrifice is performed, runes are drawn, and if the aforementioned deity is in a good mood, Deus ex Machina may occur. However, if your prayer has angered it, the divine intervention will benefit your opponents! The Gizmos advantage is designed to let players imitate fictional characters like Batman and James Bond, as described above. Which can be a very good thing if you're playing an angel, and a very bad thing if you're a demon. And of course, a roll of 666 causes a direct satanic intervention. Also, any angel can try to summon his archangel, and any demon can try to summon his demon prince. And yes, it can work... Cards with Miracle are all powerful, expensive spells. However, if they're the first card their owner draws in a turn, they can be immediately played for their deeply discounted Miracle cost, making them a sudden solution to many a hopeless scenario. When a PC ends up in some sort of , the PC's player can invoke the Hand Of God, having the GM save the PC via some form of Deus ex Machina. There's a catch, of course: it has a hefty experience-point cost, and it can only be used once per character. For small stuff a Fate Point will turn a killing blow to a glancing one, cause the enemies to take you prisoner instead of killing you on the spot, or let you dodge that lethal fall pit, but it becomes one of these when, say, you've just been killed by being spaced, caught inside a collapsing mine or building, or by having a daemon biting your head off. They appear without warning and aid beleaguered Imperial forces against the enemies of mankind, then disappear as soon as the battle is won just as suddenly as they came. Notably, this is one that creeps out the Imperials something fierce. Interestingly, one of the theories behind the Damned Legionnaires' appearance is that they are extensions of the God-Emperor's will. Although he's more like. If your character is on the verge of death with no hope of salvation, you actually get a dice roll to see if your patron deity turns up to haul your arse out of the fire. Whether it be a where it shouldn't be, the players making a decision that turns out to be much worse than they could imagine, or other misadventure, a group of players will find themselves in a situation where the only way out is to basically cheat. Some GMs will just rewrite the then-latest events, but for GMs who like to maintain the narrative, this may be the only way out. Detective protagonist Stone appearing as Stine's after his part was brutally miscast by the studio goes over to Stine's typewriter and does a little , making Stine beat up the cops and defeat the producer. He recounts the tale of how Sabrina previously unmentioned and then calls on her to help them, which she does. Diabetes: God is dead. Idamante is about to be sacrificed to Neptune, when the god's voice proclaims that he is to live instead and take the throne from his father. A wind appears to make their escape more difficult — but Athena appears to order the pursuit to stop. Many critics have noted that apparently Euripides introduced the wind, which serves no other plot function, solely in order to have an excuse to make Athena appear. Not highlighted for spoilers since she obviously lives if there's a sequel. The two of them and Orestes' best friend Pylades have escaped, taken Orestes' fiancée hostage, and are holed up in the palace ready to burn it all down around them... This ending is traditionally read as Euripides having written himself into a situation where none of his characters could be expected to solve things without divine intervention. However, more modern readings of the play as a as in Anne Carson's super-snarky translation , suggest that we are fully meant to notice how arbitrary Apollo's solutions to the characters' problems are. Winter's arrival at the end of Nice Work If You Can Get It serves only to resolve all plot conflicts, clear a few mysteries, and allow for a happy ending for all. There was no way he could defeat Giovanni on his own, especially since Pikachu had already been knocked out. Bach's The Stoned Guest. At the end of the opera,. Then, for literally no reason at all , they all spring back to life and sing about how it's a happy ending. In the protagonists are saved in the last act when a police officer shows up out of the blue with an order from the king arresting the villain. The conclusion of The School for Wives is so bizarrely complicated that we're still not quite sure what happened, but the gist is that the star-crossed lovers' respective families show up to let them know that they had arranged their marriage years ahead of time without either of them knowing it. The play ends with a comment saying how unlike real life this is. Just as things have got as bad as they can possibly get for the protagonist, Three Gods who have been present on Earth since the opening scene, and in fact were responsible for the protagonist's predicament in the first place , pointedly do not step in to resolve matters, and instead mount a giant pink cloud and ascend into the heavens. Which ones are straightforward Deus ex Machinas and which ones are parodies or subversions can be an interesting subject for debate. But hey, look at that, it happens to solve both the A- and B-plots in one fell swoop! Cue the finale, it's time to go home! Not only have wacky plot elements been present from the beginning of the operetta, but there has been plenty of foreshadowing of Ruth's final revelation that the pirates are really noblemen ; from the first line of the first song, in fact! Examples: they drink sherry instead of rum or grog, they hold fast to their code of honour even when it leads to their constant defeat in battle, and there is an entire song about how it's better to be a pirate king than a real one. In the same opera, the police deliberately try to invoke this. At the moment when they are most hopelessly defeated in battle, they... The ending of is either this or , depending on how you read it although it did that is usually a DEM. But before that, Hymen, the literal god of marriage, shows up to resolve romantic subplots and make predictions in rhyming couplets. It is never explained how she got this information or