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14	->''"My gamer's intuition is tingling! The problem this girl's facing is important to the storyline! The kind that makes the powerful go out of their way, that she can't easily share with others! The kind that suddenly gets revealed when it's too late, but could've been easily dealt with if only we all knew earlier!"''
15	-->-- '''Diablo''', ''Literature/HowNotToSummonADemonLord''
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17	They say [[Literature/TheIliad Helen of Troy]] had a face that could launch a thousand ships; well, the Living [=MacGuffin=] has a similar ability to launch [[TheHerosJourney a thousand quests]] in search of them. She may be a [[TheDulcineaEffect heart wrenchingly]] beautiful princess whose [[EngagementChallenge hand can be won only]] with [[ImpossibleTask miraculous feats]], a long lost (or [[ParentalAbandonment left]]) parent, [[ThickerThanWater sibling]], [[TrueCompanions close friend]] or LoveInterest, some variation of TheChosenOne who is needed for some greater purpose, or any number of typical MacGuffin functions. Either way, [[AlwaysFemale expect her to be female]], because MenActWomenAre.
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19	Subtropes include:
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21	* DemandingTheirHead: A character is seeking just one part of the Living [=MacGuffin=]--their head.
22	* HostageMacGuffin: A person who is a MacGuffin because they're important (they're the president, a rich businessman, a top scientist, etc.) or related to someone who is (family, LoveInterest, [[TrueCompanions True Companion]], etc.).
23	* MacGuffinPersonReveal: TheReveal that the MacGuffin they've been looking for has been with them all along, in the form of one of the characters.
24	* MacGuffinTurnedHuman: An inanimate MacGuffin embodied in, or transformed into, a person.
25	* MundaneMacGuffinPerson: A living [=MacGuffin=] who's sought after for some mundane trait (beauty, wisdom, etc.).
26	* MacGuffinSuperPerson: A living [=MacGuffin=] who's sought after for some unique power or status they have (e.g., they're TheChosenOne or an ApocalypseMaiden), usually with world-shaking consequences.
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29	!!Examples:
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32	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
33	* Insane Casca during the Retribution arc in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. Not only does Guts, who was once her lover before the horrible events that took her mind went down and has sworn to be [[DeclarationOfProtection her protector]], want her, but ''everybody'' is after Casca in this arc, primarily the pagans who want to make her their queen and the Holy See and Bishop Mozgus who want to [[BurnTheWitch burn her as a witch]].
34	* ''Manga/FairyTail'': Both Jellal and Grimoire Heart want to [[BackFromTheDead resurrect]] and [[SealedEvilInACan unseal]] the [[TheDreaded Black Wizard Zeref]], respectively for their own purposes. In Jellal's case he wants Zeref to create a "perfect world" free of suffering, and in Grimoire Heart's case, they want him to create a world where only wizards can survive and flourish. [[spoiler:It's too bad that not only is Zeref not dead or sealed, he has absolutely no intention of going along with any of these plans.]]
35	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'' has Trish Una, the illegitimate daughter of the Boss of Passione, and supposedly the only person able to identify said Boss. Bucciarati's team fights to protect her from those who want to use her to get to the boss, [[spoiler:and eventually the Boss himself, who wants to kill her to keep his identity secret.]]
36	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.
37	** Sasuke becomes this after he leaves the Leaf Village, and various people either want to kill him or bring him back to the village.
38	** [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan Jinchurikis]] provide a straighter example, as they are the hosts of the Tailed Beasts the Akatsuki want so badly.
39	** While not strictly an example of "living", the cells of the First Hokage [[WorldsStrongestMan Hashirama Senju]] are so prized for their [[HealingFactor regenerative properties]] as well as their [[GreenThumb other]] [[PhysicalGod properties]] that it's not an exaggeration to say ''every'' BigBad has used them in some form or another, usually as a BadassTransplant.
40	* ''Manga/OnePiece''
41	** Nico Robin is this; she is the only person still alive who can decipher Poneglyphs, through some of which the location of ancient super weapons can be discovered and some others have the truth about the Void Century engraved into them. The Enies Lobby arc was all about saving her from the World Government, which wanted to find said weapons for its own ends and eliminate anyone who could spell its downfall should the truth be made public. [[spoiler:This pops later in the Wano arc, where Big Mom wants to replace her daughter Pudding (who is a half member of the Three-eyed tribe, which can read them, but has not awakened this power) with Robin. And then again in that same arc, we have [=CP0=] trying to kidnap her for the WG]].
42	*** Actually discussed in the Wano arc, where [[spoiler:during her fight with Robin, Black Maria mocks her, [[EvilGloating calling her dead weight and saying that her personality and combat skills don't matter to anyone]]. And then Robin proceeds to snap her spine]].
43	** In the Dressrosa arc, Caesar Clown becomes this. As the scientist responsible for Doflamingo's SMILE production, which is key to Doflamingo's alliance with Kaido, Doflamingo is desperate to get him back lest he incur the wrath of Kaido. Law, who's Doflamingo's ArchEnemy, thus plans on using Caesar as leverage against Doflamingo, including demanding that Doflamingo steps down from the Seven Warlords of the Sea in exchange for Caesar's return. Big Mom is also looking for Caesar, since he tricked her into believing that he could turn people into giants (''technically'' he can, but the side effects are always fatal), and she wants him to make good on that deal.
44	** In a similar vein to Caesar, in the Whole Cake Island arc, Charlotte Brûlée gets this treatment, where after being defeated by Chopper and Carrot, she's tied up and carried around so she they can use her mirror powers whenever they want. [[TheChewToy She's understandably not too happy about it]], but it's all PlayedForLaughs.
