History ButForMeItWasTuesday / FanFiction

Examples of ButForMeItWasTuesday in fanfiction.
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[[AC: ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'']]
* In one of ''WebVideo/AvatarTheAbridgedSeries'' "Ships.avi" the ruthless revolutionary [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Amon]] has this to say about taking over the city.
--> '''Amon''': For many of you, this will be the most important day of your lives. But for me, its [[{{Pun}} Amon day]]. ''Amon'' day. Get it? [[DontExplainTheJoke Because its like "Monday"?]] No?....I guess they didn't get the reference. Live action ''StreetFighter'' movie.

[[AC: ''Franchise/BaldursGate'']]
* In ''[[http://www.gamejag.net/forum/index.php?/topic/8377-empty-on-topic/ Empty]]'', Kivan finally confronts the ogre who tortured and murdered his lover, triumphantly announces that he will die for killing her, and is appalled to find that the guy has no idea what he's talking about.

[[AC: ''Anime/{{Bleach}}'']]
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13167363/15/To-Undo-it-All To Undo It All]]'', the captains go to [[PeggySue Ichigo]] when it seems Toshiro has attacked Kyouraku, seeing if he can tell them whether Toshiro is a traitor. But not only does Ichigo have over a decade of memories to sort through, but they include a war against a MasterOfIllusion and another where the enemy side had two separate [[{{Shapeshifting}} shape shifters]], plus "a whole load of bullshit spread throughout". He can name at least a dozen events where captains attacked each other and the current date isn't significan enough to ring any bells.
-->'''Yoruichi:''' You're looking for a memory of Hitsugaya attacking Kyouraku, that involves balls of fire and lightning, Hitsugaya being accused of treason, and a stolen artifact. How much more specific do you need to get?\\
'''Ichigo:''' Shiro says there's just shy of twenty memories that fit that description.

[[AC: ''VideoGame/BloodRayne'']]
* ''FanFic/BloodRayneChroniclesOfBlood'': In ''Origins'' chapter 20, Ophelia doesn't recognize Rayne, revealing herself to have personally "picked out" women for Kagan to rape. It isn't until the next chapter that she remembers assisting in the slaughter of Rayne's family.

[[AC: ''Anime/CodeGeass'']]
* When Suzaku asks why he made Euphemia massacre the Japanese in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11087617/1/Screw-You-Fate-I-m-Going-Home Screw You Fate, I'm Going Home]]'', Lelouch has to take a moment to remember why he did it the first time, as he's been through so many [[GroundhogDayLoop loops]] that Lelouch initially gave the reason he did it most recently.

