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"Oda foreshadowed so many elements right under our eyes."
"The relationship between Ymir and Eren was highlighted to be an important foreshadowing."
"You're gonna make a heck of a villain someday."
"Fortnite just can't stop with the foreshadowing; entire seasons before Nick Fury came to the shop, players discovered an eyepatch in the bridge of the helicarrier."
"She doesn't know it, but Melissa will be a murderer in 10 minutes."
"A truly effective twist is prepared with appropriate foreshadowing."
"They set up the dance in cap 1. They said, 'Oh, just not knowing who he is.'"
"I'm not the one to fear, Prime. There is a Darkness coming."
"Prominent shot where the George Washington Bridge appears." - A foreshadowing of events to come, drawing from the comics' tragic history.
"A prominently placed photo of a rhinoceros." - A subtle tease for future villains, expanding the universe.
"We are all dead." - Heimdall's warning in Thor's Vision hints at the dire consequences of their actions.
"You may want to make the most of it because plot points and dialogue from an as yet unplayable BFA dungeon suggests that this bustling port town might be about to get hit pretty hard..."
"There is a massive battle looming over the horizon."
"It's the cult, they're busy preparing some Kool-Aid."
"Foreshadowing means when the writers give you hints or clues about what's going to happen in the future."
"The Mushroom Kingdom was at peace again, but not for long."
"Gravity Falls fans believe that there were several elements foreshadowing Stan's death."
"That foreshadowing in the beginning of the chapter very nicely done he set it up in the beginning he's like I know that face from somewhere where do I know him."
"It could be argued, though, that Qui-Gon may have also known where things were going. At least he did a damn good job of foreshadowing the future when he said what is perhaps one of the most memed lines in the entire franchise."
"It feels like the end of the movie is just the tip of the demonic iceberg."
"Having foreshadowing and character buildup makes the story better."
"Dark Side is not finished with Earth, there's a war coming."
"This potential divide among the more conservative justices could be powerful foreshadowing for what may play out next year."
"That's definitely got to be foreshadowing of something to come."
"The cut scene does a really decent job at foreshadowing what's about to come later in the game."
"The Blade Itself tells you a lot and certainly matches the tone of the story you're about to read."
"There's going to be scenes like this, this is like a precursor and a lot of ways to what could happen."
"Something wicked this way comes." - Cletus Cassidy
"One of the best twist tactics is disguising foreshadowing as something else."
"Her departure was one of the series of events that laid the foundation for Anakin's transformation into Darth Vader."
"Saruman's entry to the story and turning to evil are foreshadowed in an early conversation between Gandalf and Frodo."
"The entire thing that happened then was a harbinger, a warning of things to come later."
"Big hints, future plot threads, and returning characters."
"One thing Halloween Ends does really well is foreshadowing, which makes it a joy to watch for your second and third viewing."
"Final Fantasy 10 likes to sprinkle in clues of things to come."
"Now that is foreshadowing if ever I've seen it."
"This could have been a major hint that the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror will soon be making an appearance."
"It's not going to end well for Hunden, I don't think, and I think we'll be talking about him in the past tense in the next six months."
"White offers Spinel a solution to his problems that I believe is also foreshadowing."
"Every little thing that happens is like a setup for later."
"It's kind of like foreshadowing and anime reference if you know what I mean."
"When you read the Old Testament, realize these stories aren't just there because God thinks it's a good story. The entire purpose is to foreshadow and prophesy Jesus, his return, his people, the kingdom—everything in Christ is in the Old Testament."
"Are you questioning me? It seems like a pretty aggressive turn for Omni-Man to go from loving to abusive in like 20 minutes, but foreshadowing has to foreshadow, I guess."
"Juju's jersey was hanging behind the fantasy Reaper, a foreshadowing of things to come."
"He would put out these mysterious messages like 'The day of death shall come upon Keen.'"
"Goldberg being the incredible composer that he was might have used those little bits of percussion to foreshadow..."
"It's a bit of a red flag right, and I think we immediately see that red flag being played out in Galadriel."
"Simplify your vision board. It's much more effective than really complex and intricate vision boards."
"Every time I reread it, I still pick up on things that I might have missed before, like the amount of foreshadowing, there is a lot, just jam-packed in it."
"Rick is gonna kill him maybe not today or tomorrow but he's gonna do it."
"Rick's future deaths include him getting smashed by two tree trunks which I should have known when this happened it's a nod to Return of the Jedi."
"There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind does never blow on England."
