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Neither of these look like examples of the trope. In the Jurassic Park entry, the kid never benefits from what Grant tells him. In the Pirates of the Caribbean example, Will is trying to teach Jack anything; it's just a piece of information that Jack retains and has a chance to use himself. That could be a Call-Back, but not this trope.
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* The first ''Film/JurassicPark'' sees paleontologist Dr Alan Grant scare a poor child with detailed information about the velociraptor pack mentality and how they tend to eat their prey.
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* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''. In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first movie]], Will frees Jack from prison using a bench as a lever on the prison door. In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third movie]], when Jack is captured by Davy Jones, guess what he does to the prison door?
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* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. Early on, Indy mentions in class that there is no buried treasure, X "never marks the spot", and archaeology is about facts, not truth. The ''entire movie'' is a subversion of this lecture: there was buried treasure (the Grail, along with many, many other artifacts that any real-world archaeologist would deem significant); X did in fact mark the spot (as the Roman numeral X); and archaeology did help Indy discover ''truth'' as well as ''fact'' (the scene where Indy is confronted by the Grail Knight and later reconciles with his father). Although Indy was right about one thing: most of the actual archaeology done in the movie ''was'' done in (or under) a library.
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* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. Early on, Indy In ''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet'', Jenko uses his newfound chemistry expertise to improvise a bomb.
* ''Film/BlackDeath'' has the method of mercy-killing.
* [[DrivesLikeCrazy Elwood Blues]] goes on one of these lectures to his brother in ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' on the benefits of a cop car: cop shocks, engine, suspension, etc. This comes in handy with the utter vehicular chaos that ensues.
* In ''Film/{{Copycat}}'', Sigourney Weaver's character gives a lecture on serial killers and at one point asks all the men in the audience to stand. Several of the men's faces are then projected on the screen behind her as she explains that men are more likely to be serial killers, and how they look just like everybody else. Naturally, the movie's villain (a serial killer himself) is one of the men projected on the screen. Additionally, she then goes on to list the names of several infamous serial killers -- the villain then goes out to kill his victims one at a time using the modus operandi of each of the serial killers she mentions in order.
* ''Film/TheDevilsBackbone'' has a borderline example: in one scene, the boys are in classthat there is no buried treasure, X "never marks the spot", and archaeology is learning about facts, not truth. prehistoric man, and Carmen shows them a picture of hunters taking down a mammoth as a group. The ''entire movie'' image is a subversion invoked at the end, when the boys [[spoiler:bring down Jacinto by stabbing the crap out of him with sharpened sticks, before shoving him into the well for [[UndeadChild Santi]].]]
* ''Film/EasyA'' was in a way a play on thislecture: there was buried treasure (the Grail, along with many, many other artifacts trope - it even lampshades "how the book you read in class seems to be weirdly related to your life", as part of the heroine's general [[GenreSavvy Genre savviness]].
** In the same scene, the heroine says in an after thought thatany real-world archaeologist would deem significant); X did in fact mark this possible for most books, except for Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn. [[spoiler: Turns out she was was wrong, when the spot (as the Roman numeral X); and archaeology did help Indy discover ''truth'' as well as ''fact'' (the scene where Indy is confronted by the Grail Knight and later reconciles movie's PetHomosexual runs away from home with his father). Although Indy was right about one thing: most of African-American boyfriend. This causes Olive, the actual archaeology done in the movie ''was'' done in (or under) a library.heroine, to [[DeadpanSnarker apologize]] to Creator/MarkTwain]].
* ''Film/BlackDeath'' has the method of mercy-killing.
* [[DrivesLikeCrazy Elwood Blues]] goes on one of these lectures to his brother in ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' on the benefits of a cop car: cop shocks, engine, suspension, etc. This comes in handy with the utter vehicular chaos that ensues.
* In ''Film/{{Copycat}}'', Sigourney Weaver's character gives a lecture on serial killers and at one point asks all the men in the audience to stand. Several of the men's faces are then projected on the screen behind her as she explains that men are more likely to be serial killers, and how they look just like everybody else. Naturally, the movie's villain (a serial killer himself) is one of the men projected on the screen. Additionally, she then goes on to list the names of several infamous serial killers -- the villain then goes out to kill his victims one at a time using the modus operandi of each of the serial killers she mentions in order.
