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** The savvyness of ''Potter'' fans in general meant many were [[FridgeBrilliance delighted to realize]], on rereading, that [[spoiler: "that awful boy" Petunia refers to in ''Phoenix'' who taught Lily about Dementors is not James, as is assumed by Harry and the reader, but ''Snape'']][[note]]Interestingly, immediately after the fifth book's release, fans began to speculate, as it turned out correctly, that this may bes the case [[/note]].
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** The savvyness of ''Potter'' fans in general meant many were [[FridgeBrilliance delighted to realize]], on rereading, that [[spoiler: "that awful boy" Petunia refers to in ''Phoenix'' who taught Lily about Dementors is not James, as is assumed by Harry and the reader, but ''Snape'']][[note]]Interestingly, immediately after the fifth book's release, fans began to speculate, as it turned out correctly, that this may bes be the case [[/note]].
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* In Lawrence Block's ''The Burglar in the Closet'' Frankie mentions that the late Crystal Sheldrake had three (concurrent) boyfriends, one of whom is a lawyer. Since she does an [[Series/TheTonightShow Ed [=McMahon=]]] impersonation when mentioning this, Bernie decides that said boyfriend must be named John and after he and Jillian realize the difficulty of locating him without a surname they concentrate on the other two boyfriends as suspects. It's eventually revealed that the guilty party is [[spoiler:Crystal's ex-husband's attorney, ''Carson'' Verrill]].
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* ''Literature/BoysLife'': Many of the EccentricTownsfolk have their future prominence obviously telegraphed, but some who seem innocuous play notable roles in at least one later chapter.
** KindlyVet and church greeter Lezander operates on Cory's dog after it gets hurt and [[spoiler:is the murderer from the opening chapter and a Nazi war criminal, along with his wife.]]
** Mr. Hargison, the mailman who saves Cory and his friends from bullies, [[spoiler:is part of the small but increasingly dangerous local cell of TheKlan.]]
** Lainie, a bitter prostitute who is present when Tom calls the sheriff to report the murder of the man in the lake, [[spoiler:is the girlfriend of the late hot rodder Little Stevie and becomes the {{Protectorate}} of his frequently seen ghost.]]
** Carl Bellwood, a PosthumousCharacter friend of Cory, [[spoiler:returns as a ghost to give Cory's dead dog Rebel a new home.]]
** MrFixit Mr. Lightfoot only gets one speaking scene before [[spoiler:disarming an atom bomb in the last act.]]
** Fire Chief Mourchette is first seen hovering in the background during an early town meeting and gets one line snapping at Mr. Moultry's racist suggestion to abandon the black community during a flood. Much later, he is one of the only people to [[spoiler:agree to be deputized when Donny Blaylock's family want to break him out of jail and replaces J.T. Amory as sheriff after he resigns.]]
* In Lawrence Block's ''The Burglar in the Closet'' Frankie mentions that the late Crystal Sheldrake had three (concurrent) boyfriends, one of whom is a lawyer. Since she does an [[Series/TheTonightShow Ed [=McMahon=]]] impersonation when mentioning this, Bernie decides that said boyfriend must be namedJohn John, after ''The Tonight Show'' host Johnny Carson, and after he and Jillian realize the difficulty of locating him without a surname they concentrate on the other two boyfriends as suspects. It's eventually revealed that the guilty party is [[spoiler:Crystal's ex-husband's attorney, ''Carson'' Verrill]].
** KindlyVet and church greeter Lezander operates on Cory's dog after it gets hurt and [[spoiler:is the murderer from the opening chapter and a Nazi war criminal, along with his wife.]]
** Mr. Hargison, the mailman who saves Cory and his friends from bullies, [[spoiler:is part of the small but increasingly dangerous local cell of TheKlan.]]
** Lainie, a bitter prostitute who is present when Tom calls the sheriff to report the murder of the man in the lake, [[spoiler:is the girlfriend of the late hot rodder Little Stevie and becomes the {{Protectorate}} of his frequently seen ghost.]]
** Carl Bellwood, a PosthumousCharacter friend of Cory, [[spoiler:returns as a ghost to give Cory's dead dog Rebel a new home.]]
