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When a notion mentioned in passing in one work becomes the full story of another work by the same author. Most often a book trope. A staple of any extensive ExpandedUniverse.

When it becomes a mainline entry of the series, that is UpliftedSideStory. The character equivalent is AscendedExtra.

It is related to NoodleIncident, which when explained, becomes a ResolvedNoodleIncident. The latter could be considered a SubTrope of this one, additionally requiring the story to be framed and referred to in a specific manner.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Nevada}}'' - Courtesy of Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}: "The origin of the character is to be found in a ''Comicbook/HowardTheDuck'' story that contained a "mandatory fight scene" between a Las Vegas chorus girl, an ostrich and a standing lamp. Creator/NeilGaiman said he'd like to see that story. So when Gerber was asked to come with something original by Vertigo editor Karen Berger, he created Nevada."
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* Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents'' started out as a passing reference in ''Literature/ReaperMan''.
** Koom Valley is repeatedly alluded to when dwarfs and trolls come into conflict as being the battle where both sides ambushed each other. In ''{{Literature/Thud}}'', it turns out [[spoiler:it was going to be a secret peace meeting, but when a fog fell someone yelled "Ambush!" and the battle that wasn't supposed to happen did, and served as a RememberTheAlamo / excuse for warmongering since then]].
* Several of Literature/CiaphasCain's ('''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!''') exploits were referred to in passing, notably his participating in clearing out a Space Hulk alongside SpaceMarines. This is the subject of "The Emperor's Finest", where we also learn the origin of one of the women he lists as being terrified of (the others being an Inquisitor/his paramour and the other a ''daemon princess''), a clingy planetary governor's daughter. "Cain's Last Stand" reveals the origin of a single quote from the beginning of a chapter ("Well that was unexpected" -Chaos Warmaster Varan the Undefeatable), and in a much darker context ([[spoiler:Instead of the last words of a guy who DidntSeeThatComing, it's the triumphant shriek of Varan revealing that in addition to a CompellingVoice, he also has bulletproof skin and talons. This then swings back the other way thanks to a hilariously one-sided fight and undignified death]]).
* Several short stories set in the ''Literature/LiadenUniverse'' are examples:
** In the novel ''Carpe Diem'', one of the main characters is driven through the city of Solcintra by a snarky cab driver who caught the imagination of fans and prompted many to write in asking for more about her. The novella ''Skyblaze'' gives the cab driver a name, Vertu dea'San, and tells what happened to her during after the climactic battle that occurred in Solcintra a few novels later.
** In the novel ''Scout's Progress'', one of the chapter heading quotes is a message home by a pilot, one of the hero's ancestors, giving a brief account of a stopover at space station where he was overcharged for emergency repairs. "The Space at Tinsori Light" is the story of that pilot, and reveals that there was something much more sinister going on at the space station than the brief account would indicate.
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Sauron was briefly alluded to in ''Literature/TheHobbit''. Gandalf tells about how he got the key to the Lonely Mountain from Thorin's father, who had been captured and driven mad by him. However, he was called "the Necromancer", therefore making it difficult to realize who was being discussed.
* ''Literature/NickVelvet'': In the first Nick Velvet story ("The Theft of the Clouded Tiger"), a baseball team is mentioned in a list of unusual things Nick has stolen. Creator/EdwardDHoch later told the story of this theft in "The Theft of the Meager Beavers".
* Creator/ChinaMieville's Literature/BasLagCycle is full of these. Among a great many other things, the protagonist of ''Literature/TheScar'' is mentioned in one line of ''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation'' as being Isaac's last girlfriend.
* ''Literature/TheSilverChair'' takes a brief moment to discuss an old legend as part of dinner entertainment, and says one day that story would have to be told in its entirety. That legend became ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy''.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' did this kind of all the time. Not only is a backstory provided for every character who appeared onscreen in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies (and even some of the FacelessGoons), but you also get stories that explain exactly what a "nerf herder" is.
** For an example: Remember that brief blink-and-you'll-miss-it glimpse of the ''Millennium Falcon'' in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''? Well, there's [[Literature/MillenniumFalcon an entire book]] out about why it's there.
* Creator/CherryWilder wrote three novels set on the alien world of ''Literature/{{Torin}}'', and also several short stories exploring the culture in more detail or providing resolutions for characters who only appeared briefly in the novels. For instance, in ''The Luck of Brin's Five'' the protagonist takes part in an air race where one of the other aircraft crashes and the pilot is killed; there is a short story in which the engineer who set up the race visits the pilot's family and we learn more about the pilot (and the engineer).
* The main character of Creator/MercedesLackey's short story "Wide Wings" was originally a minor character in ''Literature/TheBlackSwan'', her adaptation of ''Swan Lake'', one of the potential brides that the Prince rejects in favor of Odette. According to Lackey, Honoria stood up and announced that she wanted ''her'' story told, and she didn't really care what Lackey wanted.
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* An optional scene in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' reveals that [[spoiler:Jenova used her own cells to infect the Cetra tribes with a virus, nearly wiping them out.]] By the time of ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', this virus, now called "Geostigma", has been brought back by [[spoiler:Sephiroth.]]
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' is an expansion of the prologue detailed in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'''s intro cutscene. There is one deviation from the prologue, though: in ''Ocarina of Time'', [[spoiler:Link lives.]]
* Creator/DouglasAdams's ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic'' started out as a passing reference in one of the ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' books.
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When a notion mentioned in passing in one work becomes the full story of another work by the same author. Most often a book trope. A staple of any extensive ExpandedUniverse.

