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''Almost by definition, stories have plot devices. Examples should be limited to lampshade hangings and references to the term.''
* There is a character in ''[[Sheep in The Big City]]'', literally called The Plot Device, which is a robot that can cause nearly anything to happen to advance the plot.▼
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Dr. Bill Ernoehazy, an ''[[Orion's Arm]]'' contributor'', wrote another story with a [[Faster-Than-Light Travel]] system called the [http://www.kheper.net/topics/scifi/grading.html#note Plott-deVice drive].▼
* One ''[[Captain Mar-Vell]]'' comic, starring Genis-Vell, featured a very clever Kree fellow named "Plaht," whose "device" cleared away several plot inconveniences.▼
* One of the various [[MacGuffin]]s that ''[[City of Heroes]]'' radio missions will ocassionally ask you to retrieve is a "P.L.O.T. Device." Its description:▼
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In ''[[The Dresden Files (game)|The Dresden Files]]'' RPG, certain characters are noted as being "plot device level" characters. Most of them are considered '''Plot Devices''' because they're so ridiculously powerful that no [[Player Party]] would ever reasonably be able to take them on directly, making stats meaningless, and thus would have to outmanuever, work around, or run away from them; these include the [[The Fair Folk|Faerie Queens]], [[Our Angels Are Different|Angels]], and [[Our Dragons Are Different|Dragons]]. A handful, however, are noted as being a '''Plot Device''' because they're so far down on the other side of the scale that they can only really provide one specific and specialized purpose, such as [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Elidee]], a tiny pixie—even by pixie standards—who shows up briefly in one book to serve as a guide/flashlight for Dresden.▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
▲* One of the various [[MacGuffin]]s that ''[[City of Heroes]]'' radio missions will
{{quote|The [[Fun with Acronyms|Phased Linear Oscillation Transducer]] is a miraculous device, capable of producing such a variety of effects that many find it simply unbelievable. However, overusing a P.L.O.T. device can have serious consequences, and the more [[Egregious]] uses can strain the very fabric of reality. P.L.O.T devices have fallen out of favor overall, but many a young and reckless pioneer has picked up a well-used P.L.O.T. device and run with it.}}
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Mr. Mighty of ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'' realizes that he can subject Matt O'Morph to a bit of [[Harmless Freezing]] with a [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=92146 carbon-dioxide fire extinguisher] ... which has a label on the side that reads, "Warning, Plot Device!"
* A literal plot device can be seen here in
* In ''[[Nip and Tuck]]'', when [https://web.archive.org/web/20120626201056/http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00620.html a character complains of an obvious plot device] in the [[Show Within a Show]], someone else informs him it was [[Real Life]].
== [[Web Original]] ==
▲* Dr. Bill Ernoehazy, an ''[[Orion's Arm]]'' contributor
* [http://vimeo.com/24320919 This] short by Seth Worley features a device called [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Plot Device]], which is a yellow box with large friendly letters reading "Plot Device" with a [[Big Red Button]] on its top and enables the user to turn his life in a movie and travel between different film genres.
▲* One ''[[Captain Mar-Vell]]'' comic, starring Genis-Vell, featured a very clever Kree fellow named "Plaht," whose "device" cleared away several plot inconveniences.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
▲* In ''[[The Dresden Files (game)|The Dresden Files]]'' RPG, certain characters are noted as being "plot device level" characters. Most of them are considered '''Plot Devices''' because they're so ridiculously powerful that no [[Player Party]] would ever reasonably be able to take them on directly, making stats meaningless, and thus would have to outmanuever, work around, or run away from them; these include the [[The Fair Folk|Faerie Queens]], [[Our Angels Are Different|Angels]], and [[Our Dragons Are Different|Dragons]]. A handful, however, are noted as being a '''Plot Device''' because they're so far down on the other side of the scale that they can only really provide one specific and specialized purpose, such as [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Elidee]], a tiny pixie—even by pixie standards—who shows up briefly in one book to serve as a guide/flashlight for Dresden.
▲* There is a character in ''[[Sheep in The Big City]]'', literally called The Plot Device, which is a robot that can cause nearly anything to happen to advance the plot.
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