* ''Film/TheDevilsBackbone'' has a borderline example: in one scene, the boys are in class
* ''Film/EasyA'' was in a way a play on this
** In the same scene, the heroine says in an after thought that
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* ''Film/GreenForDanger'': When introduced, Dr. White is giving a lecture to the doctors about the new efficiency measures he has introduced since taking over as hospital administrator, including repainting the bins marked 'WASTE' to say 'SALVAGE'. This is an EstablishingCharacterMoment, but later becomes significant because [[spoiler:it explains where the murderer got the paint they used to disguise the carbon dioxide cylinder as an oxygen cylinder]].
* ''Film/TheHungerGames'': Haymitch tells Peeta not to start a fire as it's a good way to get killed. Later in the film a girl does just that and you can guess the outcome. [[spoiler:Katniss and Rue then exploit this with decoy fires in a bid to destroy the career alliance's stockpile.]]
* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. Early on, Indy mentions in class that there is no buried treasure, X "never marks the spot", and archaeology is about facts, not truth. The ''entire movie'' is a subversion of this lecture: there was buried treasure (the Grail, along with many, many other artifacts that any real-world archaeologist would deem significant); X did in fact mark the spot (as the Roman numeral X); and archaeology did help Indy discover ''truth'' as well as ''fact'' (the scene where Indy is confronted by the Grail Knight and later reconciles with his father). Although Indy was right about one thing: most of the actual archaeology done in the movie ''was'' done in (or under) a library.
* Dr. Crowley demonstrates the explosive properties of sodium in the first classroom scene of ''Film/JackBrooksMonsterSlayer''. Of course, it comes in handy against the final monster...
* ''Jett Jackson: The Movie'', the made-for-TV movie of ''Series/TheFamousJettJackson'': After Jett and his TV character Silverstone [[TrappedInTVLand have switched places in each other's universes]] and have been living in each other's shoes for a while, Jett's grandmother later approaches Silverstone in a quiet moment, where it's revealed that she'd already figured out he wasn't her grandson. When Silverstone asks how she knew, she explains that when Jett was born, she looked him in the eyes and knew that from thenceforth she'd always be able to know and identify him. [[spoiler:In the climax of the film, the shape-shifting BigBad in Silverstone's world makes himself look like Jett, causing a doppleganger problem when the three confront one another; Jett and Silverstone look each other in the eye and know they're both the real deal.]]
* The first ''Film/JurassicPark'' sees paleontologist Dr Alan Grant scare a poor child with detailed information about the velociraptor pack mentality and how they tend to eat their prey.
* ''Film/KingRalph'' could practically be the naming of this trope. At the end, when Ralph is looking for a way out, he tells an aide that while he usually ignores what the aide says, that aide once said, 'I think we made the right choice'. Ralph remembers that and asks who the other candidate is, and the denouement begins.
* The film ''{{Film/Knowing}}'' has Nicholas Cage giving a class a lecture early on about the composition and nature of the sun. [[spoiler:The third act becomes about solar flares wiping out everyone on the surface of the planet. Pointedly, however, [[DownerEnding the knowledge did not save the Earth]].]]
* In ''Film/LoneStarStateOfMind'', Earl and Jimbo, taking a page from an action movie they had watched earlier, defeat some thugs by throwing a cell phone into the air and rushing them when they look up. Subverted later: Junior tries to imitate this trick, but prematurely congratulates himself on being "clever" and forgets to rush his opponent as the cell phone falls uselessly.
* In ''Film/MeanGirls'' Cady uses this to win the [[PunnyName Mathletes]] competition. She harks back to an old maths class to answer a question about limits.
* ''Film/TheHungerGames'': Haymitch tells Peeta not to start a fire as it's a good way to get killed. Later in the film a girl does just that and you can guess the outcome. [[spoiler:Katniss and Rue then exploit this with decoy fires in a bid to destroy the career alliance's stockpile.]]
* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. Early on, Indy mentions in class that there is no buried treasure, X "never marks the spot", and archaeology is about facts, not truth. The ''entire movie'' is a subversion of this lecture: there was buried treasure (the Grail, along with many, many other artifacts that any real-world archaeologist would deem significant); X did in fact mark the spot (as the Roman numeral X); and archaeology did help Indy discover ''truth'' as well as ''fact'' (the scene where Indy is confronted by the Grail Knight and later reconciles with his father). Although Indy was right about one thing: most of the actual archaeology done in the movie ''was'' done in (or under) a library.
* Dr. Crowley demonstrates the explosive properties of sodium in the first classroom scene of ''Film/JackBrooksMonsterSlayer''. Of course, it comes in handy against the final monster...
* ''Jett Jackson: The Movie'', the made-for-TV movie of ''Series/TheFamousJettJackson'': After Jett and his TV character Silverstone [[TrappedInTVLand have switched places in each other's universes]] and have been living in each other's shoes for a while, Jett's grandmother later approaches Silverstone in a quiet moment, where it's revealed that she'd already figured out he wasn't her grandson. When Silverstone asks how she knew, she explains that when Jett was born, she looked him in the eyes and knew that from thenceforth she'd always be able to know and identify him. [[spoiler:In the climax of the film, the shape-shifting BigBad in Silverstone's world makes himself look like Jett, causing a doppleganger problem when the three confront one another; Jett and Silverstone look each other in the eye and know they're both the real deal.]]
* The first ''Film/JurassicPark'' sees paleontologist Dr Alan Grant scare a poor child with detailed information about the velociraptor pack mentality and how they tend to eat their prey.
* ''Film/KingRalph'' could practically be the naming of this trope. At the end, when Ralph is looking for a way out, he tells an aide that while he usually ignores what the aide says, that aide once said, 'I think we made the right choice'. Ralph remembers that and asks who the other candidate is, and the denouement begins.
* The film ''{{Film/Knowing}}'' has Nicholas Cage giving a class a lecture early on about the composition and nature of the sun. [[spoiler:The third act becomes about solar flares wiping out everyone on the surface of the planet. Pointedly, however, [[DownerEnding the knowledge did not save the Earth]].]]
* In ''Film/LoneStarStateOfMind'', Earl and Jimbo, taking a page from an action movie they had watched earlier, defeat some thugs by throwing a cell phone into the air and rushing them when they look up. Subverted later: Junior tries to imitate this trick, but prematurely congratulates himself on being "clever" and forgets to rush his opponent as the cell phone falls uselessly.
* In ''Film/MeanGirls'' Cady uses this to win the [[PunnyName Mathletes]] competition. She harks back to an old maths class to answer a question about limits.
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* ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'' uses a justified version of this trope to great effect. The entire plot is centered on the protagonist explaining episodes in his life that have given him unexpectedly useful knowledge.
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* ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'' In ''[[Film/Napoleon1927 Napoléon]]'', the geography lesson about the climates of islands that mentions Saint Helena was presumably intended this way. As the sequels never got made, it remains an OrphanedSetup.
* Mr. Bruner points this out in Percy's Greek History class in ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' before he realizes he's a demigod. Then it goes to to the extreme when he goes to Camp Half Blood. Then later, Annabeth uses her non-demigod knowledge in ajustified version of this trope to great effect. The entire plot is centered Sphinx trial, [[spoiler:except she gets fed up with the fact that the questions aren't riddles, and screws everything up.]]
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''. In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first movie]], Will frees Jack from prison using a bench as a lever on theprotagonist explaining episodes prison door. In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third movie]], when Jack is captured by Davy Jones, guess what he does to the prison door?
* In ''Film/PokerNight'', almost all of the lessons imparted by the senior detectives come into play as Jeter escapes except [[spoiler:asking for a kiss]].
* In ''Film/{{Rovdyr}}'', Mia insists on going over the rules for back country hiking with her friends inhis life the van. She doesn't get much past the first one--that red ribbons on trees mark the way back to the road--but that have given him unexpectedly useful knowledge.is the one that becomes important later in the film.
