Tropescilloscope: Foreshadowing

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

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