[[AC: ''{{Crossover}}'']]
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8933408/17 Wizard Runemaster]]'', when [[Literature/HarryPotter Fleur]] tells Harry she wants to thank him for "killing the bastard who enslaved her", Harry blithely tells her that doesn't narrow things down any. He killed ''a lot'' during the war against the [[Videogame/WorldOfWarcraft Burning Legion]].
* In Fanfic/HeirToTheEmpire, an amusing inversion is used, when [[Franchise/SailorMoon Setsuna]] looks into [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma's]] [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood past]]:
-->'''Setsuna:''' THAT SON OF A BITCH! He did that to you?\\
'''Ranma:''' Which 'that' are you referring to? God knows I can't keep track.
* ''Fanfic/BloodThatFlows'': When Lina met Dilgear, she said that he tried to kill her. Dilgear didn't recognize her, but he admitted maybe he did at some point.
* A heroic example happens in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22834852/chapters/54574006 The Brewmaster]]''. [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Siesta]] manages to recognize [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Chen Stormstout]] because he saved her great-grandfather's life in the Third War (alongside sharing his brew with him and his men). While Chen can't remember this because he has saved many lives and shared his brew with many more, he is glad that this specific man's legacy has managed to live on.
* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': In the spin-off ''The Bridge: Sound of Thunder'', the evil MirrorUniverse Godzilla Junior doesn't bother to remember his victims. Titanosaurus seemed to leave an impression, but he cannot recall her name.
* As an ironic inversion of canon, in ''Fanfic/CyclesUponCycles'', what the Citadel refers to as the "Koprulu Contact War", the Koprulu sector call the "Backyard Skirmish".
* Cassie Cage invokes this trope in ''Fanfic/MortalKombatVsMarvelUniverse'' after she kills Kano:
-->'''Cassie:''' You know, when we look back on this years from now, we're gonna remember this moment quite differently.\\
'''Sonya:''' How so?\\
'''Cassie:''' Given your beef with Kano, me killing him will be the most important day of your life.\\
'''Sonya:''' And what will it be for you?\\
'''Cassie:''' Given what I go through both as a mutant and under your command on a daily basis...for me, it was Tuesday.
* In the ''Franchise/StarWars''/Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse crossover ''Fanfic/AvengersInfiniteWars'', when Scott [[spoiler:wakes up from his Giant-Man-induced coma to learn that Cad Bane has stolen a record of potential future Jedi for the Separatists]], Pietro observes that this is just a typical Monday/Tuesday for the Avengers (Tap clarifies that based on his calendar, it's actually Thursday back on Earth).
* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect''/''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' crossover ''FanFic/WhenThereWasATomorrow'' and its sequel ''FanFic/GuiltySparks'', Shepard and his crew are ''worryingly blase'' about the number of people who seem to feel that Shepard is an affront to the gods, which at the conclusion of the second story include The Covenant, the vast majority of the Batarian species, the Blood Pack, the Reapers, multiple mercenary bands, Cerberus, Guilty Spark and his legions of sentinels, and Colonel Ackerson of the Office of Naval Intelligence. They also feel this way about suicide missions, with Legion stating that a mission with only a fifty-three percent chance of success is "Significantly higher" than the missions they usually undertake.
* In ''Fanfic/FateGenesis'', [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy]] have had so many crazy adventures on a regular basis, up to and including being transported to other worlds, that ending up in the middle of the [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Grail War]] doesn't phase them that much. Dr. Eggman is a similar case, his reaction when Orbot figures out that they've transported to the Nasuverse is a complaint that other worlds never have anything familiar on TV.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8878584/8/Beyond-the-Veil-Volume-One-Arrival Beyond the Veil Volume One: Arrival]]'':
-->"Great, Invasion of the Doom Bots Part Ten Million," Johnny said. He rolled his eyes. Again, for him, Doom Bots was just another Wednesday.
* When Jedi Master Fay tries to remind Harry Potter of the time he saved her life in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11157943/15/I-Still-Haven-t-Found-What-I-m-Looking-For I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For]]'', she has to elaborate quite a bit before Harry recalls the incident and he better remembers fishing a galleon out of lava than saving her.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10611248/4/Hammering-it-Home Hammering It Home]]'':
-->A big, beefy blond coming in and taking down all his guards, no biggy.\\
