History NoodleIncident / LiveActionTV

** In "Black Dog", it's revealed that Kelso accidentally shot and killed Eric's hamster Snowball with a BB gun, but nobody ever told Eric about this, [[DogGotSentToAFarm telling him "He went upstate to live with a nice farm family"]], instead.

* Used ''bizarrely'' and non-humorously in ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}''. Echo is trapped in the Attic with Dominic, and points out surreal snippets of her past life, including a tree from one of her childhood homes... and a man in a white suit, a mustache, and glasses, surrounded by wicker chairs, holding a rabbit, with his head [[UncannyValley swiveling disturbingly]]. She describes that as a "long story" and it's not brought up again.

** Also, it is never explained why Li'l Sebastian is so beloved in Pawnee. As Ben finds out, the Pawneeans don't like to even be asked about this.

* It takes until the series finale to find out how Fez ended up naked in that episode of ''Series/That70sShow'', although he keeps trying to tell the story. It was revealed that Red Foreman did in fact put his foot in someone's ass, once in Iwo Jima. Red does not want to go any further details.

* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has the great war 10,000 years ago and a lesser, likewise unnamed war 3,000 years ago. Numerous unrelated characters in numerous unrelated seasons make reference to signifiant wars occurring on those two "dates", but no flashback or explanation is ever given for either. ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' gives us the reasoning why Jake's Legendary Ranger form is green instead of black. He asks Gosei about this, Gosei says that there's a simple explanation for it... then the base is rocked with explosions and we never find out what it is.

* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has the great war 10,000 years ago and a lesser, likewise unnamed war 3,000 years ago. Numerous unrelated characters in numerous unrelated seasons make reference to signifiant wars occurring on those two "dates", but no flashback or explanation is ever given for either.
** ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' gives us the reasoning why Jake's Legendary Ranger form is green instead of black. He asks Gosei about this, Gosei says that there's a simple explanation for it... then the base is rocked with explosions and we never find out what it is.

* Harry's mentally-unstable father on ''Series/NightCourt'', played by John Astin, often mentioned incidents that kept him the mental institution, like "the Mister Potato Head" and "that little setback with the Cheez Whiz". But, as he always said afterward with Astin's [[SlasherSmile trademarked grin]], he's feeling ''much'' better now!

* Practically every episode of ''Cooper Barrett's Guide To Surviving Life'' appears to begin with one, only to have the episode itself explain how they wound up in that situation by the second commercial break.

* Parodied in a cold open on ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. Frasier and Lilith asked Woody to baby sit Frederick and Woody replied he like babysitting, at least before... The Incident. Then Rebecca asked Woody to look after her pet and Woody replied that he loves animals, in fact he always used to look after pets for his friends, at least before... The Incident. Rebecca was naturally worried by this and decided to ask someone else. After she left, bar regular Paul congratulated Woody on this trick to get out of looking after the pet, Woody agreed that it was a great trick, he only wished that he had thought of it before... The Incident.

* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' in the episode "A Nightmare on Dick Street", in an opening scene, Judith walks in with Mary and we get the tail end of the conversation with "And when they found him, his body had been devoured by woodland creatures."

* What happened between Jason and Bryn on the fishing trip in ''Series/GavinAndStacey'' is never described, but [[HoYay heavy]] [[IncestIsRelative hints]] are dropped.

'''[[OutWerewolvesAreDifferent Hayley]]:''' So have I the last time I was in Cabo...

--> '''Raven''': It always counts, Chels!

* In an episode of ''Series/RavensHome'', Raven and Chelsea get locked in a vault and, afraid that they're going to die, Chelsea reveals a secret she's been keeping off-screen, leading to this conversation.
--> '''Raven''': Chels! I can't believe you kept that from me!
--> '''Chelsea''': We were in international waters! I didn't think it would count!
--> '''Raven''': It always counts, Chels!

* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' in the episode "A Nightmare on Dick Street", in an opening scene, Judith walks in with Mary and we get the tail end of the conversation that ends with "And when they found him, his body had been devoured by woodland creatures.."

** In "Mr. Monk vs. the Cobra", Stottlemeyer tells Monk about an incident that happened in Atlanta, where he got in a cab and recognized the driver as the man who was formerly in charge of the FBI Atlanta field office until he accused the wrong guy in the 1996 Olympic Park bombing, which apparently ruined his career. It is relevant because the case Monk and Stottlemeyer are working involves a suspect who officially has been dead for six years, and Stottlemeyer does not want to suffer the possible consequences if he goes public and then gets proven wrong.

** In "Think Tank", there's mention of a yo-yo craze. Evidently it was Paris' fault, but no further details are given and it is never mentioned again.

* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': All we find out about Gordon's training at Aldershot was that he caused 3 and a half million pounds worth of damge, that he had to dig people out and that he was given a medal for bravery and promoted.