MacGuffin

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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]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . tropedia.fandom.com. Retrieved . tropedia.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). MacGuffin. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/macguffin
MLA “MacGuffin.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/macguffin.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_macguffin_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{MacGuffin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/macguffin}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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