* Mr. Bruner points this out in Percy's Greek History class in ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' before he realizes he's a demigod. Then it goes to to the extreme when he goes to Camp Half Blood. Then later, Annabeth uses her non-demigod knowledge in a
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''. In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first movie]], Will frees Jack from prison using a bench as a lever on the
* In ''Film/PokerNight'', almost all of the lessons imparted by the senior detectives come into play as Jeter escapes except [[spoiler:asking for a kiss]].
* In ''Film/{{Rovdyr}}'', Mia insists on going over the rules for back country hiking with her friends in
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* ''Film/TheDevilsBackbone'' has a borderline example: in one scene, the boys are in class learning about prehistoric man, and Carmen shows them a picture of hunters taking down a mammoth as a group. The image is invoked at the end, when the boys [[spoiler:bring down Jacinto by stabbing the crap out of him with sharpened sticks, before shoving him into the well for [[UndeadChild Santi]].]]
* [[DrivesLikeCrazy Elwood Blues]] goes on one of these lectures to his brother in ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' on the benefits of a cop car: cop shocks, engine, suspension, etc. This comes in handy with the utter vehicular chaos that ensues.
* [[DrivesLikeCrazy Elwood Blues]] goes on one of these lectures to his brother in ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' on the benefits of a cop car: cop shocks, engine, suspension, etc. This comes in handy with the utter vehicular chaos that ensues.
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* ''Film/TheDevilsBackbone'' has a borderline example: You'd think that in one scene, a ''SuperheroSchool'', this would be the boys are case. But in class learning about prehistoric man, and Carmen shows them ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', it's actually subverted for the main character. Played straight for everyone else.
* ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'' uses apicture justified version of hunters taking down a mammoth as a group. this trope to great effect. The image entire plot is invoked at centered on the end, when protagonist explaining episodes in his life that have given him unexpectedly useful knowledge.
* ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'': Picard's plan in theboys [[spoiler:bring down Jacinto by stabbing the crap out of him with sharpened sticks, before shoving him into the well for [[UndeadChild Santi]].]]
* [[DrivesLikeCrazy Elwood Blues]] goesbattle on Deck 16 is to rupture one of these lectures to his brother in ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' on the benefits of a cop car: cop shocks, engine, suspension, etc. This comes in handy coolant tanks by the warp core, flooding Engineering with the utter vehicular chaos corrosive materials inside and destroying the Collective that ensues.the Borg have established there. This plan is repelled by the Borg before Picard's team even gets inside Engineering, but breaking one of the coolant tanks is how Data finally defeats the Borg in the climax of the film.
* ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'' uses a
* ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'': Picard's plan in the
* [[DrivesLikeCrazy Elwood Blues]] goes
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* In ''[[Literature/Eclipse2007 Eclipse]]'', Jacob's family tells a story about how a woman helped distract a vampire by cutting herself, which Bella does in the final battle. Also, Jasper warns everyone not to let a vampire grab you under any circumstances. [[spoiler: Jacob forgets this and is nearly broken in half with a BearHug]].
* The first ''Film/JurassicPark'' sees paleontologist Dr Alan Grant scare a poor child with detailed information about the velociraptor pack mentality and how they tend to eat their prey.
* In ''Film/{{Copycat}}'', Sigourney Weaver's character gives a lecture on serial killers and at one point asks all the men in the audience to stand. Several of the men's faces are then projected on the screen behind her as she explains that men are more likely to be serial killers, and how they look just like everybody else. Naturally, the movie's villain (a serial killer himself) is one of the men projected on the screen. Additionally, she then goes on to list the names of several infamous serial killers -- the villain then goes out to kill his victims one at a time using the modus operendi of each of the serial killers she mentions in order.
* ''Film/KingRalph'' could practically be the naming of this trope. At the end, when Ralph is looking for a way out, he tells an aide that while he usually ignores what the aide says, that aide once said, 'I think we made the right choice'. Ralph remembers that and asks who the other candidate is, and the denouement begins.
