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11* In the season 1 finale of ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'', Kabae ends up missing work because she somehow got arrested on charges of ''espionage'', though she's eventually back to work before long.
12* Endou's experience in the Shining Star Challenge in ''Manga/AsteroidInLove''. It has been mentioned in a bit of detail during the Ishigaki arc, but other than the fact that Endou and co. did not discover any new astronomical object and she gets acquainted with two friends, it was never narrated in detail.
13* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', Jean mentions that Bertolt's "artistic" sleeping positions were so bad, the other trainees used them to predict the weather. What that means is never elaborated on, leaving creative fans to come up with their own ideas.
14** Bertolt's sleeping is later shown in a flashback.
15* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'':
16** Yukari occasionally brings up a [[LoveLetterLunacy Love Letter]] incident involving Minamo from when they were in High School, which usually prompts Minamo to scramble to get her to shut up. Once, she ''sang'' "love letter" ([[GratuitousEnglish In English]]) whilst flitting down the hallway, just before Minamo could relate a juicy detail about Yukari to the students. Watch the anime version of the scene, as it must be heard to be appreciated.
17** Another NoodleIncident (at least from Minamo's point of view) happens during a BeachEpisode when she gets drunk and answers ''all'' the girls' questions about sex. In the morning, Minamo wakes up with a hangover and no memory of the previous night; then 11-year-old Chiyo asks her to clarify a few points... While she's digesting that, the other girls show up to formally thank her for the very educational lesson.
18* Edaniel has his own letter column on the ''Manga/{{Bizenghast}}'' website. In one letter he mentions that he once dated a human agent, who he later broke up with at the Mausoleums request. Why the Mausoleum wanted them to break up is never mentioned.
19* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
20** Rukia's first visit to the human world, which she can't even remember, is glossed over by Kiyone as soon as it's mentioned. What happened and why Rukia cannot remember it ever happening, isn't explained.
21** When Byakuya activates Senkei against Ichigo, Byakuya mentions in passing this is only the second time he's ever let someone see Senkei. Who was the first target of Senkei and why has yet to be explained.
22** Hisagi once brought a motorcycle back to Soul Society from the World of the Living. Something happened and it was confiscated. What happened has not been explained.
23* ''Manga/BoardingSchoolJuliet'', like its Shakespearean inspiration, never explains why the GreatOffscreenWar between Towa and the West started, or why they eventually made peace...though if the leaders during that time were ''half'' as [[ProudWarriorRace pigheaded]] as their descendants in the present day are, they wouldn't really have needed a reason.
24* ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' has how Kuroko wound up sharing a room with Misaka. It's known that Kuroko [[StalkerWithACrush broke in]] on the first night, but it's not clear why [[TheDreaded the dorm]] [[BadassNormal supervisor]] eventually let her stay.
25* ''Franchise/CodeGeass R2'':
26** This exchange when Kallen and C.C. are holed up in the Chinese embassy:
27--->'''Kallen:''' This reminds me of Aomori.\
28'''C.C.:''' It isn't as bad as that was. At least everyone here is wearing their clothes.
29*** Subsequent side-materials de-mystified this incident, showing the Black Knights nearly got busted by Britannia while they were at a hot springs, forcing them to run away while wearing nothing but {{Modesty Towel}}s.
30** Earlier, during Stage 6 Suzaku brings up "the bird incident" to Lelouch to which he protests him bringing up ancient history which Suzaku corrects to being only seven years ago. Like the above incident, an audio drama clears up what went happened.
31** It's also never explained why Rakshata calls Lloyd the "Earl of Pudding" though most fans make the [[TrademarkFavoriteFood obvious assumption]]
32** From Britannia's perspective, the Battle of Itsukushima which gave Tohdoh his title Tohdoh of Miracles. It marks Japan's only victory against Britannia during the invasion and is never explained how it comes about, just that the Britannian military still remembers it with [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten bitter regret]]. Whether or not [[ExpandedUniverse future fluff]] will reveal anything more on the subject remains to be seen.
33* Played with in the ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool'' anime when the rather upstanding Kamiyama refused to explain exactly why in the hell he's in a school full of JapaneseDelinquents. However, he tells the audience several times that if they want to know they should read the manga (in which it is actually explained).
34* In the ''Manga/DGrayMan'' manga:
35** Almost nothing concerning Allen's time with Cross is outright shown or explained; Allen gets too traumatized remembering.
