History Main / AnotherStoryForAnotherTime

Due to TheLawOfConservationOfDetail, this story may later turn out to be relevant.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSkySecondChapter'', The Ancient Dragon informs Estelle and Joshua even though they saved Liberl from disaster, more dangers from the forces they fought against will occur elsewhere. Cassius assures them that [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki other]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel heroes]] will go through the same hardships and challenges they faced, and their tales would be told for another time.

* In ''FanFic/TeachingDarkness'', Mephiles almost says it word for word when asked how the battle with Iblis ended.

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* Maz Kanata uses this line in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' to brush off the question of how the heck she ended up with the lightsaber Luke lost back in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

* In the movie short Reunion of ''VideoGame/Overwatch'' The Robot asked what happened to McCree after all the years and he said the Overwatch recalled. but when the Robot examines McCree's metal arm. McCree states its a story for another time.

* Loki told a story in issues #6 and #7 of the 2015 run of ''[[Comicbook/Thor2014 The Mighty Thor]]'', which included some tangents about the 9th century AD version of some Marvel characters (Ghost Rider, Black Panther, the Atlanteans etc.) "but those are stories for another day, perhaps".

* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' fanfic [[http://members.tripod.com/Dark_Mark/darkmark1.htm "Kara of Rokyn"]], when the minions of ''ComicBook/LexLuthor'' are being rounded up, his niece Nasthalthia is nowhere to be found. Supergirl and Franchise/{{Superman}} suspect they'll find her again someday. But that's "Another tale, another time".

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* The trope is quoted by Maz in Film/TheForceAwakens when brushing off questions about how the heck she ended up with the lightsaber Luke lost back in Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack.

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* There's a variation in Edgar Pangborn's short story "Tiger Boy", after the villager Bruno meets the title character. Bruno wonders where Tiger Boy came from, why he is travelling with a tiger, and what he intends to do with his life, but doesn't ask because he is satisfied that Tiger Boy will tell him if he feels like it. This is no doubt Pangborn's way of [[LampshadeHanging hanging a lampshade]] on the questions the readers must be asking themselves. In the event the questions remain unanswered [[spoiler:when Bruno and Tiger Boy are killed]].

* Often happens on ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', usually refering to events in future episodes. Subverted in one episode when Older Ted says this of a security guard and his band, then decides that he'll probably never get to it and gives the Cliff Notes version ("They had one song, it didn't suck, end of story.")

* In ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfTotalDramaIsland'', TheStoryteller uses the phrase, "but that is another story for another time" as a {{foreshadowing}} device, signaling that the details of the incident in question will be part of a later Tale. [[note]]The story arc covers a full season of an elimination game show, with each [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Tale]] covering one episode and portions of 2-4 chapters.[[/note]] The delays between the mention and the telling range from a few chapters to three quarters of the story arc.

* In ''Literature/TheSwordOfShannara'' when Allanon tells Shea the history of the races of the world. The trolls and gnomes are humans whose ancestors were mutated by radiation; dwarves are humans who hid underground, and through natural selection became accustomed to subterranean habitats. Noticing the obvious odd-one out, Shea asks about the Elves. Allanon invokves this trope; however not only is it eventually followed up on, it can be considered a SequelHook, since the next book is all about the Elves and their history.

When someone gives an {{Exposition}}, they'll often mention something that pertains to a [[NoodleIncident certain event]]. Questioning the character about it would elicit this response.

* At the end of ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney'', Lady Alvane, who has been acting TheNarrator of the story is asked by her audience about the further events, since her story leaves the big open question of what further happened to the heroine, April Ryan, who might have completed her quest but [[spoiler:was left in another dimension, far away from home the end of it]] and what [[spoiler:exactly happened during the War of the Balance, an event that was constantly teased throughout the story and which April's first quest was sort of a prelude to]]. Lady Alvane excuses herself by telling them she that she is quite tired, but she will gladly tell that story... some other day.

* At the end of ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney'', Lady Alvane, who has been acting TheNarrator of the story is asked by her audience about the further events, since her story leaves the big open question of what further happened to the heroine, April Ryan, who might have completed her quest but [[spoiler:was left in another dimension at the end of the end of it, far away from home]] and what [[spoiler:exactly happened during the War of the Balance, an event that was constantly teased throughout the story and which April's first quest was sort of a prelude to]]. Lady Alvane excuses herself by telling them she that she is quite tired, but she will gladly tell that story... some other day.

* Sophia occasionally said something like this during some of her many "Picture it" stories. Possibly the most memorable one was when she mentioned having been briefly engaged to her own brother.

* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': "...but that's another story" becomes something of a catchphrase for the first book's narrator. Most of these stories are eventually told as sideplots in books 2 and 3.

* Jade Harley from Homestuck has a special sort of precognitive prognostication that lets her know when and where her friends are and know what will happen to them in the future. Due to her flighty nature, she often leaks potentially paradox-causing information in casual conversation, and is quite bad at recovering from such events.

'''Thomas:''' Ah...there will be. But that'll have to wait until next time.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' module DA1 ''Adventures in Blackmoor''. The DM Background section is written like someone telling a story. At one point it starts describing the destruction of Blackmoor, but then says "But of the sinking of that fabled land - another time! Today, we speak of other things."

* In TheSwordOfShannara when Allanon tells Shea the history of the races of the world. The trolls and gnomes are humans whose ancestors were mutated by radiation; dwarves are humans who hid underground, and through natural selection became accustomed to subterranean habitats. Noticing the obvious odd-one out, Shea asks about the Elves. Allanon invokves this trope; however not only is it eventually followed up on, it can be considered a SequelHook, since the next book is all about the Elves and their history.
* The Literature/CiaphasCain series is presented as the autobiography of the eponymous officer, suitably edited by one of his long-time allies. Since he's basically laying out his life story to a recorder over many, many sessions, he naturally rambles at times and elides lots of important detail (which has to be cleaned up by the editor, of course). Occasional footnotes to the effect of "this is a fascinating story which need not detain us right now" crop up every once in a while. (Perhaps the crowning example is an entire novel which is presented as having been, in the main, an aside brought up ''in a completely different account'' in the "original text".)

* Used as a SequelHook in the ending of ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'', where narration by Mako tells us that in time, Conan "became a king by his own hand, and this story shall also be told."
** A different cut of the film uses on-screen titles, rather than narration, and ends instead with, "...but that is another story."