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The [['''Noodle Incident]]''' is something from the past that is sometimes referred to but never explained, with the implication that [[Crazy Awesome|it's just too ludicrous for words]], and the reality that any explanation would fall short of audience expectations. Questions about it are often met with "[[You Do NOT Want to Know|You Don't Want To Know…]]" Persisting is a good way to press a character's [[Berserk Button]].

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 [['''Noodle Incident]]''' by the people involved can result in [[Lost in Transmission]] for an outsider. Compare and contrast [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]], where the off-screen incident would have been better on-screen. See also [[Cow Tools]]. Enough such incidents create a character who has [[Seen It All]]. If a [['''Noodle Incident]]''' is essential to solving a mystery, it's a [[Riddle for the Ages]]. If it results in the person/people involved being banished from wherever it happened, they've become [[Persona Non Grata]]. See also [[Great Offscreen War]]. Contrast [[Oblivious Mockery]], where characters talk about an event they don't know happened but the ''viewer'' does (most of the time). Should not be confused with [[Woody's Finest Hour]], which is where a new installment was intended to be made after leaving things to leave room for it, but it gets cancelled.

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