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10	* ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'': In Issue #5, Puck mentions the affair of the Brass Bishop. Never explained further by the original creator, but two different (and contradictory) Brass Bishops have shown up since.
11	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': In issue #46 of the comics, [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Pinky]] mentions that Brain won a million dollars in a lawsuit Brain doesn't recall because, as Pinky explains, "that piano hit you [Brain] on the head awfully hard".
12	* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'':
13	** In ''Astérix and the Cauldron'', the Gauls mention to visiting chief Whosmoralsarelastix that the Romans only tried collecting taxes from their village once. The unspecified treatment the Gauls gave to the tax collector apparently scared him away to the point where neither he nor any other tax official will dare enter the village. Vitalstatistix fondly reminisces: "What fun we had! Remember when we..." Unfortunately, the sentence is never completed, as a hysterically laughing Getafix drowns out the rest.
14	** Another one: Obelix isn't allowed to drink any magic potion as he fell into a cauldron of it as a kid and nobody knows what might happen. This is event is referenced a lot but never documented any further until a very late book tossed that rule and did a short story on exactly this topic. Apart from a few drops in ''Cleopatra'', he's been off the potion for most of the albums -- and then he finally snaps and drinks a whole cauldron of it, so we find out that what happens is he is turned to stone.
15	* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'':
16	** For the longest time, this was the unexplained fate of the Silver Agent (complete with memorial statue inscribed "To Our Eternal Shame"). It was finally revealed that [[spoiler:he had been unjustly executed for murdering a foreign head of state, as the public was growing distrustful of superheroes and the government wanted to assert they still had control over metahumans. And even ''after'' his death, the Silver Agent ''still'' returned to save the world several times afterwards]].
17	** On a lighter note, Infidel once did ''something'' that swapped Samaritan's hair and costume colors.
18	--->"What's he done to reality ''this'' time?"
19	** It's not sure ''what'' specifically the Astro-Naut did to [[SmashMook The Convincer,]] but it was enough to turn him into a wimpering coward ready to turn state's evidence.
20	* ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'':
21	** Phil Broughton -- Tesladyne's resident nuclear safety officer -- mentions one set of calculations he did once involving plutonium and an unidentified region of an intern, and that luckily for the intern he only ran the numbers and never actually applied the plutonium.
22	** In an earlier issue, Robo tries to get Tesla's advice on how to deal with the [[EldritchAbomination Shadow From Beyond Time]]. Tesla, unaware of what's going on, assumes Robo's writing to the people who make his favorite radio dramas over the scientific accuracy of their stories again, leading Robo to remark "that hack responsible for the mole men episode had it coming."
23	* ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'': The "thing with the tiger" that ended Kev Hawkins' career was treated as one of these in his original one-shot. A later four-part miniseries revealed all the gory details -- [[spoiler:He and the gang were forced to take an insufferable, perverted minister to their buddy's country house, and then bring him a prostitute to have sex with. Said buddy happened to have a tiger in the basement. The perverted minister ended up in the basement, and the tiger ate him]].
24	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
25	** [[ResolvedNoodleIncident Resolved]] in the story arc "Prodigal"... eventually. Dick Grayson assumed the role of Batman while Bruce Wayne left Gotham to work on a case, the details of which were not made clear for some time. Several years later, in ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'', the "case" was revealed as an excuse for him to secretly set up several mini-Batcaves throughout Gotham.
26	** In another comic where The Joker is on death row ([[NotMeThisTime for a crime he didn't commit, ironically]]) and a preacher tells him to confess his sins, the last one we the end of he says "...And that's the last time I ever used glass" whatever he did with the glass was so horrible it causes the priest to flee in terror.
27	** The 'One Year Later' circumstances that saw Jim Gordon once again become Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department and Detective Harvey Bullock returned to duty despite having been kicked off the force previously, along with a shake-up of the department which saw the previous commissioner removed from office, ended up becoming one of these. Reportedly, it was supposed to be explained in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', but the authors of that series ended up following completely different plotlines.
28	** The second man to call himself the Mad Hatter claimed that he was Jervis Tetch, the original one, but it was eventually revealed that he was an imposter. Eventually, after this villain was sent to Arkham, the real Tetch showed up, claiming that he had "taken care of" the imposter. (Most took this to mean that Tetch killed him, although no details of the incident were given. The "imposter Hatter" didn't show up for awhile, but he did show up later, so exactly what Tetch had meant regarding their meeting remains unknown.)