Said muscle man attempting to lift the strange hammer from the sky and then suffering what pretty much amounted to a mental break-down, just a normal day in the life of Phil.
* ''FanFic/TheEquestrianWindMage'' has an heroic example in Season 3 -- when Majora's armies march on Hyrule Castle, the Hylian forces are petrified with fear, only to then be stunned by the Equestrians running into the fray undaunted. As Rarity explains to Zelda, [[BewareTheCuteOnes despite their cuddly appearances]], the ponies have a lot of experience in fighting horrible monsters, so it doesn't really faze them anymore.
* The Creator/MarvelComics/Franchise/MassEffect fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10879478/1/Just-Another-Tuesday Just Another Tuesday]]'' flat out invokes it with its very name. For the Citadel races, the becostumed lunatics, planet threatening monstrosities and [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom incredibly arrogant ambassadors]] are completely beyond their experience. For Earth? It's all old hat.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12590405/7/Per-Volar-Su-Nata Per Volar Su Nata]]'' Superman mentions possible support against Voldemort.
-->'''Harry:''' I understand. I'm sorry for dragging you into this, but...\\
'''Superman:''' It's fine. Believe me, I've been dragged into worse situations than this. Compared to dealing with Darkseid, this is just another Tuesday.
* ''Fanfic/MyHuntsmanAcademia'' has Toshinori say this nearly word-for-word to Izuku after an especially tough battle.
-->'''Toshinori:''' Damn, I can barely even remember the last time I had a fight that tough... actually, that's a lie. I can remember the fights I had that tough of a time with ease.\\
'''Izuku:''' Really? I mean, you've had to have a lot of fights, how could you remember all your tough ones easily?\\
'''Toshinori:''' ''[flashes a wide, cocky grin as he points to himself with his thumb]'' You kidding me, kid? I'm The All Mighty Huntsman, The Symbol of Peace. Sure, I get into a lot of fights but I breeze through so many of them. To a lot of these criminals, their fights with me are probably the most climactic clashes of their lives... for me, it's a Tuesday.
* In ''Fanfic/TokraApocalypse'', while time travel isn't something the SGC encounter on a regular basis, they're still relatively nonchalant about that as an explanation for Henry Winchester's presence after he appears in Dean and Sam's room in the SGC through their closet.
* ''Fanfic/SpiderX'':
** Peter only learns the day after he did it that he assisted the police in capturing a major serial killer, arguing that he didn’t mention it at first because it didn’t seem like a big deal at the time.
** Also applies when Peter learns that [[spoiler:he is being framed for a series of crimes by Mysterio for ruining Quentin Beck's early attempt at revenge, as it takes him a few minutes to remember who Beck is even after unmasking him]].
* In ''Fanfic/TimeAnomaly'', once he first hears about the time Rory shoved Hitler into a closet, Tony is continually amazed that these people could have lived the kind of life where doing that ''wasn't'' the most interesting thing to happen to them.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityCrisis'':
** It's still unusual, but [[spoiler:Joe wonders what it says about their lives that Iris is so nonchalant at meeting an alternate version of Barry who doesn't even ''look'' like the Barry Allen she married]].
** Earlier, Nate sums up to Ray the reaction of the Legends to [[spoiler: meeting Loki in his ghost form]]
-->'''Nate''': This is when you know you've been at this job for too long. We're talking to [[spoiler: the ghost of a Norse god]] and I'm not even surprised by it anymore.
** In ''Powers and Marvels,'' the Power Rangers are nonchalant over meeting the Hulk and others.
-->'''Rocky''': Dude, we fight a winged golden monkey every other day, this is nothing.
** The Rangers and Thor are equally 'nonchalant' when [[spoiler:Fin Fan Foom manifests for the first time, although the other Avengers are still shocked by it]].
** In ''Of Kryptonians and Queens'', [[spoiler:the returned Cat Grant has this reaction to Morgana and Etrigan attacking the office]];
-->[[spoiler:'''Cat Grant''': A badly-dressed psychopath trying to cause destruction. Now I really do feel like I'm back home]].
* In ''FanFic/MyHeroesReborn'', Bakugo genuinely forgot he suicide baited Izuku until someone posts about it online. It causes a HeelRealization for the boy that he'd both do something like that and then forget about it.
* In ''Fanfic/AbyssalPlain'', the Undersiders and Breakthrough are horrified by the non-stop horrors the Abyss throws at them. For Whispers, this is simply his way of life.
* ''Fanfic/RealmOfEntwinedScienceAndSorceryAcademyCity'': Touma Kamijou says being attacked by Queen Medb doesn't even make it into the top ten craziest things that have happened to him.
* ''Fanfic/TheGodOfDestructionComesToRemnant'': Cobalt Yashi confesses he doesn't remember how many Faunus and Faunus sympathizers he enslaved, raped, and killed.

