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* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' pulls two Diabolus Ex Machinas at various points to save the (un)life of its [[Big Bad]], Xykon - first {{spoiler|when [[Knight Templar|Miko Miyazaki]] unwittingly pulls the rug out from a paladin who's about to smite Xykon and his [[The Dragon|lieutenant]],}} and second when {{spoiler|Xykon's Soul Jar narrowly misses utter and permanent annihilation by falling ''just short'' of a portal to another dimension - after the bird that was supposed to drop it in from point-blank range stopped shy for what was then no apparent reason.}} |
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' pulls two Diabolus Ex Machinas at various points to save the (un)life of its [[Big Bad]], Xykon - first {{spoiler|when [[Knight Templar|Miko Miyazaki]] unwittingly pulls the rug out from a paladin who's about to smite Xykon and his [[The Dragon|lieutenant]],}} and second when {{spoiler|Xykon's Soul Jar narrowly misses utter and permanent annihilation by falling ''just short'' of a portal to another dimension - after the bird that was supposed to drop it in from point-blank range stopped shy for what was then no apparent reason.}} |
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* Din and Jin from ''[[Las Lindas]]'' seem to be this trope personified. Their latest "prank" rivals the [[Code Geass|Euphinator Incident]] in terms of everything going to hell in the worst way possible just when things were going good for the cast. |
* Din and Jin from ''[[Las Lindas]]'' seem to be this trope personified. Their latest "prank" rivals the [[Code Geass|Euphinator Incident]] in terms of everything going to hell in the worst way possible just when things were going good for the cast. |
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* Meta-referenced in [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209193157/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3523 this] ''[[Sinfest]]''-strip, courtesy of a semi-sentient, diabolical book. |
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* In [[Homestuck]], {{spoiler|the Scratch}} and the resulting arrival of {{spoiler|Jack Noir in their universe}} just in time to stop them from winning SGRUB was this from the perspective of the Trolls. |
* In [[Homestuck]], {{spoiler|the Scratch}} and the resulting arrival of {{spoiler|Jack Noir in their universe}} just in time to stop them from winning SGRUB was this from the perspective of the Trolls. |
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* Maria's death in ''[[Anders Loves Maria]]''. Occurs in the second-to-last strip, wtih next to no foreshadowing, and Anders spends two splash panels just staring off into space before a [[Time Skip]] to his life as a single father. |
* Maria's death in ''[[Anders Loves Maria]]''. Occurs in the second-to-last strip, wtih next to no foreshadowing, and Anders spends two splash panels just staring off into space before a [[Time Skip]] to his life as a single father. |
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