History Foreshadowing / Us

* Red is the only doppelganger who can actually talk for the entire movie, and is unusually cultured, making references to both God and the ''Film/TheGoonies'': "Now it's our time, it's our time up there!" However, her voice is very rough and scratchy, especially when she first starts talking, as though she hasn't used it in a long time. [[spoiler:She is actually the real Adelaide who was trapped underground in place of and by doppelganger Adelaide. Red knows how to talk because she learned to talk before being trapped underground, but none of the other Tethered can speak outside of animalistic grunts, so her ability waned. In addition, the doppelganger Adelaide choked her when she was kidnapped, which would have damaged her throat. As for the references, during the Hands Across America commercial a VHS copy of the ''Film/{{Goonies}}'' can be seen next to the TV Adelaide was presumably watching, and in the flashbacks Adelaide's mother makes references to God.]]

* Red is the only doppelganger who can actually talk for the entire movie, and is unusually cultured, making references to both God and the ''Film/{{Goonies}}'': "Now it's our time, it's our time up there!" However, her voice is very rough and scratchy, especially when she first starts talking, as though she hasn't used it in a long time. [[spoiler:She is actually the real Adelaide who was trapped underground in place of and by doppelganger Adelaide. Red knows how to talk because she learned to talk before being trapped underground, but none of the other Tethered can speak outside of animalistic grunts, so her ability waned. In addition, the doppelganger Adelaide choked her when she was kidnapped, which would have damaged her throat. As for the references, during the Hands Across America commercial a VHS copy of the ''Film/{{Goonies}}'' can be seen next to the TV Adelaide was presumably watching, and in the flashbacks Adelaide's mother makes references to God.]]

** Additionally, it possibly foreshadows Adelaide as a liar; the cops never arriving, even after the 14 minute mark, could indicate she didn't actually call.

* During the film, it becomes clear that Gabe and Adelaide aren't compatible in any way, to the point that you wonder how the two got together, got married, and had two children in the first place. [[spoiler: The ending makes this more clear, as her being a clone without a soul, who can only mimic human actions and emotions, means that she doesn't know anything about falling in love or physical attraction, she just knows that most humans eventually get married and have children. Most likely, any man who was interested in her could have gotten with cloned Adelaide.]]

* During the opening, when she gets lost in the mirror maze, Adelaide starts whistling ''The Itsy Bitsy Spider'' to herself, before hearing the tethered Adelaide whistle tunelessly back. Later on, Red makes her first adult appearance in the movie whistling said song while walking up to Adelaide's summer house. [[spoiler:And then later whistles it again moments before Adelaide strangles her to death. It turns out that Red is the real Adelaide.]]
* Speaking of "tuneless" (and credit for this one goes to [[Podcast/FriendsAtTheTable Austin Walker]]), as "I Got Five On It" plays", Adelaide tries to teach Jason to snap in time to the song. Thing is, she's snapping out of time, hitting the ones and threes instead of the twos and fours, an early sign she's not completely socially adjusted. [[spoiler: This plays into the final fight between Red and Adelaide; Red gracefully dances around Adelaide, dodging and attacking and Adelaide is "offbeat" the entire fight and can't keep up until she gets in a lucky shot.]]

* When the other Tethered break into their home, they are focused on just entering and cornering the family, but when Red makes her entrance she takes her time to observe things the family owns. As she does this, she stops at the fireplace to look at a painting [[spoiler:as if it's familiar to her]]. This looks like it's establishing Red as a leader and different from the other Tethered, but it makes a lot more sense after TheReveal. Of course [[spoiler:someone who hasn't been what's in their old home or has lost certain comforts would be interested in the changes they see and the old pictures and photos that are still hanging up.]]
* Red is the only doppelganger who can actually talk the entire movie, and is unusually cultured, making references to both God and the ''Film/{{Goonies}}'', "Now it's our time, it's our time up there!" However, her voice is very rough and scratchy, especially when she first starts talking, as though she hasn't used it in a long time. [[spoiler:She is actually the real Adelaide who was trapped underground in place of and by doppelganger Adelaide. Red knows how to talk because she learned to talk before being trapped underground, but none of the other Tethered can speak outside of animalistic grunts, so her ability waned. As for the references, during the Hands Across America commercial a VHS copy of the ''Film/{{Goonies}}'' can be seen next to the TV Adelaide was presumably watching, and in the flashbacks Adelaide's mother makes references to God.]]

-->'''Gabe:''' Knock, knock.
-->'''Zora:''' Who's there?
-->'''Gabe:''' You.
-->'''Jason:''' You who?
-->'''Gabe:''' Yoo-hoo! Open up the do-o-or!

* When Abraham has Gabe trapped on the boat, he starts howling into the air. [[spoiler:He actually gets similar howls back as a response before it's formally established that the Wilsons aren't the only family with doppelgangers on the loose.]]
* When Red tells the story of lives of Adelaide and herself during their first meeting, and how horrible Red had it compared to Adelaide, Adelaide starts crying. [[spoiler:With the reveal that Adelaide was originally one of the doppelgangers who switched places with Red who was the original Adelaide, one has to wonder if those were tears of guilt for what she had done, or tears at the memories of her early life as a Tethered underground coming back and the idea that Red's life would've happened to her if she hadn't escaped.]]

