History Main / ChekhovsNews

* Early in the first ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' movie, a random passerby mentions the 30th anniversary of a terrible lighting bolt that struck their monument in 1955. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, since plutonium was very rare at the time, 1955 Doc Brown uses the power of the bolt to fuel the [=DeLorean=] and get Marty back home]].

* In ''Anime/SummerWars'', there is a news report in the beginning about a satellite hurtling towards the Earth, but will land safely. [[spoiler:After everything has gone down, the satellite has been hacked and is now hurtling towards the BigFancyHouse everyone's living in.]]
* In ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'', there's a running news item involving a dirigible. At the climax, [[spoiler:it runs into trouble and Kiki must rescue her friend Tombo, who's desperately hanging from a rope on it]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'', Mr. Incredible is reading the newspaper with a headline about the disappearance of his former superhero colleague Gazerbeam. Later, when he's escaping from Syndrome, he finds Gazerbeam's skeleton in a cave--and notices he'd used his [[EyeBeams laser vision]] to carve the word "Kronos" into the wall before he died.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', the Daily Prophet mentions a break-in at Gringotts that turns out to be an attempt at stealing the eponymous stone.
** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'', Harry hears a Muggle news report about the notorious mass-murderer Sirius Black. Turns out Sirius is a wizard, Harry's godfather, and not a murderer at all.
** Later [[AvertedTrope averted]] in ''Literature/OrderOfThePhoenix'', where Harry is listening in on Muggle news reports for any news of Voldemort's return. The only news item mentioned is about a pet bird who learned to water-ski, at which point Harry decides nothing important is going to be on after that if they've resorted to airing a fluff piece.

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' episode "[[Recap/SherlockS01E03TheGreatGame The Great Game]]", a passing mention of an art exhibition opening on the morning news later becomes a plot point.

* Whenever there's a newspaper in Series/BabylonFive, it was made for freezeframe and contains ForeShadowing.
* In the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Intro to Political Science", as Troy and Abed are covering the Greendale election, the news scroll at the bottom of the frame foreshadows the plot lines of several future episodes.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Mr. Incredible is reading the newspaper with a headline about the disappearance of his former superhero colleague Gazerbeam. Later, when he's escaping from Syndrome, he finds Gazerbeam's skeleton in a cave--and notices he'd used his [[EyeBeams laser vision]] to carve the word "Kronos" into the wall before he died.

* In the first court case of ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney'', you get to read a London newspaper about a bunch of jewel thefts across town, which has nothing to do with your case of assault. [[spoiler:It turns out that the last witness is one of those thieves, which provides a motive for ''her'' assault on your client, who had evidence of her theft.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS1E2ALeafInTheWind A Leaf in the Wind]]", Korra hears of up-and-coming [[FictionalSport pro-bending]] team the Fire Ferrets and star player Mako via a live radio broadcast, and later meets the team, [[spoiler:making her debut as a pro-bender soon after]]. She's also seen reading the newspaper early in the episode, [[http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/Paratia/ThisGuyRightHere.png and on the back is a picture of Tahno,]] [[ChekhovsGunman who will later become her rival.]]

* At the beginning of South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, Cartman is seen watching a news report about the death of Saddam by mountain Boars. Saddam is seen later in Hell in a relationship with Satan.

* You can make this happen in ''VideoGame/PlagueInc''. Time your mutations right and you can spoil various events by infecting the attendees (and increasing the spread of your disease).

* ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'': In ''CityOfFallenAngels'', Clary sees a news story about a newborn baby abandoned outside of a hospital, with a note attached by the infant's mother begging the authorities to kill him. It turns out that the baby was one of many infants who would have otherwise been normal whose mothers agreed to be injected with demon blood. Unable to handle the demon blood, all the babies die, and in one scene, [[NightmareFuel Alec and Isabelle are horrified when they stumble upon a room full of the dead infants.]]

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* Used in [[spoiler: the beginning of]] ''Film/Us'' [[spoiler: with Hands Across America]].

* Wakana Sonozaki's radio show "Healing Princess" from ''Series/KamenRiderW''.

* ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'': In ''CityOfFallenAngels'', Clary sees a news story about a newborn baby abandoned outside of a hospital, with a note attached by the infant's mother begging the authorities to kill him. It turns out that the baby was one many infants who would have otherwise been normal whose mothers agreed to be injected with demon blood. Unable to handle the demon blood, all the babies die, and in one scene, [[NightmareFuel Alec and Isabelle are horrified when they stumble upon a room full of the dead infants.]]

* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' almost every piece of TV news is related to something the character will encounter, such as mysterious tentacled creatures, various odd premonitions, and a nearby serial killer. If the player is playing a PC from the insane Malkavian bloodline, the TV will even say things like, when reporting on a warehouse that the PC destroyed, "Authorities are investigating a local warehouse fire. Police suspect ''you'' did it".
** That said, while this applies to TV news in the game, it doesn't apply to the radio. Some of the talk radio content is plot-relevant, but most of it is just for sheer comic value.

* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' almost every piece of TV news is related to something the character will encounter, such as mysterious tentacled creatures, various odd premonitions, and a nearby serial killer. If the player is playing a PC from the insane Malkavian bloodline, the TV will even say things like, when reporting on a warehouse that the PC destroyed, "Authorities are investigating a local warehouse fire. Police suspect 'you' did it".

* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' pretty much every piece of TV news is either directly related to something the character will encounter, such as mysterious sea creatures, various odd premonitions, and a nearby serial killer. If the player is playing a PC from the insane Malkavian bloodline, the TV will even say things like, when reporting on a warehouse that the PC destroyed, "Authorities are investigating a local warehouse fire. Police suspect *you* did it".

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Mr. Incredible is reading the newspaper with a headline about his former superhero colleague Gazerbeam. Later, when he's escaping from Syndrome, he finds Gazerbeam's skeleton in a cave, who had used to his [[EyeBeams laser vision]] to carve the word "Kronos" into the wall before he died.

* Subverted in ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'', where the news broadcasts follow this trope, but the characters never notice them.
* Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle has a news telecast which mentions an escaped cheetah from the zoo. The pair later come across the cheetah and get high with it, before riding it.

* Whenever there's a newspaper in BabylonFive, it was made for freezeframe and contains ForeShadowing.

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' episode "[[Recap/SherlockS01E03TheGreatGame The Great Game]]", a bypass mention of an art display opening on the morning news later becomes a plot point.

* Wakana Sonozaki's radio show "Healling Princess" from ''Series/KamenRiderW''.

* In the first court case of ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney'', you get to read London's newspaper about a bunch of jewel thefts across town, which has nothing to do with your case of assault. [[spoiler:It turns out that the last witness is one of those thieves, which provides motive to ''her'' assault on your client, who had evidence of her theft.]]