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eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
27th Oct, 2016 03:04:57 AM
I am torn between Call-Back and Chekhov's Gun.
HeraldAlberich
(Before Recorded History)
27th Oct, 2016 07:06:55 AM
Sounds like simple Foreshadowing to me.
I am looking for a trope that is similar to the Chekov stuff but i am not sure what it exactly is.
In book 1 an event happens and the good guy accuses the level boss (or chapter boss) of having caused it. The level boss vows that he didnt do it. The good guy says he cant believe that because the only other guy who could have done it is widely believed to be a good guy which he is for the complete time of book 1.
But in book 2 it is revealed that the minor event from book 1 is a major plot point in book 2 and the only other guy did this event to set off a chain of events in book 2. This event from book 1 is so important that it even gives the good guy an eureka moment.
So in short i am looking for a Trope where an unimportant plot in book 1 becomes the major plot Point of book 2.