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Hello, everyone. I'm Extremely Snooty Independent Film Director Who Tries to Be Eccentric Because It's Fashionable Guy, the director of this film. Now, you are what we call a TEST GROUP. We do these test groups to make sure that our final product is consistent with our cheif demographic. Please answer the following question.

1. This thread needs:
a. More monkeys
b. More penguins
c. More evil Cheetos
d. A plot

2. Your feelings for the main characters in this thread are better described as.
a. Love them
b. Hate them
c. Indifferent
d. Who?

3. What would be a more pleasing outcome?
a. The evil villian is foiled and killed
b. The evil villian is foiled but escapes
c. The evil villian is foiled and captured
d. The evil villian is really Der Kontinuity's Sith Lord father asking him to join the Dark Side and conquere the galaxy together as father and son.

4. Who is your favorite character thus far?
a. ESIFDWTtBEBIFG
b. ESIFDWTtBEBIFG
c. ESIFDWTtBEBIFG
d. ESIFDWTtBEBIFG

5. Is the storyline difficult to follow?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Sometimes
d. There's a story here?

6. Would you buy the merchandise, including but not limited to toys, t-shirts, trading cards, bumper-stickers, etc., of this thread?
a. Yes
b. Yes

7. Would you pay $8.50 to see a film version of this thread?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Depends. Am I high?

Thank you for your time, and enjoy the rest of the thread.

GB Ape: "What's with these pieces of paper that weirdo film guy gave us?"

JFEL Ape: "I dunno, but they taste kinda stale."

SRFTF Ape: "Yeah, and when Super Pele Ape saw the question about the Cheetos, he started crying again."

DK Ape: "That's it! I'm tired of everyone being apes! This must be a plot by Austin Danger Powers! Well, I'll fix him!"

And with that, Der Kontinuity used his powers to transform everyone back into humans.

DK: "Who said that? Who keeps doing that?"

Uh, hello? I'm the Narrator, remember? I tell the story to the audience!

DK: "Oh, yeah."

Just then a new figure appeared before the assembled . .uh, well, team might not be the right word at this point. . .people who were still standing in the kitchen were they had assembled. Uhm, because you see they were, oh never mind! I quit! Get a new narrator!

The amazing color splashed figure stood before the assembled team. He was wearing a pink leotard with his underwear on the outside and had a towel wrapped around his neck. There was a large red R stitched on the front of his leotard. This was the champion of Thunder City, Rob-El!

"I am the champion of Thunder City, Rob-El!" he proclaimed.

Everyone: "OOoohhhh!"

Somewhere in the streets below, a Terrance Stamp look alike yelled out, "Zod defies you, Rob-El! Now kneel! Kneel before Zod!"

Grimm

Meanwhile, in the IBG's evil lair. . .OF EVIL! Austin Danger Power's maniacal plan continues. . .

"Cor, Blimey! I love it when the narrator talks like that. IT'S MY HAPPENING AND IT FREAKS ME OUT, YEAH, BABY, YEAH!"

The door slid open and in walked Egocentric Creator!

EC: "Austin Danger Powers, our Kontinuity Defusor(tm) device is working perfectly! Der Kontinuity is slowly being pulled apart piece by piece! Nothing will be able to save him or his precious MBL!"

Everyone laughs evilly

SSS: "Um, excuse me, I hate to ruin the moment, but could someone remind me what it is I do again?"

EC: "Why simple, my boy. You make loads and loads of money, for me! Your creator! Everytime you appear somewhere in any shape or fashion, I GET PAID!! Isn't it great?"

SSS: "Um, sure, I guess. . ."

Will the IBG's Kontinuity Defusor(tm) device destroy Der Kontinuity? Will Spawny S. Spawnson ever figure out what exactly it is he does? Will Junk Food Eater Lad ever get his hamburger? Stay tuned. . .

Mean While in the Kitchen .... OF Justice.

