10 Tiny Movie Details That Give Away Character Secrets

2. The Narrator Can't Hear His Boss Because He Hit Himself In The Ear The Night Before - Fight Club

David Fincher's Fight Club boasts one of the most stunningly executed plot twists in cinema history, that our unnamed protagonist, The Narrator (Edward Norton), and Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) are in fact the same person, the latter being an idealised second personality that exists within the Narrator's mind.

There are a number of sly clues throughout the film which ultimately make repeat viewings a tremendously rewarding joy, and one especially sneaky one that you might not yet know about.

We all remember the iconic scene where Tyler asks the Narrator to hit him as hard as he can, leading to Tyler hilariously being hit in the ear.

In the very next scene set the next morning, we see the Narrator at work, unable to hear what his boss says to him for a beat, as he tells the audience, "After fighting, everything else in your life got the volume turned down."

With our knowledge that the Narrator actually hit himself in the ear the night before, though, it makes perfect sense that his hearing would be impaired the next day, especially as the afflicted ear - his left one - is facing his boss when he starts speaking to him.

If that's not some galaxy brain, God-tier foreshadowing, what is?