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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[
== [[Comics]] ==
* This is more or less The Riddler's MO in ''[[
* Some of [[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
** ''The Dutchman's Secret'' by [[Don Rosa]] has at least a rich [[Justified Trope|justification]]: the clues are not made by the same authors. The treasure had been found and lost many times, each treasure owner intentionally obscuring the maps they'd used to throw off the competition before being driven out of the mountains. Then, they wrote clear and straightforward directions for their friends or family which the next treasure hunter would use to find the treasure. [[Chew Toy|Until Donald accidentally destroyed the last map]], and the Ducks are forced to make use of the clues that are not completely eradicated.
* In the comics, [[Spider
== [[Film]] ==
* The entire point of the ''[[National Treasure]]'' movies was this kind of chase.
* To a lesser extent, the ''[[
* ''Mystery Woman: In the Shadows'' had a former spy hide the identity of a mole with this method {{spoiler|and subverted it by putting nothing at the end; he didn't know the mole's identity, and the scheme was to get the mole to expose himself.}}
* Subverted in the movie ''Day of Wrath'', where the main character stumbles into a series of murders with letters carved into the body. When he finally confronts the mastermind behind them and demands to know what they mean, presenting a bunch of jumbled letters, he is promptly told "It's supposed to be Dies Irae, or Day of Wrath. It seems you missed a few murders."
* ''[[Candleshoe]]'' has the main character attempting to find a hidden treasure in a mansion using a series of clues.
* The Spanish horror movie ''[[The Orphanage]]'' is full of them. The little boy enjoys setting them as a game for his mother; when he disappears, she finds herself following one to try to find him.
* Most of ''[[Men in Black (
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* This is used often in ''[[
* ''[[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive]]'' did this. [[Fridge Logic]] kicks in though, due to there being five major artifacts the Rangers must find, which they manage to do every six or seven episodes, at which point they just coincidentally find info about the next treasure without any sort of previous clue, leading to the newest linked list. They never find artifacts in the wrong order, not matching up? The Rangers and the ''four'' villain organizations are ''always'' on the same trail of the same artifact leading to the same jewel at the same time?
* ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' is set up like this, although some fans have complained that the "clues" were only truly clues in the first few seasons, and are now more often simply directions.
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* The premise of ''[[Road Rules]]'' - five (later six) strangers traveled in a Winnebago to various locations in the US (or occasionally abroad) to complete missions and challenges; at the end of one mission, a clue was given to the location of the next.
* ''[[Supermarket Sweep]]'' - in the "Bonus Sweep", the winning contestants had one minute to find clues to three grocery products in the market to locate $5,000 in cash.
* ''[[Finders Keepers (TV series)|Finders Keepers]]'' - the "Room-to-Room Romp" required the winning team to find a "clue card" in each of six rooms in the house, each of which outlined what room to go to next and the clue for the location of the card in that room. Finding the sixth card in 90 seconds won the grand prize.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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* In the [[MMORPG]] ''[[A Tale In The Desert]]'', one standard puzzle-making challenge requires a player to create a series of linked 'clues' on random in-world objects, leading to the desired end result. This is then judged by the solvers.
* Repeatedly used in the ''[[.hack]]'' games. Kite goes to dungeon, gets information about the next part of the poen, goes to next dungeon, same thing happens. Add some irrelevant sidequests (oh noes Piros is in danger again!) and a few boss fights, and you have a 4 series game.
* Most cases in ''[[
* In ''The Lost Crown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure'', Nigel playtests a treasure-hunt game for Nanny Noah that uses this trope.
* [[Ultima]] VI has Chuckles the court jester sending the Avatar on a cross-kingdom scavenger hunt, the last clue of which is hidden not far from Chuckles himself. For extra irritation points, that clue sends you to talk to Smith the talking horse, who promptly gives you a crucial piece of information necessary to solve... Ultima ''V''.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Subverted in ''[[The Simpsons (
** Played straight (as straight as anything in ''[[The Simpsons (
{{quote| "You know, that only makes sense if I guessed wrong first.''}}
* 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.
* On one episode of ''[[
* In one episode of ''[[
** 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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