Worthless Treasure Twist: Difference between revisions

== Anime and Manga ==

* In the ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' manga, Akito's prized box contains... {{spoiler|nothing. Akito was told that it contained her father's soul, but it was a lie from the person who gave it to her.}}

** There is a rather silly subversion in the story where he finally reveals himself to his mother. The other half of the story is the attempt to keep his father from taking a family treasure, hidden in a box the whole time, and pawning it. When Genma finally gets the treasure and takes it to the pawnshop, it's only a single slip of paper. The slip of paper was a pawn ticket: one of their ancestors had already sold it. It didn't really matter, as it was apparently worth about twenty bucks.

** Also subverted in the ''Ranma'' movie ''Big Trouble In Nekonron, China''. Two halves of a scroll that was long ago cut in half are reunited to reveal a precious secret -- which turns out to be a pickle recipe. However, the pickle recipe ''is'' greatly prized by the couple who reassembled the scroll. Mostly because the male, Prince Kirin, literally ''can't'' eat anything ''but'' pickles.