History Main / ForgetfulJones

* ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpa2'' has Akane Owari, who, in her Free Time Events, repeatedly forgets people's names, which is strongly implied to be related to [[DarkAndTroubledPast growing up in a place where people near her could be killed at almost any moment]]. In the third game's Talent Development Plan mode, she tells Himiko that she usually forget the name of anyone who seems too weak to survive, and in a later event, still has trouble with Himiko's name, even though they've been going to school together for three years.
* ''VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3'' has Monotaro, one of the Monokubs, who's even worse than Akane. He repeatedly forgets important or obvious information, and when he does remember, it's usually because he forgot that he'd forgotten it.

* Ira Rosenkrantz the security guard, in ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'', had way too many memory wipes, so his memory after a certain period a couple of decades ago until, oh, a few seconds ago, is shot. He's still mostly able to function, though, and his lack of need to sign any NDAs makes him a great asset for a black ops social services group. [[spoiler: Turns out it's all a sham, and he is in fact Mr. Green.]]

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* ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'': Papi memory borders on nonexistent. She forgets the protagonist literally five minutes after meeting him (she doesn't forget his ''name'', she completely forgets that she ever met him in the first place), and routinely has difficulty getting her own name and [[HarpingOnAboutHarpies species]] straight. This is mainly because her characterization is based on a Japanese legend that birds forget everything after taking three steps.

-->'''Zeke:''' Who are you kids?
-->'''Drake:''' I'm Drake.
-->'''Zeke:''' And you are?
-->'''Josh:''' Josh.
-->'''Zeke:''' And I am?
-->'''Drake:''' Zeke... you're Zeke.
-->'''Zeke:''' Right... And you are?

-->'''Orson:''' You really do have a bad memory.
-->'''Newton:''' I know, I'm in a club for people with bad memories.
-->'''Orson:''' What's the name of the club?
-->'''Newton:''' I forgot.
-->'''Orson:''' How often does it meet?
-->'''Newton:''': I dunno.
-->'''Orson:''' How often are the meetings held?
-->'''Newton:''' Beats me.
-->'''Orson:''' Why don't you just quit??
-->'''Newton:''' I can't! I'm the president! Incidentally, what was your name again?

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' episode "Mission Imp Possible", Genie, Iago and [[TheImp Nefir]] end up in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Bog of Forgetfulness.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' he Propulsions always forget ''not'' to tell people that they come from Bortron 7.

* Nangi from ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' is supposed to have an excellent memory [[AnimalStereotypes due to being an elephant]]. Yet, she cannot remember a single detail about Emmitt Otterton. However,[[TheStoner Yax]] does, down to the exact clothes he was wearing or the plate number of his car. And yet, in the end, Yax wishes he had a memory like an elephant.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'': In the Key to the Starry Skies Arc, former ArcVillain Erigor returns having [[PowerAtAPrice exchanged his memories for incredibly powerful weather magic]]. As a side-effect, his memory periodically resets itself, to the point he occasionally [[ForgotAboutHisPower forgets about his abilities]], his enemies while he's still fighting them, and doesn't even remember his very name and identity. PlayedForDrama, as he admits when [[TheMedic Wendy]] manages to force his memories to return in full that losing them was one of the worst experiences of his life.

A character whose defining characteristic is being ridiculously forgetful. Not the type who forgets to wear a watch every now and then, but the type who can't find it because they happen to be wearing it on their other wrist. They don't just misplace their reading glasses, they misplace them by pushing them up onto their forehead.

A character whose defining characteristic is that he is ridiculously forgetful. Not the type who forgets to wear a watch every now and then, but the type who can't find it because he's wearing it on his other wrist. He doesn't just misplace his reading glasses, he misplaces them by pushing them up onto his forehead.

* Shinnosuke in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' remembers his own name, what his duties are... and that's about it. Most of his forgetfulness is PlayedForLaughs, including the time when he forgot ''his own grandfather'', who was his sole human company for much (if not all) of his life, much to his grandfather's annoyance.

* Nangi from ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' is supposed to have an excellent memory [[AnimalStereotypes due to being an elephant]]. Yet, she cannot remember a single detail about Emmitt Otterton. [[spoiler: [[TheStoner Yax]] does, down to the plate number of his car. And yet, in the end, Yax wishes he had a memory like an elephant.]]

Neville Longbottom of ''Literature/HarryPotter'', long before his MemeticBadass days, was this for the first four (and part of the fifth) books. It's implied that he was this because of his lack of self-confidence and drive to be better. Or, according to theorists, it could be due to the [[spoiler:Memory charm he received as a child to erase his traumatic memories of watching his parents be tortured into insanity.]]

* Nangi from ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' is supposed to have an excellent memory [[AnimalStereotypes due to being an elephant]]. Yet, she cannot remember a single detail about Emmitt Otterton. [[spoiler: [[TheStoner Yax]] does, down to the plate number of his car. And yet, in the end, Yax wishes he had a memory like an elephant.]]

* Neville Longbottom of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fame, long before his MemeticBadass days, was this for the first four (and part of the fifth) books. It's implied that he was this because of his lack of self-confidence and drive to be better. Or it could be due to the [[spoiler:Memory charm he received as a child to erase his traumatic memories of watching his parents be tortured into insanity.]]

Compare AbsentMindedProfessor and ScatterbrainedSenior. For showrunners assuming their audience's memory is this bad, see ViewersAreGoldfish.

* Finch from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' will forget her own name in the same sentence she just used it. This is actually a gameplay mechanic for her, If she uses a special and her "Birdbrain" ability kicks in, she will "forget" to drain her special charge meter, letting her use it again immediately after.

* The entire elephant village are depicted as this in the ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' series.
* The ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode, "Bride of the Swamp Monster" had a swamp monster's girlfriend (also a swamp monster) who forgot things instantly. She even says that she never got his letters because every time she got off work she forgot where she lived.

* The [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Tweety and Sylvester]] cartoon "Red Riding Hoodwinked" features a version of TheBigBadWolf who can never remember Red's name and has to be prompted by other characters. Another, even more forgetful wolf was [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Bugs Bunny's]] antagonist in "The Hare-less Wolf"

* In WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries episode "Mission Imp Possible", Genie, Iago and [[TheImp Nefir]] end up in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Bog of Forgetfulness.]]
-->'''Iago:''' You know, you're big, blue and funny looking; you must be a genie. Turn into something that will help us out.
-->'''Genie:''' How about an elephant? An elephant never forgets. ''(Turns into a hippopotamus)'' Was this what I was suppose to turn into?
-->'''Iago:''' You weren't always a hippo?