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** ''WebAnimation/ObjectTerror'''s two reboots have the contestants competing for a giant cruise ship.
** ''WebAnimation/OtherworldlyRavenousBeast'' has ORB leave their [[GeniusLoci sentient planet Earth]] be alongside removing the curses they place on the contestants throughout the competition if they manage to complete their challenges.
** ''WebAnimation/OtherworldlyRavenousBeast'' has ORB leave their [[GeniusLoci sentient planet Earth]] be alongside removing the curses they place on the contestants throughout the competition if they manage to complete their challenges.
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** ''Webcomic/SplitObjectComic'' has The Narrator's narration abiltities which can do absolutely anything through the power of speech.
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** ''WebAnimation/SuperPoweredObjectShow'''s prize is a comic book called "Super Object" with the second issue for its second season ''Duo-ver''.
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** A mysterious magical orb - ''WebAnimation/MysteriousObjectSuperShow'' and ''WebAnimation/UntitledObjectShow''
** No prize (Subversion) - ''WebAnimation/ObjectAsylum''[[note]]No budget and the cast is stranded on a deserted island to even have one[[/note]], ''WebAnimation/ObjectCringe''[[note]]None of the contestants bother to ask since they all mindlessly joined thinking there is one[[/note]], ''Webcomic/QuickUawesomeAmazingDicksbattling''[[note]]The contestants forced into one by the host[[/note]], ''WebAnimation/UltimateInsanity''[[note]]The hosts kidnapped all the contestants to compete against their will[[/note]]
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** No prize (Subversion) - ''WebAnimation/ObjectAsylum''[[note]]No budget and the cast is stranded on a deserted island to even have one[[/note]], ''WebAnimation/ObjectCringe''[[note]]None of the contestants bother to ask since they all mindlessly joined thinking there is one[[/note]], ''Webcomic/QuickUawesomeAmazingDicksbattling''[[note]]The contestants forced into one by the host[[/note]], ''WebAnimation/UltimateInsanity''[[note]]The hosts kidnapped all the contestants to compete against their will[[/note]]
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** ''WebAnimation/ObamasHiddenInfoObjects'' got the ridiculous prize of knowing Obama's last name. The [[Webcomic/ObamasHiddenInfoObjects webcomic]] adds on the information on who said it, a [=McDonalds=] gift card, Evil Default Discord Profile Picture's powers (Which he took back almost immediately) and a million dollars for the next four seasons respectively.
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* The GoldenFleece in the story of Jason and the Argonauts: It's an alternate name for a [=MacGuffin=].
* The Finnish national epic, Literature/TheKalevala, revolves around various people searching for and fighting over TheSampo, which is eventually lost at sea. The standard Kalevala compilation by Elias Lönnrot describes it as a mill which produces gold, wheat and salt, but he made this up - his original sources [[TakeOurWordForIt never specified what it was]] and nobody really knows to this day.
* Several of the Labours of Hercules boil down to "kill dangerous creature(s)", "capture dangerous creature(s)", or "acquire object(s)".
** Killing the Nemean Lion. While the lionskin grants the power of invulnerability, and later is worn by Hercules, its powers aren't relevant to the rest of the story.
** Capturing the Ceryneian Hind (a.k.a. the Golden Hind). Any object whose capture / theft would have offended a deity would have served. Turns into a case of NoMacGuffinNoWinner.
** Capturing the Erymanthean Boar.
** Capturing the Mares of Diomedes.
** The girdle of Hippolyta. Its magic powers, if any, aren't relevant; neither is its possible status as a symbol of authority, because the attack by the Amazons was instigated by the false belief that Hercules was engaged in a kidnap attempt, not by anything to do with the girdle itself.
** The apples of the Hesperides. They just have to be retrieved.
* The Golden Apple of Discord. A golden apple that says "For the Fairest", Eris created it so that Hera, Athena and Aphrodite would fight over it. It eventually led to the Trojan War.
* The HolyGrail. Much of Arthurian legend concerns different knights' quests for the grail, but once the grail is found, the court of Arthur has nothing better to do and is left to disintegrate. It has in fact first been mentioned in a novel about the Arthurian legend.
* The sacred scrolls of ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' are the most literal [=MacGuffins=], as the scrolls are completely empty and worthless by itself and according to the myth, they only gained value because people believed they are valuable.
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* The GoldenFleece in the story of Jason and the Argonauts: It's an alternate name for a [=MacGuffin=].
* The Finnish national epic, Literature/TheKalevala, revolves around various people searching for and fighting over TheSampo, which is eventually lost at sea. The standard Kalevala compilation by Elias Lönnrot describes it as a mill which produces gold, wheat and salt, but he made this up - his original sources [[TakeOurWordForIt never specified what it was]] and nobody really knows to this day.