** MrFixit Mr. Lightfoot only gets one speaking scene before [[spoiler:disarming an atom bomb in the last act.]]
** Fire Chief Mourchette is first seen hovering in the background during an early town meeting and gets one line snapping at Mr. Moultry's racist suggestion to abandon the black community during a flood. Much later, he is one of the only people to [[spoiler:agree to be deputized when Donny Blaylock's family want to break him out of jail and replaces J.T. Amory as sheriff after he resigns.]]
* In Lawrence Block's ''The Burglar in the Closet'' Frankie mentions that the late Crystal Sheldrake had three (concurrent) boyfriends, one of whom is a lawyer. Since she does an [[Series/TheTonightShow Ed [=McMahon=]]] impersonation when mentioning this, Bernie decides that said boyfriend must be named
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* Emile Zola ''loved'' to use this trope in his ''Les Rougon-Macquart'' series. A character mentioned in passing in book one and described by his father as a forgettable good-for-nothing shows up as the main character in books 10 and 11. Another one mentioned in passing in book 3 is the main character of book 14. The pattern repeats itself throughout the books. Things get even more confusing when you find out that the books do ''not'' follow in chronological order and that the timelines of most of them intersect in one way or the other. Trying to keep up with who is doing what and is important in which book can become a nightmare.
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* Emile Zola Creator/EmileZola ''loved'' to use this trope in his ''Les Rougon-Macquart'' series. A character mentioned in passing in book one and described by his father as a forgettable good-for-nothing shows up as the main character in books 10 and 11. Another one mentioned in passing in book 3 is the main character of book 14. The pattern repeats itself throughout the books. Things get even more confusing when you find out that the books do ''not'' follow in chronological order and that the timelines of most of them intersect in one way or the other. Trying to keep up with who is doing what and is important in which book can become a nightmare.
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* The Blatant Beast from ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'' causes some trouble at the end of the Book V that's largely irrelevant, but it does serve to establish him before becoming the main antagonist of the next book.
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** Mab, Queen of Air and Darkness, gets name dropped by Harry as far back as the first book, ''Literature/StormFront''. She would end up becoming a major player in really short time.
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** Mab, Queen of Air and Darkness, gets name dropped by Harry as far back as the first book, ''Literature/StormFront''.''Literature/{{Storm Front|DresdenFiles}}''. She would end up becoming a major player in really short time.
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** In ''Literature/DiePilgerin'', Aymer de Saltilieu makes his first appearance as a minor landlord whose whole task in the plot seems to be a) prove to Tilla that sometimes EvilIsSexy b) save the pilgrims from his bastard of a cousin. The next time he appears in another region of France, mixed up with the local politics, and then he pops up in Spain as a commander in a decisive battle where Sebastian and Starrheim earn their glory as BigDamnHeroes.
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** In ''Literature/DiePilgerin'', Aymer de Saltilieu makes his first appearance as a minor landlord whose whole task in the plot seems to be a) prove to Tilla that sometimes EvilIsSexy evil can be hot b) save the pilgrims from his bastard of a cousin. The next time he appears in another region of France, mixed up with the local politics, and then he pops up in Spain as a commander in a decisive battle where Sebastian and Starrheim earn their glory as BigDamnHeroes.
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* ''Literature/DontLookBack'': Sam's boyfriend Del off-handedly mentions to her that her father, Steven, used to be a low-class Yale scholarship student before he met her mother Joanna, who was from an old money family of railroad tycoons, and married into wealth. [[spoiler:This proves vital to the revelation of the story that Steven was Cassie's murderer: she confronted him to beg for public acknowledgement as his daughter, which he refused to do because his wife would then divorce him for his infidelity and he would literally lose everything.]]
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* ''Literature/TheInvisibleDetective'': Two in ''The Paranormal Puppet Show''.
** Arthur Drake's grandfather is mentioned or seen in several chapters (mostly discussing how he has just been put in a retirement home) before it turns out that he is Art Drake from 1937, whose cases Arthur has been reading about as the framing device.
** Arthur's classmate Sarah appears for 2 pages as a new member of the computer club, who Arthur assumes is one of the many girls who joined solely because of their crush on the new teacher. [[spoiler:Two books later, it turns out that she is the operator of the website about the Invisible Detective that Arthur has been visiting throughout the series, and the two become best friends.]]
** Arthur Drake's grandfather is mentioned or seen in several chapters (mostly discussing how he has just been put in a retirement home) before it turns out that he is Art Drake from 1937, whose cases Arthur has been reading about as the framing device.
