* A key plot point in the comedy Evolution involves nitrogen-based life forms, and using selenium-based shampoo to poison them ( with the bonus of a product placement for Head & Shoulders ).

Nevertheless, they found a readiness for critics to " seize upon " key statements and portray punctuated equilibrium, and exercises associated with it, such as public exhibitions, as a " Marxist plot ".

* My Sister's a Pop Star ( 2006 ), I'm SO Not a Pop Star ( 2008 ), and the third book in the series, My Life on TV ( 2010 ), by American author Kimberly Greene, use blog posts to move the plot along and introduce key changes in the protagonist's thinking.

* Gene therapy is an important plot key in the game Bioshock where the game contents refer to plasmids and splicers.

The smuggling of Malevich paintings out of Russia is a key to the plot line of writer Martin Cruz Smith's thriller Red Square.

* The short story " There is a Tide " begins by speaking of a metaphorical tide of fate which guides one's destiny, but the existence of literal tides on a planet in the story is a key to the plot.

In the children's book and movie, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a pair of red ruby slippers play a key role in the plot.

Moreover, The Patriot does not depict the American character Benjamin Martin as innocent of atrocities ; a key plot point revolves around the character Benjamin Martin's guilt over acts he engaged in, such as torturing, killing, and mutilating prisoners during the French and Indian War.

*" Revenge of the Lutefisk ", an episode of the animated series King of the Hill, uses the dish as a key plot device.

The dime is a key plot point in practically every story featuring Magica De Spell, a character invented by Carl Barks, as the main villain.

The publication in 1944 of the first in-depth study and analysis of Joyce's final text — A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake by mythologist Joseph Campbell and Henry Morton Robinson — tried to prove to a skeptical public that if the hidden key or " Monomyth " could be found, then the book could be read as a novel with characters, plot, and an internal coherence.

* The story of Philomel is a key plot element in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus.

Apart from being set in Wyoming and the fact that many of the characters have the names of key figures in the Johnson County War, the plot and the characters themselves have almost no relation to the actual historical people and events.

A key thread in the film's plot involves a " race defilement " trial known as the " Feldenstein case ".

Most of the later episodes were entitled " The Big _____ ", where the key word denoted a person or thing in the plot.

* In the Transformers spinoff Beast Wars, one of the discs is a key plot point that sets the series in motion.

A key plot element which emerges quickly as the story unfolds is the relatively static nature of the human societies in the various future centuries, and the repeated failure of space travel in all accessible centuries.

With the Battle of Neville's Cross ( 1346 ) being a key part of the plot.

Marijuana-spiked brownies are a key plot element.

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold misleads the reader, by changing a key plot element of its predecessor, Call for the Dead, wherein Hans-Dieter Mundt escaped capture by Smiley and Guillam and returned to East Germany.

* In chapter 10 of C. S. Forester's Hornblower and the Hotspur, the destruction of a French semaphore tower and a shore battery is a key plot point.

In an interview, McQuarrie talked about how the plot succeeded in one key respect ; despite the conspirators ' obvious failure to kill Hitler, one of their objectives was also for history to reflect that they tried so the world would know that not all of Germany or its military was sympathetic to Hitler.

Essex is often looked upon as a surprise appointment to his key treasury role, but, based on his experience in Ireland and his ability to go ' toe to toe ' with Danby on financial matters, it was in fact a sensible choice for Charles, and gave him the best option for balancing his financial options as the events leading to the Popish plot and Exclusion began to unfold.

A key plot element involves Uncle Scrooge losing his fortune stored in his money bin when the floor of the bin collapses and the contents fall into a seemingly bottomless pit.

To help avoid collision with terrain ( CFIT ), aircraft use systems such as ground-proximity warning systems ( GPWS ), which use radar altimeters as a key element.

In each step, the algorithm compares the input key value with the key value of the middle element of the array.

Otherwise, if the sought key is less than the middle element's key, then the algorithm repeats its action on the sub-array to the left of the middle element or, if the input key is greater, on the sub-array to the right.

It is also possible to bring class actions under state law, and in some cases the court may extend its jurisdiction to all the members of the class, including out of state ( or even internationally ) as the key element is the jurisdiction that the court has over the defendant.

: What Hubbard touts as a science of mind lacks one key element that is expected of a science: empirical testing of claims.

The illumination of the subject is also a key element in creating an artistic piece, and the interplay of light and shadow is a valuable method in the artist's toolbox.

Other scholars stress the omnipotence of the State ( with its consequent suspension of rights ) as the key element of a dictatorship and argue that such concentration of power can be legitimate or not depending on the circumstances, objectives and methods employed.

This concept became a key element of the meaning of " emperor " in the Byzantine and Orthodox east, but went out of favor with in the west with the rise of Roman Catholicism.

Marriage negotiations constituted a key element in Elizabeth's foreign policy.

It is a key element of the RSA algorithm, a public-key encryption method widely used in electronic commerce.

A key authoritarian element of fascism is its endorsement of a prime national leader, who is often known simply as the " Leader " or a similar title, such as Duce in Italian, Führer in German, Caudillo in Spanish, Poglavnik in Croatia, or Conducător in Romanian.

One key element is the Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme, which has advanced to a stage where large tracts of Asia and Africa have now been free of the cattle disease rinderpest for an extended period of time.

Education is a key element in explaining economic growth over time ( see growth accounting ).

The idea that the number of valences of a given element was invariant was a key component of Kekulé's version of structural chemistry.

Regional cooperation through various multilateral organizations is a key element in FSM's foreign policy.

The evacuation was a key element in the creation of the national conscience of Gibraltarians.

In Buddhism, Ai was seen as capable of being either selfish or selfless, the latter being a key element towards enlightenment.

Nonetheless, many of the provisions of the national pact were codified in the 1989 Ta ' if Agreement, perpetuating sectarianism as a key element of Lebanese political life.

The short story, " The Enchanted Buffalo ", claims to be a legend of a tribe of bison, and states that a key element made it into legends of Native American tribes.

The key element in laparoscopic surgery is the use of a laparoscope.

Regional cooperation, through membership in various regional and international organizations, is a key element in its foreign policy.

They were a key element in the success of the May Revolution, which deposed the Spanish viceroy and began the Argentine War of Independence.