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'''Cir''' My number Three is from the movie ''Film/{{Ronin}}'':

'''Nick''' I don't think so. All right, my Number Five is the titular Maltese Falcon from the book and the Creator/HumphreyBogart movie ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon''. They say it's "The stuff that dreams are made of".

'''Kyle''' I think one of the examples on the TvTropes site is whether, in a heist movie, whether or not it's the Hope Diamond versus the Mona Lisa. It doesn't matter, you switch-out one for the other and who would blink? The audience will never know the difference. It's not like the outcome of the movie is going to be different because you switched one for the other. It's all about the way that certain thing influences the personalities of the characters. The way it affects their drive for this heist, or whatever it is. Forwarding the plot.

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'''Kyle''' I like the one that is so powerful that it , it almost can't even be used. Marvel Comics has a great one in The Infinity Gauntlet, that is actually <SPOILER ALERT> showed up in ''Film/TheAvengers'', for those who are watching, it is ''in'' Odin's collection of captured weapons that he has. And The Casket of Winter is in the Thor movie. I think it will show up in the Avengers too. But the Infinity Gauntlet is this -- if you wear it, you can control reality, basically. And it's a huge [=MacGuffin=], because anytime a character actually has ''had'' it, it essentially cancels itself out. It does nothing.

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'''Kyle''' I like how [=MacGuffins=] can be definitely varied from objects, to people, to events. In a lot of action movies, it's weapons, like the Green Destiny in ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'', or in ''Film/DespicableMe'' it's the moon. He really wants to get the moon. He gets the moon in the end (spoiler) but it doesn't really matter to him because these girls are really more important to him, so it's kind of cool how that ends.

--> " What is it?"
"The uh, stuff that dreams are made of."

'''Nick''' Ultimately, the Maltese Falcon ends up being of little to no value, even though all this drama and all these murders have been commited because of it. Cir, what's your Number Four?

'''Cir''' Number Four is from the hilarious British Television show, Series/AlloAllo. It's about a French cafe owner resisting the Nazis that aired on PBS in the Nineties. Did I say it's hilarious? Few parallels in America. Each season revolves around a [=MacGuffin=] that the characters try to find. My favorite being an art piece, it's usually like an art piece or a bomb or a secret list. My favorite was "the Madonna with the Big Boobies" which was forged, reforged, stolen, restolen many times to no effect, no bearing on the outcome of anything. Kyle?

'''Kyle''' Ah, my Number Four would be the baby in ''Film{{Juno}}'', I don't know, just because the whole movie is about her being pregnant, and the baby that she is going to have singlehandedly breaks up a couple, it kind of ruins her entire life for the most part, and it's the driving force behind the entire movie. It's not really about the baby, it's about her and how she reacts to being pregnant and everything.

'''Kyle''' I think we might at the very end, I thnk what's-her-face, the woman, is holding her, but maybe I'm wrong. But yeah, the baby is a very little part in that movie, but everyone wanting it, and so, yeah. What about you, Nick? Number Four.

'''Nick''' My Number Four is the briefcase in ''Film/PulpFiction'' that Marcellus Wallace sends Vince Vega and Jules to obtain. We don't ever see what's inside the briefcase. We know that it glows; some fan theories say that it's Marcellus Wallace's soul. I don't really buy into that fan theory at all and [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Tarantino]] himself has said "I don't know what's in the briefcase, and I don't care what's in the briefcase." And I thnk that's a great example, a great distillation of the soul of what a[=MacGuffin=]is. Who knows, who cares?

--> "How did you know it was an ambush?"
"Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt. That's the first thing they teach you."
"Who taught you?"
"I don't remember. That's the second thing they teach you."

'''Cir'''This movies has so many blatant tropes, it's almost like a deadly-serious parody. And the[=MacGuffin=]in this case is, again, a briefcase with some ridiculous sum of money in it. My favorite scene is when one of the villians runs around with the case, just shooting people and causing mayhem. This movie is so over-the-top with a straight face and it seems like one of those movies that had a twinkle in its eye the whole time that you're watching. Kyle.