Grimm:" Did I just See a Squreal? Is that a Squreal ? Is that kid you Holding a SQUREAL?"

"WHO is This Mysterous Squreal that Grimm keeps talking about and Why am I now the Narratior ? Help I dont want to be the Narratior.. can sombody get me out of this thing? oh damn . Iguess I'm stuck but i have a Squreal....."

Just then Grimm Gets Hit by a Squreal in the face !

Grimm: thinks to himself"Isn't this how HardCore Matches start?"

I hate to spoil your first post, but Grimm is not in this story.

Suddenly, Der Kontinuity's right arm falls off and lands on the floor!

"Crap! Now I'll never get a date with The Babysitter!"

The Babysitter looks up from her issue of Cosmo:
"What?!"

Casually readjusting his arm to his torso and erasing all memory of that, DK looks up to see........

quote:

---

Supposedly posted by Grimm:
I hate to spoil your first post, but Grimm is not in this story.

---

Der Kontinuity reads this post and realises that reality is crumbling all around him.

Is he going crazy, or is perhaps the world SO crazy that he's the ONLY SANE MAN LEFT?!!

The All-New, All Spontaneous MBL Roll Call:

Der Kontinuity
The Super Robot From The Future
Super-Pele
Junk Food Eater Lad
Gothboy
Extremely Snooty Independant Film
Director Who Tries To Be Eccentric Because
It's Fashionable Guy
Production Assistant Boy
The Babysitter
Rob-El

The IBG Roll Call:

Austin Danger Powers
Spawny S. Spawnson, Phd.
get flunky!
The Bat-Man
Egocentric Creator

Somebody else post in this damn thing. . .

"Mean While In the Goth cave..... boy what a badly writen Script this is ..... Whos Writeing it?"
Turns to see a monkey on the typewriter.
"Ok that's it, I quit again get somebody else to do this ...." sound of door slamming and some harsh words.

"Ummm meanwhile ."

Gothboy:"Who Said that?"

Narriator: "Hear we go again!"

Sevral hours, and much many contenuity flaws later.

The Kitchen door slams open .

Voodoobilly man :"I've walked throu 'Death Valley' Naked."

DK:"Who are you? And what are you doing in my kitchen? What is it about my kitchen ?"

SP:"Do you have any Cheetos?"

VBM:"Oops i'm in the wrong story line ."

In a flash he is gone "Boy he's got a good writter, I'll bet you dont mees with him. He's a 'Voodoo Billie Man'!Whats that my mic is still on? " [/I]

DK:"That settles it I'm finding the writer."

What am I thinking this isnt a movie shoot this is for real.

Pele:"That guy has Cheetos. I can Smell em."

Will Pele get his Beloved cheetos? Will DK explode? Will I ever figure out why Gothboy has his own "gothcave"? All theses and many more questions will be asked on the next, exciteing episode of Soap... What oh sorry Wrong Script. ... All this and many more answers on the next episode of Gothboy and the Boy Blunder.... What thats not right eather ... Stay tuned and see... What do you mean I'm fired?

Meanwhile, under a bridge...

PENGUIN MOE: CRECK! CRECK CRECK disrespected!

PENGUIN LARRY: CRECK! CRECK revenge!

PENGUIN CURLY: CRECK the MBL! CRECK the IBG!

PENGUIN SHEMP: CRECK the Cheetos!

PENGUIN MOE: CRECK the Cheetos...?

PENGUIN SHEMP: CRECK...

PENGUIN LARRY: AnyCRECK... CRECK destroy the Universe!

PENGUIN CURLY: CRECK how?

PENGUIN MOE: CRECK Secret Penguin Universe Destroying Machine!

ALL PENGUINS: CRECK-NYUCK-NYUCK-NYUCK-NYUCK-NYUCK-NYUCK-NYUCK!

And on the other side of the bridge...

Elvis: What the hell are those penguins talking about?

