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A [[Predefined Messages|phrase]] used to decry the abrupt removal of a minor element, be it a [[Bit Character|character]], action, or [[Four Lines, All Waiting|plotline]]. The person or thing in question is suddenly dropped from the story for no apparent reason with no resolution, nor any explanation as to what happened to it.
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If the element comes back just as you've forgotten about it, this is actually a [[Brick Joke]] or a [[Chekhov's Gun]]. If the element doesn't come back, but the show hangs a lampshade on it at the end, then it's [[Something We Forgot]]. If it escapes your notice until after the show is over and you've gotten up to go to the fridge to make a sandwich, it's [[Fridge Logic]].
Alternately, it's a variation on the [["What Now?" Ending]]; not only are we unclear what happens to the character, but this also can leave doubts as to whether they even survived once they broke away from the other characters.
Another character or the [[Narrator]] may [[Stock Phrase|remark]] that they were never heard from again.
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What Happened to the Mouse moments can be very rich soil for [[Epileptic Trees]] or [[Wild Mass Guessing]].
[[Super-Trope]] to [[What Happened to the Pet?]]
Not to be confused with [[Aborted Arc]], which is when a ''major'' story arc or plotline is dropped without resolution, or [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]], where a ''major'' character just plain disappears.
A [[What Happened
Often the result of a [[Wacky Wayside Tribe]], a [[Forgotten Fallen Friend]], or a [[
Compare with [[Left Hanging]], [[Kudzu Plot]], [[Red Herring Twist]], [[Out of Focus]]. Related tropes include [[Never Found the Body]] and [["What Now?" Ending]]. May involve a [[Shrug of God]].
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[[The Stinger|But we still don't know what happened to the mouse!]]
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