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A [[StockPredefined Troper PhrasesMessages|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.
 
There are several main reasons this happens: in movies, the most common is that scenes are excised in editing, but references to them still remain elsewhere in the film. Another common reason is that a [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] audience mistakenly attached too much importance to what always was intended to be a throwaway. A third is that [[The Law of Conservation of Detail]] was not properly applied: a [[Bit Character]] was a little too lively, so that he didn't appear a throw-away, as why was that much detail given for one?