Einstein: Beats me, dude. If I didn't know better I'd swear they were laughing like the three stooges...

Elvis: Penguins laughing? Hahaha, good one, Albert.

Einstain: Yeah, well, that's who I am... a wacky kinda guy.

Elvis: Tell me 'bout it.

Just then in the Northwest side of the Bridge.

Milk Bringer Of Death:" Moo."

Elvis:"Was that a cow ?"

Einstein:"I'm not sure, is it reletive?"

Unbetwixt to our dashing heros and little did thay know that, Moo came from Nonother than Milk Maden of Death. None other than the Wife of The Milk Bringer of Death, the very same Ninja Killer Cow that will be used in "When Penguins go bad." Stay tuned for more.

JQ?

In the IBG's Evil lair, a floating skull wearing a wrestling mask floated into the main room, where the IBG sat seated around their meeting table.

"I am Senor Muerte! And I demand to be allowed into the group!"

ADP: "Blimey, guv, you're a floating skull. Why should we let you in?"

"Because I can do this!"

Senor Muerte's gaze fell upon Austin Danger Powers stack of porno magazines which suddenly erupted into flames.

ADP: "Ahh! Not me best nasties! OK, mate, since by looking at the role call in the earlier post, we're understaffed, you're in."

"Excellente. Now, who has candy for Muerte?"

Oh so this thing is back on?
Who is the mystiorus floatong Skull charicter. that is kinda rediculace. just like the Cow a Killer cow.. who would .... Ahh ahhh ahhh i'm on fire.. "MOO" Oh No.

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Under a bridge, Elvis reads the paper while Einstein picks his nose. Suddenly, Elvis seems very excited about something he reads on the paper.

ELVIS: Du-u-ude!

EINSTEIN: ´Sup?

ELVIS: It's my death's anniversary, yo! SWEET!

Einstein takes a look at the newspaper.

EINSTEIN: Dude, that was last week. That's an old paper, see?

ELVIS: Really?!

EINSTEIN: Yup.

ELVIS: Awwww, fuck it... I missed it again...

EINSTEIN: We'll catch it next year, buddy... We'll catch it next year.

As Einstein handed his hand rolled cigarette to Elvis, he casually remarked: "Hey, aren't you dead?"

Elvis took a long, slow puff of the cigarette and smiled.

ADP: "What in bloody hell happened? It's like we didn't even exist for months."

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: "We ran out of money. But don't worry. I've found the perfect way to finish the film. We'll be back on track in no time.

Several hours later, Austin Danger Powers sat in his evil leader chair in his brand new Tommy Hillfigure shirt and jeans with Mike shoes on his feet.

ADP: "Now, what is all this again?"

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: "It's called product placement, and it's how we're going to finish this picture. Production Assistant Boy!"

PAB came in with a muffin, hazelnut coffee, and a cell phone. ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: handed the cell phone to ADP.

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: "Here. Now, when you have to make a call, don't say, 'Where's my phone? I have to make a phone call.' Now, you'll say, 'Where's my Tokia phone? I've got to make a Tokia call.' And make sure you don't cover the phone so that the camera can see it. Got it?"

ADP: "Why does everything have to be so friggin' hard? I'm just trying to kill my arch-nemesis and take over the world, baby. Yeah!........ WHERE'S MY TOKIA PHONE? I'VE GOT TO MAKE A TOKIA CALL. I must contact my evil spy in Der Kontinuity's midst to lure him into my shag-a-riffically evil trap."

ADP put the phone up to his ear.

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: "No! No! Your hand is covering the phone!"

ADP moves his hand a little more to reveal the phone.

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: "I still can't see it! Move your hand more!"

ADP moves his hands again to where the tips of his fingers are holding the phone to his ear.

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: "We still can't see it! We must get a shot of it for our product placement."

ADP: "Blimey! The thing is so small! My wallet's bigger than this thing. Really! How stupid is a cell phone smaller than your hand?!"