45	** At the climax of Luffy's fight with Kaido, the [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness Five Elders]] state that [[spoiler:Zoan Devil Fruits have wills of their own]] as they explain that [[spoiler:Luffy's Gum-Gum Fruit, whose [[PowerMisidentification actual name]] is Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika, [[SlipperyMacGuffin has been eluding them for 800 years]]]].
46	** During the Egghead Arc, [[spoiler:Blackbeard sends Kuzan to Big Mom's territory (now that she's been defeated) to kidnap Pudding due to her aforementioned potential ability to read the Poneglyphs, a required skill should one want to reach Laugh Tale or decipher the locations of the Ancient Weapons]].
47	* In ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
48	** The Seven Great Youma, each carrying a Rainbow crystal, are reincarnated into seven mortals (six humans, one cat) who the Dark Kingdom are trying to locate to not only retrieve a crystal but to awaken the youma as well.
49	** Chibiusa was being hunted down by the Black Moon clan to kill her to remove her as a threat to their plans.
50	** The Dead Moon circus has been stealing dream mirrors in hopes of both finding the one who is hiding Pegasus (Chibiusa) and Pegasus himself.
51	%%* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'':
52	%%** Saori/Athena in general.
53	%%** Seiya's sister Seika was played up as this, despite [[spoiler:turning up only at the end of the series and not appearing in the sequel, yet.]]
54	%%** ''Manga/SaintSeiyaNextDimension'': Saori becomes one (again) after she is transformed [[spoiler:into a baby.]]
55	* While it's debatable whether the torches in ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'' are "alive", Yuuji Sakai is generally treated as living by the main characters. That's partially because unlike other torches, he isn't going to just go out one day. But it's also because he's managed to validate his humanity, even before he found out he wasn't going to become RetGone.
56	* Theatre/TheFirebird from ''Anime/TimeBokan'' series ''Yattodetaman''. In this series, two royal houses battle for the power to rule the Kingdom of Fir. In order to secure the Kingdom, two representatives go back in time to find the mythical Firebird, which will allow its bearer to become the rightful ruler.
57	* If an intelligent computer program can be considered "living," then [[ADogNamedDog the AI nicknamed "Ai"]] on ''Anime/YuGiOhVrains'' counts. Five years ago Ai sealed away the real MacGuffin, [[MacGuffinLocation the Cyverse]], and now everyone's hunting Ai down so they can steal the coordinates to where the Cyverse was hidden. Except [[AntiHero Yusaku]], who has no clue about any of this and just wants to use Ai as leverage.
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61	* Hope Summers since ''[[ComicBook/XMen Messiah CompleX]]'' before really settling into this role with ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''.
62	* ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'' has The Winslow, the oldest known living thing in the universe. It's seemingly immortal, seemingly indestructible, and apparently very important, though nobody who knows ''why'' is willing to tell anyone else. To an objective observer, The Winslow is a two foot long fuzzy alligator that speaks (usually just simple things like "Hi") and is so stupid it needs a minder to keep it from trying to eat its own feet. But since the Prime Mover has stated that it is of cosmic importance for unspecified reasons, virtually every race in the galaxy is willing to fight over it.
63	* [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] refers to Ray Palmer (The Atom) in the trainwreck [[Creator/DCComics DC]] crossover event ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'' as "The Mini-MacGuffin".
64	* Kei Kawade aka Kid Kaiju is this in ''ComicBook/MonstersUnleashed''. His ability to summon powerful monsters that can occupy entire superhero teams makes him a valuable strategic asset. Between SHIELD, the Intelligencia, [[spoiler:the Poisons]], and the Inhumans, everyone wants him on their side. He's keenly aware of this and is reluctant to trust any of them as a result.
65	* The ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'' story ''ComicBook/ValorYAlToro'' has a fighting bull as the MacGuffin, as it carries secret plans in a fake horn. Naturally, HilarityEnsues.
66	* ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman\|1942}}: [[ComicBook/WonderWomanNumberOne The Origin of Wonder Woman]]'': ComicBook/SteveTrevor regains consciousness only on the final page, but acts as the catalyst for Diana becoming the Amazon Champion and leaving Paradise Island, as his injured self needs to be returned to his own people after being rescued from the ocean off Paradise Island.
67	* Yorick in ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'' is a male example; various factions want him, mostly alive, some dead. Yorick has a LivingMacGuffin of his own in his girlfriend Beth.
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70	[[folder:Fairy Tales]]
71	* This is the premise of tale type ATU 550, "Bird, Horse, and Princess" (formerly, "The Search for the Golden Bird"): a king's son takes part in a chains of quests for the titular bird, a powerful horse and a beautiful princess.
72	** ''Literature/TheGoldenBird'': The prince stays awake at night to discover a golden bird stealing apples from his father's orchard, then goes after it. Eventually, he goes after the Golden Horse and the beautiful Princess of the Golden Castle.
73	** ''Literature/TheGoldenPhoenix'': In this Franco-Canadian tale, the hero, Petit Jean goes after the titular Golden Phoenix.
74	** ''Literature/TsarevitchIvanTheFireBirdAndTheGrayWolf'': in the Russian tale, which belongs to the tale type, Ivan Tsarevich quests for the firebird, a magic flying horse and beautiful princess Helena.
75	** ''[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/392.htm The Golden Mermaid]]'' (Romania).
76	* Literature/{{Cinderella}}, Literature/SleepingBeauty, Literature/{{Rapunzel}}, and many other fairy tale heroines were {{Living MacGuffin}}s in the Creator/{{Disney}} films and in those iterations of these fairy tales inspired by the {{Disneyfication}}. In the pre-Disney versions of those fairy tales, the nameless prince was the LivingMacGuffin; for example, Cinderella competed with her wicked stepsisters for the hand of the prince, who is treated as a non-entity who exists in the story only to provide the winner with a castle, title, and wealth.
