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* In [[E. Nesbit]]'s ''[[Five Children and It]]'', the children accidentally wish their youngest sibling into this. Fortunately, it wears off at sunset, after a ''long'' day spent chasing after everyone who kidnapped him.
* ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'' has Shardblades, which may not have any supernatural attraction, but they're so valuable (there are approximated to be a hundred ''on the planet'') that they may as well.
** Also [[The Sword That Speaks|Nightblood]] from the same author's ''[[Warbreaker]]''; not its primary purpose, but deliberately built in because it was created to destroy evil and needs a mechanism to detect such (since a sword has no innate sense of right and wrong). Essentially, anyone who is exposed to Nightblood ''and'' is someone who would want to wield such a powerful weapon for destructive purposes will be compelled to take it and draw it, at which point [[Artifact of Death|another of the sword's powers kicks in]]. Those who do ''not'' want to use it for destructive purposes can wield it safely, though it makes them uneasy to touch it. This isn't, however, a perfect test- [[The Dragon]] is able to resist the effect because even though he's a bad guy, he ''doesn't'' want to use Nightblood.
* The Apple of Discord from ''The [[Illuminatus]]-trilogy'' has the power to appear as the most desirable object or concept that whoever viewing it holds in their mind. It's used unexpectedly for benign purposes, preventing a small army of Nazi zombies from slaughtering thousands of festival goers.
* The Elder Wand in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'', a wand so powerful that nearly every person who has ever owned it was murdered by someone else who wanted it. The only known exceptions have been {{spoiler|Dumbledore (who died for other reasons), Draco Malfoy, and Harry himself.}}
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* One episode of ''[[Angel]]'' had a group of thieves (and Gunn and Angel, who'd infiltrated the group) try to steal a shroud containing the soul of a demon, which turned them against each other.
* An episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', "Him", had an enchanted letterman jacket which transformed the wearer into one of these, supernaturally irresistable to women, causing friction.
* ''[[The Tenth Kingdom]]'' has magical shoes that make the wearer invisible, but the longer you have/wear them, the more you want to keep wearing them...
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