History Main / AccidentallyBrokeTheMacGuffin

* In the ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' movie, ''A Sitch in Time'', Ron accidentally ends up breaking the villains' ultimate weapon, the Tempus Simia ([[GratuitousLatin Latin]] for Time Monkey), which he was warned could very well [[RealityBreakingParadox unravel the very fabric of spacetime itself]]. However, it [[ResetButton fortunately decides to instead send all the characters back to where they were at the beginning of the film]], with the only changes being that [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain there is no longer an existing Tempus Simia]], and they all have [[RippleEffectProofMemory trace memories of their adventure through time]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' movie, ''A Sitch in Time'', Ron accidentally ends up breaking the villains' ultimate weapon, the Tempus Simia ([[GratuitousLatin Latin]] for Time Monkey), which he was warned could very well [[RealityBreakingParadox unravel the very fabric of spacetime itself]]. However, it [[DeusExMachina fortunately decides to instead send all the characters back to where they were at the beginning of the film]], with the only changes being that [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain there is no longer an existing Tempus Simia]], and they all have [[RippleEffectProofMemory trace memories of their adventure through time]].

->''"If you have a big MacGuffin that pretty much protects your entire kingdom, you need to have a contingency plan in case you don't have the MacGuffin anymore!"''
-->-- '''Creator/JoshScorcher''', ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Bronies React:]] [[https://youtu.be/xZ8KQEXC46I?t=2009 Season 6 Premiere]]''

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* A minor one in ''Film/{{Apollo 13}}''. When the astronauts' carbon dioxide is getting too high and they discover the filters won't fit, Mission Control [[{{Macgyvering}} macgyvers]] a solution, which includes using a spare urine bag. Which leads to this exchange:

'''Technician ([[FacePalm facepalming]]):''' Oh, no.
** Thankfully, they have another one, and use that instead.
* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': [[spoiler: Thanos intentionally destroys the Infinity Stones at the beginning of the film, so that his victory in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' can't be reversed.]]

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty'', the Vault Hunter breaks the last part of Captain Blade's compass when breaking open the chest in which Herbert stored it. Fortunately, Herbert knows how to fix it.

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** In "Friendship is Magic", the Mane Six recover the Elements of Harmony, only for Nightmare Moon to snatch them away and smash them to pieces. Fortunately, they repair themselves when the heroes prove themselves worthy.

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* ''Manga/InuYasha'': The main story kicks off when Kagome shoots an arrow at a bird-shaped {{youkai}} that had stolen the Shikon Jewel. The arrow hits both the creature and the jewel, resulting in a DismantledMacGuffin and a quest to recover all the shards to restore the jewel back to its completed whole.
* In ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'', the MacGuffin, Mew Aqua, is supposedly broken on multiple occasions. Subverted, as Mew Aqua does not break, and the Mew Aqua they thought they broke is not real.

* The Trope Picture comes from ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers''. In an attempt to stop an Incursion from happening, the Illuminati and Captain America use the Infinity Gems to stop it. It works, but the Gems have a shit fit, shattering all but the Time Gem, which just disappears.[[note]]Where's the Soul Gem? They didn't have them all to begin with.[[/note]]
* In the ''Minds'' arc of ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'', Cerebus' helmet, medallions, and sword are revealed to be artifacts crafted by the first of his aardvark ancestors, and that they could empower the aardvark statue in the Pigt temple to become a mecha-like monster that he could use to conquer the world. However, he had sold the helmet to have money for paint for his medallions and a vest several issues prior to coming across the statue, so this future never came to pass for him.

* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': [[spoiler: Thanos intentionally destroys the Infinity Stones at the beginning of the film, so that his victory in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' can't be reversed.]]

* In ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'', Beowulf puts so much force behind Naegling, that he shatters it. Woops.

* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'': Taz does this to the golf trophy at the end of "Return of the Road to Taz-Mania Strikes Back".

* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': [[spoiler: Thanos intentionally destroys the Infinity Stones at the beginning of the film, so that his victory in ''Film/AvengersInfiityWar'' can't be reversed.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:You had one job Steve![[note]]At least he didn't break the Soul Gem, but it disappeared.[[/note]]]]

* In Disney's ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'', Lady Tremaine trips up the servant carrying the glass slipper, causing it to break. [[SubvertedTrope Luckily, Cinderella had the other one.]]