77	* This is also the premise of tale type ATU 531, "The Clever Horse": the hero has a pet talking horse, and he comes across a golden feather in the forest (or a golden hair, in another variants), which the horse advises him ''not'' to fetch. This eventually backfires when the king the hero works for discovers the golden feather/hair and ''demands'' the hero brings their owner (a bird or a princess).
78	** ''Literature/TheFireBirdTheHorseOfPowerAndThePrincessVasilissa'': the archer finds a golden feather in the woods, and the king he works for orders him to bring its owner, a firebird. Later, he orders the archer to bring Princess Vasilissa, who lives at the edge of the world.
79	* In the European, Latin American, North African and West Asian variants of tale type ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children", of the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, the titular golden children are convinced to quest for a magical talking bird, unaware it is a trap.
80	** ''Literature/PrincessBelleEtoile'': the royal children are sent on a quest for a omniscient bird of green plumage.
81	** ''Literature/TheDancingWaterTheSingingAppleAndTheSpeakingBird'': the royal children are sent for the titular Speaking Bird, that can petrify people.
82	** ''[[https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/58816/pg58816-images.html#ch51 Enchanted Bird, Music, and Stream]]'' (India).
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86	* The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33823474/ Apex Predator]]'' has Harry become this for reasons outside of the prophecy, which he doesn't know about at this point. After he begins a relationship with Fleur Delacour, it's revealed that he is [[spoiler:so fertile he's capable of impregnating Veela with relative ease when it normally requires various charms and potions to ensure pregnancy]]. Fleur's mother Apolline notes that this ability means Harry could basically turn wizarding society as a whole and Veela society in particular on its head, with the Veela that "controls" Harry thus holding a particularly powerful position in society. As such, Apolline makes sure the Delacours take care to keep Harry safe, because they wish to ensure his emotional well-being as well as his role.
87	* Kurama is searching and gathering all the jinchuuriki he can find in ''Fanfic/BlackkatsReverse'' so they can protect themselves from the Akatsuki, who need to capture them to kill them all to take over the Elemental Nations.
88	* In ''Fanfic/BurningBlack'', Timmy is one to the Pixies, to the point that they orchestrated all the events that took place in Dimmsdale over the past four years after learning something about Timmy that those in the Masquerade have been trying to keep secret, all in order to equal Fairy World's greatest weapon. They even came out in public view of a crowd in order to kidnap an android posing as Timothy Neogene, though they failed to hold on to him and didn't realize the ruse.
89	* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Harry occasionally put in this role, because thanks to the reveal that he's Thor's son, any number of bad guys want a piece of him, something that is met with his vocal displeasure. One day, he's going to be King of Asgard, with all of the [[PositionOfLiteralPower power and influence that implies]], and probably as much ChronicHeroSyndrome as ever. Pretty much all the bad guys want him now, while he's still in the PersonOfMassDestruction stage and able to be manipulated or even killed.
90	* In ''Fanfic/DigimonChildrenOfTime'', the Demon Lords are hunting the members of the Olympos XII in hopes that when they are united, the path to Mount Olympos will make itself known. Those that reach Mount Olympos can then have their desire granted.
91	* ''Fanfic/FinalFantasyVIIAnotherSide'': Aerith; Sephiroth notes that for whatever reason, everything keeps coming back to her, and for those same reasons, ''everyone'' is after her.
92	* In ''Fanfic/FutureTense'', Carim's sacrifice is required to open the time gate.
93	* In crossover fanfiction ''Fanfic/TheGreatToadSageOfBrocktonBay'', Tinkers are quite the highly-sought commodity, but Chemist's broad specialization makes him more versatile and as such more valuable. He first appeared when the ABB tried to kill him for stopping the Empire to get a hold of him, and the Protectorate currently eyes him.
94	* Lenora Baratheon from ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11994020/1/Hell-Hath-No-Fury Hell Hath No Fury]]'' is King Robert's only trueborn child, meaning that any son of her has a claim to the Iron Throne. For this, she's sought by many factions in the war, intent to marry her with the most convenient pawn.
95	* In ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'' arc ''"The Apokolips Agenda"'', an important subplot revolves around rescuing Orion before Darkseid tortures the Anti-Life Equation out of him and binds the universe to his will.
96	* ''Fanfic/InvaderZimABadThingNeverEnds'': [[spoiler: Minimoose]] becomes one when Lex determines that he's the one that the Tallest have dispatched him to Earth to retrieve.
97	* ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'''s "Last Waltz with Luthor" story arc puts Franchise/{{Superman}} of all people in this role. The Man of Steel went missing shortly after ComicBook/LexLuthor fell off the radar. Nobody buys both events are unrelated, so ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} rallies the whole super-heroic community to find and rescue her cousin.
98	* In ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'', Paul and George go on a fairly pointless delivery mission to a small fishing village, only to discover that the recipient of their stuff has been kidnapped by Tayhil. The actual rescue of this man is not nearly as important as the method the two come up with to deal with the Tayhil, or Paul's confrontation with Spectrem, who wants to call in an airstrike on the Tayhil, or the aftermath and the angry reaction of the villagers.
99	* ''Fanfic/ReluctantHero'':
100	** The discovery that Zuko is [[TheChosenOne the new Avatar]] makes ''everyone'' frantic to find him and secure his loyalty: the Northern Water Tribe and White Lotus want to train and prepare him to restore balance to the world, the Dai Li wants to brainwash him for the Earth Kingdom's greatness and the Fire Nation wants to make him a LivingWeapon to achieve world domination.
101	** On a lesser degree, the Fire Nation recruits as much as it can from benders and spiritually aware people to ensure its dominance over its conquered land and keep [[TheFairFolk the spirits]] appeased. Zuko and Aang were almost kidnapped and sold because of this while Sokka is intended to be given to the Fire Sages for training.
