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12	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. They may try using a StringOnFingerReminder, but they'll forget what it's supposed to remind them to do.
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14	Usually played for comedy, this trope does ''not'' cover characters with Alzheimer's or brain injuries that medically impair their short-term or long-term memory. If it's PlayedForDrama, the forgetful character may be frustrated and embarrassed by their lapses, and try to improve their memory.
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16	Compare AbsentMindedProfessor, AttentionDeficitOohShiny, and ScatterbrainedSenior. For showrunners assuming their audience's memory is this bad, see ViewersAreGoldfish. Not to be confused with ForgettableCharacter, which is a character that ''everyone else'' constantly forgets about.
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19	!!Examples
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22	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
23	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Ichigo Kurosaki has a habit of forgetting people's names and faces. For example, after Ikkaku warns him to beware Kenpachi Zaraki and describes him, Ichigo forgets while walking away.
24	* Come ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Goku developed a bad habit of forgetting key items. This bites him in the ass big-time during the Future Trunks Saga; their plan to stop the [[CompleteImmortality immortal]] Future Zamasu by sealing him away with the Evil Containment Wave would have worked... had Goku not forgotten to grab the PaperTalisman needed to actually complete said seal.
25	* ''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 [[ForgotAboutHisPowers 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.
26	* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. Played for drama with Angelica, the first subject to undergo the conditioning process. Unfortunately at the time when the audience is introduced to her, she has started to deteriorate and the first symptom of this is memory loss. Her handler Marco, who in flashbacks is shown to be a friendly big brother type towards her, is now cold and distant as she keeps forgetting everything he teaches her. Angelica herself can't understand why he's acting like this and so keeps desperately trying (and failing, due to her deteriorating condition) to please him.
27	* ''Manga/MonsterMusume'': Papi's 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. Kimihito eventually figures out that he can get her to remember stuff for longer periods of time by carrying her.
28	* Shinnosuke in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' remembers his own name, what his duties are... and that's about it. His forgetfulness is PlayedForLaughs most of the time, including the time when he forgets ''his own grandfather'', who has been his sole human company for much (if not all) of his life, much to his grandfather's annoyance.
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31	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
32	* Careless S. of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' has a habit of forgetting stuff, even at the cost of easily winning a battle - it's not uncommon for him to forget to load the ammo into a weapon he's using, or load the wrong kind of ammo into it.
33	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Jollie's mother, Mama Hen, is somehow more forgetful than her own son (who's already a KnowNothingKnowItAll), forgetting such important information as where she lives and, in her debut episode, ''what her son looks like''.
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36	[[folder:Comic Books]]
37	* One ''ComicBook/AchilleTalon'' story involved a man with some kind of memory disorder that caused him to constantly forget or misremember things, along with a healthy dose of InsaneTrollLogic. To give an example, he begins the story knocking on Achille's door asking to see "the Marquess", then when Achille goes to check outside who brought this loony at his door slams it behind him then proceeds to go to bed, firmly convinced he's at his home. When Achille manages to prove that he's not him, the man then admits he has forgotten his own name, and asks the police if they have found someone on the street with a name that could be his.
38	* Ira West (Iris' [[spoiler:adoptive]] father, Wally's grandfather) in ''Franchise/TheFlash''. In his first appearance, he was told Barry Allen's SecretIdentity and helped create his super-compressed costume, but had forgotten all about it the next day.
39	* [[PunnyName Senilo]] in the Swedish superhero spoof ''Kapten Stofil''. His superpower is being [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway incredibly forgetful]]. While generally useless, this sometimes allow him to perform marvelous feats as long as [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome they occur off-panel]] and [[RuleOfFunny he doesn't remember what he did]]. ("How did you get free?!" "I haven't the foggiest. Where are we?")
40	* ComicBook/MonicasGang has the dog Zé Esquecido (nearly the trope name: Forgetful Joe), whose faulty memory causes many problems to himself and BiduBlu.
41	* Quinton Zempfester from ''ComicBook/ThievesAndKings''.
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44	[[folder:Fan Works]]
45	* ''Fanfic/TheBoyWhoCriedIdiot'': Martin forgets having thrown out Lincoln's textbook seconds after doing it.
46	* Bow the Gothorita, one of the supporting characters in ''Fanfic/PokemonMysteryDungeonReflectingBalance'', is very forgetful, often forgetting to tell other Pokémon of her visions of the future until after they have already happened.