29	** ''ComicBook/BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest'' #2 (2022) has a reluctant team up between ComicBook/{{Robin}} (Dick Grayson) and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, who apparently aren't getting on for some reason. At first they refuse to discuss it, and then:
30	--->'''Robin''': It was an ''accident!''\
31	'''Supergirl''': You were ''showing off!''\
32	'''Robin''': Who knew there'd be a ''monkey'' there?\
33	'''Supergirl''': ''And'' you wore your ''costume!''\
34	'''Robin''': That fountain was already ''half empty!''\
35	'''Supergirl''': Were you raised in a ''circus''?[[note]]Yes, he was[[/note]]\
36	'''Robin''': You weren't much help with the ''avalanche!''\
37	'''Supergirl''': I did ''not flirt with THE SERVER!''
38	::Becomes a ResolvedNoodleIncident in #13, with the key points being that they were supposed to be on a date, an escaped monkey led to an avalanche of bowling balls and Supergirl getting knocked into a fountain, and Supergirl was totally flirting with the server.
39	* The ''ComicBook/BigTroubleInLittleChina'' comic book gives us the story of Jack's second marriage, which apparently involved a fake pregnancy, Mexican bikers, and a Babylonian death cult... or possibly a taco truck.
40	* ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'': Phoney Bone's schemes. The only one described in detail was the disastrous campaign picnic, which resulted in an out-of-control giant balloon, and a town-wide case of indigestion caused by cheap food.
41	-->'''Fone Bone:''' Maybe you'll think '''twice''' before you build an '''ORPHANAGE''' on a '''HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFIL!!'''\
42	'''Phoney:''' '''What''' is '''wrong''' with '''that?!''' That's '''two''' community services '''rolled into one!!''' It was the '''ULTIMATE TAX SHELTER!'''\
43	'''Fone Bone:''' You '''never''' learn, do you?\
44	'''Phoney:''' I '''shoulda''' stuck with my '''first''' idea!\
45	'''Fone Bone:''' What? Combining a '''slaughter house''' with a '''petting zoo?!''' ''(SarcasmMode)'' Oh, yeah! '''That''' was '''brilliant!'''\
46	''(Later on...)''\
47	'''Smiley:''' Remember th' '''first''' time you got us run out of town? You opened a chain of franchises -- '''Bone Enviromental:''' Nuclear reactor and endless salad bars!\
48	'''Phoney:''' That wasn't a '''silly idea!''' The '''lettuce'''' wouldn't spoil for '''decades!'''\
49	'''Smiley:''' What about the '''second''' time you got us run out? When you started '''The New Age School of Lamaze and Bungy-Jumping!''' Even '''I''' knew '''that''' was dumb!\
50	'''Phoney:''' ''(SarcasmMode)'' Oh, yeah, you're a '''brilliant''' judge!
51	* ''ComicBook/CaballisticsInc'' worked one into Lawrence Verse's backstory; all that is known about his past is that he had to leave the Catholic priesthood after using a chainsaw during the Rite of Exorcism, the details of which are never clearly or fully known to the reader.
52	* ''ComicBook/CombatKellyAndHisDeadlyDozen'': Although it is established that Kelly was in prison for manslaughter, who he killed and the circumstances are never revealed; especially as it is revealed that he was cleared of the charges resulting from him [[CasualtyInTheRing killing a man during a boxing match]].
53	* In ''ComicBook/DeathsHead III'' #15, Mys-Tech's Algernon Crowe says, "When was it last? London... 1997? The offer still stands, Death's Head." The incident is not shown.
54	* ''ComicBook/DRAndQuinch'':
55	** At the start of ''Go Straight'', the eponymous duo were found guilty of, among other things, "thirty-two offences so unusual and horrible they do not have names. "
56	** ''D.R. & Quinch Get Drafted'' begins at the tail end of one and immediately [[LampshadeHanging Hangs A Lampshade]] on it.
57	--->'''Waldo "D.R." Dobbs''': I have no idea how I came to be in this incredibly strange, confusing situation. Actually, it has nothing to do with the following totally awesome story and I'd advise you to forget it, man.
