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** Another two-parter had Catwoman (Creator/EarthaKitt's sole appearance as said) teaming with the Joker on a treasure hunt to find a cache of gunpowder, as their plan is to then use it to rob Fort Knox.
* On ''Series/{{Benson}}, he and Kraus find the diary of a former governor which reveals he hid a sizable cache of gold somewhere in the mansion. While the others are searching for it randomly, Governor Gatling finds a riddle telling of the gold's resting place. Benson figures it out and finds the gold's hiding place, [[spoiler: only to discover the former governor's wife saw him hiding the gold and took it with her lover.]]
* On ''Series/{{Benson}}, he and Kraus find the diary of a former governor which reveals he hid a sizable cache of gold somewhere in the mansion. While the others are searching for it randomly, Governor Gatling finds a riddle telling of the gold's resting place. Benson figures it out and finds the gold's hiding place, [[spoiler: only to discover the former governor's wife saw him hiding the gold and took it with her lover.]]
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* An obscure UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis / Mega Drive game called ''[=McDonald's=] Treasure Land Adventure'' involves Ronald [=McDonald=] finding a piece of a treasure map. Three villains have the other pieces of the map, but [[DefeatEqualsFriendship will give Ronald their piece after he defeats them in a boss battle]]. When Ronald collects all the pieces of the map, the treasure is revealed to be in outer space. However, his rocket is heavily damaged during its travel, and at the end of the game, has decided to abandon the hunt for a way back home. Fortunately, that is what the treasure provides after the final battle with the Alien King guarding it.
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* An obscure UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis / Mega Drive game called ''[=McDonald's=] Treasure Land Adventure'' ''VideoGame/McDonaldsTreasureLandAdventure'' involves Ronald [=McDonald=] finding a piece of a treasure map. Three villains have the other pieces of the map, but [[DefeatEqualsFriendship will give Ronald their piece after he defeats them in a boss battle]]. When Ronald collects all the pieces of the map, the treasure is revealed to be in outer space. However, his rocket is heavily damaged during its travel, and at the end of the game, has decided to abandon the hunt for a way back home. Fortunately, that is what the treasure provides after the final battle with the Alien King guarding it.
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* WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch go on a treasure hunt in "Gobs of Gobaloons" after they find a treasure map. The problem at hand is that the treasure is buried under the office of zookeeper Mr. Peevly.
* ''Franchise/{{Popeye}}'s Treasure Hunt'' and its Hanna-Barbera all-star redeux ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt'' was all about this on a weekly basis. Clues were furnished to the protagonists in their search for the treasure.
** A Fleischer-era Popeye cartoon had him and Bluto ostensibly teaming up finding a missing underwater treasure and splitting it 50-50. Avarice overcomes Bluto and he tries to keep it for himself.
** A Fleischer-era Popeye cartoon had him and Bluto ostensibly teaming up finding a missing underwater treasure and splitting it 50-50. Avarice overcomes Bluto and he tries to keep it for himself.
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* WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch go on a treasure hunt in "Gobs of Gobaloons" after they find a treasure map. The problem at hand is that the treasure is buried under the office of zookeeper Mr. Peevly.
* WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch go on a treasure hunt in "Gobs of Gobaloons" after they find a treasure map. The problem at hand is that the treasure is buried under the office of zookeeper Mr. Peevly.
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* WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch go on a treasure hunt in "Gobs of Gobaloons" after they find a treasure map. The problem at hand is that the treasure is buried under the office of zookeeper Mr. Peevly.
* WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch go on a treasure hunt in "Gobs of Gobaloons" after they find a treasure map. The problem at hand is that the treasure is buried under the office of zookeeper Mr. Peevly.
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* The second story arc in ''Comicbook/TheMuppetShowComicBook'' involves the rats searching for the treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson, which was hidden somewhere in the Muppet Theatre. [[spoiler: The treasure [[WorthlessTreasureTwist turns out to be love letters from Wilson's wife]]. But [[DoubleSubversion the stamps are rare and valuable]]. But they come to [[StatusQuoIsGod exactly enough to rebuild the theatre]] after the rats and their associates tore it to pieces.]]
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* The four-parts pilot episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' was about this. Several episodes have the same theme.
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* ''Series/TheAvengers'' episode "Dead Man's Treasure" has Steed and Emma participating in a combination car rally/treasure hunt. The treasure also contains a briefcase hidden by one of Steed's now-dead friends.
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* Several episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Babar}}'' including: "Boys Will Be Boys", "Arthur's Object" and "Land of the Treasure Hunt".
