Line #22 PlayingWith/MemoryGambit


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character's memories being erased or altered turns out to be part of the plan.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob erases his memories of being the BigBad to get close to the good guys.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob has erased his memories of being evil to get close to the good guys.
5	** Bob has transferred ''half of his soul'' along with all his memories to a SoulJar to get close to the good guys.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Bob erases one memory of a crime he committed from his mind to prevent himself from incriminating himself while being questioned.
7	* '''Justified''': Charlie, TheSmartGuy, is a mind-reader, so if he manages to expose Bob as the BigBad by reading his mind, then Bob's plan would be ruined.
8	* '''Inverted''': Alice implants FakeMemories of evil deeds into her mind to get herself close to the bad guys.
9	* '''Subverted''': It appears Bob has erased his memories of being the BigBad, but it turns out he actually had them relocated to [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a safe part of his mind, which Charlie can't mind-read.]]
10	* '''Double Subverted''': Those memories actually do get erased.
11	* '''Parodied''': Bob [[HoistByHisOwnPetard accidentally erased ALL of his memories and ruined his own plans]].
12	* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob's attempt to erase some memories just results in uncontrollable multiple personality disorder; The memories keep returning and disappearing at random.
13	* '''Averted''': Bob doesn't alter his memories
14	* '''Enforced''': Producers force the writers to make Bob erase his memories, because otherwise FridgeLogic would dictate that Charlie should recognize him in an instant.
15	* '''Lampshaded''': "You're gonna wipe out your memories?! Are you out of your mind?!!!"
16	* '''Invoked''': Charlie boasts about his mind-reading skills in hope that, to get closer to them, Bob will erase his own memories.
17	* '''Exploited''': David, Bob's [[TheStarscream right hand man]], takes advantage of Bob's inability to remember who he is to take over the corporation.
18	* '''Defied''': Charlie has a device that allows him to see if Bob erased his own memories, so Bob don't do it, relaying on own cunning instead.
19	* '''Discussed''':
20	-->'''Alice:''' ''And what if Bob is the Emperor Evulz?''
21	-->'''Bob:''' ''No way. I checked his memories.''
22	-->'''Alice:''' ''He might have erased them, you know.''
23	* '''Conversed''':
24	-->'''Bob:''' ''So, how did he make it?''
25	-->'''Alice:''' ''Well, he erased his memories and "joined" the Rebels.''
26	* '''Implied''': The villain, Bob, suddenly has a HeelFaceTurn and joins the heroes with apparently no memory of his past. Later, while researching his ex-SupervillainLair, they see archives detailing his evil self's experiments with memory wiping.
27	* '''Deconstructed''':
28	** Because Bob erased his memories, he naturally forgets that he's a villain. He becomes less and less like a villain and more and more like a hero until he finally performs an accidental HeelFaceTurn.
29	** AmnesiacDissonance, TomatoInTheMirror.
30	* '''Reconstructed''': His memory [[EnemyWithin becomes a separate consciousness]].
31	* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob forgets he's a BadGuy, so after joining Charlie's team, he's the one most eager to take down the BadGuy. He's a terrible fighter, though, so he looks pathetic, especially in David's eyes.
32	* '''Played For Drama''': Bob [[BecomingTheMask becomes the mask]] and after he remembers being the BadGuy, he struggles to balance his good self and bad self.
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34	And when the trigger comes, you will remember how to get back to MemoryGambit.
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36	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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