58	* Several cases in ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}''. Thugboy cosplaying, Thugboy wearing Empowered's suit, etc. Reason: Several storylines were (presumably temporarily) cut from the books, moved between books, etc.
59	* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'':
60	** Has come up several times, usually with Johnny Storm as the cause of it. After Johnny suggests time traveling in issue 501:
61	--->'''Mr. Fantastic:''' This had better not involve Davy Crockett again. You've already given that man too much trouble.
62	** Creator/JohnByrne combined this trope with LeaningOnTheFourthWall in one issue; the Fantastic Four were just getting back from a mission in outer space, the details of which were never actually revealed. ComicBook/SheHulk (who was subbing for the Thing at the time) commented that their mission should give the company that publishes the FF comic book material for some great stories, but the Human Torch answered, "I dunno, Shulkie. Right now there's a theory that 'Cosmic doesn't sell'."
63	** In Dan Slott's run of the Fantastic Four, the X-Man Iceman shows up as part of past members of the Fantastic Four. While the comic promises to explore this, so far all we know is that Johnny absolutely refuses to acknowledge it in the slightest. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that Iceman joined the team during a time where he was feeling unimportant in the X-Men and Johnny grew a humongous head and bailed on the team. Johnny's hated the moment because he's afraid that he was going to be replaced.]]
64	* In the graphic novel ''Generation Zero'', main characters Johnny, Dancer and Kube are called before the Council. (The ruling government of their post-WWIII Arctic underground city.) As they head for the meeting place, they wonder what kind of trouble they are in '''this time''' and there are discussions about Level 13 and the Congressman’s wife. Sadly the details are never given.
65	* In ''ComicBook/TheGoon'' noodle incidents are discussed frequently by the main characters, sometimes involving a man actually named Charlie Noodles who is never seen by the reader.
66	** Averted with the Chinatown arc. For the first four series of the comic, characters would hint darkly at some terrible thing that happened in Chinatown, but it was given so much narrative weight that it became clear that, [[DrivingQuestion eventually, we'd get the answer]]. The fifth series, aptly titled ''The Goon: Chinatown'', finally told the story.
67	* ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'': Post-Flashpoint, something that is alluded to ''a lot'' but never explained is whatever caused the falling out between Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) and Roy Harper (Speedy/Arsenal). Roy mentions it ''vaguely'' but often in ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' whenever the subject of mentors comes up and Ollie brings it up in ''Green Arrow'' whenever Roy comes up. John Diggle, when recalling his past with Oliver Queen, says they were a perfect team, but that something screwed it up as soon as Roy walks into frame. He doesn't expand. In the ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', when Black Canary mentions how all of Oliver's friends work for him, he alludes to Roy's time with him but doesn't explain further. It was eventually explained ''in 2017'', six years after it was first alluded to.
68	* ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn2021'' constantly makes references to events we don't see, like Blur racing through Ultron's insides, and series that don't actually exist to show the overwrite of reality extends into the past [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou and even imply it's gone beyond the fourth wall.]]
69	* ''ComicBook/TheIntimates''' signature info scrolls at the bottom of most pages contained many of these concerning virtually every character at one point or another. The details behind Commander Presence's divorce, Dashman's nervous breakdown/super speeding accident, Sgt. Stomp's PTSD, the numerous arrests of Travis Duke by his sheriff's half-brother, Kefong's relationship with the Asia's youngest female assassin, and the ''future'' event where erectile dysfunction might ruin ''both'' of Punchy's marriages (to name but a few examples) are all never expounded on.
70	* Creator/AlanMoore's [[ComicBook/TomorrowStories Jack B. Quick stories]] sprinkled Noodle Incidents liberally, such as the "giant bee incident," the "business with anti-matter Girl Scout cookies" and the time Jack "blinded Santa with those lasers, the Christmas before last."
71	* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'''s 2011 reboot fast-forwards from the group's formation to its heyday; in between, as only depicted through a single, non-explanatory splash page but referenced many times throughout the book's stories as a crucial plot point -- the Martian Manhunter (a founding member of the group in its earliest appearances in real-world publication before the reboot removed his status as a founder) first joined the League, then broke from them in an incident that pitted the character against all his teammates in combat. What's worse is that this incident was apparently ''so bad'' that it's why the League hasn't even attempted to recruit new members since.