[[AC: ''Franchise/DCUniverse'']]
* In the ''Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' fanfic "[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa1988-01/ Black Sunset]]", a serial killer is targeting retired supervillains, and the villains descend en mass on the JSA Brownstone demanding protection. One of them snarls that Hawkman wouldn't be sorry to see him dead, and is taken aback when Hawkman clearly has no idea who he is. They fought once, forty years previously.

[[AC: ''Manga/DeathNote'']]
* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/431046/chapters/728720 Welcome To The Family]]'' Light takes a placement test at Wammy's House and scores number one; much to the distress of Mello and Near. Light, who is used to always getting perfect scores, doesn't see what the big deal is. Also {{Lampshaded}} when [[PayEvilUntoEvil Light recalls killing Beyond Birthday]]:
-->''Light tried to remember what Beyond Birthday looked like—[[ArtifactOfDeath sure he had known Beyond Birthday's name and face in order to kill him]] but that was a while ago, it might have been on a Tuesday, but in any case he'd killed quite a few other people since then.''
* ''Fanfic/SilentPartnerUnfinishedBusiness'': Koreyoshi Kitamura sent Naomi Misora's fiancee to his death so she would rejoin the FBI. When she comes for revenge, he not only has no idea who she is, he has no idea why anyone would be mad at him.

[[AC:''Series/DoctorWho'']]
* A rare heroic example in ''Fanfic/TheRoadToShalka'' - Feigle (the antagonist) hates the Doctor viciously for helping out a guy who toppled Feigle's EvilEmpire. Since this is pretty much what the Doctor does on a daily basis, he has a lot of trouble placing Feigle (although he remembers the man he's helped back then).

[[AC: ''Anime/DragonBallZ'']]
* WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged's Frieza has gotten so bored of people coming at him with righteous fury that he's turned the trope ''into a game'', keeping a running total of how many times he's heard certain lines. Goku's declaration that he's gonna "deck [him] in the schnozz" is literally ARareSentence for him.

[[AC: ''Franchise/HarryPotter'']]
* In the TrollFic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2172296/1/Genesis Genesis]]'' [[RonTheDeathEater Dumbledore]] lets his students get gang-raped on a regular basis.
* In ''FanFic/IfThemsTheRules'', after getting stabbed and threatened by Grindlewald Harry blithely goes about his day, putting it out of his mind.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9928419/3/Season-of-Change Season of Change]]'' Florean Fortescue's is attacked while Alya Cassiopeia Black (formerly Harry Potter) and a new friend are eating there.
-->She knew Margret hadn't taken almost being murdered well, but to Alya it was just another day in Diagon Alley.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8904050/22/A-Muggle-Technicality A Muggle Technicality]]'' Fenrir Greyback encounters an unjustly-imprisoned Muggle werewolf during an Azkaban break-in staged by Voldemort.
-->'''Fenrir:''' I bite anyone. The younger the better though. Don't remember biting an ugly bleeder like you though.\\
'''Muggle:''' I was much younger...only seven...it would have been 1970.\\
'''Fenrir:''' Really? They all sort of blur a bit. I'll take your word for it.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12261743/1/Fade-to-Black Fade to Black]]'':
-->'''Penelope:''' For me, a good day usually doesn't entail being threatened with a beheading.\\
'''Harry:''' For me, that's just Tuesday.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3995826/23/The-Hidden-Hero The Hidden Hero]]'' Harry pretends to be a Muggleborn. After an unjust stay in Azkaban and a recovery period in St. Mungo's he confronts Voldemort.
-->'''Voldemort:''' Mudblood! You think you, a ''[[FantasticSlurs mudblood]]'', can kill me? Me! The greatest wizard of all time! I will swat you like a fly!\\
'''Harry:''' Like Cedric Diggory?\\
'''Voldemort:''' Who? I don't know who Diggory is. Another mudblood?
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13352042/1/Like-an-Erumpent-in-a-Graveyard Like an Erumpent in a Graveyard]]'':
-->The noise level intensified as everyone was clamouring to be heard on the unusual occurrences. Well, unusual for anyone who wasn't Harry Potter. This was just another Saturday at Hogwarts for him.

