There's a word for referring to something from the beginning of a story isn't there? I'd look it up, but i don't want to waste away on tv tropes again like i did last week.

pokerfaced said:
There's a word for referring to something from the beginning of a story isn't there? I'd look it up, but i don't want to waste away on tv tropes again like i did last week.

Brick Joke.
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By god, I said that from memory!

Noiko_Imura said:
Brick Joke.
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By god, I said that from memory!

Chekhov's Gun I think is more appropriate here.

MemphisMastermind said:
Chekhov's Gun I think is more appropriate here.

Probably. It also has the advantage of not being specifically a tv tropes thing.

MemphisMastermind said:
Chekhov's Gun I think is more appropriate here.

I thought, it is kinda special trope for Russia. But do you use it too?

Book Ends would be more applicable for this. The same/similar scenes at the beginning and the end of a story.

...I am on TvTropes too much. :V

My god, we massive nerds!

Well no suprise there I suppose.

I feel proud to know exactly what you're talking about.

pokerfaced said:
There's a word for referring to something from the beginning of a story isn't there? I'd look it up, but i don't want to waste away on tv tropes again like i did last week.

The term everyone is looking for, from a literary perspective, is "foreshadowing" gawd the computer age generation makes me feel old...