History HilariousInHindsight / FIlm

** The FemmeFatale of ''Film/TrueLies'' is Juno Skinner as played by Tia Carrere, an antiquities dealer who has attracted the scorn and ire of archaeologists for profiteering off priceless artifacts of great historical value. Carrere would go on to portray the AdventurerArchaeologist Sydney Fox in the TV show ''Series/RelicHunter''.

** Garfield has also said that if Sony ever made Peter Parker gay and gave Mary Jane a GenderFlip, the only actor he'd want in the role was Michael B. Jordan. Jordan has since been cast in the ''Film/FantasticFour'' [[ContinuityReboot reboot]] as the Human Torch, a character well known for his HoYay interactions with Spidey in the comics.

* ''HilariousInHindsight/AvengersInfinityWar''

* ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'':
** During ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', Cap and Tony got in an argument, where Cap kept telling Tony to put on the suit so they could go a few rounds. They finally got their long awaited match-up in this film. [[spoiler:It turns out Cap can fight the suit on even ground, but gets overpowered once Tony analyzes and adapts to his fighting style.]]
** When the above mentioned movie was released on theaters, ''wwwdotchargesdotcomdotbr'' character Tobby theorizes that the Green Goblin will be the Avengers' greatest foe. [[Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Man's]] debut in this film makes it more likely that ComicBook/NormanOsborn will appear in later movies.
** In Boseman's first major role in ''Film/FortyTwo'', there's a scene where one of his teammates tries to console him amid a torrent of racist jeers from the fans by saying that they're a bunch of "crackpots still fighting the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]]." Conversely, in an early ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' comic, the titular team is teaching Black Panther baseball. 50 years later, Boseman - the actor for Jackie Robinson - is now playing Black Panther!
** There's a line of dialogue in ''Film/AntMan'' where Spider-Man's powers are alluded to, but it was originally written as a throwaway gag and was not meant to foreshadow his inclusion in the MCU (since the Sony-Marvel deal didn't actually happen until after ''Ant-Man'' finished principal photography). Now it almost seems like a deliberate BrickJoke, considering that both Spider-Man and Ant-Man show up in the same movie for the first time.
** The 2007 film ''Film/KnockedUp'' has several characters reference ''Film/SpiderMan3'' (which came out the same year), including the character played by Paul Rudd (the actor portraying Ant-Man).
** While the film's logo originally presented "Captain America" in large letters above the "Civil War" tagline, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/civil_war_combo.png changes made to the logo since then]] have caused it to read more as if it says "Marvel Civil War", with "Captain America" as a visual afterthought. Guess what people have been calling the falling-out between Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, which is [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvels-civil-war-why-kevin-820147 believed to have been incited by this movie]]?
** Black Panther outrunning Captain America (to the point where Cap is [[spoiler: forced to commandeer a vehicle]]) comes off as a sort of accidental BrickJoke, given the notorious "On your left!" scene in ''Winter Soldier''.
** The appearance of Spider-Man in the trailers came right after the announcement that Creator/JKSimmons, who played J. Jonah Jameson in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', was joining the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse for the Justice League movie, this also makes more hilarious the memes where Jameson states he's leaving for Gotham since he's tired of waiting for pictures of Spider-Man.
** During the chase with Black Panther, Steve manages to steal a car. [[Film/CaptainAmerica1990 It's not the first time,]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier or the second.]]
** In this film, Spider-Man is a young hero who latches on to Iron Man as a mentor. One of the phony trailers from ''Film/TropicThunder'' has Robert Downey Jr.'s character playing a monk who has an affair with a novice, played by former Spider-Man Tobey Maguire, hailed even at the time as the closest we'd ever get to canon superhero slash fic.
** The tactics Spider-Man uses when he fights [[spoiler:Giant Man]] are more than reminiscent of those utilized by the [[Anime/AttackOnTitan 104th Training Corps]]. Perhaps he's acting based on [[http://comicbook.com/2015/06/03/attack-on-titan-and-avengers-crossover-released-online-for-free/ prior experience?]]
** Hilarious in ''Foresight'', to a degree. As of this movie, Creator/MartinFreeman plays a character in the MCU. This is only a few months before [[ThoseTwoActors his best-known acting partner]], Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, will play the role of Doctor Strange. One wonders how many ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' and ''[[Film/TheHobbit Hobbit]]'' jokes will come out of that. Even better, the film also stars ''[[Creator/RobertDowneyJr another]]'' actor known for playing Sherlock Holmes....
** In the comics, Tony Stark handed Peter Parker a copy of the Super Human Registration Act bill, which was still about to be discussed in Congress. He complained that it was as big as a Harry Potter book, and that he preferred to wait for the movie adaptation. Which he did: Spider-Man joins the MCU precisely when the movie adaption of the Act hit theaters.
** The whole ''Empire Strikes Back'' gag got even funnier when Tom Holland revealed a year later that he'd actually never seen the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy.

