History PlayingWith / DeusExMachina

** Evulz was taunting Alice by saying [[BlasphemousBoast "Not even God can save you now!"]] This got God's attention.

* '''Exaggerated''': Evulz has Alice BoundAndGagged and locked in TheAlcatraz surrounded by 1000 {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, each of whom can easily defeat 10 trained soldiers, when {{God}} snaps a finger and transports Alice to safety.

** Alice attempts to invoke a DeusExMachina by [[OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow stacking the odds impossibly high against herself]]. [[SubvertedTrope IT DOESN'T]] [[OhCrap WORK]].

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

* '''Downplayed''': Alice is hanging on a cliff. Her backpack, whose contents weren't revealed at any point but was used several times, happens to have a rope she can use.

** They're in an [[Videogame/EarthBound 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]].

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

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

* '''Exaggerated''': Evulz has Alice hanging on a cliff when {{God}} comes out of nowhere and zaps Evulz to dust.

** 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...

** Evulz was taunting Alice by saying "Not even God can save you now!" This got God's attention.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The eagle immediately drops Alice back onto the cliff, and she complains that she was hoping for something miraculous to happen, but it didn't. Before Evulz can kill Alice, the eagle comes by and grabs her again, apologizing for poor grip the first time around.

* '''Downplayed''': Alice is hanging on a cliff. Her backpack, which contents weren't revealed at any point but was used several times, happens to have a rope she can use.

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** It's actually a poorly set-up [[Chekhov'sGun.]]

** Alice realizes that no one is coming to save her and Evulz takes that into account as he [[BreakThemByTalking breaks her by talking]] on how ThisIsReality...

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

-->[[AC: GOD: "HEY, I'M A GOD I THINK THAT IS JUSTIFIED."]]
** They're in an [[Videogame/EarthBound 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.]]
** Alice WAS god all along, but can only alter things subconsciously as she is unaware of her own divinity.

** Alice realizes that no one is coming to save her and Evulz takes that into account as he gives her an BreakingSpeech on how ThisIsReality...

** The reality warper friend is also a FriendlyEnemy and thinks up {{Evil Plan}}s for fun. If something bad happens to their playmates (such as lossing story-breaking help) they will deliberately sabotage their own plan with a random out-of-nowhere miracle so the game can continue.

** They're in an [[EarthBound 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.]]

** The scene was written as a parody of DeusExMachina where afterward they lampshade the ridiculousness.

* '''Exploited''': ???