[[AC: ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'']]
* ''Fanfic/TheNewAdventuresOfInvaderZim'': At one point in Season 2 Episode 4, Steve lampshades how odd his and Viera's lives have become since befriending Dib, when he notes that the current situation (Viera being chased by the film crew she was interning for, at the behest of the main actress, who has turned into a banshee) should ''not'' seem as normal to him as it does.

[[AC: ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'']]
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7138443/1/North_Wind North Wind]]'', Loki ends up delivering one of these. Given that Thor had just accused the God of Mischief of lying, he kind of walked into it.
-->'''Thor:''' ''[accusatorily]'' You are a vile liar!\\
'''Loki:''' ''[still reading his book]'' You will have to be more exacting than that.
* A heroic example in ''Fanfic/TSATheAmazingSpiderMan''.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' "The Destruction of the Milky Way Galaxy... our Galaxy."
-->'''Johnny:''' "Huh... must be Thursday."
-->'''Spider-Man:''' "I never said I was afraid Agent Hill, nervous yeah. I mean here we are again, going up against impossible odds with a plan that may or may not work, oh and not to mention our planet, excuse me Our Galaxy is hanging in the balance."
-->'''Ben:''' "Definitely Thursday."

[[AC: ''Franchise/MassEffect'']]
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8205097/5/Square-One Square One]]'', A Cerberus scientist who had stolen research and had been on the run for years looking over his shoulder thinking they were after him finds out they forgot about him years ago until they finally needed the research back.
-->'''Miranda:''' "Poor little man. To you, the day you scraped up the guts to plant a knife in my back was the bravest and proudest day of your life. But to me? It was Tuesday. I didn't give a damn where you went, and I wouldn't now if you didn't have something I wanted."
* Played with in ''Fanfic/MassEffectEndOfDays''. A Batarian rebel is intending to have his revenge against a Hegemony officer who killed the woman he loved, remarking the officer may not remember her, but will remember ''him''. However, the officer actually remembers... which makes him almost shit himself once he realizes the former slave is just outside the door.

[[AC: ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'']]
* ''Fanfic/YesterdayUponTheStair'': In second grade, Katsuki pulled an especially cruel prank on Izuku. One that left several emotional scars, causing their already shaky relationship to be even worse than canon. When Izuku finally calls him out on this, Katsuki claims not to remember, which doesn't help his case:
-->'''Izuku:''' "That's why -- that’s why I don’t see you the way you want to be seen. Because you want to be a hero, and yet you can hurt someone like that. You can hurt them so bad that they still think about it and the scars still itch and it’s shaped the person they are, and not even remember. It was the worst day of my life, Bakugou. But it was just another Wednesday for you, wasn’t it?”
* ''FanFic/ApotheosisMHA'': The day All Might crushes his dreams dramatically altered the course of Izuku's life to drive him to villainy to take the power to change society. To All Might, Izuku was just a kid that's working to destroy everything All Might has worked for as a result of [[CondescendingCompassion well-meaning]] [[BrutalHonesty but poor advice]]. All for One calls All Might out for crushing Izuku's dream without any consideration and Izuku point blanks asks if All Might would have ever thought of him again hadn't Izuku become a dangerous villain.
-->'''Izuku:''' [[RejectedApology You're not sorry]] for what you said to me! You're sorry [[CreateYourOwnVillain about the end result!]] If I didn't become a villain, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion would you be here apologizing to me?! ]] Did you even once think about me again after our first meeting?!\\
''[All Might looks away in shame]''\\
'''Izuku:''' That's what I thought.
* ''FanFic/CheatCodeSupportStrategist'': Izuku's encounter with All Might caused him to give up completely on his dream of going Pro in favor of going the support route. All Might doesn't even ''remember'' him -- despite the fact that he ''really should'', given that Izuku [[SecretKeeper learned his greatest weakness]] during that encounter.

