Tropescilloscope: What Happened to the Mouse?

A minor plot point or character disappears from the narrative without resolution. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Casting Gag Playing Gertrude Non-Indicative Name The Un-Reveal Better to Die than Be Killed Police are Useless Hero Antagonist Belligerent Sexual Tension Obstructive Bureaucrat Gainax Ending Those Two Bad Guys Unusual Euphemism Badass in a Nice Suit Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Spiritual Successor Toplessness from the Back More Dakka Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Eyepatch of Power Framing Device Break the Cutie Maybe Ever After I Need a Freaking Drink Taking the Bullet Darkest Hour The Quiet One Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Take That! Idiot Ball Extremely Short Timespan Well-Intentioned Extremist What Happened to the Mouse? Big "NO!" Scary Black Man Vacation Films Dual Wielding Parental Incest An Arm and a Leg Roaring Rampage of Revenge Killed Mid-Sentence It Can Think Bavarian Fire Drill Get Out! 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