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* '''Exaggerated''': The Macguffomatic is fully functional even though it was carved out of rock and the last living creature to see it got a face full of dinosaur-exterminating asteroid just before dying.
* '''Downplayed''': The Macguffomatic is still functional when it's found, but it's in a very bad shape.
* '''Justified''': The Macguffomatic is an artifact [[Forged
* '''Inverted''': "Behold, the Macguffomatic! This thing is so foolproof, it'll still be running 2,000 years from n- uh oh. it was working this morning..."
* '''Subverted''': Turns out, the Macguffomatic is only cosmetically functional. It breaks the moment someone tries to use it
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* '''Zig Zagged''': The Macguffomatic looks functional, but breaks the moment it's used, but it's part of the security system, but the whole thing was actually being maintained by a secret legacy, but they abandoned it a long time ago.
* '''Averted''': None of the ancient artifacts encountered are technological enough that they'd be expected to have broken down.
* '''Enforced''': The writers want to have the characters in an [[Urban Fantasy]] story use a more contemporary method to defeat the 1000 year old [[Sealed Evil in
* '''Lampshaded''': "They don't make things like they used to, huh?"
* '''Invoked''': "We don't need the trap to actually ''work'' - people will heed a DANGER sign long after any real security measure would have stopped working, just on the off chance."
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