36** Allen once recalls an incident involving his mentor Cross Marian's stash of alcohol-filled chocolates. What happened after he ate them is never explained explicitly, but the incident pissed Cross off enough that he punished Allen big-time and forced him to promise to never touch a drop of booze again. In the "Kuro no Bansankai" Special Drama CD, however, we find out how Allen behaves when drunk: he [[spoiler:gets very vicious and destructive, and when it wears off, can't even remember he was the one who caused all the massive property damage.]] As a result, Lavi is able to take a very, very good guess as to why Cross banned him from ever touching alcohol again.
37** When he was playing cards against Tyki and his friends, he mentions he had to gamble (and therefore cheat) to survive, and off to the side, we see something saying "a typical day", where we see only dialogue talking about Cross owing money.
38* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', Zenitsu's troubled past with people who took advantage of his desperate sense of belonging is never explored in detail, he alluded to in a single sentence during the Drum House arc that there were vixens other than the woman he eloped with before that were just as bad, if not worse, in abusing his goodwill. Said past trauma is never brought up again in the series proper, it was only further explored in the Databooks.
39* ''Anime/{{Digimon Adventure 02}}'': Apparently, there have been multiple incidents where Daisuke broke a window at school with a soccer ball.
40* In ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' there are several.
41** There's occasionally reference to an incident where Izaya framed Shizuo for a crime. What crime that might be has never been elaborated upon.
42** To say nothing about their high school days. Shinra was apparently doing a lot of damage control:
43--->'''Shinra:''' Other things happened too when I was in school. There was this "The Pool of Hell Opens -- Chlorine Gas Everywhere!" incident, "Real Flesh Art in the Art Room" incident, "Cultural Festival Campfire Explosion" incident and of course "Field Trip to the Shambles -- the Okinawa Arc"... during the three years when we were in Raijin, gasoline drums were rolled down from school buildings as part of the routine. Really, it's hard to believe how nice and orderly this school has become these days...
44** Also, during Shinra's -- first official? -- date with Celty he threatened Izaya, [[spoiler: who had been stabbed and was bored at the hospital]] if he kept interrupting his date. This last one has since been revealed, and turns out to be [[spoiler:[[RedHerring exactly the opposite of what everyone thought it was going to be]]]].
45--->'''Shinra:''' Oy Izaya! If you don't cut the heck out, I'll start telling people about that thing back in middle school!
46** In Episode 6 of the anime, Erica and Walker want to torture a human trafficker to get information out of him. Saburo says they can, but they aren't allowed to use any gasoline in the car "this time."
47* ''Literature/TheEccentricFamily'''s dialogues are sprinkled with little ''CallBack''s to funny or outrageous histories the characters know all too well but the audience really doesn't.
48* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'':
49** It has been mentioned that Ayame had many unusual exploits as student body president. One specific one apparently involved the Dean of the school's statue.
50** Hatori would often threaten to reveal Shigure's many incidents if he kept making an ass of himself (or those around him).
51* What did Pinako Rockbell do to earn the title "Pantheress of Resembool" in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''?
52** Also, why is Dominic so terrified of Pinako? Neither one of them ever explains it.
53* In ''Manga/GetBackers'', the reason for [[PsychoForHire Takuma Fudou's]] [[StalkerWithACrush stalker obsession]] with Ban is vaguely explained by Ban to have started from Ban ripping Fudou's arm off during an incident in the past. It's never elaborated on (other than that it happened while Fudou was working as a raider). However, knowing Ban's [[InsufferableGenius arrogant, condescending attitude]], along with Fudou's AxCrazy and depraved ways... it's not hard to guess the reason why it happened.
54* In ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', the volleyball team was disbanded under unknown circumstances during the previous academic school year, and its members, now second-years, join the tankery team in the hopes of reviving it. It's never revealed what happened to it, but it's possible that it's related to [[spoiler:budget cuts and Oarai being on the brink of being shut down]].
55* ''Manga/GourmetGirlGraffiti'':
56** Shiina mentions that she spends time with her family and that crazy things go on at her house in episode 9 as to why she wouldn't be spending time with Ryou and Kirin. However, it's never seen nor mentioned what exactly goes on there.
57** Kirin attempts to find out what Ryou's parents do to justify their protracted ParentalAbandonment. However, both her mother, and Ryou herself, give her the runaround, and says something along the lines that they're very important workers in whatever field they do. Kirin wisely decides not to pry any further.
58* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka''
59** It's never explained what happened to Mayu that made him fatally ill and distrustful of adults.
60** The incident that turned class 2-4 (then class 2-3) into disaffected teacher-hating punks was not addressed in detail until near the end of the manga's run.
61* A few are referenced in the dub of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''. Special mention goes to when England meets with his imaginary friends ("But let's not have any murders this go-around, shall we?") and the flashback episode where France and England, who are settling in the New World, find a crying Finland ("Did you get your head caught in the butter churn again?").
62** The Republic of Nikko Nikko starts out as an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary (human) middle school student]], but is ''somehow'' able to become a nation personification. His method in doing so is never explained; Nikko Nikko says that he "believed and tried his best." Japan is completely bewildered.
63* ''Manga/HidamariSketch'':
64** How Miyako learned how to swim: There weren't enough lifeboats.
65** After Miyako manages to catch every bug in Hidamari Apartments's backyard, she asks, "Uh oh, did I destroy ''another'' ecosystem?"
66* When the student council disbands after Shirogane's first term as student council president in Chapter 59 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', they reminisce about the past. Fujiwara suddenly pulls out a potato-like, one-eyed... thing that she calls the "Cubari Facaccimo" and starts talking about Valentine's day, which hadn't ever been mentioned in the manga up until that point. Kaguya behind her shakes her head violently to dissuade Fujiwara, and Shirogane muses that there were events he wasn't present for. It was finally un-Noodlified in Chapter 194, although [[VoodooShark the answer just brings up more questions]]. [[spoiler:Kaguya tried to make Valentine's Day chocolate for Shirogane with Hayasaka's help during their first year, but she followed a recipe that she got from the Occult Research Club that somehow made the chocolate ''haunted''. Both girls ended up a trauma about it, with Kaguya remaining deathly afraid of making handmade chocolate again, and Hayasaka had managed to suppress the memory until she made the mistake of asking Kaguya whether she was going to make chocolate for Shirogane days before the next Valentine's Day.]]
67* In ''Manga/KissAndWhiteLilyForMyDearestGirl'', a melodramatic rumor about Shiramine's absence on orientation day prompts Sawa and Itsuki to ask her if it's true. Shiramine explains what she was really doing that day in a lengthy flashback which answers all their questions...[[BrickJoke and then]] Sawa realizes that they still don't know who spread the original rumor. Neither she or the readers ever find out.
68* ''Manga/LoveHina'':
69** At one point this is averted just to then be played straight. After Motoko runs away from the Hinata House, we learn from her big sister that her hatred for men comes from a time when she caught them kissing. But she puts it as "since then, Motoko started to loathe men ''and turtles''". One wonders what the poor turtles have to do with it, like Keitaro wondered.
70** The anime and manga briefly imply, though not outright stating, that her fear of turtles stemmed from fighting a demon that resembled a turtle. [[AllThereInTheManual Love Hina Mugendai reveals]], her fear of men and turtles comes from her accidentally walking in on Tsuruko and the latter's husband ''[[PrimalScene In Flegrante Dilecto]]''.
71* In ''Anime/LuckyStar'' there are several scenes that begin with one character finishing a conversation talking about how something stinks. It's a bit of a running gag, but after seeing it mentioned two or three times it makes you wonder what smells so bad.
72* [[AllThereInTheManual The second Sound Stage]] of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' had [[WrenchWench Alto]] and the school toilet incident back when she was seven and thought she was a boy ([[IHaveBrothers only having brothers probably had something to do with that last part]]), which she always interrupted before anyone could elaborate.
73* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'':
74** An incident involving Quetzalcoatl (Lucoa) and her younger sister regarding why Lucoa cannot drink alcohol is mentioned on several occasions but never goes into detail. In Myth/AztecMythology this is explained, as Quetzalcoatl's evil twin brother had tainted his alcohol, leading to him performing sexual acts with his younger sister, and his eventual banishment as a god.
75** One chapter has Kobayashi and Kanna get into some kind of fight offscreen, which leads to Kanna running away to New York City. The details of this fight are never specified beyond Kanna later admitting to being the one at fault.
