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An object of tremendous power and [[Just Think of the Potential|potential]] is created or found. Unfortunately, almost immediately the entire cast starts fighting over it, demonstrating their inability to be in charge of such power. Ultimately one character - usually the wisest - then decides that the only way to stop the conflict is to destroy (or cast away) the object. With nothing left to fight over, peace and order is, indeed, restored.
This is the typical fate of all [[MacGuffin
Compare [[No MacGuffin, No Winner]] where the object is lost as a karmic punishment, rather than a willing decision in fear of the consequences. Also compare [[It Belongs in
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In the manga ''[[Tri Peace]]'', two rulers solve the conflict between their nations by destroying the magical fountain that they are warring over.
* ''[[Fate
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', Yugi, being the hero, seems the only one who realizes how dangerous the Egyptian God Cards are. As he says when he wins Slifer from Strings, "I must be very careful with this." Unfortunately, he is much in the minority with this opinion. One goal he has in the [[Grand Finale|Ceremonial Duel]] is to seal them away forever, along with the Millennium Items.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The Marvel [[Crossover]] ''[[Infinity Gauntlet]]'' ended with Adam Warlock acquiring the eponymous gauntlet which granted the user god-like powers. Not soon after that, the Living Tribunal, a cosmic being meant to bring order to the cosmos, declared that the gauntlet's gems must never be used by a single person ever again. The gems were then scattered amongst Warlock's allies.
* In [[Elliot S! Maggin]]'s [[Bronze Age]] ''[[Superman]]'' story
== [[Film]] ==
* Played somewhat for laughs in ''[[The Gods Must Be Crazy]]'', when a tribe of Kalahari bushmen find a bottle, and it proves to be so useful in their barren habitat that they are soon fighting over it. The conclusion is that it must be destroyed, which as far as they know is only possible by throwing it over the edge of the earth.
* At the end of ''[[The Mask (
* In ''[[Back to The Future]]'', Doc Brown repeatedly promises to himself to destroy his own time-travelling technology, which finally happens at the end of movie 3. ( {{spoiler|Almost immediately it turns out that he had built a new one.}})
* ''[[Forbidden Planet]]:'' Dr. Morbius insists that humanity won't be able to handle the power granted by the Krell artifacts. Captain Adams resents Morbius setting himself up as the arbiter of this technology; when Morbius himself can't handle the power, Adams realizes this really is too much power for humanity, so he doesn't object to destroying the entire Krell laboratory.
== Literature ==
* At the end of ''[[Harry Potter and
== [[Live
* On one episode of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', the heroes embark on a quest to find the Sword Of Kahless, a very important religious artifact to the Klingons. So important, in fact, that whoever finds it and brings it back to the homeworld would gain the cultural/religious/political power to take over the Klingon Empire. As it turns out, it seems to corrupt it's wielder faster than [[The Lord of the Rings|The One Ring]], and after seeing her cohorts plotting to take over the empire and fighting amongst themselves over who gets to do it, Jadzia beams the sword into space.
* In ''[[Star Trek:
* Parodied in one episode of ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''. The guys end up with one of the actual props of the One Ring from the [[The Lord of the Rings (
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Parodied on ''[[South Park]]''. The boys see the girls playing with a [
* In the ''[[
== [[Real Life]] ==
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