Argues that relationships merely functioned a plot device in Wodehouse's work.

As a plot device it's a bit contrived, but no matter.

So, naturally, the dramatic plot device we are thinking of is: Blockbuster Feature Film.

It was the plot device that powered a preordained procession.

Evil twins have been a hokey plot device since forever.

This plot device is quite obvious, yet the writer forces Spacey to point it out.

But as a plot device, Kid In Trouble does seem to be approaching critical mass.

The primer is, again, nothing but a plot device.

She was a plot device, meant to shine a romantic light on the destruction of Troy.

It seems Dad has cracked the Fifth Dimension and then vanished up his own plot device.

IT STARTED out as a plot device.

This convenient plot device prompts a blend of family reminiscence and fantasy from the visiting son, Casimir.

Of course the bomb in question was fictional, a handy plot device in the new Knight Rider series.

Yes, this sounds a bit like Groundhog Day, or any other movie with a weird time-loop plot device.

Outside music, the sheer remoteness of the moon's furthest side has been seized on as a plot device.

Yes, homeschooling is used as a "new kid" plot device, but it's handled in a sensitive way.