Line #24 PlayingWith/ClingyMacGuffin


1	'''Basic Trope''': The MacGuffin is either irremovably attached to a character, or always within their presence, much to their annoyance.
2	* '''Straight''':
3	** Sir Bob Tropesalot picks up The SwordOfPlotAdvancement and cannot release it.
4	** Sir Bob Tropesalot throws The SwordOfPlotAdvancement away from him, and it boomerangs/teleports back to him.
5	* '''Exaggerated''': The SwordOfPlotAdvancement was picked up by Sir Bob Tropesalot, who stabbed the EvilOverlord with it, but he cannot unsheath it from his corpse because the Sword clings to anyone who makes physical contact with it. Lady Alice tries to help unstick the sword from Sir Bob and she too becomes glued to it.
6	* '''Downplayed''': The SwordOfPlotAdvancement is only clingy for an hour, after which Sir Bob can remove it from his grasp.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** The Wizard who forged the SwordOfPlotAdvancement wanted it to not be so easily taken away from Sir Bob.
9	** The Sword is an EmpathicWeapon and hails a BadFuture where the hero refused to use it, causing a calamity. In this timeline, its refusal to leave Bob's side is a sign of it wanting desperately to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.
10	* '''Justified/Exaggerated''': The Wizard who forged the SwordOfPlotAdvancement [[ForTheLulz did it as a practical joke]].
11	* '''Inverted''': The SwordOfPlotAdvancement [[SelfGuardingPhlebotinum evades the grasp of anyone who tries to touch it.]]
12	* '''Subverted''': Alice puts on a TransformationTrinket that turns her into a MagicalGirlWarrior, but she finds that she cannot remove it from her neck. After days of lamenting, Bob easily takes the necklace from her. Turns out that one of the rules of the trinket is that although anyone can put it on, they need to have someone else remove it for them.
13	* '''Double Subverted''': After the necklace is removed, she can still turn into a MagicalGirlWarrior because now the power is inside of her.
14	* '''Parodied''': The SwordOfPlotAdvancement is a [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous MacGuffin]] that follows Sir Bob around and throws a fit if he tries to fight the EvilOverlord with any other weapon besides herself.
15	* '''Zig Zagged''': The Sword only clings to Bob's hand for a few days to advance the plot, then falls off, and can be used or discarded normally--until the next time the plot needs to be advanced, at which point it becomes clingy again. This goes on for the entire series, at one point even jumping over to the Evil Overlord to force ''him'' to advance the plot.
16	* '''Averted''': The SwordOfPlotAdvancement lets whoever touches it and doesn’t cling to anyone.
17	* '''Enforced''': With all he's going through, Bob keeping the Sword would kill the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief, so the creator makes it clingy to explain how it's possible.
18	* '''Lampshaded''':
19	-->'''Alice:''' "Perhaps it wasn’t the best idea to grasp the SwordOfPlotAdvancement with ''both'' hands."\
20	'''Sir Bob:''' "Shut up, M’lady."
21	* '''Invoked''': The wizard, not willing the villain to get the SwordOfPlotAdvancement, curses it to be clingy and leads Bob to it.
22	* '''Exploited''':
23	** The villain tricks Bob into grabbing the sword so that he couldn't catch falling Alice.
24	** A trinket can't even be removed by destroying it, so Bob exploits this by using it to block an otherwise lethal attack.
25	* '''Defied''': Knowing that SwordOfPlotAdvancement is clingy, Bob refuses to touch it and opts for something weaker, but removable instead.
26	* '''Discussed''': "But what if you can't get rid of it?"
27	* '''Conversed''': "So the entire show was basically about Bob trying to unglue the SwordOfPlotAdvancement from his hands".
28	* '''Implied''': Bob is never seen without SwordOfPlotAdvancement, even after he loses it a few times in fight and has no way or time to retrieve it.
29	* '''Played For Laughs''':
30	** We get a montage of Bob trying to get rid of the sword, from Alice ripping him from his grasp and failing to Bob flailing his hand around, shouting "let me go, let me go!"
31	** We see Bob trying to go about his day with the sword stuck to him, making life very inconvenient.
32	* '''Played For Drama''': The macguffin in question has bonded itself to the character in question; its removal ''is'' possible, but basically the same as removing an organ, or a limb. In short, [[AndIMustScream painful.]] '' Very'' [[ToThePain painful...]]
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