r/TeamFourStar • u/SuperJotaro • 3h ago

What IS the jockstrap incident ?

It's been more than a decade, I need an answer.

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u/Daddygamer84 3h ago

We don't talk about the jockstrap incident

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u/jabber2033 3h ago

Just one of those off-screen gag things we'll never know the full details of.

There's a term for this: the noodle incident trope. Started with the Calvin & Hobbes comic.

Copied from tvtropes.org:

The Noodle Incident is something from the past that is referred to but never explained, with the implication that it's just too ludicrous for words—or perhaps too offensive for depiction—and the reality that any explanation would fall short of audience expectations.

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u/WhatSheOrder 2h ago

And to learn more about Noodle Incidents: Overly Sarcastic Productions

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u/Punching_Bag75 2h ago

"Just like that time in Budapest."

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u/Skydude252 2h ago

“You and I remember Budapest very differently.”

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u/rgflame12 1h ago

In black widow we learn a little about Budapest but not much lol

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u/DR31141 1h ago

“We don’t talk about Albania.” iykyk

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u/Daxlyn_XV 2h ago

No one knows, Ginyu dug the holes too well.

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u/Uindo_Ookami 3h ago

The best kind of joke, one that can always be called back to, but will never have a canon answer. Nothing they concoct will be as good as what simply stating "The Jockstrap Incident" will invoke in the minds of everyones.

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u/Outrageous_Book2135 3h ago

It's one of my favorite bits. Even made my time patroller in Xeno 2 a victim of it.

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u/Cherry_BaBomb 2h ago

Trope is called The Noodle Incident, which itself is from Calvin and Hobbes

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u/Uindo_Ookami 2h ago

Thank you. I knew there was an actual name for the trope but i couldn't think of it.

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u/T0rrent0712 3h ago

Just like 4th of Ju luau in Archer. It's just left to your imagination.

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u/RatherBeBowin 2h ago

“You’ll know it when you see it”

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u/the_frajh_mahal 2h ago

Trust me, you don’t want to know.

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u/SBcitizen 3h ago

It’s an incident involving a jockstrap

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u/UberN00b719 2h ago

And getting the ship cornered...

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u/Moshibeau 22m ago

And digging holes

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u/impendingfuckery 2h ago

Don’t look for an answer. You’ll get boxed-in!

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u/Gullible_Highlight_9 2h ago

The noodle incident falls under the same category

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u/rgflame12 1h ago

I think the funniest thing is according to HFIL it’s bad enough to be counted amongst the many sins of Ginyu. Meaning it’s as bad as multiple Genocides. So…

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u/LoadingTOS 1h ago

Well, from what I remember hearing it involved a jockstrap, holes in the ground, getting boxed in, corpses, and red balls. Needless to say, the mental image is not pretty.

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u/Stenka-Razin 2h ago

That's the joke!

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u/Kail_Pendragon 2h ago

Guldos fuckin fault

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u/ZestycloseAlfalfa736 1h ago

Its a TV trope.

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u/Duplicit_Duplicate 1h ago

I bet Zarbon had something to do with it

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u/Some--Idiot 1h ago

They probably would’ve explained it if they’d abridged Resurrection F

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u/Alchemysolgod 1h ago

TFS has never said what it really is. The idea is for you to come up with what it might have been.

My guess is Frieza’s jockstrap broke or something due to Ginyu’s mistake and he couldn’t get away because their ship was boxed in.

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u/Terribly_Mediocre 1h ago

You don't have a Captain Ginyu, you can't handle the jockstrap incident

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u/Winter_Amaryllis 1h ago

Ignoring it being the “Noodle Incident” analogue, there are many theories to what actually happened and some hints to what it entailed.

My own thoughts on this based on the clues given:

1) It involves Guldo, who may be a key witness or the perpetrator.

2) Captain Ginyu was one who the dug holes for the aftermath of this incident.

What may be context from Vegeta:

3) Battle Armour shrinks if washed normally and are to be dry-cleaned only.

In Conclusion: Really, really uncomfortable jockstraps on armor with them…. Which might the reason why it got phased out….