Keep-Away: Difference between revisions
Hot Potato is when characters toss around an object because they don't want it, Keep-Away is when they want the item.
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If he can make a plausible threat of getting them in trouble, expect them to transparently lie and claim that it was only a game; otherwise, they might just keep the [[MacGuffin]]. One way or another, the protagonist will need to find an effective way to deal with the bullies.
Polar opposite of the [[MacGuffin Delivery Service]] and [[Hot Potato]]. Hot Potato is when characters toss around an object because they don't want it, Keep-Away is when they want the item.
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* In ''[[The Eyes of Kid Midas]]'', the schoolyard bullies Bertram and Hal play keepaway with the protagonist's glasses. They break. Luckily, he gets [[Artifact of Doom|a new pair]].
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** Another episode has a group of girl bullies doing this with Lisa's shoes.
* In ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'', The [[Harmless Villain|Beagle Boys]] and the [[Bratty Half-Pint|triplets Huey Dewey and Louie]] ended up doing this with a [[MacGuffin|bag of form-changing powder]], while engaged in a [[Shapeshifter Showdown]] on top of that!
* Near the end of one episode of [[Cyberchase]], the kids toss the Sun-o-sphere back and forth to keep the Hacker from taking it. At the end of another (doubling as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]), Matt trusts Slider enough to play Keep-Away with the Ring.
* In an episode of [[Recess]], the Ashleys steal Gus's harmonica and toss it amongst themselves while getting Gus to jinx himself.
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