* Several of the Labours of Hercules boil down to "kill dangerous creature(s)", "capture dangerous creature(s)", or "acquire object(s)".
** Killing the Nemean Lion. While the lionskin grants the power of invulnerability, and later is worn by Hercules, its powers aren't relevant to the rest of the story.
** Capturing the Ceryneian Hind (a.k.a. the Golden Hind). Any object whose capture / theft would have offended a deity would have served. Turns into a case of NoMacGuffinNoWinner.
** Capturing the Erymanthean Boar.
** Capturing the Mares of Diomedes.
** The girdle of Hippolyta. Its magic powers, if any, aren't relevant; neither is its possible status as a symbol of authority, because the attack by the Amazons was instigated by the false belief that Hercules was engaged in a kidnap attempt, not by anything to do with the girdle itself.
** The apples of the Hesperides. They just have to be retrieved.
* The Golden Apple of Discord. A golden apple that says "For the Fairest", Eris created it so that Hera, Athena and Aphrodite would fight over it. It eventually led to the Trojan War.
* The HolyGrail. Much of Arthurian legend concerns different knights' quests for the grail, but once the grail is found, the court of Arthur has nothing better to do and is left to disintegrate. It has in fact first been mentioned in a novel about the Arthurian legend.
* The sacred scrolls of ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' are the most literal [=MacGuffins=], as the scrolls are completely empty and worthless by itself and according to the myth, they only gained value because people believed they are valuable.
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* [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with the discs on the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', especially in Season 2. Materially speaking, they're worthless, and indistinguishable from any other copy of Cat or Mellohi on the server. However, Tommy [[NumberOneDime ascribes a lot of sentimental value to them]], and both Tommy and Dream give them more and more symbolic value as the struggle between them progresses, becoming representations of the power Dream has over Tommy and L'Manburg. Over the course of the Vengeance Arc, Tommy starts to believe that getting the discs back will remove the power Dream has over him and thereby end all conflict (which is wrong, but not an unreasonable conclusion to come to), and with Techno egging him on, goes to greater and greater lengths to get them back. [[spoiler:His HeelRealization at the Green Festival happens when he realizes he'd been wrong to put the discs over his friends and country, and while he doesn't stop chasing them, he keeps his priorities in check from that point onward. However, Dream has no such realization and continues to treat them as all-important to the point of [[LiteralMetaphor putting them on literal pedestals]], and sabotages himself at multiple points to get them, and his taunting Tommy with the discs is what ultimately leads to his downfall. Tommy and Dream both experience the consequences of giving the discs ultimate importance, but while Tommy uses those consequences to learn and grow into a better and wiser person, Dream refuses to confront any realistic flaws, and that's why Tommy wins.]]
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* [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with the discs on the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'', especially in Season 2. Materially speaking, they're worthless, and indistinguishable from any other copy of Cat or Mellohi on the server. However, Tommy [[NumberOneDime ascribes a lot of sentimental value to them]], and both Tommy and Dream give them more and more symbolic value as the struggle between them progresses, becoming representations of the power Dream has over Tommy and L'Manburg. Over the course of the Vengeance Arc, Tommy starts to believe that getting the discs back will remove the power Dream has over him and thereby end all conflict (which is wrong, but not an unreasonable conclusion to come to), and with Techno egging him on, goes to greater and greater lengths to get them back. [[spoiler:His HeelRealization at the Green Festival happens when he realizes he'd been wrong to put the discs over his friends and country, and while he doesn't stop chasing them, he keeps his priorities in check from that point onward. However, Dream has no such realization and continues to treat them as all-important to the point of [[LiteralMetaphor putting them on literal pedestals]], and sabotages himself at multiple points to get them, and his taunting Tommy with the discs is what ultimately leads to his downfall. Tommy and Dream both experience the consequences of giving the discs ultimate importance, but while Tommy uses those consequences to learn and grow into a better and wiser person, Dream refuses to confront any realistic flaws, and that's why Tommy wins.]]
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* The grand prize for competition-based ObjectShows rarely if ever gets mentioned but it remains the driving force for why the contestants want to compete in the first place. The prize can be anything under the sun no matter how ridiculous, oddly specific or unwanted it turns out to be as listed below:
** A dream island for ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'' and ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIslandAgain'' and a "BFDI" and "BFB" for ''WebAnimation/BattleForBFDI'' which all double as a MacGuffinTitle.
