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Usually, the villains or at least a group of antagonists also set out to look for it. The two teams may try to interfere with each other and mislead each other. The searchers may have to elude {{Booby Trap}}s. Either the good guys find the treasure chest, and then the antagonists and steal it (in which case what's inside the chest will turn out to be worthless), or the antagonists will fail to get it before the heroes find it. Finding the chest may only be the first step, if the chest is huge and heavy. As well, even if the heroes recover the treasure, they may have a dispute about how to split the proceeds.

This is an episode in a show structured around looking for hidden treasure, when the show isn't normally about that. Usually this involves one of the main characters learning about a famous old treasure that may be buried in their town, and setting out to look for it with the rest of the cast. There is often a search for clues hidden in a TreasureMap, old relic, or ancient text.

Usually, the villains or at least a group of antagonists also set out to look for it. The two teams may try to interfere with each other and mislead each other. Either to good guys find the treasure chest, and then the antagonists and steal it (in which case what's inside the chest will turn out to be worthless), or the antagonists will fail to get it before the heroes find it. Finding the chest may only be the first step, if the chest is huge and heavy. As well, even if the heroes recover the treasure, they may have a dispute about how to split the proceeds.

Usually, the villains or at least a group of antagonists also set out to look for it. The two teams may try to interfere with each other and mislead each other. Either to good guys find the treasure chest, and then the antagonists and steal it (in which case what's inside the chest will turn out to be worthless), or the antagonists will fail to get it before the heroes find it. Finding the chest may only be the first step, if the chest is huge and heavy.

Often will involve the cast parodying pirates. In children's shows, the treasure is almost never gold coins and jewelry, usually being something like chocolate coins or candy.

This is an episode in a show structured around looking for treasure, when the show isn't normally about that. Usually this involves one of the main characters reading about a famous treasure buried in their town, and setting out to look for it with the rest of the cast. Usually, the main villains also set out to look for it, and either steal it (in which case the treasure will turn out to be worthless), or fail to get it before the heroes. Often will involve the cast parodying pirates. In children's shows, the treasure is almost never actual treasure, usually being something like chocolate coins or candy.

** In ''De Schildpaddenschat'' (''The Tortoise Treasure'') and ''Wie Zoekt Die Vindt!'' (''Who Searches Finds'') this is a plot point. There are more stories in that vain too.

This is an episode in a show structured around looking for treasure, when the show isn't normally about that. Usually this involves one of the main characters reading about a famous treasure buried in their town, and setting out to look for it with the rest of the cast. Usually, the main villains also set out to look for it, and either steal it (in which case the treasure will turn out to be worthless), or fail to get it before the heroes. Often will involve the cast parodying pirates. In children's shows, the treasure is almost never actual treasure, usually being something like candy.

* ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'': Day 9 focuses on Amelia and her friends finding the treasure to pay off her debts after she found the map while cleaning the kitchen. Yuka and Eve leave halfway through to document Clean Bean Café's Zero Muffin, while Joe nearly does the same since he scheduled a second date with another woman, but he cancels it at the last moment to support Amelia in finding the treasure. Amelia then opens the trapdoor under the old oven and finds an old painting of herself and Joe, and while they're embarrassed about themselves being {{naked|PeopleAreFunny}} in it, they call Yuka and Eve back to have it donated to the local museum for its appraisal.

* ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'': Day 9 focuses on Amelia and her friends finding the treasure to pay off her debts after she found the map while cleaning the kitchen. Yuka and Eve leave halfway through to document Clean Bean Café's "Zero Muffin", while Joe nearly does the same since he scheduled a second date with another woman, but he cancels it at the last moment to support Amelia in finding the treasure. Amelia then opens the trapdoor under the old oven and finds an old painting of herself and Joe, and while they're embarrassed about themselves being {{naked|PeopleAreFunny}} in it, they call Yuka and Eve back to have it donated to the local museum for its appraisal.

* Episode "The Treasure of Sierra Tamale" of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' has Peter's dad and Ray going into a treasure hunt in some Mesoamerican ruins in Mexico, only to find a Quetzalcoatle expy.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

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* ''WesternAnimation/ElinorWondersWhy'' has one. In the episode "Pirate Treasure", Elinor, Ari, and Olive pretend they are pirates looking for a treasure chest that Ari has hidden. When their friend Siggy joins them, he tells them about landmarks. At last, when the treasure is found, Elinor realizes that it is a sharing treasure.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'':

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''has the episode "The Icy Depths", which has Penguin, Mr Freeze, and Alfred's old schoolmate racing to track down a long-lost treasure stolen by Penguin's great-grandfather, with Batman and Alfred caught in the middle.

* [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman]] gives us the Season 3 episode "The Icy Depths", which has Penguin, Mr Freeze, and Alfred's old schoolmate racing to track down a long-lost treasure stolen by Penguin's grandfather, with Batman and Alfred caught in the middle.

* ''Series/TheAvengers'' episode "Dead Man's Treasure" has Steed and Emma participating in a combination car rally/treasure hunt. The treasure also contains a briefcase hidden by one of Steed's now-dead friends.

* ''Series/{{Batman}}'' episodes "The Purr-fect Crime" and "Better Luck Next Time". Catwoman is after the lost treasure of Captain Manx and Batman must thwart her.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode, "Sand Ho", Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, and Lil pretend to be pirates after hearing a pirate story from Grandpa Lou. After they find the treasure, Angelica duels Tommy for it.

* ''Franchise/{{Popeye}}'s Treasure Hunt'' and its Hanna-Barbera all-star redeux ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt'' was all about this on a weekly basis. Clues were furnished to the protagonists in their search for the treasure.

* ''WesternAnimtion/TheRaccoons'' has episode "Buried Treasure!" with Bert and Cedric in a treasure hunt after finding a map, and of course the greedy Cyril Sneer behind them to steal it.
* Episode "The Treasure of Sierra Tamale" of ''WesternAnimtion/TheRealGhostbusters'' has Peter's dad and Ray going into a treasure hunt in some Mesoamerican ruins in Mexico, only to find a Quetzalcoatle expy.