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1. An unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.
2. A bullshit way of saving a character in a movie, novel, or play.
1. Man- The bet Peter made in the end of Dodgeball: An Underdog Story is such bullshit Deus Ex Machina!
2. The whole "love" thing from Harry Potter.
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(n.) 'dA-&s-"eks-'vä-gi-n& An unexpected, artificial, or improbable instance of two or more individuals having sex introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a situation or untangle a plot.
"...so, her boyfriend found out he had brain cancer, their dog was hit by a car, and the bank finally foreclosed on the house. But then they had sex, and all of their problems were immediately solved!"
"Sex... cured the brain cancer, got them a new dog, and somehow supplied them with a hundred and fifty thousand dollars?"
"Yeah, it was a bit of a deus ex vagina."
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Literally "God from the machine", Deus Ex Machina originally referred to Greek plays, where the "gods" would be lowered onto the stage in order to provide a quick resolution to the story. Today, Deus Ex Machina refers to any improbably and/or overly convenient character or mechanism that comes out of nowhere saves the character(s) from their doom.
For a hilarious send-up of Deus Ex Machina, check out the spaceship scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian.
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Situation in which one escapes by means noone could distinctly or indirectly predict.
Plot device in which the author makes up stupid shit to save his character.
None needed.
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A segué which suggests that the topic of conversation being moved to, is related to the one being moved from, when in fact they are entirely unrelated.
Person A: Nice weather we're having today, is it not?
Person B: Yes, quite, and speaking of the weather; where's that £5 you owe me?
Here, "And speaking of the weather," is the Deus Segué Machina.
A term to be used whenever flex tape can be used to fix something unusual in a particular situation.
Your boat broke in half?
You fixed it only using flex tape?
"deus flex machina"
A story ending that involves something inexplicable and unexpected, which usually requires a suspension of logic from the audience. Latin for "god from the machine", it originally referred to God showing up at the end of a play and simply resolving all the character's problems.
Who shot JR? Just the old deus ex machina, the whole season was a dream.
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