Plot Device

A fatal disease that causes the death of a character, whether major or minor. The character(s) that has died of Plot Device has/have bitten the dust in order to somehow advance the plot (ie: the plot would not move forward without their death)

To determine if the true cause of a character's death was indeed Plot Device, one needs to look at the events following the death and ask if the plot would have moved forward if the character hadn't died. If it would not have, the character has died of Plot Device.

(Plot Device was named so by the fact that anything that moves the plot forward is a plot device.)

Lily and James Potter (Harry Potter), L (Death Note), Shinobu Sensui (YuYu Hakusho), Press Tilton (Pendragon), Brom (Eragon), Mr. and Mrs. Wayne (Batman), and many more have died from Plot Device.

Unfortunately, Plot Device seems to be the true killer of many of the fan-favorites.

Plot Device by Tututalula December 2, 2009

Plot-Devicedly 

An adjective denoting something that is, or is closely related to a plot device. The phrase is used to make plot devices blatantly obvious for what they are, and thus can be considered to be of significance to humor that intentionally breaks the fourth wall.

John leapt into the vat of radioactive waste, which plot-devicedly gave him super powers instead of radiation poisoning.

The heel of Mary's shoe suddenly snapped, sending her to the floor and plot-devicedly allowing her to evade the killer's axe.

The staggering blow would have been fatal to any normal human, but plot-devicedly enough Jack was the last survivor of an ancient race and the magic in his blood kept him alive; though removing all conflict from the story in doing so.

Plot-Devicedly by Kardas W. Fox December 22, 2008

Plot devices

Yeah, that's why the new Star Wars movies sucked, by the way. You listening to George Lucas instead of me.

A retard "But George Lucas said the Force is a plot device!"

Hym Iam "Yeah, that's not how fucking plot devices work jackass. A plot device is a broader category under which POWER SYSTEMS fall. So Plot Device:
-Power System
-Deus Ex Machina
-McGuffin
-Etc
If everything conflict if the movie is resolved by the plot device then what do the CHARACTERS in the movie actually do? Nothing! The Force DID EVERYTHING in those movies. Rey is tied to table? Jedi mind trick! Why would she even know that was a thing! Anyone who has seen it wouldn't remember that it had happened. Rey loses a lightsaber Duel to Kilo Ren? The Force wins for her! Everything she does in the movie is completely unearned because she's literally a Force puppet and the Force does everything. Look a movie where every conflict is resolved by Deus Ex Machina! I mean, you can do it as like a gag. Like Bullet Train is essentially that but that doesn't apply to anyone other then the main character. Deus Ex Machina is Brad Pits POWER in the movie. It's his gimmick. He has uncanny reaction/action speed and a Domino from X-men-Esque Deus Ex Machina field. But the Star Wars was bad. End of thing."

Plot devices by Hym Iam March 4, 2026