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* ''WesternAnimtion/TheRaccoons'' has episode "Buried Treasure!" with Bert and Cedric in a treasure hunt after finding a mal, and of course the greedy Cyril Sneer behind them to steal it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheGummiBears'''s episode "Beg, Burrow, and Steal" has Cubbi and Tummi searchig for an ancient gummi treasure after finding a map and competing with [[AllTrollsAreDifferent the Trolls]].
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* Episode "The Treasure of Sierra Tamale" of ''WesternAnimtion/TheRealGhostbusters'' has Peter's dad and Ray going into a treasure hunt in some Mesoamerican ruins in Mexico, only to find a Quetzalcoatle expy.
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** A story often seen as Vandersteen's MagnumOpus ''De Schat van Beersel'' (''The Beersel Treasure'') takes place in Beersel, Belgium and is about a hidden treasure underneath the castle. A hypnotist helps Suske, Wiske and Lambik to go back in time and find out where it could be, making this story a partial TimeTravel episode too.
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** A story often seen as Vandersteen's MagnumOpus best ''De Schat van Beersel'' (''The Beersel Treasure'') takes place in Beersel, Belgium and is about a hidden treasure underneath the castle. A hypnotist helps Suske, Wiske and Lambik to go back in time and find out where it could be, making this story a partial TimeTravel episode too.
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* An obscure SegaGenesis / Mega Drive game called ''[=McDonald's=] Treasure Land Adventure'' involves Ronald [=McDonald=] finding a piece of a treasure map. Three villains have the other pieces of the map, but [[DefeatEqualsFriendship will give Ronald their piece after he defeats them in a boss battle]]. When Ronald collects all the pieces of the map, the treasure is revealed to be in outer space. However, his rocket is heavily damaged during its travel, and at the end of the game, has decided to abandon the hunt for a way back home. Fortunately, that is what the treasure provides after the final battle with the Alien King guarding it.
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* ''ComicStrip/DeKiekeboes'': In ''De Schat van Mata Hari'' Kiekeboe and his family search for the treasure of UsefulNotes/MataHari.
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** In the special, "Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure", when Thomas is sent away from his branch line in disgrace following an accident he caused, he uncovers a pirate ship from another accident he caused. This gets the attention of a former navy sailor, Sailor John, and Thomas helps him and his railboat, Skiff, search for the pirates' treasure. [[spoiler:Eventually, Marion the Steam Shovel digs up the treasure, making her wish to do just that come true. When Sailor John finds out about this, he then reveals that he wanted to keep the treasure for himself, and had lied to Skiff about donating it to a museum. When he steals the treasure the following night, it's up to Thomas to save it and prove he can be Sir Topham Hatt's number one engine once again.]]
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** In the special, "Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure", "WesternAnimation/SodorsLegendOfTheLostTreasure", when Thomas is sent away from his branch line in disgrace following an accident he caused, he uncovers a pirate ship from another accident he caused. This gets the attention of a former navy sailor, Sailor John, and Thomas helps him and his railboat, Skiff, search for the pirates' treasure. [[spoiler:Eventually, Marion the Steam Shovel digs up the treasure, making her wish to do just that come true. When Sailor John finds out about this, he then reveals that he wanted to keep the treasure for himself, and had lied to Skiff about donating it to a museum. When he steals the treasure the following night, it's up to Thomas to save it and prove he can be Sir Topham Hatt's number one engine once again.]]
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' episode, "Thomas and the Treasure", The Admiral visits Sodor, and Thomas is to take him to the grand opening of the new Maritime Museum. After Salty tells the engines about how the Admiral is looking for the lost Treasure of Sodor, as well as the various clues leading to the treasure, Thomas decides to look for the treasure himself. Because Thomas focuses more on following the clues to the treasure than taking the Admiral to the Museum, Sir Topham Hatt takes the Admiral to the Museum on Harold himself. Sure enough, the location of the treasure is under a skull-shaped rock not that far from the Museum itself. After the treasure is found, the Admiral decides to put it in the Museum as its most important item.
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** In the''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' episode, "Thomas and the Treasure", The Admiral visits Sodor, and Thomas is to take him to the grand opening of the new Maritime Museum. After Salty tells the engines about how the Admiral is looking for the lost Treasure of Sodor, as well as the various clues leading to the treasure, Thomas decides to look for the treasure himself. Because Thomas focuses more on following the clues to the treasure than taking the Admiral to the Museum, Sir Topham Hatt takes the Admiral to the Museum on Harold himself. Sure enough, the location of the treasure is under a skull-shaped rock not that far from the Museum itself. After the treasure is found, the Admiral decides to put it in the Museum as its most important item.item.
