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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* 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: The Next Generation]], when Q appeared in "Hide and Q" he endowed Riker with the power of the Continuum in an attempt to uncover how humanity might someday surpass his species. Picard immediately pressured Riker into resisting the urge to use this power, ostensibly to prevent Will from abusing it, and also to win a wager against Q in the hopes of making the God-like being sod off forever. Even though he is corrupted by the power, Riker ultimately decides to remain human and has the power taken away, with the moral being that humanity will take it's own path without needing to be uplifted by Q. This doesn't stop Q from continuing to harass Picard once a season for the rest of Next Gen's run, of course.
* 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 (film)|Lord Of The Rings]] movies, and squabble constantly over who gets to keep it, while Leonard rolls his eyes. While they're asleep, Leonard takes the ring, and tells them he sent it back to [[Peter Jackson]] where it belongs. {{spoiler|Subverted when it turns out Leonard kept it for himself.}}
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