Tropescilloscope: Noodle Incident

An unexplained incident is referenced, and it's funnier in our heads than whatever could be explained. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Is a Crapshoot Shirtless Scene Mama Bear Driven to Suicide Male Frontal Nudity Big Damn Heroes Men Are the Expendable Gender Dressing as the Enemy Rule of Cool Enemy Mine Red Right Hand Empathic Environment Batman Gambit Green-Eyed Monster Death by Adaptation Man on Fire French Films Film Noir Tap on the Head Large Ham Military and Warfare Films Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Translation Convention The Big Guy Improbable Aiming Skills Silent Movie Wretched Hive War Is Hell Reality Has No Subtitles Facial Horror Line-of-Sight Name Creative Closing Credits Central Theme Darker and Edgier Only a Flesh Wound Beware the Nice Ones Stylistic Suck It Will Never Catch On Unresolved Sexual Tension Names to Run Away from Really Fast Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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Dark Action Girl Alliterative Name As the Good Book Says... Pretty Little Headshots Crazy-Prepared