Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A literary or cinematic device in which the chronological sequence of events is interrupted by the interjection of a future event.
- noun The episode or scene depicted by means of this device.
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- noun a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
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Examples
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Now flash-forward to the late 1990s, New York City.
Boing Boing 2009
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Yesterday, April 29, was the “flash-forward” date in the …
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In the Season 6 finale, a flash-forward revealed Barney's wedding day.
HIMYM Producers Address 3 Burning Questions About the New Season 2011
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Even Wayne Rooney, who like all top players has "a picture in his head" – a three-second flash-forward of leaping possibilities – seems against Barcelona to have a picture only of looming disaster and catastrophic accident, flying around the pitch in a psychic panic looking for smouldering plug sockets, unsnuffed candles, ladders that wobble.
Barcelona are just as processed as the premier burger on the menu | Barney Ronay 2011
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In classic Damages fashion, the deadly stakes are revealed in a flash-forward framework involving a prisoner being tortured in a war zone.
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Why You Should Watch the Entire Finale: The producers hinted that the first five minutes may feature a flash-forward, while the last five minutes may include the John Williams score from the Superman films.
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That particularly hampered the pacing during the death scene flash-forward.
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Yesterday, April 29, was the “flash-forward” date in the …
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In between, one could pluck out a few good ideas: the lovers singing over a freshly dug grave; the ever-present reminder of Morold's coffin; the flash-forward of decades in Act III.
Berlin Boos an Inert and Ugly 'Tristan' A. J. Goldmann 2011
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Our issue starts exactly where the last one ended, with an ominous flash-forward showing the Blue Blade, apparently dead at the hands of the Phantom Reporter.
The Twelve #2 (of 12) | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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