102	* In ''Fanfic/SignsOfSnow'', Harriet isn't merely the last person able of atomic manipulation, she's also the first and only alien-human hybrid to be born. Archer quickly understands that her existence would likely cause a ''war'' between Starfleet and Andoria for her hidden potential, and decides to keep her a secret.
103	* Combined with DismantledMacGuffin in ''Fanfic/TheSweetieChroniclesFragments'': Twilight Sparkle gets TakenForGranite and is split into a series of crystals ([[AndIMustScream in which Twilight is still completely sentient]]) spread over TheMultiverse. Sweetie Belle must then gather these crystals by traveling through various {{Alternate Universe}}s, which correspond to various ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfics.
104	* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': The author calls this trope out in her notes when one story revolves around a baby prophesized to be TheChosenOne. Due to the risqué nature of the series, she assures readers the newborn will remain asleep in its bundle for the entire story, with the plot entirely focused on the various choices and motivations of the other characters because of the prophesy.
105	* In ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'', Umok TheImp is the wizard responsible for the MagicMisfire that dragged Ranma and his associates into the world of ''Manga/OnePiece'', so the overarching goal of the story is to recharge his depleted powers so he can send them home.
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109	* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieMariposa'' has Queen Marabella, who created the magical lights that protect Flutterfield from the Skeezites. When she's poisoned, the lights slowly die, and the main plot revolves around curing her.
110	* Minimoose in ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZimEnterTheFlorpus.'' He's needed for Zim to achieve his plan, meaning that Dib, Gaz and [[spoiler:Membrane]] need to get him to reverse it, but other than that he doesn't do much.
111	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'': The last dodo bird, Polly.
112	* The pig from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''. After it kicks off the plot, it's never seen again [[spoiler: except for a DeletedScene at the end.]]
113	* 2021 animated movie ''Animation/WhereIsAnneFrank'' has [[Literature/TheDiaryOfAYoungGirl Kitty]] take on a human form and search for Anne all over modern day Amsterdam.
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117	* Zuzu Petals in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfFordFairlane.'' Everyone Ford meets in the first act tells him to find her, and that's his motivation until he does, at which point it becomes clear she's not even involved in what's going on. After that she's more of an EscortMission, albeit one attended begrudgingly.
118	-->'''Ford:''' Don't worry. If you fall, I'll make it.
119	* In ''Film/AppointmentWithVenus'', Venus is a pregnant cow that the protagonists have to rescue from a Nazi-occupied island.
120	* ''Film/{{Aravt}}'': A squad of Mongol warriors is sent off by UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan to find and bring back a "Master Physician" that is needed to treat the plague, but that's only an excuse to get the squad out on an adventure which involves murder and betrayal and a fight with a rival tribe. They find the Master Physician only for the guy to get immediately killed, with the rest of the story playing out almost the same as if he had lived.
121	* The entire plot of ''Film/ChanIsMissing'' revolves around two Chinese-American cabbies trying to find their friend Chan, who has disappeared along with $4000 of their money. They never do find him, but the plot is really just a means to portray life and culture in San Francisco's Chinatown in the early 1980s.
122	* The monster in ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}''. The movie is mostly uninterested in the monster itself, and more in its effects.
123	* In ''Film/TheDarjeelingLimited'', the brothers use a trip to find their long left mother to tell her about their father's death and try to bond with each other. Another long lost mother variation of the living MacGuffin is Mike's mother in ''Film/MyOwnPrivateIdaho'', whom he never finds.
124	* In ''Film/ElDorado'', the evil rancher Bart Jason.
125	* ''Film/TheException'': Wilhelm's exile is the center of the story, with different factions (German monarchists, the Dutch resistance and Nazis) having their plots around him.
126	* Luke Skywalker becomes one in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', having disappeared many years prior, and with the main conflict of the film being over a map to his location.
127	* ''Film/{{Help}}'': Ringo when wearing the ring, since the cult are not so much trying to take the ring from him as trying to sacrifice him because he's wearing the ring ([[ReligionOfEvil It's a different religion from ours]]).
128	* Adolf Hitler is this in ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''. Despite being the main leader of the antagonists, he never affects the plot in any big way and ends up as just another target for the protagonists to kill. His role could be replaced with any high ranking Nazi, without the plot of the film being changed that much.
129	* Solomon Lane is this for much of ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout''. Lark wants him to trade him for the plutonium. The Apostles want their leader freed. Ethan and co. want him freed to lead them to the plutonium. And MI-6 wants him freed so they can kill him since HeKnowsTooMuch.
130	* The hobo in ''Film/MysteryTeam''.
131	* The whole plot of ''Film/TheRaid2Berandal'' focuses on an undercover cop's efforts to root out a corrupt police commissioner, Reza. However, Reza himself gets very little screentime, and couldn't really be called the main villain of the film. He moves the plot along but doesn't do much else.
132	* Much of the plot of ''Film/RushHour3'' is based on a search for "Shy Shen", a semi-mythical individual of great importance to [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs the Triads]], said to be hiding somewhere in Paris. {{Subverted\|Trope}} when they later find information that the Shy Shen not a person, but a list of Triad leaders passed down by an informant... only to be [[DoubleSubversion subverted again]] when it turns out it's ''both'': [[HumanNotepad the list is tattooed on the back of said informant's head]] as part of an ancient Triad ritual.
133	* The 2007 film version of ''Film/SweeneyTodd'' portrayed Johanna Barker as this, especially as they cut most of her songs and speaking parts from the original musical.
134	* ''Film/TronLegacy'': Quorra is [[spoiler:[[LastOfHisKind The Last ISO]]]].
135	* ''Film/{{Troy}}'' is a subversion. It is established early on that Agamemnon is using Helen only as an excuse to wage war on the city. At one point Helen says she would give herself up to prevent further violence, but Hector makes it clear that even if she did, it would not end anything. Agamemnon even says that he didn't come here for Helen, but for Troy.