** Arthur's classmate Sarah appears for 2 pages as a new member of the computer club, who Arthur assumes is one of the many girls who joined solely because of their crush on the new teacher. [[spoiler:Two books later, it turns out that she is the operator of the website about the Invisible Detective that Arthur has been visiting throughout the series, and the two become best friends.]]
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** Fan-beloved Victor Cachat, of course. From secondary WideEyedIdealist in one short story to main character one story and one book later, [[IncrediblyLamePun this Gunman was probably the fastest to fire]].
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** Fan-beloved Victor Cachat, of course. From secondary WideEyedIdealist in one short story to main character one story and one book later, [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} this Gunman was probably the fastest to fire]].
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* ''LightNovel/UndefeatedBahamutChronicle'': Alma Kilzrake, aka [[spoiler:Almatea Atismata]]. She's first mentioned in the very first volume, as [[spoiler:Lisha's younger sister]], and believed to be dead. She makes her first appearance fifteen volumes later and becomes a major character.
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* ''LightNovel/UndefeatedBahamutChronicle'': ''Literature/UndefeatedBahamutChronicle'': Alma Kilzrake, aka [[spoiler:Almatea Atismata]]. She's first mentioned in the very first volume, as [[spoiler:Lisha's younger sister]], and believed to be dead. She makes her first appearance fifteen volumes later and becomes a major character.
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* In the Literature/AlexRider book ''Scorpia Rising'', the chapter where [[GreaterScopeVillain Zeljan Kurst]] meets his client at the British Museum includes several blurbs describing the museum patrons. ''All'' of these patrons turn out to be undercover Scorpia agents that cover Zeljan's escape when [=MI6=] tries to apprehend him.
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* ''Literature/{{Loveless}}'': Rooney's friend Beth, who's first shown in a photo on Rooney's side of her and Georgia's dorm. [[spoiler:It's revealed that Beth was Rooney's OnlyFriend in high school, but the latter left her by transferring schools just to be with her boyfriend. He turned out to be abusive and Rooney struggled with breaking up with him, and she regretted giving up everything for him, especially Beth. Beth would then call Rooney years after just to check on her.]]
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** The savvyness of ''Potter'' fans in general meant many were [[FridgeBrilliance delighted to realize]], on rereading, that [[spoiler: "that awful boy" Petunia refers to in ''Phoenix'' who taught Lily about Dementors is not James, as is assumed by Harry and the reader, but ''Snape'']].
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** The savvyness of ''Potter'' fans in general meant many were [[FridgeBrilliance delighted to realize]], on rereading, that [[spoiler: "that awful boy" Petunia refers to in ''Phoenix'' who taught Lily about Dementors is not James, as is assumed by Harry and the reader, but ''Snape'']].''Snape'']][[note]]Interestingly, immediately after the fifth book's release, fans began to speculate, as it turned out correctly, that this may bes the case [[/note]].
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* ''Literature/TowardsZero'': Angus [=MacWhirter=] is introduced early on, but seemingly has no relation to the main mystery beyond talking Audrey out of suicide. That is, until a mix-up at a dry cleaning place later in the novel not only brings him into the fold, but proves instrumental in figuring out who killed Lady Tressilian.
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* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'':
** Early on in ''The Last Straw'', Greg talks about a teenage hellion named Lenwood Heath who was the bane of Frank Heffley's existence until his parents shipped him off to military school. Lenwood reappears later on as a ticket-taker at the movie theater, having done a complete 180 in terms of personality; it's this that convinces Frank to send Greg to military school, kicking off the major conflict of the book.
** At one point in ''The Third Wheel'', Greg presents an incomplete relationship chart regarding the kids at his school. Not only are Abigail and her boyfriend Michael on it, but the girl Michael ended up cheating on Abigail with is marked down as having a crush on Michael.
** Early on in ''The Last Straw'', Greg talks about a teenage hellion named Lenwood Heath who was the bane of Frank Heffley's existence until his parents shipped him off to military school. Lenwood reappears later on as a ticket-taker at the movie theater, having done a complete 180 in terms of personality; it's this that convinces Frank to send Greg to military school, kicking off the major conflict of the book.
** At one point in ''The Third Wheel'', Greg presents an incomplete relationship chart regarding the kids at his school. Not only are Abigail and her boyfriend Michael on it, but the girl Michael ended up cheating on Abigail with is marked down as having a crush on Michael.
