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Note that this is different from DeusExMachina. This is a more specific trope.

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Note that this is different from DeusExMachina. This is a more specific trope. \n It may overlap with SupernaturalAid, if the aid comes in the form of a gift or power that is given relatively early in the story. See also DivineIntervention.
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* ''Film/LevyAndGoliath'': {{God}} manifests to help the protagonist, an observant Orthodox Jew named Moses, at least twice. The first when he orders him to hide in a NoTellMotel in [[RedLightDistrict Pigalle]] to escape the gang of drug dealer Goliath, and the second when he inspires him to bring down Goliath with a makeshift sling using the [[Literature/TheBible biblical]] DavidVersusGoliath story from the ''Literature/BooksOfSamuel''.
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* ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' has Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf helping Ash, Pikachu, and Co. during the Diamond and Pearl arc, and Reshiram and Zekrom helping them during the Best Wishes arc.

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* ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' has Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf helping Ash, Pikachu, and Co. during the Diamond and Pearl arc, ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'', and Reshiram and Zekrom helping them during the Best Wishes arc.''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite''.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', a flashback shows Zelda teaching Link the Song of Time shortly before he departed on his journey, where she tells him that the Goddess of Time will come to his aid should he play it. During the game proper, playing the Song of Time [[TimeTravel will send Link back to the moment he first entered Clock Town]], three days before [[ColonyDrop the moon crashes into Termina]].
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* {{Implied|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': after Link restores the Sols (the [[DarkWorld Twilight Realm's]] equivalent of the sun) to their pedestals, their light is infused into the Master Sword. Midna takes this as a sign that the guardian deities of her world have taken their side in their quest to defeat [[TheUsurper Zant]].
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** 5th Edition's clerics can literally use Divine Intervention (which succeeds if they roll less than their level on a d100, meaning 19% at best), although the results of the intervention are up to the DM. At maximum level, the ability works automatically, though only once a week.
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* ''Film/KaamelottPremierVolet'': [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]] gets [[BoltOfDivineRetribution struck by a lightning bolt]] right before the duel with TheUsurper Lancelot starts, which re-empowers {{Excalibur}} (which had failed to [[FlamingSword ignite]] up to this point).
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* ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'' (1981). Zeus interferes repeatedly to help his son Perseus and punish those who oppose him. He also has other deities give him divine gifts, including a shield, a sword, and a helm that grants the power of invisibility. The goddess Thetis likewise tries to help her son Calibos but it doesn't turn out very well.

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* ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'' (1981). Zeus interferes repeatedly to help his son Perseus and punish those who oppose him. He also has other deities give him divine gifts, including a shield, a sword, and a helm that grants the power of invisibility.invisibility and a [[RobotBuddy mechanical owl]]. The goddess Thetis likewise tries to help her son Calibos but it doesn't turn out very well.
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* ''{{Film/Xanadu}}''. An Olympian Muse named Kira (actually Terpsichore) inspires two men to artistic greatness: one in the BackStory and one in the present.

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* ''{{Film/Xanadu}}''.''{{Film/Xanadu|1980}}''. An Olympian Muse named Kira (actually Terpsichore) inspires two men to artistic greatness: one in the BackStory and one in the present.
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* During ''VideoGame/TheCluefinders'' 4th Grade Adventures, Egyptian gods Horus, Bastet, Sobek, and Isis grant the Cluefinders with special abilities to aid them in their upcoming fight against the god of chaos Set.

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* During ''VideoGame/TheCluefinders'' 4th Grade Adventures, ''VideoGame/TheClueFinders4thGradeAdventuresThePuzzleOfThePyramid'', Egyptian gods Horus, Bastet, Sobek, and Isis grant the Cluefinders [=ClueFinders=] with special abilities to aid them in their upcoming fight against the god of chaos Set.
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** ''Series/UltramanLeo'': Ultraman King, who is for all purposes an omnipotent God, ocassionally descends into battle to help Leo when things have become too hard for him to solve or a problem at hand has escalated far beyond anyone else's capacity to solve. He even outright ''resurrects'' Leo when he dies to Black Directive's schemes.

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** ''Series/UltramanLeo'': Ultraman King, who is for all purposes an omnipotent God, ocassionally occasionally descends into battle to help Leo when things have become too hard for him to solve or a problem at hand has escalated far beyond anyone else's capacity to solve. He even outright ''resurrects'' Leo when he dies to Black Directive's schemes.



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