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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Sister Margaretta:''' Reverend Mother, I have sinned.
'''Sister Berthe:''' I, too, Reverend Mother.
'''Reverend Mother''': What is this sin, my children?
''[The nuns look at each other, then reveal from under their robes the distributor and coil they have removed from the Nazi's cars, stopping them from catching the Von Trapp family.]''|''[[The Sound of Music]]''}}
There's a [[MacGuffin]] everyone is after and the [[Big Bad]] has just managed to snatch it right out of the Hero's hands and is [[Evil Laugh|laughing]] as they make their escape, with [[The Hero]] left in a bit of a [[Heroic BSOD]]. But wait! The [[Comic Relief]], team thief, or even a [[Hidden Depths|less obviously sneaky]] character suddenly brightens the mood by revealing that they've just done the
As the page quote shows, the
May or may not result in an [["Everybody Laughs" Ending]].
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* In ''[[The Fifth Element]]'', the case carrying the four stones needed to stop The Evil is fought over intensely. After villain Zorg finally gets it, it's amusingly revealed to be empty, much to Zorg's frustration. Their guardian, Plava Lagoona, showed how seriously she takes guarding them by revealing she {{spoiler|hid them in her stomach.}}
* ''[[Hudson Hawk]]''. While Eddie is assembling the three parts of the da Vinci device that turns lead into gold, he secretly keeps one of the parts. When the [[Villains]] try to use the incorrectly combined device, it explodes and kills them.
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'''Anna:''' Real bad.
'''Eddie:''' Good. }}
* In ''[[Muppets
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'''Bobo the Bear:''' Not as close as you think, my friend. ''(holds up futuristic gun clip)'' "Please load weapon"... }}
* In ''[[Sneakers]]'', it's revealed that the good guys win because Martin surreptitiously stole a piece of the [[McGuffin]] device in the end.
* In ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', the Von Trap family manages to escape pursuing Nazi's because the nuns at the convent they were hiding in "sinned" by removing engine components from their cars.
* At one point in ''[[
* ''[[Star Trek III:
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'''McCoy:''' Nice of you to tell me in advance. }}
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes (
* ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'':
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[The Elusive Avengers|Crown of the Russian Empire]]'' ends with [[The Dragon]] Ovechkin thinking he threw the Russian Imperial Crown into the sea to avoid its repossession by Chekists... until the [[Lovable Rogue]] Naryshkin reveals that what Ovechkin threw was an empty bag, and the crown is safely with him, and hands it to the heroes.
* [[Roald Dahl]]'s short story ''[[The Hitchhiker]]'' has the title character swipe a policeman's notebook after the protagonist gets a speeding ticket.
* Played with in ''[[A Night in
* [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[
* In ''[[Treasure Island]]'', Silver's crew finally reach the place where Captain Flint buried his treasure, only to find that it had been dug up already. Turns out [[Robinsonade|a marooned Ben Gunn]] had found it years earlier and kept it hidden inside a cave.
* ''[[The Hobbit]]'', in which the last few chapters revolve around Bilbo having stolen the one specific piece of treasure that the increasingly cantankerous and misanthropic Thorin ''really'' wanted to find amongst the vast hoard of the defeated dragon Smaug. Bilbo uses it to convince Thorin to make peace with the humans.
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[[Category:Narrative Devices]]
[[Category:Steal This Index]]
[[Category:MacGuffin]]
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