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This is written as complaining and therefore comes across as an extremely wordy Zero Context Example.
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* Fights in later arcs (particularly the Thousand Year Blood War arc) of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' involve copious amounts of this. Many fights have the villains showing unusually powerful abilities, only for the Shinigami fighting them to reveal a power that just so happens to be a perfect counter to that villain's ability. The fight between Shunsui Kyoraku and Lille Barro is not so much a fight as it is two people trying to repeatedly outdo one another on a basis. How exactly the Shinigami managed to beat the Schutzstaffel is ridiculous.
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%% * Fights in later arcs (particularly the Thousand Year Blood War arc) of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' involve copious amounts of this. Many fights have the villains showing unusually powerful abilities, only for the Shinigami fighting them to reveal a power that just so happens to be a perfect counter to that villain's ability. The fight between Shunsui Kyoraku and Lille Barro is not so much a fight as it is two people trying to repeatedly outdo one another on a basis. How exactly the Shinigami managed to beat the Schutzstaffel is ridiculous.
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Natter. Regardless of how much sense a twist makes, if it's an example it doesn't need justification.
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** When Vegeta attempts to wish the earth back and everyone who's died since the day of the tournament. Dende tells Vegeta about the previously established limitation of Porunga: he can only bring back one person at a time. Then suddenly the new Grand Elder tells Dende that after Freeza they upgraded Porunga's powers, so they can bring back more than one person. Which does make sense when you consider that the Earth's Dragon Ball got upgraded by Denda to make more than one wish and it would make sense for the Namekian Dragon Balls to be upgraded since the Namekian race would have been destroyed if it wasn't for the mass revival Shenron could do.
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** When Vegeta attempts to wish the earth back and everyone who's died since the day of the tournament. Dende tells Vegeta about the previously established limitation of Porunga: he can only bring back one person at a time. Then suddenly the new Grand Elder tells Dende that after Freeza they upgraded Porunga's powers, so they can bring back more than one person. Which does make sense when you consider that the Earth's Dragon Ball got upgraded by Denda to make more than one wish and it would make sense for the Namekian Dragon Balls to be upgraded since the Namekian race would have been destroyed if it wasn't for the mass revival Shenron could do.
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** Another one comes at the end of Part 5, when Giorno fights Diavolo. Giorno is [[spoiler: pierced by the Requiem Arrow]], and his Stand Gold Experience gains the ability to [[spoiler: ''[[NoSellnegate any action taken by an opponent.'']]]] Stands had been shown to develop new abilities thanks to the arrow before, but that power is ridiculously broken.
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** Another one comes at the end of Part 5, when Giorno fights Diavolo. Giorno is [[spoiler: pierced by the Requiem Arrow]], and his Stand Gold Experience gains the ability to [[spoiler: ''[[NoSellnegate ''[[NoSell negate any action taken by an opponent.'']]]] Stands had been shown to develop new abilities thanks to the arrow before, but that power is ridiculously broken.
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** Another one comes at the end of Part 5, when Giorno fights Diavolo. Giorno is [[spoiler: pierced by the Requiem Arrow]], and his Stand Gold Experience gains the ability to [[spoiler: ''negate any action taken by an opponent.'']] Stands had been shown to develop new abilities thanks to the arrow before, but that power is ridiculously broken.
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** Another one comes at the end of Part 5, when Giorno fights Diavolo. Giorno is [[spoiler: pierced by the Requiem Arrow]], and his Stand Gold Experience gains the ability to [[spoiler: ''negate ''[[NoSellnegate any action taken by an opponent.'']] '']]]] Stands had been shown to develop new abilities thanks to the arrow before, but that power is ridiculously broken.
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* Fights in later arcs (particularly the Thousand Year Blood War arc) of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' involve copious amounts of this. Many fights have the villains showing absurdly powerful abilities, only for the Shinigami fighting them to reveal a power that just so happens to be a perfect counter to that villain's ability. The fight between Shunsui Kyoraku and Lille Barro is not so much a fight as it is two people trying to repeatedly outdo one another on an asspull basis. How exactly the Shinigami manage to beat the Schutzstaffel is ridiculous.
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* Fights in later arcs (particularly the Thousand Year Blood War arc) of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' involve copious amounts of this. Many fights have the villains showing absurdly unusually powerful abilities, only for the Shinigami fighting them to reveal a power that just so happens to be a perfect counter to that villain's ability. The fight between Shunsui Kyoraku and Lille Barro is not so much a fight as it is two people trying to repeatedly outdo one another on an asspull a basis. How exactly the Shinigami manage managed to beat the Schutzstaffel is ridiculous.
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** Part 2 eventually has the BigBad Kars becomes ''immortal'', being able to survive being roasted alive in a volcano and being able to curb stomp the good guys. Joseph admits his defeat as the battle is truely hopeless and he's run out of plans... then Kars's finishing move gets bounced and amplified by the [[McGuffin Red Stone of Adja]], creating a giant volcanic eruption and along with other things being tossed that launch him into the outer space, where he is ultimately frozen alive and floating around the universe for eternity.
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** Part 2 eventually has the BigBad Kars becomes ''immortal'', being able to survive being roasted alive in a volcano and being able to curb stomp the good guys. Joseph admits his defeat as the battle is truely truly hopeless and he's run out of plans... then Kars's finishing move gets bounced and amplified by the [[McGuffin Red Stone of Adja]], creating a giant volcanic eruption and along with other things being tossed that launch him into the outer space, where he is ultimately frozen alive and floating around the universe for eternity.
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*** [[spoiler: In the same arc, when all the 3000 Faces were about to activate and destroy all magic of the continent, the dragons, the same that raised some of the protagonists and dissapeared several years ago, appeared out of nowhere and destroyed all the Faces.]]
* In Doraemon: Nobita's Little Space Battle, the characters have been shrunk and the gadget they used to do so had been stolen, so they must take it back as it is the only way to reverse the shrinking effect - or wait for half a week, because apparently the effects of the shrink ray isn't permanent. Plenty of other times though it's been implied that it ''is'' ever-lasting. In fact, this is the only time that the effects of the shrink ray wear off in the show.
* In Doraemon: Nobita's Little Space Battle, the characters have been shrunk and the gadget they used to do so had been stolen, so they must take it back as it is the only way to reverse the shrinking effect - or wait for half a week, because apparently the effects of the shrink ray isn't permanent. Plenty of other times though it's been implied that it ''is'' ever-lasting. In fact, this is the only time that the effects of the shrink ray wear off in the show.
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*** [[spoiler: In the same arc, when all the 3000 3,000 Faces were about to activate and destroy all magic of the continent, the dragons, the same that raised some of the protagonists and dissapeared several years ago, appeared out of nowhere and destroyed all the Faces.]]
* In Doraemon: Nobita's Little Space Battle, the characters have been shrunk and the gadget they used to do so had been stolen, so they must take it back as it is the only way to reverse the shrinking effect - or wait for half a week, because apparently the effects of the shrink ray isn't permanent. Plenty of other times though it's been implied that it ''is''ever-lasting.everlasting. In fact, this is the only time that the effects of the shrink ray wear off in the show.
* In Doraemon: Nobita's Little Space Battle, the characters have been shrunk and the gadget they used to do so had been stolen, so they must take it back as it is the only way to reverse the shrinking effect - or wait for half a week, because apparently the effects of the shrink ray isn't permanent. Plenty of other times though it's been implied that it ''is''
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* Fights in later arcs (particularly the Thousand Year Blood War arc) of ''Manga/Bleach'' involve copious amounts of this. Many fights have the villains showing absurdly powerful abilities, only for the Shinigami fighting them to reveal a power that just so happens to be a perfect counter to that villain's ability. The fight between Shunsui Kyoraku and Lille Barro is not so much a fight as it is two people trying to repeatedly outdo one another on an asspull basis. How exactly the Shinigami manage to beat the Schutzstaffel is ridiculous.
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* Fights in later arcs (particularly the Thousand Year Blood War arc) of ''Manga/Bleach'' ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' involve copious amounts of this. Many fights have the villains showing absurdly powerful abilities, only for the Shinigami fighting them to reveal a power that just so happens to be a perfect counter to that villain's ability. The fight between Shunsui Kyoraku and Lille Barro is not so much a fight as it is two people trying to repeatedly outdo one another on an asspull basis. How exactly the Shinigami manage to beat the Schutzstaffel is ridiculous.
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* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', when Frieza is revived and comes to destroy the Earth, everyone is crapping their pants because Goku was "the only one" who had a chance at beating him. Then, out of nowhere, Trunks appears, killing Frieza with a few slashes, then King Cold shortly after. Yes, Frieza was a way of giving the Z Fighters' newest ally his big introduction to set up the Android/Cell sagas, but that doesn't keep him from looking like something out of a fanfic.
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** When Frieza is revived and comes to destroy the Earth, everyone is crapping their pants because Goku was "the only one" who had a chance at beating him. Then, out of nowhere, Trunks appears, killing Frieza with a few slashes, then King Cold shortly after. Yes, Frieza was a way of giving the Z Fighters' newest ally his big introduction to set up the Android/Cell sagas, but that doesn't keep him from looking like something out of a fanfic.
** When Frieza is revived and comes to destroy the Earth, everyone is crapping their pants because Goku was "the only one" who had a chance at beating him. Then, out of nowhere, Trunks appears, killing Frieza with a few slashes, then King Cold shortly after. Yes, Frieza was a way of giving the Z Fighters' newest ally his big introduction to set up the Android/Cell sagas, but that doesn't keep him from looking like something out of a fanfic.
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* In ''Manga/DragonBallZ'', when Vegeta attempts to wish the earth back and everyone who's died since the day of the tournament. Dende tells Vegeta about the previously established limitation of Porunga: he can only bring back one person at a time. Then suddenly the new Grand Elder tells Dende that after Freeza they upgraded Porunga's powers, so they can bring back more than one person.
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** [[spoiler:The X-Balls from Edolas arc. No more needs to be said.]]
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** [[spoiler:The X-Balls from Edolas arc. No more needs The X-Balls, which provided a way for the Fairy Tail gang to be said.]]regain their magic in Edolas. There's no hint for how or why Mystogan (who gave them the X-Balls) would have them.
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** At the climax of the 4th World War, Madara successfully captures all of the Tailed Beasts. This includes Naruto's Tailed Beast, and as a result, Naruto is left on the verge of death. A few minutes later, Sasuke attacks Madara, who proceeds to fatally stab Sasuke with nonchalance. With the two main characters on the verge of death, and Madara becoming a Jinchurikii, he is very close to achieving his goal with nothing in his way, and all seems lost. Enter one Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, a character with only one line of dialogue prior to his meeting with Naruto & Sasuke. He proceeds to grant massive power-ups to Naruto (Juubi Jinchuurikii level abilities & a powerful seal) and Sasuke (Rinnegan & a powerful seal). Whilst the two are revived by other parties, Hagoromo appeared out of nowhere and gave them the means to defeat Madara & [[spoiler: Kaguya Ōtsutsuki]]. A Hagoromo ex Machina.
