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* ''[[Vertigo]]'''s Midge vanishes about half-way through the film.

* In the National Geographic's ''The Last Lions'' Ma-di-Tau leaves her prideland choosing to spare her cubs from the males of the marauding pride. When negotiating with the pride later, the infanticidal males are not mentioned, nor how her cubs are spared from them.

* In ''House II: The Second Story'' near the middle we are introduced to Bill Towner an eccentric electrician, after discovering the crystal skull uncovers a portal to another dimension he accompanies Jessie and Charlie on their journey and takes his sword with implying he has done things like this in the past, near the end of their travels they arrive in an Aztec temple and save a woman from a sacrifice and Bill stays behind to fight off the remaining Aztecs, he tells them that he will come with them later because he has to attend his son's baseball game, he is never seen again after that.

* In ''[[The Adventures of Ford Fairlane]]'', there are four bad guys. The [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|gets set on fire}}, the guy that just won't die {{spoiler|gets shot in the head}}, and one of the two punk gunslingers gets shot in the mouth. The other punk gunslinger is last seen fighting Jazz and Sam the Sleazebag, and no mention is given to him afterwards.

* If Jamie follows the [[Mystery Team]] around, how'd she survive the climax unscathed?

* The rabbit in ''[[Siege of the Dead]]'', apparently they left it in the apartment but do these zombies eat animals and did they leave him out beforehand?

* [[Jackie Chan]] movies are pretty bad about this.

** ''Mr. Hero'' begins with a plucky reporter mixing Jackie up into a mob plot. She sticks around long after she stops being relevant, only to be grabbed by a mook during the climax. She is not seen again. Maybe she died, but one would think a mob boss being investigated by a reporter would know better. Then again, the mob is never very smart in chan movies.

* In the film of ''[[The 13th Warrior|The Thirteenth Warrior]]'', the King's son is set up to be a secondary antagonist. One of the thirteen warriors even kills one of his henchmen in a duel as a psychological ploy. However after angrily leaving the scene of the duel he's not seen or referenced again.

* In ''[[Men in Black]] II'', the two [[The Dragon|Dragons]] Scrad and Charlie disappear halfway through the film, and are never seen again.

 

== Literature ==

* In the sixth book of the ''[[The 39 Clues|39 Clues]]'' series, {{spoiler|Isabel Kabra}} mentions that {{spoiler|Amy and Dan's parents visited, among other places, Karachi, Pakistan, and also thought Amy and Dan visited there, although they never did.}} This does not go unnoticed by Amy and Dan, but it is soon forgotten and never brought up again. {{spoiler|Though with three books still left in the [[Sequel Series]], and suspicions of Isabel being a member of the antagonistic group of said sequel series, Karachi may still be brought up again.}}

* In ''The Short Second life of Bree Tanner'', Freaky Fred runs away before the newborn army is sent to fight the Cullens. He is never mentioned again in the series, even though the novella ends with Bree mentally begging Edward to be kind to Fred if they ever meet.

 

== Music ==

 

 

* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: [[Homer]] did this in ''[[The Iliad]]''. He went to the trouble of describing the battle between Aeneas (mortal son of Aphrodite) and Achilles. The Gods saw that Aeneas was about to be killed, and, since he was such a good servant, decided that he didn't deserve to be killed, and took him away from the battle, declaring that he would be the future king of all Trojans yet to come. Homer never mentions him again, and even the other authors of the [[The Trojan Cycle|lost epics]] only said that he either fled Troy after a bad omen or was captured and spared by the Achaeans. Later Greek authors said that he went to Italy. It took ''eight hundred years'' for [[The Aeneid|Virgil]] to turn this into a [[Brick Joke]]. An [[Stealth Pun|Epic]] [[Brick Joke]], at that!

* Open up a mythology book. Chances are, if you're reading the Perseus story, you'll know that Acrisius, King of Argos, simply had bad luck when it came to having children (or at least males), and learned through the Oracle of Delphi that while he wouldn't have any luck any time soon, his daughter, Danae, would have a child that would eventually kill him. After that, everyone knows that Acrisius stuck Danae in a box and put her in the ocean, where Zeus impregnates Danae in the form of a [[Unfortunate Implications|Golden Shower]], thus leading to the creation of an important hero. You never hear about Acrisius again until a long time after, especially in your text. Depending on your version, he's more or less become something of a poor man, and happens to be visiting funeral games where Perseus also happens to be playing. As Acrisius sits in the stands, a stray discus launched by Perseus strikes an unsuspecting Acrisius in the head (this troper's mythology guide had Acrisius struck [[Crowning Moment of Funny|''In the foot.'']]), [[Prophecies Are Always Right|thus fulfilling]] [[Brick Joke|the prophecy that his son would kill him.]] The presence of Acrisius itself seems to combine this trope, [[Brick Joke]], and some sort of Chekhov's Prophecy.

 

 

* Often occurs in [[Professional Wrestling]], after [[Tonight in This Very Ring]] is invoked (as mentioned on that page).

* An especially egregious one is from the most recent{{when}} NXT. At some point it stopped being a competition (which may very well qualify as an example itself) and was more or less third brand not unlike a lesser version of WWE's version of ECW. William Regal was eventually made matchmaker (GM for all intents and purposes) which led to a number of plotlines that were hastily resolved when it was decided NXT would tape exclusively at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida... all except one: In the last month of the show someone was going around attacking various wrestlers. Percy Watson, Alex Riley and Derrick Bateman all ended up on the receiving end of beat downs by the unknown assailant who attempted to fram (perhaps?) Percy for the latter two attacks. However after the Full Sail tapings WWE decided not to show them until they could secure a TV deal for the revamped NXT and so it's gone back to being taped before Smackdown with all the plotlines dropped... including the mysterious backstage assailant.

 

 

* [[Eddie Izzard]]'s ''Dress to Kill'' tour featured the "Firework joke" which he repeatedly references throughout his performance then ends the show without telling it. It's lampshaded by several people in the audience who immediately begin asking for it. He doesn't.

 

 

* ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'': Where the hell does Benvolio go after Mercutio dies?!

** It has been speculated by a commentary on the book that Benvolio's line "That is the truth or let Benvolio die" is significant, given that he lied and said Tybalt started the fight with Mercutio (when it was the other way around). It is unlikely, however, that he was actually killed, so his disappearance remains a mystery.