Tropescilloscope: Call-Forward

Referencing events already shown to the audience but that haven't happened yet chronologically. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Obfuscating Stupidity Very Loosely Based on a True Story Big Applesauce Greater-Scope Villain Evil vs. Evil The Lancer Visual Pun Drugs Are Bad Exact Words Cruel and Unusual Death Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Call-Forward Humans Are Bastards Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Dark Reprise Yandere Exactly What It Says on the Tin Big Bad Duumvirate Television Movie Index Bittersweet Ending The Voiceless Celebrity Paradox Love at First Sight Action Prologue Science Fiction Films Serious Business The Bad Guy Wins Babies Ever After Those Wacky Nazis Would Hit a Girl Pre-Mortem One-Liner Tagline The Film of the Book Mexican Standoff The Faceless Agony of the Feet Catapult Nightmare Never Trust a Trailer Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Peek-a-Boo Corpse Film Noir Index Throwing Your Sword Always Works What You Are in the Dark Plucky Comic Relief Gorn Double-Meaning Title A Date with Rosie Palms Guns Akimbo Not What It Looks Like The Ditz Knife Nut The Ghost Manipulative Bastard Hypocritical Humor Evil Is Hammy Arc Words Wrong Genre Savvy Amoral Attorney Back from the Dead Recycled IN SPACE! Missing Mom Works Set in World War II The End... Or Is It? Asshole Victim Brutal Honesty Chase Scene Facial Horror Dramatic Irony It Can Think Overprotective Dad Sequel Escalation A God Am I Camp Gay Dirty Coward Better to Die than Be Killed In Medias Res Grey and Gray Morality Gold Digger "Awesome McCool" Name "Shaggy Dog" Story Police Brutality Adults Are Useless Abusive Parents Malevolent Masked Men Room Full of Crazy Slasher Smile Taking the Bullet Early-Bird Cameo Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Artistic License – Physics Ascended Extra I Did What I Had to Do Ironic Echo Final Girl Not Even Bothering with the Accent Irony Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Flashback Imagine Spot Damsel in Distress Big Bad Fourth Date Marriage Took a Level in Badass This Is Gonna Suck Dissonant Serenity Darkest Hour Mind Screw For Want of a Nail Blood Knight Undying Loyalty Take a Third Option Sir Swears-a-Lot Stealth Hi/Bye Together in Death Implacable Man Film Noir Famous Last Words An Aesop The Stinger Kick the Dog Groin Attack After the End Adapted Out The Hero Dies Mr. Fanservice Outrun the Fireball Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Cassandra Truth Only One Name Light Is Not Good Brick Joke Public Domain Feature Films Papa Wolf Storming the Castle Retirony Rule of Symbolism Villain Ball "Well Done, Son!" Guy Index of Film Westerns Anguished Declaration of Love Artistic License – Military Establishing Character Moment Took a Level in Jerkass Alliterative Name Cool Old Guy Heterosexual Life-Partners May–December Romance Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Alpha Bitch Crazy Jealous Guy The Smart Guy Earn Your Happy Ending Spiteful Spit Wretched Hive Drives Like Crazy Psychological Thriller One-Word Title It's All About Me Kill 'em All The Un-Reveal Death Glare Henpecked Husband Epic Movie Expy Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Affectionate Parody Aluminum Christmas Trees Batman Gambit Conspicuous CG Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Anti-Hero Honor Before Reason Man on Fire Darker and Edgier BFG Bunny-Ears Lawyer Take That! Anachronism Stew Nothing Is Scarier Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Country Matters Intergenerational Friendship Rule of Funny Stock Footage Red Oni, Blue Oni Sci-Fi Horror Jerkass Deus ex Machina Cool Guns You Killed My Father Grievous Bottley Harm Big Fancy House Card-Carrying Villain Put on a Bus Actor Allusion Adaptational Villainy Death by Sex Cain and Abel Closed Circle Australian Movies Military and Warfare Films No Name Given Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Sexy Discretion Shot Domestic Abuse Leaning on the Fourth Wall Death by Irony No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Karma Houdini Becoming the Mask Heel–Face Turn Lampshade Hanging Deliberately Monochrome Scare Chord The Chick World of Ham The Hero Hypocrite Dwindling Party Would Hurt a Child Badass Bookworm Bloody Hilarious Annoying Younger Sibling Defiant to the End And I Must Scream Bloodier and Gorier The Quiet One Interrupted Suicide Broken Bird Sanity Slippage The '90s Eagleland Same Language Dub Killed Mid-Sentence Empathic Environment Framing Device Pragmatic Villainy The '60s Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Silent Movie Author Avatar Meaningful Echo French Films Happily Married The Cameo Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Market-Based Title Fingore Accidental Misnaming No Antagonist Face–Heel Turn Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Arranged Marriage Gainax Ending Enemy Mine As Himself Naked People Are Funny Chewing the Scenery Police are Useless Good Is Not Nice Sequel Hook Break the Haughty The Great Depression Manchild Bait-and-Switch Dark Is Not Evil Gilligan Cut Dutch Angle The X of Y Punny Name Belligerent Sexual Tension Awesome, but Impractical Disney Villain Death Bullying a Dragon Fish out of Water Bald of Evil Shoot the Shaggy Dog The Remake Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Red Shirt Worthy Opponent Redshirt Army Never My Fault Dumb Blonde Black Best Friend Blackmail I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Boom, Headshot! Show Within a Show Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Jitter Cam Left the Background Music On Parental Neglect Riddle for the Ages Mugging the Monster Breaking the Fourth Wall Fun with Acronyms Make It Look Like an Accident Historical In-Joke Crapsack World Dramedy Brother–Sister Incest Amusing Injuries Cool Shades Once More, with Clarity! Real Life Writes the Plot Disappeared Dad Ms. Fanservice Captain Ersatz Disproportionate Retribution Refuge in Audacity Beware the Nice Ones Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Pay Evil unto Evil The Ace Documentary Be Careful What You Wish For Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique In Name Only Butt-Monkey Pretty in Mink Playing Gertrude Up to Eleven Dark Action Girl Face Death with Dignity Victoria's Secret Compartment Action Girl Chekhov's Gunman Obstructive Bureaucrat Psychopathic Manchild Anachronic Order Not So Stoic Token Minority Film Series Dropped a Bridge on Him Poor Communication Kills Improbable Weapon User Japanese Films Adult Fear Creator Cameo Bilingual Bonus The Sociopath Continuity Nod folderlabel Big Eater Dying Moment of Awesome Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Mundane Made Awesome Cool Car As You Know No Ending Trailers Always Spoil Unwitting Instigator of Doom Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Armor-Piercing Question Mythology Gag Hoist by His Own Petard You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Faux Affably Evil Major Injury Underreaction Cloudcuckoolander Slasher Movie I Need a Freaking Drink The Starscream Deliberate Values Dissonance Mood Whiplash Depraved Bisexual Villain Protagonist Biopic An Arm and a Leg Eldritch Abomination Ominous Latin Chanting Humiliation Conga Vomit Discretion Shot Gone Horribly Right Freeze-Frame Bonus All Girls Want Bad Boys Even Evil Has Loved Ones Bond Villain Stupidity Ripped from the Headlines Sassy Black Woman What Happened to the Mouse? My Greatest Failure Vitriolic Best Buds Evil Brit Video Credits Leave the Camera Running The Load Jerk with a Heart of Gold Silence Is Golden Mad Scientist Genre Throwback Ambiguous Ending The Lost Lenore Body Horror Mistaken for Gay Berserk Button Insistent Terminology Destination Defenestration Covers Always Lie Only Sane Man Paper-Thin Disguise Rousing Speech Black Comedy Bi the Way Fantasy Films Shipper on Deck Hope Spot Suspiciously Specific Denial And Starring Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Nice Guy Wicked Cultured Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Woman Scorned Four-Temperament Ensemble Almost Kiss Death Seeker Villain Song Bolivian Army Ending Wham Line Frame-Up Thriller My God, What Have I Done? Revenge Dirty Cop Big Brother Instinct Retired Badass Your Head A-Splode Roger Ebert: Great Movies List There Is No Kill Like Overkill Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Bloodless Carnage Attempted Rape Sacrificial Lion All Just a Dream For the Evulz Idiot Ball Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Unusually Uninteresting Sight Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Animal Title Index Even Evil Has Standards Mighty Whitey Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Developing Doomed Characters Antagonist Title Posthumous Character Fan Disservice Whole Plot Reference Male Gaze Let's Get Dangerous! Made of Iron Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Reckless Gun Usage Evil Laugh No Celebrities Were Harmed Ungrateful Bastard Extremely Short Timespan Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Fake Shemp Didn't Think This Through Ax-Crazy Made of Explodium Those Two Guys