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** At the climax of the 4th World War, Madara successfully captures all of the Tailed Beasts. This includes Naruto's Tailed Beast, and as a result, Naruto is left on the verge of death. A few minutes later, Sasuke attacks Madara, who proceeds to fatally stab Sasuke with nonchalance. With the two main characters on the verge of death, and Madara becoming a Jinchurikii, he is very close to achieving his goal with nothing in his way, and all seems lost. Enter one Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, the Sage of the Six Paths, a character with who has only one line been spoken of dialogue prior in legend as well as from narrative from millenia-old beings, before popping up out of space-time to his meeting meet with Naruto & Sasuke. He proceeds to grant massive power-ups to Naruto (Juubi Jinchuurikii level abilities & a powerful seal) and Sasuke (Rinnegan & a powerful seal). Whilst the two are revived by other parties, Hagoromo appeared out of nowhere and gave them the means to defeat Madara & [[spoiler: Kaguya Ōtsutsuki]]. A Hagoromo ex Machina.
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** Sasuke pulls off a NoOneCouldSurviveThat by [[spoiler:summoning, mind-controlling, ''and'' teleporting a massive snake]] when he's completely out of chakra. Said technique is difficult because of the huge amount of chakra required. He pulled this all off in the time it took for an explosion that would completely level a city to reach him. After the explosion had already started. When it started just a few feet from him. Great Snake Escape, indeed.
** [[spoiler: [[BigBad Obito]] and Kabuto]] both become examples, as each pulls a HeelFaceTurn, helping to revive Naruto and Sasuke respectively.
** [[spoiler: Obito died, but turns out his eyes have the power to teleport the user from the afterlife back to the land of living as a chakra ghost, and then he passes both his Sharingan to Kakashi ''using chakra transfer''. Mind you the Sharingan is a [[SuperpowerfulGenetics bloodline limit]] and his physical eyes were both destroyed when Kaguya desintegrated his body. And then Kakashi fully manifests a Susanoo [[InstantExpert in its stabilised perfect form in the first try]]. This isn't even getting started on the fact that Kakashi is able to use the Uchiha bloodline technique Susanoo, despite the fact that he, you know, ''isn't an Uchiha''.]]
** Chapter 449: After spending the last thirty chapters wreaking havoc [[spoiler:Pain/Nagato pulls a case of RedemptionEqualsDeath and a device that was only shown to be able to repair corpses to bring back [[DeathIsCheap everyone]] that he had killed since entering the village]].
** [[spoiler: [[BigBad Obito]] and Kabuto]] both become examples, as each pulls a HeelFaceTurn, helping to revive Naruto and Sasuke respectively.
** [[spoiler: Obito died, but turns out his eyes have the power to teleport the user from the afterlife back to the land of living as a chakra ghost, and then he passes both his Sharingan to Kakashi ''using chakra transfer''. Mind you the Sharingan is a [[SuperpowerfulGenetics bloodline limit]] and his physical eyes were both destroyed when Kaguya desintegrated his body. And then Kakashi fully manifests a Susanoo [[InstantExpert in its stabilised perfect form in the first try]]. This isn't even getting started on the fact that Kakashi is able to use the Uchiha bloodline technique Susanoo, despite the fact that he, you know, ''isn't an Uchiha''.]]
** Chapter 449: After spending the last thirty chapters wreaking havoc [[spoiler:Pain/Nagato pulls a case of RedemptionEqualsDeath and a device that was only shown to be able to repair corpses to bring back [[DeathIsCheap everyone]] that he had killed since entering the village]].
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': In the Loguetown arc, Luffy is caught off guard and captured by the Buggy Pirates, who want revenge for an earlier defeat. As Buggy prepares to execute Luffy in front of a huge crowd while his friends try to no avail to save him, the entire platform is struck by lightning (which does not damage Luffy, a RubberMan) just before Buggy can decapitate him. This is lampshaded by Sanji, who then asks Zoro [[DivineIntervention if he believes in a higher power]]. Though there is a possible subversion in that [[spoiler:Luffy's DisappearedDad, Dragon (who was present at the time) is hinted to have some kind of control over the weather, and thus may have purposely created the lightning strike in order to save his son]], this has not been proven, and since fate plays a very important role in Luffy's journey, the trope very well could have been played straight after all.
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': In the Loguetown arc, Luffy is caught off guard and captured by the Buggy Pirates, who want revenge for an earlier defeat. As Buggy prepares to execute Luffy in front of a huge crowd while his friends try to no avail to save him, the entire platform is struck by lightning (which does not damage Luffy, a RubberMan) just before Buggy can decapitate him, which frees him. This is lampshaded by Sanji, who then asks Zoro [[DivineIntervention if he believes in a higher power]]. Though there is a possible subversion in that [[spoiler:Luffy's DisappearedDad, Dragon (who was present at the time) is hinted to have some kind of control over the weather, and thus may have purposely created the lightning strike in order to save his son]], this has not been proven, and since fate plays a very important role in Luffy's journey, the trope very well could have been played straight after all.
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': In the Loguetown arc, Luffy is caught off guard and captured by the Buggy Pirates, who want revenge for an earlier defeat. As Buggy prepares to execute Luffy in front of a huge crowd while his friends try to no avail to save him, the entire platform is struck by lightning just before Buggy can decapitate Luffy. This is lampshaded by Sanji, who then asks Zoro [[DivineIntervention if he believes in a higher power]].
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': In the Loguetown arc, Luffy is caught off guard and captured by the Buggy Pirates, who want revenge for an earlier defeat. As Buggy prepares to execute Luffy in front of a huge crowd while his friends try to no avail to save him, the entire platform is struck by lightning (which does not damage Luffy, a RubberMan) just before Buggy can decapitate Luffy.him. This is lampshaded by Sanji, who then asks Zoro [[DivineIntervention if he believes in a higher power]]. Though there is a possible subversion in that [[spoiler:Luffy's DisappearedDad, Dragon (who was present at the time) is hinted to have some kind of control over the weather, and thus may have purposely created the lightning strike in order to save his son]], this has not been proven, and since fate plays a very important role in Luffy's journey, the trope very well could have been played straight after all.
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': In the Loguetown arc, Luffy is caught off guard and captured by the Buggy Pirates, who want revenge for an earlier defeat. As Buggy prepares to execute Luffy in front of a huge crowd while his friends try to no avail to save him, the entire platform is struck by lightning just before Buggy can decapitate Luffy. This is lampshaded by Sanji, who then asks Zoro [[DivineIntervention if he believes in a higher power]].
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** At the climax of the 4th World War, Madara successfully captures all of the Tailed Beasts. This includes Naruto's Tailed Beast, and as a result, Naruto is left on the verge of death. A few minutes later, Sasuke attacks Madara, who proceeds to fatally stab Sasuke with nonchalance. With the two main characters on the verge of death, and Madara becoming a Jinchurikii, he is very close to achieving his goal with nothing in his way, and all seems lost. Enter one Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, a character with only one line of dialogue prior to his meeting with Naruto & Sasuke. He proceeds to grant massive power-ups to Naruto (Juubi Jinchuurikii level abilities & a powerful seal) and Sasuke (Rinnegan & a powerful seal). Whilst the two are revived by other parties, Hagoromo appeared out of nowhere and gave them the means to defeat Madara & [[spoiler: Kaguya Ōtsutsuki]]. A Hagoromo ex Machina.
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* In Doraemon: Nobita's Little Space Battle, the characters have been shrunk and the gadget they used to do so had been stolen, so they must take it back as it is the only way to reverse the shrinking effect - or wait for half a week, because apparently the effects ofthe shrink ray isn't permanent. Plenty of other times though it's been implied that it ''is'' ever-lasting.
* In Doraemon: Nobita's Little Space Battle, the characters have been shrunk and the gadget they used to do so had been stolen, so they must take it back as it is the only way to reverse the shrinking effect - or wait for half a week, because apparently the effects ofthe shrink ray isn't permanent. Plenty of other times though it's been implied that it ''is'' ever-lasting.
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*** {{Lampshaded}} by Joseph; he proclaims to Kars that he had planned it out from the start, even as he privately thinks to himself that it's an amazing stroke of luck that he could never have predicted, purely as one final "Fuck You" to send Kars off the edge of his SanitySlippage.
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* In ''Manga/DragonBallZ'', when Vegeta attempts to wish the earth back and everyone who's died since the day of the tournament. Dende tells Vegeta about the previously established limitation of Porunga: he can only bring back one person at a time. Then suddenly the new Grand Elder tells Dende that after Freeza they upgraded Porunga's powers, so they can bring back more than one person.
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* ''Anime/{{s-CRY-ed}}'' had an episode in which Ayase was battling Kazuma. While fighting, she had a heart monitor reading her brother's life signs. However, when her bro kicks the bucket, she throws the fight and somehow ''loses the will to live'' and just dies.
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* ''Anime/{{s-CRY-ed}}'' had ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'' has an episode in which Ayase was is battling Kazuma. While fighting, she had has a heart monitor reading her brother's life signs. However, when her bro kicks the bucket, she throws the fight and somehow ''loses the will to live'' and just dies.
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*** [[spoiler: In the same arc, when all the 3000 Faces were about to activate and destroy all magic of the continent, the dragons, the same that raised some of the protagonists and dissapeared several years ago, appeared out of nowhere and destroyed all the Faces.]]
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** [[spoiler: In the Tartarus Arc Mard Geer uses the curse Alegria that froze everybody inside the Tartarus' base. Everybody except Lucy. Mard Geer even said that the chances to not get caught were one in 1.000.000.000. And Lucy conveniently was the only Fairy Tail wizard that could summon the Celestial Spirit King that knew exactly how to dispel Alegria which released all of Fairy Tail and allowed them to defeat Tartarus and stop Face.]]
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* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', the guild is completely worn out after having fought all of Phantom Lord's best members and mooks, but their almighty leader is still in top shape. It's a good thing Makarov came back and destroyed them all with a single spell.
** Also [[spoiler: Wendy being able to revive Jellal from a coma to speed up the search for Nirvana.]]
** [[spoiler:The X-Balls from Edolas arc. No more needs to be said.]]
** [[spoiler:Mavis' Fairy Sphere saves Sirius Island from the DiabolusExMachina of Acnologia's attack. However, Mavis won't be able to use it again, and the guild was still split apart for seven years.]]
** Also [[spoiler: Wendy being able to revive Jellal from a coma to speed up the search for Nirvana.]]
** [[spoiler:The X-Balls from Edolas arc. No more needs to be said.]]
** [[spoiler:Mavis' Fairy Sphere saves Sirius Island from the DiabolusExMachina of Acnologia's attack. However, Mavis won't be able to use it again, and the guild was still split apart for seven years.]]
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Some of the examples for Naruto are incorrect. I will be happy to provide evidence from the manga if needed.
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** Chapter 449: After spending the last thirty chapters wreaking havoc [[spoiler:Pain/Nagato pulls a case of RedemptionEqualsDeath and a device that was only shown to be able to repair corpses to bring back [[DeathIsCheap everyone]] that he had killed since entering the village]].
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** [[spoiler: [[BigBad Obito]] and Kabuto]] both become examples, as each pulls a HeelFaceTurn, helping to revive Naruto and Sasuke respectively.