** In the special, "Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure", when Thomas is sent away from his branch line in disgrace following an accident he caused, he uncovers a pirate ship from another accident he caused. This gets the attention of a former navy sailor, Sailor John, and Thomas helps him and his railboat, Skiff, search for the pirates' treasure. [[spoiler:Eventually, Marion the Steam Shovel digs up the treasure, making her wish to do just that come true. When Sailor John finds out about this, he then reveals that he wanted to keep the treasure for himself, and had lied to Skiff about donating it to a museum. When he steals the treasure the following night, it's up to Thomas to save it and prove he can be Sir Topham Hatt's number one engine once again.]]
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** In the special, "Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure", when Thomas is sent away from his branch line in disgrace following an accident he caused, he uncovers a pirate ship from another accident he caused. This gets the attention of a former navy sailor, Sailor John, and Thomas helps him and his railboat, Skiff, search for the pirates' treasure. [[spoiler:Eventually, Marion the Steam Shovel digs up the treasure, making her wish to do just that come true. When Sailor John finds out about this, he then reveals that he wanted to keep the treasure for himself, and had lied to Skiff about donating it to a museum. When he steals the treasure the following night, it's up to Thomas to save it and prove he can be Sir Topham Hatt's number one engine once again.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' episode "Raise the Oozy Scab". The treasure ends up turning out to be [[spoiler:saltwater taffy]].
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* On ''Series/{{Benson}}, he and Kraus find the diary of a former governor which reveals he hid a sizable cache of gold somewhere in the mansion. While the others are searching for it randomly, Governor Gatling finds a riddle telling of the gold's resting place. Benson figures it out and finds the gold's hiding place, [[spoiler: only to discover the former governor's wife saw him hiding the gold and took it with her lover.]]
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* The last-season ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' episode, "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Bar". In his final appearance, Robin Colcord heavily implied he hid a cache of money somewhere in the bar, and the gang tears it apart trying to find it. [[spoiler: There was no money. Robin did it to show them the evils of what greed can do to people.]]
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* ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. The episodes "Captain's Holiday" and "Gambit" are both about searching the galaxy for treasures. Also "The Chase" involved a similar story, but the treasure was unconventional.
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* ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. The episodes "Captain's Holiday" and "Gambit" are both about searching the galaxy for treasures. Also "The Chase" involved a similar story, but the treasure was unconventional.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' had an episode where the main characters hunt for a treasure via a map found in an old history textbook. Soon other kids are forced into the deal and thinking it is something like gold; it gets hairy. [[spoiler: Turns out, it is a bunch of old toys; some of which belonged to Principal Prickly. There is also a note telling the kids to leave some of their toys before burying it again.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the Gaang went on a search for [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything Wan Shi Tong's library]], which they hoped would contain information that will help them against [[TheEmpire the Fire Nation]]. They succeeded, and found a vital piece of intel (the Day of Black Sun), but using the library just to find weapons ''[[HumansAreTheRealMonsters yet again]]'' enraged Wan Shi Tong, and he permanently buried the library using [[DishingOutDirt Earthbending]].
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* Roughly half the episodes of Disney Television's ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' series have pilot Baloo dodging deathtraps, evading air pirates and wrangling with insipid weasels to attain some legendary treasure. However, since the StatusQuoIsGod on this show, the treasure is unobtainable / cursed / seized by the gov't / worthless, so Baloo comes away none the richer.
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* Scrooge [=McDuck=] and company from Disney Television's ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' routinely go aboard on a treasure quest, almost OnceAnEpisode. The ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' world seems ''littered'' with awesome artifacts.
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** Creator/DonRosa likes to write this style of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck stories too, them starring Scrooge [=McDuck=].
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** It's a trademark of the Creator/CarlBarks comic strips where Uncle Scrooge, Donald, Huey, Louie and Dewey would travel to an exotic location to search for a hidden treasure. In fact the very first ''Donald'' comic strip by Barks is a treasure hunt story!
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, "No Toon Is An Island", Buster, Babs, Plucky, and Hamton find a treasure map leading to Booty Island. During their travel, they are warned by the ghost of the pirate captain about the legendary GreenEyedMonster. They split the treasure evenly, but when Babs', Plucky, and Hamton's shares get stolen by the island's only inhabitant, the X-Bird, they all accuse Buster of stealing it and battle each other for the remaining share.
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This is an episode in a show structured around looking for treasure, when the show isn't normally about that. Usually this involves one of the main characters reading about a famous treasure buried in their town, and setting out to look for it with the rest of the cast. Usually, the main villains also set out to look for it, and either steal it (in which case the treasure will turn out to be worthless), or fail to get it before the heroes. Often will involve the cast parodying pirates. In children's shows, the treasure is almost never actual treasure, usually being something like candy.
Sub-trope of TreasureMap.
