- Infinity stones in Avengers series
- Mother Boxes in Justice league series
- Aries prototype in F9: The Fast Saga
- Project Starfish | The Suicide Squad (2021)
What's the first movie to use a prop to destroy/control an entire world?
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10To say nothing of the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.– James McLeodCommented Nov 7, 2021 at 11:56
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3If you don't like cartoons, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) has a robot that can destroy the Earth. I doubt it's the first such thing though.– N. VirgoCommented Nov 7, 2021 at 13:41
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3Bonus points if the object is beautiful, shiny, jolly, and/or candy-like.– Michael SeifertCommented Nov 7, 2021 at 15:14
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21I think "MacGuffin" would be a better term than "prop". "Prop" refers to the physical object used in the real world by the filmmakers to represent an in-universe object.– AcccumulationCommented Nov 7, 2021 at 18:08
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1Are you asking for a "prop which could control/destroy the word but was not used to so" or for a "prop which was used to destroy the world"?– MT0Commented Nov 8, 2021 at 1:09
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Some of the examples in your question are technically not "props", so I will answer what I think you're really trying to ask, rather than following the exact wording of the question.
In KoKo's Earth Control from 1928, the main characters find a "Control of Earth" booth. There are levers to control the entire world (weather, seasons and day/night cycle) or destroy it. Below, you can see Fitz the Dog inspecting the lever that destroys the world.
You can watch KoKo's Earth Control on YouTube (Warning: Flashing lights!)
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2technically not a "prop" not portable, not a physical representation.– JasenCommented Nov 8, 2021 at 4:21
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1@Jasen Some of the examples listed in the original question are not physical representations of portable objects. I answered my best interpretation of what he was really trying to ask, not just a literal reading of the title. Commented Nov 8, 2021 at 18:11
"...Tully and Will stumble across Dr. Alfred Kokintz (David Kossoff), whose invention of the Q Bomb – capable of destroying an entire continent – has prompted the defence drills. He has built a football-sized prototype of the unstable bomb, which Tully takes possession of."
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@RonJohn: The book makes it clear that the initial explosion of the quadium bomb would destroy a continent, give or take. But it would also have further side-effects, e.g. IIRC, a cloud of gas that would waft across the planet, killing everything in its wake. It was a doomsday device without question; no one wanted it to go off because it would mean the end of human life on Earth in short order. I can't say if the movie specifically covered that "extra helping of doom" though. Commented Nov 10, 2021 at 2:33
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Maybe I'm thinking of the Death Star when reading "destroy an entire world".– RonJohnCommented Nov 10, 2021 at 7:19