Tropescilloscope: Riddle for the Ages

A Noodle Incident or What Happened to the Mouse? moment that is meant to never be answered, discussed, or resolved. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Undying Loyalty Ungrateful Bastard Playing Gertrude Television Movie Index 20 Minutes into the Future Pretty Little Headshots Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Redemption Equals Death Red Eyes, Take Warning Punny Name Gorn Drives Like Crazy Meaningful Name Would Hit a Girl The Remake Mad Scientist Laser-Guided Karma Downer Ending Apocalypse How Cold-Blooded Torture All Just a Dream Expository Hairstyle Change Covers Always Lie Adult Fear The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Amoral Attorney The Voiceless Destination Defenestration Match Cut Getting Crap Past the Radar Distracted by the Sexy Villain with Good Publicity Bury Your Gays Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Unspoken Plan Guarantee Get Out! What You Are in the Dark Abusive Parents Romantic Comedy Jump Scare Evil Plan Adaptation Expansion Arranged Marriage Mercy Kill Bloody Hilarious Names to Run Away from Really Fast No Name Given It's All About Me Captain Ersatz Danny Peary Cult Movies List Science Fiction Films Faking the Dead Action Survivor Hero Antagonist Does This Remind You of Anything? Black Dude Dies First Obviously Evil Genre Shift N-Word Privileges Cool Old Lady Australian Movies Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Henpecked Husband Suspiciously Similar Substitute Not So Stoic As Himself You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Horror Films Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Male Frontal Nudity Mama Bear Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Small Name, Big Ego Adaptational Badass Rasputinian Death Show Within a Show Psychopathic Manchild The Musical How We Got Here Shoot the Shaggy Dog Break the Cutie Bald of Evil The Cavalry Race Lift Star-Crossed Lovers Hypocrite Insane Troll Logic From Nobody to Nightmare Beware the Nice Ones Spiteful Spit Important Haircut The Smurfette Principle Morality Pet Hero of Another Story Becoming the Mask Guns Akimbo Deconstruction Same Language Dub The Mafia Never My Fault Foreshadowing Men Are the Expendable Gender Age Lift Film Noir Evil Counterpart The Quiet One Artistic License – Military The Film of the Book Disproportionate Retribution The Lancer Expy Sequel Escalation My Beloved Smother Knife Nut Jerkass Has a Point Sports Stories Scenery Porn Shell-Shocked Veteran Unresolved Sexual Tension Affably Evil Fate Worse than Death Chekhov's Gunman Even Evil Has Standards Cool Shades Ship Tease Truth in Television Continuity Nod Killed Mid-Sentence Conspicuous CG Historical Villain Upgrade "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Fanservice Extra Heroic BSoD Christmas Movies Index Half the Man He Used to Be Dropped a Bridge on Him Intrepid Reporter Zombie Stories Nice Hat Unusual Euphemism Cowboy Cop Tagline I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Cool Guns Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Failed a Spot Check BFG Brainless Beauty Anachronism Stew Never Found the Body Mind Screw Black Best Friend Improbable Aiming Skills Evil Laugh Knight Templar Antagonist Title Dual Wielding Even Evil Has Loved Ones In Medias Res Big "NO!" Setting Update The Stoic Bavarian Fire Drill The Dog Bites Back MacGuffin The '70s He Knows Too Much Stepford Smiler Sadistic Choice Badass in a Nice Suit Sole Survivor Well-Intentioned Extremist Unusually Uninteresting Sight Redshirt Army Fun with Acronyms Posthumous Character Hoist by His Own Petard Offscreen Teleportation An Arm and a Leg You Have Failed Me I'm a Humanitarian Poor Communication Kills Karma Houdini Race Against the Clock Ax-Crazy Imagine Spot Fatal Family Photo The Starscream Off with His Head! Betty and Veronica Needs Wiki Magic Love Vomit Indiscretion Shot The Bully Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! And Starring Those Wacky Nazis Reckless Gun Usage Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Fanservice Dark Reprise Pimped-Out Dress Dull Surprise The Ditz Maybe Ever After Hate Sink Action Genre Beauty Is Never Tarnished My God, What Have I Done? NO INDOOR VOICE Tranquil Fury Rated M for Manly Chiaroscuro Karmic Death Kick the Dog Disguised in Drag Bring My Brown Pants Nothing Is Scarier Corpsing Married to the Job Comically Missing the Point Genre Savvy Wounded Gazelle Gambit Stuff Blowing Up Fingore Fantastic Racism Make It Look Like an Accident Romantic False Lead Mistaken for Gay Bland-Name Product Russian Films Fiery Redhead