Compare NeverWinTheLottery.
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** It's a trademark of the Creator/CarlBarks comic strips where Uncle Scrooge, Donald, Huey, Louie and Dewey would travel to an exotic location to search for a hidden treasure. In fact the very first ''Donald'' comic strip by Barks is a treasure hunt story!
** Creator/DonRosa likes to write this style of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck stories too, them starring Scrooge [=McDuck=].
* ''ComicStrip/{{Jommeke}}''
** In ''De Schildpaddenschat'' (''The Tortoise Treasure'') and ''Wie Zoekt Die Vindt!'' (''Who Searches Finds'') this is a plot point. There are more stories in that vain too.
** In ''De Schat van de Zeerover'' ("The Pirate's Treasure") Jommeke and his friends discover a treasure map and go search for a pirate's treasure. This story was also adapted to film by the author himself.
** In the two-parter ''Het Geheim van Macu Ancapa'' (''The secret of Macu Ancapa'') and ''De Strijd Om De Incaschat'' (''The Battle for the Inca Treasure'') Jommeke and his friends go search for treasure in Peru.
** In ''De Schat van Angkor'' (''The Treasure Of Angkor'') Jommeke and his friends discover a porcelain statue, which breaks and reveals a piece of paper with a treasure leading to the treasure of Angkor, Cambodja.
** ''Schattenjagers in Bokrijk'' (''Treasure Hunters in Bokrijk'''): Jommeke fools the crooks Kwak and Boemel into thinking that they were sent back in time to early 1900s Bokrijk and lets them search for a non-existing treasure there as a matter of a joke.
* ''ComicStrip/DeKiekeboes'': In ''De Schat van Mata Hari'' Kiekeboe and his family search for the treasure of UsefulNotes/MataHari.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}'': In the albums ''De Kakelende Kaketoe'' (''The Cackling Cuckatoo'') Nero and Adhemar search for treasure on an island.
* ''ComicStrip/SuskeEnWiske''
** A story often seen as Vandersteen's MagnumOpus ''De Schat van Beersel'' (''The Beersel Treasure'') takes place in Beersel, Belgium and is about a hidden treasure underneath the castle. A hypnotist helps Suske, Wiske and Lambik to go back in time and find out where it could be, making this story a partial TimeTravel episode too.
** Another classic treasure hunt story is ''De Ringelingschat'' (''The Ringeling Treasure''), which is a WholePlotReference to the ''Literature/{{Nibelungenlied}}''.
* ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'': Tintin, Haddock, the Thompsons and Professor Calculus went to search for the pirate treasure of one of Haddock's forefathers in ''Recap/TintinRedRackhamsTreasure''.
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* One ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown'' mystery surrounded a search for treasure on a small island. A boy found a treasure map which he and a friend used to look for a buried treasure, but the "friend" ruined the map when he used it to cover the porthole on their boat to keep the rising tide from spilling in. But as Encyclopedia points out, [[spoiler: the tide wouldn't have spilled in through the porthole because the boat and the porthole would have risen with it.]] Early on, it's revealed the map is a souvenir from the World's Fair, but they decide not to tell the friend until he's worn himself out.
* In ''Literature/TheThreeInvestigators'' ''The Secret of Phantom Lake'' the titular secret is a treasure chest which a man had buried 100 years ago. The three investigators find it for his descendants.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''Series/{{Batman}}'' episodes "The Purr-fect Crime" and "Better Luck Next Time". Catwoman is after the lost treasure of Captain Manx and Batman must thwart her.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}''. The CowboyEpisode "Once Upon a Time in the West" ultimately ends up sending Castle and Beckett on a search for stolen gold hidden by WildWest bandits.
* The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Basic Sandwich" had the study group going on a quest to find the lost fortune of Greendale Community College's founder to prevent the college from being bought out by Subway. They not only find the lost fortune, [[spoiler: they find the founder living there.]]
* One episode of ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' had Barry and Erica trick Adam into going on a treasure hunt due to his obsession with ''Film/TheGoonies''. After the mean-spirited prank, they end up going on one for real when Grandpa needs help finding a lost memento.
* ''{{Series/Psych}}'' had an episode where Sean's uncle had them searching for a lost Spanish treasure while trying to stay one step ahead of his uncle's old partners.
* One episode of ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'' involved the gang learning of a supposed treasure left behind by a long-dead dance instructor, and splitting up into teams in order to try and find it.
* ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. The episodes "Captain's Holiday" and "Gambit" are both about searching the galaxy for treasures. Also "The Chase" involved a similar story, but the treasure was unconventional.