"Wano storyline foreshadows major aspects of the entire story of One Piece."
"I believed that this was a foreshadow what's coming."
"Although the timing and the magnitude of what happened may have been shocking, the fact that Dany has it within her to at least contemplate burning a city full of innocent civilians to the ground should not have been a surprise to us."
"The fight scene with Doomsday was spectacular, but planting a seed earlier to foreshadow his arrival could have increased the sense of dread and danger."
"Everything we see in this opening tank is foreshadowing everything that happens later in the movie."
"I love how they foreshadowed this in the first movie by having the spider glitch because it was in the wrong reality."
"Nothing but a god can stand in your way: the ominous foreshadowing."
"There's always an opportunity for the players to learn something about the monster... there's always an opportunity to foreshadow."
"Link's tree drawing: a subtle foreshadowing of the final battle."
"Generation 2 Pokemon Gold and Silver were hinted at two years before it was released when the Pokemon Ho-Oh made an appearance in the anime..."
"Whenever we don't get an answer to something that's so obvious, it's clear foreshadowing from Oda."
"He is far more important than you realize for another reason."
"The shift to a tightly focused skirmish that's more tactically sound than... this is major foreshadowing for what's to come."
"Remember what we're seeing is foreshadowing and mirroring of what is about to come."
"The Dharma wheel was constantly foreshadowed."
"It's amazing how Oda can leave little seeds of information in the past and how those seeds can bud and bloom in the future."
"Everything we're seeing right now is just a prelude to that future craziness."
"From the beginning you know the end. This was the tagline for Halo Reach and had told us everything about Bungie's intent."
"We usually see scenes like this before natural disasters."
"Aaron knew Sasha would die since he kissed Historia's hand and he laughed when she died 'cause he knew it was going to happen."
"Big big potential death flags happening here."
"I don't blame you for being mad, Matt. I don't blame you for being mad. And before it's over, you're going to have a lot more to be angry about."
"Not the little foreshadowing that's happening."
"The creep who originally gave Randy the Nomicon hints at the Ninja's future challenges."
"Foreshadowing is a literary technique in fiction and drama wherein the author gives us some hints about what is going to happen later in the story."
"I think the first border scene was a prelude of what's to come."
"The big reveal is incredibly obvious once you know it thanks to some superb foreshadowing and hints placed along the way."
"If you do your job well as a writer, that means that upcoming twists and turns are foreshadowed."
"Keep in mind how this place looks we might be seeing it again later on in the story."
"Plot twists: when a revelation hits and you suddenly realize the foreshadowing that was there all along."
"Magic is always a beautiful sign. That's just kind of foreshadowing for the rest of this video."
"There was some symbolic foreshadowing of how the rest of this story is going to go in the wedding."
"Tagashi has dripped in enough subtle hints to paint a beautifully foreshadowed picture."
"Reflecting on the meaning of the lyrics years later, Ray Manzarek said, 'It's a hint, it's a foreshadowing. It's Jim's unconscious telling us all, and maybe telling him, the last one, but your life will never end.'"
"That final shot of Colt, Gabby, and Falco running towards Zeke. Oh, man, that has tragedy written all over it, doesn't it?"
"If you think about it, seeing Roman Reigns walk a different path from Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins actually foreshadows how he becomes the most successful of the trio."
"...predictive programming is defined as storylines or even subtle images that in retrospect seem to hint at events that actually end up happening in the real world."
"This moment just foreshadowed the exact way Brock Lesnar conquers the Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania in 12 years."
"A new shadow arises in the east. It is no tyranny of evil men as your son believes, but a servant of Morgoth is stirring, and evil things wake again."
"The Ides of March are come, Caesar, but not gone."
"There's a storm coming, Mr. Wayne. You and your friends better batten down the hatches, because when it hits, you're all gonna wonder how you ever thought you could live so large and leave so little for the rest of us."
"Another major emergence is coming, something much bigger than 'G-Day'."
"These are not secrets; they're more like cool pieces of foreshadowing."
"What if all of this is foreshadowing something even bigger in the grand scheme of the show?"
"Giving hints and promising that you will answer that 'why' later in the series can be very compelling for readers."
"All those feasts were a series of reminders... all of those things foreshadowed Jesus."
"Even years before Katniss and the mockingjay, Snow's need for control was already sowing the seeds of rebellion."
"He lights a cigar at the corner of the room as a shot of the ocean appears with waves crashing on the shore, signaling that the sea, the ocean which is Sal's resting place, is not calm."
"What was that for? You'll see soon enough."
