Three definitions from different sources, all basically the same.
Make of it what you will.
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Definition of MacGuffin:
an object, event, or character in a film or story that serves to set and keep the plot in motion despite usually lacking intrinsic importance
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MacGuffin
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MacGuffin
Also: McGuffin
an object, event, or character in a story that lacks intrinsic importance but serves to set and keep the plot in motion
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https://www.thefreedictionary.com/MacGuffin
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MacGuffin
something in a film that moves the plot (= story) forward but is not important itself
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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dic...lish/macguffin
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If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.
Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"
Mors ante pudorem
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