* ''Film/IronMan1''
** Terrence Howard's line as James Rhodes {{foreshadowing}} the character's transition to [[Comicbook/WarMachine War Machine]] consists of saying "Next time, baby" when considering suiting up with one of Tony Stark's armors. While Rhodes had his next time, Terrence Howard didn't, because he was replaced by Don Cheadle in ''Film/IronMan2''.
** The jets chasing Film/IronMan are called "Whiplash One and Two." The villain in ''Film/IronMan2''? Whiplash.
*** Director Creator/JonFavreau confirmed this was an intentional reference in an interview, though Whiplash was not intended to be the sequel's villain yet.

* Another ''Film/{{Thor}}'' example: Director Kenneth Branagh is also a noted Shakespearean and has said he [[TheBardOnBoard based some aspects]] of ''Thor'' on ''Theater/HenryIV''. Fast forward a year later, when ''Series/TheHollowCrown'', an adaptation of three of Shakespeare's histories including Henry IV, comes out...and it's ''[[Creator/TomHiddleston Loki]]'' playing Prince Hal.

* ''HilariousInHindsight/XMenApocalypse''
* ''HilariousInHindsight/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''

* ''Film/Deadpool2'' cast Creator/JoshBrolin as ComicBook/{{Cable}}--while he's still playing ComicBook/{{Thanos}} in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', who is known to be a romantic rival to Deadpool for Death's love in the comics.

* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
** The '90s ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' animated series had a significant amount of HoYay elements between Magneto and Professor X, particularly in the series finale - well before they cast Sir Creator/IanMcKellen (who is openly homosexual) as ComicBook/{{Magneto}} in the [[Film/XMenFilmSeries movies]]. Also, Creator/PatrickStewart, who played Xavier, once played a homosexual man in the film ''Jeffrey''.
*** And now Creator/JamesMcAvoy and Creator/MichaelFassbender have notably ''embraced'' the HoYay in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''.
** ''Film/XMen1'':
*** Dr. Jean Grey tells Professor X that Logan's healing ability "makes his age impossible to determine. He could very well be older than you, Professor." She doesn't realize how true this is because both ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' and ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' have established that Wolverine is about a ''century older'' than Xavier! (James Howlett was born in the early 1830s while Charles' birth year is the early 1930s.)
*** Rogue (played by Creator/AnnaPaquin) is unable to have prolonged physical contact with anyone as she sucks out their life-force like a vampire. In ''Series/TrueBlood'', the actress' character deals with actual vampires, and it seems that [[FanService all Sookie ever does is have prolonged physical contact]].
*** At the end of the movie, Wolverine tells Rogue "I have some business to take care of up north." The Podcast/RiffTrax notes that he's gone to help Santa Claus. In ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'', Creator/HughJackman did end up helping Santa Claus, as the voice of the Easter Bunny.
*** Creator/AngelaBassett was offered the role of Comicbook/{{Storm}}, but turned it down. She later wound up playing the mother of Storm's ex-husband in ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}''.
** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'':
*** Comicbook/KittyPryde and Bobby's relationship being a NotWhatItLooksLike situation for him and Rogue in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' takes on a slightly new light now that Creator/EllenPage is open about being a lesbian. Rogue really did have nothing to worry about.
*** For bonus hilarity, Iceman later came out himself in the comics.
** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'':
*** Real world instance: Fans had been clamoring for Gambit to appear in X-Men films since the first one. The public response from the directors and writers was "If we include him, we want to make him integral to the story. We're not going to just throw him in there because he's popular." Come this film, Gambit is in, fulfilling a minor role which could be handled by any character. It really seems like the studio executives just thought, "Who's a popular character we haven't used yet?"
*** Also, the video game ends with Wolverine in a future with Sentinels. What happens in the end of Film/TheWolverine?
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
*** When Hank [=McCoy=] is [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything outed]] as a mutant in 1962, he bluntly states, "You didn't ask, so I didn't tell." The funny bit is that when the screenplay was written, the ''Don't Ask Don't Tell'' policy was still in effect. As of June 2011, it's not.
*** Considering that Xavier can [[spoiler:easily use Magneto as a marionette as long as the latter doesn't wear the telepathy-blocking helmet in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'']], his words of encouragement in ''First Class'' ("When you can access all of that, you will possess a power no one can match. Not even me") now sounds rather hollow. It comes off as a little white lie that he made up on the spot in order to try to help Erik achieve the correct point between rage and serenity. In their natural state, Charles' ability is stronger than Erik's, no ifs, ands or buts about it.
*** Creator/JenniferLawrence plays a younger version of Rebecca Romijn. Lawrence later admitted to "stalking" Romijn's ex-husband John Stamos at a party.
*** After [[spoiler:Darwin dies]], Erik suggests they avenge him. [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Guess what came out the following year?]]
** ''Film/{{Logan}}'' adapted [[spoiler:''ComicBook/DeathOfWolverine'', including, as the title suggests, Wolverine dying. The one-shots kicking off ''ComicBook/MarvelLegacy'' sees the resurrection of comics!Wolverine.]]