[[AC:PuppetShows]]
* In the ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'' episode, "Raiders of the Lost Cheese", when Ojo and Tutter pretend to be explorers, the latter opens a chest and finds a map inside from his great-grandfather, Tutterly T. Tutter, who collected cheese from all over the world. Specifically, he found a pile of cheese too big for him to eat, so he put in a chest and put the chest in a hollow tree not that far from the Big Blue House. Because the cheese had been stored in there for decades, it became too moldy for anyone to eat. However, Tutter also finds a compass with his great-grandfather's initials engraved in it.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar''. The Great Cave Offensive sub-game is about collecting treasures while traversing a giant underground cave.
* An obscure SegaGenesis / Mega Drive game called ''[=McDonald's=] Treasure Land Adventure'' involves Ronald [=McDonald=] finding a piece of a treasure map. Three villains have the other pieces of the map, but [[DefeatEqualsFriendship will give Ronald their piece after he defeats them in a boss battle]]. When Ronald collects all the pieces of the map, the treasure is revealed to be in outer space. However, his rocket is heavily damaged during its travel, and at the end of the game, has decided to abandon the hunt for a way back home. Fortunately, that is what the treasure provides after the final battle with the Alien King guarding it.
* ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBustersHiddenTreasure'' involves Buster Bunny searching for a pirate treasure after finding a map he found [[AfterSchoolCleaningDuty while cleaning the Acme Looniversity attic]]. Monty steals the map from him, intending to find the treasure for himself. To ensure he will get the treasure first, he hires Dr. Gene Splicer to capture and [[HypnoTrinket hypnotize several of Buster's friends]] to throw Buster off his tail.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' episode "Raise the Oozy Scab". The treasure ends up turning out to be [[spoiler:saltwater taffy]].
* ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsToons'': "Treasure Hunt".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''
** In the episode, "Arthur's Treasure Hunt", Arthur and his friends decide to dig in their yards for treasure after Buster finds an arrowhead digging up the ground for his Mother's garden. Arthur's Mother allows him only to dig behind the garage. However, Arthur gets carried away and digs up the entire yard. While he does get grounded for two weeks as a result, his dig wasn't a total loss; he found a 40-something-year-old tin of digestive biscuits. Meanwhile, Brain finds some 30-something-year-old pennies, Binky finds a root shaped like an iguana (which he names Anguan), and Francine finds an old sippy cup.
** In the episode "The Big Dig", when Grandpa Dave overhears Arthur and D.W. talking to their mother about how he isn't as active and fun as he used to be, he tries to win back their respect by telling them a story about buried pirate treasure. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that he made the story up, and he was going to bury some candy for them to dig up, but they took the story so seriously, they beat him to the spot. He makes it up to them by giving them a real treasure; a gold compass that belonged to their Great-great-great Uncle Matthew, who sailed all around the world.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the Gaang went on a search for [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything Wan Shi Tong's library]], which they hoped would contain information that will help them against [[TheEmpire the Fire Nation]]. They succeeded, and found a vital piece of intel (the Day of Black Sun), but using the library just to find weapons ''[[HumansAreTheRealMonsters yet again]]'' enraged Wan Shi Tong, and he permanently buried the library using [[DishingOutDirt Earthbending]].
* Disney Television's ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' has the episode "Piratsy Under The Seas" wherein a colony of rats live in a sunken galleon. They regularly conduct a "treasure hunt" by map to the cargo hold, which indeed holds a large trove of gold and jewels. Of course, this treasure is always in the same place every time; the rats conduct their treasure hunt simply to have something to do in their CityInABottle.
* Scrooge [=McDuck=] and company from Disney Television's ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' routinely go aboard on a treasure quest, almost OnceAnEpisode. The ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' world seems ''littered'' with awesome artifacts.
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': "O-Ed Eleven".
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': "Finders Keepers".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode, "Squeeze the Day", Bloo and Mac are the only ones at Foster's for the day (because everyone else went to the beach and didn't invite Bloo). Since he may never get another opportunity like this, Bloo decides to look for the treasure left over from when Madame Foster was a pirate, which he believes is the reason she is able to afford Foster's. Mac, however, doesn't believe such a treasure exists, until he finds the map leading to its location in a picture frame they used to slide down the stairs. While they don't find the treasure, they do find Uncle Pockets' collection of keepsakes from his past owners, [[ContinuityNod which was previously seen in the episode that introduces Uncle Pockets' character]]. [[spoiler:In TheStinger, it is revealed that Madame Foster did have treasure buried in the yard, and is relieved that no one else found it.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'': "Johnny's Treasure".
