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* Near the beginning of ''Film/TheMarvels'',Goose, the Flerkin, is shown to devour two Kree soldiers many times her size without gaining size or mass, and to then spit them out unharmed. This ability is used gloriously later on when [[spoiler:Fury needs to evacuate the satellite, but doesn't have enough shuttles or escape pods. He orders his staff to let Goose's kittens eat them - that way he only has to find space for the kittens, with the people safely stored inside them.]]

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* Near the beginning of ''Film/TheMarvels'',Goose, ''Film/TheMarvels2023'', Goose, the Flerkin, is shown to devour two Kree soldiers many times her size without gaining size or mass, and to then spit them out unharmed. This ability is used gloriously later on when [[spoiler:Fury needs to evacuate the satellite, but doesn't have enough shuttles or escape pods. He orders his staff to let Goose's kittens eat them - that way he only has to find space for the kittens, with the people safely stored inside them.]]
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* ''Film/TheMummyReturns'': Jonathan and Alex are seen practicing reading hieroglyphics together at the O'Connell residence. [[spoiler:Much later in the film, Evy is stabbed to death by Anck-su-namun. Guess who ends up bringing Evy back using the Book of the Dead?]]
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* In ''Film/{{Outlander}}'', Wulfren challenges Kainen to a friendly contest of shield-jumping, and Kainen turns out to be the first person to match Wulfren's skill. Kainen later volunteers himself and Wulfren to serve as bait to trap a monster: they use shields atop posts as stepping-stones over the pit, and when the monster tries to follow, it falls in.

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* In ''Film/{{Outlander}}'', ''Film/{{Outlander|2008}}'', Wulfren challenges Kainen to a friendly contest of shield-jumping, and Kainen turns out to be the first person to match Wulfren's skill. Kainen later volunteers himself and Wulfren to serve as bait to trap a monster: they use shields atop posts as stepping-stones over the pit, and when the monster tries to follow, it falls in.
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* ''Film/MadameWeb2024'':
** PlayedStraight with [[spoiler:Cassie training the girls on how to do CPR, which they use to save her life at the end of the movie]].
** {{Subverted|}} with [[spoiler:Julia's claim that she knows how to fight because she took Tae Kwon Do lessons. She never uses those skills in the film]].
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* Near the beginning of ''Film/TheMarvels'',Goose, the Flerkin, is shown to devour two Kree soldiers many times her size without gaining size or mass, and to then spit them out unharmed. This ability is used gloriously later on when [[spoiler:Fury needs to evacuate the satellite, but doesn't have enough shuttles or escape pods. He orders his staff to let Goose's kittens eat them - that way he only has to find space for the kittens, with the people safely stored inside them.]]
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''Film/Aquaman2018'':
** Vulko's spinning defensive maneuver against a regular trident/quindent attack is later employed by [[spoiler:Aquaman himself in his final duel with Ocean Master.]]
** Arthur's ability to [[SpeaksFluentAnimal talk to undersea creatures]] as shown in one of his opening scenes ends up being an almost ludicrously powerful ability when we get to see just what kind of monsters dwell in the deep, including [[spoiler:the Trench and especially the Karathen. It even allows him to turn his enemy's mounts against them, simultaneously greatly reducing their effectiveness, while swelling his own ranks.]]
** The blade-catch that Vulko taught Arthur is an inversion, as he employed it against his future arch-nemesis before we get a flashback of him learning it.