Early Installment Weirdness Deadpan Snarker Mooks Twist Ending Canon Foreigner Broken Aesop Plot Hole Award-Bait Song The Mole Jerkass Has a Point Not So Different Does This Remind You of Anything? Beard of Evil Blood from the Mouth Heroic Sacrifice Foregone Conclusion Instant Death Bullet The Oner Bare Your Midriff Unresolved Sexual Tension Cool Old Lady Hidden Depths Motor Mouth The Alcoholic Loophole Abuse Monumental Damage The '50s Chiaroscuro Scenery Porn Unspoken Plan Guarantee The Stoic Manly Tears Insult Backfire Foreshadowing Loads and Loads of Characters Failed a Spot Check Hair-Trigger Temper Funny Foreigner Adaptation Dye-Job Auto Erotica Does Not Like Shoes Air-Vent Passageway Dressing as the Enemy Casting Gag Totally Radical Alas, Poor Villain Homage How We Got Here Knight Templar Random Events Plot Kubrick Stare Heroes Want Redheads Non-Indicative Name Flipping the Bird Faking the Dead Red Herring Action Genre Kill It with Fire Tempting Fate Did Not Get the Girl Shower Scene Artistic License – Gun Safety Sports Stories Informed Ability Bavarian Fire Drill Suddenly SHOUTING! Zombie Stories Mercy Kill Downer Ending Ambiguously Gay timeperiod Ghost Fiction Maybe Ever After Genre Savvy Moment Killer Evil Counterpart Freudian Excuse She's Got Legs Time Skip Running Gag War Is Hell One-Man Army Chekhov's Gun Race Lift Ass Shove Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Decoy Protagonist Death of a Child Fanservice Off with His Head! Pragmatic Adaptation Stylistic Suck More Dakka Demoted to Extra Well-Intentioned Extremist The Place It's Personal A Minor Kidroduction "The Reason You Suck" Speech What the Hell, Hero? Shown Their Work Naïve Newcomer Badass Longcoat The Dragon Adaptation Distillation Small Name, Big Ego Daddy's Girl Soundtrack Dissonance Green-Eyed Monster N-Word Privileges Neck Snap Roaring Rampage of Revenge Historical Hero Upgrade Pet the Dog Too Dumb to Live B-Movie From Nobody to Nightmare Protagonist Title The Mafia The Power of Love The Casanova Cluster F-Bomb Horror Films You Have Failed Me Determinator aka: The Determinator Despair Event Horizon Fainting Anyone Can Die Arch-Enemy Straight Gay The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Logo Joke Coming-of-Age Story Race Against the Clock A Father to His Men Karmic Death Kick the Son of a Bitch He Knows Too Much Bring My Brown Pants Only Known by Their Nickname The Chessmaster Romantic False Lead Hong Kong Films And the Adventure Continues Book-Ends NO INDOOR VOICE Never Found the Body Suspiciously Similar Substitute Fiery Redhead Handicapped Badass Spanner in the Works I Have Your Wife Serial Killer Gender Flip Captain Obvious Epic Fail Badass Grandpa Spared by the Adaptation The Vamp Credits Gag Deconstruction Costume Porn Curb-Stomp Battle Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Genre Shift The Stoner Only in It for the Money Broken Pedestal Scary Black Man Evil-Detecting Dog She Cleans Up Nicely Real Life Combat Pragmatist Word of God Accidental Murder Fat Bastard Stepford Smiler Bad Boss Blatant Lies 20 Minutes into the Future Beauty Is Never Tarnished Large Ham Brainless Beauty Heroic BSoD Shell-Shocked Veteran Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Dual Wielding Needs Wiki Magic Love Music Stories Rasputinian Death Dramatic Gun Cock Creative Closing Credits Gory Discretion Shot Skewed Priorities Funny Background Event Vomit Indiscretion Shot Toplessness from the Back Sealed Evil in a Can Horror Comedy Superhero Villain Opening Scene Improvised Weapon Slashed Throat Punch-Clock Villain Really Gets Around Reality Ensues Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Beta Couple Bond One-Liner Bury Your Gays Cat Scare La Résistance Noodle Incident Stealth Pun Wham Shot Artistic License – Law Off-into-the-Distance Ending Stalker with a Crush Age Lift Historical-Domain Character Villainous Breakdown Romantic Comedy Meaningful Background Event Soft Glass Bad "Bad Acting" Contrived Coincidence Bowdlerise Evil Plan Offscreen Moment of Awesome Not Quite Dead Adaptation Name Change Reasonable Authority Figure Crazy-Prepared Morality Pet Oh, Crap! Nice Hat Important Haircut Hollywood Law Guile Hero Italian Films Fanservice Extra Action Survivor Sole Survivor Character Development Manic Pixie Dream Girl Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Five-Man Band Our Vampires Are Different The '80s All Men Are Perverts Retcon The Big Guy Hero Antagonist Pimped-Out Dress Historical Villain Upgrade No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Daylight Horror Artistic License – Geography Mystery