* Near the climax of ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'', Judy and Nick discover a train car full of vital evidence, and Judy decides to hijack the entire train car and drive it to the police station. In the ensuing ChaseScene, the car gets derailed and everything goes up in a [[EveryCarIsAPinto fiery explosion]]. Fortunately they manage to rescue the small briefcase of evidence Nick suggested quietly slipping out with in the first place.

[[caption-width-right:350:You had one job Steve!]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' movie, ''A Sitch in Time'', Ron accidentally ends up breaking the villains' ultimate weapon, the Tempus Simia ([[AltumVidetur Latin]] for Time Monkey), which he was warned could very well [[RealityBreakingParadox unravel the very fabric of spacetime itself]]. However, it [[DeusExMachina fortunately decides to instead send all the characters back to where they were at the beginning of the film]], with the only changes being that [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain there is no longer an existing Tempus Simia]], and they all have [[RippleEffectProofMemory trace memories of their adventure through time]].

* The Trope Picture comes from ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers''. In an attempt to stop an Incursion from happening, the Illuminati and Captain America use the Infinity Gems to stop it. It works, but the Gems have a shit fit, shattering all but the Time Gem, who just disappears.
* In the ''Minds'' arc of ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'', Cerebus' helmet, medallions, and sword are revealed to be artifacts crafted by the first of his aardvark ancestors, and that they could empower the aardvark statue in the Pigt temple to become a mecha-like monster that he could use to conquer the world. However, he had sold the helmet to have money for a vest and paint for his medallions several issues prior to coming across the statue, so this future never came to pass for him.

** In "Friendship is Magic:, the Mane Six recover the Elements of Harmony, only for Nightmare Moon to snatch them away and smash them to pieces. Fortunately, they repair themselves when the heroes prove themselves worthy.

* In Disney's ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'', Lady Tremaine trips up the servant carrying the glass slipper, causing it to break. [[DoubleSubvertedTrope Luckily, Cinderella had the other one.]]

* In ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', the characters have retrieved the Star of Astaroth, imprinted with the words for the Substituary Locomotion. But as they arrive home, they find the star has disintegrated during the journey. [[ShaggyDogStory And it turned out to be unnecessary]], as one of the kid's storybooks had an illustration of the star, and more importantly, the words to the spell.

** In ''The Diamond of Darkhold'', [[spoiler:Doon throws the diamond of Darkhold at a pack of wolves to save Lina. The diamond hits the rock that Lina is standing on and shatters into hundreds of pieces. Luckily, The diamond is only a sample. There are exactly one thousand diamonds in a hidden room in the cave. The diamonds are ancient technology that turns solar power into electricity]].

** In "Friendship is Magic:, the Mane Six recover the Elements of Harmony, only for Nigghtmare Moon to snatch them away and smash them to pieces. Fortunately, they repair themselves when the heroes prove themselves worthy.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In the pilot two-parter, the main characters recover the Elements of Harmony only for the villain to snatch them away and smash them to bits. Fortunately, they repair themselves when the heroes prove themselves worthy.

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* A minor one in ''Film/{{Apollo 13}}''. When the astronauts' carbon dioxide is getting too high and they discover the filters won't fit, Mission Control [[{{Macgyvering}} macgyvers]] a solution, which includes using a spare urine bag. Which leads to this exchange:
-->'''Fred Haise:''' Shit, I tore it. \\
'''Jack Swigert:''' Shit. \\
'''Fred Haise:''' Houston, what do we do if we rip the bag? Can we tape it? \\
'''Andy (CAPCOM - WHITE):''' They just tore the bag. \\
'''Technician ([[FacePalm facepalming]]):''' Oh, no.
** Thankfully, they have another one, and use that instead.
* In ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', the characters have retrieved the Star of Astaroth, imprinted with the words for the Substituary Locomotion. But as they arrive home, they find the star has disintegrated during the journey. [[ShaggyDogStory And it turned out to be unnecessary]], as one of the kid's storybooks had an illustration of the star, and more importantly, the words to the spell.

* Played straight in ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' with the Matrix of Leadership, but then inverted.

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