ADP moved his hand once again so that only a single finger was holding it up. The phone slipped and fell to the floor, breaking into several pieces as it did so.

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: "That's great! Perfect! A rejection of capitalism and big business. I love it! It's a powerful statement! PAB! I want more light on that phone. It'll make a good cut-away. Great work, ADP. Now, make sure that the logo on your shirt stays facing the camera."

PAB plugged in another light into the full power strip that was connected to another full power strip that was connected to another full power strip that was plugged into the full electrical socket in the wall. A spark flew and the lights went out.

ADP: "Shit!"

But, suddenly, something started glowing in the darkness...

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: What is that?!

ADP: I think it's the cellphone, baby! It's radioactive elements have been exposed!

Very suddenly, the glowing starts to glow.

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: That's weird... LIGHTS! *snaps finger at PAB*

PAB: Right now, darling, I mean, sir.

As the emergency lights turn on, something hideous is suddenly revealed...

ADP: Oh my Mojo! It's Giant Glowing Mutant Radioactive Cellphone!

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: And it's a Nokia!

PAB: Not only that! He also come FROM OUTER SPACE!

ADP: How do you know?!

PAB: He's got little antennaes on his head.

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: So he's a Giant Glowing Mutant Radioactive Cellphone FROM OUTER SPACE! I love it!

GGMRCFOS!: RRRRAAAAH!!! I WILL EAT ALL OF YOU!!!! RRRAAAAAH!!!

Oh, no!
Finally, the evil Austin Danger Powers has found something that is actually... can you believe it?... more evil than himself!
What will happen now?! Find out in six months when someone else posts!

Six months??!!??

I can't wait that long. . .

Meanwhile, in Thunder City, the power was still out.

The Babysitter: "Who's touching my leg?!"

Der Kontinuity: "Oh, sorry. Wait, who's touching MY leg?!"

Robel: "Oh, sorry."

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: This is great! We have drama! We have comedy! Now, we have action! GGMRCFOS, you must be in my current picture!

GGMRCFOS (in a muttled British accent): Well, I must consult with my agent. (A large hand with a cigarette in a long holder form from its body) I am, after all, a very busy monster.

PAB holds out an ashtray as the mutant flicked the long ashes off the end of his cigarette.

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: I will offer you the best meals that Wendy's can provide and first class accomadations at the local Sleep'N'Go Motel.

GGMRCFOS: I'm afraid not, my good man. I'm not some cheap foam rubber monster. I'm a classically trained actor. I went to Julliard and performed in the Royal Theatre. Sir Lawrence Olivier himself commended me on my portraiel of Iago. I will not be subjected to humiliation in a Sleep'N'Go Motel.

ADP: Bloody hell! This is supposed to be about my evil plan to destroy my archnemisis, Der Kontinuity, and not some stupid bleedin' movie.

PAB walked up to ADP and spit on his shoe, then walked away.

ADP: Hey! That's not sportin' of ya!

GGMRCFOS: For a supposidly evil mastermind, he's rather caught up in manners, isn't he?

GGMRCFOS, ESIFDWTtBEBIFG, and PAB begin to laugh at ADP.

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The world around ADP started deforming. The laughter of his allies started changing into mountrous screams, as they themselves morphed into bizarre creatures (except for GGMRCFOS, who morphed into Bea Arthur).

"No... No... NOOOOO!!!" ADP yelled in terror.

Suddenly, a man with a moustache and glasses appeared.

"FATHER?!" ADP yelled, "YOU CAN'T BE HERE, BABY! YOU'RE DEAD!"

"Not so much!" ADP's father replied.

A horde of angry monkeys then joined the nightmare. They started dancing around ADP as they chanted in an ancient forgotten lenguage.

"NOOOOOOOOO!!!" ADP screamed.

But this was only in his mind! Because of the stress of being a super-villain, ADP's mind had collapsed!

