Tropescilloscope: Foreshadowing

Vaguely hinting at upcoming events. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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