72	* ''ComicBook/LaffALympics'': When Daisy Mayhem brings up the fact rule 996-W is the rule against doing high-dives into tapioca pudding, Yogi is surprised "they ban that again".
73	* In ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes2020'', the Legionnaires are somewhat dismissive of Damian Wayne due to something he apparently does when he's older, something so bad Chameleon Boy calls him "Baby Hitler." It's not mentioned what Damian did, but Brainiac 5 states they're trying to prevent that timeline from coming true.
74	* The purpose of Creator/DonRosa's ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'' was intended to round up all of the Noodle Incidents mentioned in the stories by Creator/CarlBarks and create a biography for the character out of them. Rosa refers to these as "Barksian facts", and he has only had to leave out very few that are completely against the rest of the story.
75	* ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures: Super Heroes'' Vol 2 Issue #19: While complaining that he wanted to go to a baseball game and not a museum, ComicBook/AntMan comments that one would never have to deal with twenty hostages, four supervillains and a giant wooly mammoth in one of them. Aside from "that one Mets game".
76	* Justified in ''ComicBook/MarvelOneHundredthAnniversarySpecial'' -- the comics are supposedly from the future, and the issues where the incidents in question occurred obviously haven't been released yet.
77	* In ''[[ComicBook/TheMultiversity Mastermen #1]]'', apparently one of the many opponents Overman and his world's league faced was the "Luthor League". No further details on that are given, however.
78	* ''ComicBook/TheMazeAgency'': Jen apparently once cleared Ashley's name when Ashley was accused of murdering her husband. The details of this case are never revealed. Jen occasionally mutters that she sometimes regrets doing it.
79	* The 2011 run of ''ComicBook/MoonKnight'' sees Carol Danvers question her fellow New Avengers if any of them have ever dated Moon Knight. ''Spider-Man'' of all people replies "[[HoYay Little bit.]]" What exactly constitutes dating someone a little bit, especially when you're talking about [[ChickMagnet Spider-Man]], is up in the air.
80	* ''ComicBook/{{Monstress}}'' has the disaster at Constantine at the end of the Human-Arcanic war. All that anyone knows is someone or something set off a FantasticNuke that killed more than 140,000 people. [[TheProtagonist Maika]] and seven other Arcanic children were the only unwounded survivors; survivors whom the [[ImmortalRuler Ancients]] are perfectly willing to sacrifice hoping to learn what happened because human fear that the Arcanics were responsible is the only thing holding the tenuous peace. While the Arcanics are doing their best to stoke that fear, they have no more idea what happened than the humans do. [[spoiler: It is later revealed to be due to [[EldritchAbomination Zinn]] manifesting from [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan inside Maika]] and devouring almost everyone there, including part of Maika's left arm, with only Tuya and several other children knowing about it and swearing not to tell anyone what happened, including Maika herself.]]
81	* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'': Whatever Jake did last year at Bull Sharkowski's birthday party that Bull holds as a reason not to invite Jake for the next parties resulted on the pool having to be steam-cleaned.
82	* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'':
83	** ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'':
84	*** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue1To4 The Return of Queen Chrysalis]]": Averted in one place, as the reason for Celestia's absence is revealed to be a giant magical cockatrice attack is documented in the two-page short "In the Interim" of Issue #4. On the other hand, the [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 giant marshmallow pony attacking Manehattan]] appears to go unresolved, with Princess Luna having gotten lost on her way there.
85	*** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue9To10 Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair]]": Big Macintosh's sojourn through the Summer Wrap-Up carnival involves him accidentally going through a time warp at the science fair, saving Ponyville from mutant apes, and coming back 5 minutes before he left.
86	*** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue65 Queen for One Less Day]]": A disguised Princess Celestia finally convinces Twilight of her identity by bringing up the first time Twilight cast "the spell of Promethea", and [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay Twilight KNOWS]] that Princess Celestia gave her word [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain she would never mention what happened to anypony else]].
87	** ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyGenerations'': It's neither shown nor explained precisely what the shriek-yowls' "projectile defense" is or does, beyond it being very sticky and ruining Applejack's hat.