** A million dollars - ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'' (The one which popularise as the standard prize), ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanityInvitational'', ''WebAnimation/BattleOnMurderIsland'', ''WebAnimation/BattleShowCoolYeah''[[note]]Although the cast planned on splitting it between themselves with the winner getting the extra two cents[[/note]], The first season of ''WebAnimation/ExcellentEntities'' , ''WebAnimation/FightInFlight'', ''WebAnimation/JeopardizedObjects''[[note]]Presumably what the contestants thought until it's revealed to be just a single dollar[[/note]], ''WebAnimation/ObjectConnects'', ''WebAnimation/ObjectCringe''[[note]]Parodied in the last episode[[/note]], ''WebAnimation/ObjectMadness'', ''WebAnimation/ObjectOppose'', ''WebAnimation/ObjectOverload'', ''WebAnimation/PaperPuppets'' and ''WebAnimation/TheStriveForTheMillion''
** A billion dollars - ''Webcomic/TheBigCompetition'', ''WebAnimation/ObjectInvasion'' and ''[[WebAnimation/ObjectUniverse Object Twoniverse]]''
** Other amounts of money such as one hundred million dollars (''WebAnimation/BattleOfTheBreeds''), a trillion dollars (''WebAnimation/BattleForATrillionDollars''), one [[EleventyZillion bajillion]] dollars (''[[WebAnimation/ExcellentEntities Extraordinarily Excellent Entities]]''[[note]]Until that proved to be a hoax in the finale[[/note]]), five million dollars (''WebAnimation/ObjectHavoc''), ten million dollars (''Literature/ObjectOblivion'' and ''WebAnimation/ObjectLockout''), ''three'' dollars (''WebAnimation/ShowHostObjectShow'') and a hundred-thousand dollars (''WebAnimation/ObjectUniverse'' and ''WebAnimation/TownAttack'')
** A manor - ''WebAnimation/ObjectCringeAgain'', ''WebAnimation/ObjectLockdown'', ''WebAnimation/ObjectShow'' (Plus a million dollars) and ''WebAnimation/RaceToTheMansionOfTomorrow''
** A wish for anything - ''WebAnimation/AnimatedInanimateBattle'', ''Battle For A Wish'', ''WebAnimation/ChallengeToWin''[[note]]Previously a beach in pre-production before it was changed into a magic lamp[[/note]], ''WebAnimation/ObjectTowel'' (Plus a towel), ''WebAnimation/{{ONE}}''[[note]]Although this was revealed to be a hoax since the host needed an excuse for the contestants to continue competing[[/note]], ''WebAnimation/VictoryWillBeMine''[[note]]In the form of a magic note that grants wishes on whatever you write in it[[/note]] and ''Webcomic/WishfulThinking''
** ''WebAnimation/TheAlmostValentineslyObjectShow'' has one of becoming the host's girlfriend/boyfriend/partner since he specifically made the competition to find one and he's not picky.
** ''WebAnimation/BattleForCircle'' had a circle despite everyone being identical [[LivingPolyhedron anthropomorphic circles]] themselves.
** ''WebAnimation/BattleForTheRightToBeatDerpToDeath'' is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin self-explanatory]].
** ''WebAnimation/BurgerBrawl'' offered a Burger King gift card for life even though all the contestants don't like the fast food there but still wanted it for bragging rights.
** ''WebAnimation/TheDailyObjectShow'' has several with The Really Good/Bad/Neutral/Chaotic Smelling Lotions (Seasons 1, 3, 6 and 7 respectively), a hyper-realistic one-dollar bill (Season 4), a "dream island" (Season 8) and a Jack In The Crack coupon and [=McDonalds=] gift card (ConsolationPrize for seasons 1 and 7).
** A toy guitar from ''Music/TheWiggles'' for ''WebAnimation/GreenysGrandGame''
** ''Webcomic/NiceShowForWeenies'''s enticing prize of a billion-dollar cheque and an unlimited credit card instantly convinced the contestants to stay in the competition despite being forcefully kidnapped.
** ''WebAnimation/TheStruggleForTheWorld'' probably has the biggest prize in which the winner becomes the president of the entire planet of Earth.
** A dream island for ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'' and ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIslandAgain'' and a "BFDI" and "BFB" for ''WebAnimation/BattleForBFDI'' which all double as a MacGuffinTitle.