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49	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
50	* Dory from ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''
51	-->'''Dory:''' I suffer from short-term memory loss. It runs in my family. Well, at least I think it does... Where ''are'' they?
52	* 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 despite him coming to her yoga class for six years.
53	-->'''Nangi:''' I have no memory of this beaver.
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56	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
57	* ''Film/TheAbsentMindedProfessor'' and its remake, ''Film/{{Flubber}}'', start with Professor Brainard getting so wrapped up in experiments that he forgets his own wedding for the ''third time!''
58	* ''Film/TheAbsentMindedWaiter'': This self-explanatory title is a 1977 short film with Creator/SteveMartin as the waiter. His absent-minded blundering starts small-scale, when he asks for their order without giving them menus, and gets bigger-scale, like when he pours water all over the dinner table because he forgot to set the glasses down first.
59	* ''Film/{{Accident}}'': Unknown to the rest of his team, Uncle has a medical condition that is causing him to lose his memory. This ultimately has tragic consequences.
60	* Uncle Billy in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': Besides his big blunder toward the end of the film, an earlier scene shows him with reminder strings tied on several different fingers, indicating that he is generally prone to forgetfulness.
61	* ''Film/TheLookout'' plays this for drama, with a main character who suffered brain damage and must now write reminders to himself to do basic things throughout the day.
62	* ''Film/{{Memento}}'': Leonard. It's the driving force behind the whole damn film.
63	* ''Film/Mother2009'': Played for drama with the mentally deficient Do-joon, who will instantly forget things he's done and is very pliable about believing what other people tell him. In an early scene, his friend breaks a car's car mirror and then tells Do-joon that he did it, which he readily believes. When Do-joon is accused of murder, his mother does not believe that he is responsible, but Do-joon must struggle to remember what ''did'' happen.
64	* Harriet from ''Film/TwiceRoundTheDaffodils'' writes so much to Henry that come visiting day, she can't remember what she's already told him and so repeats herself on everything.
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67	[[folder:Literature]]
68	* ''Literature/BruceCovillesBookOf Monsters'': Duffy from ''Duffy's Jacket'' tends to forget about everyday things, which his aunt claims is because he's too busy being brilliant inside his own head. His cousin Andrew thinks otherwise. [[spoiler: It's cured by the events of the story.]]
69	* [[AbsentMindedProfessor Professor Plum]] from the ''Literature/{{Clue}}'' book series.
70	* 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.
71	* Mr. Forgetful from the ''Literature/MrMen'' series. In his book, he even has to memorize a message (and, being Mr. Forgetful, gets the message wrong, of course).
72	-->''' Mr. Forgetful:''' There's a goose asleep in the rain!
73	::The original message was "There's a sheep loose in the lane."
74	* ''Literature/TheSecretLivesOfPrincesses'': Princess Oblivia forgets everything. Has no memory, only a black hole where it should be.
75	* ''Literature/{{Twig}}'': Sylvester has noticeable problems with his memory, which is a known side effect of the Wyvern drug he's constantly on. He's usually paired up with Jamie, who has a PhotographicMemory, to help mitigate this.
76	* Creator/PGWodehouse:
77	** Lord Emsworth of the ''Literature/BlandingsCastle'' books wanders endlessly through life in a sort of amiable haze.
78	** "Biffy" Biffen from "[[Literature/JeevesAndWooster The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy]]", who has found the girl of his dreams, but ''can't remember her last name!'' Also applies to his appearance in the [[Series/JeevesAndWooster TV adaptation]].
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83	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
84	* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Miss Brooks' elderly landlady Mrs. Davis is often described as "absent-minded". Sometimes she forgets what she's talking about, and switches tack mid-sentence. In "Phone Book Follies", Mrs. Davis is absentmindedly packing phone books in her bag after looking up numbers.
85	* In the ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' episode "Football" Drake and Josh meet the school janitor, Zeke Braxton, who used to be a pro football player [[CareerEndingInjury until a head injury affected his memory]].
86	-->'''Zeke:''' Who are you kids?\
87	'''Drake:''' I'm Drake.\
88	'''Zeke:''' And you are?\
89	'''Josh:''' Josh.\
90	'''Zeke:''' And I am?\
91	'''Drake:''' Zeke... you're Zeke.\
92	'''Zeke:''' Right... And you are?