* In ''Film/MeanGirls'' Cady uses this to win the [[PunnyName Mathletes]] competition. She harks back to an old maths class to answer a question about limits.
* The first ''Film/JurassicPark'' sees paleontologist Dr Alan Grant scare a poor child with detailed information about the velociraptor pack mentality and how they tend to eat their prey.
* In ''Film/{{Copycat}}'', Sigourney Weaver's character gives a lecture on serial killers and at one point asks all the men in the audience to stand. Several of the men's faces are then projected on the screen behind her as she explains that men are more likely to be serial killers, and how they look just like everybody else. Naturally, the movie's villain (a serial killer himself) is one of the men projected on the screen. Additionally, she then goes on to list the names of several infamous serial killers -- the villain then goes out to kill his victims one at a time using the modus operendi of each of the serial killers she mentions in order.
* ''Film/KingRalph'' could practically be the naming of this trope. At the end, when Ralph is looking for a way out, he tells an aide that while he usually ignores what the aide says, that aide once said, 'I think we made the right choice'. Ralph remembers that and asks who the other candidate is, and the denouement begins.
* In ''Film/MeanGirls'' Cady uses this to win the [[PunnyName Mathletes]] competition. She harks back to an old maths class to answer a question about limits.
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* ''Film/BlackDeath'' has the method of mercy-killing.
* ''Jett Jackson: The Movie'', the made-for-TV movie of ''Series/TheFamousJettJackson'': After Jett and his TV character Silverstone [[TrappedInTVLand have switched places in each other's universes]] and have been living in each other's shoes for a while, Jett's grandmother later approaches Silverstone in a quiet moment, where it's revealed that she'd already figured out he wasn't her grandson. When Silverstone asks how she knew, she explains that when Jett was born, she looked him in the eyes and knew that from thenceforth she'd always be able to know and identify him. [[spoiler:In the climax of the film, the shape-shifting BigBad in Silverstone's world makes himself look like Jett, causing a doppleganger problem when the three confront one another; Jett and Silverstone look each other in the eye and know they're both the real deal.]]
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''. In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first movie]], Will frees Jack from prison using a bench as a lever on the prison door. In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third movie]], when Jack is captured by Davy Jones, guess what he does to the prison door?
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
* ''Jett Jackson: The Movie'', the made-for-TV movie of ''Series/TheFamousJettJackson'': After Jett and his TV character Silverstone [[TrappedInTVLand have switched places in each other's universes]] and have been living in each other's shoes for a while, Jett's grandmother later approaches Silverstone in a quiet moment, where it's revealed that she'd already figured out he wasn't her grandson. When Silverstone asks how she knew, she explains that when Jett was born, she looked him in the eyes and knew that from thenceforth she'd always be able to know and identify him. [[spoiler:In the climax of the film, the shape-shifting BigBad in Silverstone's world makes himself look like Jett, causing a doppleganger problem when the three confront one another; Jett and Silverstone look each other in the eye and know they're both the real deal.]]
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''. In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first movie]], Will frees Jack from prison using a bench as a lever on the prison door. In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third movie]], when Jack is captured by Davy Jones, guess what he does to the prison door?
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
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* ''Film/BlackDeath'' has the method of mercy-killing.
* ''Jett Jackson: The Movie'', the made-for-TV movie of ''Series/TheFamousJettJackson'': After Jett and his TV character Silverstone [[TrappedInTVLand have switched places in each other's universes]] and have been living in each other's shoes for a while, Jett's grandmother later approaches Silverstone in a quiet moment, where it's revealed that she'd already figured out he wasn't her grandson. When Silverstone asks how she knew, she explains that when Jett was born, she looked him in the eyes and knew that from thenceforth she'd always be able to know and identify him. [[spoiler:In the climax of the film, the shape-shifting BigBad in Silverstone's world makes himself look like Jett, causing a doppleganger problem when the three confront one another; Jett and Silverstone look each other in the eye and know they're both the real deal.]]
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''. In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first movie]], Will frees Jack from prison using a bench as a lever on the prison door. In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third movie]], when Jack is captured by Davy Jones, guess what he does to the prison door?