** [[spoiler: Obito died, but turns out his eyes have the power to teleport the user from the afterlife back to the land of living as a chakra ghost, and then he passes both his Sharingan to Kakashi ''using chakra transfer''. Mind you the Sharingan is a [[SuperpowerfulGenetics bloodline limit]] and his physical eyes were both destroyed when Kaguya desintegrated his body. And then Kakashi fully manifests a Susanoo [[InstantExpert in its stabilised perfect form in the first try]]. This isn't even getting started on the fact that Kakashi is able to use the Uchiha bloodline technique Susanoo, despite the fact that he, you know, ''isn't an Uchiha''.]]
** [[spoiler: Obito died, but turns out his eyes have the power to teleport the user from the afterlife back to the land of living as a chakra ghost, and then he passes both his Sharingan to Kakashi ''using chakra transfer''. Mind you the Sharingan is a [[SuperpowerfulGenetics bloodline limit]] and his physical eyes were both destroyed when Kaguya desintegrated his body. And then Kakashi fully manifests a Susanoo [[InstantExpert in its stabilised perfect form in the first try]]. This isn't even getting started on the fact that Kakashi is able to use the Uchiha bloodline technique Susanoo, despite the fact that he, you know, ''isn't an Uchiha''.]]
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** [[spoiler: Obito died, but turns out his eyes have the power to teleport the user from the afterlife back to the land of living as a chakra ghost, and then he passes both his Sharingan to Kakashi ''using chakra transfer''. Mind you the Sharingan is a [[SuperpowerfulGenetics bloodline limit]] and his physical eyes were both destroyed when Kaguya desintegrated his body. And then Kakashi fully manifests a Susanoo [[InstantExpert in its stabilised perfect form in the first try]]. This isn't even getting started on the fact that Kakashi is able to use the Uchiha bloodline technique Susanoo, despite the fact that he, you know, ''isn't an Uchiha''.]]
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* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Sasuke pulls off a NoOneCouldSurviveThat by [[spoiler:summoning, mind-controlling, ''and'' teleporting a massive snake]] when he's completely out of chakra. Said technique is difficult because of the huge amount of chakra required. He pulled this all off in the time it took for an explosion that would completely level a city to reach him. After the explosion had already started. When it started just a few feet from him. Great Snake Escape, indeed.
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* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Sasuke pulls off a NoOneCouldSurviveThat by [[spoiler:summoning, mind-controlling, ''and'' teleporting a massive snake]] when he's completely out of chakra. Said technique is difficult because of the huge amount of chakra required. He pulled this all off in the time it took for an explosion that would completely level a city to reach him. After the explosion had already started. When it started just a few feet from him. Great Snake Escape, indeed.''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
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** Towards the end of the story, all hope seems lost. Madara [[spoiler: successfully rips Kurama out of]] Naruto, basically killing him and [[spoiler: giving him the opportunity to become the Ten Tails Jinchuriki.]] ''Then'' he stabs Sasuke through the chest, and nobody is able to save his life. [[spoiler: Except for the Sage of Six Paths, who pulls Naruto and Sasuke into his private limbo, gives them some important exposition, and then hands them the power to fight Madara and defeat Madara while also saving both of their lives.]] What a nice person.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has [[spoiler:Aizen's final defeat]] because of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands. [[spoiler:Aizen has proven to be increasingly invincible against the strongest members of the cast]], Ichigo scores a new, never before mentioned power, and utterly destroys him. For good measure, [[spoiler:Urahara had secretly invented a sealing Kido just in case that didn't finish Aizen off, and he started regenerating back to full strength.]]
** And when that still didn't work, he randomly lost all of his powers because reasons. According to Ichigo, [[IJustWantToBeNormal he just wanted to be normal]].
** Earlier, Ulquiorra unleashes his resurrection and completely curb stomps Ichigo. He then reveals that he has a second resurrection that Ichigo is utterly helpless against, resulting in Ulquiorra killing him. Suddenly, Ichigo revives as a super strong hollow creature that tears Ulquiorra apart. It's not even clearly explained afterwards how Ichigo's hollow was able to bring him back to life.
** Much later, after the death of [[spoiler:the Soul King]], one of the relatively minor secondary characters suddenly reveals that they've had the solution to the problem the entire time, with virtually no preamble, foreshadowing, or buildup.
** And when that still didn't work, he randomly lost all of his powers because reasons. According to Ichigo, [[IJustWantToBeNormal he just wanted to be normal]].
** Earlier, Ulquiorra unleashes his resurrection and completely curb stomps Ichigo. He then reveals that he has a second resurrection that Ichigo is utterly helpless against, resulting in Ulquiorra killing him. Suddenly, Ichigo revives as a super strong hollow creature that tears Ulquiorra apart. It's not even clearly explained afterwards how Ichigo's hollow was able to bring him back to life.
** Much later, after the death of [[spoiler:the Soul King]], one of the relatively minor secondary characters suddenly reveals that they've had the solution to the problem the entire time, with virtually no preamble, foreshadowing, or buildup.
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* Used in the ''Manga/SoulEater'' anime adaption's final episode where [[spoiler:Kid's lines of Sanzo connect and grants him godlike Shinigami powers]]. When this fails and Maka is knocked unconscious with even her weapon, Soul, incapable of helping her, [[spoiler:she suddenly begins to conjure scythes out of her body because she happens to be half weapon. This ability has never been heard of before now and best believe it'll never be brought up again]]. When even this fails. [[spoiler:Maka manages to beat him all on her own using none other than The Power Of Love.]]
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* The final episode of the ''Manga/AngelSanctuary'' OVA is about as literal an example of this trope as it gets.
* In ''Manga/AsatteNoHoukou'', Karada and Shokou are able to [[spoiler: switch back to their original ages]] when [[spoiler:Kotomi gives them a second wishing stone]], which she had never previously mentioned or hinted at having. This, of course, didn't happen in the manga.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has [[spoiler:Aizen's final defeat]] because of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands. [[spoiler:Aizen has proven to be increasingly invincible against the strongest members of the cast]], Ichigo scores a new, never before mentioned power, and utterly destroys him. For good measure, [[spoiler:Urahara had secretly invented a sealing Kido just in case that didn't finish Aizen off, and he started regenerating back to full strength.]]
** And when that still didn't work, he randomly lost all of his powers because reasons. According to Ichigo, [[IJustWantToBeNormal he just wanted to be normal]].
** Earlier, Ulquiorra unleashes his resurrection and completely curb stomps Ichigo. He then reveals that he has a second resurrection that Ichigo is utterly helpless against, resulting in Ulquiorra killing him. Suddenly, Ichigo revives as a super strong hollow creature that tears Ulquiorra apart. It's not even clearly explained afterwards how Ichigo's hollow was able to bring him back to life.
** Much later, after the death of [[spoiler:the Soul King]], one of the relatively minor secondary characters suddenly reveals that they've had the solution to the problem the entire time, with virtually no preamble, foreshadowing, or buildup.
* In ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', ThePowerOfLove proves itself to be quite this trope. At the end of the TV series, Sakura ''accidentally'' ends up creating a new nameless Card when her powers react spontaneously to her tears at Syaoran's departure. At first glance it appears to be a SequelHook, but fast forward to the end of the Sealed Card movie, where at the last moment, it negates the Void Card's power and combines with it to form the Hope card, protecting Syaoran from losing his love for Sakura and allows it to be captured, restoring everything (and everyone) back to normal. Another example is when Sakura encounters the illusion card, which, on the date of her dead mother's birthday, adopts her form, and thus lures Sakura into falling off a cliff. Before hitting the ground nonetheless a translucid hand (that of her real mom) appears out of nowhere and slows down her fall. And as a backup Deus Ex Machina Yukito just happened to be passing by at that precise moment to come and catch her.
* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', Conan can do ''anything'' at given times from riding a motor boat, a helicopter, and shooting guns with a common excuse of "My dad taught me that in Hawaii". The movies happen to be much more action oriented compared to the cases seen throughout the show where you'll only come across action related content during episodes/arcs related to the Black Organization. The good news though is that the Hawaii excuse is only ever used throughout the non-canon movies so in regards to Gosho Aoyama's manga, this copout doesn't overlap with the source material.
* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', when Frieza is revived and comes to destroy the Earth, everyone is crapping their pants because Goku was "the only one" who had a chance at beating him. Then, out of nowhere, Trunks appears, killing Frieza with a few slashes, then King Cold shortly after. Yes, Frieza was a way of giving the Z Fighters' newest ally his big introduction to set up the Android/Cell sagas, but that doesn't keep him from looking like something out of a fanfic.
** Trunks killing Frieza was of little consequence, since Goku arrives not long afterwards and it was Frieza's plan from the start to wait for Goku to arrive before destroying the planet. The very existence of Trunks's future implies that Frieza had little time to terrorize the Earth before Goku arrived and defeated him. Perhaps a better example of Deus Ex Machina in Dragon Ball Z happens in the movies. In order to beat powerful enemies like Lord Slug and Broly, the Z Fighters transfer their power to Goku, which gives the latter a tremendous boost in strength, more than enough to destroy the enemy in a dominating fashion. Said ability is never elaborated (at least not to that extent) in the main series, where it would have no doubt made some of the biggest fights a lot simpler.
* ''Anime/TenkaiKnights'' the [[spoiler: Tenkai Wolf]], a creature who'd never been mentioned before (and had the flimsiest foreshadowing ever) suddenly appears and easily defeats the [[spoiler: good and evil halves of the Tenkai Dragon]] before they're fighting inadvertently destroys the planet.
* ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' grants us the wonderful moment where the protagonist ''magically creates'' a [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands new, super-powerful unit]] out of thin air by [[AC:ThePowerOfLove]]!
* Played straight (and literally) in the last few volumes of ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''. Taka buys Miaka a pager. [[spoiler:Suzaku then ends up taking up residence, essentially, in the pager, so that he can contact his priestess.]]
* Mic Sounders of ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''. His Disk P ThemeMusicPowerUp powers up (and seemingly to a small degree repairs) all of the heroes within earshot (and is also continually used throughout the series). Disk M can disable mechanical systems in only the bad guys (it?s ability to selectively deactivate the bad guys system is in itself somewhat deus ex machina-y). On the much more dangerous side he has his disk x which destroys things at the molecular level, meaning there is literally nothing it cannot destroy and the even more powerful disk F which [[spoiler: can produce a Gao Figh Gar armed with the Goldion Hammer]] to destroy anything in his path. Basically if Mic were to ever receive a major upgrade, much like some of the other mechas receive, then he would render GGG totally obsolete since the only step up from Disk X and F is a disk that completely controls the very fabric of reality.
* Batou is saved from certain death in ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' by an extraordinary literal example.
* Somewhat lampshaded in ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' where the giant zeppelin of the MagnificentBastard Major is called the Deus Ex Machina- appropriate seen as how it appears from nowhere to bomb London.
* In ''Manga/InitialD'', when Takumi battles the Todo School's rally driver with the School's demo car at Happogahara, he is absolutely going to lose [[spoiler:until a cat jumps out in front of the Civic just before the final corner. When the driver swerves to miss it, Takumi passes, not seeing the cat because his lights were off.]]
