History Main / Futureshadowing

* Not surprisingly, [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] indulges on this on occasion, especially where River Song is concerned.

* The third season of ''SamAndMax'' seems to like this trope so far, in particular ''The Tomb of Sammun-Mak'', which centered around a film in four reels that had to be watched out of order in order to solve some of the puzzles. Most relevant to this trope are the moles in the third reel; the daughter is still sore at Sameth and Maximus for [[spoiler:stealing a ventriloquist's dummy from her]], and when they tell her father that [[spoiler:she has a crush on them]], he responds, "Still?!" Both of these refer to events in the second reel. And yes, both of them [[ItMakesSenseInContext Make Sense In Context]][[hottip:* :(or at least as much so as anything in the SamAndMax games does)]].

* In the fourth season of ''TeenTitans'', we're treated to several visions of the [[SceneryGorn aftermath]] of [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Trigon's arrival on Earth]] episodes before it even happens.

* After the failed mission to blow up a dinosaur scout, ''DrMcNinja'' ended up bouncing in time and ended up [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p05 somewhere in the future.]] But no one knows when this will happen or how.

* Not surprisingly, [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] indulges on this on occasion.
** Especially where River Song is concerned.

* The third season ''StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Before And After", in which Kes's conciousness is travelling back through time, futureshadows elements of the fourth season episode "Year of Hell", although the timeline has changed slightly by the time the events actually occur (not least because Kes isn't a member of the crew any more).

* An extra episode on ''{{Dollhouse}}'''s season one DVD showed events ten years after the main series, showing that the mind-wiping technology leads to the collapse of civilization and the BrainwashedAndCrazy version of a ZombieApocalypse. Recorded memories allowed flashbacks hinting at how these events happened, though events in the series did not work out exactly as depicted (something WordOfGod had mentioned beforehand, noting that the memories could have been faulty or deliberately altered).

* In ''[[{{Fanfic/Ptitle0028gzjm}} Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'' Mori didn't go to the first meeting Kyon had with Organization members because she was intimidated by something Kyon did a few days before. About 20 chapters later a time traveling Kyon is shown [[spoiler:bursting into a secret Organization meeting falling through the skylight in a 10 meter drop while carrying a man beneath an arm (who was spying the meeting) and calmly saying "Don't mind me dropping in," as it was normal a person would do this. He left through the skylight too]]. And Kyon is supposed to be the normal human.

* Happens a ''lot'' in ''FrequentlyAskedQuestionsAboutTimeTravel''.

** ''Investigations'' dabbles in the trope as well; the first case is actually the ''fourth'' case chronologically, and bears appropriate foreshadowing. The cameo by [[spoiler: Manfred von Karma]] also gives futureshadowing to the first game.

* The first case of ''Phoenix Wright: AceAttorney - Trials and Tribulations'' is Mia Fey's second case. The ''fourth'' case of the same game is Mia's ''first'' case. The former contains a few allusions to the latter, including [[spoiler:Mia and Dahlia Hawthorne commenting that they know one another]] and [[spoiler:Mia lamenting the loss of her boyfriend Diego Armando]].
** ''Investigations'' dabbles in the trope as well; the first case is actually the ''fourth'' case chronologically, and bears appropriate foreshadowing.

* In the first two seasons of ''JusticeLeague'', Hawk Girl and [[GreenLantern John Stewart]] developed a relationship--one which was broken when she was revealed as [[TheMole a mole]] (and an engaged mole, at that). She left the team before she could be kicked off, going off to a pocket dimension to serve a self-imposed penance. ''Come Justice League Unlimited'', she returns to an awkward situation with Stewart--who, in addition to having to decide if he can trust her as a teammate again, has the additional complication of having started a relationship with another woman in her absence. To make things even ''more'' awkward, Stewart then ends up making an unexpected visit to the future, in which he finds out that ''BatmanBeyond's'' JLU member, Warhawk, is his and Hawk Girl's son. Now he faces the philosophical conundrum: if he does get back together with her, is it because [[YouCantFightFate You Can't Fight Fate]]? But is it fair to reject her simply to ScrewDestiny?

* In ''[[JusticeLeague JLU]]'', as a result of Hawk Girl being revealed as a mole (and an engaged mole, at that), her and Green Lantern John Stewart's relationship comes to an end and later John moves on with another woman. When Stewart ends up making an unexpected visit to the future, he finds out that ''BatmanBeyond's'' JLU member, Warhawk, is his and Hawk Girl's son.

* In ''[[JusticeLeague JLU]]'', as a result of Hawk Girl being revealed as a mole (and an engaged mole, at that), her and Green Lantern John Stewart's relationship comes to an end and later John moves on with another woman. When Stewart ends up making an unexpected visit to the future, he finds out that ''BatmanBeyond's'' JLU member, Warhawk, is his and Hawk Girl's son. How this happened is never resolved, either in the episode or in the series.