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' [[Film/{{Doom}} movie]], Creator/KarlUrban plays a marine who said "They're Marines, Sam, not poets." Very close to Dr. [=McCoy=]'s classic ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder. Later, in ''Film/StarTrek'', Urban plays Dr. [=McCoy=].

** The film shows how the ShowWithinAShow ''Franchise/StarTrek'' parody achieves its ScreenShake with a hydraulically shifted set. This method would later be used for the production of [[Film/StarTrek an actual Star Trek film]].

** Also during ''The Princess Diaries 2'', when Creator/ChrisPine's character is shown the "easy way" to win at darts, he objects with "That's cheating!". In ''Film/StarTrek'', Pine plays James T. Kirk and he gets accused of cheating because of his unique approach to [[UnwinnableTrainingSimulation the Kobayashi Maru scenario]].

* ''Romulus, My Father'' stars Eric Bana (as Romulus). Few years later, Bana was cast in the 2009 ''Film/StarTrek'' film as Nero, a Romulan, [[DontExplainTheJoke like ''from Romulus''.]]

** In ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'', after meeting Demora Sulu, Chekov wistfully says "I was never that young...", to which Kirk replies, "No, you were younger." In ''Film/StarTrek'', everybody is younger, [[Creator/AntonYelchin but Chekov in particular stands out]]. This sadly became a FunnyAneurysmMoment in 2016, when Anton Yelchin died in an auto accident at age 27, even younger than Creator/WalterKoenig was when he started playing Chekov.
** ''Film/StarTrek'' (2009):

*** In ''Film/StarTrek'', Eric Bana plays a time-traveling man who misses his now-dead wife. ''The Time-Traveler's Wife'', starring Eric Bana, was released shortly after.

* More of an in-film thing, but one of Creator/ZoeSaldana's early roles was as a TSA agent in ''Film/TheTerminal''. Who happened to be a die-hard Trekkie. Five years later, she lands the role of Lt. Uhura in ''Film/StarTrek''. And ''then'', spinning on a few more years, Creator/DiegoLuna - the actor so adorkably geeking about discovering the sci-fi nerdom of the girl of his dreams - would be cast as the male lead in ''Film/RogueOne'', the first "anthology film" other Mega Sci-Fi franchise, ''Franchise/StarWars'' (and being a shameless Star Wars PromotedFanboy about it too).

* In the 1982 action movie ''The Soldier'', a war game is mentioned involving a simulated attack on Iraqi oil fields by US troops, which predicts that the Iraqis would kick the ass of the attacking US forces. The movie was made after the failed attempt to rescue the Iranian hostages, when faith in US military strength was at an all time low.

*** Creator/AngelaBassett was offered the role of Comicbook/{{Storm}}, but turned it down. She later wound up playing the mother of Storm's ex-husband in ''Film/BlackPanther''.

* In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalf-bloodPrince,'' Bellatrix's actress, Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter, was trying to HideYourPregnancy in a few early scenes and not really succeeding. [[spoiler:According to ''Theater/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild,'' Bellatrix actually ''was'' [[MySecretPregnancy pregnant around this time]], which fans decried as an AssPull since it's not hinted at all in the books]].

