History PlayingWith / DeusexMachina

* '''Inverted''': See DiabolusExMachina. or roles of the protagonist and the would be DEM reversed.

** The protagonist provides the solution to the problem the literal Deus Ex Machina (or DeusEstMachina) is having.

* '''Inverted''': See DiabolusExMachina.

** A RealityWarper creates a DeusExMachina to save themselves... which results in DivideByZero and an untold amount of destruction. NiceJobBreakingItHero.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** Alice puts her hope that something that will save her at the last minute. Such hope has actually worked before, but was portrayed as silly or meaningless beforehand.

** Alice, while being carried off, says something along the lines of "this my 15th... 17th... random save? I lost count." Alice, having been BornLucky, is actually used to random saves like this.

** Alice realizes that no one is coming to save her and Evulz takes that into account as he gives her an HannibalLecture on how ThisIsReality...
** Alice, or one of her TrueCompanions, is actually able to ''invoke'' {{Deus ex Machina}}s at will because they're a RealityWarper, the use of FunctionalMagic, [[BornLucky Super Luck]], or some other means. This leads to them breezing through their adventure. When a character is in danger without their Machina'ing friend, they are killed or severely injured because they don't know how to handle themselves without such story-breaking help.
** A RealityWarper creates a DeusExMachina to save themselves... which results in physics doing a LogicBomb and an untold amount of destruction. NiceJobBreakingItHero.
* '''Reconstructed''': Ending on an evil laugh, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Evulz accidently trips and]] [[DisneyVillainDeath falls to his doom]].

* '''Played for Drama''': Alice realizes that because of the increasingly unlikely outcomes of events, she is being controlled by some higher power, and really has no free will, or even a life of her own.

* '''Lampshaded''': "It's a miracle! You don't see this happen everyday!"

* '''Straight''': [[MadScientist Dr. Evulz]] has [[TheHero Alice]] hanging on a cliff when [[RobotBuddy B.O.R.]] comes out of nowhere and saves her.

--->- '''God:'''"HEY, I'M A GOD I THINK THAT IS JUSTIFIED."

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice realizes that no one is coming to save her and Evulz takes that into account as he gives her an HannibalLecture on how ThisIsReality...
** Alice, or one of her TrueCompanions, is actually able to ''invoke'' {{Deus ex Machina}}s at will because they're a RealityWarper, the use of FunctionalMagic, [[BornLucky Super Luck]], or some other means. This leads to them breezing through their adventure. When a character is in danger without their Machina'ing friend, they are killed or severely injured because they don't know how to handle themselves without such story-breaking help.
** A RealityWarper creates a DeusExMachina to save themselves... which results in physics doing a LogicBomb and an untold amount of destruction. NiceJobBreakingItHero.
* '''Reconstructed''': Ending on an evil laugh, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Evulz accidently trips and]] [[DisneyVillainDeath falls to his doom]].

* '''Played for Laughs''': Whilst rescuing her, the Eagle takes a crap and Alice is shown with a small pile of bird poop on her head.

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* '''Justified''': The DeusExMachina was intentionally written by the author and will play a significant role in the rest of the series. There are other justifications, for example...

* '''Parodied''': Alice attempts to invoke a DeusExMachina by [[OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow stacking the odds impossibly high against herself]].

* '''Averted''': Dr. Evulz has Alice hanging on a cliff, and he sends her plummeting to her doom.

* '''Defied''': Alice prays to God to not get in her way and to not have her friends come save her.

** They're in an RPG where you can get God to smite evil people by praying really hard. Against bosses, it's usually a UselessUsefulSpell. The TrueFinalBoss, however, [[ReviveKillsZombie is susceptible to it.]]

** They're in an RPG where you can get God to smite evil people by praying really hard. Against bosses, it's usually a UselessUsefulSpell. The TrueFinalBoss, however, [[KryptoniteFactor is susceptible to it.]]

** Alice, or one of her {{Nakama}}, is actually able to ''invoke'' {{Deus Ex Machina}}s at will because they're a RealityWarper, the use of FunctionalMagic, [[BornLucky Super Luck]], or some other means. This leads to them breezing through their adventure. When a character is in danger without their Machina'ing friend, they are killed or severely injured because they don't know how to handle themselves without such story-breaking help.

* '''Played for Drama''': Alice realizes that because of the increasignly unlikely outcomes of events, she is being controlled by some higher power, and really has no free will, or even a life of her own.

* '''Enforced''': "Well, I written myself in a corner... What to do, what to do... Oh I know! I will write that B.O.R. will come in and save her!"

* '''Justified''': By definition, you can't really justify a DeusExMachina. Doesn't stop some people from trying, for example...

** ---> '''God:'''"HEY, I'M A GOD I THINK THAT IS JUSTIFIED."

* '''Played for Laughs''': ???

** Before R.O.B. got PutOnABus, he spent most of his time randomly saving strangers from certain doom. When he shows up to save Alice at the last minute, the audience has mostly forgotten about it.

* '''Justified''': Alice puts her hope that something that will save her at the last minute.
** Or B.O.R. was fighting Mooks somewhere nearby, when he saw Alice was in danger, he bravely jumps to her rescue.
** They're in an RPG where you can get God to smite evil peple by praying really hard.
** Then again, by definition you can't really justify a DeusExMachina.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

** Or B.O.R. was fighting Mooks somewhere nearby, when he saw Alice was in danger, he bravley jumps to her rescue.