MacGuffin
A MacGuffin is known by other names, such as McGuffin and MaGuffin.
It is an object or device in a film that serves as a trigger for the plot. The audience doesn't care much for it but the characters do. The audience may care for it at first, they may wonder what it is for, and why the characters are so obsessed with it, but it is soon forgotten. This object drives the story forward, and it is of vital importance to the heroes and the villains even if it was an unimportant object or just mentioned and never seen. To the audience, they are seen as meaningless and easily replaceable.
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