Early Installment Weirdness Neck Lift Take That! Up to Eleven Celebrity Paradox Pay Evil unto Evil Re-Cut Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Shout-Out Super Strength After the End The Bad Guy Wins Fainting Self-Deprecation Jerk Jock Air-Vent Passageway Chewing the Scenery Car Fu The Alcoholic Disney Villain Death Brutal Honesty Cain and Abel Stealth Hi/Bye Defiant to the End Anti-Villain Death by Irony Catapult Nightmare Adaptation Dye-Job Stock Footage Villain Song Fatal Flaw Jitter Cam The Chick Rousing Speech Villain Ball Cloudcuckoolander Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Dark and Troubled Past Despair Event Horizon The End... Or Is It? Bunny-Ears Lawyer Actor Allusion Pet the Dog Blatant Lies Not What It Looks Like Brick Joke Mooks timeperiod Good Is Not Nice Parental Neglect Meet Cute Motor Mouth As You Know A Father to His Men Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Foregone Conclusion Love at First Sight Genre Throwback Grievous Bottley Harm Ambiguous Ending Berserk Button Take a Third Option Exactly What It Says on the Tin Big-Bad Ensemble Crucified Hero Shot No Good Deed Goes Unpunished No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Wrong Genre Savvy The Ace Character Development Twist Ending Rape as Drama Captain Obvious Sir Swears-a-Lot Protagonist Title Pragmatic Villainy Reality Has No Subtitles Epic Fail In Name Only Dirty Coward Crazy Jealous Guy Sacrificial Lion An Axe to Grind Mexican Standoff Double Entendre Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy "Well Done, Son!" Guy Adults Are Useless Hollywood Law This Is Gonna Suck Unwitting Instigator of Doom Eiffel Tower Effect Rule of Cool Crapsack World The '80s Almost Kiss Parental Incest Our Vampires Are Different Plot Hole Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Time Skip Death of a Child Kubrick Stare Precision F-Strike Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Canon Foreigner Music Stories Red Oni, Blue Oni Vomit Discretion Shot The Dragon "Awesome McCool" Name Ambiguous Disorder Vitriolic Best Buds Toplessness from the Back She Cleans Up Nicely Fourth Date Marriage Left the Background Music On Green-Eyed Monster Calling the Old Man Out Logo Joke Let's Get Dangerous! Our Zombies Are Different Line-of-Sight Name Psycho for Hire Big Bad Duumvirate Superhero Big Fancy House Irony Peek-a-Boo Corpse Insistent Terminology Vacation Films As the Good Book Says... And the Adventure Continues Real Life Writes the Plot Stalker with a Crush Bottomless Magazines World of Ham Wretched Hive Bond One-Liner Public Domain Feature Films Those Two Bad Guys Running Gag Riddle for the Ages Storming the Castle Villain Protagonist Badass Bookworm My Greatest Failure Visual Pun Sequel Hook Anti-Hero Dirty Cop Mundane Made Awesome Death by Sex Faux Affably Evil The Un-Reveal Manchild Body Horror La Résistance Earn Your Happy Ending Mood Whiplash Ambiguously Gay Silence Is Golden Death Seeker The '60s The Stoner From Bad to Worse Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Blackmail Chase Scene Wham Shot Only a Flesh Wound Sassy Black Woman Accidental Misnaming Only One Name Pyrrhic Victory Vampire Fiction Stealth Pun The Lost Lenore Insult Backfire The Chessmaster Wham Line What Happened to the Mouse? Film Series Beard of Evil Dark Action Girl Badass Boast The Ghost Ms. Fanservice Suddenly SHOUTING! The Mole Bowdlerise Deliberate Values Dissonance Here We Go Again! Your Cheating Heart Roaring Rampage of Revenge Asshole Victim Big Damn Heroes Large Ham Black Comedy Rape Interrupted Suicide Eye Scream Call-Back Revenge Older Than They Look Artistic License – Geography No Celebrities Were Harmed Soundtrack Dissonance Bloodless Carnage Dramedy Only in It for the Money Depraved Bisexual As Long as It Sounds Foreign Creator Cameo Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Bare Your Midriff Those Two Guys Empathic Environment Darkest Hour Easily Forgiven Costume Porn Humans Are Bastards Hell Is That Noise Cruel and Unusual Death Alas, Poor Villain Belligerent Sexual Tension Final Girl Retcon Cool Old Guy Slasher Smile One-Man Army May–December Romance Never Trust a Trailer Historical In-Joke Big Applesauce Exact Words True Companions Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Dressing as the Enemy The Hero Dies Double-Meaning Title Fantasy Films Fish out of Water Oh, Crap! Damsel in Distress Epic Movie Put on a Bus Serial Killer Ominous Latin Chanting Decoy Protagonist He Who Fights Monsters Smoking Is Cool Animated Credits Opening Say My Name Martial Arts Movie Enemy Mine Framing Device All for Nothing