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{{trope}}
Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]s in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* In [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[The Birds]]'', Melanie Daniels's mischievous character is established by reference to a prank she pulled that resulted in the shattering of a plate-glass window. Though she supposedly had to appear in court because of it, the nature of the prank is never explained. That makes her impulsive decision to impress a man she's just met by buying a pair of lovebirds, driving 50 miles, and delivering them via breaking-and-entering more believable.
* In ''[[Secondhand Lions]]'' when Uncle Garth is recanting the story of how he and Hub ended up in the Foreign Legion to Walter, he says, "there were these two girls. Twins. And they . . ." Walter is enthralled, and he immediately coughs and continues with his story, sans reference to the twins.
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* Whatever it was that happened "This one time, at band camp..." in the [[Bowdlerise|broadcast TV version]] of ''[[American Pie]]''. Those who watched the film elsewhere got to hear about it [[Cargo Ship|in more detail.]]
* One is mentioned in the beginning of ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' when Hogarth brings a new pet he's caught to show his mom. She adamantly refuses. "Remember the raccoon, Hogarth? (*shudder*) ''I remember the raccoon''."
* In ''[[The A-Team (film)|The
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' had a handful of examples--nearly all of which are [[Don't Explain the Joke|explained in detail]] in the [[Expanded Universe]]:
** In Episode 3, Anakin and Obi-wan have one listed under their adventures.
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'''Anakin Skywalker:''' All right. But you owe me one, and for not saving your skin for the tenth time.
'''Obi-Wan:''' ''Ninth'' time. That business on Cato Neimodia doesn't... doesn't count. }}
* ''[[Austin Powers]] in Goldmember'' makes use of this, when Austin and his father speak about a certain incident, using subtitles and British colloquialisms, regarding an insane maid. The actual gist of what happens is a barrage of unintelligible gibberish (with no subtitles), though apparently it ends with "... and then she shat on a turtle!"
* ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]''. [[Hot Scoop]] Polly Perkins is visibly annoyed when Sky Captain shares a hilarious recollection with fellow [[Ace Pilot]] (and implied ex-lover) [[Action Girl]] "Franky" Cook.
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* ''[[Undercover Blues]]'' may be legitimately considered as a series of noodle incidents connected by a script, including several subversions of the trope.
* ''[[Scary Movie]] 3'' does this; Tom says "I'm not a stoner anymore" and the flashback almost starts before his friend says "Goodbye Tom", before driving away as quickly as he can.
* ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]]'': "Why is there a watermelon there?" "I'll explain later." ''Three entirely different reasons'' for the watermelon were given by the [[DVD Commentary]] track and two other DVD extras. (The "real" answer, from the commentary, was that it was a test to see if an overzealous nit-picking producer had stopped checking the daily rushes.)
* ''[[Unforgiven]]''. Will and Ned often talk about their past exploits as well as members of their old gang.
* There is a brief mention of a [[Noodle Incident]] in the first ''[[Spider-Man]]'' film. While Peter's class is visiting the laboratory at the beginning of the film, several of the students are screwing off, prompting their teacher to say, "Remember, it is a privilege to be here. We're guests of Columbia University's Science Department, so behave accordingly. Let's not have a repeat of our trip to the planetarium."
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** He also gets asked if he "flew the Gullfire over Leningrad" (implying participation in some black-ops mission in the past, possibly during World War 3).
** Don't forget ''[[Escape From L.A.|Escape From LA]]'': Snake's past adventure in Cleveland.
* A minor example from ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future
* Leon Phelps from The Ladies Man gets fired when he tells a nun a very raunchy story. We never hear what it is but it's enough to give her a heart attack. All we hear is that it begins with a "Missionary Position".
* A similar (albeit cleaner) variation of the above scenario occurred in the [[Abbott and Costello]] movie ''Lost In Alaska''. When an Eskimo chief communicates to his tribe in sign language, an exasperated Costello mimics some fake signs. The chief laughs, saying that Costello had just told a very funny joke. Costello later displayed the same set of fake signs to a female eskimo, only to get slapped in the face. Evidently it was ''that'' kind of joke.
* ''[[The Specials]]'' is full of these; the Pterodactyls, the anal slugs(it's a pretty good one), the Colossal Blister, Amok and the Scabies(not Scurvy) incident, and why Deadly Girl's action figure is not available in Vermont.
* One or more noodle incidents may have been referred to in ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' when Pepper sees her boss in the Iron Man suit for the first time:
{{quote|'''Tony Stark''': Face it, this isn't the worst thing you caught me doing.}}
* ''[[Heartbreakers]]'': Two scammers are discussing how to get a free room at a hotel. Says one, "I was thinking the Trogden Triangle." Says the other, "Right...but where are we going to get a trumpet and a talking parrot?"
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'''Creepy Guy''': Lord knows I have... }}
* ''[[Cecil B. Demented]]'': "I haven't had this much fun since my last livestock mutilation."
* In ''[[That Thing You Do]]'', when the Wonders are on a radio show, Lenny mentions a time "When we stayed up way past midnight and we--" and we never learn more, as he dissolves into giggles. Of course, he's mainly being a smartass and having a laugh at the expense of the band's squeaky-clean image (i.e. the idea that staying up "way past midnight" is itself ''crazy'' and transgressive).