88	* ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' and all Dick Grayson-related comics post-Flashpoint have managed to completely avoid telling the reader ''how'' Dick went from being Robin to Nightwing. Dick alludes to it in ''Nightwing'' #0, something ''intended'' to show his origin, which it did... specifically his ''Robin'' origin. At the end of the issue, his narration references him eventually going solo as Nightwing, but doesn't even slightly hint as to why. It's not even clear if Dick quit or was fired. The only elaboration is, years later in a ''Grayson'' annual, we learn that the Nightwing name does indeed still come from Superman which wasn't ever in question.
89	* A ''ComicBook/RadioactiveMan'' story references a previous issue in which Radioactive Man became invisible and immaterial, but was still able to hear everything. Having heard what people say about him behind his back, he has steadfastly refused to speak to Captain Squid... but the readers are in the dark as to why.
90	* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'': In the second volume, one is implied in reference to Scott living with Wallace, though the story is somewhat explained later.
91	-->'''Kim:''' How'd you end up living with that guy anyway?\
92	'''Scott:''' I'd rather not talk about it\
93	'''Kim:''' Is it a really gay story?\
94	'''Scott:''' The story is somewhat gay, yes.
95	* ''ComicBook/Shazam2012'': Pedro knows how to drive a garbage truck, due to a long story involving his grandfather and a moose.
96	* ''ComicBook/{{Starman}}'': Bobo references an incident wherein he somehow managed to get away from Doctor Fate, of all people. Sure it was with only fifty bucks left from his heist and the skin of his teeth, but still, ''Doctor Fate''.
97	* The nuclear war that provides much of the backstory in ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'' isn't detailed much further than, "Nobody ever knew who fired the first missile -- but suddenly the whole world went crazy!"
98	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
99	** ''ComicBook/Supergirl2011'' #32 -- during the ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' story arc-, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} mentions briefly that she had to take a short side trip before entering the solar system but she never explains what she exactly did. [[ResolvedNoodleIncident It was finally revealed]] in ''ComicBook/ActionComicsNew52'' #32 that she met and tried to help her cousin during the events of ''ComicBook/SupermanDoomed''.
100	** In ''ComicBook/Supergirl1982'' issue #20, upon meeting up with his cousin Superman mentions off-handedly he just fought the Parasite (In ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #555) but he doesn't elaborate.
101	** In ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'', Supergirl is rooming with ComicBook/LanaLang after being gone for six weeks after the [[ComicBook/NewKrypton New Krypton-Earth War]]. Worried, Lana asks the Kryptonian girl where she went and what she did, but Kara doesn't want to talk about it.
102	--->'''ComicBook/LanaLang:''' I don't want to '''pry''', Linda, but... Where did you go?\
103	'''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}:''' What?\
104	'''Lana:''' Well, you were gone for '''six weeks'''. I was worried when we didn't '''hear''' from you after all... of everything, so I just was wondering--\
105	'''Supergirl:''' Lana, it... it doesn't '''matter'''. Can we change the subject, please?
106	** In ''ComicBook/WarWorld'', ComicBook/MartianManhunter mentions he already fought -- and kicked the butt of -- villain Mongul, but the circumstances are never explained.
107	** ''ComicBook/TheThirdKryptonian'': As telling her life's story, Karsta Wor-Ul mentions she heard voices of alleged Kandorians calling for help one night several centuries ago, but she never found out what that incident was about.
108	** In ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'', "Nasty" Luthor plans to marry her zombie boyfriend on a comet that will kill them and all humanity. Her uncle Lex doesn't bat an eye.
109	** In ''ComicBook/StrangersAtTheHeartsCore'':
110	*** In the first issue, Supergirl rescues a pilot whose jet is tearing itself apart. When questioned, the man insists before passing out that something was forcing him to fly faster and faster. Supergirl takes him to his base's infirmary and briefly ponders over the issue, but she cannot make heads or tails of it. Several months later, when she has forgotten all about the incident, Shyla Kor-Onn introduces herself and admits she telepathically influenced the pilot
111	*** During several months, Supergirl gets randomly attacked by minor villains who seem eager to fight her despite having never met her before. In the final issue, Kara lears all of those apparently unconnected battles were orchestrated by her old enemy Lesla-Lar.
112	** ''ComicBook/SupergirlWomanOfTomorrow'': Ruthye ponders she will probably never know why [[BigBad Krem]] decided to leave his expensive sword embedded in her father's body instead of pulling it out of his corpse before walking away.
