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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