'''Cir''' ''Lord of the Rings'' is famous, to me, for having so many various powers and themes and vague things. The characters are, Aragorn, for example, is a very powerful character, its hinted at that he's more than just a person, however. His aura is powerful. You know, they never explicitly state that Gandalf is that much... where he comes from, they never lay out what his powers are, you just know that he's that much more effective. And the ring, even. It "rules all the other rings", and you're like, so, does it rule them by when you put the ring on it can control your mind, or is it that you'll be influenced to do what the wearer says? You never really know. You only know that having the ring makes you "win" and that, to me, is the perfect MacGuffin. It's so vague.

'''Nick''' and, I'm sure [[Creator/JRRTolkein Tolkein's]] written a bunch of other sort of stories about the history of it all, but from the movie standpont, they don't really -- they have a short cutscene of some guy wielding it, but it really does not show how powerful it is in the movie itself, and, I don't know... I think the ring is a very good example of a [=MacGuffin=].

--> '''Walter Sobchak:''' "That rug really tied the room together, did it not?"
'''The Dude:''' "Fuckin' A."
'''Donny:''' "And this guy peed on it."

'''Nick''' I don't think so. All right, my Number Five is the titular MalteseFalcon from the book and the Creator/HumphreyBogart movie ''''Film/TheMalteseFalcon''. They say it's "The stuff that dreams are made of".

'''Nick''' Welcome back to "On the Tropes". This week we are talking about our top five favorite MacGuffins Ever. Cir, what is your Number Five MacGuffin?

'''Kyle''' I like how MacGuffins can be definitely varied from objects, to people, to events. In a lot of action movies, it's weapons, like the Green Destiny in ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'', or in ''Film/DespicableMe'' it's the moon. He really wants to get the moon. He gets the moon in the end (spoiler) but it doesn't really matter to him because these girls are really more important to him, so it's kind of cool how that ends.

'''Nick''' I guess you could almost say, in a way, like Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin. The whole "losing his virginity" is in a way, a [=MacGuffin=], which is basically just a backdrop for hm becoming, going form a freindless nerd to a multi-friended nerd.

'''Kyle''' They're tryng to keep their house.

'''Nick''' Ohh, yeah, becasue of what's-his-name.

'''Kyle''' I like how MacGuffins can be definitiely vary from objects, to people, to events. In a lot of action movies, it's weapons, like the Green Destiny in ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'', or in ''Film/DespicableMe'' it's the moon. He really wants to get the moon. He gets the moon in the end (spoiler) but it doesn't really matter to him because these girls are really more important to him, so it's kind of cool how that ends.

'''Cir''' I like the Argonauts, too, because it's like a supergroup. If you read the list of guys who are in it, it's these guys from ... Hercules, Theseus, perseus, all these different gods and stories.

'''Kyle''' It's always funny thnking of "what would I do with 70,000 dollars that I have to split between three criminals?"

'''Nick''' I guess you could almost say, in a way, like Film/FortyYearOldVirgin. The whole "losing his virginity" is in a way, a [=MacGuffin=], which is basically just a backdrop for hm becoming, going form a freindless nerd to a multi-friended nerd.

'''Nick''' From Akron, Ohio, This is episode two of "On the Tropes. I'm your host, Nick, and today I'm joined by

'''Nick''' ''Film/{{Snatch}}

'''Nick''' My favorite director of all time, Creator/AlfredHitchcock uses these in so many of his movies. He uses it in ''Film/Notorious''. He uses it in ''Film/NorthByNorthwest''. In regard to Film/TheThirtyNineSteps'' he referred to this trope as essentially , as "What everybody onscreen is looking for but the audience don't care."

'''Nick''' From Akron, Ohio, Thisis episode two of "On the Tropes. I'm your host, Nick, and today I'm joined by