Chekhov's Gun (Feature Type) permalink

Description

Chekhov's Gun is a literary technique whereby an unimportant element introduced early in the story becomes significant later on. For example, a character may find a mysterious necklace that turns out to be the power source to the Doomsday Device, but at the time of finding the object it does not seem important. Many people consider the phrase "Chekhov's gun" synonymous with foreshadowing (and [...] [tvtropes.org]

Example items

Item	Rating
The Moral Virologist (10)
Sleepers (2)