113	** In ''ComicBook/TheUntoldStoryOfArgoCity'', Edna Danvers states Supergirl once mentioned in passing she and Superman saved an alien race's planet from an exploding sun.
114	** ''ComicBook/TheGirlWithTheXRayMind'': As going through a crisis of confidence, Supergirl reminisces and briefly refers to several old and weird adventures:
115	--->'''Supergirl:''' I've failed as Supergirl! Why couldn't this be a simple mission like the time I fought the metal androids of Asteroid X? I'll give up my career... Never again will I use my super-powers at Superman's side... like the time we destroyed the porcupine planet!
116	** In ''ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen2019'', Jimmy has to call Lois to ask for money to get out of Gorilla City after his bride, [[ClassyCatBurglar Jix]], stole his wallet and passport. When Dex-Starr stares at him, Jimmy tells him to cut it out, because this doesn't even rank in the top twenty embarrassing phone calls he's had to make.
117	** ''ComicBook/EscapeFromThePhantomZone'': When Ben Rubel expresses concern about ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'s escape plan, Babs replies she has been in worse spots than "trapped in a pocket dimension and captured by a mad scientist who plans to boil your flesh", and she has gotten herself out of them with less resources.
118	** ''ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker'': After decking the BigBad, Catherine Grant mentions she has needed to learn how to knock someone out in a single punch due to some men she has dated.
119	** ''ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom'': As exploring an alien jungle where they have no powers, Kal and Kara see a large group of crustacean humanoids marching towards them and then passing them by silently. Why were they armed? Where were they going to? Why did they ignore Kal and Kara? Did they even notice their presence? Who knows? Whatever it was, both cousins found the incident extremely strange.
120	** ''ComicBook/TheLeperFromKrypton'': When Superman's rocket passes by planet Knorr, the Knorrians mention he once saved them from the serpent people of the Viper planet.
121	** ''ComicBook/ShouldAuldAcquaintanceBeForgot'': Kara never explains what kind of business she had to go to attend to (what with being a forgotten ghost) when saying goodbye to Deadman.
122	* A ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' comic from ''ComicBook/NintendoComicsSystem'' has Wart from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' kidnapping King Toadstool. It's then implied that this has happened before:
123	-->'''Mario''': Adding it all up, it's perfectly clear -- Wart snatched the king... ''again!''
124	* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
125	** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersDarkCybertron'': While making their way through Metroplex, the away team realizes they've lost track of the Lost Light's resident [[BloodKnight psycho]] Whirl. Then Getaway's communicator rings, prompting Brainstorm, under the impression it's Whirl calling, to remark, "If he needs help disposing of a body, tell him I'm not bailing him out. Not again."
126	** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'':
127	*** The Scavengers get seven of these in quick succession in one page. Among other things, images from their datapads come to life, they battle a giant monster that can apparently only be dealt with by correctly conjugating a verb, they visit Magisteria VI, they're cursed to sing all their lines, they get trapped in two dimensions, and they're ''turned into their own first generation toys''. There are also some tragic ones -- we don't know anything about Chromedome's first ''three'' conjunx endurae, because he erased his own memories rather than deal with the pain of their deaths -- but the Scavengers' are weirder, and thus, more interesting.
128	---->'''Fulcrum:''' (playing Jenga against a space jellyfish) The fate of the entire universe rests on my next move, Spinister. And the worst thing is, if we win, we won't remember this moment -- or the perfectly logical sequence of events which gave rise to it.
129	*** The book really loves these, from adventures the Lost Light Crew had we never saw, to Swerve listing his top 5 favorite "Quests" he's been in (The Lost Light's mission being "Knight Quest"). The list include: "Moon Quest", "Titan Quest", "Matrix Quest", "Prime Quest" and the legendarily bad "Thumb Quest". Swerve brings up "[[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thumb_Quest Thumb Quest]]" repeatedly as an example of things going bad "Oh, this is Thumb Quest all over again!", but whatever it (or any other of his quests) consists of, is unknown. Swerve also once ''lost'' his thumb in Maccadam's bar and spent ages trying to find it, but it's never stated whether this was Thumb Quest or if that was something else...and, of course, why he lost his thumb is ''also'' not revealed.
