MacGuffin

A MacGuffin was a storytelling concept consisting of an object that served as a motivator in a . It was often presented with minimal or no explanation for its presence in the narrative. ()
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Although science consultant David Krieger devised a pseudo-scientific explanation for what Krieger waves actually were (for the episode ), Krieger waves became a MacGuffin, in his own words, when the explanation he intended ultimately ended up on the cutting room floor. 
Ira Steven Behr referred to the Tox Uthat in as a MacGuffin. (Star Trek: The Next Generation 365, p. 148)
John Logan referred to the cloning method used to create Shinzon, in , as "the MacGuffin of it, if you will." (The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years, p. 392)
 Co-Writer Doug Jung termed the Abronath in that film a MacGuffin. ("Small World", Star Trek Beyond - Collector's Edition special features)
An article about this storytelling concept, in (pp. 48-53), referred to the following items as MacGuffins:
*V'ger ()
*Genesis torpedo; Ceti eel ()
*; Spock ()
*Whales; time travel ()
*Center of the universe; God ()
*Planet goes kaboom; gravity boots; a ship that can fire while cloaked ()
*The Nexus ()
*Time travel; the Borg ()
*Fountain of youth ()
*Picard clone; radiation weapon ()
Cinefantastique referred to Pup in as a MacGuffin. (Cinefantastique, Volume 24, Issue 1)
In the reference book Trek Navigator: The Ultimate Guide to the Entire Trek Saga (p. 32), Edward Gross referred to the concept of the as a MacGuffin in .
While writing the Home Is the Hunter, author Dana Kramer-Rolls limited herself to including no MacGuffins to return the crew of the to their own time period. ()
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