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': "The Ballad of Badbeard". The treasure is actually [[spoiler:fake beards]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' had an episode where the main characters hunt for a treasure via a map found in an old history textbook. Soon other kids are forced into the deal and thinking it is something like gold; it gets hairy. [[spoiler: Turns out, it is a bunch of old toys; some of which belonged to Principal Prickly. There is also a note telling the kids to leave some of their toys before burying it again.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode, "Sand Ho", Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, and Lil pretend to be pirates after hearing a pirate story from Grandpa Lou. After they find the treasure, Angelica duels Tommy for it.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'".
** In the flash-forward episode where Lisa becomes President, the B-story involves Homer searching for Abraham Lincoln's buried treasure on the White House grounds.
** Another episode focused on finding an infamous cat burglar. In the last act, the now-captured burglar leaves a clue of a big buried treasure, which sends all of Springfield on a frenzy to find it. [[spoiler: The treasure ends up being a decoy for the burglar to escape while the town is preoccupied. This being Springfield, everyone assumes a real treasure is still nearby and continues digging anyway.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': "Arrgh!".
* Roughly half the episodes of Disney Television's ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' series have pilot Baloo dodging deathtraps, evading air pirates and wrangling with insipid weasels to attain some legendary treasure. However, since the StatusQuoIsGod on this show, the treasure is unobtainable / cursed / seized by the gov't / worthless, so Baloo comes away none the richer.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' episode, "Thomas and the Treasure", The Admiral visits Sodor, and Thomas is to take him to the grand opening of the new Maritime Museum. After Salty tells the engines about how the Admiral is looking for the lost Treasure of Sodor, as well as the various clues leading to the treasure, Thomas decides to look for the treasure himself. Because Thomas focuses more on following the clues to the treasure than taking the Admiral to the Museum, Sir Topham Hatt takes the Admiral to the Museum on Harold himself. Sure enough, the location of the treasure is under a skull-shaped rock not that far from the Museum itself. After the treasure is found, the Admiral decides to put it in the Museum as its most important item.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, "No Toon Is An Island", Buster, Babs, Plucky, and Hamton find a treasure map leading to Booty Island. During their travel, they are warned by the ghost of the pirate captain about the legendary GreenEyedMonster. They split the treasure evenly, but when Babs', Plucky, and Hamton's shares get stolen by the island's only inhabitant, the X-Bird, they all accuse Buster of stealing it and battle each other for the remaining share.
Sub-trope of TreasureMap.
Compare NeverWinTheLottery.
Not to be confused with an episode of TreasureHuntUK or TreasureHuntUS.
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[[AC:ComicStrips]]
* ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck''
** It's a trademark of the Creator/CarlBarks comic strips where Uncle Scrooge, Donald, Huey, Louie and Dewey would travel to an exotic location to search for a hidden treasure. In fact the very first ''Donald'' comic strip by Barks is a treasure hunt story!
** Creator/DonRosa likes to write this style of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck stories too, them starring Scrooge [=McDuck=].
* ''ComicStrip/{{Jommeke}}''
** In ''De Schildpaddenschat'' (''The Tortoise Treasure'') and ''Wie Zoekt Die Vindt!'' (''Who Searches Finds'') this is a plot point. There are more stories in that vain too.
** In ''De Schat van de Zeerover'' ("The Pirate's Treasure") Jommeke and his friends discover a treasure map and go search for a pirate's treasure. This story was also adapted to film by the author himself.
** In the two-parter ''Het Geheim van Macu Ancapa'' (''The secret of Macu Ancapa'') and ''De Strijd Om De Incaschat'' (''The Battle for the Inca Treasure'') Jommeke and his friends go search for treasure in Peru.
** In ''De Schat van Angkor'' (''The Treasure Of Angkor'') Jommeke and his friends discover a porcelain statue, which breaks and reveals a piece of paper with a treasure leading to the treasure of Angkor, Cambodja.
** ''Schattenjagers in Bokrijk'' (''Treasure Hunters in Bokrijk'''): Jommeke fools the crooks Kwak and Boemel into thinking that they were sent back in time to early 1900s Bokrijk and lets them search for a non-existing treasure there as a matter of a joke.
* ''ComicStrip/DeKiekeboes'': In ''De Schat van Mata Hari'' Kiekeboe and his family search for the treasure of UsefulNotes/MataHari.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}'': In the albums ''De Kakelende Kaketoe'' (''The Cackling Cuckatoo'') Nero and Adhemar search for treasure on an island.
* ''ComicStrip/SuskeEnWiske''
** A story often seen as Vandersteen's MagnumOpus ''De Schat van Beersel'' (''The Beersel Treasure'') takes place in Beersel, Belgium and is about a hidden treasure underneath the castle. A hypnotist helps Suske, Wiske and Lambik to go back in time and find out where it could be, making this story a partial TimeTravel episode too.
