History NoodleIncident / VideoGames

*** It's occasionally mentioned that Kanji singlehandedly beat a biker gang while he was still in middle school. Actual information on how the fight went down is never given, but Kanji finally relents and says the only reason he got into the fight in the first place was because [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas they were making too much noise and giving his mom a headache]]. The opening video shows bits of Kanji's beatdown of the bikers.

* In ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'', Lenny Dexter had a member in his gang called Darian, who attempted to swindle Lenny's father for some money. After he was caught, he was apparently subjugated to brutal torture methods that involved heavy loss of blood and a painful death from his injuries. If the player pulls out a baseball bat in front of Lenny, he whimpers and begs 47 to not do the same thing that happened to Darian.
* In ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'', during the outro scene of the "Neighbors" chapter, Beard mentions that there is "a chill in the air", and briefly alludes to a mysterious event which occurred in San Francisco that he never elaborates on.

* Near the end of ''VideoGame/HouseOfAshes'', the [[spoiler:clean-up crew sent to contain the flow of information about the alien vampires]] mentions how it reminds them of ''something'' that happened in a place named Winterhold. Given [[CanonWelding the nature of]] the ''Dark Pictures Anthology'', there's a decent chance that this will eventually be explained. For now, though, very little is known about it, except that it apparently involved vampires, was pretty gruesome, and was [[spoiler:also covered up by some of the same operatives]].

** Whatever it is that happened to [[TheGhost Karl]]. It may or may not have been fatal, it may have involved colossal amounts of [[LiquidCourage Skull-Crusher Ale]] and a pickaxe, and it ''definitely'' made him a legend worth of admiration and avenging to the dwarven miners the company employs. His life as a whole also counts, going by the tidbits dwarves mention like comparing his capacity for beers to a [[TheJuggernaut Glyphid Dreadnought]]'s bullet-tanking capacity.

** One Prestige Assignment unlocks a new Gloomstalker [=Mk3=] helmet and a somber black armor paint scheme named for Black Crag, "That place we no longer speak of, but all carry in our hearts. Honour. Courage. Death."

** Whatever it is that happened to [[TheGhost Karl]]. It may or may not have been fatal, it may have involved colossal amounts of LiquidCourage and a pickaxe, and it ''definitely'' made him a legend worth of admiration and avenging to the dwarven miners the company employs. His life as a whole also counts, going by the tidbits dwarves mention like comparing his capacity for beers to a [[TheJuggernaut Glyphid Dreadnought]]'s bullet-tanking capacity.

* One of the things a character can say while camping in ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' is "This reminds me of that time in the Weald -- just without all the spiders."

* One of these is the reason the janitor from ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten}}'' is required by law to stay at least a mop's length away from children. All he tells you about the story is that it happened because he was "morbidly curious" and that it ends with someone on the end of a mop. Not at it, ''[[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice on]]'' it.

* ''Videogame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': During a conversation between militia members, one mentions seeing the Joker on TV when he apparently ran for president of the United States prior to the events of the series. According to other members of the militia, "They never found out how he got on the ballot".

-->'''Tina:''' So Roland told me you were comin'... I still owe him for all that buttcrap with General Rancid.

-->'''Claptrap's Consciousness:''' Okay, so I accidentally burned down the church. But which one of us here can say we haven't?\\

--> '''Kamarov:''' Hm... I guess I owe you one.\\

* The bios in ''Videogame/{{Dawngate}}'' has quite a few, but special mention goes to [[LovableRogue Varion's]] bio, which [[LampshadeHanging refers to a literal "noodle incident"]].
* ''Videogame/DeadlyRoomsOfDeath'': In the City Beneath, Beethro encounters a guy in the City dealing with the fallout of one of these. He tries to explain, but Beethro cuts him off when it becomes apparent that the story will be long and boring. Anyway, the result was that this guy had to nail every chair in the Rooted Empire to the floor, because of a horrible accident involving two serpents, an orb, and a tar baby.

* ''Videogame/DeepRockGalactic:''

---->'''Sheogorath:''' You are far too hard on yourself, my dear, sweet, homicidally insane Pelagius. What would the people do without you? Dance? Sing? Smile? Grow old? You are the best Septim that's ever ruled. Well, except for that Martin fellow, but he turned into a dragon god, and that's hardly sporting... You know, I was there for that whole sordid affair. Marvelous time! Butterflies, blood, a Fox, a severed head... Oh, and the cheese! To die for.[[labelnote:Spoilery possible explanation]]These are all items and elements related to [[Videogame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion the previous game]]'s more prominent questlines, including one from ''Shivering Isles'' which sees the player character taking up Sheogorath's mantle; it's likely this Sheogorath was once the player character in question but adapted to the role[[/labelnote]]"
* ''Videogame/EndlessSpace2:'' [[TheGreys The Sophons]] apparently accrued a list of these in their ascent to their stars, according to their prologue. While crashing test rockets and setting off artificial earthquakes in the name of science probably has its goals, it's hard to imagine what kind of experiment they were running that ended in [[DetonationMoon accidentally blowing up their moon]].