[[AC: ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'']]
* ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'':
** Discord reacts this way to recounting his ''multiple'' counts of '''genocide'''. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted with the Sea Ponies: he only pretends to feel this way because he actually ''does'' care he did it because he genuinely enjoyed their music, he's just [[NeverMyFault can't stand the thought of accepting responsibility for anything]], including the destruction of something he liked.]]
** [[spoiler: [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare]] [[KnightTemplar Paradox]] has been pulling her GroundhogDayLoop revenge plan on [[BadFuture Dark World!]]Discord for so long she's forgotten when she started, and reveals she doesn't bother remembering the names of anyone but her main pawns, especially the innocent bystanders who get killed, as shown when she doesn't remember who Poison Apple (Apple Pie's identical twin sister) is, asking if she's her ''coltfriend'' when asked how many times she's let her die.]]
** While recounting her origin story to The Interviewers, Queen Chrysalis doesn't bother to remember the names of any character she interacted with unless they were really important to her. Out of her original village, she only cared enough to remember her childhood friend Maua; even her parents only get called Mother and Father.
** The sadistic mass murdering MadDoctor Professor Kabuto also has this mentality, viewing his victims as little more than lab rats. Given he refuses to refer to any creature who he has no respect for by [[ItIsDehumanizing their species with a number,]] it's little surprise.
** Ditzy Doo's "Butterflies" story has a more humorous example with this exchange between Sparkler and Prince Blueblood (who's since undergone CharacterDevelopment in his own story).
--->'''Prince Blueblood''': You look rather familiar, we've met, haven't we?\\
'''Sparkler''': Uh... yeah... we had a date... It ended with me chewing you out.\\
'''Prince Blueblood''': Unfortunately... that doesn't narrow it down as much as I wish it did...
** Tirek's minion Lancaster, who tried to kill him, explains his motive was Tirek destroyed his hometown of Crystal Port and [[YouKilledMyFather killed his brother]]. Tirek's response is to state he doesn't remember that one. When Lancaster asks in shock how he can't remember, his answer?
--->'''Tirek''': Do you remember every ant you step on?
* In ''Fanfic/TwilightSparklesAwesomeAdventure'', [[NominalHero ADMIRAL Awesome]] had managed to completely forget about [[spoiler:having killed Enemy Boss Leader's family and friends]] by the time we learn about it.
* In ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'', Littlepip comes across a memory orb (a recording of past events) where she witnesses Rainbow Dash being approached by a group of pegasi. When one asks if she remembers him, she remarks she's busy and thus only has time to remember important ponies- and promptly gets humbled when he angrily asks if she remembers his younger brother, a casualty in a recent battle.
* In ''Fanfic/HarmonyTheory'', Melody Drop wants revenge on Max Cash for murdering her master, destroying her hometown, and using her loyalty to her master to ''MindRape her''. While he vaguely remembers the act, he doesn't remember her.
* In the first chapter of ''Fanfic/PrincipalCelestiaHuntsTheUndead'', Sunset Shimmer is confused as to why Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna are so nonchalant about the magical shenanigans caused by Sunset herself, the Sirens, and Twilight Sparkle (corresponding to the first three movies of the Equestria Girls series). It's because, as the title indicates, the principal sisters have been hunting all sorts of monsters that plague Canterlot for a while now.
-->'''Celestia:''' I know that the Fall Formal was a terribly exciting day for you, but for us...it was Thursday.
-->'''Luna:''' Friday.
-->'''Celestia:''' No, definitely Thursday. It was a school night.

