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MacGuffin - In fiction, a MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin) is an object, device, or event that is necessary to the plot and the motivation of the characters, but
by tuckerconnelly 3y ago
MacGuffin - In fiction, a MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin) is an object, device, or event that is necessary to the plot and the motivation of the characters, but insignificant, unimportant, or irrelevant in itself.[1]
What a great use of that term.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin