History Main / VaguenessIsComing

* ''The Owl House''' has the plans of [[KnightofCerebus Emperor Belos,]] the BigBad of the show and an event he calls "The Day of Unity". It's not clear at the moment what exactly it is or what it will do, but the way he words it will automatically tell you one thing: it's nothing good.

* [[JustForFun/TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples The three witches]] of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' only mention [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "something wicked"]] once, [[GreekChorus to introduce]] the title character now that he's become an evil tyrant, but their "Double, double toil and trouble" speech arguably counts. Shortly after King Duncan's murder, and [=MacBeth=]'s subsequent coronation, idle soldiers gossip to each other about unnatural and terrifying manifestations in the animal kingdom, like a herd of horses attacking and eating one another ([[FisherKing a murderer and usurper on the throne means that the land itself is sick and going mad]]).

* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' gives this as an ability to the Saint Church's knight, Knight Carim, allowing her to write vague poems that apparently predict the future. She can only write them once a year, as well. It's lampshaded within the show, with the TSAB's higher-ups [[CassandraTruth refusing to believe her prophecies due to vagueness.]] The most major instance of this is when she prophesies the "Ship of Law guarding the land" being destroyed. When [[spoiler:Section Six and the Ground Forces]] are subsequently destroyed, they thought that this was what the prophecy meant (and what the heroes were trying to prevent). [[spoiler:Until the ancient warship of the Belkans, a Lost Logia, is reconstructed by Jail Scaglietti. The prophecy was pointing to Section Six successfully destroying it.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': At the beginning of [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E19ZeroHour "Zero]] [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E20ZeroHourPartII Hour"]], [[spoiler:Kallus]], aka [[ReverseMole Fulcrum]], is only able to send the Rebels a brief message about what the Empire's about to do due to his transmission being blocked partway through.

** At the end of "Ocean Gem", Garnet and Pearl muse about what the future will bring after [[spoiler:Lapis Lazuli manages to leave Earth.]]
** In "Catch and Release", [[spoiler:the Crystal Gems capture Peridot, who cryptically rambles about the Cluster, a dangerous experiment done by the Homeworld that could spell the end of Earth if it "awakens"]].

** The Beast's arrival in season 4 of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' is foreseen in vague implications of fire and blood. Before that, in season 3, the Nyazian scrolls contain vague forebodings about Angel's child, the return of Holtz, and the imminent destruction of mankind. Angel's crew and Wolfram and Hart repeatedly misinterpret the prophecies to their chagrin.

* From the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', for weeks prior to Dagon beginning his ritual to release the [[EldritchAbomination Great Old Ones]] onto the Earth, every mystic hero (and villain, for that matter) whose name wasn't "Dagon" started receiving the same warning, "They are coming!" The warning showed up in the dialog of TV shows, it would appear in casual conversations with friends, in crossword puzzles, in dreams, and so on. As Dagon's ritual neared completion, the warnings became more and more blatant and obvious until, at one point, a random stranger walked up to Warlock and screamed "THEY ARE COMING!" into his face.

-->'''[[TheChessmaster Yu Han-Sung]]:''' Soon a wave strong enough to shake the entire Tower will form.
** And that wave is 25th Baam.

* PlayedForLaughs when Creator/HowieMandel appeared on ''Series/TheArsenioHallShow''. Howie told a story about walking down a street in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and encountering another pedestrian who was yelling "He's coming!" at the top of his voice:

--> Howie: "....then he turns to look at me and he goes, "You're the CRAZY guy!" ''(audience laughs)

* Some of Tiffa's predictions in ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'' fall under this.

** Practically all of the ArcWords of the new series count as a vague threat -- "Bad Wolf" (though that turned out to be a good thing), "You have something on your back", "He will knock four times", "The song is ending", "Darkness is coming", "The Pandorica Will Open", "Silence Will Fall", "Tick-Tock, goes the clock".

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E2TheBeastBelow "The Beast Below"]], there is a creature that everyone refers to only as... [[TitleDrop the Beast Below]].

** In "Forsaken", the day has come and there's no time any more, and they are forsaken.

** In the lyrics of both "7 Days to the Wolves" time is running out and some wolves/howling things are coming, and… that's about it.

* The tutorial level of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' has quite a lot of this. But don't be afraid - the door's not yet open.

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** Many of the prophecies of the Jedi mystics in ''Literature/StarWarsMasterAndApprentice'' are of this nature, such as "When the kyber that is not kyber shines forth, the time of prophecy will be at end." Kenobi laments the seeming absurdity of there being a prophecy ''about'' prophecy.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
** ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'': Luke felt the coming of the man who doesn't exist. Not kidding.