Themes: Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing is a literary technique commonly used in the many mediums of The Walking Dead. it is when an event that has yet to happen is referenced, usually in a way only the audience can pick up on.

The TV Series

 * A dead rodent can be seen in the pilot episode as rick and shane drive to their last call as police officers.
 * Carol shouts at jenner that "My daughter doesn't deserve to die like this!", possibly referencing sophias iminent death.
 * Jenner whispers something in Rick's ear before they escape the CDC. This was foreshadowing to Jenner's secret that everyone is infected.
 * In a deleted scene for episode 1 of season 2, The vatos gang and the retirement home survivors were found to have been murdered by an unnamed group. this would have been foreshadowing to the groups eventual conflict with woodbury.

Webisodes

 * As hannah runs through the neighborhood looking for her children, a bicicle can be seen at the side of the road, referencing her eventual fate as the bicicle walker.

The Video Game

 * Shaun argues with Hershell about repairing the fence, foreshadowing to how it will break down.
 * Mark says about larry in the beginning of episode 2: "I wouldn't want to be stuck in a room with him", referencing to the incident later on in the episode with the freezer.
 * Clementines mother says of Ed "We had a run-in with some crazy guy, and Ed had to head to the ER to have it checked out", foreshadowing that Ed may have been bitten.
 * Jolene mentions that with the Dairy farm operating, Clementine has nothing to fear from bandits. this is foreshadowing that the bandits will be a problem for the survivors in the future.
 * Chuck suggests to lee that he work with clementine on survival skills, foreshadowing that these skills will iminently become useful to her.
 * The title of the chapter in which Lilly leaves the group is called "Woodbury bound", which foreshadows to her eventual role as a member of the woodbury army.
 * The police officer says to lee as he drives him to prison "People'll just about go mad when they beleive their lives are over", foreshadowing to the chaos that is to come.