* ''Film/Aquaman2018'':
** Vulko's spinning defensive maneuver against a regular trident/quindent attack is later employed by [[spoiler:Aquaman himself in his final duel with Ocean Master.]]
** Arthur's ability to [[SpeaksFluentAnimal talk to undersea creatures]] as shown in one of his opening scenes ends up being an almost ludicrously powerful ability when we get to see just what kind of monsters dwell in the deep, including [[spoiler:the Trench and especially the Karathen. It even allows him to turn his enemy's mounts against them, simultaneously greatly reducing their effectiveness, while swelling his own ranks.]]
** The blade-catch that Vulko taught Arthur is an inversion, as he employed it against his future arch-nemesis before we get a flashback of him learning it.
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*''Film/Aquaman2018'':
** Vulko's spinning defensive maneuver against a regular trident/quindent attack is later employed by [[spoiler:Aquaman himself in his final duel with Ocean Master.]]
** Arthur's ability to [[SpeaksFluentAnimal talk to undersea creatures]] as shown in one of his opening scenes ends up being an almost ludicrously powerful ability when we get to see just what kind of monsters dwell in the deep, including [[spoiler:the Trench and especially the Karathen. It even allows him to turn his enemy's mounts against them, simultaneously greatly reducing their effectiveness, while swelling his own ranks.]]
** The blade-catch that Vulko taught Arthur is an inversion, as he employed it against his future arch-nemesis before we get a flashback of him learning it.
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* In ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'', Akitsu was initially dismissive of Shikishima as the sniper of their four-man minesweeper crew aboard ''Shinsei Maru'', thinking that someone who used to fly in the air wouldn't be as useful on a naval activity. However, Shikishima's experience as a former fighter pilot means he's able to compensate for the movements of both their boat and the mine when detonating it on the first try. He even explains it partly in effect for Mizushima after the younger man fails to detonate the mine twice.
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* ''Film/RoyalRendezvous'': Cat casually mentions she's a great mechanic during dinner with the Covingtons, and this comes up later when Rory needs her help sabotaging the Duchess' car so she can't drive and hurt herself.
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* ''Film/Tetris2023'':
** While unsuccessfully trying to get a taxi on his first day in Russian, Henk notices a Russian guy raising a pack of Russian cigarettes easily stopping a taxi. [[spoiler:After his ChanceMeetingBetweenAntagonists with Robert Stein, he uses the same trick to quickly get a cab]].
** Henk and Alexey's spatial arrangement skills, [[TheTetrisEffect developed through playing Tetris]] allows them to quickly calculate [[spoiler:that Alexey's small car is ''just small enough'' to slip through the space beside a big truck that's coming their way allowing them to significantly increase the distance between them and the KGB. There is even a SuddenVideoGameMoment before they doing so, displaying Alexey's car, the KGB vehicles and the road as "Tetris Blocks"]].
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** Similarly, Marty shows off his ability to play guitar at the beginning of ''[[Film/BackToTheFuture Part I]]''. This just seems to be establishing his character and what type of person he is. This doesn't seem like it will be a useful skill in helping to resolve either of the two main problems of the movie (returning to his own time and getting his parents to fall in love). That is, until the guitarist at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance hurts his hand, and Marty has to fill in as the band's new guitarist to get his parents on to the dance floor together.

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** Similarly, Marty shows off his ability to play guitar at the beginning of ''[[Film/BackToTheFuture ''[[Film/BackToTheFuture1 Part I]]''. This just seems to be establishing his character and what type of person he is. This doesn't seem like it will be a useful skill in helping to resolve either of the two main problems of the movie (returning to his own time and getting his parents to fall in love). That is, until the guitarist at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance hurts his hand, and Marty has to fill in as the band's new guitarist to get his parents on to the dance floor together.
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** Marty holds onto cars while skateboarding in ''[[Film/BackToTheFuture Part I]]'' in 1985. He uses the same trick in 1955 to escape Biff's gang on a plank with wheels, then on a hoverboard in ''[[Film/BackToTheFuturePartII Part II]]'' to steal the Almanac from Biff, and then to travel along a train in ''[[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII Part III]]''.

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** Marty holds onto cars while skateboarding in ''[[Film/BackToTheFuture ''[[Film/BackToTheFuture1 Part I]]'' in 1985. He uses the same trick in 1955 to escape Biff's gang on a plank with wheels, then on a hoverboard in ''[[Film/BackToTheFuturePartII Part II]]'' to steal the Almanac from Biff, and then to travel along a train in ''[[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII Part III]]''.
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* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny'': On board Renaldo's boat, Teddy says that he doesn't know how to swim. Renaldo tells that everyone can swim; it is just a matter of "reach and pull, reach and pull". Later, after Teddy falls into the underground river,he can be heard repeating "reach and pull" to himself as he swims away.
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* ''Film/NoFingerOnTheTrigger'': When Gant first meets Luke Canfield, Luke demonstrates his perfect aim with a maul by tossing the hammer so it hangs itself on a hook on the smithy wall. [[spoiler:In their final confrontation, Luke uses a thrown maul to shatter the shoulder of Gant's gun arm; destroying his career as a gunfighter]].

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* ''Film/NoFingerOnTheTrigger'': ''Film/NoNameOnTheBullet'': When Gant first meets Luke Canfield, Luke demonstrates his perfect aim with a maul by tossing the hammer so it hangs itself on a hook on the smithy wall. [[spoiler:In their final confrontation, Luke uses a thrown maul to shatter the shoulder of Gant's gun arm; destroying his career as a gunfighter]].
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* ''Film/NoFingerOnTheTrigger'': When Gant first meets Luke Canfield, Luke demonstrates his perfect aim with a maul by tossing the hammer so it hangs itself on a hook on the smithy wall. [[spoiler:In their final confrontation, Luke uses a thrown maul to shatter the shoulder of Gant's gun arm; destroying his career as a gunfighter]].

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