The Past Reveals the Future: 14 Fab Examples of Foreshadowing in the MCU
![The Past Reveals the Future: 14 Fab Examples of Foreshadowing in the MCU](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/0/783130_320x180.jpg)
In case you haven't noticed, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is pretty good at foreshadowing. Like, really good. So much so that sometimes fans can predict the plot points of upcoming movies years in advance. In fact, some foreshadowing in the MCU is so subtle that only eagle-eyed viewers catch it. Here are some of the best examples of MCU foreshadowing! (Psst, don't read if you're not caught up on all the movies!)
Do you like getting hints about what's going to happen in future movies before they come out? Of course, you do! Lucky for you the Marvel Cinematic Universe is FULL of foreshadowing. Check out these examples to see what we mean. Warning: Spoilers ahead!
One of the most crucial parts of Marvel movies is laying the groundwork for future Marvel movies. Here are 14 times filmmakers hinted at what was coming next. Excited, right? Bring your most delicious food items and snack-like objects because you are not going to want to leave this tab any time soon…
![AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Everyone creates the thing they dread, says Ultron. People create children. Designed to supplant them, to help them end. So surely he could have guessed that the Vision he created would destroy him and take his place? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/3/783143.jpg)
![THE WOLVERINE/LOGAN Before Logan dies in Logan, Yukio forecast his demise two movies earlier in The Wolverine. I see you on your back, there's blood everywhere. You're holding your own heart in your hand. It's not beating. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/5/783145.jpg)
![SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Before Olivia Octavius is revealed to BE Dr. Octopus, we get visual foreshadowing with her octagon- shaped glasses and office lights. Of course, the name was also a hint. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/0/783140.jpg)
![CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER Bucky leads Steve away from a fight and Steve asks Where we going? Bucky's reply: The future. They had no idea. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/1/783141.jpg)
![THOR: RAGNOROK An Asgardian mural lies in ruins, with an ominous crack running through Thor's right eye. The image foreshadows the very real injury the God of Thunder would soon suffer. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/4/783144.jpg)
![CAPTAIN AMERICA WINTER SOLDIER Who is Zola's algorithm targeting? Any threat to HYDRA, says Agent Sitwell. That includes Captain America, Bruce Banner ... and Stephen Strange. Welcome to the MCU, Master of the Mystic Arts. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/6/783146.jpg)
![GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Yondu was hired to deliver Peter Quill to his father, but the Ravager decides to keep him aboard his ship instead. Yondu gets a laugh when he calls Quill's dad a jackass, but the line proves true in Guardians 2. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/8/783138.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON No Avenger can lift Thor's hammer, though Thor looks concerned when Steve appears to give it a nudge. The moment foreshadow's Cap's worthiness to wield the hammer in Avengers: Endgame.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/3/783133.jpg)
![SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Spider-Man questions Aaron Davis, a dude who wants his nephew to grow up safe. His nephew? None other than Miles Morales, the Ultimate Universe Spidey. We also get a peek at Miles' mask in the end credits. Let's go! CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/7/783137.jpg)
![IRON MAN When Tony Stark finds Obadiah Stane at his piano, the older man is playing a selection by Salieri. You know, the bitter old rival who killed talented upstart Amadeus out of jealousy? Sound familiar? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/9/783139.jpg)
![IRON MAN 2 Rhodey looks wistfully at spare Iron Man armor and sighs, Next time, baby! The character would get his chance to suit up in Iron Man 2, although this time he'd look an awful lot like Don Cheadle. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/2/783142.jpg)
![IRON MAN 2 As Tony Stark and Nick Fury discuss the Avengers Initiative, a digital map behind Stark highlights a circled location in Africa. That's Wakanda, folks, a full six years before Black Panther leaped into the MCU. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/6/783136.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM AVENGERS You're not the guy to make the sacrifice play, Cap tells Tony. There it was, setting up the ending to Avengers: Endgame, right at the beginning. Well done, MCU.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/5/783135.jpg)
![ANT-MAN Ant-Man shrinks and enters the mind-blowing Quantum Realm, flying past several strange sights including the silhouette of a woman... with wings? We'd meet her in Ant-Man and the Wasp as Janet Van Dyne. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/4/783134.jpg)