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This can quite possibly be a literal example of [[Deus Ex Machina]] ''and'' [[Death From Above]].
 
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==Anime and Manga==
* The final episode of ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]: 2nd Gig'', {{spoiler|the Tachikomas ram the satellite containing their [[A Is]] into a nuclear missile to save the lives of their comrades on the ground, all while singing a happy childrens song that symbolizes that they've finally learned of the concept of death, and aren't afraid to die for a good cause.}}
* In the English dub of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', Kaiba sets the Industrial Illusions satellite to crash into their mainframe, bringing down their computer defenses and allowing him to access the data at Duelist Kingdom (in the Japanese version, he's just using the satellite to hack into the mainframe.)
 
==Film - Live Action==
'''Anime'''
* The final episode of ''[[Ghost in The Shell Stand Alone Complex]]: 2nd Gig'', {{spoiler|the Tachikomas ram the satellite containing their [[A Is]] into a nuclear missile to save the lives of their comrades on the ground, all while singing a happy childrens song that symbolizes that they've finally learned of the concept of death, and aren't afraid to die for a good cause.}}
* In the English dub of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'', Kaiba sets the Industrial Illusions satellite to crash into their mainframe, bringing down their computer defenses and allowing him to access the data at Duelist Kingdom (in the Japanese version, he's just using the satellite to hack into the mainframe.)
 
'''Film'''
* ''[[Independence Day]]'': The sudden cut in the satellite communications network helps tip off the earthlings that the aliens are coming.
 
'''==Literature'''==
* The UNSC station ''[httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20210325150734/https://halopedian.com/UNSC_Cradle Cradle]'' in ''[[Halo]]: The Fall of Reach'', sacrificed with all its crew to absorb a Covenant barrage.
 
'''==Western Animation'''==
* ''Megas XLR'': When Megas faces off against a colossal Gloft mecha, a satellite taken down by a wayward missile Coop had fired earlier crashes into the Glorft machine and deactivates it.
 
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