Opposite of a Flash Back and different from a Distant Finale and not quite Time Travel or a Dream Sequence. The Flash Forward is a look ahead at what may be a possibility in the characters' futures. When it occurs once at the very start of a work, it's In Medias Res. Also the title of a short-lived kids series that aired on Disney Channel and a short-lived 2009 ABC series taking this trope to its extreme. Not to be confused with Seers - characters who can view the future (or a possible future) inside the context of the story. Examples of Flash Forward include:
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