Hope Spot Hong Kong Films The '50s Scary Black Man Foil Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Aside Glance Department of Redundancy Department B-Movie Police are Useless Italian Films Fake Shemp Dying Moment of Awesome Break the Haughty The Power of Love Room Full of Crazy Novelization Adorkable Spanner in the Works Better to Die than Be Killed What the Hell, Hero? Obfuscating Stupidity You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Only Sane Man Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Spared by the Adaptation Woman in White A Date with Rosie Palms Improvised Weapon Ascended Extra The Cameo Canadian Movies Evil Sounds Deep Rewatch Bonus '80s Hair Naïve Newcomer Worthy Opponent Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Demoted to Extra Broken Pedestal Parental Abandonment Whole Plot Reference Animal Motifs Taking You with Me Gory Discretion Shot Only Known by Their Nickname Bilingual Bonus Children Are Innocent Mystery and Detective Films Shut Up, Hannibal! Psychological Thriller Casting Gag Face Death with Dignity Mugging the Monster The Vamp A God Am I No OSHA Compliance Bullying a Dragon Domestic Abuse Politically Incorrect Villain Honor Before Reason Mr. Exposition Police Brutality Evil Is Hammy Gone Horribly Right Made of Iron Animal Title Index Corrupt Corporate Executive Red Shirt Man on Fire Cluster F-Bomb Determinator Manly Tears Slashed Throat Token Minority Big Brother Instinct Artistic License – Gun Safety Mythology Gag Authority Equals Asskicking All Girls Want Bad Boys Ass Shove Action Girl Annoying Younger Sibling Groin Attack Lampshade Hanging Death Glare Mighty Whitey Freeze-Frame Bonus Bittersweet Ending I Need a Freaking Drink Country Matters Informed Ability Grey and Gray Morality Amusing Injuries Big Eater Flipping the Bird Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Attempted Rape Stylistic Suck And I Must Scream Boom, Headshot! Eagleland Composite Character Bolivian Army Ending Everyone Has Standards Drugs Are Bad Love Triangle Deus ex Machina Would Hurt a Child Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Aluminum Christmas Trees Neck Snap Broken Bird Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Evil Brit Curse Cut Short Kill It with Fire Title Drop British Films All There in the Script Unreliable Narrator Establishing Character Moment German Films Armor-Piercing Question Manipulative Bastard Smug Snake Dwindling Party One Steve Limit Red Right Hand Dogged Nice Guy Action Prologue The Sociopath An Aesop The Stinger Soft Glass Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Bi the Way Cassandra Truth Drill Sergeant Nasty Papa Wolf Loophole Abuse Anyone Can Die Auto Erotica Brother–Sister Incest No-Sell Bait-and-Switch Sexy Discretion Shot Alliterative Name Taking the Bullet Gender Flip Heroic Sacrifice Daddy's Girl Death by Adaptation Artistic License – Biology The Casanova The Big Guy Wicked Cultured Tap on the Head The Smart Guy Mr. Fanservice Documentary Adaptational Villainy Batman Gambit Idiot Ball War Is Hell The Load Your Head A-Splode Drowning My Sorrows Bad "Bad Acting" Light Is Not Good Broken Aesop Bad Boss Bar Brawl Cool Car Funny Background Event You Killed My Father Homage Extremely Short Timespan Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Closed Circle Film Noir Index Based on a True Story Awesome, but Impractical Face–Heel Turn Bond Villain Stupidity Random Events Plot Scenery Gorn Spiritual Successor Frame-Up Suspiciously Specific Denial Rule of Symbolism The Place Nice Guy Non-Indicative Name Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Pre-Asskicking One-Liner The Alleged Car Pre-Mortem One-Liner Babies Ever After No Antagonist Affectionate Parody Fat Bastard Took a Level in Jerkass Implacable Man Leitmotif More Dakka Sci-Fi Horror Red Herring Monumental Damage Meaningful Background Event Dies Wide Open Handicapped Badass Alpha Bitch Fire-Forged Friends Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Horror Comedy Bloodier and Gorier Spell My Name with an "S" Malevolent Masked Men Black and Gray Morality Badass Grandpa Fan Disservice Loads and Loads of Characters Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Greater-Scope Villain Once More, with Clarity! Reality Is Unrealistic The Faceless Product Placement I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Book-Ends Villainous Breakdown It Can Think Not Quite Dead Adaptational Attractiveness Real Life Award-Bait Song Four-Temperament Ensemble It's Personal folderlabel Male Gaze The Great Depression The '90s Big Bad Biopic Silent Movie Chekhov's Gun Demonic Possession