When it becomes a mainline entry of the series, that is UpliftedSideStory. The character equivalent is AscendedExtra.

It is related to NoodleIncident, which when explained, becomes a ResolvedNoodleIncident. The latter could be considered a SubTrope of this one, additionally requiring the story to be framed and referred to in a specific manner.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Nevada}}'' - Courtesy of Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}: "The origin of the character is to be found in a ''Comicbook/HowardTheDuck'' story that contained a "mandatory fight scene" between a Las Vegas chorus girl, an ostrich and a standing lamp. Creator/NeilGaiman said he'd like to see that story. So when Gerber was asked to come with something original by Vertigo editor Karen Berger, he created Nevada."
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* Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents'' started out as a passing reference in ''Literature/ReaperMan''.
** Koom Valley is repeatedly alluded to when dwarfs and trolls come into conflict as being the battle where both sides ambushed each other. In ''{{Literature/Thud}}'', it turns out [[spoiler:it was going to be a secret peace meeting, but when a fog fell someone yelled "Ambush!" and the battle that wasn't supposed to happen did, and served as a RememberTheAlamo / excuse for warmongering since then]].
* Several of Literature/CiaphasCain's ('''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!''') exploits were referred to in passing, notably his participating in clearing out a Space Hulk alongside SpaceMarines. This is the subject of "The Emperor's Finest", where we also learn the origin of one of the women he lists as being terrified of (the others being an Inquisitor/his paramour and the other a ''daemon princess''), a clingy planetary governor's daughter. "Cain's Last Stand" reveals the origin of a single quote from the beginning of a chapter ("Well that was unexpected" -Chaos Warmaster Varan the Undefeatable), and in a much darker context ([[spoiler:Instead of the last words of a guy who DidntSeeThatComing, it's the triumphant shriek of Varan revealing that in addition to a CompellingVoice, he also has bulletproof skin and talons. This then swings back the other way thanks to a hilariously one-sided fight and undignified death]]).
* Several short stories set in the ''Literature/LiadenUniverse'' are examples:
** In the novel ''Carpe Diem'', one of the main characters is driven through the city of Solcintra by a snarky cab driver who caught the imagination of fans and prompted many to write in asking for more about her. The novella ''Skyblaze'' gives the cab driver a name, Vertu dea'San, and tells what happened to her during after the climactic battle that occurred in Solcintra a few novels later.
** In the novel ''Scout's Progress'', one of the chapter heading quotes is a message home by a pilot, one of the hero's ancestors, giving a brief account of a stopover at space station where he was overcharged for emergency repairs. "The Space at Tinsori Light" is the story of that pilot, and reveals that there was something much more sinister going on at the space station than the brief account would indicate.
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Sauron was briefly alluded to in ''Literature/TheHobbit''. Gandalf tells about how he got the key to the Lonely Mountain from Thorin's father, who had been captured and driven mad by him. However, he was called "the Necromancer", therefore making it difficult to realize who was being discussed.
* ''Literature/NickVelvet'': In the first Nick Velvet story ("The Theft of the Clouded Tiger"), a baseball team is mentioned in a list of unusual things Nick has stolen. Creator/EdwardDHoch later told the story of this theft in "The Theft of the Meager Beavers".
* Creator/ChinaMieville's Literature/BasLagCycle is full of these. Among a great many other things, the protagonist of ''Literature/TheScar'' is mentioned in one line of ''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation'' as being Isaac's last girlfriend.
* ''Literature/TheSilverChair'' takes a brief moment to discuss an old legend as part of dinner entertainment, and says one day that story would have to be told in its entirety. That legend became ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy''.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' did this kind of all the time. Not only is a backstory provided for every character who appeared onscreen in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies (and even some of the FacelessGoons), but you also get stories that explain exactly what a "nerf herder" is.
