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"I've been suddenly rescued by some force utterly outside of the context of this narrative! How... unsatisfying."
"That certainly is convenient."
— Tyrone, The Backyardigans, frequently.
"''I mean, come on! Time travel?! What kind of Deus Ex Machina bulls@#! is that?!"
— Yami Bakura, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series, lampshading the use of this trope during the 5th season of LOST.
"You can't just throw stuff like this into the story out of nowhere! Where's the foreshadowing?!"
"Who says Deus Ex Machina is an outdated plot device?"
— Captain Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager
"Oh lord, hear our prayer...HELP!!!!" (God's hand appears to help him and Richie)
— Eddie Hitler, Bottom
"It's one of the bigger cop-outs in epiphany history."
— The Nostalgia Chick, on the end of Dragonheart
"Doctor Who stories are resolved by a Time Lord who emerges from a time machine - they're ALL deus ex machina. [sic]"
"This particular blunder is known as deus ex machina, which is French for "Are you fucking kidding me?"
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