136	* In ''Film/UnderFire'', Rafael, one of the leaders of the rebels in 1979 Nicaragua, becomes this for Alex, Claire, and Russell, the three [[IntrepidReporter reporters]] trying to find him so they can interview him (or, in Russell's case, take his picture). [[spoiler:Later [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when it turns out Rafael is really dead, though Russell ends up faking a picture for rebels to make it look as if Rafael is really alive]].
137	* FrankensteinsMonster in the Franchise/UniversalHorror [[MonsterMash "monster rally"]] movies (''Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'', ''Film/HouseOfFrankenstein'', ''Film/HouseOfDracula'', and ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein''). All four films are driven at least partly by some variety of mad scientist seeking to revive the Monster, who is mostly dormant or weakened for the bulk of the film. All four end up in a rhubarb with the Monster revitalized and the lab going down in flames or explosions.
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141	* ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'': It could be argued that The White Rabbit is one. The entire reason Alice ends up in Wonderland is her curiosity about the Rabbit. And it's often the Rabbit, constantly hurrying from one place to the next, which brings her from scene to scene.
142	* Myth/ArthurianLegend: Queen Guinevere is also not in distress, as most versions have her go willingly with [[TheLancer Lancelot]]. The whole kingdom goes down because the vassals have to choose sides, help Arthur get her back, or help Lancelot keep her.
143	** Most of the variations have the vassals torn between personal loyalty to Arthur (who would pardon his beloved and his best friend, despite the pain they have caused him) and loyalty to the law itself which demands she and Lancelot be tried for treason against their king (with the lawful side being spear-headed/manipulated by one enemy or another of Arthur's).
144	* Bree Pym is this for Lori and Bill's college chum Cameron; they spend most of the novel ''[[Literature/AuntDimity Aunt Dimity Down Under]]'' pursuing the girl over New Zealand's North and South Islands to deliver the Pym sisters' letter and convince her to meet Ruth and Louise before they die.
145	* In ''Literature/{{Bequin}}'', there are at least seven different factions that want to get their hands on the protagonist Beta Bequin for various reasons. Some of them want her because she’s a [[AntiMagic pariah]] [[spoiler:who can use [[LanguageOfMagic Enuncia]]]], some want her because of her connections to the Maze Undue [[spoiler:and by extension, the Cognitae]], and several want to use her as a weapon against an ''eighth'' faction. Toward the end of the book, she privately laments that she’s become the grail which all these people are questing for.
146	* A few crop up during the course of ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'': Hen Wen the pig in ''The Book of Three'', Princess Eilonwy in ''The Castle of Llyr'', and Taran's long-lost parents in ''Taran Wanderer.''
147	* Clockpunk [[TheBait pretends to be one]] in "Literature/ClockpunkAndTheVitalizer" to lure The Vitalizer away from the actual {{MacGuffin}}'s trail.
148	* In Tobias Buckell's ''Crystal Rain'', Oaxyctl is looking for John deBrun because he wants to torture "the code" to a spaceship out of him. We later find out that John ''is'' the code -- he has to be bodily present (and alive) to open the spaceship.
149	* ''Literature/TheDawnOfYangchen'': Yangchen and Kavik learn of a plan called "Unanimity" which if implemented, will give [[CorruptPolitician Zongdu Henshe]] complete control over the city of Bin-Er, but have no idea ''what'' exactly Unanimity is, just that it'll have to be shipped there from another city. [[spoiler:Kavik hitches a ride on the transport ship and realizes all too late that the shipment crates are filled with worthless stones— the ''people'' accompanying the shipment are the Unanimity assets, and their unheard of combustionbending powers make them living superweapons.]]
150	* Kindar Pomma D'ok and Erdling Teera Eld in Zilpha Keatley Snyder's ''Literature/GreenSkyTrilogy''. After they [[spoiler: connect with each other telepathically and rediscover important psychic abilities, some lost to their people for many generations]], they are [[MacGuffinSuperPerson literally named Holy Children]] and worshiped by nearly everyone -- except Pomma's brother Raamo, who believes worshiping ''anyone'' is harmful -- he was a member of a sacred order revered as demigods, since disbanded. Living examples of the Rejoyning of the Kindar and Erdling peoples, Pomma and Teera are the hope of their respective nations. Then they disappear. Have they been [[HostageMacGuffin kidnapped by dissidents?]]
151	* Happens in all three books of ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials''. The first book had two for Lyra—Roger and her father. The second book for Will had his father while, unbeknownst to either of them, his father was seeking Will. The third book had both Lyra and Will acting as Living [=MacGuffins=] for both the bad guys and the "good" guys. A large, deadly battle occurred to try to take them. For Lyra, it was again Roger, though at this point, he wasn't really a living MacGuffin anymore.
152	* OlderThanFeudalism: Helen of Troy from ''Literature/TheIliad'' is a prime example. Helen wasn't attacked by Paris or the Trojans during the whole war, and in fact went willingly because she fell in love with Paris. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Or was made to, by Aphrodite.]]
153	* The French chef Anatole in Creator/PGWodehouse's ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' stories; the universal desire to lay claim to his peerless talents led to the hatching of many a ZanyScheme.
154	** [[TheJeeves Jeeves]] himself is highly sought-after; Bertie notes that plenty of his friends want to steal him and make him their valet, and this is borne out in ''Literature/ThankYouJeeves'' when [[spoiler:Jeeves quits and Bertie's pal Chuffy snatches him up almost instantly. Later in the book, Jeeves goes to work for American multimillionaire J. Washburn Stoker, who offers him a position, before returning to Chuffy and finally [[StatusQuoIsGod settling down with Bertie again]]]].
155	* ''Literature/TheShahnameh'': Key Kavous is this for Rostam. After Key Kavous and the Persian army are captured by Deev-e Sepid (the White Demon), Rostam undertakes seven labors to save his king and his comrades.
