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Characters who fall under this trope are unlikely to use an [[Omniscient Morality License]]; why put the hero through hell when you can save the day by moving a book across the room? Unless, of course, [[Helping Would Be Killstealing|this was the only way for them to grow as a person]]...

Implies [[For Want of a Nail]]. See [[Xanatos Roulette]] for when this trope is not justified by the planner being omniscient. Compare [[Maybe Magic Maybe Mundane]] and [[Butterfly of Doom]]. Often used as flimsy justification for [[Deus Ex Machina]] and [[A Wizard Did It]].

Implies [[For Want of a Nail]]. See [[Xanatos Roulette]] for when this trope is not justified by the planner being omniscient. Compare [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]] and [[Butterfly of Doom]]. Often used as flimsy justification for [[Deus Ex Machina]] and [[A Wizard Did It]].

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

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* [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s novel ''[[Cats Cradle|Cat's Cradle]]'' introduces the religion of "Bokononism," wherein all living beings are arranged by God in groups called ''karass'', in order to advance the divine will. The members of a karass may never even know each other, and their work may overlap in bizarre, coincidental ways, but they work together for a single purpose that they'll never know.

** Of course Bokononism admits that it's all bull shit.

* ''[[Bridge of Birds]]'' manifests this eventually, in a [[Innocuously Important Episode|seemingly random,]] [[Million to One Chance|seemingly impossible]] way.

* ''[[Bridge of Birds]]'' manifests this eventually, in a [[Innocuously Important Episode|seemingly random,]] [[Million-to-One Chance|seemingly impossible]] way.

* It's implied throughout [[JRR Tolkien (Creator)|JRR Tolkien]]'s work that Eru (AKA God) has his hand in everything, and that little things like Bilbo finding the Ring were 'meant' to happen.

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== [[Music]] ==

* Despite of the above disclaimer, many interpret the [[U 2]] song this way, thanks to [[Applicability|the wide range of interpretations]] of their works.

* Probably the [[Trope Namer]], though a slight case of [[Beam Me Up Scotty]], is [[William Cowper]]'s 1779 hymn: "God moves in a mysterious way / His wonders to perform."

* Probably the [[Trope Namer]], though a slight case of [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]], is [[William Cowper]]'s 1779 hymn: "God moves in a mysterious way / His wonders to perform."

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

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