Small MCU Foreshadowing Details That Fans Noticed

Thor suffered a major injury when Hela slashed his right eye while fighting his older sister. Redditor u/uEAZYG247 pointed out advanced notice.u/uEAZYG247pointed out:

The rubble from the Asgardian mural in Thor: Ragnarok foreshadows the injury Thor receives later.Thor: RagnarokThis foreshadows the injury Thor receives later.

Odin's death was an evocative scene. Hela's arrival followed right after. Few fans noticed the foreshadowing like Redditor u/zanduby.u/zanduby:

InThor: Ragnarok(2017) before Odin dies in Norway, he points out the distance and tells Thor and Loki, "Remember this place, home." This is where New Asgard is located inEndgame.

When Tony Stark drew blood from Thanos in Infinity War, it looked back to a scene in Iron Man 2.Infinity War, it hearkened back to a scene inIron Man 2, as Redditor u/Darrenkelos pointed out:u/Darrenkelospointed out:

InAvengers: Infinity War(2018), Thanos remarks "All that for a drop of blood" to Tony during battle. 16 movies prior inIron Man 2(2010), Whiplash told Tony "If you can make God bleed, people will cease to believe in him."

Thanos was an interesting villain. He had interesting things to say. One comment in Infinity War foreshadowed his eventual loss, as noted by Redditor u/IamtheWil.Infinity Warforeshadowed the moment of his eventual loss, as noted by Redditor u/IamtheWilu/IamtheWil:

InInfinity War(2018), Thanos' opening monologue says, "I know what it's like to lose.... Turns the legs to jelly." Later in Avengers: Endgame, he realizes his loss—the first thing Thanos does is sit down.Avengers: Endgame(2019) upon realizing his loss - the first thing Thanos does is take a seat.

Ultron was an intelligent, ruthless villain. He had quiet moments of thought. In one, he told Wanda something noticed by Redditor u/JustANormalUser721.u/JustANormalUser721:

Towards the beginning of the movie, Ultron tells Wanda, "everyone creates the thing they dread." Ultron then begins making Vision, a stronger version of himself, who plays a large role in Ultron's death. (Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2015)Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2015), 2015)

Marvel Comics fans knew the Red Skull's truth. People unfamiliar with the character knew it too. Redditor u/H3CTICNMS noted this foreshadowing.u/H3CTICNMSthat suggested his true nature:

In Captain America: The First Avenger, the Red Skull's accident is cleverly foreshadowed after he kills the keeper of the Tesseract.Captain America: The First Avenger(2011) Red Skull's accident is cleverly foreshadowed after killing the keeper of the Tesseract.

She did not appear fully until the sequel. Some foreshadowing suggested Janet Van Dyne was not dead, according to Redditor u/AtlasGmng.u/AtlasGmng:

I was watchingAnt-Man(2015) again and I saw what looked like a strange lensing effect while Scott was going subatomic through the quantum realm. I went back, slowed the movie down, and it turns out Janet Van Dyne was foreshadowed forAnt-Man 2[Ant-Man and the Wasp] as not being dead, but stuck in the quantum realm.

The swallow has long been linked to a traveler's journey ending. Redditor u/mateo139 noticed this.u/mateo139, who said:

At the beginning of Avengers: Endgame, Tony Stark's ship is shaped like a swallow, a symbol marking the end of a traveler's adventure.Avengers: Endgame(2019), Tony Stark's ship is shaped like a swallow, a symbol that marks the end of a travelers adventure.

Comic book fans knew Mysterio was fake, but Peter took time to accept it. Redditor u/Pot_And_Pans:

Spider-Man: Far From Home(2019) Peter wears a fool's mask while Mysterio fools him.

Peter lost his Spider-Sense... or "Peter-Tingle," in Far From Home, but if he paid attention, Peter would have seen what was coming without the sense, according to Redditor u/IIrish_R3belnoted:

In Spider-Man: Far From Home(2019) When the hologram Mysterio returns the glasses to Peter, he holds them like a gun, just as the real Mysterio uses them to shoot Peter.

Dr. Zola moved his consciousness to old computers, but his face looked like the one he first showed, as indicated by Redditor u/uBigOofta:

Three first shots of Dr. Zola appear in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) alludes to his fate in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2016).

Tony should have known better than to give his speech to terrorists. Redditor u/SupermansBrother:

In Iron Man 3, Tony tells Pepper, "I've got a group of guys coming over tomorrow to blow out that wall." The next day, The Mandarin attacks Tony's house and blows out the wall he pointed at.

A dedicated observer sees the Watergate building in a single shot of a movie, but Redditor u/flamefoxx99did:

In Captain America: Winter Soldier, right before the elevator fight and the SHIELD conspiracy reveal, the shot frames the elevator with the Watergate complex in the background. This was where the Watergate conspiracy first showed up.

Ms. Romanova nearly jumped into a fight reflexively before she could show who she really was, according to Redditor u/ZigZag8893pointed out:

Iron Man 2,2010 - Natalie Rushman hints she is a trained killer when she fights instinctively after Tony and Rhodey fall through the ceiling.

Bucky Barnes enters with music cues in the Captain America movies. One cue showed his alternate identity, the Winter Soldier, as Redditor u/Worried_Profile:

In Captain America: Civil War(2016), when Bucky Barnes appears after the Vienna bombing, a police siren plays that sounds like the score from when Bucky became the Winter Soldier.

Stane called the mini Arc Reactor Tony's 9th Symphony, arguably Beethoven's greatest (and last) work, as Redditor u/Stormageddon789:

In Iron Man(2008) Obadiah told Tony the arc reactor was his 'ninth symphony.' Classical music thought says a composer dies after writing their ninth symphony. He meant the arc reactor would be Tony's final creation before Obadiah killed him.

Dr. Eric Selvig's books on Norse mythology foretold what might come, Redditor said.u/WillyPetenoted:

Thor(2011) The bookshelf Dr. Selvig browses holds a book with "Just around the corner" on the spine and a design similar to the destroyer.

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