'''Basic Trope''': An object serves as a reminder and so is important to a character.
* '''Straight''': Alice cherishes the locket her MissingMom gave her.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice runs into a burning building to avoid losing the locket. Alice's mother isn't even dead, she's just living on the other side of town.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice certainly cherishes the locket but won't do stupid things just to get it back.
* '''Justified''': Alice feels alone and isolated and relies on the locket to remind her of happier times.
* '''Inverted''': Alice makes sure she throws away anything her mother gave her.
* '''Subverted''': It's an act, to convince the BigBad that she's silly, and the locket is really not important, when it's the MacGuffin.
* '''Double Subverted''': She used the locket to hold the MacGuffin and is glad when it's over, so she doesn't have to risk it anymore.
* '''Parodied''': Alice will throw away her friends' lives to keep that locket.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is considering flushing the locket, but decides to retain it upon her mother's death.
* '''Averted''':
** Alice is against sentimentalism.
** Alice's mother never gave her anything she could use as a memento.
* '''Enforced''': "We've got a merchandise deal for those angel lockets, so she has to wear it for the rest of the season."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Is that the object of sentimental importance? [[KickTheDog I should break it]]."
* '''Invoked''': The mother, dying, gave the locket to Alice to remember her by.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice throws away the locket to help shake off her mother's control.
* '''Discussed''': "No, she never takes it off. Her mother gave it to her."
* '''Conversed''': "So... the gold locket with the lingering camera closeup is important, right?"
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is so obsessed with her mother that the locket is keeping her trapped, away from healthy relationships.
* '''Reconstructed''': But that's just her way of coping with grief; she gets over it.
* '''Implied''': Alice is closer to her locket than all her other items; the reason is never explained.
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T-this [[MementoMacguffin back]] button is just so... beautiful! *sniff sniff* I shall cherish it forever!
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