[[AC: ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'']]
* Referenced in the fanfic ''Naruto: Consequences'' once Naruto and Hinata find out that Konoha has been destroyed and that the Fire Daimyo committed suicide.
-->'''Naruto:''' For Fire Country, the destruction of the Leaf and the suicide of their leader will probably be the most important day of their lives.
-->'''Hinata:''' Really? So what was it for the both of us?
-->'''Naruto:''' For us...It was Tuesday.
* Brought up when Naruto saves Kayo in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10518212/4/The-Pride The Pride]]''. She mentions that he rescued her once before, only for Naruto to ask her to be more specific because "When [he] was a genin, it seemed a week didn't go by without [him] rescuing someone or other."
* Also referenced in ''Naruto: Wrath of the Emperor''
-->'''Naruto:''' "You tried, remember?" "And what was the end result? Oh, that's right. Sixteen ANBU dead. Three maimed Jounin. One Sannin missing an arm. And Kakashi Hatake dead. And that was me and Hinata without trying. I am not the same gaki you once knew, Tsunade. You and all of Konoha should do well to remember that. The Akatsuki found out the hard way. You should be thanking me, Senju for eliminating the Akatsuki. Wiping them out was probably the most important event in the history of the Elemental Countries."
-->'''Onoki:'''"And what was it for you?"
-->'''Naruto:''' ''*shrugs shoulders*'' "Tuesday."
* Referenced in two separate scenes in ''FanFic/KitsuneNoKenFistOfTheFox'', both times concerning Gaara.
** In Chapter 132, during Yahiko's pre-recorded TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Gaara after luring him and his family into a trap, he declares that while he ''could'' explain his motive for leading Akatsuki and hunting the Kyuushingai, he won't bother to "bore" Gaara with the story since he's certain that Gaara, having taken part in the 365 days' violence with the other Terrors, likely wouldn't remember Yahiko's specific situation.
--> '''Yahiko:''' For me, the day of my suffering was the most intense day of my life...but for you and your peers, Gaara, it was probably just another day to kill, right?
** The trope is later discussed between Gaara and Hinata during their encounter in Chapter 189. Gaara doesn't deny that, for his past victims, each act of atrocity he's pulled would have made a major impact on each specific victim...but he doesn't see it as anything more than him doing his thing as usual.
--> '''Hinata:''' Everything you’ve done since you started this campaign of yours...for the victims you’ve left behind, every act you’ve committed against them was a significant event in their lives.
--> '''Gaara:''' For them, perhaps it was. But for me...it was just another day on the go.
* In ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'', Naruto fights against Orochimaru's genin trio, Kin, Dosu and Zaku, twice (first in the Land of Rice Fields arc, and later in the Sound Invasion). Come Chapter 73, Naruto doesn't even recognize them when they're assigned to team up with him for a mission (after the invasion they were captured and put under Anko's custody, who is now their sensei). They're naturally annoyed at having left such a weak impression on him.

[[AC:''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'']]
* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': When the main cast confronted [[BigBad Jinnai]], Misato showed that she remembered him too well from a prior meeting. Jinnai did not:
-->'''Misato:''' "Well, well, well, if it isn't Katsuhiko Jinnai. I remember you, mister Junior Vice-President of Isshinshima Heavy Industries. You've oozed your way up in the world since we met, I see."\\
'''Jinnai:''' "Who the Hell are you?"\\
'''Misato:''' "You tried to sell us an overpriced second-rate knock-off of the Positron Canon we were developing ourselves. Then you grabbed my ass and tried to ask me out for drinks. I might have almost broken your wrist. I know I gave you one Hell of a black eye."\\
'''Jinnai:''' "Wait, Captain Katsuragi?!"