156	* Deconstructed in the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'': while fully half of the main cast are some level of this trope, the Confessors have it notably bad. Confessors can't control their ability during moments of passion (read: sex), so they can't have kids with someone they like, or they'll ''destroy their mind''. Male confessors are such a threat that all male children of Confessors ''have to be strangled at birth'', and for their troubles, the Confessors are feared and hated, and since they're raised secluded, have almost no friends. By the time Kahlan met Richard, all of her few friends had been murdered by D'Haran assassination teams. Yeesh.
157	** Wizards are able to create these in general; the Rahl bloodline is the result of such an experiment, as are Slides, Dreamwalkers, Mriswith, the Sliph, and a whole host of other ''exciting'' pieces of work.
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161	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Used very literally in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E6TheArmageddonFactor "The Armageddon Factor"]], where it turns out that [[spoiler:the last piece of the cosmically powerful Key to Time, which has served as a MacGuffin for the whole past season, is Princess Astra herself. This also serves to expose the Black Guardian who had been masquerading as the White Guardian, because the Doctor realizes that the White Guardian would never be willing to sacrifice Astra's life.]]
162	* Towards the end of ''Series/MaddigansQuest'', it's revealed that [[spoiler:Jewel, not the talisman, is what gives Eden his powers.]]
163	* In ''Series/TheMandalorian'', [[spoiler:the Child, a [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 50-year-old]] [[GooGooGodlike Force-sensitive]] [[ChildrenAreInnocent toddler]] of the same species as Yoda]], is a sought after bounty target. After collecting on the bounty, the titular character ends up [[spoiler:[[ConscienceMakesYouGoBack abiding by his conscience]] and rescuing the Child from the client he delivered it to]] and going on the lam with it in tow after facing repercussions from the Bounty Hunter's guild.
164	* Oatmeal, Nadia's cat in ''Series/RussianDoll''. At the start of the series, finding and caring for the missing cat seems to be Nadia's only long-term goal in life. As with most cats, it's not entirely clear that he needs the help.
165	* Mr. Big in ''Series/SexAndTheCity'', to the point that they don't even bother to give him a real name. You find yourself wondering what is wrong with Carrie Bradshaw and then you remember ... oh yeah, she's Carrie Bradshaw.
166	* ''Series/TheSilentSea'': Luna, the girl that the astronauts find on the [[AbandonedLaboratory otherwise abandoned]] Balhae Station moon base. Her genetic adaptations with respect to lunar water had made her the station's sole survivor.
167	* [[spoiler:Elena]] becomes one in season 7 of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'', after being put into a magical coma in the previous season finale. Her body is placed into a coffin, which is subsequently stolen and used as a bargaining chip by various characters throughout the series. The real reason for this was because the actress had to leave the show, and thus had to be [[PutOnABus written out in a way that would allow her to come back]] (which she did, [[BackForTheFinale at the very end]]) but still have a presence in the series.
168	* Murphy on ''Series/ZNation'' is the only person on the planet with a working cure to the zombie virus in him, making him immune to their bites and even their attention. Getting Murphy to a working laboratory makes up most of the plot, and most of the villains on the show are trying to hunt down Murphy for their own ends.
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172	* In ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream,'' the conflict between [[FaerieCourt Oberon and Titania]] is over who gets custody of a [[ChangelingTale changeling boy]], who has no lines or characterization. If he appears at all, he's often played by an actual child since he doesn't need to do anything but follow the other actors around.
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176	* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': In ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger Calamity Trigger]]'', Ragna the Bloodedge is treated this way since he supposedly wields the Azure Grimoire. In the sequel ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift]]'', Noel gets this treatment after it's revealed that she is the true wielder of the Azure Grimoire and Ragna's Grimoire is a flawed imitation. [[spoiler:In ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueCentralFiction Central Fiction]]'', the status returns to Ragna with every character going after him again. Yes, including Noel herself.]]
177	* ''VideoGame/BrownDustII'': The Warlocks and Cocytus are Lathel's right arm, which is a successful attempt at recreating the Blood Imprint, a medium to store and channel the corrupted Terra.
178	* In ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', Cloud becomes this after the Nibelheim incident. Genesis and Hollander want his S-cells so they can cure Genesis' degradation, Shin-Ra wants him (and Zack) dead to cover up Hojo's unethical experiments, and Zack just wants to keep him safe. He actually borders on being a traditional MacGuffin seeing as his mako poisoning-induced coma has left him with all the personality of a brick.
179	* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, Iachesis was the [[TheArchmage Ritemaster]] of the Psijic Order, the olderst and most powerful MagicalSociety in Tamriel. After leading them for [[LongLived over 3,500 years]], in order to keep it from being stolen by the Sea Sload K'Tora and the Abyssal Cabal, he hid the Heart of the Transparent Law, the "stone" of [[TheTower Crystal Tower]], within himself. Several [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Princes]] formed [[VillainTeamUp an alliance]] in an attempt to take it from him. [[TheSacredDarkness Nocturnal]] ultimately betrayed the others, killing Iachesis, but was thwarted from using the heart by the [[PlayerCharacter Vestige]] with assistance of the other vengeful Triad members and Meridia during the events of ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline''[='s=] ''Summerset'' chapter.
180	* ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce EXTRAPOWER Attack of Darkforce]]'': Emerald, the powerful child telepath, becomes sought after by the Dark Force Army in their search for items of magical power.
181	* Here's an evil version of the Living [=MacGuffin=]: Sephiroth during the first half of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. Both Cloud's party and Shin-Ra are hell-bent on finding the guy, and he acts as the game's main antagonist to boot.