76* In the ''Anime/MyOtome'' anime, Shizuru and Youko recall a mishap that occurred during Natsuki and [[spoiler:Mai]]'s attempt at the survival exam. Shizuru notes that when she heard Natsuki's distress signal, she rushed to the scene as quickly as she could, only to find the two girls [[LesYay in a "most improper" position]], at which point Natsuki angrily cuts her off and tells her to "forget about it" before she gets to the juicy parts.
77* ''Manga/MysteriousJoker'' subverts this trope by allowing the audience to find out the events of "that summer" and why he doesn't like dipping sauce, but not Hachi, who was just as curious as the audience to find out about the Noodle Incident which came up in dialogue.
78* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Suigetsu is about to mention a past event that happened between Sasuke and Karin (some translations imply it was something she did to him), but Karin punches him in the face before he can elaborate. It was later revealed in a flashback -- [[spoiler:he saved her from a bear during the chunin exams]], though why that's embarrassing is unclear.
79* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
80** [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v22/c203/18.html This incident]], which involves the first time that [[PlayfulHacker Chisame]] ever went on the Internet.
81** Much later, repeated mention is made of some apparently epic misadventures Negi had during Christmas and Valentine's Day. What happened then we can only guess at.
82* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has the Rocky Port Incident, which is referenced numerous times but only enough to drop hints about what happened. The event took place on Pirate Island and involved Trafalgar Law harvesting the hearts of a hundred pirates and giving them to the World Government to become a Warlord, Blackbeard defeating and supplanting the island's previous ruler Wang Zhi, and Koby becoming famous for protecting civilians during all of this.
83* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': It isn't revealed what "that little incident" was the last time Garterbelt and Corset met before the series began, though it did seem to leave some kind of huge yellow cross-shaped scar on both of their chests, which mirror each other's.
84* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
85** The anime's LovableSexManiac Brock, during the Orange Islands [[{{Filler}} sub-arc]], seems to legitimately settle down with the Island's female Pokémon Professor, actually leaving the group for a while to pursue the relationship. When he returns, it's clear that something happened to turn the relationship sour, but he refuses to elaborate, instead going into a deep, brooding, BlueWithShock depression whenever anyone even mentions the relationship or the Professor's name.
86** Subverted when it came to the origin of Dawn's EmbarrassingNickname, Dee Dee (Pikari in Japan) as it was eventually revealed. [[spoiler:She handled her kindergarten's Plusle and Minun too roughly and the resulting shock made her hair sparkle like diamonds. She then got nicknamed "'''D'''iamond '''D'''andruff" or "D.D." for short.]]
87** A variation occurred where the NoodleIncident in fact happened immediately when it was first mentioned, but never elaborated on: In "The Battle of the Badge," Giovanni, while chewing out Team Rocket for supplying him with a Togepi (ironically, despite it being a rare Pokémon, he had no interest in it whatsoever), he received a call from someone, only to react with shock and horror, and demanding when it happened, before departing quickly and having to abdicate his position as Gym Leader to the trio, before departing from a fake wall, and then telling his mystery Pokémon (Mewtwo) that he has an emergency assignment for it before unleashing it. Exactly what happened was not really explained.
88*** In that same episode, there was another variation. Gary had ''ten'' Badges currently before challenging Giovanni (more than the required eight; he did it to show off), and only three were the same as Ash's, hinting there were at least seven other Gyms apart from the eight Ash won his badges from. Information on these Gyms are never elaborated on. In addition, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos had different characters (Morrison, Barry, Nando, Trip, Cameron and Sawyer) also showing up with different badges that aren't in the games meaning there's at least nine, eleven, fourteen and eleven gyms in the respective regions.
89** Cilan and his incident with a Purrloin that was mentioned in one of the ''Best Wishes'' episodes. It made him terrified of all Purrloin. However, he does reveal what happened in ''Decolore Islands'' to Ash and Iris [[spoiler:except his explanation is off-screen and only the group finds out what happened without the audience knowing, much to the chagrin of many]].
90** In a similar manner, what made Georgia a Dragon Buster in the first place. All we know was that she lost a battle to a Dragon Master from the Village of Dragons. We don't know who defeated her, how she was defeated, or anything else. However, given that it made her go on a revenge plot to defeat every Dragon-type she saw, and how she reacted when Iris' Axew learned Outrage, it's safe to say that it caused a lot of trauma for her.
91** "Beach Blank-Out Blastoise" had Jigglypuff get stuck in one of a Blastoise's shoulder cannons. How exactly that happened is never explained.