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
* ''Jett Jackson: The Movie'', the made-for-TV movie of ''Series/TheFamousJettJackson'': After Jett and his TV character Silverstone [[TrappedInTVLand have switched places in each other's universes]] and have been living in each other's shoes for a while, Jett's grandmother later approaches Silverstone in a quiet moment, where it's revealed that she'd already figured out he wasn't her grandson. When Silverstone asks how she knew, she explains that when Jett was born, she looked him in the eyes and knew that from thenceforth she'd always be able to know and identify him. [[spoiler:In the climax of the film, the shape-shifting BigBad in Silverstone's world makes himself look like Jett, causing a doppleganger problem when the three confront one another; Jett and Silverstone look each other in the eye and know they're both the real deal.]]
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''. In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first movie]], Will frees Jack from prison using a bench as a lever on the prison door. In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third movie]], when Jack is captured by Davy Jones, guess what he does to the prison door?
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
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* In ''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet'', Jenko uses his newfound chemistry expertise to improvise a bomb.
* In ''Film/LoneStarStateOfMind'', Earl and Jimbo, taking a page from an action movie they had watched earlier, defeat some thugs by throwing a cell phone into the air and rushing them when they look up. Subverted later: Junior tries to imitate this trick, but prematurely congratulates himself on being "clever" and forgets to rush his opponent as the cell phone falls uselessly.
* ''Film/EasyA'' was in a way a play on this trope - it even lampshades "how the book you read in class seems to be weirdly related to your life", as part of the heroine's general [[GenreSavvy Genre savviness]].
** In the same scene, the heroine says in an after thought that this possible for most books, except for Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn. [[spoiler: Turns out she was was wrong, when the movie's PetHomosexual runs away from home with his African-American boyfriend. This causes Olive, the heroine, to [[DeadpanSnarker apologize]] to Creator/MarkTwain]].
* Dr. Crowley demonstrates the explosive properties of sodium in the first classroom scene of ''Film/JackBrooksMonsterSlayer''. Of course, it comes in handy against the final monster...
* The film ''{{Film/Knowing}}'' has Nicholas Cage giving a class a lecture early on about the composition and nature of the sun. [[spoiler:The third act becomes about solar flares wiping out everyone on the surface of the planet. Pointedly, however, [[DownerEnding the knowledge did not save the Earth]].]]
* ''Film/TheHungerGames'': Haymitch tells Peeta not to start a fire as it's a good way to get killed. Later in the film a girl does just that and you can guess the outcome. [[spoiler:Katniss and Rue then exploit this with decoy fires in a bid to destroy the career alliance's stockpile.]]
* In ''Film/PokerNight'', almost all of the lessons imparted by the senior detectives come into play as Jeter escapes except [[spoiler:asking for a kiss]].
* In ''[[Film/Napoleon1927 Napoléon]]'', the geography lesson about the climates of islands that mentions Saint Helena was presumably intended this way. As the sequels never got made, it remains an OrphanedSetup.
* In ''Film/{{Rovdyr}}'', Mia insists on going over the rules for back country hiking with her friends in the van. She doesn't get much past the first one--that red ribbons on trees mark the way back to the road--but that is the one that becomes important later in the film.
* Mr. Bruner points this out in Percy's Greek History class in ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' before he realizes he's a demigod. Then it goes to to the extreme when he goes to Camp Half Blood. Then later, Annabeth uses her non-demigod knowledge in a Sphinx trial, [[spoiler:except she gets fed up with the fact that the questions aren't riddles, and screws everything up.]]
* You'd think that in a ''SuperheroSchool'', this would be the case. But in ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', it's actually subverted for the main character. Played straight for everyone else.
* ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'': Picard's plan in the battle on Deck 16 is to rupture one of the coolant tanks by the warp core, flooding Engineering with the corrosive materials inside and destroying the Collective that the Borg have established there. This plan is repelled by the Borg before Picard's team even gets inside Engineering, but breaking one of the coolant tanks is how Data finally defeats the Borg in the climax of the film.
