deus ex machina

Deus ex machina
Let’s break down the Latin.
Deus noun for “God”; ex preposition for “from”; machina noun for “machine”
Latin does not have the articles, a, an, or the, so one must add them. English and German do.
Deus ex machina is a noun phrase translated as, “God from the machine”.
It is a device that has been around since the time of ancient Greek theater. The playwright Euripides (484-406 B.C.) popularized the technique.
In modern usage, it has turned into this: an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially a contrived plot in a play or novel.
One Pixar rule: coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating.