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* Ralph Wednesday, the vanship courier with Alvis Hamilton in ''[[Last Exile]]''. |
* Ralph Wednesday, the vanship courier with Alvis Hamilton in ''[[Last Exile]]''. |
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* The vaccine file in ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]''. Notably, the offer was rejected. To give some more context the file in question was a list of people who had received a vaccine for an otherwise incurable illness (the vaccine was rejected due to pressure from certain individuals and organizations who wanted to prevent their products from being rendered useless). {{spoiler|The current owner of the file tries to give it to Togusa after the building's attacked by [[The Dragon]] and his [[Mooks]]. Togusa tries to get him to escape with it instead (he's caught and shot, meaning the protagonists have to make do with a video of what Togusa saw).}} |
* The vaccine file in ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]''. Notably, the offer was rejected. To give some more context the file in question was a list of people who had received a vaccine for an otherwise incurable illness (the vaccine was rejected due to pressure from certain individuals and organizations who wanted to prevent their products from being rendered useless). {{spoiler|The current owner of the file tries to give it to Togusa after the building's attacked by [[The Dragon]] and his [[Mooks]]. Togusa tries to get him to escape with it instead (he's caught and shot, meaning the protagonists have to make do with a video of what Togusa saw).}} |
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* Happens from time to time on ''[[Ranma |
* Happens from time to time on ''[[Ranma ½]],'' and usually it's Happosai who gets the [[MacGuffin]]. |
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* Kakashi in ''[[Naruto]]'' gets his Sharingan this way. |
* Kakashi in ''[[Naruto]]'' gets his Sharingan this way. |
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* So begins the [[In Name Only|execrable]] anime adaptation of ''[[Lensman|Gray Lensman]]''. |
* So begins the [[In Name Only|execrable]] anime adaptation of ''[[Lensman|Gray Lensman]]''. |
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* ''[[Panzer Dragoon]]'' begins like this, only it's not a [[MacGuffin]]: it's a ''dragon'', and its rider is shot and killed while fighting the [[Big Bad|Dark Dragon]]. |
* ''[[Panzer Dragoon]]'' begins like this, only it's not a [[MacGuffin]]: it's a ''dragon'', and its rider is shot and killed while fighting the [[Big Bad|Dark Dragon]]. |
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* This is how you get the kinesis module in ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]''. A blinded, mortally-wounded woman manages to hang on long enough, alone in a monster infected [[Ghost Ship]], to give Isaac a necessary tool for solving the various puzzles he'll be presented with later. |
* This is how you get the kinesis module in ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]''. A blinded, mortally-wounded woman manages to hang on long enough, alone in a monster infected [[Ghost Ship]], to give Isaac a necessary tool for solving the various puzzles he'll be presented with later. |
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* Surviving a [[Zeppelins from Another World|Zeppelin]] crash in the intro cinematic of [[Arcanum |
* Surviving a [[Zeppelins from Another World|Zeppelin]] crash in the intro cinematic of [[Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura|Arcanum]], you are given a ring by a dying gnome, and told to "Find the boy". |
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* If you didn't pick up the Arm Cannon Power up in ''[[Mega Man X]]'' when Zero Dies at the hands of Vile he gives X his Arm Cannon which then becomes the Arm Cannon Upgrade. |
* If you didn't pick up the Arm Cannon Power up in ''[[Mega Man X]]'' when Zero Dies at the hands of Vile he gives X his Arm Cannon which then becomes the Arm Cannon Upgrade. |
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** A more fitting example would be at (nearly) the opposite end of the series, ''[[Mega Man ZX]]'' where the [[Mentor]] who had originally become [[My Hero Zero|Zero]] is mortally wounded by the [[Big Bad]] and his [[The Dragon|Dragons]]. His last action is to give Vent or Aile his Model Z, and ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|things get awesome.]]'' |
** A more fitting example would be at (nearly) the opposite end of the series, ''[[Mega Man ZX]]'' where the [[Mentor]] who had originally become [[My Hero Zero|Zero]] is mortally wounded by the [[Big Bad]] and his [[The Dragon|Dragons]]. His last action is to give Vent or Aile his Model Z, and ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|things get awesome.]]'' |
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