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* The ending of Roger's focus chapter in ''[[Fanfic/SixesAndSeves Haunting of Villa Layla]]'' has [[spoiler: Ego the Living Planet]] comment that something about human genetics clearly had a reaction with his own, and he'd have to visit the planet again. [[spoiler: Of course, next time he does so is when he conceives [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord]]]].

** In "The Clouds," part of the initial interaction between homeless bum Soapy and his future wife duplicates what happens when Bolt and Mittens first meet in canon. When Soapy crudely propositions her and says "Yeah, I’m really scared now" after the woman takes offense, she grabs him by the coat lapels and slams him hard back into the side of the diner, shouting "You should be!" She then drags him off to the police station by his scarf, though they later find common ground while conversing at the station house -- and by the story's conclusion they have moved in together with a summer wedding upcoming. It's also {{Foreshadowing}}, given that Bolt and Mittens become lovers in the fic series.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Rhino's canon assertion that he "isn't all hamster. I'm one-sixteenth wolf with, you know, a little wolverine in there somewhere" is referenced in "The Seven" (a pre-canon fic), where Bolt's father Blaze is described as claiming he has a background that is far more exotic than just mundanely canine.
-->The eccentric little mongrel named Blaze was unique -- truly unlike any dog that had ever existed, or would most likely ever exist again. An unusual combination consisting primarily of American white shepherd with healthy dollops of Berger Blanc Suisse and Hinks bull terrier mixed in, he would also claim -- depending on the day -- to be part husky, part wolf, part wolverine, or a descendent of Lassie, Benji, Toto, Balto, or Buck from "The Call of the Wild."

* In ''Mega-City Max'', a YA ''Comicbook/JudgeDredd'' spin-off:
** ''[=DeMarco=] PI: Snake Oil'' is set shortly after [=DeMarco=] was expelled from the Justice Academy[[note]]Which probably makes this an AlternateContinuity, since in canon she quit while a full Judge.[[/note]], and features her talking to her Academy friends, newly appointed Judges Barbara Hershey and Cassandra Anderson. When Hershey complains about her superior, Cass says Barbara's rising so fast that one day she'll be the one giving him orders, referencing her eventual appointment to Chief Judge. Barbara replies that Cass could also do well if she took things more seriously, which could be a reference to how ''Comicbook/AndersonPsiDivision'' portrayed her as considerably less light-hearted than her original appearances in the ''Dredd'' strip.

* Two at the end of "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/862602/1/Welcome-to-the-New-Mutants-Cypher-hope-you-survive Welcome to the New Mutants, Cypher, Hope You Survive]]". The first is when Doug explains that he [[spoiler: used his hacking skills to duplicate his friends' powers in the Danger Room]] to symbolise that, while he knows his powers aren't the most combat-relevant, he also knows he has a team he can rely on, and Professor X gets a chill of premonition. On a lighter note, he then comments that if he'd [[spoiler: copied Warlock's powers, complete with cosmetic enhancement]], he'd have looked really weird. In the comics, Cypher is killed in ''Comicbook/NewMutants'' #60, and subsequently sort-of resurrected as "Douglock".

* ''WesternAnimation/ThorTalesOfAsgard'' is based on [[Comicbook/{{Thor}} the Marvel version of Thor]], but set when he's a teenager. While he uses swords throughout the film, Mjolnir is briefly seen in Odin's treasure room, and at one point he throws a wooden mallet and is surprised at how well it works.

*** The skill that gives Greg's Heal Jam a 25% chance to cure his allies of negative StatusEffects is called "Independent Together".
*** One of the anvil charms that Bismuth can equip is the Little Homeworld Anvil.

*** One of Steven's ukulele charms is the Future Uke, which is designed after his outfit in the epilogue series.
---> ''Is this ukulele from... the future?''
*** The achievement for getting an A++ on any Black Hole chapter is called "Little Homeschool".
*** One of Greg's quotes on his equipment page is "Cut my hair? No way, no how!" [[spoiler:He then suffers a TraumaticHaircut from Bluebird in the latter's eponymous episode.]]

*** One of Amethyst's unlockable costumes is the form she had when she first emerged from the Prime Kindergarten. Likewise, one of Pearl's unlockable costumes is her servant dress while one of Steven's is his outfit in that movie.

** One of Steven's ukulele charms is the Future Uke, which is designed after his outfit in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture''.

*** One of Amethyst's unlockable costumes is the form she had when she first emerged from the Prime Kindergarten. Likewise, one of Pearl's unlockable costumes is her servant dress.

* ''VideoGame/UnleashTheLight'', which chronologically takes place before ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'', has several references to it:
** One of the charms Pearl, Bismuth and Connie can equip is the Gem Rejuvenator, Spinel's weapon of choice.
** One of Amethyst's unlockable costumes is the form she had when she first emerged from the Prime Kindergarten. Likewise, one of Pearl's unlockable costumes is her servant dress.

* Name the main character of ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}'' Kris, and the game will note that that name sounds oddly familiar. Kris is the name of the main character of ''{{VideoGame/Deltarune}}''.

