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{{quote|''My precious...''
The Artifact of Attraction is a [[MacGuffin]] that goes beyond being merely desirable for its own sake and is supernaturally super desirable. It can cause a group of friends to [[Gold Fever|become paranoid and distrustful]], making them [[A House Divided|stop working together]] or even [[Apple of Discord|come to blows]] over ownership. Unsurprisingly for an object that can bring about a veritable [[Hate Plague]] on those who set eyes on it (or even just ''know of its existence)'', the Artifact Of Attraction tends to be a powerful [[Curse]]d item, though a few uncursed ones can get this kind of reputation.
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Compare [[Hypno Trinket]] and [[Glamour]].
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== Comic Books ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100219035916/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/45795 This story] from ''[[The Onion]]'' about a wool blanket.
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* The Slytherin Horcrux ring has this effect on {{spoiler|Sirius}} in ''[[Oh God, Not Again|Oh God Not Again]]''. Harry telling him that putting the ring on [[Artifact of Death|would kill him]] doesn't disillusion him in the least. Hilariously, he's only able to resist when Harry says to him, "if you put that on then Snape will have to save your life. SNAPE.”
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* The Sword of Kahless in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]].'' Kor starts seeing it as a way to reclaim his glory days in the Empire and Worf nearly lets Kor fall to his death (he claimed there was a ledge that Kor could reach below, but Kor couldn't see one and Dax saw it and could tell it wouldn't support Kor's weight) in an attempt to keep the sword for himself. Eventually, Dax has enough of Klingon posturing and [[No-Nonsense Nemesis|stuns them both]] just to get them to shut up. The writers resisted any attempt to say that the sword or the air or whatever had any kind of mind-altering effect and that it was simply the idea of having the sword once possessed by Kahless himself that made them act like they had.
** In this case, simple lust for power is a likely culprit, as both Klingons contend that ownership of the sword would give the holder a solid claim to leadership of the Klingon Empire. Considering the holy status of Kahless, this is a pretty reasonable argument.
* An episode of ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' parodied the attractiveness of [[The Lord of the Rings|The One Ring]] by having the geek protagonists pool their money to buy a prop from the movie, then going to ridiculous lengths to make sure it was shared fairly, then fighting over who should get to keep it.
* 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.
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