Foreshadowing in Black Friday | Starkid

Woah I’m alive! I wanted to do this video for a while but it slipped my mind until recently. If there’s anything in here I missed, or you interpret differently then feel free to tell me in the comments! And apologies if the sound quality is off. And if you haven’t seen Black Friday yet, what are you doing here?! Go watch it!
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(Even if you’ve already watch BF go watch it again)

[@hotchocolateboisbowtie1097]

Hello, I’m alive! So this video is kinda a mix of foreshadowing and theories, but of there’s anything you think i missed or you interpret differently go ahead and tell me below! (I know the ‘Cross’ could also be referring to Wilbur Cross) I hope you enjoy it, I mainly wanted to make this for the ‘slashing’ bit, it might not have been intentional but I think it’s a cool detail. Like and subscribe if you want more content like this! 😊

[@alanam4978]

“now i can lend you this hat, just for today” get it, because they don’t make it past black friday

[@annabarnes5221]

In CaliforMIA, MIA stands for Missing In Action. But it could also stand for Made In America (We're all made in America) The lyrics to Show Me Your Hands actually foreshadows Lex setting the mall on fire at the end of Black Friday "9-1-1, emergency call, Got a 4-1-1, at a shopping mall, Better pack your heat and utility belt, Any mall rats comin' in hot, they'll melt"

[@duckislord7187]

Wow... I never noticed that before. The lyrics to "Show Me Your Hands" could be referring to Black Friday in general, though.

[@deathbydrano]

Holy shit

[@SmudgedSketch]

Okay if that was intentional that’s insane

[@jessicahill6207]

WAIT!!!! Hannah lists bad blood, CROSS, and black and white. The name of the Colonel that went insane is Wilber Cross. She wasn't referencing Ethan saying "cross my heart", she was referring to Wiley.

[@laangela3893]

it's not a HUGE detail but Lex spraying pepper spray then proceeding to WALK through the cloud kinda foreshadows how bad she is at handling dangerous weapons aka the gun, since she was waving it around in the air with her finger on the trigger

[@mediocrio]

my Daughter……. i love her

[@SmudgedSketch]

Ugh god forbid women have hobbies /j

[@stacywiener4944]

"Cross" also could have been referring to Wilbur Cross.

[@kiki8792]

Who is probably Uncle Wiley, Wiley could be a nickname for Wilbur. Joey is a nickname for Joseph, so Wiley might be a nickname for Wilbur since Wiggly is more childish. Wiley also said he was a colonel once. He also seems to know General Mac on a first name basis. Wilbur was General Mac's Mentor.

[@FacuuVizcarra]

I was looking for this comment

[@fruitypatchouli]

Exactly. Much more likely.

[@jamesraine1388]

This isn't really foreshadowing more of symbolism or just a small thing I picked up on. But on the hat Ethan gives Hannah, it looks as though it says Hatchetfield Shop Class with Ethan stating "...It was given to me by a great warrior" referring to Tom as he was their teacher. This could be showing how Ethan views Tom, or how Tom has been through a lot of shit with his wife dying, depression, still trying his best to be a good parent, and all of the events of Black Friday. Of course, it is also referencing He-Man with the "Power of Greyskull" but it seems a little too coincidental that the hat, from what I could tell is from Tom's class and is the thing that protects Hannah throughout the show.

[@deathbydrano]

We also see the hat again in Nightmare Time Episode 2 Part 2, given to Hannah by Miss Holloway (I think that's how it's spelt)

[@ctrl.alt.del.9218]

Tom is also a veteran

[@lixard_]

General McNamara also says to Lex that there's a "Great warrior in a deep sleep", i always interpreted that to be Tom since he was still under Wiggly's spell at that point

[@shortcakeslice3485]

@@lixard_ i thinks its also about becky, since she kills linda (and her ex-husband) making her also a "great warrior" and she's knocked out at that point ("deep sleep"); both her and tom help lex and hannah in the end

[@gwendolynrobinson3900]

This is a total side note and I may be incorrect but I think Grace's last name is actually Chastity haha

[@hotchocolateboisbowtie1097]

Gwennifer S Thanks! Yeah, I wasn’t too sure about the spelling.

[@redscrunchie222]

It’s actually Chasity, her name isn’t the word Chastity lol

[@feedmeyoursoul29]

​@@redscrunchie222 It depends on who's saying it. Bill says Chastity, Grace and most Nerdy Prudes Characters say Chastity, but Nick Lang and Curt Mega always say Chasity. Obvi Nick is the writer, but it should be said that her name was originally the word Chastity in TGWDLM (confirmed by subs but you can clearly hear Corey saying it too).

[@elektrokatt6988]

I think when Hannah says cross the is refering to Wilbur Cross also when Wiley gives frank the box of wigglys he says «you’re gonna make a killing» and does the slit throat sign. Amazing video btw!

[@hotchocolateboisbowtie1097]

ElektroKatt I forgot about the throat slit sign he makes, that’s another good detail! I’m glad you liked the video! :)

[@sammoblammo7202]

*we're slashing Pricelys*

[@hotchocolateboisbowtie1097]

sammo gon' steal yo hammo Exactly what I thought! 😅

[@hotchocolateboisbowtie1097]

sammo gon' steal yo hammo Im glad you like it! That would be awesome if you wanted to! 😊

[@sammoblammo7202]

the community is really nice

[@hotchocolateboisbowtie1097]

sammo gon' steal yo hammo I’d love to but i don’t have one at the moment, thanks for offering though :)

[@sammoblammo7202]

@@hotchocolateboisbowtie1097 update, it's now sammo gon' steal yo hammo#3038

[@cirrusB612]

Okay, the first thing you brought up is incredibly intriguing because TGWDYLM was heavily implied to be a loop. The aliens tell the story of how they conquered the world in the first song, and Emma is present and dancing with them because they killed her at the end. I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled the same thing here, where the world ends and now we're hearing the story through some other means. Also, the entire song Hannah sings is full of her cryptic speech, especially the _"tomorrow will come, tomorrow won't come, tomorrow come today"_ implies that the entire day has happened more than once. You noted that the melody plays again at the mention of Webby, so maybe Webby is trying to further the good side's endeavors over and over again, maybe sending Hannah different warnings every time, despite Russia's retaliation. This seems pretty far-fetched though, so take it with a grain of salt.

[@calypso8963]

I think the Hactchetfield saga overall has a theme of the beginning actually being later in the story. NPMD had this by starting with Richie’s death and implying Ruth’s as well as starting the cycle of danger at school over again with Grace taking Max’s place. This loop idea even bleeds a little into Nightmare Time with episode 2 starting with Emma and Paul’s wedding being crashed by homeless Ted and ending with the same thing from Ted’s perspective before skipping forward to his death mentioned at the end of the first story.

[@SmudgedSketch]

Well there’s a theory that Black Friday is some kind of time loop where the day keeps repeating that I saw somewhere, maybe that’s the idea?

[@ipreferalfredo9874]

Something else supporting the Wilbur = Wiley theory is that Uncle Wiley knew John’s name, saying something along the lines of “You won’t stop us *John McNamara* “ when he saves the president from the B&W Edit: rewatched BF, he says “You can’t stop this, John”

[@lyxchen1121]

At 2:13 if you go on with the scene you can hear the sound of Made in America in the background. I think you can only hear it with headphones and if you turn up the volume, but it adds so much to the scene and sounds really great😊☀️

[@duckislord7187]

Oh wow, that's a really cool detail!

[@dylanramey6333]

In that scene, the opening to made in America plays whenever wiley talks. I think it might be his leitmotif, like how the piano melody from the beginning is Hannah's [it plays in the song she sings (what if tomorrow comes) and the song sung to her (do you want to play)].

[@brianoliveira42]

The tune in the intro also sounds like “Do You Want to Play”

[@irongorillafederation1082]

Don't think that's the cross Hannah was talking about. Wilbur CROSS , a.k.a. Uncle Wiley.

[@luigikungfu0880]

I just noticed that Hot Chocolate Boy (Who we learn is Peter) is close with Ted, which makes sense considering their brothers, and goes to show how truly planned out the Hatchetfield universe was

[@dawnjeff49]

A favorite of mine is when Tom says he won't step back into his house until he has a doll, well he probably never goes back to that house.