92* In the ending of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', despite the universe [[spoiler:having been recreated by Godoka]], Alt!Homura apparently [[InSpiteOfANail still]] became a puella magi. Her motivations for doing so are never explained, although a girl like Homura would have no shortage of things to [[DealWithTheDevil wish]] for.
93* In Chapter 46 of ''Manga/Reborn2004'', Tsuna visits Longchamp's house. While there, Longchamp is attacked by a girl named Pantera (although he assures Tsuna that she's aiming for him, but has really bad aim). When Tsuna realizes this, he asks if something happened between the two of them, and Longchamp's Number 2 guy assures him that [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial nothing happened and not to ask him about it again]]. Tsuna takes this as proof that something happened.
94* In ''Literature/ReincarnatedAsASword'' it has been said that the kingdom of Reidios is the first, ''and last'', country ever to try conscripting adventurers into their army during times of war.
95* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' has Tsuwabuki's secret Nanami diary. The end of the episode of the same name leaves the audience wondering... "What is Plan 24?" Not to mention Plans 3 through 23, really.
96* The first episode of ''Anime/SailorMoon Super S'' features Chibiusa giving a surprisingly deep answer in regards to Unazuki's worries about her relationship. Unazuki is freaked out while Usagi bluntly asks if she's been reading her mom's "mature novels" without permission again.
97* ''Scoop Hunter Tamon'' contains several references to the titular IntrepidReporter's past exploits, being a retired war journalist now working as a freelancer - notably in the first story, where he infiltrates a CorruptPolitician's mansion and comments, "Reminds me of Russia 3 years ago."
98* Tsuda, of ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'', writes an essay for the school paper. While the actual essay isn't ever shown or read, it is represented metaphorically with a TearJerker story about an abandoned kitten who gets washed into the ocean by a storm, but is rescued by a heroic sailor named Georgie (implied to be a HeroicSacrifice), and is finally adopted by a recent widow. It is explicitly stated that this is ''not'' the story the essay is telling, but, since it turns every girl who reads it into a [[OcularGushers blubbering wreck]], the feelings generated are clearly the same.
99* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': It's mentioned often that Keroro was the most insane and violent soldier in all of Keron ''"in the old days"'', but the only times we see anything close to it is when Keroro gets drunk on moisture. A better example would be Keroro's own father, the "Demon Sergeant", rumored to be the most fearsome sergeant in the galaxy, but only appears on vacation in a Hawaii shirt and an easygoing attitude, [[ObfuscatingStupidity at least on the surface.]]
100* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'':
101** Lina Inverse references the horrible punishments her sister Luna used to put her through quite a few times, even though they are never actually explained. It leads one to wonder what she really could do, granted that Lina could put up with being electrically shocked while saying it was nothing compared to that torture. That, and Lina constructed a pyramid atop herself in order to merely get away from a letter sent by Luna and just the mere ''reference'' to her causes Lina to fly into a mortal panic.
102** One of the less harsh punishments Lina suffered involved [[spoiler:a whole lot of ''slugs'', a fact which she tearfully reveals after a near-total fear-induced breakdown in the second season.]]
103** An unspoken Noodle Incident is whatever it was that caused Naga the Serpent, Lina's self-proclaimed rival (and whom Lina publicly called "Goldfish Poop" in the original novels, due to her habit of constantly following Lina around), to stop following Lina by the time the anime started.
104* ''Manga/TokyoShinobiSquad'': During Jin's introduction, the narration notes that he's rumored to have been involved in the "Music/JustinBieber Incident". What exactly that incident involved, and why ''Justin Bieber'' of all people was part of it, is never explained further (especially since the manga was CutShort after only 27 chapters).
105* In one episode of ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'', Nozomi decides to help out Urara's first show by taking up the show's lead. Rin's quick to point out that the last time she tried acting, she ruined the DramaClub and got kicked out in two days. Nothing's ever said as to ''how'' she did it, though.
106* ''Anime/YuGiOh!'':
107** When the Pharaoh first ends up in the memory world in Season 5, he has next to no recollection of anyone and is very confused. When he meets Mana, he manages to remember that they were [[ShipTease childhood friends]], but him stating the obvious to her about what they are to each other leads her to ask, "You haven't been walking around in the desert without a hat again, have you?" Extra noodle for the idea that he actually could wear a hat of any kind over that hair.

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