30 Ace Instances of Movie and TV Foreshadowing

There’s a reason why that big plot twist didn't surprise you
30 Ace Instances of Movie and TV Foreshadowing

You know that movie or show plot that caught you off-guard? It's possible that it shouldn't have. Movie and showrunners love to litter their work with all kinds of sneaky clues about what's coming up. It's called foreshadowing, and we asked our readers to show us the cleverest examples they could find. Our favorite is below, but first, the runners-up:

GAME OF The very first time HRONES we meet Daenerys in the first episode... she goes to get into the bath, and is frantically followed by her servant
30 Ace Instances of Movie and TV Foreshadowing
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES The photo Mr. Lisbon takes before the prom telegraphs the way each of the remaining sisters will commit suicide. From left to righ
30 Ace Instances of Movie and TV Foreshadowing

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse, the reveal that the scientist is Doctor octopus is foreshadowed by how her glasses are octagons... Her lab is li

The Simpsons

30 Ace Instances of Movie and TV Foreshadowing

The Matrix Reloaded

CRACKED COM MATRIX RELOADED Right before the chateau fight scene, Merovingian; tells Neo: You know, your predecessors had much more respect! FS FW 4
30 Ace Instances of Movie and TV Foreshadowing
30 Ace Instances of Movie and TV Foreshadowing
30 Ace Instances of Movie and TV Foreshadowing
CRACKEDCON 12 1 2 9 3 4 7 6 5 During the opening sequence of BackTothe Futurewe are shown dozens of clocks. One of theseclocks features actor Harold L
30 Ace Instances of Movie and TV Foreshadowing
Season 2 of Breaking Bad ends with a plane crash above Walt's house. There were four episodes that hinted at this titled (in order) Seven Thirty-Seven
On the way to Jurassic Park, Dr. Grant discovers his seatbelt won't work because it has two female ends. He improvises by tying them together. It perf
The Good Place hints at its big season one twist in episode two. YOGURT ACRES YOGURT Michael's villainous nature should've been obvious to us when he
30 Ace Instances of Movie and TV Foreshadowing
In Game of Thrones, Bronn refuses to fight against the Mountain, noting that he could: Dance around until he's SO tired of hacking at me he dropped h
CRACKEDC In Captain America: The First Avenger, Steve asks Bucky where they're going, to which he replies: The Future. A Ain't that the truth.
30 Ace Instances of Movie and TV Foreshadowing
Early in Coco, Miguel says he'll play guitar in the plaza if it He then steals a kills forbidden guitar me. he intends to use at said plaza... ...an

The Big Lebowski

30 Ace Instances of Movie and TV Foreshadowing

Monsters, Inc.

ONSTERS, INC. Roz's line I'm watching you, CRACKED.COM Wazowski. Always watching cleverly foreshadows the fact that she's the head of Monstropolis'
INTERSTELLAR In the opening scene, Murph approaches her father who has woken up screaming from a nightmare and tells him: I thought you were the ghos
Early in the movie, Ultron muses: Everyone creates the thing they dread... people create... children. Designed to supplant them, to help them...end.

Magnolia

magnolia CRACKEDCO LLALL There are 8s and 2s everywhere Pardlly Cloudy 82% Chance of Rain. in the film. These numbers are referring to Exodus 8:2 (..
The background of the song For the First Time in Forever foreshadows who Anna's love interests really are. First, it's a SINISTER NOBLEMAN. Then, an A
In Get Out, CRACKEDOON Dean tells Chris, My mother loved her kitchen, so we keep a piece of her in here, just as we see Georgina for the first time.

Batman Returns

In Batman Returns the shadow from Selina Kyle's glasses. foreshadows her later transformation into Catwoman. 1it 1 C1992)
30 Ace Instances of Movie and TV Foreshadowing
30 Ace Instances of Movie and TV Foreshadowing
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