182	* Every universe in ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' has its own version of the titular MacGuffin. In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'', "Emblems" are the spirits of [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo past heroes from the series]] bound to rings. Naturally, one would expect that its "Fire Emblem" would be one of them. [[spoiler: They'd be right, but it doesn't come into existence until the end of the story: the protagonist, Alear, after suffering from TheHeroDies, is revived by the 12 Emblems using the last of their power, and they are reborn as the 13th Emblem: the Fire Emblem.]]
183	* In the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' DLC "''Ruin''", Cassie is tasked with finding and deactivating the security nodes across the abandoned Pizzaplex in order to rescue Gregory. The final security node is revealed to be [[spoiler:Roxanne Wolf, her favorite animatronic]], and Cassie is devastated when she deactivates them.
184	* In ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'', it turns out that your squad's actual mission is to recover [[spoiler:a Huragok/Engineer who defected from the Covenant]]. [[spoiler:Said Huragok]] also serves this role in the audio logs; [[PluckyGirl Sadie]] comes to value it because [[spoiler:it downloaded Virgil, the last thing left of her father's work]], while [[DirtyCop Kinsler]] wants to capture it so he can be branded a war hero.
185	* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'': The main character, Fiona, is treated less like a human and more like an object by all four of the game's stalkers. All but one of them is after [[spoiler:Azoth, the mystical essence of life, which Fiona happens to have a lot of. This is emphasised by Riccardo and Lorenzo, who at several points drop her name entirely and call her "Azoth" instead]].
186	* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''
187	** The Princesses of Heart in were in this status in [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the first game]]. Maleficent and her cronies [[spoiler:manipulated by Xehanort,]] wanted them so that they can open the Door to Darkness to take over the multiverse. Turns out this is also a case of DismantledMacGuffin. The Princesses' hearts being 7 fragments of the X-Blade which as a counterpart to Kingdom Hearts, can be used to open a path to the titular location.
188	** Subverted in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth By Sleep]]''. While Eraqus tells Terra and Aqua that the Princesses of Heart are in danger and the four we see do get attacked by [[TheHeartless the Unversed]], only Aurora gets sought after because she's a Princess of Heart (by Maleficent [[spoiler:after being told about them by Xehanort]], no less).
189	** Ventus in Master Xehanort's first attempt to snag Kingdom Hearts in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''. The details are that Ventus was split into two beings in an attempt to artificially recreate the aforementioned X-blade, thinking that an equal amount of Light and Darkness must clash. As such Ventus himself is much like the Princesses of Heart. Because of this, he also counts for DismantledMacGuffin, and also because of this [[spoiler:Eraqus thought it be necessary to kill him, setting off a tragic chain of events that played in Xehanort's favor]].
190	* Prince Alexander is a sucker for this one. In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIII'', he spends half of it trying to find a way to off his BadBoss before BadBoss offs him. The second half of the game comes when the [[AncientKeeper Oracle]] tells him that he's got a twin sister that's soon to meet her end as a HumanSacrifice. In his [[VideoGame/KingsQuestVI second game]], he's trying to reach the Princess he's fallen for before the GrandVizier pulls a scheme to marry her, kill her, and take the throne for himself. Runs in the family, as that's [[VideoGame/KingsQuestII how his dad went looking for his mom]]...
191	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
192	** Despite being the title character, Princess Zelda mostly plays this role in the series. She usually doesn't get to do much, mostly being an untrained noncombatant up against more powerful villains like Ganon, but she is usually pursued by said villains for some sort of power she possesses, whether that be the Triforce of Wisdom or any other power said to be passed down her [[DivineParentage divine bloodline]]. It is thus a major goal of most games in the series for [[TheHero Link]] to either rescue her from the villains or otherwise keep her out of their hands. WordOfGod says that Zelda is the title character because of how crucial she is in Link's adventures.
193	** A humorous variant appears in ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''. In one of the towns Link must visit on his quest, he is begged to recover a child, who has been kidnapped and may be found in a nearby cave. The reason it's humorous is because the game treats the child ''like any other inventory item'' - including having Link lift it over his head in his traditional ItemGet pose. This is not nearly as funny in the Disk System version: To rescue the child, Link must hit him with his sword. The fact that the child is bound in ropes which need to be cut to free him provides the reason for needing to hit him.
194	** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', the crystals that imprison the Seven Maidens are the second set of collectibles needed to complete the game. After completing all of the Dark World dungeons, they open the entrance to Ganon's Tower.
195	** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', the additional goal for clearing the first dungeon is to rescue the Deku Princess who was imprisoned by the dungeon's boss. In returning her to the Deku King, Link gets the opportunity to win the Mask of Scents. Humorously, you have to carry the Deku Princess in an empty bottle.
196	* Averted with Rachel Amber in ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' - she's initially presented as this as a motive for Max to join in Chloe's investigation into Rachel's disappearamce which ties into most of the overarching plot of the game, but it's revealed that her influence has greatly impacted the cast.
197	* Buddy is this in ''VideoGame/{{Lisa}}'', being the only female left on Earth after a mysterious event known as the Great White Flash [[{{Gendercide}} wiped all the women off the planet]]. However, she is also a {{Deconstruction}} of this- the fact that she is treated as such without care for her feelings or mental state forms most of her motivation as a character, especially in the DLC story.
198	* In ''VideoGame/MacGuffinsCurse,'' [[spoiler:Alphonse becomes a LivingMacGuffin when he turns into a werewolf himself and goes on a rampage]].
199	* ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'': Taavos, an angara on Havarl who Ryder goes looking for because he's the ancestor of the only person who knew where the last of the three Remnant pillars needed to fix the planet is, and it's figured they might be able to use him to find that knowledge (angara believing in reincarnation). Problem is, Taavos is also one of the Roekaar, anti-alien fanatics. [[spoiler:Fortunately, he turns out to be more reasonable than most of his comrades, and helps.]]
