Danny: oh hey a gun
Kurtis: well, you know what they say about chekhov's gun
both: you better shoot that thang
Kurtis: well, you know what they say about chekhov's gun
both: you better shoot that thang
by squiddy_animations February 27, 2022
Get the chekhov's gun mug.A literary element that, at first, seems to have no purpose but is later revealed to be important to the plot. This is commonly thought of as a parallel of foreshadowing, but it is more properly interpreted as "do not include any unnecessary elements in a story."
The return of Carmelita Spats in The Slippery Slope after her seemingly unnecessary appearance in The Austere Academy is an example of Chekhov's gun.
"One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it." -Anton Chekhov
"One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it." -Anton Chekhov
by Rising_Rose January 17, 2010
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