A Deus Ex Machina is when some new event, character, ability, or object solves an seemingly insolvable problem in a sudden and unexpected way. A real life example of this type of solution could be someone falling from the top of a building, hanging from the bars just as another person comes out of nowhere and pulls the victim to safety. Another example is in the movie Mean Girls, when the four girls are doing the Christmas dance and one of them kicks the boom box off the stage and the music stops. Lindsay Lohan then starts singing the words to the song and suddenly saves their performance. In another movie, "Pirates of the Caribbean," Keira Knightley falls off of a cliff into the water after passing out in result her dress being too tight. The Deus Ex Machina is when Johnny Depp dives in after her, saving her and himself (from jail).