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** A major sticking point with fans at the end of Part 3 is Jotaro's [[spoiler: spontaneous development of Time Stop]] in his fight with Dio, which enables Jotaro to fight Dio on more or less equal terms. The only possible foreshadowing of this is Dio's comment that he and Jotaro share a similar type of Stand, but Dio is just as shocked as the reader when Jotaro is able to [[spoiler:move during Dio's Time Stop]].
** Another one comes at the end of Part 5, when Giorno fights Diavolo. Giorno is [[spoiler: pierced by the Requiem Arrow]], and his Stand Gold Experience gains the ability to [[spoiler: ''negate any action taken by an opponent.'']] Stands had been shown to develop new abilities thanks to the arrow before, but that power is ridiculously broken.
** Part 2 eventually has the BigBad Kars becomes ''immortal'', being able to survive being roasted alive in a volcano and being able to curb stomp the good guys. Joseph admits his defeat as the battle is truely hopeless and he's run out of plans... then Kars's finishing move gets bounced and amplified by the [[McGuffin Red Stone of Adja]], creating a giant volcanic eruption and along with other things being tossed that launch him into the outer space, where he is ultimately frozen alive and floating around the universe for eternity.
* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':
** Halfway through the GeckoEnding of the first anime, after [[spoiler:Asuna's [[IronicBirthday birthday party]], [[MoodWhiplash sudden death]], [[ReallyDeadMontage funeral, and cremation]], and Negi's [[FiveStagesOfGrief desperate]] search for a way to bring her back to life, [[TeenGenius Chao Lingshen]] and [[MadScientist Hakase Satomi]] reveal that they have a TimeMachine]]. The [[spoiler:TimeMachine]] in question was a major plot device in the manga's Mahora Festival arc. While it was a major {{Asspull}} for those who only watched the anime, for those fans familiar with the manga it was somewhat closer to a ContinuityNod.
** Another example is the end of the Kyoto Arc, where the Negi party was saved from the BigBad and the Demon God he [[SealedEvilInACan unsealed]] by the equally demonic unsealed [[PersonOfMassDestruction Evangeline]].
* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' tap-dances across this trope in the final episode. To get the Black Box out of Mars, a specific link is needed to get it activated. In this case, a kiss. Yurika, however, is more willing to blow the **** thing up as it's the cause of all of their troubles. Akito goes after Yurika and is able to stop her and tells her that he was finally able to watch the final episode of ''Gekiganger III''... [[spoiler:and was incredibly dismayed when he found out the final episode had Joe, whose poignant HeroicSacrifice mirrored the loss of Akito's friend Gai, come BackFromTheDead with the original Gekiganger III to save the day. He points out that those things can't happen in real life and we shouldn't expect them. Which is hilarious as he finally kisses her, the teleportation works and, apparently, their first admiral was actually still alive and rejoined the gang.]]
* A borderline case appears in the second season of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': with the forces of [[spoiler:Celestial Being]] about to be defeated, [[spoiler:Setsuna, who has been slowly undergoing Innovation (a cornerstone of the show's ongoing GambitRoulette), finally achieves it. This, in turn, triggers a hidden system of his machine, the Trans-Am Burst, which spread on a much larger scale the effects the machine was already known to have (healing, telepathy, etc). Given that TheChessmaster had already been established to have built-in hidden subroutine in his mobile suit to be triggered as his roulette demanded, and that it's shortly thereafter that a world-wide mind-meld was a key point of said roulette]], fan opinion is divided as to how much of a Deus Ex this is, if at all, and if so, whether it qualifies as an old school Greco-Roman Deus Ex, or the FridgeBrilliance variety.
** And, before we continue to the next subject matter, this Deus Ex Machina in question also [[spoiler: somehow cured Louise Halevy of her particle poisioning, as she was about ready to succumb to her genetic breakdown. Depending on your viewpoint, this was the saving grace Louise needed after a hard couple of years, or you looked at the show [[KarmaHoudini basically giving her a free pass]] for the crap she did to thousands of innocents, her friends, her boyfriend, and even that person who was responsible for ruining her life, if you want to add her to the equation.]]
** Gundam 00 practically spammed Deus Ex Machina from beginning to end. Almost every time Celestial Being came even ''remotely'' close to defeat, A.) one or more of the Gundam Meisters would reveal a weapon or a feature that was previously not shown nor hinted at before, such as the case of the Nadleeh and later its Trial System or B.) be saved by the intervention of an outside force like the Thrones or C.) one of [[TheChessmaster old man Aeolia's]] little hidden features (i.e. Trans Am) would trigger, essentially, a more grandiose version of A. This was especially insulting for their opposition, who would make painfully detailed strategies that exploited the Gundams' (known) weaknesses and would have otherwise been successful until Deus Ex Machina kicked in. And as with the first example, it is extremely hazy to wether it is regular old Deus ex or a case of FridgeBrilliance catching up.
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Sasuke pulls off a NoOneCouldSurviveThat by [[spoiler:summoning, mind-controlling, ''and'' teleporting a massive snake]] when he's completely out of chakra. Said technique is difficult because of the huge amount of chakra required. He pulled this all off in the time it took for an explosion that would completely level a city to reach him. After the explosion had already started. When it started just a few feet from him. Great Snake Escape, indeed.
** Chapter 449: After spending the last thirty chapters wreaking havoc [[spoiler:Pain/Nagato pulls a case of RedemptionEqualsDeath and a device that was only shown to be able to repair corpses to bring back [[DeathIsCheap everyone]] that he had killed since entering the village]].
** During his assault on the Kage Summit, [[spoiler: Sasuke]] nearly died from chakra exhaustion, having been spamming the crap out of high level techs with his new [[spoiler: Mangekyo Sharingan]]. And then, out of nowhere, [[spoiler: Zetsu, who had previously shown up to alert the Kages to Sasuke's presence and gotten killed for his efforts, reveals that he managed to use a time release jutsu in the split second before the Raikage snapped his neck that sucks all the chakra out of everyone in the room and gives to Sasuke.]]
** [[spoiler: [[BigBad Obito]] and Kabuto]] both become examples, as each pulls a HeelFaceTurn, helping to revive Naruto and Sasuke respectively.
** [[spoiler: Obito died, but turns out his eyes have the power to teleport the user from the afterlife back to the land of living as a chakra ghost, and then he passes both his Sharingan to Kakashi ''using chakra transfer''. Mind you the Sharingan is a [[SuperpowerfulGenetics bloodline limit]] and his physical eyes were both destroyed when Kaguya desintegrated his body. And then Kakashi fully manifests a Susanoo [[InstantExpert in its stabilised perfect form in the first try]]. This isn't even getting started on the fact that Kakashi is able to use the Uchiha bloodline technique Susanoo, despite the fact that he, you know, ''isn't an Uchiha''.]]
** Towards the end of the story, all hope seems lost. Madara [[spoiler: successfully rips Kurama out of]] Naruto, basically killing him and [[spoiler: giving him the opportunity to become the Ten Tails Jinchuriki.]] ''Then'' he stabs Sasuke through the chest, and nobody is able to save his life. [[spoiler: Except for the Sage of Six Paths, who pulls Naruto and Sasuke into his private limbo, gives them some important exposition, and then hands them the power to fight Madara and defeat Madara while also saving both of their lives.]] What a nice person.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Any situation involving a showdown between Team Rocket and "the twerps" where either Team Rocket seems to have the upper hand or the two sides have been forced into a dangerous stalemate. Cue a single, recurring Pokémon, typically either Marker-Jigglypuff or Misty's Togepi. The former will sing their soothing music and cause everyone to fall asleep (thus enraging it and causing it to doodle vengefully on everyone), or the latter will start using the Metronome attack, which causes a burst of random Deus Ex Machina energy to fill the room and set everything right. Metronome in the games is a completely random attack, selecting from a list of the majority of other moves in the game and naturally having a very high chance of doing something useless or detrimental. This never happens in the anime.
** May's Skitty has the Assist technique, which randomly uses an attack known by another member of the party. Of course, it naturally has the RandomNumberGod on its side. She got better about it, and later seemed to use it as a jump-off for improvisation than a lucky shot. One contest had her focusing on keeping Skitty alive while spamming Assist continually, producing effects varying from mildly useful to downright inhibitive, until she got the attack she wanted in the first place and oneshot the opponent.
** There was one episode where Team Rocket grabs Pikachu and flies off in their balloon. How does Ash get him back? He ''jumps five stories straight up'' into the balloon basket, with no assistance from any nearby plot devices. It looked exactly as ridiculous as it sounds.
** ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' features Ash running between a beam struggle between Mew and Mewtwo that [[TakenForGranite turns him to stone]]. When a few shocks from Pikachu make it clear that [[TheHeroDies Ash is, in fact, dead]], all of the Pokémon cry... and their tears swirl over to Ash's body and bring him back to life. Nowhere else in the entire series is the fact that Ash was literally brought back to life brought up. Justified as in the prologue of the movie, it is explained that the tears of Pokémon contain life. This is also briefly mentioned in the movie itself. But only in the dub.
** The ninth movie has a similar occurrence where Ash suddenly gains what seem to be Manga/DragonBall powers to stop what would have otherwise been a villain victory. The original version had an unclear explanation and the dub added a ''slightly'' deeper level of justification.
** In ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'', Ruby can't penetrate through the lightning that a machine made to be able to defeat the {{Big Bad}}s. What does he do? The only logical thing, of course, call out [[spoiler:Celebi]], which doesn't make sense because [[spoiler:Celebi]] isn't more resistant to electricity than Swampert, but that's not all. Then [[spoiler:Celebi]] proceeds to use its [[spoiler:time powers to revive Norman, Steven, and Courtney. And Celebi's not even caught in a GS Ball, which the Mask of Ice needed a full blown out plan to get!]]
** There's a subversion in the Ash vs. Paul full battle by Lake Acuity. Even though Ash's Chimchar evolves into Monferno after beating Paul's Ursaring, it's unable to beat his Electabuzz. Though even if it ''had'' been able to, Ash would've lost eventually because Paul still would have had three Pokémon left.
** Another example was Ash's battle against Tate and Liza, where Ash's Pikachu and Swellow, the last of which was at a disadvantage against their Lunatone and Solrock, inexplicably pulled out the infamous golden "lightning armor" gambit and knocked their opponents out.
** Pikachu defeating Brock's Onix because he Thunderbolts it while the sprinkler system is running. [[HilariousInHindsight Ironically,]] the video games would vindicate this years later with the introduction of the "Soak" move, which changes the target's typing to pure Water, [[ElementalRockPaperScissors with the predictable results]]. Of course, Pikachu can't learn Soak, but using the sprinklers to soak Onix in a more literal sense is a fair stand-in.
* Justified and subverted in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. At first, it would seem completely coincidental how Homura seemed to arrive on the screen to save the day it seemed, as well as extremely unlikely. [[spoiler: It turns out, however, that she is a Time Traveller and had repeated the same span of time over and over again, knowing what events were to happen and when the events would occur. With her power over time, she could appear when it is thought to be very unlikely.]]
** The resolution of the series is sometimes considered to be this trope, but it was {{foreshadow|ing}}ed earlier. Kyubey claims in episode 8 that [[spoiler:Madoka could wish to become a god, and could easily "make Sayaka human again" (an ominous choice of words, since this is ''before'' Sayaka becomes a witch). [[AbstractApotheosis Madoka does exactly what he suggested, and decides to cure all the other witches, too.]] [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Not an ideal result for Kyubey, but it's his own fault for encouraging the idea]]]].
* A literal Deus Ex Machina is attributed to everyone's survival after the FinalBattle of ''Manga/RaveMaster.'' This despite several characters using a DangerousForbiddenTechnique to win their battles. The characters theorize that since they saved the world, the world decided to save them back.
* ''Manga/RozenMaiden'' was CutShort by [=LaPlace=] announcing that the Alice Game of that era had come to an end, leaving all the action that currently was building up gone by a bloody rabbit deciding that the game will not continue within the very timeframe of the story, inevitably leading some fans to believe that they will never find out who wins. However, with the reboot of the manga and the "tales" being released on a monthly basis, this theory is thrown out the window, since the same dolls now appear in an alternate timeline in which Jun chose not to wind up Shinku. Indeed, it is too revealed that it was more [[EnigmaticMinion LaPlace]] speaking in riddles, as he usually does. Indeed, the events of the original timeline did, in fact, happen, and the two timelines are revealed to actually be connected.
** The ''Manga/RozenMaiden'' anime's second season, Traumend, also ends with a major Deus Ex Machina. [[spoiler: All of the dolls are defeated in the Alice game, and Barasuishou becomes Alice. Just when everything looks lost, she suddenly starts to crumble apart. This is explained along the lines of "she can't handle the purity of Alice", or something like that, as she's not really a Rozen Maiden. The dolls killed by Barasuishou come back to life. Those killed by legitimate Rozen Maiden stay dead.]]
* A staple of the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime. Two notable instances would be all the heroines dying only to be randomly resurrected; and the heroine throwing herself from a floating island, then inexplicably sprouting wings on the way down.
* ''[[Manga/{{Saiyuki}} Gensomaden Saiyuki]]'': When outnumbered in a deadly pinch, Goku's diadem will break and he transforms into the Seiten Taisai. After kicking everyone's ass, he turns on his own friends until Kanzeon Bosatsu shows up and places a new diadem on his head.
* ''Anime/{{s-CRY-ed}}'' had an episode in which Ayase was battling Kazuma. While fighting, she had a heart monitor reading her brother's life signs. However, when her bro kicks the bucket, she throws the fight and somehow ''loses the will to live'' and just dies.
* Played absolutely straight in ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}} NEXT''. Nearly the entire plot revolves around Lina's [[HoldingBackThePhlebotinum refusal to cast the Giga Slave]] after her discovery that miscasting it may end the world. Hellmaster Phibrizo eventually blackmails Lina into casting it and ensures that the casting fails, only for the power called upon by the spell, the supreme creator goddess of the Slayers universe, the Lord of Nightmares, to take Lina's body as an avatar instead and promptly annihilate the previously invincible (to the heroes) demon lord with a casual gesture. She also plays ResetButton by bringing everyone back to life that Phibrizzo had killed (Lina's breaking point about casting the spell was his threat to [[DeaderThanDead obliterate their souls as well]]).
* ''Anime/SonicX'' has one of these in the finale of its final season, where the stone Cosmo has been wearing since the beginning of the series is revealed to be a magical amulet that can automatically accelerate her growth so that she reaches the stage of becoming a tree (as is apparently the fate of all her species) early, attaches herself to the bad guy and weaken him so that the Good Guys can shoot and destroy. We had heard nothing about this earlier in the series.
* Used in the ''Manga/SoulEater'' anime adaption's final episode where [[spoiler:Kid's lines of Sanzo connect and grants him godlike Shinigami powers]]. When this fails and Maka is knocked unconscious with even her weapon, Soul, incapable of helping her, [[spoiler:she suddenly begins to conjure scythes out of her body because she happens to be half weapon. This ability has never been heard of before now and best believe it'll never be brought up again]]. When even this fails. [[spoiler:Maka manages to beat him all on her own using none other than The Power Of Love.]]
* [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]] did this over and over... sort of. Essentially a "logical" Deus Ex Machina was set up for the show's entirety with Spiral Energy, literally giving characters the ability to do the impossible ([[spoiler:the chance of Kittan's giga-drill that freed the crew from the spiral-draining sea thing succeeding was given as 0% but through a great speech and shouting he succeeded]]) through their sheer willpower and greatness. On paper it sounds like an extreme Deus Ex Machina, but when watching/reading it it's exciting and used enough to not feel like the giant cop out it may first appear. Gainax being Gainax, they then hang a lampshade in the last act of the anime that is summated "using Spiral Energy too much will destroy the universe" (read: "using this too often can ruin a series").
* Occurs in all three installments of the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' Unicron Trilogy; at some point the Autobots are defeated and critically damaged, but then they are repaired and upgraded (and in the third installment given new vehicle modes), by the Minicons in ''[[Anime/TransformersArmada Armada]]'', then by Primus in ''[[Anime/TransformersEnergon Energon]]'' and ''[[Anime/TransformersCybertron Cybertron]]''.
** In an earlier series, this is what saved Star Saber from Deathsaurus in ''Anime/TransformersVictory''. Deathsaurus delivers a vicious, merciless beatdown, driving Star Saber to the point of deactivation. He's about to deliver the final blow when his living metal-destroying cannon... runs out of batteries.
** Another example comes from ''Manga/TransformersZone'': Metrotitan is devastating Earth with a freeze gun, and Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber are for some reason powerless to stop him. All of a sudden, Road Fire appear, with a heat ray that's just the thing to revert Metrotitan's effects, and then proceeds to single-handedly kick Metrotitan's retrocharger.
* ''[[Anime/UchuuSenkanYamato Star Blazers]]'': ''The Comet Empire War''; The near-Godlike Treleina of Telezart turns up at the very last moment to [[spoiler:obliterate Prince Zordar's warship and save Earth.]] Subverted as Captain Wildstar had already begun the process of [[spoiler:sacrificing the Argo in a ramming attack]] to achieve the same end.
* At the end of ''Manga/WolfsRain'', [[spoiler: after Darcia defeats and kills all the major cast members and prepares to enter paradise, he is suddenly vaporized (except for his eye) for no apparent reason, other than he's evil.]] This comes off as a bit of an AssPull for some.
* The heroes in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' seem to win solely on pulling the one card out of a forty card plus deck that can save them from doom. Many times, these cards are not alluded to prior to their save the world moment and turn the tide of the battle completely 180 degrees. After all, how many times have you heard the line "It all comes down to this one card" only to have them draw a complete waste of a card?
--> '''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Yami Yugi]]''': I activate "Deus Ex Machina"!
--> '''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Weevil]]''': ([[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead Beavis-esque voice]]) Hee hee! Hey! No fair! You can't use spell cards on my turn!
--> '''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Yami Yugi]]''': Tell it to the writing staff!!
** In the duel between Yugi and Mai in the Duelist Kingdom arc, Yugi wins by playing "Black Luster Ritual", which allows him to summon a more powerful monster than anything Mai has. Yet for some reason, only Yami is even aware that Yugi has it in his deck; Yugi has never heard of the card before.
** Taken to its logical extreme at the end of the battle against Noah. Yugi's hand is empty, but on his final turn, he manages to draw a card that lets him [[spoiler:draw six more cards. And, as it turns out, these were exactly what he needed to pull off a very specific combo attack to deplete Noah's 10,000+ life points.]] If not for ThePowerOfFriendship scene just before, that draw would have been ridiculous even by Yu-Gi-Oh standards.
** [[SerialEscalation Taken even further]] in the duel against Leon in the filler tournament arc. Thanks to the BigBad hacking the game system, Leon's Golden Castle of Stromberg forced Yugi to throw out half his deck at the beginning of every turn. This continued until Yugi only had one card left in his deck. This card allowed him to destroy all of Leon's monsters and all of his life points at the same time.
** Kaiba's winning move against Zigfried in the same arc qualifies too. By using Zig's own Magical Alms card against him with a great deal of luck, he's able to draw five new cards, increase his Life Points enough to spend the amount needed to banish five of his Dragons and then summon ''all five'' of them, then launch an attack that blows Zig's monster to Kingdom Come and Zig's Life Points to zero. (And it was likely the most spectacular finish of Kaiba's career.)
** In the last duel of the Battle City Final Yugi plays Ragnarok, a previously unseen card, which allows his entire cast of monsters to pulverize the Winged Dragon of Ra, and leaving Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl on the field. The card was never played or mentioned again. [[RuleOfCool (But it was kick-ass awesome.)]]
** All of the Millennium Items seem to have a bunch of random powers that either activate by themselves, or the characters remember just in time. Of course those powers are never used again. For example, in one episode, Yami uses the power of the Millennium Puzzle to force the spirit of the Millennium Ring into the Duel Monster card he trapped Bakura in, and restored Bakura to his body.
** In Seasons 2 and 3, Marik's Millennium Rod likes showing Kaiba visions, since Kaiba owned the Rod in a past life. When Marik orders the Rod to show him those same visions, it doesn't obey him.
** Some episodes attempt to justify this by having characters note they need the right card to turn the duel around, but they don't get it for several turns and they have to stall. And there ''are'' only 40-45 cards in the decks, if you stall long enough you'll draw what you need sooner or later.
** If anything, all of this can be chalked to pre-emptive DiabolusExMachina, that is, the opponents drawing into what they need first to push the protagonists into a bind, for the sake of RisingConflict.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'' has a literal example. When Yami is injured in the fight against the Five-Headed Dragon, the girl chosen as a human sacrifice prays for the Blue-Eyes to aid him, joined by the other villagers. It awakens and aids Yugi.
* The card "Miracle Tuner - Savior Dragon" ("Majestic Dragon" in the dub) from ''[[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds 5Ds]]'' has earned the nickname "Deus Ex Machina Dragon" within the fanbase, as it's a card that ''appears'' in a character's deck when the Crimson Dragon (the resident God for this series) wants it to. Not only that, but it allows whichever character that uses it to summon ''another'' monster that isn't actually in their Deck (well, Extra Deck technically, but still).
* In ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' Yuya being able to Pendulum Summon right out of the blue, Yuya is the first and only person to be able to Pendulum Summon and the only one with Pendulum monsters. People accuse Yuya of cheating being the only duelist who can do so. Leo Corporation remedies this by developing their own Pendulum Summoning.
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''
** Yusuke winning Genkai's tournament could apply. Ignoring the fact he was lucky enough to have Kibano [[ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy tell him about his helmet]], the [[Bowdlerise/AnimeAndManga edited]] {{dub|InducedPlotHole}} qualifies because it [[NoSmoking removed the cigarette]] that led to his victory. Kazemaru lost because the throwing stars locked on to his energy at the same time Yusuke slipped into the mud; Genkai acknowledged that victory was a fluke. Rando attempts to shrink Yusuke the same way he did to Kuwabara, but it backfires. Genkai explains that a chant will do so if it can't be heard by the victim and it turns out at that moment Yusuke had algae in his ear.