** Another classic treasure hunt story is ''De Ringelingschat'' (''The Ringeling Treasure''), which is a WholePlotReference to the ''Literature/{{Nibelungenlied}}''.
* ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'': Tintin, Haddock, the Thompsons and Professor Calculus went to search for the pirate treasure of one of Haddock's forefathers in ''Recap/TintinRedRackhamsTreasure''.
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* One ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown'' mystery surrounded a search for treasure on a small island. A boy found a treasure map which he and a friend used to look for a buried treasure, but the "friend" ruined the map when he used it to cover the porthole on their boat to keep the rising tide from spilling in. But as Encyclopedia points out, [[spoiler: the tide wouldn't have spilled in through the porthole because the boat and the porthole would have risen with it.]] Early on, it's revealed the map is a souvenir from the World's Fair, but they decide not to tell the friend until he's worn himself out.
* In ''Literature/TheThreeInvestigators'' ''The Secret of Phantom Lake'' the titular secret is a treasure chest which a man had buried 100 years ago. The three investigators find it for his descendants.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''Series/{{Batman}}'' episodes "The Purr-fect Crime" and "Better Luck Next Time". Catwoman is after the lost treasure of Captain Manx and Batman must thwart her.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}''. The CowboyEpisode "Once Upon a Time in the West" ultimately ends up sending Castle and Beckett on a search for stolen gold hidden by WildWest bandits.
* The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Basic Sandwich" had the study group going on a quest to find the lost fortune of Greendale Community College's founder to prevent the college from being bought out by Subway. They not only find the lost fortune, [[spoiler: they find the founder living there.]]
* One episode of ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' had Barry and Erica trick Adam into going on a treasure hunt due to his obsession with ''Film/TheGoonies''. After the mean-spirited prank, they end up going on one for real when Grandpa needs help finding a lost memento.
* ''{{Series/Psych}}'' had an episode where Sean's uncle had them searching for a lost Spanish treasure while trying to stay one step ahead of his uncle's old partners.
* One episode of ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'' involved the gang learning of a supposed treasure left behind by a long-dead dance instructor, and splitting up into teams in order to try and find it.
* ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. The episodes "Captain's Holiday" and "Gambit" are both about searching the galaxy for treasures. Also "The Chase" involved a similar story, but the treasure was unconventional.
[[AC:PuppetShows]]
* In the ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'' episode, "Raiders of the Lost Cheese", when Ojo and Tutter pretend to be explorers, the latter opens a chest and finds a map inside from his great-grandfather, Tutterly T. Tutter, who collected cheese from all over the world. Specifically, he found a pile of cheese too big for him to eat, so he put in a chest and put the chest in a hollow tree not that far from the Big Blue House. Because the cheese had been stored in there for decades, it became too moldy for anyone to eat. However, Tutter also finds a compass with his great-grandfather's initials engraved in it.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar''. The Great Cave Offensive sub-game is about collecting treasures while traversing a giant underground cave.
* An obscure SegaGenesis / Mega Drive game called ''[=McDonald's=] Treasure Land Adventure'' involves Ronald [=McDonald=] finding a piece of a treasure map. Three villains have the other pieces of the map, but [[DefeatEqualsFriendship will give Ronald their piece after he defeats them in a boss battle]]. When Ronald collects all the pieces of the map, the treasure is revealed to be in outer space. However, his rocket is heavily damaged during its travel, and at the end of the game, has decided to abandon the hunt for a way back home. Fortunately, that is what the treasure provides after the final battle with the Alien King guarding it.
* ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBustersHiddenTreasure'' involves Buster Bunny searching for a pirate treasure after finding a map he found [[AfterSchoolCleaningDuty while cleaning the Acme Looniversity attic]]. Monty steals the map from him, intending to find the treasure for himself. To ensure he will get the treasure first, he hires Dr. Gene Splicer to capture and [[HypnoTrinket hypnotize several of Buster's friends]] to throw Buster off his tail.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' episode "Raise the Oozy Scab". The treasure ends up turning out to be [[spoiler:saltwater taffy]].
* ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsToons'': "Treasure Hunt".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''
** In the episode, "Arthur's Treasure Hunt", Arthur and his friends decide to dig in their yards for treasure after Buster finds an arrowhead digging up the ground for his Mother's garden. Arthur's Mother allows him only to dig behind the garage. However, Arthur gets carried away and digs up the entire yard. While he does get grounded for two weeks as a result, his dig wasn't a total loss; he found a 40-something-year-old tin of digestive biscuits. Meanwhile, Brain finds some 30-something-year-old pennies, Binky finds a root shaped like an iguana (which he names Anguan), and Francine finds an old sippy cup.