* ''ComicBook/StarTrekIDW'':
** During "Return of the Archons", Spock questions Kirk's usage of the Prime Directive when the latter impulsively decides to start a phaser fight in the caverns underneath the planet. Kirk gives a half-hearted excuse to justify his actions to Admiral Pike after the fact. [[Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness Then the second film rolls around...]]
** A huge one (and a long-term ChekhovsGun) occurs during the "Truth about Tribbles" arc, Bones transports a lone Tribble into a containment module in an attempt to analyze its physiology, only for it to die several hours later. He decides to keep the Tribble so he can run tests on it in the future. Later, in ''Into Darkness'', [[spoiler:Bones uses the same Tribble to run tests on Khan's blood, which is what eventually gives him the knowledge necessary to save Kirk's life]].

** ''[=DeMarco=] PI: Snake Oil'' is set shortly after [=DeMarco=] was expelled from the Justice Academy, and features her talking to her Academy friends, newly appointed Judges Barbara Hershey and Cassandra Anderson. When Hershey complains about her superior, Cass says Barbara's rising so fast that one day she'll be the one giving him orders, referencing her eventual appointment to Chief Judge. Barbara replies that Cass could also do well if she took things more seriously, which could be a reference to how ''Comicbook/AndersonPsiDivision'' portrayed her as considerably less light-hearted than her original appearances in the ''Dredd'' strip.

** At one point, Elijah tells Arthur that he joined the Chain Casting Research Club to pick up girls, to which Arthur replies "Were you deprived of love in your past life or something?" While this seems to be an innocuous remark at the time considering how unlucky Elijah is compared to Arthur when it comes to attracting love, anyone who has read the novel will recognize that [[spoiler:not only is this really true of Elijah, but of Arthur as well. In their past lives, Grey (Arthur) and Nico (Elijah) had a childhood friend named Cecilia whom they both loved. However, Cecilia died by throwing herself onto Grey's blade during a major tournament, which led Nico (who was going to get married to Cecilia) to swear revenge on Grey, a vendetta that would continue all the way into their reincarnated lives]].
** Speaking of [[spoiler:Arthur's past life coming back to haunt him]], one of the major plot twists of the novel gets foreshadowed in an original scene that occurs before the ClassTrip to Widow's Crypt. In said scene, Arthur and Elijah are sparring in the former's private training facility when the former knocks out the latter. As Arthur reaches out to help him up, Elijah is able to [[spoiler:recognize Arthur as his past self King Grey, followed by him being overwhelmed with violent emotions towards Grey. In this moment, Elijah's emotions have come into conflict with those of his true self: Nico Sever, the former childhood friend of King Grey who has also been [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld reincarnated in the same world]] and who has been working with the BigBad Agrona to exact his revenge on Grey. Nico as a character and the reveal he had been reincarnated as Elijah would not be revealed until the start and end of the War Arc respectively, which occurs much later in the novel]].

* WesternAnimation/KimPossible has a few of these in “A Sitch in Time”, when Drakken and Kim travel back in time to the latter’s past.

-->-- '''Obi-Wan Kenobi''' (to Anakin Skywalker, who [[Film/ANewHope was]]), ''Franchise/StarWars: Episode II –- Film/AttackOfTheClones''

->''"Why do I get the feeling you're going to be [[Film/ANewHope the death of me?]]"''
-->-- '''Obi-Wan Kenobi''' (to Anakin Skywalker), ''Franchise/StarWars: Episode II – Film/AttackOfTheClones''

Compare ''and'' contrast TemptingFate. See also ExternallyValidatedProphecy.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Quite a few in ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'', such as when a time-travelling Vimes inadvertently gives [[HonestJohnsDealership CMOT Dibbler]] the idea for his trademark CatchPhrase.

* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' episode "Go!" is practically made up of these. Notable ones include Cyborg saying "I'm only gonna say this once — [[CatchPhrase Booya!]]" and the team stopping by an island (that of course will eventually house their headquarters) and Cyborg comments that "somebody should build a house out here."

* Two at the end of "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/862602/1/Welcome-to-the-New-Mutants-Cypher-hope-you-survive Welcome to the New Mutants, Cypher, Hope You Survive]]". The first is when Doug explains that he [[spoiler: used his hacking skills to duplicate his friends' powers in the Danger Room]] to symbolise that, while he knows his powers aren't the most combat-relevant, he also knows he has a team he can rely on, and Professor X gets a chill of premonition. On a lighter note, he then comments that if he'd [[spoiler: copied Warlock's powers, complete with cosmetic enhancement]], he'd have looked really weird. In the comics, Cypher is killed in #60, and subsequently sort-of resurrected as "Douglock".

* ''Film/IronMan1'':
** Ho Yinsen mentions to Tony Stark that they met once before at a conference in Bern, Switzerland. ''Film/IronMan3'' begins with a flashback to 1999 (nine years before the events of ''Iron Man'') that shows that initial meeting.
** Also, towards the climax, Colonel Rhodes briefly considers taking one of the Iron Man suits, before shaking his head and saying "Next time, baby." [[spoiler:As in the comics, Rhodes takes one of the suits, and becomes War Machine, in [[Film/IronMan2 the very next movie.]]]]