** For an example: Remember that brief blink-and-you'll-miss-it glimpse of the ''Millennium Falcon'' in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''? Well, there's [[Literature/MillenniumFalcon an entire book]] out about why it's there.
* Creator/CherryWilder wrote three novels set on the alien world of ''Literature/{{Torin}}'', and also several short stories exploring the culture in more detail or providing resolutions for characters who only appeared briefly in the novels. For instance, in ''The Luck of Brin's Five'' the protagonist takes part in an air race where one of the other aircraft crashes and the pilot is killed; there is a short story in which the engineer who set up the race visits the pilot's family and we learn more about the pilot (and the engineer).
* The main character of Creator/MercedesLackey's short story "Wide Wings" was originally a minor character in ''Literature/TheBlackSwan'', her adaptation of ''Swan Lake'', one of the potential brides that the Prince rejects in favor of Odette. According to Lackey, Honoria stood up and announced that she wanted ''her'' story told, and she didn't really care what Lackey wanted.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* An optional scene in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' reveals that [[spoiler:Jenova used her own cells to infect the Cetra tribes with a virus, nearly wiping them out.]] By the time of ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', this virus, now called "Geostigma", has been brought back by [[spoiler:Sephiroth.]]
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' is an expansion of the prologue detailed in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'''s intro cutscene. There is one deviation from the prologue, though: in ''Ocarina of Time'', [[spoiler:Link lives.]]
* Creator/DouglasAdams's ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic'' started out as a passing reference in one of the ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' books.
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When a notion mentioned in passing in one work becomes the full story of another work by the same author. Most often a book trope.

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* Several of Literature/CiaphasCain's ('''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!''') exploits were referred to in passing, notably his participating in clearing out a Space Hulk alongside SpaceMarines. This is the subject of "The Emperor's Finest", where we also learn the origin of one of the women he lists as being terrified of (the others being an Inquisitor/his paramour and the other a ''daemon princess''), a clingy planetary governor's daughter. "Cain's Last Stand" turns it UpToEleven when the origin of a single quote from the beginning of a chapter is revealed ("Well that was unexpected" -Chaos Warmaster Varan the Undefeatable), and in a much darker context ([[spoiler:Instead of the last words of a guy who DidntSeeThatComing, it's the triumphant shriek of Varan revealing that in addition to a CompellingVoice, he also has bulletproof skin and talons. This then swings back the other way thanks to a hilariously one-sided fight and undignified death]]).

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* Several of Literature/CiaphasCain's ('''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!''') exploits were referred to in passing, notably his participating in clearing out a Space Hulk alongside SpaceMarines. This is the subject of "The Emperor's Finest", where we also learn the origin of one of the women he lists as being terrified of (the others being an Inquisitor/his paramour and the other a ''daemon princess''), a clingy planetary governor's daughter. "Cain's Last Stand" turns it UpToEleven when reveals the origin of a single quote from the beginning of a chapter is revealed ("Well that was unexpected" -Chaos Warmaster Varan the Undefeatable), and in a much darker context ([[spoiler:Instead of the last words of a guy who DidntSeeThatComing, it's the triumphant shriek of Varan revealing that in addition to a CompellingVoice, he also has bulletproof skin and talons. This then swings back the other way thanks to a hilariously one-sided fight and undignified death]]).

