Definition: A MacGuffin, sometimes spelt McGuffin or maguffin, is a plot device that motivates the characters story but has other relevance to the story. Some popular examples of a MacGuffin are money, power, glory etc.
"We have a name in the studio and we call it 'MacGuffin' it is the mechanical element that usually pop up in any story. In crook stories it is always the necklace and in sky stories it is always the papers" - Hitchcock
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