History Main / ScavengerHunt

* ''Film/Sleepover'' (2004) had Alexa Vega and her own true blue BFFs traveling in their car, finding some objects for their romantic scavenger hunt before she finds her boyfriend in the end.

* From {{IMDb}}: A [[http://www.imdb.com/keyword/scavenger-hunt list of films and TV episodes that include scavenger hunts]].

* NgaioMarsh's ''Hand in Glove'' has Lady Bantling's scavenger hunt covering the murder of one of her neighbours. The man's body is found in an open trench.

* [[http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/a9525124250a102d94d7001438c0f03b This]] ''CalvinAndHobbes'' strip has Calvin and Hobbes in a scavenger hunt. Hobbes is concerned for the legality of obtaining some of the items on the list.

* ''WackyRaces'' issue #6 (Gold Key, April, 1972) had "The Scavenger Scramble," in which the racers had to gather specific items--a way-out muffler, a drop of dirty motor oil on the driver's right palm, a strip of a worn-out tire, and a parking ticket. A big purse is up for grabs to the winner, and [[TeamRocketWins Dick Dastardly wins it]]. He wins a large, flowery woman's purse.

* ''WackyRaces'' issue #6 (Gold Key, April, 1972) had "The Scavenger Scramble," in which the racers had to gather specific items--a way-out muffler, a drop of dirty motor oil on the driver's right palm, a strip of a worn-out tire, and a parking ticket, A big purse is up for grabs to the winner, and [[TeamRocketWins Dick Dastardly wins it]]. He wins a large, flowery woman's purse.

** In ''HaruhiChan'', Kyon gets 'a barrier of the heart'. He gets Koizumi to come with him; when Haurhi asks why, Kyon proceeds to [[spoiler: tell Koizumi that [[HoYay he loves him.]] Cue hilarity in the form of a BishieSparkle and the [[http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk318/Anime_Fan_Otaku/Haruhi_feelings_shattered.jpg breaking of Haruhi's mind.]]]]

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* ''My Man Godfrey'' (1936) has a socialite bring the title character to a scavenger hunt judge as a "forgotten man" to win the game. He takes a job as the woman's butler, and HilarityEnsues.

* ''Scavenger Hunt'' (1979) had the relatives of a deceased man participate in a scavenger hunt (according to the terms of his will) to determine who inherits the man's wealth.

A ScavengerHunt is a party game (played by individuals or teams) in which players have to find a list of items by a set deadline. Typically, the items do not have high monetary value, but some of them are likely to be highly specific and/or difficult to obtain. Purchasing an item is often forbidden or penalized. In some cases (usually large heavy or bulky items or even physical landmarks), a photograph of the player with the item is deemed sufficient to claim it.

A ScavengerHunt can serve as the plot device for a story, or as an incident in another plot. In mystery stories, the scavenger hunt frequently makes the investigators' job more difficult, since the game will mean many people will be moving near a crime scene or have sketchy verification of their whereabouts.

* A hunt of the "preprinted clues" variety is one plot in ''[[AuntDimity Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch]]''. A seventeenth-century vicar wrote an account of a woman reputed to be a witch and hid pages of it in locations in and around the village. Mrs. Amelia Thistle has the first page, left to her by her late brother, and comes to Finch to find the rest. Each page has a graphic clue to the location of the next; and Lori and other residents join in the search.

* AgathaChristie used a variation called a murder hunt (following clues to various places leading to a staged murder scene) on the grounds of Nasse House in ''Dead Man's Folly''.

** Shows up twice in ''AzumangaDaioh'', both during the Sports Fest:

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', the Warners go into SherlockHolmes' appartment looking for items for a scavenger hunt, first prize being a walk-on on ''{{Baywatch}}''. Holmes realizes that some of the items have been stolen by Moriarty and theorizes that he is on the same scavenger hunt.

*** The first year, Osaka gets 'glasses'. She gets Yomi's and goes towards the finish...while wearing them.

** In ''HaruhiChan'', Kyon gets 'a barrier of the heart'. He gets Koizumi to come with him; when Haurhi asks why, Kyon proceeds to [[spoiler: tell Koizumi that [[HoYay he loves him.]] Cue hilarity in the form of BishieSparkles and the [[http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk318/Anime_Fan_Otaku/Haruhi_feelings_shattered.jpg breaking of Haruhi's mind.]]

* Found in AzumangaDaioh - during the Sports Fest, Chiyo has to find 'an idiot'. She retrieves Tomo.

* In VampireTheMasquerade this is a party game of Nosferatu - the twist is that the items usually belong to someone else and its not so much a problem of finding them as acquiring them subtly enough.

* There's a ''{{Simpsons}}'' episode where Burns loses all his goods after being defeated in a scavenger hunt.

* In an episode of ''{{Animaniacs}}'', the Warners go into SherlockHolmes' appartment looking for items for a scavenger hunt, first prize being a walk-on on ''{{Baywatch}}''. Holmes realizes that some of the items have been stolen by Moriarty and theorizes that he is on the same scavenger hunt.

* On a Halloween episode of TheAddamsFamily, a couple comes to the Addams' home looking for a black bat. Gomez assumes they mean the animal.