93	* ''Series/ExtraordinaryAttorneyWoo'': The head of Sodeok-dong (a neighborhood) often asks one of the residents to complete his sentences.
94	* In ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'', Dagonet doesn't even remember where the borders of his lands are. In TheMovie, ''Film/KaamelottPremierVolet'', he even has to be reminded that the Isle of Thanet belongs to him.
95	* Creed from ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' has a phenomenally poor memory, to the point that he has trouble remembering his coworkers' names, or even telling them apart. In one episode in Season 3, he thinks Meredith is new to the office, despite having worked with her for years.
96	* The ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch "Mr. Short-term Memory", with Creator/TomHanks.
97	* ''Series/TodaysSpecial'': In some episode, TXL would tell a story about the Forgetful family, who live up to their last name and are always forgetting things, consisting of mother Franny, father Farley, and their kids Freddy and Flo.
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100	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
101	* Jeremiah Tortoise from ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'' often forgets things and often stops in mid-sentence because he can't remember what it was that he was saying. Other times, he will repeat greet someone a second time after having just greeted them.
102	* The TropeNamer is Forgetful Jones, the cowboy Muppet from ''Series/SesameStreet''. A RunningGag on the show is [[IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance his inability to even remember that his memory is so bad]].
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105	[[folder:Radio]]
106	* From ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow'', the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-6KIPSOIU Joe Johnson Memory System]]. The Jim Johannsen Memory System helps you remember names, phone numbers and even names with the help of Jonah Jameson. Followups include the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIRtwBTDp2s Jack Jefferson]] [[BuffySpeak Vocabulary Builder-Upper]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdnJtbh7lj8 Jim Jenkins]] [[ElSpanishO Spanish El Learno Systemo]].
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109	[[folder:Video Games]]
110	* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G. II]]'': There's only thing Tamao seems able to remember: which is [[{{fangirl}} how much she admires Yuka.]] Aside from that, don't expect her to remember anyone else's name for more than a few seconds (''literally'') before she forgets it. Kaori actually had to reintroduce herself [[RunningGag three times]], within a minute, after first meeting her.
111	* ''VideoGame/CookingDiary'': Forgetful Customers, whose orders blink on and off as they attempt to remember.
112	* Qiqi from ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'', being a zombie, lacks much of a long term memory, and thus forgets things easily. She carries around a notebook to write down important things to remember them, though there are times when she forgets about the notebook as well.
113	* Larry Da Vinci in ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' even forgets his own ''name''.
114	* ''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}'': Who was that Maud person, anyway? (This is a reference to the eponymous poem by Creator/AlfredLordTennyson.)
115	* ''VideoGame/OlloInTheSunnyValleyFair'': The character Rose. The narrator points out how often she forgets where she put her watering can.
116	* ''VideoGame/RootsOfPacha'': According to Reese, Jizu forgets a lot, but she still considers her a good friend.
117	* Koishi of ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' had become this as a side effect of her completely sealing her ability to read any minds, including her own. By ''Hopeless Masquerade'', she mentions that she tends to forget everything now, so she's surprised that she could still remember [[spoiler:the Mask of Hope that she found some time ago]].
118	** Yoshika is a far more basic example of this trope. She forgets things the second she was told them and part of her character is built entirely off her forgetfulness. It doesn’t help she’s a {{Jiangshi}}.
119	* Gaboonga from ''VideoGame/WonderlandAdventures'' frequently forgets his own name.
120	* 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.
121	* [[TokenHeroicOrc Triton]] from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' became an immortal Moebius when he was already getting on in years, and, as such, suffers frequent memory lapses for both the [[ScatterbrainedSenior short]] and [[TheFogOfAges long terms]]. His [[ADayInTheLimelight Ascension Quest]] has him drag the party around various locations about which he has vague recollections, to try and remember something about a travelling companion he once had many years prior. Like with Finch above, this character trait has a gameplay impact, in that his ability when chosen for a Chain Attack order results in him either [[DeathOrGloryAttack raising or reducing his TP count by 50]] upon reactivation; the implication being that he has a potentially good battle plan, but may just plumb forget about it.