** Another one from the Dark Tournament: Kuwabara is in a fight that he knows he has no chance of winning (for reference, he was screaming in pain on his way ''into'' the ring) and is planning to kill them both with a suicide attack to win, (his team has four wins and the other only has two, so a double win will bump them up to the necessary five). Suddenly, [[LoveInterests Yukina]] arrives which [[ThePowerOfLove somehow]] restores Kuwabara's energy and he knocks his opponent across the stadium with one shot.
** From Chapter Black, Yusuke's fight with the Doctor contains ''three of these in a row.'' The first, and most random, happens when the Doctor takes a female nurse hostage [[spoiler: who turns out to be [[VoluntaryShapeshifting a disguised (and sickly) Yanigisawa]] who manages to save himself.]] The second happens when he tries to fool Yusuke with a false antidote to his plague [[spoiler: which gets ruined by the sudden appearance of [[{{Telepathy}} Murota]] (also sickly).]] And the final one happens when Yusuke seemingly kills the Doctor (as the only way to stop his plague) [[spoiler: [[WriterCopOut only to have Genkai revive him.]]]]
** There's also Hiei [[ChangedMyMindKid deciding to help]] ''precisely'' when Sniper blows up the truck. This one had been foreshadowed by Kurama, who had declared that [[JerkassWithAHeartOfGold Hiei]] was just posturing when he said he wouldn't help, and was proved right when Hiei got a flimsy justification and entered the frame.
** Also Yusuke being resurrected after being killed by Sensui due to being a descendent of a powerful demon king. Afterwards Sensui was still stronger and more experienced with his level of power and Raizen takes over Yusuke's body to completely dominate Sensui who at that point was dominating the fights before.
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' is a repeat offender of Deus ex machina, but one of the most striking examples is Alluka. She is a literal machine (machina?) of this trope. She has a special power that can supposedly do anything (the limits of this ability are unknown by anyone InUniverse, but Illumi speculated that there is probably 'no limit'). "It" never uses the ability itself, and only uses it when someone asks for a wish. There are strict rules regarding how to use the ability, and there are drawbacks in the form of a backlash, which can be trivial or severe, depending on the magnitude of the wish. Alluka was first introduced (with no hint of prior existence aside from confirmation that Killua had additional siblings that had yet to be introduced) after [[spoiler:Gon sacrificed his aura to defeat Neferpitou and was left in a state of near-death with little chance of being revived through 'normal' means. Obviously the only point of bringing this character into the manga was to [[ResetButton heal Gon and pretend that nothing ever happened]]. This is a wish that was expected to have an extremely major backlash that could potentially end up killing the entire Zoldik family, but, of course, it turns out that Killua can break the established rules for no reason and "command" Alluka to give any wish without any backlash]].
* In {{Planzet}} the day is saved when the protagonists stumble onto a [[spoiler:SuperRobot that was hidden until it was absolutely necessary. Its origins are never explained.]]
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* In ''Manga/AsatteNoHoukou'', Karada and Shokou are able to [[spoiler: switch back to their original ages]] when [[spoiler:Kotomi gives them a second wishing stone]], which she had never previously mentioned or hinted at having. This, of course, didn't happen in the manga.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has [[spoiler:Aizen's final defeat]] because of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands. [[spoiler:Aizen has proven to be increasingly invincible against the strongest members of the cast]], Ichigo scores a new, never before mentioned power, and utterly destroys him. For good measure, [[spoiler:Urahara had secretly invented a sealing Kido just in case that didn't finish Aizen off, and he started regenerating back to full strength.]]
** And when that still didn't work, he randomly lost all of his powers because reasons. According to Ichigo, [[IJustWantToBeNormal he just wanted to be normal]].
** Earlier, Ulquiorra unleashes his resurrection and completely curb stomps Ichigo. He then reveals that he has a second resurrection that Ichigo is utterly helpless against, resulting in Ulquiorra killing him. Suddenly, Ichigo revives as a super strong hollow creature that tears Ulquiorra apart. It's not even clearly explained afterwards how Ichigo's hollow was able to bring him back to life.
** Much later, after the death of [[spoiler:the Soul King]], one of the relatively minor secondary characters suddenly reveals that they've had the solution to the problem the entire time, with virtually no preamble, foreshadowing, or buildup.
* In ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', ThePowerOfLove proves itself to be quite this trope. At the end of the TV series, Sakura ''accidentally'' ends up creating a new nameless Card when her powers react spontaneously to her tears at Syaoran's departure. At first glance it appears to be a SequelHook, but fast forward to the end of the Sealed Card movie, where at the last moment, it negates the Void Card's power and combines with it to form the Hope card, protecting Syaoran from losing his love for Sakura and allows it to be captured, restoring everything (and everyone) back to normal. Another example is when Sakura encounters the illusion card, which, on the date of her dead mother's birthday, adopts her form, and thus lures Sakura into falling off a cliff. Before hitting the ground nonetheless a translucid hand (that of her real mom) appears out of nowhere and slows down her fall. And as a backup Deus Ex Machina Yukito just happened to be passing by at that precise moment to come and catch her.
* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', Conan can do ''anything'' at given times from riding a motor boat, a helicopter, and shooting guns with a common excuse of "My dad taught me that in Hawaii". The movies happen to be much more action oriented compared to the cases seen throughout the show where you'll only come across action related content during episodes/arcs related to the Black Organization. The good news though is that the Hawaii excuse is only ever used throughout the non-canon movies so in regards to Gosho Aoyama's manga, this copout doesn't overlap with the source material.
* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', when Frieza is revived and comes to destroy the Earth, everyone is crapping their pants because Goku was "the only one" who had a chance at beating him. Then, out of nowhere, Trunks appears, killing Frieza with a few slashes, then King Cold shortly after. Yes, Frieza was a way of giving the Z Fighters' newest ally his big introduction to set up the Android/Cell sagas, but that doesn't keep him from looking like something out of a fanfic.
** Trunks killing Frieza was of little consequence, since Goku arrives not long afterwards and it was Frieza's plan from the start to wait for Goku to arrive before destroying the planet. The very existence of Trunks's future implies that Frieza had little time to terrorize the Earth before Goku arrived and defeated him. Perhaps a better example of Deus Ex Machina in Dragon Ball Z happens in the movies. In order to beat powerful enemies like Lord Slug and Broly, the Z Fighters transfer their power to Goku, which gives the latter a tremendous boost in strength, more than enough to destroy the enemy in a dominating fashion. Said ability is never elaborated (at least not to that extent) in the main series, where it would have no doubt made some of the biggest fights a lot simpler.
* ''Anime/TenkaiKnights'' the [[spoiler: Tenkai Wolf]], a creature who'd never been mentioned before (and had the flimsiest foreshadowing ever) suddenly appears and easily defeats the [[spoiler: good and evil halves of the Tenkai Dragon]] before they're fighting inadvertently destroys the planet.
* ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' grants us the wonderful moment where the protagonist ''magically creates'' a [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands new, super-powerful unit]] out of thin air by [[AC:ThePowerOfLove]]!
* Played straight (and literally) in the last few volumes of ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''. Taka buys Miaka a pager. [[spoiler:Suzaku then ends up taking up residence, essentially, in the pager, so that he can contact his priestess.]]
* Mic Sounders of ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''. His Disk P ThemeMusicPowerUp powers up (and seemingly to a small degree repairs) all of the heroes within earshot (and is also continually used throughout the series). Disk M can disable mechanical systems in only the bad guys (it?s ability to selectively deactivate the bad guys system is in itself somewhat deus ex machina-y). On the much more dangerous side he has his disk x which destroys things at the molecular level, meaning there is literally nothing it cannot destroy and the even more powerful disk F which [[spoiler: can produce a Gao Figh Gar armed with the Goldion Hammer]] to destroy anything in his path. Basically if Mic were to ever receive a major upgrade, much like some of the other mechas receive, then he would render GGG totally obsolete since the only step up from Disk X and F is a disk that completely controls the very fabric of reality.
* Batou is saved from certain death in ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' by an extraordinary literal example.
* Somewhat lampshaded in ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' where the giant zeppelin of the MagnificentBastard Major is called the Deus Ex Machina- appropriate seen as how it appears from nowhere to bomb London.
* In ''Manga/InitialD'', when Takumi battles the Todo School's rally driver with the School's demo car at Happogahara, he is absolutely going to lose [[spoiler:until a cat jumps out in front of the Civic just before the final corner. When the driver swerves to miss it, Takumi passes, not seeing the cat because his lights were off.]]
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** A major sticking point with fans at the end of Part 3 is Jotaro's [[spoiler: spontaneous development of Time Stop]] in his fight with Dio, which enables Jotaro to fight Dio on more or less equal terms. The only possible foreshadowing of this is Dio's comment that he and Jotaro share a similar type of Stand, but Dio is just as shocked as the reader when Jotaro is able to [[spoiler:move during Dio's Time Stop]].
** Another one comes at the end of Part 5, when Giorno fights Diavolo. Giorno is [[spoiler: pierced by the Requiem Arrow]], and his Stand Gold Experience gains the ability to [[spoiler: ''negate any action taken by an opponent.'']] Stands had been shown to develop new abilities thanks to the arrow before, but that power is ridiculously broken.
** Part 2 eventually has the BigBad Kars becomes ''immortal'', being able to survive being roasted alive in a volcano and being able to curb stomp the good guys. Joseph admits his defeat as the battle is truely hopeless and he's run out of plans... then Kars's finishing move gets bounced and amplified by the [[McGuffin Red Stone of Adja]], creating a giant volcanic eruption and along with other things being tossed that launch him into the outer space, where he is ultimately frozen alive and floating around the universe for eternity.
* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':
** Halfway through the GeckoEnding of the first anime, after [[spoiler:Asuna's [[IronicBirthday birthday party]], [[MoodWhiplash sudden death]], [[ReallyDeadMontage funeral, and cremation]], and Negi's [[FiveStagesOfGrief desperate]] search for a way to bring her back to life, [[TeenGenius Chao Lingshen]] and [[MadScientist Hakase Satomi]] reveal that they have a TimeMachine]]. The [[spoiler:TimeMachine]] in question was a major plot device in the manga's Mahora Festival arc. While it was a major {{Asspull}} for those who only watched the anime, for those fans familiar with the manga it was somewhat closer to a ContinuityNod.
** Another example is the end of the Kyoto Arc, where the Negi party was saved from the BigBad and the Demon God he [[SealedEvilInACan unsealed]] by the equally demonic unsealed [[PersonOfMassDestruction Evangeline]].
* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' tap-dances across this trope in the final episode. To get the Black Box out of Mars, a specific link is needed to get it activated. In this case, a kiss. Yurika, however, is more willing to blow the **** thing up as it's the cause of all of their troubles. Akito goes after Yurika and is able to stop her and tells her that he was finally able to watch the final episode of ''Gekiganger III''... [[spoiler:and was incredibly dismayed when he found out the final episode had Joe, whose poignant HeroicSacrifice mirrored the loss of Akito's friend Gai, come BackFromTheDead with the original Gekiganger III to save the day. He points out that those things can't happen in real life and we shouldn't expect them. Which is hilarious as he finally kisses her, the teleportation works and, apparently, their first admiral was actually still alive and rejoined the gang.]]
