Illogical placement and timing Deus Ex Machina-When something is established and explained in the work, but its use in that situation is jarring and impossible to believe.The hero then finds a magical remote control under a nearby couch that allows him to pause the scene, take the gun away, and shoot the villain. Let's say the hero has been pummeled to an inch of his life and the villain has regained control of his gun. Total Deus Ex Machina-A plot element that didn't previously exist and has no logical explanation behind it.There are four primary forms a Deus Ex Machina can take:
It has since come to be used as a general term for any event in which a seemingly fatal plot twist is resolved by an event never foreshadowed or set up. It refers to situations in which a crane ( machine) was used to lower actors or statues playing a god or gods ( deus) onto the stage to set things right, often near the end of the play. The term is Latin for god out of the machine ( pronunciation: Day-oos eks MAH-kee-nah) and has its origins in ancient Greek theater. If The Hero is dangling at the edge of a cliff with a villain stepping on his fingers, a flying robot suddenly appears to save him. If the writers have just lost funding, a millionaire suddenly arrives, announces an interest in their movie, and offers all the finances they need to make it. If the secret documents are in Russian, one of the spies suddenly reveals that they learned the language. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP.Ī common form of Ass Pull or Writer Cop Out, a Deus Ex Machina is an outside force that solves a seemingly unsolvable problem in an extremely unlikely (and, usually, anticlimactic) way. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace.
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