macguffin
A stupid object that makes people do stupid things just so they can look cool. It’s basically the reason you’re still watching this movie instead of going to sleep.
That MacGuffin was just a piece of paper. And it had a typo on it.
He died for a MacGuffin. It was just a USB drive. And it had a virus.
She gave up her soul for a MacGuffin. It was a key. A key to a storage unit. Which was full of old socks.