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{{quote|'''Hobbes:''' What about the [[Trope Namer|noodle incident]]?
'''Calvin:''' [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|No one can prove I did that!]]
|''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]''}}
The
Commonly introduced to the audience through a [[Wiki Walk]]. Or by having characters react to some fantastic and improbable event with "[[Oh, No, Not Again|Oh no, not again]]."
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Named for an incident referenced by the characters of ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', where the author admitted he decided against ever stating what happened, as he figured nothing he could come up with would be as outrageous as what the readers thought happened.
The inversion of this would be [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]], where the event in question is shown onscreen and the characters make a pact to never mention it.
Compare [[Second Hand Storytelling]], [[Take Our Word for It]], [[Cryptic Background Reference]], [[Noodle Implements]], [[That Mysterious Thing]], [[What Did I Do Last Night?]]. Reminiscing about a
Please do not confuse with the [[Guns N' Roses|GNR]] album ''"The Spaghetti Incident?"'' (which is, however, a noodle incident itself). Or [[The Google Incident]]. (Or [[
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