"...a storm the likes of which the galaxy has never seen."
"Interesting that he calls her the hypocrite. Having seen this before, I get the luxury of kind of understanding any of the foreshadowing later."
"It's been established in this first episode that it's gonna play a major part."
"This movie is simply expert at taking us through the whole house and showing the props that Kevin will later use, like the mannequin parts."
"Congratulations. Now this may be a sign of things to come."
"It contains signs of what will come."
"It's these moments, it's these small little panels, these small little segments, these stories that don't seem wildly interesting that become important later on down the line."
"The movie ends with Sidious overseeing the clone army, hinting at the rise of the Empire."
"John Carpenter knows what he's doing. Foreshadowing is an element that is in all of his movies."
"Small foreshadowing moments make multiple watches that much more rewarding."
"AOT has some of the best foreshadowing in all of anime."
"They act as a way to foreshadow things in a meta sense."
"It's just in case you in case you didn't catch that very subtle reference to like hey he's going to murder you in the future yeah the ham fisted for sure."
"Jojen paste: That's an old theory but what I found was a bunch of wordplay foreshadowing."
"Old Nan foreshadows truths in her fantastical tales."
"Luckily for us, though, Martin is quite the clever writer and he's thoughtfully hidden clues about the Others all throughout the story for us to find."
"Paul's vision of seeing a grown Ana Taylor Joy... her coming is going to be a really major moment."
"Chapter 146 did a whole lot more than just tell us that the Death Devil is on the way."
"It's definitely one of the best foreshadowed mysteries in a show that's completely unpredictable yet makes complete sense, leaving viewers incredibly surprised and shocked upon realizing the truth."
"Jack Delroy's greatest sacrifice is yet to come."
"Melchisedec's dual role as king and priest foreshadows the greater priesthood to come ultimately fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ."
"Through understanding Melkisedek as a priest of God most high, we see how important he is in the Bible and how he shows us what Jesus would later do."
"This is a really, really tight story that everything they kind of plant seeds for in the beginning come back in the end."
"Now, Ruby's death was not only planned but telegraphed across seasons."
"All things considered, sound design was great. I love all of the little seeds that were planted early like mini check offs guns."
"The fact her weapon is found in the Ever After and the last story she reads to Ruby and yang was the girl who fell through the world implies that she has some interaction with the Ever After."
"Everything about Ocean's eleven is so intricate and smart. There's a ton of foreshadowing, both big and small."
"You know, these violent delights have violent ends."
"Now watching it a second time you get to see how all of their deaths are almost foreshadowed."
"Nothing seemed out of the ordinary when she set sail, but she would never make it to New York."
"And Mahito being super dead is going to really come into play later - you know, because of Shibuya."
"A pregnant Seraph carrying a part of Empire out there somewhere that will have to lead to something."
"For the most part, I think Kubo totally nailed it with Yhwach's character. Sure, a little more foreshadowing to his existence might have been nice, but generally speaking, he was everything he needed to be and more."
"One of you will betray Me. One of you who is eating with Me."
"The School Festival Arc sets up Deku's character big time for the future battle with Shigaraki."
"It's smart storytelling giving you the answers from the very beginning without you actually knowing it."
"So he basically kind of also going along with Doflamingo's bird cage, so this is the foreshadowing for that because that's basically what his ordeal is."
"Bruh, the amount of death flags this guy got is unholy."
"This was not a prediction, this was a spoiler."
"This is called subtlety and it means the writers are concerned that the audience won't believe an upcoming event in the show."
"This is one of those moments that Oda throws in that's really silly that ends up foreshadowing and meaning a lot in the grand scheme of things."
"Chcekov's butterfly. You don't introduce it earlier in the piece if you don't have some payoff."
"I feel like this is how a horror movie starts."
"It felt like such a foreshadowing about her later."
"Time travel had been foreshadowed multiple times."
"It's horrible, she said, horrible. You said so, you foresaw it - murder."
"The prologues of books six through ten are Gavilar's death again, but it's on Braize dying the second time."
"This first cold open teases Walt's backyard with an uneasy silence followed by sirens in the background."
"Alright, if before Jenny should have at least been a little suspicious then Cleo here is the first person who should have really seen this coming."
"Re-watching the show was fascinating as you start catching little things being set up to be paid off in future Seasons."
"The fates meant us to hate each other, sort of a foreshadow of what was going to happen."
"It's like, whenever you see an orange in the film, it means someone's gonna die or something."
"Long before a Xenogear story becomes a manic hell ride you constantly feel like something much larger is going on."