* ''Film/GreenForDanger'': When introduced, Dr. White is giving a lecture to the doctors about the new efficiency measures he has introduced since taking over as hospital administrator, including repainting the bins marked 'WASTE' to say 'SALVAGE'. This is an EstablishingCharacterMoment, but later becomes significant because [[spoiler:it explains where the murderer got the paint they used to disguise the carbon dioxide cylinder as an oxygen cylinder]].
* In ''Film/LoneStarStateOfMind'', Earl and Jimbo, taking a page from an action movie they had watched earlier, defeat some thugs by throwing a cell phone into the air and rushing them when they look up. Subverted later: Junior tries to imitate this trick, but prematurely congratulates himself on being "clever" and forgets to rush his opponent as the cell phone falls uselessly.
* ''Film/EasyA'' was in a way a play on this trope - it even lampshades "how the book you read in class seems to be weirdly related to your life", as part of the heroine's general [[GenreSavvy Genre savviness]].
** In the same scene, the heroine says in an after thought that this possible for most books, except for Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn. [[spoiler: Turns out she was was wrong, when the movie's PetHomosexual runs away from home with his African-American boyfriend. This causes Olive, the heroine, to [[DeadpanSnarker apologize]] to Creator/MarkTwain]].
* Dr. Crowley demonstrates the explosive properties of sodium in the first classroom scene of ''Film/JackBrooksMonsterSlayer''. Of course, it comes in handy against the final monster...
* The film ''{{Film/Knowing}}'' has Nicholas Cage giving a class a lecture early on about the composition and nature of the sun. [[spoiler:The third act becomes about solar flares wiping out everyone on the surface of the planet. Pointedly, however, [[DownerEnding the knowledge did not save the Earth]].]]
* ''Film/TheHungerGames'': Haymitch tells Peeta not to start a fire as it's a good way to get killed. Later in the film a girl does just that and you can guess the outcome. [[spoiler:Katniss and Rue then exploit this with decoy fires in a bid to destroy the career alliance's stockpile.]]
* In ''Film/PokerNight'', almost all of the lessons imparted by the senior detectives come into play as Jeter escapes except [[spoiler:asking for a kiss]].
* In ''[[Film/Napoleon1927 Napoléon]]'', the geography lesson about the climates of islands that mentions Saint Helena was presumably intended this way. As the sequels never got made, it remains an OrphanedSetup.
* In ''Film/{{Rovdyr}}'', Mia insists on going over the rules for back country hiking with her friends in the van. She doesn't get much past the first one--that red ribbons on trees mark the way back to the road--but that is the one that becomes important later in the film.
* Mr. Bruner points this out in Percy's Greek History class in ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' before he realizes he's a demigod. Then it goes to to the extreme when he goes to Camp Half Blood. Then later, Annabeth uses her non-demigod knowledge in a Sphinx trial, [[spoiler:except she gets fed up with the fact that the questions aren't riddles, and screws everything up.]]
* You'd think that in a ''SuperheroSchool'', this would be the case. But in ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', it's actually subverted for the main character. Played straight for everyone else.
* ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'': Picard's plan in the battle on Deck 16 is to rupture one of the coolant tanks by the warp core, flooding Engineering with the corrosive materials inside and destroying the Collective that the Borg have established there. This plan is repelled by the Borg before Picard's team even gets inside Engineering, but breaking one of the coolant tanks is how Data finally defeats the Borg in the climax of the film.
* ''Film/GreenForDanger'': When introduced, Dr. White is giving a lecture to the doctors about the new efficiency measures he has introduced since taking over as hospital administrator, including repainting the bins marked 'WASTE' to say 'SALVAGE'. This is an EstablishingCharacterMoment, but later becomes significant because [[spoiler:it explains where the murderer got the paint they used to disguise the carbon dioxide cylinder as an oxygen cylinder]].
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* Mr. Bruner points this out Percy's Greek History in ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' before he realizes he's a demigod. Then it goes to to the extreme when he goes to Camp Half Blood. Then later, Annabeth uses her non-demigod knowledge in a Sphinx trial, [[spoiler:except she gets fed up with the fact that the questions aren't riddles, and screws everything up.]]
