money 25 Times Movies Foreshadowed What Would Happen, And Yet We Had No Inkling At All
Warning: Spoilers ahead!
1. In The Shining (1980), a red doll fell on the ground, foreshadowing someone's death later on.
Early on in 'The Shining,'(1980) A teddy bear in red lies on the ground foreshadowing a death later in the film. from MovieDetails
2. In The Emperor's New Groove (2000), the toys Kuzco had as a baby foreshadowed what animals he would turn into later on in the film.
In The Emperors New Groove (2000), baby Kuzco has a toy llama, a toy parrot, and a toy whale. Later on in the movie, he turns into all of these animals. from MovieDetails
3. In Hereditary (2018), Joan said she would have a séance to talk to her dead son by using his old chalkboard. You could spot a newly purchased chalkboard in the trunk of Joan's car, which foreshadowed that the séance was fake.
In Hereditary (2018), Joan conducts a séance to reach out to her dead son and brings out his old chalkboard, supposedly one of his favorite toys, to help communicate. In the previous scene, one can glimpse the chalkboard in Joan's car just freshly bought, foreshadowing how the séance is a ruse. from MovieDetails
4. In Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Miles getting his finger stuck in Gwen's hair foreshadowed Peter teaching him how to unstick his fingers to things.
In 'Into the Spider-Verse' (2018), when Miles has his fingers stuck in Gwen's hair she tells him to "Just relax". This is the same way Peter teaches him to unstick his fingers later on in the movie, foreshadowing Gwen's role as Spider-Woman. from MovieDetails
5. In Doctor Strange (2016), Steven's watch collections hinted at the role time would play in the story.
In Doctor Strange [2016] Steven Strange has an impressive collection of watches, foreshadowing the involvement of time later on in the movie. from MovieDetails
6.In Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), during the fair scene John closed his left eye to take aim, but before 'shooting' he opened his eye again to retain peripheral vision. This is what snipers do, foreshadowing that he was an assassin.
7. In Coco (2017), the gold tooth on Ernesto's guitar foreshadowed that it really belonged to Hector.
In Coco (2017), the skull on Ernesto's guitar has a single gold tooth, foreshadowing that... from MovieDetails
8. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), there was a flashback that foreshadowed the seven Horcruxes.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Child Tom Riddle has 7 rocks on the windowsill in his bedroom, foreshadowing the 7 horcruxes. from MovieDetails
9. In Candyman (2021), Anthony McCoy's full name was said out loud five times through the film, which foreshadowed him becoming Candyman.
10. In the Dark Knight Rises (2012), Miranda said something similar to Ra's Al Ghul line in Batman Begins (2005). This foreshadowed that she was his daughter.
In The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Miranda Tate says "you must invest if you wish to restore balance to the world", this foreshadows that... from MovieDetails
11. In Batman Returns (1992), the shadow of Selina Kyle's glasses resembled cat ears, which foreshadowed that she was Catwoman.
12. In Coraline (2009), Coraline's Other Mother suggested they play hide-and-seek in the rain, and then lightning struck. The lightning bolt resembled the Other Mother's needle-like hands when she's in her true form and foreshadowed the end of the movie when the Other Mother tried to capture Coraline.
In Coraline (2009) the lightning bolt that appears as Coraline's Other Mother mentions rain is in the shape of a hand, which foreshadows the climax. The hand also serves as a symbol of the Other Mother's control over the Other world. from MovieDetails
13. In Thor: Ragnarok (2017), the cracks on the Asgardian mural foreshadowed Thor later losing his eye in the battle against Hela.
The rubble left by the Asgardian mural in Thor: Ragnarok foreshadows the injury Thor receives later. from MovieDetails
14. In Click (2006), the root of Morty's name is "mort," meaning "death." This foreshadowed him later revealing himself to be the angel of death.
In the Adam Sandler film Click (2006) the man who gives the main character the remote introduces himself as ‘Morty’. The Latin root word mort means “death.” This is a foreshadowing of us finding out later on in the film that Morty is really the angel of death. from MovieDetails
15. In Ant-Man (2015), Darren Cross wore a tie with a hexagonal pattern, which foreshadowed him being the villain Yellowjacket.
In Ant-Man, Darren Cross's tie has a hexagonal pattern foreshadowing his real identity as Yellowjacket (the villain of the movie and a type of wasps which live in nests that have hexagonal cells). from MovieDetails
16. In The Princess and the Frog (2009), Prince Naveen held a tarot card that had frogs on the back corners, which foreshadowed his transformation into a frog.
In The Princess and the Frog (2009), we see that Prince Naveen's tarot card has him laying on a lily pad, but when he shows the other side, you can see in the corners on the card there is a frog. This is another foreshadowing of him being turned into a frog. from MovieDetails
17. In Coco (2017), the torn photo of Coco's father showed him wearing a different custom belt buckle than the one Ernesto de la Cruz wore, which foreshadowed that Ernesto was not her father.
Noticed this subtle foreshadowing in Coco (2017), Ernesto De La Cruz has a different belt buckle than Coco's father in the torn offrenda photo. from MovieDetails
18. In The Matrix (1999), the code of the Matrix was designed to look like rain to foreshadow the scene where Neo is debugged.
19. In Moana (2016), a villager said they were curious about the chicken eating the rock, which foreshadowed the chicken later trying to eat Maui (who was voiced by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson).
In Moana, a villager foreshadows the chicken's unsuccessful attempt to consume Maui. from MovieDetails
20. In the Back to the Future (1985) opening credits, there was a clock with the figure of actor Harold Lloyd hanging from it (which is an iconic scene from the film Safety Last!) that foreshadowed Doc hanging off the city clock toward the end of the movie.
Back to The Future - The opening credits have a clock foreshadowing Doc hanging off the city clock from MovieDetails
21. In Scooby-Doo (2002), Emile, the owner of Spooky Island, scratched behind his ear like a dog, foreshadowing that he was actually Scrappy-Doo in disguise the whole time.
In Scooby-Doo (2002) Emile Mondavarious scratches behind his ear like a dog, foreshadowing the reveal that he is actually... from MovieDetails
22. In 21 Jump Street (2012), Jenko said the drug HFS tasted like Barbecue Cool Ranch. Later, Mr. Walters, the gym teacher, is seen with a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos to foreshadow that he was the supplier of the drug.
In 21 Jump Street (2012), after taking the drug HFS Jenko says that it tastes like Cool Ranch. Later on, they are stopped by Mr. Walters (played by Rob Riggle) who is eating a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos, foreshadowing that he is the supplier of the drug HFS. from MovieDetails
23. In Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011), Rodrick promised his dad he would not throw a party while his parents were gone. During this, Rodrick wore a shirt that said "Sike," which foreshadowed him not keeping this promise to his dad.
In Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011), both Greg and Rodrick made a promise to their Dad that they will not throw a party while he’s gone. Rodrick does the opposite and it is foreshadowed by his shirt; which says “SIKE”. from MovieDetails
24. In Back to the Future Part II (1989), Doc wore a shirt that had horses and steam trains on it. This foreshadowed the end of Back to the Future Part III (1990), where Doc and Marty chased down the train in order to use it to leave the Old West and get back to 1985. In that scene, Doc also wore the same shirt as a bandana.
In Back to the Future 2, Docs shirt design has two horses chasing a steam train, foreshadowing the events of the next film. from MovieDetails
25. And in I Am Legend (2007), a newspaper clipping next to Neville warned about infected dogs that would come out at dusk, which foreshadowed him later being attacked by them.
In I Am Legend, the newspaper clipping foreshadows the dpg attack later on in the movie. from MovieDetails
