Because sometimes things need to die.

deck.destroy.js

/* How one might go about removing (and restoring) deck.js from a page */

$(function() {
  /* Give all the link tags pointing to deck related CSS files a class (.deck-css here) */
  var $deckStyles = $('.deck-css');

  /* Store their hrefs for later */
  $deckStyles.each(function() {
    $(this).data('href', this.href);
  });
	
  function deckOff() {
    /* Kill styles */
    $deckStyles.each(function() {
      this.href = '';
    });
    /* Kill all the native events that were bound.  All extensions in
       the deck.js repo are properly scoped like this.  I can't speak
       to any of the 3rd-party extensions. */
    $(document).add('*').unbind('.deck .decknavigation .deckgoto .deckmenu .deckstatus .deckhash .deckscale');
  }

  function deckOn() {
    /* Restore styles */
    $deckStyles.each(function() {
      this.href = $(this).data('href');
    });
    /* Reinitialize deck events */
    $.deck('.slide');
  }
  
  /* Normal init call, nothing new here */
  $.deck('.slide');

  $('.this-element-turns-deck-off').click(function(e) {
    deckOff();
    e.preventDefault();
  });
  $('.this-element-turns-deck-on').click(function(e) {
    deckOn();
    e.preventDefault();
  });
});