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_(comics) Nevada]] - Courtesy of Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}: "The origin of the character is to be found in a ''Comicbook/HowardTheDuck'' story that contained a "mandatory fight scene" between a Las Vegas chorus girl, an ostrich and a standing lamp. Creator/NeilGaiman said he'd like to see that story. So when Gerber was asked to come with something original by Vertigo editor Karen Berger, he created Nevada."

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_(comics) Nevada]] ''ComicBook/{{Nevada}}'' - Courtesy of Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}: "The origin of the character is to be found in a ''Comicbook/HowardTheDuck'' story that contained a "mandatory fight scene" between a Las Vegas chorus girl, an ostrich and a standing lamp. Creator/NeilGaiman said he'd like to see that story. So when Gerber was asked to come with something original by Vertigo editor Karen Berger, he created Nevada."
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* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' did this kind of all the time. Not only is a backstory provided for every character who appeared onscreen in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies (and even some of the FacelessGoons), but you also get stories that explain exactly what a "nerf herder" is.
** For an example: Remember that brief blink-and-you'll-miss-it glimpse of the ''Millennium Falcon'' in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''? Well, there's [[Literature/MillenniumFalcon an entire book]] out about why it's there.
* Creator/ChinaMieville's Literature/BasLagCycle is full of these. Among a great many other things, the protagonist of ''Literature/TheScar'' is mentioned in one line of ''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation'' as being Isaac's last girlfriend.
* [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]] was briefly alluded to in ''Literature/TheHobbit''. Gandalf tells about how he got the key to the Lonely Mountain from Thorin's father, who had been captured and driven mad by him. However, he was called "the Necromancer", therefore making it difficult to realize who was being discussed.
* The main character of Creator/MercedesLackey's short story "Wide Wings" was originally a minor character in ''Literature/TheBlackSwan'', her adaptation of ''Swan Lake'', one of the potential brides that the Prince rejects in favor of Odette. According to Lackey, Honoria stood up and announced that she wanted ''her'' story told, and she didn't really care what Lackey wanted.
* ''Literature/TheSilverChair'' takes a brief moment to discuss an old legend as part of dinner entertainment, and says one day that story would have to be told in its entirety. That legend became ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy''.



* Creator/CherryWilder wrote three novels set on the alien world of Literature/{{Torin}}, and also several short stories exploring the culture in more detail or providing resolutions for characters who only appeared briefly in the novels. For instance, in ''The Luck of Brin's Five'' the protagonist takes part in an air race where one of the other aircraft crashes and the pilot is killed; there is a short story in which the engineer who set up the race visits the pilot's family and we learn more about the pilot (and the engineer).
* Several short stories set in the Literature/LiadenUniverse are examples:

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* Creator/CherryWilder wrote three novels set on the alien world of Literature/{{Torin}}, and also several short stories exploring the culture in more detail or providing resolutions for characters who only appeared briefly in the novels. For instance, in ''The Luck of Brin's Five'' the protagonist takes part in an air race where one of the other aircraft crashes and the pilot is killed; there is a short story in which the engineer who set up the race visits the pilot's family and we learn more about the pilot (and the engineer).
* Several short stories set in the Literature/LiadenUniverse ''Literature/LiadenUniverse'' are examples:




