'''Basic Trope''': The protagonist of the story suffers from retrograde amnesia.
* '''Straight''': The story opens with its protagonist Jack chased by TheMafia and not remembering anything about his life up that point.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** None of the characters in the story can remember anything from before the plot started.
** Jack is an AmnesiacGod.
* '''Downplayed''': Jack remembers most of his life, just not how he got involved with the mob.
* '''Justified''':
** Jack just woke up in the hospital after being shot in the head.
** Jack’s amnesia is because [[TraumaInducedAmnesia he has an incredibly troubled past and thus gave himself amnesia to forget it]].
* '''Inverted''':
** Jack remembers killing Bob TheDon but nobody else seems to remember this event or even that Don Bob existed at all.
** The villain is amnesiac and is a villain due to assuming this was how they were like before getting amnesia.
* '''Subverted''':
** As soon as Jack escapes from the hospital, his memories of killing Bob come back.
** Jack is lying about having amnesia because he wants his past to remain hidden.
** Jack remembers everything about his life with the mafia.
** Jack is revealed at the end of the story to have been a VillainProtagonist with amnesia. See AmnesiacVillainJoinsTheHeroes.
** Jack is revealed to actually be [[RoboticReveal an AI]] inhabiting a human body who was created around the start of the story, and thus has no past to remember.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** All Jack's memories come back... except the ones that explain why the mafia is after him.
** What Jack ''doesn't'' remember is his PastLifeMemories of a previous {{Reincarnation}} that had history with the mafia and continues to affect him in the present.
** Jack decides he likes his new life too much and pulls a HeelFaceTurn.
* '''Parodied''': Jack and Charlie the Hitman accidentally [[TapOnTheHead knock heads]] and get their roles confused after coming to, with Jack henceforth pursuing Charlie.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
** Jack is an Amnesiac Hero who occasionally has moments of lucidity.
** Jack begins to recover memories only to discover they're not real memories.
* '''Averted''': Jack is shot in the head but wakes up perfectly aware of his situation.
* '''Enforced''': The plot is about Jack finding out about his past.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh, I know! The mafia shot you in the head and now you have to take on them to find out what happened to you, just like in the movies!"
* '''Invoked''': Jack has a healing factor, so Charlie shoots him in the head specifically to wipe his memory.
* '''Exploited''':
** Jack pretends to be amnesiac in a attempt to fool the mob into leaving him alone.
** Or, Jack has a [[DarkAndTroubledPast really dark past]] that he wants to [[MysteriousPast keep buried.]]
** CriminalAmnesiac
* '''Defied''': While unconscious, Jack fights a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind to preserve his memories.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Jack's amnesia is so severe that he basically reverts back to being a baby and has to be taught to speak, eat, and use the bathroom all over again.
* '''Reconstructed''': Through his [[{{Determinator}} sheer willpower]], Jack makes a full recovery quickly and takes the fight back to the mob.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Jack's friend lies about who he is as a prank.
* '''Played For Drama''': Jack's "friend" lies about who he is in order to manipulate him.
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