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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Faux Affably Evil Soundtrack Dissonance Woman in White Blood from the Mouth Almost Kiss Better to Die than Be Killed Russian Films Exactly What It Says on the Tin Fatal Flaw Maybe Ever After Four-Temperament Ensemble 20 Minutes into the Future No Name Given Homage Fun with Acronyms Famous Last Words Establishing Character Moment Evil Laugh Does This Remind You of Anything? Scenery Gorn Fish out of Water Throwing Your Sword Always Works Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene More Dakka Distracted by the Sexy Red Right Hand Kids Are Cruel The '70s Our Zombies Are Different Works Set in World War II Dropped a Bridge on Him Ass Shove Protagonist Title Drill Sergeant Nasty Break the Cutie Composite Character A God Am I Canadian Movies Peek-a-Boo Corpse Narrator No Antagonist Conspicuous CG Dark and Troubled Past Taking You with Me What Happened to the Mouse? Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Tempting Fate Earn Your Happy Ending Good Is Not Nice You Have Outlived Your Usefulness The Big Guy The Stoic Parental Incest Not So Stoic Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Only Sane Man The Oner Retirony Off with His Head! Soft Glass Intrepid Reporter Dissonant Serenity Your Head A-Splode Eureka Moment Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Chekhov's Gunman Paper-Thin Disguise Mooks Jitter Cam And Starring Properly Paranoid Call-Back Kill 'em All Once More, with Clarity! Adapted Out As You Know Adaptation Dye-Job Mad Scientist Foreshadowing You Killed My Father Unwitting Instigator of Doom Parental Substitute Belligerent Sexual Tension May–December Romance Even Evil Has Standards Face–Heel Turn Cat Scare Very Loosely Based on a True Story Cat Fight For Want of a Nail Light Is Not Good Neck Lift Scary Black Man Early Installment Weirdness Unusual Euphemism Casting Gag Hair-Trigger Temper Mr. Fanservice Improvised Weapon Alliterative Name Translation Convention Mystery and Detective Films Freeze-Frame Bonus Hooker with a Heart of Gold Enemy Mine Ironic Echo Historical Hero Upgrade Bond Villain Stupidity Bloodless Carnage Badass Bookworm Gold Digger Match Cut After the End The Ace '80s Hair Dark Action Girl Those Wacky Nazis Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Villain Opening Scene The Place All There in the Script Spiteful Spit Blood Knight Despair Event Horizon Amoral Attorney Funny Foreigner Get Out! 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They Really Do Love Each Other Deconstruction The Bully The Ghost Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Never Trust a Trailer The Dog Bites Back Let's Get Dangerous! Real Life Writes the Plot Left the Background Music On She Cleans Up Nicely La Résistance Only Known by Their Nickname The Mafia Jerkass Has a Point A Father to His Men It Will Never Catch On Rule of Cool Your Cheating Heart Ambiguously Gay Hypocrite Bald of Evil Eye Scream Video Credits Reality Ensues Suspiciously Specific Denial Spanner in the Works Drowning My Sorrows Chase Scene Double-Meaning Title Hong Kong Films Sexy Discretion Shot Smoking Is Cool Really Gets Around One-Word Title Knight Templar Dies Wide Open Advertised Extra Smug Snake Meaningful Name Mercy Kill Corrupt Corporate Executive Blackmail Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! 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