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Law of Conservation of Detail- nothing is actually irrelevant if it's being shown.
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness^ Is Chekhov's Gun limited to objects used as foreshadowing? If so, it's too specific. I'm also referring to things such as throwaway phases that turn out to mean something later.
Unless it's a prequel with a Foregone Conclusion, that's the whole point of foreshadowing: something seems trivial or unimportant when we first see it, and later on we see the significance.
Ultimate Secret Wars^ prequel + foreshadowing = Future Shadowing
We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
A detail that is seemingly completely irrelevant turns out to be an important piece of foreshadowing.