MacGuffin
McGuffin

The plans are the MacGuffin, the thing everyone is chasing.

This film was also one of the first to introduce the "MacGuffin".

The diagram to the right shows one round of MacGuffin.

In many of these movies, the stolen art piece is a MacGuffin.

Luke became the film's MacGuffin and does not appear in person until the final scene.

What was hidden in that MacGuffin of a sugar bowl everybody wanted?

When we wrote that, it was a complete MacGuffin.

There may have been a 'MacGuffin' in my film appearance, but not a ham.

Moving on, is there a lot of jumping around after a MacGuffin that ultimately makes little sense?

The money was just the plot device, the MacGuffin that made the whole thing hang together.

The debt ceiling thing was a MacGuffin, and now that’s past we can focus on the broader issue.

But a lot of people think the MacGuffin is the most vital thing in a picture - and it's the least important."

The MacGuffin itself has little, if any, intrinsic meaning.

Eventually it ends in a boss battle and the MacGuffin is returned to the council.

MacGuffin's key schedule is a modified version of the encryption algorithm itself.

It was the MacGuffin, the symbolic, hollow device for moving forward a narrative.

In Hitchcock terms, the movie has both a goal and a MacGuffin.

The specific nature of a MacGuffin is typically unimportant to the overall plot.

The supernatural evil is not the MacGuffin; it is the point.

Even the MacGuffin comes packaged in a wine bottle.

Does violence lurk or is this whole subplot nothing more than a MacGuffin?

The MacGuffin is frequently only vaguely defined, and it can be used to increase suspense.

"The MacGuffin of it slowed down a little bit from what my original enthusiastic version was.

Obama, too, knows how to use a MacGuffin.

A ction adventures are always better with a MacGuffin.

McGuffin said it was not commonly used for this purpose.

Her main reason for working at McGuffin was so she could keep an eye on him.

Do not use if you are pregnant (McGuffin et al.

McGuffin Lake is one of the smaller lakes in the park.

So you see, a McGuffin is nothing at all.

Do not use on open wounds or broken skin (McGuffin et al.

The artist simply seizes on the McGuffin and runs with it.

So this is what a McGuffin looks like.

And my friend, Jo McGuffin, answered the phone in the following way.

Milk here is a mere McGuffin, a reason to spur the hero to action.

The baby is something of a McGuffin.

What if the smugglers thought it would be safer for the decoy to carry the McGuffin?

Mostly, however, Extremis fills in the gap where a McGuffin should be.

John is essentially a cipher, so he serves more as a McGuffin than as a leading man.

This paradox provided the McGuffin for the Terminator movies.

• Consult a healthcare practitioner prior to use if you are pregnant (McGuffin et al.

The film transports the bombing plot and the characters to the 1930's, and simply turns politics into the McGuffin.

Given his typical production values, you’d expect his McGuffin to be a little showier or more evocative.

McGuffin said the primary use for St. John's wort is maintaining good mood and a sense of well-being.

The missing-church-funds subplot will be easily figured out by any four year old, but it winds up being a McGuffin anyway.

David McGuffin was excited to finally arrive at Green Point Stadium.

McGuffin is a surname of Scottish origin.

The Double McGuffin is a 1979 film written and directed by Joe Camp.

The contest proves in the end something of a McGuffin that spurs the action along, rather than a page-turner in itself.

Richard McGuffin and his Officers, being installed by Bro.