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{{quote|''"I said to the Red Bull, 'I must have them! I must have ''all'' of them, ''all there are''!"''|'''King Haggard''', ''[[The Last Unicorn (
There is a valuable thing out there. It's [[What Measure Is a Non Unique|one-of-a-kind]], which makes it probably the greatest prize ever.
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Note it's not the artifact [[Artifact of Doom|hypnotically seducing the person into wanting it]]. The person is just that selfish or greedy. Nor is it something earned. It's just outright taken. It also doesn't count if someone steals it for the thrill of the theft, or to just show how good a thief he/she is. Either the thief has to actually want it, or he/she is stealing it for someone who does.
Note that this rarely ends well, no matter [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|whether the story is idealistic or cynical]]. That person stole something they shouldn't keep. In idealistic stories, it's too important to lock away. In cynical stories, it's [[Death
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* That guy in ''[[Pokémon:
** His name is either [[Spell My Name
* ''[[Lupin III]]'' might be a master thief, but he and his posse actually want a lot of the valuable things they steal.
* The actions of [[Church Militant|Fiamma of the Right]], the {{spoiler|former}} [[Man Behind the Man]] of the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches in ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* There's also a [[Marvel Comics]] character named The Collector, who collected unique specimens from across the universe.
* The original motivation of the [[
* [[Green Lantern|Larfleeze]] wants ''everything'', but especially rare things, like Lantern rings he's never seen before.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* There is a story where a princess (or maybe duchess) hears someone in her land has a talking cat. She wants it for herself, so she throws the owner in her dungeon. One scene has her riding in her carriage, carrying the cat in her hand muff, and the cat escapes by biting her hand.
* All of the unicorns, in ''[[The Last Unicorn (
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* In Robert Asprin's fantasy novel ''[[Myth Adventures|Myth Directions]]'', Tanda the Trollop assassin ropes protagonist Skeeve into her attempt to find a truly one-of-a-kind item to give to Aahz (a scaly green Pervect) as a birthday present. She ultimately settles on a ghastly frog-scuplture trophy that has no value except as the prize for a heated sports competition between rival cities. Their [[A Simple Plan|robbery attempt]] goes horribly wrong, and things only spiral further out of control from there.
** To add to it, Skeeve tries to keep Aahz from finding out about any of this because he knows the lecture he'll get for having done something like this. When Aahz ''does'' find out and asks incredulously "This ugly statue is what's behind all this?", a frustrated Skeeve responds "Yeah, because we wanted to give it to you. Happy birthday." After a stunned minute, Aahz decides
* In the first [[Anne McCaffrey|Acorna]] book, Hafiz Harakamian sought to add Acorna to his collection of rarities as the crown jewel. A desire with quickly disappeared once he learned she wasn't some sort of mutant, but a lost member of an space-faring race.
* [[Simon R. Green]]'s ''Nightside'' books feature the [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Collector]], who is reclusive, petulant and somewhat childish in his singleminded devotion to things that - in his opinion - only he can truly appreciate.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The ''[[Star Trek:
* An episode of ''[[
* In ''[[Lois and Clark]]'', a baddie captures Superman, and uses [[Lois Lane]] as hostage to make sure he doesn't escape. Which he does, via [[New Powers
* ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' episode "[[The Man
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'':
** In ''The Seeds of Doom'', two alien pods are found in the Antarctic permafrost. The psychotic millionaire Harrison Chase sends a team of thugs to get them, because they're unique. The pods cause vegetation to kill animal life, endangering the world.
** In ''City of Death'', a key plot-point involves the theft of the Mona Lisa to be sold (along with six identical paintings) to finance Count Scarlioni's temporal experiments. Inspector Duggan observed to the Doctor at one point, "There are at least seven people in my address book who'd pay millions for that picture, for their own private collections. It would be an expensive gloat, but they'd do it."
* At least one ''[[Mission: Impossible (TV series)||Mission Impossible]]'' episode had a millionaire who had a national treasure that the original nation wanted back, and it was important they get it for reasons of international politics. The current owner was not cooperative.
* Comes up in ''[[Dad's Army
* Kamen Rider Diend of ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' has a 'treasure' in each episode that he is seeking. He alone knows what makes something a 'treasure,' and he only wants it because it is one, and rarely for what it actually does (some of 'em are important to the plot.)
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Oliver, the Duke of Tanas from ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' 9 and 10, toward the royal heron laguz.
* Chandra in ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'' says this about one of the [[Sealed Evil in
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* There was a ''[[
* ''[[Superman:
** Once Lobo succeeds, the Preserver ''captures him as well'', since [[Self-Made Orphan|he's the last Czarnian]]. [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork|Lobo and Supes team up.]] [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* In a ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|Treehouse of Horror]]'' episode, Comic Book Guy is the supervillain "The Collector" who collects Lucy Lawless, the [[Doctor Who|Fourth Doctor]], Matt Groening, etc. He also owns the only working phaser ever made.
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