130	---->''"It's Dead Universe bad, isn't it? It's Thunderwing bad. No—no! It's worse--it's Thumb Quest bad."''
131	*** During the Shadowplay arc, Rewind has arranged for groups to gather around the damaged Rung and tell their parts of a multifaceted story, thus coaxing his nervous system to reconnect itself. The main focus is on a group containing, among others, Ratchet, Whirl, Chromedome and Drift, telling a story about Cybertron before the War, but it's revealed in part three that Rewind has arranged other groups to do the same thing: one consists of Blaster, Sunstreaker, Siren, Gears and Perceptor, and one consisting of Xaaron, Dipstick, Atomizer, Slapdash and Sprocket. WordOfGod would confirm that the other groups were selected solely to make readers wonder what the heck ''they'' all did together.
132	*** At one point, Whirl snarks about how [[spoiler:the afterlife]] is full of angry denials and gasps of disbelief, "like that time [[NoSenseOfHumour Magnus]] tried to tell a joke." It's not clear whether this refers to an incident of {{Troll}}ing Magnus pulled on a crowd earlier in the series or some other event.
133	*** When Whirl and Ultra Magnus share a phone call, Magnus comments that the last time he talked to Whirl on the phone, hostages were involved. It's entirely believable, given that we ''are'' talking about [[HeroicComedicSociopath Whirl]] here, but the actual circumstances are not revealed.
134	* ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'':
135	** "The Terrible Night of the Telephone" is an apocryphal story of how journalist Spider Jerusalem caused half a dozen politicians in Prague to commit suicide over the telephone. No other details are given, but the incident is referred to several times over the run of the comic.
136	** This is almost repeated on screen, as he also manages to talk a TV show host into attempting suicide in a live broadcast. One presumes that the original incident was something similar, or else he simply threatened to reveal some serious dirt on the politicians.
137	** On a more serious note, when asked later in the series how many people he's killed, he says soberly, "Sixteen." He also notes that all of them were in self-defense, except one. The one he [[spoiler:[[WordOfGod considers to be Vita Severn]]]]. As for the others, at least two are in the comics, towards the end of Year One. Two guys not pleased with one of his exposés really did come into his apartment and tried to kill him. He killed them first.
138	* ''ComicStrip/TwistedToyfareTheatre'' had ComicBook/IronMan and Creator/RobertDowneyJr in court at the beginning of the story.
139	-->'''Judge Quintesson''': In the case of Stamford, Connecticut, The Chuck E. Cheese Corporation, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, The Kingdom of Atlantis, The Night Thrasher Estate and the Hooters on Route 9, versus Iron Man and Robert Downey Jr., the jury finds the defendants guilty! Your drunk and disorderly reign of terror is over!
140	* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Young Bishop did... ''something'' that wound up with him in jail, something so bad the president felt he wasn't a good choice to put on the New Mutants.
141	* ''ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp'': The voice mailbox message on Hank's landline includes, among other things, a preemptive refusal of whatever Scott Lang wants as he already owes Hank something like $50,000, and ends when Hank accidentally sets the carpet on fire doing some kind of experiment.
142	* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' does this a little bit in the early chapters, like Hollis's reference to the Screaming Skull, but some references (like "Rorschach's nuts. He's been nuts ever since that kidnapping he handled three years back.") are revealed in full later on... and are downright horrifying, probably worse than most people imagined.
143	--> '''Rorschach''' ''(narrating):'' Wasn't Rorschach then. [Was] [[ThatManIsDead Kovacs]] ''pretending'' to be Rorschach.
144	* ''ComicBook/XMen''
145	** The book had several during a year long gap between the end of Uncanny X-Men #381/X-Men #99 and Uncanny X-Men #382/X-Men #100: the story of how Psylocke and Jean Grey switched powers, how Sage joined the X-Men after they freed her from Elias Bogan's minions, the resolution to the Baby Version of "Age Of Apocalypse" Apocalypse's take-over of the Mojoverse....
146	** After the events of ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', Cyclops seemed to be hated by everyone, including his past self, for... Something. Eventually, what it was was revealed in ''ComicBook/DeathOfX.''
147	* A particularly literal case is found in volume 6 of ''ComicBook/{{Xxxenophile}}'', after the villainess' main henchman is found trussed up and suspended. "Forgive me, Mistress. They had... macaroni."
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