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124	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
125	* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'':
126	** ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has Akane Owari, who, in her Free Time Events, repeatedly forgets people's names. Given that she [[DarkAndTroubledPast grew up in a crime-ridden slum where there wasn't much point in remembering people's names because they're probably going to be dead in a week]], it's understandable. 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.
127	** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' 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. Crosses over into AchievementsInIgnorance where he spontaneously becomes a computer genius just because he forgot that he wasn't one. Which is very lucky for the player since [[spoiler:Miu, the class's actual computer genius, had just been killed, and someone else with her skills is needed to solve the murder. Since Monotaro is under the impression that she was his mother (probably because he forgot she wasn't), he is happy to help you with the investigation this time despite normally being on the villains' side]]. Of course, he forgets all of his newfound computer knowledge just as quickly. [[spoiler:Since the killing game turns out to be [[ImmoralRealityShow a reality show]] [[MetaSequel based on the fictional]] ''[[MetaSequel Danganronpa]]'' [[MetaSequel franchise]], the crew running things behind the scenes are most likely remotely adding and deleting knowledge from his memory banks as they see fit]].
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131	* WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} vtuber Mumei Nanashi -- by her own admission -- has a really inconsistent short term memory, and often questions to herself before giving explanations on things whether or not she already explained it before. Part of this is built into her "persona" as [[AnthropomorphicPersonification an avatar of human civilization]], having forgotten most of what humanity has accomplished over the ages.
132	* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'' has Rose, in her one scene from the episode "So Random!"
133	-->'''Pinkie Pie:''' I can't help but notice that [[NonIndicativeName despite your name and cutie mark]], you're growing flowers that aren't roses.\
134	'''Rose:''' Sorry about that, I've got a very bad memory.\
135	'''Pinkie:''' Oh, don't worry. I'm sure we'll get that fixed one day.\
136	'''Rose:''' Get what fixed?\
137	(''beat'')\
138	'''Rose:''' 'Allo, Pinkie Pie!\
139	'''Pinkie:''' Goodbye, Rose.
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142	[[folder:Webcomics]]
143	* In ''Webcomic/CityFace 2'', City Face forgets what Torus said, mere seconds after she said it.
144	* Jade Harley of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' starts out somewhat like this, hence why her fingers are covered in reminder strings.
145	* ''Webcomic/{{Gunshow}}'': [[http://gunshowcomic.com/806 "Please go to the hospital already, your short term memory is a burden to us all."]]
146	* Tyler from ''Webcomic/MorphE'' is so forgetful that he needs to keep a journal for reminders.
147	* 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 [[BigBad Mr. Green]].]]
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151	* ''All'' of the bots of the Website/JollyRogerTelephoneCompany are this. All of them will eventually claim, often multiple times, not to know what the caller called them about and that they need the caller to start over.
152	-->'''Whitey''': What is it? What are you... are you selling anything?
153	* ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'':
154	** Spraradrap, thus extending his TheWatson role to things that his guildmates have presumably already explained to him previously off-screen and mild cases of ViewersAreGoldfish.
155	** He seems to be getting it from his father. The latter has chronic case of AccidentalMisnaming concerning his sons [[spoiler:and forgetting whith which woman he had each of them. This is a problem when an established female character turns out to be someone's Missing Mom.]]
156	* Platform/TapasMedia: "[[https://tapas.io/episode/1394300 Living with ADHD]]" adroitly illustrates the challenges [[UsefulNotes/AttentionDeficitHyperactivityDisorder ADHD]] can present for the artist with ADHD in the comic as she forgot everything she learned about her new friend, including their name and job.
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159	[[folder:Western Animation]]
160	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Lumpy Space Princess can be ridiculously forgetful at times. In "Video Makers" after Jake tells her they're filming a food fight scene she immediately forgets they're filming a scene and gets mad when Peppermint Butler throws food at her.
161	* In the ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' episode "Mission Imp Possible", Genie, Iago and [[TheImp Nefir]] end up in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Bog of Forgetfulness]].
162	-->'''Iago:''' You know, you're big, blue and funny looking; you must be a genie. Turn into something that will help us out.\
163	'''Genie:''' How about an elephant? An elephant never forgets. ''(Turns into a hippopotamus)'' Was this what I was suppose to turn into?\
164	'''Iago:''' You weren't always a hippo?
165	* In one episode of ''Franchise/CareBears'', Beastly was written as having an extremely bad short-term memory. To the point where he would often lose his train of thought mid-sentence. [[CompressedVice He wasn't written that way in other episodes]].