* Likewise one of the first scenes is of the Hands Across America commercial. [[spoiler:Right next to it is a VHS copy of ''Film/{{CHUD}}'' a film about an illegal subterranean government experiment that they lose control over and which wrecks havoc on the citizens above.]]

* During the whole ordeal, Adelaide is wearing white and over time it gets drenched with blood, [[spoiler: much like the red jumpsuits the Tethered wear.]]
* Kitty is talking at Adelaide about her failed acting career and cosmetic surgery when Adelaide says she's not good at talking. At the time, this seems like her trying to politely excuse her disinterest in what Kitty is saying, but [[spoiler:this gains extra meaning when we learn that she never spoke a word for the first ten years of her life when she was living as one of The Tethered deep underground.]]
* Kitty's tethered is coldly efficient, just like her family, yet she doesn't kill Adelaide. [[spoiler:It's because she may know this Adelaide is actually a fellow tethered, or may have been under Red's orders not to harm Adelaide so she could take out her own revenge.]]
* When the Tethered first show up, Adelaide immediately calls the police. She is told it will take 14 minutes for them to get there. An excessive response time outside of very high crime areas. And later they're outright put on hold. [[spoiler:This is the big indication that what's happening to Wilsons and the Tylers is happening on a much, much bigger scale.]]
** Additionally, it possibly foreshadows Adelaide as liar; the cops never arriving, even after the 14 minute mark, could indicate she didn't actually call.

* On the beach, someone throws a red Frisbee that lands on directly on one of the blue circles on Adelaide's beach towel. Adelaide picks it up revealing the blue circle underneath and seems disturbed by this. At the end of the film, [[spoiler: we find out she replaced the original Adelaide much like the red Frisbee replaced the blue circle on the towel.]]

* During the film, it becomes clear that Gabe and Adelaide aren't compatible in any way to the point that you wonder how the two got together, got married, and had two children in the first place. [[spoiler: The ending makes this more clear, as her being a clone without a soul, who can only mimic human actions and emotions, means that she doesn't know anything about falling in love or physical attraction, she just knows that most humans eventually get married and have children. Meaning, any man who was willing could have gotten with cloned Adelaide.]]

* During the Wilson's visit to Santa Cruz, Jason sees a man standing perfectly still with his arms outstretched, one of his hands dripping with blood. Earlier the family saw the Jeremiah 11:11 guy being taken away in an ambulance covered in blood. [[spoiler: The guy on the beach is J11 Guy's Tethered; having successfully killed his original he is now taking up his place in the "Hands across America" display seen later in the film.]]

* Speaking of "tuneless" (and credit for this one goes to [[Podcast/FriendsAtTheTable Austin Walker]]), as "I Got Five On It" plays", Adelaide tries to teach Jason to snap in time to the song. Thing is, she's snapping out of time, hitting the ones and threes instead of the twos and fours, an early sign she's not completely socially adjusted.

* During the Wilson's visit to Santa Cruz, Jason sees a man standing perfectly still with his arms outstretched, one of his hands dripping with blood. Earlier the family saw the Jeremiah 11:11 guy being taken away in an ambulance covered in blood. [[spoiler: The guy on the beach is J11 Guy's Tethered; having successfully killed his original he is now taking up his place in the "Hands across America" display seen later in the film.]]
* In the scene featured in the trailer when the family is singing along to "I Got 5 On It", Adelaide tells Jason to "Get in rhythm", then proceeds to start snapping on the ''offbeats''. [[spoiler: This plays into the final fight between Red and Adelaide; Red gracefully dances around Adelaide, dodging and attacking and Adelaide is "offbeat" the entire fight and can't keep up until she gets in a lucky shot.]]

* Speaking of "tuneless" (and credit for this one goes to [[Podcast/FriendsAtTheTable Austin Walker]]), as "I Got Five On It" plays", Adelaide tries to teach Jason to snap in time to the song. Thing is, she's snapping out of time, hitting the threes and fours instead of the ones and twos, an early sign she's not completely socially adjusted.

* Speaking of "tuneless" (and credit for this one goes to [[Podcast/FriendsAtTheTable Austin Walker]]), as "I Got Five On It" plays", Adelaide tries to teach Jason to snap in time to the song. Thing is, she's snapping out of time, hitting the threes and fours instead of the ones and twos.

* When Adelaide tells Gabe about when she met her doppleganger, she says she went down to the beach alone, she doesn't know why she did it, she just did. [[spoiler:She really ''doesn't'' know why she did it, since she isn't the original Adelaide who went down to the beach. She may also have been referring to the PsychicLink between her and the real Adelaide compelling her to mimick the original in going to the Fun House without knowing why.]]

* In the scene featured in the trailer when the family is singing along to "I Got 5 On It", Adelaide tells Jason to "Get in rhythm", [[spoiler: then proceeds to start snapping on the ''offbeats''.]]