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Compare [[Hypno Trinket]] and [[Glamour]].
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== Comic Books ==
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== Live Action TV ==
* 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
** 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 [[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.
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* In ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Three Men and a Comic Book", the #1 issue of ''Radioactive Man'' acts like this on Bart, Milhouse and Martin.
* The key and the treasure itself, in the episode, "The Lost Treasure of the Golden Squirrel" of ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]''.
* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode, "Lesson Zero", Twilight Sparkle's Smarty Pants doll takes this role after she enchants it with a "Want it, Need it" spell, causing practically every pony who sees it to fight each other over it.
== Video Games ==
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