* A borderline case appears in the second season of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': with the forces of [[spoiler:Celestial Being]] about to be defeated, [[spoiler:Setsuna, who has been slowly undergoing Innovation (a cornerstone of the show's ongoing GambitRoulette), finally achieves it. This, in turn, triggers a hidden system of his machine, the Trans-Am Burst, which spread on a much larger scale the effects the machine was already known to have (healing, telepathy, etc). Given that TheChessmaster had already been established to have built-in hidden subroutine in his mobile suit to be triggered as his roulette demanded, and that it's shortly thereafter that a world-wide mind-meld was a key point of said roulette]], fan opinion is divided as to how much of a Deus Ex this is, if at all, and if so, whether it qualifies as an old school Greco-Roman Deus Ex, or the FridgeBrilliance variety.
** And, before we continue to the next subject matter, this Deus Ex Machina in question also [[spoiler: somehow cured Louise Halevy of her particle poisioning, as she was about ready to succumb to her genetic breakdown. Depending on your viewpoint, this was the saving grace Louise needed after a hard couple of years, or you looked at the show [[KarmaHoudini basically giving her a free pass]] for the crap she did to thousands of innocents, her friends, her boyfriend, and even that person who was responsible for ruining her life, if you want to add her to the equation.]]
** Gundam 00 practically spammed Deus Ex Machina from beginning to end. Almost every time Celestial Being came even ''remotely'' close to defeat, A.) one or more of the Gundam Meisters would reveal a weapon or a feature that was previously not shown nor hinted at before, such as the case of the Nadleeh and later its Trial System or B.) be saved by the intervention of an outside force like the Thrones or C.) one of [[TheChessmaster old man Aeolia's]] little hidden features (i.e. Trans Am) would trigger, essentially, a more grandiose version of A. This was especially insulting for their opposition, who would make painfully detailed strategies that exploited the Gundams' (known) weaknesses and would have otherwise been successful until Deus Ex Machina kicked in. And as with the first example, it is extremely hazy to wether it is regular old Deus ex or a case of FridgeBrilliance catching up.
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Sasuke pulls off a NoOneCouldSurviveThat by [[spoiler:summoning, mind-controlling, ''and'' teleporting a massive snake]] when he's completely out of chakra. Said technique is difficult because of the huge amount of chakra required. He pulled this all off in the time it took for an explosion that would completely level a city to reach him. After the explosion had already started. When it started just a few feet from him. Great Snake Escape, indeed.
** Chapter 449: After spending the last thirty chapters wreaking havoc [[spoiler:Pain/Nagato pulls a case of RedemptionEqualsDeath and a device that was only shown to be able to repair corpses to bring back [[DeathIsCheap everyone]] that he had killed since entering the village]].
** During his assault on the Kage Summit, [[spoiler: Sasuke]] nearly died from chakra exhaustion, having been spamming the crap out of high level techs with his new [[spoiler: Mangekyo Sharingan]]. And then, out of nowhere, [[spoiler: Zetsu, who had previously shown up to alert the Kages to Sasuke's presence and gotten killed for his efforts, reveals that he managed to use a time release jutsu in the split second before the Raikage snapped his neck that sucks all the chakra out of everyone in the room and gives to Sasuke.]]
** [[spoiler: [[BigBad Obito]] and Kabuto]] both become examples, as each pulls a HeelFaceTurn, helping to revive Naruto and Sasuke respectively.
** [[spoiler: Obito died, but turns out his eyes have the power to teleport the user from the afterlife back to the land of living as a chakra ghost, and then he passes both his Sharingan to Kakashi ''using chakra transfer''. Mind you the Sharingan is a [[SuperpowerfulGenetics bloodline limit]] and his physical eyes were both destroyed when Kaguya desintegrated his body. And then Kakashi fully manifests a Susanoo [[InstantExpert in its stabilised perfect form in the first try]]. This isn't even getting started on the fact that Kakashi is able to use the Uchiha bloodline technique Susanoo, despite the fact that he, you know, ''isn't an Uchiha''.]]
** Towards the end of the story, all hope seems lost. Madara [[spoiler: successfully rips Kurama out of]] Naruto, basically killing him and [[spoiler: giving him the opportunity to become the Ten Tails Jinchuriki.]] ''Then'' he stabs Sasuke through the chest, and nobody is able to save his life. [[spoiler: Except for the Sage of Six Paths, who pulls Naruto and Sasuke into his private limbo, gives them some important exposition, and then hands them the power to fight Madara and defeat Madara while also saving both of their lives.]] What a nice person.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Any situation involving a showdown between Team Rocket and "the twerps" where either Team Rocket seems to have the upper hand or the two sides have been forced into a dangerous stalemate. Cue a single, recurring Pokémon, typically either Marker-Jigglypuff or Misty's Togepi. The former will sing their soothing music and cause everyone to fall asleep (thus enraging it and causing it to doodle vengefully on everyone), or the latter will start using the Metronome attack, which causes a burst of random Deus Ex Machina energy to fill the room and set everything right. Metronome in the games is a completely random attack, selecting from a list of the majority of other moves in the game and naturally having a very high chance of doing something useless or detrimental. This never happens in the anime.
** May's Skitty has the Assist technique, which randomly uses an attack known by another member of the party. Of course, it naturally has the RandomNumberGod on its side. She got better about it, and later seemed to use it as a jump-off for improvisation than a lucky shot. One contest had her focusing on keeping Skitty alive while spamming Assist continually, producing effects varying from mildly useful to downright inhibitive, until she got the attack she wanted in the first place and oneshot the opponent.
** There was one episode where Team Rocket grabs Pikachu and flies off in their balloon. How does Ash get him back? He ''jumps five stories straight up'' into the balloon basket, with no assistance from any nearby plot devices. It looked exactly as ridiculous as it sounds.
** ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' features Ash running between a beam struggle between Mew and Mewtwo that [[TakenForGranite turns him to stone]]. When a few shocks from Pikachu make it clear that [[TheHeroDies Ash is, in fact, dead]], all of the Pokémon cry... and their tears swirl over to Ash's body and bring him back to life. Nowhere else in the entire series is the fact that Ash was literally brought back to life brought up. Justified as in the prologue of the movie, it is explained that the tears of Pokémon contain life. This is also briefly mentioned in the movie itself. But only in the dub.
** The ninth movie has a similar occurrence where Ash suddenly gains what seem to be Manga/DragonBall powers to stop what would have otherwise been a villain victory. The original version had an unclear explanation and the dub added a ''slightly'' deeper level of justification.
** In ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'', Ruby can't penetrate through the lightning that a machine made to be able to defeat the {{Big Bad}}s. What does he do? The only logical thing, of course, call out [[spoiler:Celebi]], which doesn't make sense because [[spoiler:Celebi]] isn't more resistant to electricity than Swampert, but that's not all. Then [[spoiler:Celebi]] proceeds to use its [[spoiler:time powers to revive Norman, Steven, and Courtney. And Celebi's not even caught in a GS Ball, which the Mask of Ice needed a full blown out plan to get!]]
** There's a subversion in the Ash vs. Paul full battle by Lake Acuity. Even though Ash's Chimchar evolves into Monferno after beating Paul's Ursaring, it's unable to beat his Electabuzz. Though even if it ''had'' been able to, Ash would've lost eventually because Paul still would have had three Pokémon left.
** Another example was Ash's battle against Tate and Liza, where Ash's Pikachu and Swellow, the last of which was at a disadvantage against their Lunatone and Solrock, inexplicably pulled out the infamous golden "lightning armor" gambit and knocked their opponents out.
** Pikachu defeating Brock's Onix because he Thunderbolts it while the sprinkler system is running. [[HilariousInHindsight Ironically,]] the video games would vindicate this years later with the introduction of the "Soak" move, which changes the target's typing to pure Water, [[ElementalRockPaperScissors with the predictable results]]. Of course, Pikachu can't learn Soak, but using the sprinklers to soak Onix in a more literal sense is a fair stand-in.
* Justified and subverted in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. At first, it would seem completely coincidental how Homura seemed to arrive on the screen to save the day it seemed, as well as extremely unlikely. [[spoiler: It turns out, however, that she is a Time Traveller and had repeated the same span of time over and over again, knowing what events were to happen and when the events would occur. With her power over time, she could appear when it is thought to be very unlikely.]]
** The resolution of the series is sometimes considered to be this trope, but it was {{foreshadow|ing}}ed earlier. Kyubey claims in episode 8 that [[spoiler:Madoka could wish to become a god, and could easily "make Sayaka human again" (an ominous choice of words, since this is ''before'' Sayaka becomes a witch). [[AbstractApotheosis Madoka does exactly what he suggested, and decides to cure all the other witches, too.]] [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Not an ideal result for Kyubey, but it's his own fault for encouraging the idea]]]].
* A literal Deus Ex Machina is attributed to everyone's survival after the FinalBattle of ''Manga/RaveMaster.'' This despite several characters using a DangerousForbiddenTechnique to win their battles. The characters theorize that since they saved the world, the world decided to save them back.
* ''Manga/RozenMaiden'' was CutShort by [=LaPlace=] announcing that the Alice Game of that era had come to an end, leaving all the action that currently was building up gone by a bloody rabbit deciding that the game will not continue within the very timeframe of the story, inevitably leading some fans to believe that they will never find out who wins. However, with the reboot of the manga and the "tales" being released on a monthly basis, this theory is thrown out the window, since the same dolls now appear in an alternate timeline in which Jun chose not to wind up Shinku. Indeed, it is too revealed that it was more [[EnigmaticMinion LaPlace]] speaking in riddles, as he usually does. Indeed, the events of the original timeline did, in fact, happen, and the two timelines are revealed to actually be connected.
** The ''Manga/RozenMaiden'' anime's second season, Traumend, also ends with a major Deus Ex Machina. [[spoiler: All of the dolls are defeated in the Alice game, and Barasuishou becomes Alice. Just when everything looks lost, she suddenly starts to crumble apart. This is explained along the lines of "she can't handle the purity of Alice", or something like that, as she's not really a Rozen Maiden. The dolls killed by Barasuishou come back to life. Those killed by legitimate Rozen Maiden stay dead.]]
* A staple of the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime. Two notable instances would be all the heroines dying only to be randomly resurrected; and the heroine throwing herself from a floating island, then inexplicably sprouting wings on the way down.
* ''[[Manga/{{Saiyuki}} Gensomaden Saiyuki]]'': When outnumbered in a deadly pinch, Goku's diadem will break and he transforms into the Seiten Taisai. After kicking everyone's ass, he turns on his own friends until Kanzeon Bosatsu shows up and places a new diadem on his head.
* ''Anime/{{s-CRY-ed}}'' had an episode in which Ayase was battling Kazuma. While fighting, she had a heart monitor reading her brother's life signs. However, when her bro kicks the bucket, she throws the fight and somehow ''loses the will to live'' and just dies.
