MacGuffin

Summary

MacGuffin is a plot device^[1]. MacGuffin draws 2,029 Wikipedia views per month (plot_device category, ranking #2 of 10).^[2]

Key Facts

• MacGuffin's instance of is recorded as plot device^[3].
• MacGuffin's subclass of is recorded as fictional object^[4].
• MacGuffin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gkz8^[5].
• MacGuffin's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/MacGuffin^[6].
• MacGuffin's Quora topic ID is recorded as MacGuffins-plot-device^[7].
• MacGuffin's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Concept", "MacGuffin::x8629"]^[8].
• MacGuffin's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Narration^[9].
• MacGuffin's Giant Bomb ID is recorded as 3015-823^[10].
• MacGuffin's Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID is recorded as mcguffin^[11].
• MacGuffin's Fandom article ID is recorded as tropedia:MacGuffin^[12].
• MacGuffin's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/MacGuffin^[13].
• MacGuffin's All the Tropes article ID is recorded as MacGuffin^[14].
• MacGuffin's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 205609^[15].
• MacGuffin's IMDb keyword is recorded as macguffin^[16].
• MacGuffin's Vikidia article ID is recorded as en:Macguffin^[17].
• MacGuffin's Vikidia article ID is recorded as es:Macguffin^[18].

Why It Matters

MacGuffin draws 2,029 Wikipedia views per month (plot_device category, ranking #2 of 10).^[2] MacGuffin has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] MacGuffin is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]