Evil vs. Evil Throwing Your Sword Always Works Jerkass For Want of a Nail Author Avatar Hooker with a Heart of Gold Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Trailers Always Spoil Not Even Bothering with the Accent Crazy-Prepared In the Back Straight Gay Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Villain Opening Scene Pragmatic Adaptation Off-into-the-Distance Ending Happily Married Early-Bird Cameo Eldritch Abomination Every Car Is a Pinto Adapted Out French Films Femme Fatale Blood Knight Did Not Get the Girl Anachronic Order Dutch Angle Back from the Dead Dramatic Gun Cock Very Loosely Based on a True Story Dramatic Irony Adaptational Heroism Together in Death The Dreaded Laughing Mad "The Reason You Suck" Speech Artistic License – Physics The Oner Artistic License – History Cat Scare Accidental Murder Card-Carrying Villain Dissonant Serenity Dirty Old Man Victoria's Secret Compartment Diabolus ex Machina Market-Based Title Disney Death Shirtless Scene The Hero A.I. Is a Crapshoot Retirony Took a Level in Badass Evil-Detecting Dog Works Set in World War II Slap-Slap-Kiss Narrator Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Five-Man Band Freudian Excuse Determinator aka: The Determinator Lighter and Softer Offscreen Moment of Awesome Black Comedy Blood from the Mouth Not Using the "Z" Word Does Not Like Shoes Bound and Gagged Contrived Coincidence Gainax Ending Friend to All Children Eureka Moment Gilligan Cut Not So Different Rule of Three Darker and Edgier Sanity Slippage Hair-Trigger Temper Too Dumb to Live Due to the Dead Central Theme Index of Film Westerns All There in the Manual Cat Fight Made of Explodium Combat Pragmatist Developing Doomed Characters The Brute Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Dumb Blonde Yandere Military and Warfare Films Last-Name Basis Deadpan Snarker Defrosting Ice Queen Camera Abuse Extreme Doormat Rule of Funny Recycled IN SPACE! Coming-of-Age Story Overly Long Gag Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Abhorrent Admirer Woman Scorned Creepy Child Punch-Clock Villain Anguished Declaration of Love Gratuitous English Reasonable Authority Figure Author Appeal Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Credits Gag No Ending Instant Death Bullet Leaning on the Fourth Wall The Reveal Curb-Stomp Battle Hidden Depths Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Ripped from the Headlines Roger Ebert: Great Movies List The X of Y Serious Business Camp Gay Plucky Comic Relief Shower Scene Arc Words Arch-Enemy Gold Digger Heel–Face Turn Heroes Want Redheads Not So Above It All Improbable Weapon User Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Outrun the Fireball Shown Their Work Disappeared Dad Slasher Movie Intergenerational Friendship Humiliation Conga Didn't Think This Through Hollywood Darkness Kick the Son of a Bitch I Have Your Wife There Is No Kill Like Overkill Catch-Phrase Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Missing Mom Retired Badass Meaningful Echo "Shaggy Dog" Story Historical-Domain Character Hypocritical Humor Noodle Incident Have a Gay Old Time Ghost Fiction Driven to Suicide Artistic License – Law Manic Pixie Dream Girl Kill 'em All Reality Ensues Eyepatch of Power Shipper on Deck All Men Are Perverts Skewed Priorities It Will Never Catch On Tempting Fate Deliberately Monochrome Training Montage Rich Bitch Chekhov's Skill A Minor Kidroduction Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Naked People Are Funny Heel Realization Sealed Evil in a Can Leave the Camera Running Guile Hero Famous Last Words Beta Couple Japanese Films Badass Normal For the Evulz Flashback Refuge in Audacity Creative Closing Credits Obstructive Bureaucrat Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Sinister Minister Dark Is Not Evil Totally Radical Lock and Load Montage Breaking the Fourth Wall Parental Substitute Badass Longcoat Heterosexual Life-Partners Thriller Really Gets Around Properly Paranoid Scare Chord Actually Pretty Funny Butt-Monkey Evil Is Petty Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Immune to Bullets Facial Horror Deal with the Devil Adaptation Name Change Adaptation Distillation Funny Foreigner Video Credits The Atoner Be Careful What You Wish For Pretty in Mink Major Injury Underreaction Word of God She's Got Legs Jerk with a Heart of Gold Historical Hero Upgrade Daylight Horror Moment Killer One-Word Title Advertised Extra Ironic Echo O.O.C. Is Serious Business I Did What I Had to Do Agony of the Feet Madness Mantra Paper-Thin Disguise Call-Forward Translation Convention Overprotective Dad Kids Are Cruel