166	* 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.
167	* ''WesternAnimation/FluffyGardens'': Bill the Platypus is very forgetful. The only thing he remembers is where he lives since he's the only character whose house is a boat. But in his focus episode, [[OhCrap there was a boat competition held in the Fluffy Gardens]] and this made it harder for him to recognize his house.
168	* Booey Bubblehead from ''WesternAnimation/GalaxyHigh'' was frequently shown to have a poor memory. For example, she'd often forget that she already introduced herself during her conversations with other characters.
169	* On one of the ''U.S. Acres'' segments of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', Wade's cousin Newton, who has a ''really'' bad memory, visits. He keeps forgetting who Orson is less than a minute after he tells him. One hilarious dialogue between them:
170	-->'''Orson:''' You really do have a bad memory.\
171	'''Newton:''' I know, I'm in a club for people who have bad memories.\
172	'''Orson:''' What's the name of the club?\
173	'''Newton:''' I don't remember.\
174	'''Orson:''' How often does it meet?\
175	'''Newton:''': I forgot.\
176	'''Orson:''' Where are the meetings held?\
177	'''Newton:''' Beats me.\
178	'''Orson:''' Why don't you just quit??\
179	'''Newton:''' I can't! I'm the president! By the way, uh, what was your name again?
180	* ''WesternAnimation/TheHarlemGlobetrotters'': Bobby Joe Mason was a patented forgetful Ned. It didn't stop him from contributing to the team's victories.
181	* In ''WesternAnimation/LostInOz'', Scarecrow sacrificed his own memory to the Waters of Oblivion to protect Glinda's secrets (no one could force the information out of him if he couldn't remember it). However, this affected his ability to form new memories, and now he has trouble remembering anything.
182	* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': Kenji has a habit of forgetting where he put his wallet, so one of his dogs, Luka, was trained to help find it for him.
183	* Mr. Scatterbrain from ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow''.
184	* In ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' the Propulsions always forget ''not'' to tell people that they come from Bortron 7.
185	** Jet especially, who always needs to Sean to teach him the Scientific Method over and over, and often forgets things that he learned in previous episodes.
186	** A RunningGag in "[[Recap/ReadyJetGoS2E22MarsRockForMomSeanHasACold Mars Rock for Mom]]" is Jet leaving his things behind and forgetting where he put them. First, he forgets his jacket. Next, he forgets his wallet. Then, he devises a plan to get Jet 2 to pick up after him so he doesn't leave his stuff behind, only to realize that he left Jet 2 on Mars. Finally, Jet leaves behind Mindy's camera. Luckily, the camera was inside Jet 2's stomach compartment.
187	* This is one of the characteristics of Special Agent Oso from the [[WesternAnimation/SpecialAgentOso series by the same name]] and one of the reasons why needs [[FakeInteractivity help from the viewers]]. He has a tendency to almost immediately forget things he's been told, such as in "Thunder Berries" when he forgets Dotty's instructions that the invisibility paint can be washed off simply with water.
188	* Patrick on ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' is so stupid he'll sometimes forget things in seconds. Like when he and [=SpongeBob=] were hiding out in the desert and he decided to eat his only food, a chocolate bar, in one go and then immediately forgot he ate it, leading him to believe that [=SpongeBob=] stole it.
189	* The ''WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird'' 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's antagonist in "The Hare-less Wolf".
190	* This is the main trait of Lily the fox on ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool''. It's not played for comedy, though, so much as AnAesop that she is working to get better about it. For example, one episode had her take care of the class pet (A fish) which Doris thinks isn't a good idea. Lily always remembers what to do with her pet fish and proves it in that episode. She can also be seen wearing a string around her hand to remember things and would talk to herself to remind herself.
191	* The entire elephant village is depicted as this in ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011''.
192	* On ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice,'' [[ComicBook/KlarionTheWitchBoy Klarion]], since he's a [[HumanoidAbomination Lord of Chaos]] whose mind works differently than a human's. Upon being told that [[MadScientist T.O. Morrow]] is in a coma, he pauses to ask "Did I know that already?" WordOfGod also noted that while everyone in [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness the Light]] knew about [[spoiler:Black Manta]] being Kaldur's father, "whether Klarion remembers is a legit question."
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