* ''Videogame/FallenLondon'': Plentiful, as the game's narration loves to leave details up to the player's imagination, but some of the most important ones are "Whatever happened in the Second City?" (don't ask the Masters about this one, it [[BerserkButton pisses them off]]), "Why do the Masters hate Egyptian stuff?", "What the hell is wrong with Neath-snow?" (attempts to investigate tend to go wrong, and one microscope used in these endeavors can be found at the Museum of Mistakes, only the lenses anywhere close to intact), and "[[spoiler:Who is Mr. Eaten?]]" (A good question. [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKNow Not a wise one]]). Though there are answers to almost all of these later on, and by the end-game your character is bound to know the whole deal about each and every one. Except the last one, unless they were insane enough to chase that questline and you're masochistic enough to finish it.

* We never find out how [[RobotBuddy Wheatley]] from ''Videogame/Portal2'' [[UnexplainedRecovery recovered from being crushed to death]]. He tries to tell us, but the fact that [[PlayerCharacter Chell]] has to jump fifty feet in the air to hear what he has to say does not make his story more understandable. All we can deduce is that it involved a bird.

* ''VideoGame/{{Red Dead Redemption 2}}'': The details of the gang's botched Blackwater ferry robbery (also known as "The Blackwater Massacre") is never elaborated on very much. The thing we know is that it was a massive shootout between the Van der Linde gang vs the Blackwater Police and Pinkertons. Dutch Van der Linde also shot an innocent woman in head either before or during the shootout with the law and the exact reason he did this is never explained. It's also unexplained why exactly the heist went bad in the first place.

-->''While this thing can theoretically manipulate time, every effort to use it to go back and avert that unfortunate chowder incident has failed.''

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'':

* This is probably how [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] convicts his opponents (even if they're good guys or [[MirrorMatch himself]]) in ''VideoGame/UltimateMarvelVsCapcom3'' when using his Level 3 Hyper Combo. We don't know what they did, but he can find them guilty for it. Not even counting the {{Eldritch Abomination}}s that should be above the law, he can even convict Doctor Doom, who has diplomatic immunity. And evidence of their guilt can be [[NoodleImplements a vase, a watch, and a photograph]]. Yes, somehow he can use these to prove the real author of a crime was [[TheDogWasTheMastermind the wolf goddess]] [[{{Videogame/Okami}} of the sun]].

** After the GainaxEnding of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge'', series creators Ron Gilbert and David Grossman left Lucasarts, which means they weren't around to explain where they were going with it when the time came to make a sequel. So ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' opens with Guybrush lost at sea in a bumper car, having somehow escaped [=LeChuck=]'s "Carnival of the Damned".

* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': The first three games in the series all have a NoodleIncident which gives hints about the backstory and highlights the [[SarcasmMode stellar job]] that [[IncompetenceInc Fazbear Entertainment]] is doing. To wit:

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'': There are some refferences to a "Fiji Mission". Jaqui doesn't want anyone to know it, Future Johnny Cage couldn't help but tell it to his younger counterpart and Robocop thinks it's a "great story". Apparently, it involved uzis and umbrella drinks.

** The Jen Ericsson food brand is plagued with factory production mishaps, like the time it somehow switched the bottles for ketchup and mayonaise, or when they accidentally mixed maple syrup with mustard, or when they shipped salt shakers that lacked holes.

*** The Four Deva disbanded and the Oni left the Youkai Mountain is even more mysterious, except for the Oni's boredom at the lack of challenge from humans.

* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}: Giants'' has a scene in which Captain Flynn needs some supplies and sends you to get them because "Unfortunately, due to a 'misunderstanding', I'm not allowed to set foot on this island. Heh, it's a long story." Later, after you have taken down an entire tribe of evil, elvish beings called Drow and taken a magical compass that they have been worshipping...

* In ''VideoGame/{{Bugsnax}}'', during their expedition to Broken Tooth, the player can ask Floofty if they know any plant experts besides Shelda. Their response is to mention that Wambus knows quite a bit about plants, but he vowed never to speak to them again after the "Noodler Incident".