** A million dollars - ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'' (The one which popularise as the standard prize), ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanityInvitational'', ''WebAnimation/BattleOnMurderIsland'', ''WebAnimation/BattleShowCoolYeah''[[note]]Although the cast planned on splitting it between themselves with the winner getting the extra two cents[[/note]], The first season of ''WebAnimation/ExcellentEntities'' , ''WebAnimation/FightInFlight'', ''WebAnimation/JeopardizedObjects''[[note]]Presumably what the contestants thought until it's revealed to be just a single dollar[[/note]], ''WebAnimation/ObjectConnects'', ''WebAnimation/ObjectCringe''[[note]]Parodied in the last episode[[/note]], ''WebAnimation/ObjectMadness'', ''WebAnimation/ObjectOppose'', ''WebAnimation/ObjectOverload'', ''WebAnimation/PaperPuppets'' and ''WebAnimation/TheStriveForTheMillion''
** A billion dollars - ''Webcomic/TheBigCompetition'', ''WebAnimation/ObjectInvasion'' and ''[[WebAnimation/ObjectUniverse Object Twoniverse]]''
** Other amounts of money such as one hundred million dollars (''WebAnimation/BattleOfTheBreeds''), a trillion dollars (''WebAnimation/BattleForATrillionDollars''), one [[EleventyZillion bajillion]] dollars (''[[WebAnimation/ExcellentEntities Extraordinarily Excellent Entities]]''[[note]]Until that proved to be a hoax in the finale[[/note]]), five million dollars (''WebAnimation/ObjectHavoc''), ten million dollars (''Literature/ObjectOblivion'' and ''WebAnimation/ObjectLockout''), ''three'' dollars (''WebAnimation/ShowHostObjectShow'') and a hundred-thousand dollars (''WebAnimation/ObjectUniverse'' and ''WebAnimation/TownAttack'')
** A manor - ''WebAnimation/ObjectCringeAgain'', ''WebAnimation/ObjectLockdown'', ''WebAnimation/ObjectShow'' (Plus a million dollars) and ''WebAnimation/RaceToTheMansionOfTomorrow''
** A wish for anything - ''WebAnimation/AnimatedInanimateBattle'', ''Battle For A Wish'', ''WebAnimation/ChallengeToWin''[[note]]Previously a beach in pre-production before it was changed into a magic lamp[[/note]], ''WebAnimation/ObjectTowel'' (Plus a towel), ''WebAnimation/{{ONE}}''[[note]]Although this was revealed to be a hoax since the host needed an excuse for the contestants to continue competing[[/note]], ''WebAnimation/VictoryWillBeMine''[[note]]In the form of a magic note that grants wishes on whatever you write in it[[/note]] and ''Webcomic/WishfulThinking''
** ''WebAnimation/TheAlmostValentineslyObjectShow'' has one of becoming the host's girlfriend/boyfriend/partner since he specifically made the competition to find one and he's not picky.
** ''WebAnimation/BattleForCircle'' had a circle despite everyone being identical [[LivingPolyhedron anthropomorphic circles]] themselves.
** ''WebAnimation/BattleForTheRightToBeatDerpToDeath'' is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin self-explanatory]].
** ''WebAnimation/BurgerBrawl'' offered a Burger King gift card for life even though all the contestants don't like the fast food there but still wanted it for bragging rights.
** ''WebAnimation/TheDailyObjectShow'' has several with The Really Good/Bad/Neutral/Chaotic Smelling Lotions (Seasons 1, 3, 6 and 7 respectively), a hyper-realistic one-dollar bill (Season 4), a "dream island" (Season 8) and a Jack In The Crack coupon and [=McDonalds=] gift card (ConsolationPrize for seasons 1 and 7).
** A toy guitar from ''Music/TheWiggles'' for ''WebAnimation/GreenysGrandGame''
** ''Webcomic/NiceShowForWeenies'''s enticing prize of a billion-dollar cheque and an unlimited credit card instantly convinced the contestants to stay in the competition despite being forcefully kidnapped.
** ''WebAnimation/TheStruggleForTheWorld'' probably has the biggest prize in which the winner becomes the president of the entire planet of Earth.
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* ''VisualNovel/QueenOfThieves'': In "Becoming the Gilded Poppy", Jett's story of how he joined the Poppy involves him stealing some item. Beyond it being valuable enough to steal, the nature of the item is so unimportant that no one even remembers what it was; visually, it's depicted as a pixelated blur.
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* In Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Theatre/SpidersWeb'', the root of the trouble is something hidden in the house by the previous owner, which unscrupulous people are trying to get hold of. Until the denouement, neither the audience nor the characters (with one exception) even know what it is, only that it's said to be worth thousands of pounds.
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* APlotInDeedAPlotInDeed: A land deed drives the plot, mainly because who owns it or gets to inherit it is the conflict.
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* "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3111404/1/Browncoats-at-World-s-End Browncoats at World's End]]" turns Jack Sparrow's compass (''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'') into one for the crew of ''[[Series/{{Firefly}} Serenity]]''; after they find themselves trapped in the past and separated from their ship, their only clue is that they must find Jack Sparrow in order to find their ship, eventually guessing that the compass must be held by the right person to truly find ''Serenity'' (for example, Mal cannot use it as he is torn between the ship and his love for Inara).
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* In ''Fanfic/DaphneGreengrassAndTheBoyWhoLived'', the Order of the Phoenix all acknowledge that the prophecy about Harry and Voldemort is basically this. Even without knowing the exact content of the prophecy, they all agree that it wouldn't be that useful to Voldemort even if he acquired it, but by encouraging their enemy to focus on retrieving the prophecy they ensure that the Death Eaters aren't going to do something more dangerous.