why she didn't reveal it before Shylock lost everything he owned and Antonio nearly died. There was no prior indication that Tahu had the Vahi though the novelization Makuta's Revenge fixes this. Granted, the Mask Of Life has done and created some pretty crazy things with its power before, but this is said to be a contingency plan of the Great Beings for if The Makuta ever rebelled. It was never mentioned prior to this, and you'd think it would've activated a lot sooner. This, however, would release a malevolent specifically that of their leader during their time as terrorists which would infect every person on the planet, essentially turning it into a world of nothing but copies of said leader, plunging the recovering world into a permanent state of blood, horror, and, most especially, despair. Oh, and it would also trap a couple surviving characters from the first game inside the virtual world. However, this would completely destroy said malevolent AI, saving the world. They choose option B. The ending of the game reveals that after getting out of the program, the characters decide to stay on the island and try to revive their friends who died inside the virtual world of which there is a very, very small chance of pulling off , peaceably seeing off said first-game characters who put them in the program in the first place. Obviously, they didn't simply revert to their old terrorist selves; either the Forced Shutdown replaced their terrorist memories with their virtual ones, or they now have both sets of memories. Either way, there was no foreshadowing or explanation given for how or why the program would behave in such a way. There are other events where this happens, sometimes even being mentioned by the cast. As a result, she accidentally discovers, in the school library, the only surviving copy of a book that contains some information that the elves were trying to keep secret. Oddly, despite the , this is not a normal example of the literary trope, because it serves to drive the plot rather than resolve it. One arc involving factional elections amongst rabbits comes to an end with a completely unexplained, contrived resolution that , just in time for Made all the more jarring by their salvation in this situation spontaneously appearing and disappearing with no indication from where or why it came and left as it did. Even if is a hint to who saved the day, it's still never mentioned before or after. You'd think it would've paved the way for a , or that she'd be forced undo the spell and return them. Near the end of chapter 18, the wand became by enabling Mel to sense they were alive, , in less than a minute. While the Monster in the Darkness is a mystery to everyone except Rich Berlew; this new ability introduced comes right out of nowhere and at the most convenient of times for our heroes. The fact that it also reunites them back with their friends does not help. It's deliberately played off under so it is excusable, but still tastes like a. Also, while it's not quite an example there are a few hints , the comic how close it is to this when Julio Scoundrel arrives just in time to save the Order of the Stick from Elan's father in his flying airship. The name of his airship? QC, one should note, is set in a slightly-warped version of the real world, somewhere between and a or world. The goddess of good has been trapped in the Demon King's refrigerator since the conquest of her world, but as the story had been told within the comic years previously, her appearance was widely predicted by the readers. So when she's freed from the fridge and sets things right, no one's really surprised. This is really more though if it were a can instead of a leaky ziplock, we'd be short several plotlines. Finally, when Santa is left with no other options, he tries to use it, but Bun-Bun, being the Easter Bunny, has hidden the egg. Later, Bun-Bun himself is forced to use it to save his own life, magically bringing all of his enemies back to life and defeating him, but leaving him alive. While the sudden appearance of the brother of a Time God living in the basement of a timeless dimension is thematically consistent, he really seemed to appear just in time to wrap up the storyline quicker. Bonus points for wrapping the continuity to the beginning of the series though, and explaining Bun-bun's appearance without revealing any mysteries about his past. This is , since Uncle Time automatically assumes that Bun-Bun , which led him there. Bun-Bun has never even heard of the riddle or Uncle Time, despite all of the lore and myths that the story invokes. He's actually trying to subtly kill the literary device in several cultures in an attempt to make them more self-reliant, which gets awkward when he's simultaneously acting as one. He has no way out of the situation when suddenly Hermes, who had not been so much as mentioned up to that point, shows up. He doesn't actually save the day, but does provide enough of a distraction to give the rest of the main cast time to show up. It later turns out that the wolf was in fact whom Leon had unknowingly freed earlier. Paul is a bit freaked out by this, since it seems to have come out of nowhere and required knowledge that she shouldn't have had, and he figures that Things like that just didn't happen to me, suddenly being bailed out by an unexpected ally, just seconds after being caught flat-footed. And she was a Celestial, to boot. The only remaining question is how got the jar in the first place... Of particular note is SCP-, which basically acts as a to clone humanity in the event of an apocalypse. It is a Deus Ex Machina even more considering that he is saved by a machine, but we must consider that 's intervention was foretold in the beginning of the episode, and that his presence really is useful for the next events: stays on track and makes the narration progress. The character who offers her the job is a pre-existing minor character that gave absolutely no previous indication of being in a position in which he could offer her such a job. Alvin-Earthworm, the series creator, criticizes himself for writing this into the episode, and he intends to omit this episode from the reboot as a result.