FlashForward: Difference between revisions

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** Might have been completely subverted now that {{spoiler|she <s>might be</s> is pregnant with Agent Noh's child}}

* [[California Doubling]]: Mostly averted, since the show is set there, but Southern Somalia looked suspiciously like Southern California...

* [[Card Carrying Villain]]: Flosso, a [[Smug Snake]] who regularly smokes cigars despite his crippling emphysema [[Contractual Genre Blindness|because that's what a villain is supposed to do]]. He even outright says that he's a villain when introducing himself.

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Flosso, a [[Smug Snake]] who regularly smokes cigars despite his crippling emphysema [[Contractual Genre Blindness|because that's what a villain is supposed to do]]. He even outright says that he's a villain when introducing himself.

* [[The Cast Showoff]]: The brief moment of karaoke in one episode seemed one part [[Rule of Funny]], one part a brief showcasing of John Cho's singing ability.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Flosso's [[Incredibly Lame Pun|killer]] emphysema.

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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: "Have you heard of the double-slit theory?" "Well, I did a little experimenting in college..."

* [[A God Am I]]: This is Simon's viewpoint on the fact that {{spoiler|his experiment maybe caused the blackout.}}

* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: Invoked by {{spoiler|Dyson Frost}} after Demetri tells him "[[You're Insane]]."

* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: Invoked by {{spoiler|Dyson Frost}} after Demetri tells him "[[You're Insane!]]."

* [[Good Smoking Evil Smoking]]: Flosso [[Card Carrying Villain|intentionally invokes this.]]

* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]: Flosso [[Card-Carrying Villain|intentionally invokes this.]]

* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: {{spoiler|Simon}}.

* [[Heroic Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Al Gough}} commits suicide so that the woman he found he accidentally killed in his flashforward can live.

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* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]: The second episode opens with "Ring Around the Rosie" and images of children lying completely still on the ground. Later on, the fake D. Gibbons has dolls which also sing the song. [[Nightmare Fuel|It's creepy.]]

* [[It Meant Something to Me]]: Poor Demetri...

* [[Ironic Echo]] / [[Pre Mortem One Liner]]: Mark in the finale. "What did [[Mook|you]] see?" * BLAM*

* [[Ironic Echo]] / [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: Mark in the finale. "What did [[Mook|you]] see?" * BLAM*

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: A [[Tear Jerker|truly touching moment]] between Mark and Gabriel in "The Negotiation". (No, [[Ho Yay|not like that!]] [[It Makes Sense in Context]].)

* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|Anyone involved in the global blackout apart from Dyson Frost, who's dead, and Hellinger, who's still in FBI custody as of the end of the series. Alda Herzog and Evil Pet Shop Lady are still on the loose, and no one apart from Aaron even knows about Jericho's involvement.}}

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** {{spoiler|Simon}} could also be called this. As could {{spoiler|Mike, who was spying on Aaron on behalf of the Jericho PMC}}.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: Frost's [[Room Full of Crazy]] Conspiracy Wall has CERN in block letters, a reference to the Large Hadron Collider's involvement in the original book.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]]: {{spoiler|The Blue Hand group uses Mosaic to track down people who didn't have a Flashforward and convinces them to join a suicide club.}}

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: {{spoiler|The Blue Hand group uses Mosaic to track down people who didn't have a Flashforward and convinces them to join a suicide club.}}

** Nice job {{spoiler|killing the man who would eventually lead war-torn Somalia to peace, Vogel.}}

*** {{spoiler|Vogel is CIA. It could be taken that once he learned Abdi was going to be a peacemaker, he began looking for an opportunity to kill him. Cause', you know, [[Strawman Political|that's what the CIA does.]]}}

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{{quote| '''Simon:''' What I designed was theoretical. It could only be done in the future. And yet, it's been standing here for 18 years.<br />

'''Janis:''' Well, welcome to the future. }}

* [[Self Fulfilling Prophecy]]: Who doesn't already believe that Mark and Olivia's marriage is going to fail? They seem to have grown distant already just at the thought that she will cheat on him. {{spoiler|Even more so now that he knows she's met the man in her vision and she knows he was drinking in his [[Flash Forward]].}}

* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]: Who doesn't already believe that Mark and Olivia's marriage is going to fail? They seem to have grown distant already just at the thought that she will cheat on him. {{spoiler|Even more so now that he knows she's met the man in her vision and she knows he was drinking in his [[Flash Forward]].}}

** The Blue Hand, {{spoiler|not having flash forwards, realized they will be dead in six months and begin committing suicide}}. [[What an Idiot|Make of that what you will]].

