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deus ex machina 

a) an improbable or unexpected device or character that suddenly appears to resolve a situation

b) something that makes no sense but is added so that the story can end
a) the naval officer in lord of the flies is a deus ex machina

b) wasnt all them surviving in 2012 a deus ex machina?

Deus ex machina 

LatinNoun.
meaning God from the machine.
It refers to greek tragedy plays where a "god" would be lowered from rope (hence "machines") to solve all the charicters delimas.

Also, my Handlealias.
"the deus ex machina has come to save us!"
Deus ex machina by Zac Beaumont April 14, 2004

deus ex machina 

as such a angle come to solve problems
i.e a sudden and unexpted turn of events
good or bad

deus ex machina 

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deus ex slot machina 

A literary device used primarily in film in which the protagonists' seemingly impossible dilemma is solved through an unexpected and improbable gambling windfall, such as winning the jackpot.
Moviegoer 1: Couldn't they have thought of a better way for them to pay him back than just winning $80,000 in blackjack?

Moviegoer 2: Yeah, the writers pulled a total deus ex slot machina...
deus ex slot machina by atds June 20, 2009

Deus Ex Machinegun 

A scene in films, books, or television in which several antagonists square off in an armed shootout, and in the process of killing one another, conveniently eliminate multiple threats to the protagonist.
Will Smith and Gene Hackman get away in Enemy of the State thanks to a classic deus ex machinegun where the mafia, the CIA, and the local police all kill one another, while it's a deus ex machinegun between rival drug factions that begins the narrative in No Country For Old Men.