* In ''Film/Harry potter and the half-blood Prince,'' Bellatrix's actress, Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter, was trying to HideYourPregnancy in a few early scenes and not really succeeding. [[spoiler:According to ''Theater/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild,'' Bellatrix actually ''was'' [[MySecretPregnancy pregnant around this time]], which fans decried as an AssPull since it's not hinted at all in the books]].

* In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows,'' Bellatrix's actress, Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter, was trying to HideYourPregnancy in a few early scenes and not really succeeding. [[spoiler:According to ''Theater/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild,'' Bellatrix actually ''was'' [[MySecretPregnancy pregnant around this time]], which fans decried as an AssPull since it's not hinted at all in the books]].

* Documentary production company Prometheus Entertainment (established in 1999) is behind the series ''AncientAliens'' and also a behind-the-scenes documentary about the ''{{Franchise/Alien}}'' films. Now, the ''Alien'' prequel is named...''Film/{{Prometheus}}''?!

* When first entering the gates of Jurassic Park, Malcolm quips "What do they got in there, King Kong"? 23 years later, [[Ride/SkullIsland:ReignofKong Skull Island: Reign of Kong]] would open right next to the Jurassic Park section of Universal's Islands of Adventure.

* The plot of ''Film/SpiderMan2'' can be summed up by the preexisting {{meme|ticMutation}} "HowDoIShotWeb".

* ''Film/PowerRangers2017'': In 2015, a professional-level FanFilm named ''Power/Rangers'' was released as part of the "Bootleg Universe" that specifically parodied the idea of a DarkerAndEdgier reboot of a cheesy '90s property aimed at kids, which gained enough traction for several former cast members of the show to comment on it. Not only is the "gritty reboot" played completely straight here, but some of those same people even made cameo appearances.

** Creator/JohnCleese's 2004 comic ''Superman: True Brit'', which shows a [[{{Elseworld}} world]] where Superman was raised in England, is kind of funny now that Superman's actor is British.

** Creator/DanteBasco played PeterPan's replacement Rufio. In 2003, Creator/JasonIsaacs played Captain Hook in ''Film/PeterPan''. Years later, Rufio and Hook became [[TheRival rivals again]] in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender as Prince Zuko and Admiral Zhao. [[spoiler:Although Basco's character lived this time, while Isaac's bit the dust.]]

* ''Film/{{Kids}}'': The character played by Creator/ChloeSevigny comments that she hates performing oral sex. Eight years later she controversially performed unsimulated oral sex in ''Fillm/TheBrownBunny''

* Creator/SpikeLee's ''She's Gotta Have It'' featured a group of minor characters who weren't given proper names, but were simply listed in the credits and script as "Dog" followed by a number. Erik Todd Dellums was among the "dogs", which means the actor who played [[VideoGames/Fallout3 Three Dog]] had his first credited role as "Dog 3".

* ''Film/{{Deadpool 2}}'' cast Creator/JoshBrolin as ComicBook/{{Cable}}--which he's concurrently playing ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, who is known to be a romantic rival to Deadpool for Death's love.

** Lea Thompson has this line in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'': "Sure'n I hope you're considerin' the future, Mr. Eastwood". 22 years later, she has a cameo in ''Film/JEdgar''.

** The appearance of Spider-Man in the trailers came right after the announcement that Creator/JKSimmons, who played J. Jonah Jameson in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', was joining the Film/DCExtendedUniverse for the Justice League movie, this also makes more hilarious the memes where Jameson states he's leaving for Gotham since he's tired of waiting for pictures of Spider-Man.

* In the Podcast/RiffTrax for ''{{Film/Daredevil}}'', Mike riffs "I would become...Batman. At least until some rich clown in Gotham sued me for naming rights". A little later, an "I'm Batman" joke is made. Creator/BenAffleck, who played Daredevil, would go on to play Batman in the [[Film/DCExtendedUniverse DCEU]].

* In ValentinesDay, the character Sean Jackson, is a football player who becomes the first male major sports athlete to come out as gay as he enters free agency. In 2013, basketball player Jason Collins became the real first male major sports athlete to come out, also as he entered free agency.

* The ShoutOut to ''MadMax'' in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'' with the denizens of Bikini Bottom transformed into Apunkalypse after the disappearance of Krabby Patty recipe became more hilarious three months later with the release of ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.