This is not a place to Complain About Plot Twists You Don't Like.Īs this is an Ending Trope, beware of unmarked spoilers! Please make sure an example meets the criteria before submitting. Nor the works Deus Ex, Deus ex Machina, Ex Machina or Ex Machina.
Not to be confused with the tropes Deus Est Machina, Deus Exit Machina or Ave Machina. Apparent Deus ex Machina also happen plenty in real life, given reality is far more complex and random than most fictionalized versions of it.įor more discussion about this Trope, see Only the Author Can Save Them Now.Ĭompare to the Reset Button, Non-Protagonist Resolver, Diabolus ex Machina, Coincidental Broadcast, You Didn't Ask, "Eureka!" Moment and Suspiciously Specific Sermon. Some works may explore the premise of fate and choice as a Central Theme, possibly even with The Powers That Be as the Big Good, which makes the use of the trope fit meta-textually.
#DEUS EX MACHINA PRONUNCIATION SERIES#
Sudden resolutions are perfectly capable of leading to satisfying conclusions - see the entire " Rule Of X" series of tropes: Rule of Cool, Rule of Cute, Rule of Empathy, Rule of Fun, Rule of Funny, Rule of Romantic, Rule of Scary, Rule of Sexy (for those ever-so-fun Deus Sex Machinas), Rule of Symbolism, and especially Rule of Drama. Remember, even the notorious Deus ex Machina can be pulled off. The solution was to let the bad guy be awesome for the duration of the movie, then drop a bridge on them in the last five minutes. Villains, and anyone else who didn't toe the moral line, were absolutely not allowed to get away with their crimes. The concept eventually came back into vogue during the early years of the film industry thanks to The Hays Code. The solution comes from a character with small or non-existent influence on the plot until that point, random chance from nature or karma, or some level of fate or Contrived Coincidence takes over.
Deus ex Machina are external to the characters and their choices throughout the story.If the problem could be fixed with a bit of common sense or has a deceptively simple answer, the solution is not a Deus ex Machina no matter how unexpected it may seem. Deus ex Machina are used to resolve a situation portrayed as unsolvable or hopeless.This means that even if they are featured, referenced or set-up earlier in the story, they do not appear as a natural or a viable solution to the plotline they eventually "solve". Deus ex Machina are sudden or unexpected.They are not unexpected developments that make things worse, nor sudden twists that only change the understanding of a story. Deus ex Machina are solutions to a problem.Note that there are a number of requirements for a plotline resolution to be a Deus ex Machina: A Divine Intervention need not always be a Deus ex Machina or the sole way this trope plays out however. In its most literal interpretation, this is when a godlike figure or power, with all the convenient power that comes with that, arrives to solve the problem. It referred to scenes in which a crane ( machine) was used to lower actors or statues playing a god or gods ( deus) onto the stage to set things right, often near the end of the play. note the original classical Greek "theos ek mekhanikos" became "deus ex machina" through Latin translations of Greek literary criticism in the Renaissance.
The term is Latin for "god out of the machine" and originates in ancient Greek theater.
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