Deus ex machina is a Latin term meaning "god from the machine", and is used to indicate a person or event which provides a sudden, unexpected solution to a story.
Deus ex machina may also refer to:
Music Deus Ex Machina (punk band), (s. 1989), a Greek hardcore punk band Deus ex Machina (Italian band), (s. 1990), an Italian jazz-rock band Deus Ex Machina (heavy metal band), (s. 2004), a Singaporean death/thrash metal band Deus ex Machina (Daugherty), a 2007 composition for piano and orchestra by composer Michael Daugherty
Albums Deus Ex Machina (Paul Schütze album), 1989 Deus Ex Machina (Liv Kristine album), 1998 The Deus Ex Machina Cycle, a 1999 album by Elodie Lauten Deus Ex Machinae (album), a 2004 album by Machinae Supremacy Deus Ex Machina, a 2010 film industry-only release by audiomachine
Songs "Deus Ex Machina", a song by Laibach from the 1996 album Jesus Christ Superstars "Deus Ex Machina," a song by The Smashing Pumpkins from the 2000 album Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music "Deus Ex Machina", a song by Omar Rodríguez-López of The Mars Volta from the 2004 album A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One "Deus Ex Machina", a song by Moi Dix Mois from the 2006 album Beyond the Gate "Ghost Prototype II (Deus Ex Machina)", a song by Scar Symmetry from the 2008 album Holographic Universe "Deus Ex Machina", a song by Pure Reason Revolution from the 2009 album Amor Vincit Omnia "Deus Ex Machina", a song by Cavalera Conspiracy from the 2014 album Pandemonium "Deus Ex Machina", a song by Deadmau5 from the 2016 album W:/2016Album/
Television and film "Deus Ex Machina" (Lost), a 2005 episode of the television series Lost "Deus Ex Machina" (Person of Interest), a 2014 episode of the television series Person of Interest Deus Ex Machina, an episode of the anime Ergo Proxy and the title theme of its soundtrack Deus Ex Machina, an episode of the sixth series of Waking the Dead Deus Ex Machina, the English title of the 25th episode of the anime RahXephon Deus Ex Machina, an episode of Jeremiah Deus Ex Machina, the final episode of Byker Grove "Deus Machina", the name of the mechas from the anime, manga and game Demonbane Deus Ex Machina, a god character from the manga and anime Future Diary (未来日記 Mirai Nikki) Deus Ex Machina, the name of the leader of the sentient machines in The Matrix Revolutions Deus ex machina, organisation in You, Me and the Apocalypse
Literature DeusExMachina, a 1999 book of black and white photographs by photographer Ralph Gibson Deus Ex Machina, a short story by Richard Matheson Deus Ex Machina, a story in the comic book Animal Man, and the title of the third collected edition Deus Machina, or Machine Doll, a type of doll created from the likeness of a human being in the light novel and in the manga series Unbreakable Machine-Doll Deus Ex Machina, a novel by Andrew Foster Altschul
Video games Deus Ex Machina (video game), a 1984 multimedia computer game Deus Ex, a series of first-person video games released from 2000 to 2016
Other Deus Ex Machina (company), designer of surf, snow, and street clothing
See also Ex Machina (disambiguation) "Ex Deus Machina", an episode of the television show Stargate SG-1