[@miscellaneousm2511]

I love that the dude who delivered the wiggly’s to the store is also the guy in the black and white who chooses The lady as the prophet (sorry not good with names) it’s like he was there to deliver the bad to Hatchefield🤷🏾‍♀️

[@trondordoesstuff]

The evil guy was Uncle Wiley. He was also the bearded pirate dude in the intro commercial. It is a popular fan theory (and seems very likely) that he was also Wilbur Cross, the mentor of John Macnamera who pledged his undying loyalty to the forces within the Black and White

[@sugaaria29moriah99]

"dont you fucking laugh" LMAOOOOO

[@grangerdisney4290]

at 5:16 you can hear Carol of the Bells in the background. I'm not sure what it means, but it's kinda of a cool, haunting detail

[@kieravermeal9127]

2:08 Yep! That is DEFINITELY foreshadowing! 3:52 OH. OOH. OOOOOH NO

[@remyiskindahotngl4929]

Not me forgetting what npmd stands for I just remember it stands for Nerdy Prudes And the “cross” that Hannah said earlier was actually referring to Wilbur *Cross*

[@crazcatladeestudios9956]

Grace is referenced in TGWDLM too! I can't remember the names of all the characters but Paul's co-worker mentions his daughter claiming he'd rather have Grace Chastity for a daughter and he said "At least she's nice to me at church.", I think after he implied that Grace would be a better girlfriend for her than Deb. She was sort of a character in the whole trilogy.

[@goofymao1261]

Here I am, 3 years later, losing my mind over that fact that in the end when they're counting the seconds we can see Ted holding the hands of a woman who I can only assume is Charlotte (his lover in the last musical) and the hot chocolate boy (also from TGWDLM) who we found out to be Pete, Ted's younger brother, in NPMD Oh Starkid, what you do to me?

[@taliesin.6178]

I think when Hannah says 'cross', it stands for Wilbur Cross, AKA Uncle Wiley, not 'Cross my heart'...

[@synclair6131]

i wish i had a hat that warded off backpacks :((

[@alexisbroadwaylove8625]

I think the thing about the black is about the dirty phrase 'once you go l black, you never go back', relating to a black male partner since they're ''better''. I think that's why the audience laughed. It hits even more because of Corey's skin colour...

[@kieravermeal9127]

I still personally think it's foreshadowing (look who's saying that line), but I wouldn't be surprised that the audience laughed because of his skin color (I thought it was going to be a race joke).

[@leotamer5]

Wiggly, as Webby's Evil Brother, could also be "bad blood."

[@Isla-cf6kc]

Apricot

[@hotchocolateboisbowtie1097]

Isla 2584 I agree wholeheartedly.

[@definitelyhuman9234]

Hannah saying cross could also be Wilbur cross

[@red_velvet_0w0]

I personaly always thought the "cross" was refering to wilber cross. exelent video though

[@fruitypatchouli]

Bad blood, Cross, Black and White - the cross part isn’t referring to cross my heart.. it’s Wilbur Cross.

[@WielkaAutorkaaD]

I thought when Hanna said "Cross" she was referring to Wilbur Cross (Wiley)

[@roastedmelonguy42069]

This maybe isn ´t foreshadowing but is there noone here from She-ra fandom because i cannot get over magical hat that is procected by power of grayskull. Just for the honor of GRAYSKULL!!!

[@jamesraine1388]

I also believe it is a reference to He-Man with the power of Greyskull, but that is also cool as well. No matter which it is, very nerdy reference indeed.

[@lattehottay3120]

you are a genius

[@tangoseagull4966]

This is going to make me seem stupid, but what's NPMD?

[@nintendplays3454]

Nerdy Prudes Must Die, it’s the next musical in the Hatchetfield series

[@tangoseagull4966]

@@nintendplays3454 thank you! I’m looking forward to that one when it finally comes out!

[@nintendplays3454]

@@tangoseagull4966 no problem! im excited too :D

[@mediocrio]

i do Appreciate what this video is trying to do but a lot of this is just thematic setup and musical leitmotifs at work