* Played absolutely straight in ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}} NEXT''. Nearly the entire plot revolves around Lina's [[HoldingBackThePhlebotinum refusal to cast the Giga Slave]] after her discovery that miscasting it may end the world. Hellmaster Phibrizo eventually blackmails Lina into casting it and ensures that the casting fails, only for the power called upon by the spell, the supreme creator goddess of the Slayers universe, the Lord of Nightmares, to take Lina's body as an avatar instead and promptly annihilate the previously invincible (to the heroes) demon lord with a casual gesture. She also plays ResetButton by bringing everyone back to life that Phibrizzo had killed (Lina's breaking point about casting the spell was his threat to [[DeaderThanDead obliterate their souls as well]]).
* ''Anime/SonicX'' has one of these in the finale of its final season, where the stone Cosmo has been wearing since the beginning of the series is revealed to be a magical amulet that can automatically accelerate her growth so that she reaches the stage of becoming a tree (as is apparently the fate of all her species) early, attaches herself to the bad guy and weaken him so that the Good Guys can shoot and destroy. We had heard nothing about this earlier in the series.
* Used in the ''Manga/SoulEater'' anime adaption's final episode where [[spoiler:Kid's lines of Sanzo connect and grants him godlike Shinigami powers]]. When this fails and Maka is knocked unconscious with even her weapon, Soul, incapable of helping her, [[spoiler:she suddenly begins to conjure scythes out of her body because she happens to be half weapon. This ability has never been heard of before now and best believe it'll never be brought up again]]. When even this fails. [[spoiler:Maka manages to beat him all on her own using none other than The Power Of Love.]]
* [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]] did this over and over... sort of. Essentially a "logical" Deus Ex Machina was set up for the show's entirety with Spiral Energy, literally giving characters the ability to do the impossible ([[spoiler:the chance of Kittan's giga-drill that freed the crew from the spiral-draining sea thing succeeding was given as 0% but through a great speech and shouting he succeeded]]) through their sheer willpower and greatness. On paper it sounds like an extreme Deus Ex Machina, but when watching/reading it it's exciting and used enough to not feel like the giant cop out it may first appear. Gainax being Gainax, they then hang a lampshade in the last act of the anime that is summated "using Spiral Energy too much will destroy the universe" (read: "using this too often can ruin a series").
* Occurs in all three installments of the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' Unicron Trilogy; at some point the Autobots are defeated and critically damaged, but then they are repaired and upgraded (and in the third installment given new vehicle modes), by the Minicons in ''[[Anime/TransformersArmada Armada]]'', then by Primus in ''[[Anime/TransformersEnergon Energon]]'' and ''[[Anime/TransformersCybertron Cybertron]]''.
** In an earlier series, this is what saved Star Saber from Deathsaurus in ''Anime/TransformersVictory''. Deathsaurus delivers a vicious, merciless beatdown, driving Star Saber to the point of deactivation. He's about to deliver the final blow when his living metal-destroying cannon... runs out of batteries.
** Another example comes from ''Manga/TransformersZone'': Metrotitan is devastating Earth with a freeze gun, and Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber are for some reason powerless to stop him. All of a sudden, Road Fire appear, with a heat ray that's just the thing to revert Metrotitan's effects, and then proceeds to single-handedly kick Metrotitan's retrocharger.
* ''[[Anime/UchuuSenkanYamato Star Blazers]]'': ''The Comet Empire War''; The near-Godlike Treleina of Telezart turns up at the very last moment to [[spoiler:obliterate Prince Zordar's warship and save Earth.]] Subverted as Captain Wildstar had already begun the process of [[spoiler:sacrificing the Argo in a ramming attack]] to achieve the same end.
* At the end of ''Manga/WolfsRain'', [[spoiler: after Darcia defeats and kills all the major cast members and prepares to enter paradise, he is suddenly vaporized (except for his eye) for no apparent reason, other than he's evil.]] This comes off as a bit of an AssPull for some.
* The heroes in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' seem to win solely on pulling the one card out of a forty card plus deck that can save them from doom. Many times, these cards are not alluded to prior to their save the world moment and turn the tide of the battle completely 180 degrees. After all, how many times have you heard the line "It all comes down to this one card" only to have them draw a complete waste of a card?
--> '''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Yami Yugi]]''': I activate "Deus Ex Machina"!
--> '''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Weevil]]''': ([[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead Beavis-esque voice]]) Hee hee! Hey! No fair! You can't use spell cards on my turn!
--> '''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Yami Yugi]]''': Tell it to the writing staff!!
** In the duel between Yugi and Mai in the Duelist Kingdom arc, Yugi wins by playing "Black Luster Ritual", which allows him to summon a more powerful monster than anything Mai has. Yet for some reason, only Yami is even aware that Yugi has it in his deck; Yugi has never heard of the card before.
** Taken to its logical extreme at the end of the battle against Noah. Yugi's hand is empty, but on his final turn, he manages to draw a card that lets him [[spoiler:draw six more cards. And, as it turns out, these were exactly what he needed to pull off a very specific combo attack to deplete Noah's 10,000+ life points.]] If not for ThePowerOfFriendship scene just before, that draw would have been ridiculous even by Yu-Gi-Oh standards.
** [[SerialEscalation Taken even further]] in the duel against Leon in the filler tournament arc. Thanks to the BigBad hacking the game system, Leon's Golden Castle of Stromberg forced Yugi to throw out half his deck at the beginning of every turn. This continued until Yugi only had one card left in his deck. This card allowed him to destroy all of Leon's monsters and all of his life points at the same time.
** Kaiba's winning move against Zigfried in the same arc qualifies too. By using Zig's own Magical Alms card against him with a great deal of luck, he's able to draw five new cards, increase his Life Points enough to spend the amount needed to banish five of his Dragons and then summon ''all five'' of them, then launch an attack that blows Zig's monster to Kingdom Come and Zig's Life Points to zero. (And it was likely the most spectacular finish of Kaiba's career.)
** In the last duel of the Battle City Final Yugi plays Ragnarok, a previously unseen card, which allows his entire cast of monsters to pulverize the Winged Dragon of Ra, and leaving Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl on the field. The card was never played or mentioned again. [[RuleOfCool (But it was kick-ass awesome.)]]
** All of the Millennium Items seem to have a bunch of random powers that either activate by themselves, or the characters remember just in time. Of course those powers are never used again. For example, in one episode, Yami uses the power of the Millennium Puzzle to force the spirit of the Millennium Ring into the Duel Monster card he trapped Bakura in, and restored Bakura to his body.
** In Seasons 2 and 3, Marik's Millennium Rod likes showing Kaiba visions, since Kaiba owned the Rod in a past life. When Marik orders the Rod to show him those same visions, it doesn't obey him.
** Some episodes attempt to justify this by having characters note they need the right card to turn the duel around, but they don't get it for several turns and they have to stall. And there ''are'' only 40-45 cards in the decks, if you stall long enough you'll draw what you need sooner or later.
** If anything, all of this can be chalked to pre-emptive DiabolusExMachina, that is, the opponents drawing into what they need first to push the protagonists into a bind, for the sake of RisingConflict.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'' has a literal example. When Yami is injured in the fight against the Five-Headed Dragon, the girl chosen as a human sacrifice prays for the Blue-Eyes to aid him, joined by the other villagers. It awakens and aids Yugi.
* The card "Miracle Tuner - Savior Dragon" ("Majestic Dragon" in the dub) from ''[[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds 5Ds]]'' has earned the nickname "Deus Ex Machina Dragon" within the fanbase, as it's a card that ''appears'' in a character's deck when the Crimson Dragon (the resident God for this series) wants it to. Not only that, but it allows whichever character that uses it to summon ''another'' monster that isn't actually in their Deck (well, Extra Deck technically, but still).
* In ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' Yuya being able to Pendulum Summon right out of the blue, Yuya is the first and only person to be able to Pendulum Summon and the only one with Pendulum monsters. People accuse Yuya of cheating being the only duelist who can do so. Leo Corporation remedies this by developing their own Pendulum Summoning.
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''
** Yusuke winning Genkai's tournament could apply. Ignoring the fact he was lucky enough to have Kibano [[ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy tell him about his helmet]], the [[Bowdlerise/AnimeAndManga edited]] {{dub|InducedPlotHole}} qualifies because it [[NoSmoking removed the cigarette]] that led to his victory. Kazemaru lost because the throwing stars locked on to his energy at the same time Yusuke slipped into the mud; Genkai acknowledged that victory was a fluke. Rando attempts to shrink Yusuke the same way he did to Kuwabara, but it backfires. Genkai explains that a chant will do so if it can't be heard by the victim and it turns out at that moment Yusuke had algae in his ear.
** Another one from the Dark Tournament: Kuwabara is in a fight that he knows he has no chance of winning (for reference, he was screaming in pain on his way ''into'' the ring) and is planning to kill them both with a suicide attack to win, (his team has four wins and the other only has two, so a double win will bump them up to the necessary five). Suddenly, [[LoveInterests Yukina]] arrives which [[ThePowerOfLove somehow]] restores Kuwabara's energy and he knocks his opponent across the stadium with one shot.
** From Chapter Black, Yusuke's fight with the Doctor contains ''three of these in a row.'' The first, and most random, happens when the Doctor takes a female nurse hostage [[spoiler: who turns out to be [[VoluntaryShapeshifting a disguised (and sickly) Yanigisawa]] who manages to save himself.]] The second happens when he tries to fool Yusuke with a false antidote to his plague [[spoiler: which gets ruined by the sudden appearance of [[{{Telepathy}} Murota]] (also sickly).]] And the final one happens when Yusuke seemingly kills the Doctor (as the only way to stop his plague) [[spoiler: [[WriterCopOut only to have Genkai revive him.]]]]
** There's also Hiei [[ChangedMyMindKid deciding to help]] ''precisely'' when Sniper blows up the truck. This one had been foreshadowed by Kurama, who had declared that [[JerkassWithAHeartOfGold Hiei]] was just posturing when he said he wouldn't help, and was proved right when Hiei got a flimsy justification and entered the frame.
** Also Yusuke being resurrected after being killed by Sensui due to being a descendent of a powerful demon king. Afterwards Sensui was still stronger and more experienced with his level of power and Raizen takes over Yusuke's body to completely dominate Sensui who at that point was dominating the fights before.
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' is a repeat offender of Deus ex machina, but one of the most striking examples is Alluka. She is a literal machine (machina?) of this trope. She has a special power that can supposedly do anything (the limits of this ability are unknown by anyone InUniverse, but Illumi speculated that there is probably 'no limit'). "It" never uses the ability itself, and only uses it when someone asks for a wish. There are strict rules regarding how to use the ability, and there are drawbacks in the form of a backlash, which can be trivial or severe, depending on the magnitude of the wish. Alluka was first introduced (with no hint of prior existence aside from confirmation that Killua had additional siblings that had yet to be introduced) after [[spoiler:Gon sacrificed his aura to defeat Neferpitou and was left in a state of near-death with little chance of being revived through 'normal' means. Obviously the only point of bringing this character into the manga was to [[ResetButton heal Gon and pretend that nothing ever happened]]. This is a wish that was expected to have an extremely major backlash that could potentially end up killing the entire Zoldik family, but, of course, it turns out that Killua can break the established rules for no reason and "command" Alluka to give any wish without any backlash]].
* In {{Planzet}} the day is saved when the protagonists stumble onto a [[spoiler:SuperRobot that was hidden until it was absolutely necessary. Its origins are never explained.]]
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