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ATricksterArtist
(Not-So-Newbie)
28th Dec, 2020 01:48:07 PM
Head to either Trope Talk's "Is this an example?" thread or Trope Finder.
(Don't) take me home.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MockGuffin
Except, instead of mistaking something worthless for a valuable item, the item itself is either discharged, damaged, or is actually worthless in one way or another, despite previous intel painted it as something important. Meaning smart people, did research, and either it became outdated, or they got wrong info.