** In the episode "The Big Dig", when Grandpa Dave overhears Arthur and D.W. talking to their mother about how he isn't as active and fun as he used to be, he tries to win back their respect by telling them a story about buried pirate treasure. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that he made the story up, and he was going to bury some candy for them to dig up, but they took the story so seriously, they beat him to the spot. He makes it up to them by giving them a real treasure; a gold compass that belonged to their Great-great-great Uncle Matthew, who sailed all around the world.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the Gaang went on a search for [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything Wan Shi Tong's library]], which they hoped would contain information that will help them against [[TheEmpire the Fire Nation]]. They succeeded, and found a vital piece of intel (the Day of Black Sun), but using the library just to find weapons ''[[HumansAreTheRealMonsters yet again]]'' enraged Wan Shi Tong, and he permanently buried the library using [[DishingOutDirt Earthbending]].
* Disney Television's ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' has the episode "Piratsy Under The Seas" wherein a colony of rats live in a sunken galleon. They regularly conduct a "treasure hunt" by map to the cargo hold, which indeed holds a large trove of gold and jewels. Of course, this treasure is always in the same place every time; the rats conduct their treasure hunt simply to have something to do in their CityInABottle.
* Scrooge [=McDuck=] and company from Disney Television's ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' routinely go aboard on a treasure quest, almost OnceAnEpisode. The ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' world seems ''littered'' with awesome artifacts.
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': "O-Ed Eleven".
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': "Finders Keepers".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode, "Squeeze the Day", Bloo and Mac are the only ones at Foster's for the day (because everyone else went to the beach and didn't invite Bloo). Since he may never get another opportunity like this, Bloo decides to look for the treasure left over from when Madame Foster was a pirate, which he believes is the reason she is able to afford Foster's. Mac, however, doesn't believe such a treasure exists, until he finds the map leading to its location in a picture frame they used to slide down the stairs. While they don't find the treasure, they do find Uncle Pockets' collection of keepsakes from his past owners, [[ContinuityNod which was previously seen in the episode that introduces Uncle Pockets' character]]. [[spoiler:In TheStinger, it is revealed that Madame Foster did have treasure buried in the yard, and is relieved that no one else found it.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'': "Johnny's Treasure".
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': "The Ballad of Badbeard". The treasure is actually [[spoiler:fake beards]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' had an episode where the main characters hunt for a treasure via a map found in an old history textbook. Soon other kids are forced into the deal and thinking it is something like gold; it gets hairy. [[spoiler: Turns out, it is a bunch of old toys; some of which belonged to Principal Prickly. There is also a note telling the kids to leave some of their toys before burying it again.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode, "Sand Ho", Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, and Lil pretend to be pirates after hearing a pirate story from Grandpa Lou. After they find the treasure, Angelica duels Tommy for it.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'".
** In the flash-forward episode where Lisa becomes President, the B-story involves Homer searching for Abraham Lincoln's buried treasure on the White House grounds.
** Another episode focused on finding an infamous cat burglar. In the last act, the now-captured burglar leaves a clue of a big buried treasure, which sends all of Springfield on a frenzy to find it. [[spoiler: The treasure ends up being a decoy for the burglar to escape while the town is preoccupied. This being Springfield, everyone assumes a real treasure is still nearby and continues digging anyway.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': "Arrgh!".
* Roughly half the episodes of Disney Television's ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' series have pilot Baloo dodging deathtraps, evading air pirates and wrangling with insipid weasels to attain some legendary treasure. However, since the StatusQuoIsGod on this show, the treasure is unobtainable / cursed / seized by the gov't / worthless, so Baloo comes away none the richer.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' episode, "Thomas and the Treasure", The Admiral visits Sodor, and Thomas is to take him to the grand opening of the new Maritime Museum. After Salty tells the engines about how the Admiral is looking for the lost Treasure of Sodor, as well as the various clues leading to the treasure, Thomas decides to look for the treasure himself. Because Thomas focuses more on following the clues to the treasure than taking the Admiral to the Museum, Sir Topham Hatt takes the Admiral to the Museum on Harold himself. Sure enough, the location of the treasure is under a skull-shaped rock not that far from the Museum itself. After the treasure is found, the Admiral decides to put it in the Museum as its most important item.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, "No Toon Is An Island", Buster, Babs, Plucky, and Hamton find a treasure map leading to Booty Island. During their travel, they are warned by the ghost of the pirate captain about the legendary GreenEyedMonster. They split the treasure evenly, but when Babs', Plucky, and Hamton's shares get stolen by the island's only inhabitant, the X-Bird, they all accuse Buster of stealing it and battle each other for the remaining share.