** The Blue Hand, {{spoiler|not having flash forwards, realized they will be dead in six months and begin committing suicide}}. [[What an Idiot!|Make of that what you will]].

** Demetri would do well to learn that [[Kung Fu Panda|one often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.]]

*** For that matter, so would {{spoiler|Dyson Frost}}.

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* [[String Theory]]: Mark's Blackout wall.

* [[Ten Little Murder Victims]]: In "Queen Sacrifice".

* [[Timey Wimey Ball]]: Some of the events in the flashforwards were themselves caused by the flashforwards (see above). However, apart from a throwaway line mentioning a party in Times Square, none of the visions show any awareness that this was the moment they all foresaw. {{spoiler|And now someone has apparently died despite the fact that he was alive in his flashforward.}}

* [[Timey-Wimey Ball]]: Some of the events in the flashforwards were themselves caused by the flashforwards (see above). However, apart from a throwaway line mentioning a party in Times Square, none of the visions show any awareness that this was the moment they all foresaw. {{spoiler|And now someone has apparently died despite the fact that he was alive in his flashforward.}}

** Except Bryce, he says, "so you're really here" to Keiko, referencing that this is the moment he saw.

* [[Token Minority]]: Mostly averted, as there are three of the six regular cast members playing FBI agents are black, as is Demetri's fiancee. Lynn Whitfield and Gina Torres have also appeared. Still only one Asian regular, but he's co-lead and has been getting [[Character Development]], so...

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* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]] - The New York Times review of the pilot included a list of historical events tied to the flash forward date of April 29, 2010, and suggesting speculation over the date's significance would be more fuel for [[Epileptic Trees]]. In actuality, it's just the 50th birthday of Robert J. Sawyer, author of the ''Flash Forward'' novel, which coincidentally falls close to the airing of the first season finale.

** {{spoiler|December 12, 2016- The End. }} [[Watchmen (Comic Book)|Hurm...]]

* [[What Happened to The Mouse]] - Early episodes mentioned the Vice President being the new president in her flash forward, implying the old one would die. However, the April 29th episodes focused entirely on LA and Somalia, and even then, you'd think we would have heard if the president died.

* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]] - Early episodes mentioned the Vice President being the new president in her flash forward, implying the old one would die. However, the April 29th episodes focused entirely on LA and Somalia, and even then, you'd think we would have heard if the president died.

** Or get his impeachment. We saw her flashforward, it was a little unclear. What more interesting - what about Arabian boy who was seen by Wedeck's wife? Did writers forget about him or something?

* [[What the Hell Hero]]: Janis, Olivia and Wedeck have all given this treatment to Mark. Demetri has gone as far as punching Mark in the face, although that was more his [[Berserk Button]] going off.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Janis, Olivia and Wedeck have all given this treatment to Mark. Demetri has gone as far as punching Mark in the face, although that was more his [[Berserk Button]] going off.

** [[Designated Hero|He seems to attract a lot of this..]]

** And now Aaron, Mark's AA sponsor, has given him the same treatment.

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*** On the ''other'' hand, {{spoiler|Demetri survived}} so you ''can'' fight fate, but have to overcome a sort of historical "inertia" to do so.

* [[You Killed My Father]], [[Prepare to Die]]: {{spoiler|Simon does this, twice.}}

* [[You're Insane]]: Demetri to D.Gibbons in "The Garden of Forking Paths". Gibbons' reply: [[Mad Oracle|Most oracles are]].

* [[You're Insane!]]: Demetri to D.Gibbons in "The Garden of Forking Paths". Gibbons' reply: [[Mad Oracle|Most oracles are]].