History Main / RememberedTooLate

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresofBillyandMandy'' Christmas Special, [[spoiler: Mrs. Claus sends Grim, Mandy and a vampire into the lair of a vampirized Santa Claus.]] This exchange follows.
--> [[Spoiler: '''Baron Ghoulash:''']]: I just remembered. [[spoiler: Mrs. Claus]] is the Head Vampire!

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', [[spoiler: [[{{SecretCharacter}} Emmeryn]] loses most of her ability to speak and forgets almost everything of her life as [[{{TheHighQueen}} Exalt]] due to suffering brain damage after her attempted HeroicSacrifice. If she dies [[{{KilledOffForReal}} in Classic Mode]], these are her FamousLastWords.]]

* The second arms dealer in [[FanWorks/DiamondsCut Diamond's Cut]] forgets to turn up to the final meeting. [[spoiler: Apparently, he only survives because of that.]]

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* Early in ''HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', Sirius gives Harry a Christmas gift, telling him it can be used to contact him in an emergency. Harry utterly forgets about this until well after [[spoiler: misinformation from Voldemort gets Sirius killed]], something which could have been easily prevented with the use of that gift.

** Which leads to some FridgeLogic about why he ''kept walking out of the valley" instead of turning around immediately (since he hadn't had his memory affected yet since learning about the memory spell).

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* According to the first ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' CompilationMovie, this is the TragicFlaw of the BigBad EvilMatriarch Precia Testarossa (this bit of her characterization differs from the original anime). [[spoiler:As she plummets to her death, she suddenly remembers that her beloved late daughter Alicia wished for a little sister--in other words, she wished for Fate, whom Precia treated like crap and rejected earlier.]] She then muses to herself on how she never notices things until it is too late.

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[[caption-width-right:260:Hopefully they'll let her just [[LadyInRed look]] {{pretty| in mink}} while [[SmokingIsGlamorous holding the cigarette like that]].]]

Characters often recall things when it would be just too late to actually use that information.

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!!Examples

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* A few gags on ''MillieTheModel'' involve this. One was her getting ready to model for a huge cigarette campaign, and then remembers that she doesn't smoke.

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* In ''UnderTheDome'' by StephenKing: As police chief Randolph and a detachment of officers are heading towards a meth lab in order to assault it and take the valuable propane stored there, Randolph realizes that they had forgot to grab body armor (i.e. bullet proof vests) before driving to the lab. He doesn't worry too much about it, since he figures the assault will be easy; he assumes the two men there will be too stoned out of their minds to fight back. How wrong he turns out to be.
* In ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' Miracle Max promised that the miracle pill he made for Westley would last for a full hour. It's only after our heroes have left that he realizes that he messed up the proportions of ingredients and if it lasts for forty minutes it'll be a miracle. This is what causes Westley to collapse during the confrontation with Humperdinck. This was altered in the movie because to do it the grandfather would have to give timestamps.
* Early in ''HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', Sirius gives Harry a Christmas gift, telling him it can be used to contact him in an emergency. Harry utterly forgets about this until well after [[spoiler: misinformation from Voldemort gets Sirius killed]], something which could have been easily prevented with the use of that gift.

* According to the first ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' CompilationMovie, this is the TragicFlaw of the BigBad EvilMatriarch Precia Testarossa (this bit of her characterization differs from the original anime). [[spoiler:As she plummets to her death, she suddenly remembers that her beloved late daughter Alicia wished for a little sister--in other words, she wished for Fate, whom Precia treated like crap and rejected earlier.]] She then muses to herself on how she never notices things until it is too late.

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* In ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'', Pseudolus is trying to read a recipe for a potion, and then remembers that he can't read. Fortunately Hero is right there to do it.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'', Cavin takes some Gummi Berry Juice to fight some trolls, and when nothing happens, Gruffi just remembers that the juice only works for humans once a day.

* According to the first ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' CompilationMovie, this is the TragicFlaw of the BigBad EvilMatriarch Precia Testarossa (this bit of her characterization differs from the original anime). [[spoiler:As she plummets to her death, she suddenly remembers that her beloved late daughter Alicia wished for a little sister--in other words, she wished for Fate, whom Presea treated like crap and rejected earlier.]] She then muses to herself on how she never notices things until it is too late.

* In ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' Miracle Max has promised that the miracle pill he made for Westley will last for a full hour. Its only after our heroes have left that he realizes that he messed up the proportions of ingredients and if it lasts for forty minutes it'll be a miracle. This is what causes Westley to collapse during the confrontation with Humperdinck. This was altered in the movie because to the grandfather would have to give timestamps.

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' Roy asked an oracle a question, and then [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0332.html realizes his question was poorly worded]], and worse, that he will forget even that the question was poorly worded, due to a memory spell in the oracle's home.

* In ''GunnerkriggCourt'', Annie's order for Reynardine to shut up is treated as SomethingWeForgot, but it also stopped Rey from telling her about the possessed Robot.

* Early in ''HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', Sirius gives Harry a birthday gift, telling him it can be used to contact him in an emergency. Harry utterly forgets about this until well after [[spoiler: misinformation from Voldemort gets Sirius killed]], something which could have been easily prevented with the use of that gift.

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Compare SpannerInTheWorks, YouAreTooLate, RepressedMemories, RememberedICouldFly.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'', Cavin takes some Gummi Berry Juice to fight some trolls, and when nothing happens, Gruffi just remembers that the juice only works for humans once a day.

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* In ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'', Pseudolus is trying to read a recipe for a potion, and then remembers that he can't read. Fortunately Hero is right there to do it.

* In ''ThePrincessBride'' novel Miracle Max has promised that the miracle pill he made for Westley will last for a full hour. Its only after our heroes have left that he realizes that he messed up the proportions of ingredients and if it lasts for forty minutes it'll be a miracle. This is what causes Westley to collapse during the confrontation with Humperdinck. This was altered in the movie because to the grandfather would have to give timestamps.
* In ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'' Roy asked an oracle a question, and then [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0332.html realizes his question was poorly worded]], and worse, that he will forget even that the question was poorly worded, due to a memory spell in the oracle's home.
* Early in ''HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', Sirius gives Harry a birthday gift, telling him it can be used to contact him in an emergency. Harry utterly forgets about this until well after [[spoiler: misinformation from Voldemort gets Sirius killed]], something which could have been easily prevented with the use of that gift.

* In ''ThePrincessBride'' novel Miracle Max has promised that the miracle pill he made for Westley will last for a full hour. Its only after our heroes have left that he realizes that he messed up the proportions of ingredients and it lasts for forty minutes it'll be a miracle. This is what causes Westley to collapse during the confrontation with Humperdinck. This was altered in the movie due to the grandfather having to give timestamps.

* According to the first ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' CompilationMovie, this is the TragicFlaw of the BigBad EvilMatriarch Presea Testarossa (this bit of her characterization differs from the original anime). [[spoiler:As she plummets to her death, she suddenly remembers that her beloved late daughter Alicia wished for a little sister--in other words, she wished for Fate, whom Presea treated like crap and rejected earlier.]] She then muses to herself on how she never notices things until it is too late.

* * According to the first ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' CompilationMovie, this is the TragicFlaw of the BigBad EvilMatriarch Presea Testarossa (this bit of her characterization differs from the original anime). [[spoiler:As she plummets to her death, she suddenly remembers that her beloved late daughter Alicia wished for a little sister--in other words, she wished for Fate, whom Presea treated like crap and rejected earlier.]] She then muses to herself on how she never notices things until it is too late.