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)

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Is a Crapshoot Expy Madness Mantra War Is Hell Your Cheating Heart Mooks Novelization Rule of Three Artistic License – Law Morality Pet Disproportionate Retribution Aside Glance Blood Knight Interrupted Suicide Eye Scream My Beloved Smother Heroic BSoD Death of a Child Unusually Uninteresting Sight Batman Gambit Artistic License – Physics Pretty in Mink Gainax Ending Alas, Poor Villain The Lost Lenore Faking the Dead Cold-Blooded Torture Genre Shift Beta Couple Big-Bad Ensemble Stepford Smiler Small Name, Big Ego Put on a Bus Epic Movie Composite Character The Dog Bites Back From Bad to Worse The Remake Ascended Extra Crapsack World Vacation Films MacGuffin Henpecked Husband Setting Update Narrator Wrong Genre Savvy Politically Incorrect Villain Creepy Child Fish out of Water Authority Equals Asskicking Screw the Rules, I Have Money! 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