History NoodleIncident / CalvinAndHobbes

** The interesting part of the Noodle Incident is that it's [[OCCIsSeriousBusiness one of the few things Calvin denies or seems ashamed of]].

** According to a later Christmas strip (Dec. 12, 1990), even SantaClaus doesn't know exactly what happened, or whether or not Calvin is innocent, despite having magical surveillance systems. He probably knows the broad outline, of course, since it's not that people don't know the details ''in-universe''. (This may be the actual TropeNamer since in this strip Hobbes calls it "the noodle incident.")

** According to a later Christmas strip (Dec. 12, 1990), even Santa Claus doesn't know exactly what happened, or whether or not Calvin is innocent, despite having magical surveillance systems. He probably knows the broad outline, of course, since it's not that people don't know the details ''in-universe''. (This may be the actual TropeNamer since in this strip Hobbes calls it "the noodle incident.")

* After the first TimeTravel story arc, Hobbes is a little surprised by how unfazed Calvin's mom is to their many grand exploits. Calvin says he wouldn't necessarily say that for ''everything'', mentioning some previous incident where he kept frogs in the toilet. A similar event in a later Christmas story arc has Hobbes mentioning Calvin keeping an "incontinent toad" in Calvin's mom's sweater drawer.
* PlayedForLaughs in one of the Calvin's PushPolling campaigns with his dad, where Calvin mentions the past incidents of "[[{{Scandalgate}} Homeworkgate and Bedtimegate]]" that have tainted his dad's administrations. In this case, it's pretty obvious what exactly these so-called "scandals" were with little explanation required.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1989/01/26 One strip]] has Calvin complaining about a school assignment where he's supposed to write about an adventure he's had. He thinks his life is boring and there's nothing he could possibly write about, but Hobbes brings up an incident where he backed the family car through the garage door (this strip precedes the story arc where the two accidentally pushed the car into a ditch).
-->'''Calvin:''' You call that an adventure? I didn't even get on the highway.

* In a story arc where Calvin and his parents visit the natural history museum, it's mentioned by Calvin's dad that they were [[PersonaNonGrata banned from the museum for a while]] because Calvin ran around biting people the last time they visited (presumably pretending to be a dinosaur).
* In one early strip, Calvin asks Hobbes about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Hobbes thinks maybe Calvin is talking about a [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]] (remember that the strip ran during the Cold War), but Calvin was really talking about what will happen if his mom catches him letting the air out of the car's tires again.

* In a story arc where Calvin and his parents visit the natural history museum, it's mentioned by Calvin's dad that they were banned from the museum for a while because Calvin ran around biting people the last time they visited (presumably pretending to be a dinosaur).

* An pair of early strips that precede the first mention of the Noodle Incident is seen by many fans as the beginning and end of the actual incident: The first strip has Calvin putting on a space helmet saying "today I go for the gusto!" The next day's strip has Hobbes asking Calvin about his day at school, to which Calvin angrily says he doesn't want to talk about it. Hobbes asks if it was related to the sirens he heard, and Calvin shouts "I SAID I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!"

* In a Sunday strip where Calvin [[ItMakesSenseInContext strips down in an attempt to get airborne]], Calvin's parents get a call from their neighbour telling them a naked kid tied to a stuffed animal is running around in her backyard. Calvin's dad tells his wife that ''she'' can handle it this time, because he "got the little nudist out of her bird bath" last time. It's left up to the readers' imagination what Calvin was doing that time.

* An pair of early strips that precede the first mention of the Noodle Incident is seen by many fans as the beginning and end of the actual incident: The first strip has Calvin putting on a space helmet saying "today I go for the gusto!" The next days strip has Hobbes asking Calvin about his day at school, to which Calvin angrily says he doesn't want to talk about it. Hobbes asks if it was related to the sirens he heard, and Calvin shouts "I SAID I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!"