Outside his world of horror and insanity, GGMRCFOS, ESIFDWTtBEBIFG and PAB wonder what is going on with ADP.

"What the fuck's wrong with him?!" PAB asked.

"The mouth, boy! I want this to be PG-13!" ESIFDWTtBEBIFG said.

"I'm sorry, my master, " PAB apologized, and then said to himself "One day you will beg me to curse at you, when you become my sexual slave!"

ADP continued his and PAB continued dreaming of his boss, as GGMRCFOS went to the store to get some coffee.

Der Kontinuity, having locked himself in the bathroom since the last post back in October in order to figure out a way to resolve this thread with some semblence of Continuity, sits surrounded by little Post-It Notes of all the plot elements brought up so far.

Suddenly, a little lightbulb above his head turns on!

DK looks up. "Hey, I was wondering why it was so dark in here...

"Anyways, from all the plot points introduced so far, there's only one explanation for all of this: HYPERTIME!

"But can my conscience as the bastard son of Continuity allow me to use such a cheap ploy? I must think upon this some more..."

***

Outside the bathroom, the rest of the All-New, All-Different, All-Spontaneous Message Board League (the ANADASMBL) sit in boredom, waiting for something else to randomly happen to them...

Babysitter: "Hey, DK's been in the bathroom a long time now. What do you suppose he's doing?"

Rob-El: "Uhhhhhh... uh-heh-heh... heh..."

Steve, DK's roommate, starts banging on the door: "Dammit, man! You've been hogging the bathroom for more than 3 months now! I've had to shit in the kitchen sink! The garburator's really starting to smell!"

Super-Pele sits weeping in the corner in a fetal position: "Cheetos... my beloved Cheetos..."

Junk Food Eater Lad: "I know, man... I know... *sniff* I miss them too..."

Der Kontinuity emerges from the bathroom with a full growth of beard and tired, haggard eyes. He carries a notepad.

The room looks up.

DK: "Hi, people..."

ANADASMBL: "Hi, DerK!"

DK: "Please don't call me that. Anyways, I think I've come up with a solution to all our problems. Follow me!"

He walks out of his house in the suburbs of Thunder City and heads towards the other side of the tracks. The others shrug their shoulders and begin following him.

DK makes his way into a dark lair, knocking out a short guy with pointy ears and a cape.

The Bat-Man: "You can't do this to me! I'm The Bat-Man!"

DK: "Bat-Man, my ass." He kicks him in the gonads and gives him a Vulcan neck-hold just to be sure. The Bat-shrimp slumps unconscious to the ground.

DK and the ANADASMBL breaks through the now-unguarded door to the New Injustice Board Gang HQ, where Austin Danger Powers can be seen celebrating his triumph over DK with Egocentric Creator, ESIFD-etc & PAB, as well as SSS-Ph.D. & get flunky, Senor Muerte, and a group of penguins who are obvious Three Stooges fans. They're celebrating with a bottle of champagne. A bowl of Cheetos sits idle on the table...

ADP: "A toast -- to injustice, baby!" He stops as he sees DK and spurts out his drink in shock. "Der Kontinuity!?! You--here?!?"

DK: "So... we meet at last. ANADASMBL -- let's get it oooonnn!"

tSRFtF (whispers to the Babysitter): "Is he talking about us or another ANADASMBL?"

Babysitter: "I'm pretty sure he means us."

***OBLIGATORY FIGHT SCENE***

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: "Okay, people. This is big battle scene. I want to see some emoting, here. I want to feel like my life's in danger just from reading this."

Einstein: "Heh. This is cool."

Elvis: "Yeah... hey, waitasec... what are we doing in this part of the story, anyways?"

Einstein: "Huh. I dunno."

Elvis: "Oh..."

Einstein: "..."

Elvis: "So... ya wanna go get a beer?"

Einstein: "Okay."