"Fans of the series might have been too preoccupied with the action that was beginning to ramp up at the time, but the seeds for the Rebel Alliance were also already being sown in the background."
"It's just so cleverly done, like from the beginning it's setting up for the end."
"The scenes of Saul meeting Mr. Mayhew and later being kidnapped are both Kino with random throwaway lines turning into key characters years down the road."
"The truth is Oda actually showed us from the very beginning of the story where Zoro's character arc will develop."
"Cedric di's death was meant to be a sort of Icebreaker of a death a telling of what was to come."
"Nothing about his character hints at the fact he was going to be a villain."
"...many of which eventually paid off like data's fascination with Sherlock Holmes the introduction of lore foreshadowing the Borg and stories involving both the Klingons and the romulans."
"Dumbledore knows that Voldemort has not gone for good, he's already setting up for Voldemort's return."
"It's almost like our author hangs a giant sign about Jon's future in the sky when he's north of the wall and observing the dawn."
"Jon Snow is an even more important echo of Azor Ahai, of course. And George has called Beric's fire-white status foreshadowing for Jon Snow's eventual resurrection."
"He comes out, flicks the toothpick, and you go, he doesn't know that he's going to be Razor Ramon."
"Another great example of shots that foreshadow Danny in imminent danger and murder about to happen."
"Seeing Dobby pick up a dirty old sock of Harry's is a great way of foreshadowing what will occur at the end of the film."
"Bran did two things in that season that seemed small and insignificant at the time and they turned into tsunamis afterwards."
"There is something hidden down there and it's going to be an important part of the endgame of our story."
"Tony Stark falling down the path of becoming the guy that's eventually going to lead to this Helen robot losing its mind."
"... I think even just the fact that something like the Gaon Cannon exists and is completely unique to the Straw Hats' ship could be a bit of a preview into the upgrade into Pluton's ship."
"This smile coupled with what she said when they discussed the death card should lead you to the conclusion that Lyla is baiting you into killing William."
"The beginning of Order 66 and what we know will happen to Ahsoka."
"Speaking of true potential using Cole as foreshadowing for Sora was wonderful."
"Wow, what a foreshadowing that was."
"Yet an invisible Shadow lurked over them as they spoke with footsteps far beyond the land foreshadowing a Sinister presence."
"The victory, though significant, was a harbinger of darker days to come."
"He died he just died yep saw that coming that had to happen though somebody had to die Steve and we've lost."
"The display HUD serve as KN foreshadowing to the climax."
"Harry's interest in 'Curses and Counter-Curses' foreshadows his affinity for Defense Against the Dark Arts."
"...you see this like little evolution of her character take place over the course of their trip to Kaya's mansion and this is something that never happens in the original manga but it's brilliant it's such good foreshadowing for her character."
"It's almost like he keeps whispering to the reader hey just so you know there's this thing called an afterlife in this story that I'm telling and it might turn out to be relevant to the ending."
"I think she's planning something."
"'Although she didn't say anything, the Browns' housekeeper also had the feeling that she was witnessing the quiet before the storm.'"
"Every scene, every line is explaining something or foreshadowing."
"No flash photography, now listen that might be years and years attached from high school but in the literary world we call that foreshadowing."
"It gives you great ammo for foreshadowing."
"A big sign of things to come on the horizon."
"Something evil or terrible is coming."
"it's a phenomenal piece of foreshadowing as to the links he'll go to to try and save Clara or bring her back"
"This story finishes in 1945 and people who have read the Potter books will know what happens in 1945 and why that's where we're heading."
"So I kind of like that Kubo already dropping hints that Hashwolf maybe feels almost even a little indebted to Yuhar Bach and perhaps is not totally on board with it, but will go with Basby for the time being."
"The Prophet's encounter with other prophets in the heavens foreshadowed events in his own life."
"This was a hint and a foreshadow that Messiah would come into the world supernaturally."
"You don't show a gun in act one if you don't use it."
"This is what we call in the biz kids, foreshadowing."
"You'll be the death of us one day," the driver muttered to himself, "one day."
"Love that nice foreshadowing at the green five showing that he would be the fifth ninja of the team."
"...he tells jimmy to listen and just shut up. Mike explains how this man has other things on his mind, meaning Gus, and how he's not thinking about Jimmy. Might then say, 'Lalo Salamanca is going to die tonight. This time tomorrow, it'll be done.'"
"The Bible contains so many figures and events that foreshadow or typify Jesus himself, literally from Genesis to Revelations."