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Most of the real-world prophecies that come true are also self-fulfilling -- simply stating that something will happen often ensures that it will happen ''someday'', whether by accident or because someone read your prophecy and decided he'd make it happen.
An example sometimes given is that a prediction that a bank may become insolvent (or, excuse the pun, "bankrupt") may scare people into withdrawing their money from the bank all in a rush -- but since the bank only keeps a [
Compare [[Prophetic Fallacy]], [[Nice Job Breaking It, Herod]], [[The Firefly Effect]], [[Streisand Effect]], and [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] and/or [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]] (depending on who did it). Often an integral part of [[Tragedy]]. May cause a [[Clingy MacGuffin]]. For the [[Time Travel]] version, see [[You Already Changed the Past]] and [[Stable Time Loop]]. See also Situational [[Irony]].
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** For extra points, she only ever met the guy in question as a direct result of the flashforward.
** By the end of the series, it's been shown that the future seen in flash-forwards can be changed, but doing so required great effort to fight the inertia of the timestream.
* There's a sort-of case in ''[[
* On ''[[Being Human (TV)|Being Human]]'' when Mitchell receives a prophecy that a werewolf will kill him, he becomes paranoid about any werewolves other that George and Nina. When they encounter two other werewolves he picks up the [[Idiot Ball]] and is so aggressive that he starts a feud with them and really messes up things for everyone. Although {{spoiler|no one gets killed and they make peace in the end}} it is quite likely that this will still end up as a [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]].
** Later, the one who gave Mitchell the prophecy in the first place, admits that she completely made it up to screw with his head, and specifically calls this out. Quoth, "there is a wolf-shaped bullet. That he carved his name on."
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* In ''[[Summoner]]'', Emperor Murod hears a prophecy that a Summoner will put an end to his reign. Every [[Doomed Hometown|action]] he thus [[The Call Knows Where You Live|takes]] to stop this prophecy from happening results in making the prophesy happen, by undoing Joseph's [[Refusal of the Call]]. Had he sat on his throne doing nothing, Joseph would've lived his life as a farmer on another continent, never even learning of Murod's existence.
* Overlord Zetta from ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'' receives a prophecy from an oracle that his Netherworld will be destroyed. In an attempt to [[Screw Destiny]], Zetta hunts down and consults the '[[Cosmic Keystone|sacred tome]]' - a book in which "everything pertaining to his Netherworld" is recorded - only to find that it states that his own stupidity has doomed the Netherworld. Insulted, Zetta responds by burning the book to a crisp, consequently [[Earthshattering Kaboom|un-recording]] the whole Netherworld in the process and fulfilling the prophecy.
* This is the plot of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]''. Zelda has a vision that Ganondorf will take the Triforce from its hiding place sealed within the Golden Realm, sends Link to preemptively collect the [[MacGuffin|MacGuffins]] sealing the Golden Realm that Ganondorf has been attempting to obtain, and of course Ganondorf follows Link into the Golden Realm and takes the Triforce when Link unseals it. This sort of thing happens a lot in the series.
** Specifically, Link himself was sealed away because, as a Hylian child, he was considered too young to be the Hero of Time. Of course, the Hero would have been unnecessary if he hadn't been sealed away for seven years, letting Ganondorf take over. If Link had in fact been a Kokiri, or else a little bit older, he would have succeeded in stopping Ganondorf because he would have gotten the power first (and its debatable if he would have gotten all of the Triforce).
** The events of ''Ocarina of Time'' are inverted in ''Wind Waker'', where Ganondorf's attempt to work in the shadows to restore and reclaim Hyrule under his title ultimately manage to do everything required to draw he, Zelda, and Link together once more. He perceives this as so self-evident that he expounds at length during the final battle about how the circumstances of their meeting cannot be anything ''but'' fate.
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