Suddenly, a group of 118 metahumans (each of them named after a different chemical element) joins the fight.
(See profiles, team applications, SF&O specials, solo stories and my websites made for each of them for more details).

DK: GAH! An incredibly big group of mean looking metas! What should we do?

TSRftF: Ask them to join our team?

DK: Yeah, that seems like the logic thing to do...

Frankie Ferro: Wait a minute, these people are not the C-Men and the Sea-Men!

Harry Hidrogen: Oh, sorry guys. Wrong fight.

Pete Phosphorus: Yeah, see ya.

And with that, the Chemical Champions leave the fight.

TSRftF and DK stand in silence for a moment as they watch the mean looking metas fly away, and, behind them, their teammates continue fighting the IBG.

TSRftF: Man, this is too confusing... You sure you don't wanna pull a Wolfman and restart the whole thing...?

DK: Shut up! That's not an option! Besides, it's not so bad...

Suddenly, the IBG HQ kitchen door opens and GGMRCFOS! walks in carrying coffee from Starbucks.

GGMRCFOS!: OK, who wanted decaf?

Penguin: CRECK!

DK: OK, how does one of those one line "It was just a dream" post sound...?

SUDDENLY!!! (if such a term can be applied after a period of SEVEN MONTHS has passed)... a giant, incorporeal head appears in the middle of the dark lair where the large cast with thousands and thousands of extras are engaged in the huge battle (that nobody could actually ever have been able to afford to film before the advent of CGI)... everyone stops, shocked by the big head who's appeared in their midst.

"Who th' 'ell are you?" Austin Danger Powers shouts out indignantly.

The being coalesces into a much larger form which can somehow be seen standing some 50-feet tall (even though the dark lair is only about 15-feet tall in height). When he speaks, the room literally RUMBLES from the sound.

"I... AM... CONTINUITY....!!!"

The room is quiet. Nobody knows what to say. Finally...

"Father?" It is, of course, Der Kontinuity, the bastard child of the god known as Continuity.

C: "SON!"

DK: "DADDY!!!"

C: "SONNY-BOY!"

Der run up to embrace his "god-father" (heh) but fails to find anything tangible to hug. However, he's still overjoyed.

Continuity, however, looks very serious and positively grim.

C: "SON... I REGRET TO SAY THAT I AM VERY, VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU. I'VE TRIED TO KEEP MY DISTANCE, HOPING THAT YOU WOULD FIND YOUR WAY IN LIFE, BUT THE EVENTS OF THIS EXTREMELY SILLY STORY -- WHICH VIOLATES MY LAWS OF CONTINUITY TO THE POINT OF DEATH, THEN FUCKS ITS CORPSE WHILE MUNCHING FROM A BOWL OF CHEETOS -- HAS FORCED ME TO RESORT TO THIS... THE DREADED DEUS EX MACHINA ENDING! IT'S SHAMEFUL, SON! POSITIVELY SHAMEFUL!"

DK: "I'm... I'm sorry, Dad, but did my--"

"YOU DID NOTHING!" Continuity shouted, pointing an accusatory finger at his offspring.

DK: "Geez..."

C: "IF YOUR MOTHER COULD HAVE LIVED TO SEE YOU RIGHT NOW, SHE'D BE SORELY DISAPPOINTED, EVEN MORESO THAN I AM AT THIS VERY MOMENT!"

DK: "YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO, OLD MAN! YOU WERE NEVER AROUND WHEN I WAS GROWING UP!!! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A FREAK!"

C: "SILENCE!!! I OUGHT TO TAKE YOU OVER MY LAP RIGHT NOW, YOU INSOLENT LITTLE DEMIGOD!"

"Uh... excuse me..."

DK: "I'd like to see you TRY, you old goat!"

"Hello...? Uh..."

C: "YOU'RE JUST LUCKY I DIDN'T CONSUME YOU AFTER YOUR BIRTH LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER GODS DO TO THEIR WHELPS!"