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* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Sauron was briefly alluded to in ''Literature/TheHobbit''. Gandalf tells about how he got the key to the Lonely Mountain from Thorin's father, who had been captured and driven mad by him. However, he was called "the Necromancer", therefore making it difficult to realize who was being discussed.
* ''Literature/NickVelvet'': In the first Nick Velvet story ("The Theft of the Clouded Tiger"), a baseball team is mentioned in a list of unusual things Nick has stolen. Creator/EdwardDHoch later told the story of this theft in "The Theft of the Meager Beavers".
* Creator/ChinaMieville's Literature/BasLagCycle is full of these. Among a great many other things, the protagonist of ''Literature/TheScar'' is mentioned in one line of ''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation'' as being Isaac's last girlfriend.
* ''Literature/TheSilverChair'' takes a brief moment to discuss an old legend as part of dinner entertainment, and says one day that story would have to be told in its entirety. That legend became ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy''.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' did this kind of all the time. Not only is a backstory provided for every character who appeared onscreen in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies (and even some of the FacelessGoons), but you also get stories that explain exactly what a "nerf herder" is.
** For an example: Remember that brief blink-and-you'll-miss-it glimpse of the ''Millennium Falcon'' in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''? Well, there's [[Literature/MillenniumFalcon an entire book]] out about why it's there.
* Creator/CherryWilder wrote three novels set on the alien world of ''Literature/{{Torin}}'', and also several short stories exploring the culture in more detail or providing resolutions for characters who only appeared briefly in the novels. For instance, in ''The Luck of Brin's Five'' the protagonist takes part in an air race where one of the other aircraft crashes and the pilot is killed; there is a short story in which the engineer who set up the race visits the pilot's family and we learn more about the pilot (and the engineer).
* The main character of Creator/MercedesLackey's short story "Wide Wings" was originally a minor character in ''Literature/TheBlackSwan'', her adaptation of ''Swan Lake'', one of the potential brides that the Prince rejects in favor of Odette. According to Lackey, Honoria stood up and announced that she wanted ''her'' story told, and she didn't really care what Lackey wanted.



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* Creator/DouglasAdams's ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic'' started out as a passing reference in one of the ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' books.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' is an expansion of the prologue detailed in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'''s intro cutscene. There is one deviation from the prologue, though: in ''Ocarina of Time'', [[spoiler:Link lives.]]

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* Creator/DouglasAdams's ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic'' started out as a passing reference in one of the ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' books.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' is an expansion of the prologue detailed in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'''s intro cutscene. There is one deviation from the prologue, though: in ''Ocarina of Time'', [[spoiler:Link lives.]]
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* Several of Literature/CiaphasCain's ('''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!''') exploits were referred to in passing, notably his participating in clearing out a Space Hulk alongside SpaceMarines. This is the subject of "The Emperor's Finest", where we also learn the origin of one of the women he lists as being terrified of (the others being an Inquisitor/his paramour and the other a ''daemon princess''), a clingy planetary governor's daughter. "Cain's Last Stand" turns it UpToEleven when the origin of a single quote from the beginning of a chapter is revealed ("Well that was unexpected" -Chaos Warmaster Varan the Undefeatable), and in a much darker context ([[spoiler:Instead of the FamousLastWords of a guy who DidntSeeThatComing, it's the triumphant shriek of Varan revealing that in addition to a CompellingVoice, he also has bulletproof skin and talons. This then swings back the other way thanks to a hilariously one-sided fight and undignified death]]).

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* Several of Literature/CiaphasCain's ('''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!''') exploits were referred to in passing, notably his participating in clearing out a Space Hulk alongside SpaceMarines. This is the subject of "The Emperor's Finest", where we also learn the origin of one of the women he lists as being terrified of (the others being an Inquisitor/his paramour and the other a ''daemon princess''), a clingy planetary governor's daughter. "Cain's Last Stand" turns it UpToEleven when the origin of a single quote from the beginning of a chapter is revealed ("Well that was unexpected" -Chaos Warmaster Varan the Undefeatable), and in a much darker context ([[spoiler:Instead of the FamousLastWords last words of a guy who DidntSeeThatComing, it's the triumphant shriek of Varan revealing that in addition to a CompellingVoice, he also has bulletproof skin and talons. This then swings back the other way thanks to a hilariously one-sided fight and undignified death]]).

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When a notion mentioned in passing in one work becomes the full story of another work by the same author. Most often a book trope. It is related to NoodleIncident, but a noodle incident is never explained.

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When a notion mentioned in passing in one work becomes the full story of another work by the same author. Most often a book trope. trope.

It is related to NoodleIncident, but which when explained, becomes a noodle incident is never explained.
ResolvedNoodleIncident. The latter could be considered a SubTrope of this one, additionally requiring the story to be framed and referred to in a specific manner.

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