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When a MacGuffin is removed entirely from the equation at the end story with neither side possessing it, resulting in the plot equivalent of a no-score draw with the heroes usually getting the Man Of The Match award. Not like it matters, though. The story has officially gone nowhere. This is often where a side chooses to destroy the MacGuffin to prevent the enemy from getting his or her hands on it. Related to Status Quo Is God and Reset Button Ending, in those cases where keeping the MacGuffin would have a major effect on the work. If I Can't Have You is the Love Triangle equivalent.

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  • When a MacGuffin is removed entirely from the equation at the end story with neither side possessing it, resulting in the plot equivalent of a no-score draw with the heroes usually getting the Man Of The Match award. Not like it matters, though. The story has officially gone nowhere. This is often where a side chooses to destroy the MacGuffin to prevent the enemy from getting his or her hands on it. Related to Status Quo Is God and Reset Button Ending, in those cases where keeping the MacGuffin would have a major effect on the work. If I Can't Have You is the Love Triangle equivalent.
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  • When a MacGuffin is removed entirely from the equation at the end story with neither side possessing it, resulting in the plot equivalent of a no-score draw with the heroes usually getting the Man Of The Match award. Not like it matters, though. The story has officially gone nowhere. This is often where a side chooses to destroy the MacGuffin to prevent the enemy from getting his or her hands on it. Occasionally An Aesop: when two children are fighting over something in Real Life the parents will often punish them by not letting either of them have it. (If it is an item they will lock it away, sometimes even give it away; if it was an event they will call it off.) This kind of punishment carries over to television where the futility of a fight is often demonstrated by having it to turn out to have been in vain, with the goal taken away the last minute or destroyed by the fighters themselves in the heat of the battle. In-universe this will often work amazingly well as a lesson where after a few moments of Lying in the Dirt Together the two former enemies will be inviting each other for drinks with no longer having a reason to fight, the whole business now a shared memory to look back on and laugh at. In real life, not so much - because, of course, it was the other kid's fault for starting the fight in the first place. Related to Status Quo Is God and Reset Button Ending, in those cases where keeping the MacGuffin would have a major effect on the work. If I Can't Have You is the Love Triangle equivalent. Examples of No MacGuffin, No Winner include:
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