and Detective Films Extreme Doormat Taking You with Me From Bad to Worse Eyepatch of Power Hell Is That Noise Jump Scare Eiffel Tower Effect Adaptational Heroism Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Calling the Old Man Out Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Drill Sergeant Nasty Offscreen Teleportation Author Appeal Artistic License – Biology Laser-Guided Karma German Films Friend to All Children Fatal Family Photo Corrupt Corporate Executive Aside Glance Laughing Mad Everyone Has Standards One Steve Limit Shut Up, Hannibal! Tap on the Head No OSHA Compliance The Reveal Car Fu Line-of-Sight Name Translation Convention Properly Paranoid Artistic License – History In the Back All for Nothing Red Right Hand Shirtless Scene Bland-Name Product Central Theme Those Two Bad Guys Evil Sounds Deep Affably Evil Psycho for Hire Apocalypse How Children Are Innocent Cowboy Cop An Axe to Grind Mama Bear Re-Cut Badass Normal Bottomless Magazines Slap-Slap-Kiss Canadian Movies As the Good Book Says... Parental Substitute Anti-Villain Cat Fight Eye Scream Madness Mantra Hero of Another Story Expository Hairstyle Change Adorkable Badass in a Nice Suit The Dreaded Spell My Name with an "S" Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Advertised Extra Have a Gay Old Time Foil Truth in Television Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Based on a True Story Black Dude Dies First Politically Incorrect Villain Rule of Three Leitmotif Russian Films Last-Name Basis Scenery Gorn Immune to Bullets Creepy Child Animal Motifs Get Out! Betty and Veronica Comically Missing the Point The Bully Due to the Dead Spiritual Successor Evil Is Petty Dirty Old Man Distracted by the Sexy Badass Boast True Companions Diabolus ex Machina Parental Abandonment Villain with Good Publicity O.O.C. Is Serious Business Kids Are Cruel The Dog Bites Back My Beloved Smother Danny Peary Cult Movies List Driven to Suicide Half the Man He Used to Be Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Bound and Gagged Femme Fatale Rule of Cool Dull Surprise Vacation Films Big-Bad Ensemble Drowning My Sorrows Training Montage Narrator Novelization A.I. Is a Crapshoot All There in the Script It Will Never Catch On Male Frontal Nudity Dogged Nice Guy The Cavalry Authority Equals Asskicking Tranquil Fury Stuff Blowing Up Big Damn Heroes Dies Wide Open Woman in White Shout-Out No-Sell "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Determinator Mr. Exposition Precision F-Strike Hooker with a Heart of Gold MacGuffin Adaptation Expansion Fire-Forged Friends Sadistic Choice Getting Crap Past the Radar Heel Realization Married to the Job Adaptational Attractiveness Not So Above It All Break the Cutie I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Composite Character All There in the Manual Only a Flesh Wound Corpsing Animated Credits Opening Red Eyes, Take Warning Wounded Gazelle Gambit Black and Gray Morality Deal with the Devil Big "NO!" Curse Cut Short Catch-Phrase Bar Brawl Product Placement Names to Run Away from Really Fast Pyrrhic Victory Improbable Aiming Skills Chekhov's Skill Call-Back Abhorrent Admirer Rich Bitch Redemption Equals Death Rewatch Bonus Our Zombies Are Different Demonic Possession Sinister Minister Hate Sink Unreliable Narrator Department of Redundancy Department Cold-Blooded Torture Fatal Flaw Crucified Hero Shot Adaptational Badass '80s Hair Super Strength Rape as Drama Neck Lift The Brute He Who Fights Monsters Unusual Euphemism Smug Snake Star-Crossed Lovers Obviously Evil Match Cut Christmas Movies Index Say My Name Camera Abuse The Atoner Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Pretty Little Headshots Not Using the "Z" Word Fantastic Racism Disguised in Drag Lighter and Softer Meet Cute Hollywood Darkness Meaningful Name Intrepid Reporter As Long as It Sounds Foreign Parental Incest I'm a Humanitarian Rated M for Manly Setting Update Disney Death The Smurfette Principle Title Drop Martial Arts Movie Older Than They Look Self-Deprecation Vampire Fiction Ship Tease Fate Worse than Death Black Comedy Rape Reality Is Unrealistic Gratuitous English Men Are the Expendable Gender Insane Troll Logic Smoking Is Cool Overly Long Gag Ambiguous Disorder The Alleged Car Your Cheating Heart Here We Go Again! Dark and Troubled Past Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Jerk Jock The Musical Every Car Is a Pinto British Films Love Triangle Reality Has No Subtitles Double Entendre The '70s Death by Adaptation Actually Pretty Funny Eureka Moment Easily Forgiven Lock and Load Montage Defrosting Ice Queen