200	* In the ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' fan-made module ''VideoGame/TheBastardOfKosigan'', Alex is a mix of this and DamselInDistress. And a ChekhovsGunman at the end. [[spoiler:Annoyingly, despite being one of the coolest characters in the series (as evinced by her [[ThePlan cunning plan]] to take over Kosigan by killing the entire ruling family), if you didn't choose to kill her at the end of the second module she dies near the end of the fourth.]]
201	* A variant occurs in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage''. Layton knows that he needs to find the Golden Apple of Baron Reinhold. [[spoiler:What he ''doesn't'' know is that the Golden Apple is really Flora, the Baron's daughter.]]
202	* {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' where in a co-op mission you must rescue the daughter of "Farmer MacGuffin."
203	* The Destined Children from ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa3'' [[spoiler:The Abyss Lords want them to open the gate to the Abyss so they can escape. Both also serve to summon the Destroyer to end existence if both are in the abyss at once. Abyss Lords used the Devil King for them to rule the world for 3 centuries before the Holy King sent them packing.]]
204	* Ryu from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' is treated this way for most of his plot involvement. Bison is after him in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' to use him as a new host body while Seth wants to use his Satsui no Hadou to complete his bio weapon.
205	* Similar to the ''Film/TronLegacy'' example above, ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh Tron 2.0]]'' had this in the form of [=Ma3a=], who carried the correction algorithims needed for Jet [[spoiler:and Alan]] to get back to the analog world. However, the terrible trio from [[CorruptCorporateExecutive F-Con]] were ''also'' seeking those algorithims in order to digitize an army into {{cyberspace}} and TakeOverTheWorld.
206	* Ciri in ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt''. The main character, Geralt, seeks her because he wants to find his lost daughter, while every other faction after her do so because of her unique bloodline and [[MacGuffinSuperPerson the powers she possesses]].
207	* ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza 0}}'' has the owner of the [[MacGuffinLocation Empty Lot]], [[spoiler: Makoto Makimura]], with various Yakuza factions either wanting them dead outright, or wanting to seize control of them for themselves until they can get the property rights to the lot signed over. The heroes, meanwhile, while also having use for the Empty Lot themselves, are mostly just disgusted by how the owner's been treated as a pawn in a larger power game and want to keep them safe.
208	* At the beginning of ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'', Kamek kidnaps Baby Luigi (who becomes the DistressedDude), but the stork forces Kamek to drop Baby Mario, who falls onto Yoshi. Baby Mario becomes a free MacGuffin, whose only role is to point the way to Baby Luigi, while the Yoshis perform the EscortMission that will reunite the babies and rescue Baby Luigi. Then in ''Yoshi's Island DS'', Kamek and the Toadies kidnap Baby Luigi again, and several more babies. The BigBad ([[spoiler:adult Bowser from the future]]) is searching for the seven star children.[[note]]Seven stars had fallen and were resting inside the hearts of certain babies. These babies are said to contain an extraordinary amount of power. The villain wants to take these stars and become a GalacticConqueror.[[/note]] The villain never gets all seven; some remain free. The star children turn out to be [[spoiler:Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Peach, Baby Donkey Kong, Baby Wario, Baby Bowser, and Baby Yoshi. The last two were never captives; Baby Yoshi is still in the egg, and hatches at the very end of the credits.]]
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212	* Deconstructed with [[spoiler:[[TheDragon Izuru]]]] in ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''. [[spoiler:He was created to serve as a symbol of hope for the world, and as such has been objectified and used by ''both'' sides, with no regards as to how he feels on the matter. The end result has left him broken and bitter with both Hope's Peak and Ultimate Despair alike.]]
213	* Ayame Ootori in the second ''VisualNovel/FragmentsNote'' qualifies as this. In the original timeline, Ayame [[spoiler:dies in the same plane crash as Kyoichi]]. However, due to Miu's interference in the time stream in the first game, a ripple in the timeline was created, altering the events. As a result, Ayame was [[spoiler:saved by an organ transplant from Inori Akikawa. Because she is ultimately an irregularity in the time stream, people from the future like Kazuha can alter the past through her]], allowing [[spoiler:Kazuha]] to save Kyoichi's life.
214	* Charlie in ''VisualNovel/ShikkokuNoSharnoth'' serves largely as comatose Macguffin to make Mary go through the plot. [[spoiler:Except in the end, when she's actually an opponent.]]
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218	* ''[[Webcomic/FifteenMinds Blue Moon Blossom]]'': The rabbit spirit, a glowy sprite-like being [[spoiler:found in a golden temple]] with the power to turn away evil spirits [[spoiler:and summon blue flowers. It can also change beings that have been turned to stone back to normal.]]
219	* In ''Webcomic/AMomentOfPeace'', the subject of one of the gods' quests is a glowing entity named Gloria on the Mountain.
220	* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Alderode, Cresce and the Black Tongues all want Uaid to study the field spreader that allows the AntiMagic properties of his first materials to be applied to his non first materials parts. Alderode would also accept him destroyed to be kept out of Crescian hands, and all of them view him as a construct and tool rather than a person despite his advanced AI and obvious sentience.
221	* In ''Webcomic/{{Whither}}'' it's a little complicated. [[spoiler: Finn is being sought after by both Frost and the witch, because she [[HeartTrauma stole Frost's heart]] and put it into Finn. Frost wants it back. But at the same time, there are hints that the witch has some other role in mind for Finn. He's definitely got Frost's [[AnIcePerson powerset]].]]
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225	* PlayedForLaughs on Day 3 of the ''WebVideo/LimitedLifeSMP'', where Grian spends the entire session AFK due to being sick in real life and tasks Joel and Jimmy, his faction-mates, with keeping him safe. Shenanigans ensue as just about every other faction on the server attempts to "steal" him by hiding him in random holes in the ground, [[spoiler:resulting in him getting killed twice in the process (including by pufferfish, of all things).]]
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