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* Mr. Bruner points this out in Percy's Greek History class in ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' before he realizes he's a demigod. Then it goes to to the extreme when he goes to Camp Half Blood. Then later, Annabeth uses her non-demigod knowledge in a Sphinx trial, [[spoiler:except she gets fed up with the fact that the questions aren't riddles, and screws everything up.]]
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* ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'': Picard's plan in the battle on Deck 16 is to rupture one of the coolant tanks by the warp core, flooding Engineering with the corrosive materials inside and destroying the Collective the Borg have established there. This plan is repelled by the Borg before Picard's team even gets inside Engineering, but breaking one of the coolant tanks is how Data finally defeats the Borg in the climax of the film.
* ''Film/GreenForDanger'': When introduced, Dr. White is giving a lecture to the doctors about the new efficiency measures he has introduced since taking over as hospital administrator, including repainting the bins marked 'WASTE' to say 'SALVAGE'. This is an EstablishingCharacterMoment, but later becomes significant because [[spoiler:explains where the murderer got the paint they used to disguise the carbon dioxide cylinder as an oxygen cylinder]].
* ''Film/GreenForDanger'': When introduced, Dr. White is giving a lecture to the doctors about the new efficiency measures he has introduced since taking over as hospital administrator, including repainting the bins marked 'WASTE' to say 'SALVAGE'. This is an EstablishingCharacterMoment, but later becomes significant because [[spoiler:explains where the murderer got the paint they used to disguise the carbon dioxide cylinder as an oxygen cylinder]].
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* ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'': Picard's plan in the battle on Deck 16 is to rupture one of the coolant tanks by the warp core, flooding Engineering with the corrosive materials inside and destroying the Collective that the Borg have established there. This plan is repelled by the Borg before Picard's team even gets inside Engineering, but breaking one of the coolant tanks is how Data finally defeats the Borg in the climax of the film.
* ''Film/GreenForDanger'': When introduced, Dr. White is giving a lecture to the doctors about the new efficiency measures he has introduced since taking over as hospital administrator, including repainting the bins marked 'WASTE' to say 'SALVAGE'. This is an EstablishingCharacterMoment, but later becomes significant because[[spoiler:explains [[spoiler:it explains where the murderer got the paint they used to disguise the carbon dioxide cylinder as an oxygen cylinder]].
* ''Film/GreenForDanger'': When introduced, Dr. White is giving a lecture to the doctors about the new efficiency measures he has introduced since taking over as hospital administrator, including repainting the bins marked 'WASTE' to say 'SALVAGE'. This is an EstablishingCharacterMoment, but later becomes significant because
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* In ''Literature/{{Eclipse2007}}'', Jacob's family tells a story about how a woman helped distract a vampire by cutting herself, which Bella does in the final battle. Also, Jasper warns everyone not to let a vampire grab you under any circumstances. [[spoiler: Jacob forgets this and is nearly broken in half with a BearHug]].
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* In ''Literature/{{Eclipse2007}}'', ''[[Literature/Eclipse2007 Eclipse]]'', Jacob's family tells a story about how a woman helped distract a vampire by cutting herself, which Bella does in the final battle. Also, Jasper warns everyone not to let a vampire grab you under any circumstances. [[spoiler: Jacob forgets this and is nearly broken in half with a BearHug]].
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* In ''Literature/{{Eclipse}}'', Jacob's family tells a story about how a woman helped distract a vampire by cutting herself, which Bella does in the final battle. Also, Jasper warns everyone not to let a vampire grab you under any circumstances. [[spoiler: Jacob forgets this and is nearly broken in half with a BearHug]].
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* In ''Literature/{{Eclipse}}'', ''Literature/{{Eclipse2007}}'', Jacob's family tells a story about how a woman helped distract a vampire by cutting herself, which Bella does in the final battle. Also, Jasper warns everyone not to let a vampire grab you under any circumstances. [[spoiler: Jacob forgets this and is nearly broken in half with a BearHug]].