DK: "You bastard!"

C: "LOOK WHO'S TALKING!!!"

DK: "And whose fault is THAT, huh?!?"

"HEY! SHUT UP FOR A MOMENT, YOU GUYS!" The young, but terribly fat, kid speaking is none other than Ciccio Dolcetti, known as Junk-Food-Eater Lad.

"WHAT IS IT?!?" both Continuity and Der Kontinuity shout at the same moment angrily.

JFEL: "I just wanted to know something..."

DK: "..."

C: "..."

DK: "......."

C: "......."

DK: ".............."

C: "..............WELL?!? SPEAK UP, BOY!"

JFEL: "Sorry... you guys just look so angry I was afraid to ask anything since you might snap my head off. Anyway, I was just wondering... what the hell does 'Deus ex machina' mean, anyway? I hear these damned literary terms being thrown around all the time, but nobody ever stops to take a moment and explain what the fuck they mean! WHAT DOES IT MEAN?"

DK: "*sigh*... I guess I'll field this one. I did used to be a comic-book editor, after all... Well, son...

"Deus ex machina is Latin for 'god from the machine' and originated with Greek and Roman theater, when stage machinery would lower a god or gods onstage to resolve a hopeless situation: thus god comes from the machine. The phrase deus ex machina has been extended to refer to any resolution to a story which does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and is so unlikely it challenges suspension of disbelief, and presumably allows the author to end it in the way he or she wanted.

"The Greek tragedian Euripides was notorious for using this plot device. A few more recent examples, where it isn't literally a god-like being, but is a similar sudden resolution of plot, are in the films The Joyless Street and Pandora's Box by G.W. Pabst. In Pandora's Box, the movie is ended when for no apparent reason the main character is murdered by Jack the Ripper. Stephen King's novel The Stand would arguably be another example: a minor character who has gone insane returns with a nuclear bomb, which is set off by an electric charge taking the shape of a hand, annihilating Las Vegas; characters in a distant town believe the charge to have been the 'Hand of God.' Monty Python and the Holy Grail is another example; however, the ending — in which the movie comes to a sudden halt when the entire cast is arrested — is intentionally preposterous in this case.

"The pronunciation is a problem in English. Traditional ways of saying Latin would have it something like DEE-us ex MAK-in-a, more modern ways of saying Latin would give perhaps DAY-oos ex MAH-kin-ah, but many people naturally bring in the modern English m'SHEEN, giving a mixed pronunciation.

"So yeah, that's it."

JFEL: "You just cut and pasted that from some website, didn't you?"

DK: "..."

C: "!!!"

DK: "...well, yeah... geez... give me a break..."

C: "SO..."

DK: "Yeah, yeah, yeah... I'll handle it..."

***

And then, Der Kontinuity woke up.

It was just a dream.

:lol:

As Der swung his legs over the bed and attempted to find his slippers, he came face to face with Elvis and Einstein.

Elvis: Hey, man,.... are you gonna eat those Cheetos?

A form wiggled underneath the covers next to him. Der threw back the blanket.

Penguine: CRECK!

DK: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And in the next room:

The Babysitter: "What was that?"

HotGothChick: "Sounds like Der's having a nightmare again. Forget about him and come back to bed."

DK: "So... what's going on now?"

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: "Ah, well, Der... how do you feel about changing this picture into a hardcore porn flick with a few orgy scenes, some lesbian, some straight... maybe some gay male action..."

DK: "I'm not down with that."

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: "That's fine, that's fine, though Rob-El will be disappointed."

Rob-El: "...hurm..."

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: "You may be pleased to note that we've managed to secure a wandering troupe of Japanese transvestite circus midgets, though. They're willing to work for next to nothing, and they LOVE what they do!"

DK: "...... I'm going back to bed."

ESIFDWTtBEBIFG: "Perfect! We can work with that!"

THE END!

(...or is it...?)

Yes. Yes, it is.