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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* Dan Brown's best known novels, ''[[Angels |
* Dan Brown's best known novels, ''[[Angels & Demons]]'' and ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'', both work this way. |
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** Unfortunate in ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'', since the cryptex was a severely outdated security mechanism. Check [[wikipedia:Cryptex|this page]] for at least three methods of opening it without the password. |
** Unfortunate in ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'', since the cryptex was a severely outdated security mechanism. Check [[wikipedia:Cryptex|this page]] for at least three methods of opening it without the password. |
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* ''[[Redwall]]'' uses this a few times. ''Pearls of Lutra'' is the most notable; how else are you going to find the titular pearls if not through a series of riddles? |
* ''[[Redwall]]'' uses this a few times. ''Pearls of Lutra'' is the most notable; how else are you going to find the titular pearls if not through a series of riddles? |
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* Defied in ''[[Un Lun Dun]]'' by [[China Mieville]]. The protagonist consults a book of prophecy, discovers that she's supposed to follow a bunch of clues that work this way, and insists on skipping immediately to the end of the list. |
* Defied in ''[[Un Lun Dun]]'' by [[China Mieville]]. The protagonist consults a book of prophecy, discovers that she's supposed to follow a bunch of clues that work this way, and insists on skipping immediately to the end of the list. |
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* This was the basic plot of the ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' story "The Musgrave Ritual," thus making this trope [[Older Than Radio]]. |
* This was the basic plot of the ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' story "The Musgrave Ritual," thus making this trope [[Older Than Radio]]. |
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* The novel ''Satan from the 7th Grade'' centers around an extended scavenger hunt following the clues that a long-dead French soldier left for his brother, that only the two of them were supposed to understand. |
* The novel ''Satan from the 7th Grade'' centers around an extended scavenger hunt following the clues that a long-dead French soldier left for his brother, that only the two of them were supposed to understand. |
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* In [[Stephen King]]'s ''Lisey's Story'', Scott and Paul play a treasure hunt game using linked list clues. |
* In [[Stephen King]]'s ''Lisey's Story'', Scott and Paul play a treasure hunt game using linked list clues. |
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{{quote|"You know, that only makes sense if I guessed wrong first.''}} |
{{quote|"You know, that only makes sense if I guessed wrong first.''}} |
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* In the G3.5 ''[[My Little Pony]]'' short ''[http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=397692719436 Sweetie Belle's Gumball House Surprise]'', Sweetie Belle leaves clues for the others at different locations in her house to lead them to her backyard, where she is waiting with muffins. |
* In the G3.5 ''[[My Little Pony]]'' short ''[http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=397692719436 Sweetie Belle's Gumball House Surprise]'', Sweetie Belle leaves clues for the others at different locations in her house to lead them to her backyard, where she is waiting with muffins. |
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* On one episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'', Peter sends Lois on a scavenger hunt following this model to distract her while he plays golf on their wedding anniversary. She doesn't figure it out until the last clue, which tells her to go back to the start and admits he didn't expect her to make it this far before he got back. |
* On one episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'', Peter sends Lois on a scavenger hunt following this model to distract her while he plays golf on their wedding anniversary. She doesn't figure it out until the last clue, which tells her to go back to the start and admits he didn't expect her to make it this far before he got back. |
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* In one episode of ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', Dee Dee swiped a "strange glowing thingie" from Dexter's latest creation and set him on this kind of game in order to find it. Though the "strange glowing thingie" in question was actually the core component for what amounted to a Nuclear Fission reactor, and said reactor would [[Going Critical|go critical]] after an hour if it wasn't returned made things a [[Understatement|little more urgent]]. |
* In one episode of ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', Dee Dee swiped a "strange glowing thingie" from Dexter's latest creation and set him on this kind of game in order to find it. Though the "strange glowing thingie" in question was actually the core component for what amounted to a Nuclear Fission reactor, and said reactor would [[Going Critical|go critical]] after an hour if it wasn't returned made things a [[Understatement|little more urgent]]. |
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** Then after he got it back, [[Here We Go Again|the book he was planning to read was taken by Dee Dee]]. |
** Then after he got it back, [[Here We Go Again|the book he was planning to read was taken by Dee Dee]]. |
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