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* The Ghost Fleet in ''Startide Rising'' plays no larger role than to sic the whole galaxy on one damaged spaceship full of dolphins. Everyone, and I mean ''everyone'' wants to know where it is.
* In [[Michael Flynn]]'s ''[[Spiral Arm|The January Dancer]]'', the harper claims that the object of [[The Quest]] is not important; what mattered was Jason and Medea, not the Golden Fleece. The scarred man objects: had he gone after the Tin Whistle or the Aluminum Coffeepot, the failure would have been different.
* In [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[The Three-
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* Arguably, the entirety of "[[Lost]]" is an exercise in MacGuffin spotting.
* Done to the point of extreme irritation in ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' as it's obvious by the end of season two that the writers can't come up with a satisfactory explanation for the prophet Rambaldi but are still going to drag out one tired MacGuffin for the rest of the series.
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* ''[[Power Rangers]]'': The [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin]] era includes a sword to transfer the powers of the original Red, Yellow & Black Rangers to their replacements(Future power transfers with later powers just featured the powers being handed over).
** The Zeo Crystal subverts this as it was introduced in a 3 parter prior to the storyline in which the Rangers sought it out. Furthermore, [[Power Rangers Zeo]] would see the Crystal as the source of the Rangers' new powers.
* ''[[Due South]]'': The two-part first season episode "Chicago Holiday" features a matchbook that supposedly will give the owner control of the entire Chicago west side (whatever that means). The list is passed from hand to hand, but we never learn what is actually written on it, nor is it really important except to further the plot. There is also a hotel cleaning woman named "Mrs. MacGuffin", an In/Out Board that shows Mac Guff as "In", and a store security guard "Niffug, C. M.", whose name tag we conveniently see in a mirror, all obvious [[Shout-Out
** As far as the utility and importance of the matchbook, it's got the names and addresses of every dealer and operator on the west side; he who holds the matchbook has power over all of them, a cut of their profits, etc.
* The Prize for being the last Immortal standing in ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]''.
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