Noodle Incident/Comic Books: Difference between revisions

* The purpose of [[Don Rosa|Don Rosa's]] ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'' was intended to round up all of the Noodle Incidents mentioned in the stories by [[Carl Barks]] and create a biography for the character out of them. Rosa refers to these as "Barksian facts", and he has only had to leave out very few that are completely against the rest of the story.

* In the second volume of [[Scott Pilgrim]], one is implied in reference to Scott living with Wallace, though the story is somewhat explained later.

'''Scott:''' The story is somewhat gay, yes. }}

* In ''[[Transmetropolitan]]'', "The Terrible Night of the Telephone" is an apocryphal story of how journalist Spider Jerusalem caused half a dozen politicians in Prague to commit suicide over the telephone. No other details are given, but the incident is referred to several times over the run of the comic.

* At the start of ''[[DR and Quinch|D.R. & Quinch]] Go Straight'', the eponymous duo were found guilty of, among other things, "thirty-two offences so unusual and horrible they do not have names. "

** ''D.R. & Quinch Get Drafted'' begins at the tail end of one and immediately [[Lampshade Hanging|Hangs A Lampshade]] on it.

* In ''[[The Goon]]'' noodle incidences are discussed frequently by the main characters, sometimes involving a man actually named Charlie Noodles who is never seen by the reader.

* The nuclear war that provides much of the backstory in ''[[Strontium Dog]]'' isn't detailed much further than, "Nobody ever knew who fired the first missile--but suddenly the whole world went crazy!"

* Several cases in ''[[Empowered]]''. Thugboy cosplaying, Thugboy wearing Empowered's suit, etc. Reason: Several storylines were (presumably temporarily) cut from the books, moved between books, etc.

* A ''[[Super Mario Bros.]].'' comic in the [[Nintendo Comics System]] has Wart from ''[[Super Mario Bros 2]]'' kidnapping King Toadstool. It's then implied that this has happened before:

* [[Twisted Toyfare Theatre]] had [[Iron Man]] and [[Robert Downey, Jr.]] in court at the beginning of the story.

* In an issue of ''[[The Simpsons (Comic Book)|The Simpsons]]'' comic book, Krusty the Clown founds his own country. When he and Bart try to come up with a name, Bart suggests "Krustyland", to which Krusty replies, "No, too many bad memories."

** As an aside, Krustyland is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiuF9hDLunw the second stage] of Konami's 1991 beat-'em-up [[wikipedia:The Simpsons Arcade Game|Simpsons arcade game]].

** Also, apart from a few drops(Cleopatra), he's been off the potion for most of the albums - and then he finally snaps and drinks a whole cauldron of it, so we find out what happens. Again, later album...

* Phoney [[Bone]]'s schemes. The only one described in detail was the disasterous campaign picnic, which resulted in an out-of-control giant balloon, and a town-wide case of indigestion caused by cheap food.

'''Phoney:''' ''([[Sarcasm Mode]])'' Oh, yeah, you're a '''brilliant''' judge! }}

* A [[Bloom County]] strip had the middle two panels interrupted for an "editors note", leaving only the first and last panels free. The last panel had opus yelling "Turnips! Turnips and Antifreeze!" with portnoy yelling "Not with Donny Osmond he wont!"