1 | '''Basic Trope''': Something offhandedly mentioned or seen early on is important later. |
2 | * '''Straight''': During his first interaction with Alice, Bob casually mentions his grandmother has cancer. Later on, Bob's grandmother dies, so he has to go to her funeral and can't help Alice. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Everything Bob says in his first conversation with Alice adds up to a number of reasons for why he can't help. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Bob mentions that his grandmother has cancer. Not too long later, she dies, putting him in a temporary HeroicBSOD that he quickly breaks out of. His grandmother and all related events are never mentioned again. |
5 | * '''Justified''': Bob has powers of precognition and thus he knows his grandmother will have an impact on the story. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': |
7 | ** [[MindScrew For whatever reason, Bob says his grandmother doesn't have cancer. Later on, he can't help Alice because his grandmother is okay.]] |
8 | ** Bob's grandmother has cancer and dies. Alice visits her funeral instead and can't help Bob. |
9 | ** Bob's grandmother has cancer, but it's Bob that dies instead. |
10 | ** Bob's grandmother dies from cancer early in the story, then Bob tells Alice about it much later. |
11 | ** ContinuityNod |
12 | ** CallBack |
13 | ** {{Futureshadowing}} |
14 | ** {{Bookends}} |
15 | * '''Subverted''': Bob says his grandmother has cancer, but [[RedHerring this is never addressed again.]] |
16 | * '''Double Subverted''': ...until she dies near the end and he is unable to help Alice with an even ''more'' important task. |
17 | * '''Parodied''': |
18 | ** Bob specifically says he won't be able to help Alice in the future because his grandmother has cancer and will die. This comes true. |
19 | ** When the EvilChancellor first appears, there's a neon sign hanging over his head that says "THIS IS THE BAD GUY!" |
20 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob's grandmother seems to make a recovery, but dies at the last second. Bob leaves Alice to go to the funeral, but [[BigDamnHeroes bursts into the final battle at the last second]] anyway. |
21 | * '''Averted''': Bob's grandmother doesn't have cancer at all. |
22 | * '''Invoked''': Bob brings up his grandmother having cancer as an excuse to not help later on. |
23 | * '''Enforced''': Bob's actor quits before the final battle is filmed, so they take something he said before and use it as an explanation. |
24 | * '''Lampshaded''': "I knew this was gonna happen..." |
25 | * '''Exploited''': The villain knows Bob's grandmother has cancer and will soon die, so he focuses only on Alice, planning on Bob not being able to help. |
26 | * '''Defied''': Even though Bob's grandmother dies, he refuses to go to her funeral and helps Alice instead. |
27 | * '''Discussed''': "Your grandmother has cancer?" "Yep." "[[LampshadeHanging Won't that hinder us in the future?]]" "...Nah." |
28 | * '''Conversed''': "That guy said his grandmother has cancer. How much you want to bet she'll be dead halfway through the movie and he won't be able to help Alice?" |
29 | * '''Implied''': Bob mentions his grandmother having cancer. Later, when Alice and the FiveManBand prepare for their mission, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Bob is absent]], but the reason is not directly stated. |
30 | ---- |
31 | Back to {{Foreshadowing}}. Like Bob said, it would happen. |
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33 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
34 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
35 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
36 | %%* '''Played for Laughs''': ??? |
37 | %%* '''Played for Drama''': ??? |
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