* ''[[Hot Tub Time Machine]]'' has a couple.
** Adam, Nick and Lou twice perform a reverent (and unexplained) round chant of "Great white buffalo..."
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* In the ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' reboot, Scotty's been exiled to the middle of nowhere for some experiment involving transporters and "Admiral Archer's prized beagle."
** It is heavily implied -- but not actually said -- that he transported the beagle to prove his theories. Indirectly subverted -- if inexplicably -- in the novelization when {{spoiler|the beagle rematerializes on the ''Enterprise.'' [[MST3K Mantra|Try not to think about it too hard.]]}}
* In ''[[A Bug's
* At the beginning of ''[[Jurassic Park]] 3'', Billy is relating to Alan Grant the tale of how his "lucky backpack" saved him. {{spoiler|the lucky backpack saves him again later in the film}}.
* Played for ''no laughs at all'' in ''[[The Hunted]]''. The police finally capture rogue black ops agent Aaron Hallam, played by Benicio del Toro, who proceeds to name the classified operations he'd been made to carry out by codename, until Tommy Lee Jones stops him.
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'''Gadget''': Well, actually, I ''was'' taking lessons not too long ago, in the hopes that one day I--
'''Robo-Gadget''': Shut up and dance! }}
* Madame Suzanne, the café manager from ''[[Amelie]]'' does this when discussing a recipe:
{{quote|'''Georgette''': (complaining about "au gratin" sauce) I can't stomach it, like you with horse meat.
'''Suzanne''': It's not my stomach, it's my memory. (beat) ...I'd rather cook human flesh. }}
** Partially subverted later (and simultaneously played straight <ref>through explaining the noodle incident with another vague/noodle incident</ref>) when it's revealed that {{spoiler|she was in a circus related accident involving a horse falling over and a trapeze artist dropping her}}.
* In the 2009 ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' movie when Irene first shows up to ask for Holmes' help and he reflexively grabs her wrist to stop her from pulling something out of her jacket pocket. The lines suggest a whole slew of noodle incidents to choose from.
{{quote|'''Irene''': Why are you always so suspicious of me?
'''Holmes''': Shall I answer chronologically or alphabetically? }}
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* From ''[[The Marine]]'':
{{quote|'''Morgan:''' Timothy. Tim. Johnny Whiplash. First he offered me friendship...then he offered me rock candy...then he offered me something I never should have accepted.}}
* From ''[[Dunston Checks In]]'':
{{quote|'''Lord Rutledge''': Remember what happened to your brother...*[[Buffy-Speak|claw-spike-things]] shoot out of his cane* Samson liked to play games...and we all remember what happened to Samson.}}
** Exactly what he did is never explained.
* ''[[Jumanji]]'' could also fit this trope considering all we know is that Alan spent and somehow survived
* In ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]'', the Sheriff's son makes a noodle-incident reference:
{{quote|'''Buford T. Justice:''' Nobody, and I mean
'''Junior:''' Except for that...
'''Buford T. Justice:''' Shut your ass. }}
* After they go off the reservation, ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Smith]]'' meet with a colleague to find out what they're up against.
{{quote|'''Eddy:''' Remember Canada? That was kid's stuff next to this.
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'''Jane:''' That was you?
'''Eddy:''' Is that a turn-on? Didn't she try to kill you with a car? }}
* ''[[Tangled (2010 film)|Tangled]]'': How Rapunzel got Pascal the chameleon as a pet in the first place.
* In ''[[The Road to El Dorado]]'', as they are preparing to meet certain doom:
{{quote|'''Miguel:''' I just want you to know, I'm sorry about that girl in Barcelona.
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'''Spengler:''' That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me. }}
* How Simba and Nala managed to get rid of Zazu before heading for the Elephant Graveyard in ''[[The Lion King]]'' qualified as such, with the only thing known is that it apparently involved getting a Rhinoceros to sit on Zazu.<ref>And before anyone cites "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" as how they did it, that doesn't count, as most of the song was strongly implied to be an acid fantasy sequence due to the oddly colored animals and the surreal sequence.</ref>
* While in [[Transformers (film)|the first]] [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen|two
* ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'': Whatever the hell happened to Hawkeye and Black Widow in Budapest.
* Fairly early in ''[[The Natural]]'', the New York Knights' supply manager is kitting Roy out with cleats and a uniform. Roy asks to be number eleven. The manager tells him number eleven's unlucky, but he won't go into it. Roy settles on number nine.
* Several in the ''[[Friday (film)|Friday]]'' series. From the first Friday, we have:
- The circumstances behind Craig being fired from his UPS job
- Craig nearly getting choked by Deebo in Smokey's back yard
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- the circumstances surrounding Elroy's bad back
** From ''Friday After Next'':
- Craig and
- How Damon landed in the pen,
- too many others to name individually...
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'''Barbara:''' Adam, you have a photograph of Bigfoot.
'''Adam:''' That was... different.}}
* ''[[Gremlins|Gremlins 2: The New Batch]]'': After Billy tells Mr. Clamp that the gremlins came from the genetics lab, Clamp turns to his aide Foster and says, "I warned you that could be a problem tenant. We could have had three shrinks and a plastic surgeon in that space. But no..."
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