[[AC: ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'']]
* A rare ''heroic'' version in ''Fanfic/AshesOfThePast'': Ash tells [[spoiler: Riolu that the day they first met and rescued him from Hunter J]] was a ''slow week'' by their standards.
* Kukui in ''Fanfic/AProfessorAndAStudent'' finds it very curious that what Sophocles thinks of as an amazing adventure (to Kukui's agreement) doesn't even warrant a mention from Ash, who's more concerned about finding out how to use Kukui's washing machine.
* In ''Fanfic/PokemonShadowOfTime'', all of Ash's Pokémon basically take it for granted that he has contact with Legendaries, even those who weren't present for such moments as his encounter with Arceus.

[[AC: ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'']]
* While pretending to not remember Blake in ''Fanfic/NotThisTimeFate'', Jaune keeps insisting she has to narrow things down.
-->'''Blake:''' We met a little over a week ago.\\
'''Jaune:''' You'll have to narrow that down.\\
'''Blake:''' When you were with a woman?\\
'''Jaune:''' [[ReallyGetsAround You'll have to narrow that down]].\\
'''Blake:''' I saw you ''naked''.\\
'''Jaune:''' You'll... er... still have to narrow that down.\\
'''Blake:''' I caught you having sex with a random woman on a train! And if you tell me you need me to narrow that down, I will ''throw'' you out that window!
** Raven, as monstrous as she is, at least as the decency to avert this when she comes across two people that survived her raids.
* Invoked in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12454951/36/Playing-Our-Roles Playing Our Roles]]'' when Roman meets Adam years after they nearly killed each other. Roman blithely pretends he doesn't remember meeting Adam before, though it is noted that if he wasn't a SelfInsert, he might well have forgotten.

[[AC: ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'']]
* ''Fanfic/ABoyAGirlAndADogTheLeithianScript'': In the spin-off chapter [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/926635/2/Betrayals-Renunciations Betrayals, Renunciations]] Sauron tries to tempt Beren in the dungeons of Tol-In-Gaurhoth. Beren retorts that he still remembers [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves what happened to one of his companions that trusted Sauron]]... but Sauron has completely forgotten that event:
-->—Yield to me, and serve me, and undo some small measure of the harm you have worked to my King, and in return I shall give you news of one you have long wondered for: Emeldir, who journeyed far, and never guesses the fate of her only child—\\
—Even as you kept your promise to Gorlim, he thinks, and braces for the gloating and cruel mockery his slip must surely call forth, but the name is meaningless to his captor, and the answer but a dismissive — Who?

[[AC: ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'']]
* ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos'': In Episode 75, Cosmo calls [[{{Satan}} Maledict]] out on all the people he's killed and the horrible things he's done, including slaughtering the Seedrians and ruining Tsali's life. After a moment of silence, Maledict openly admits that for him, the Seedrians' extinction and the slaughter of Tsali's family was "just another day", before following up with a HannibalLecture.
-->'''Maledict''': Do you know what I have seen in my immortal lifetime? I have watched the Big Bang scatter all the matter through the canvas of creation. I have seen whole galaxies collapse into oblivion. I have watched time itself expand and shrink in its eternity. I have seen countless civilizations rise and fall. And you think you are unique in your suffering? I have stood knee-deep in mud and bone. I have seen murdered dissidents and masses starved into faith. The innocent, the ''innocent'', Sonic- trod and bled and starved and beaten and killed! ''This'' is your galaxy! ''This'' is the lawlessness of nature!
* In ''FanFic/PrisonIslandBreak'' this is invoked by Shadow when he admits that he's raped so many women that their faces all blur together, despite only being convicted for eleven of them. Sonic is visibly sickened by this.
** Shadow is then faced by three women whom he's raped in the past. Shadow comments mockingly on how he neither remembers nor cares. Then [[spoiler:Rouge]] accuses him of this, and Shadow shrugs it off, telling her that he's raped lots of women and she's nothing special.
---> '''Shadow:''' "One date and I changed your life forever. How does it feel to know that means nothing to me?"

[[AC: ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'']]
* There is a heroic version in the ''FanFic/TheKiritaChronicles.'' Prior to the Death Game the genderbent version of Kirito, Kirita, met the genderbent version of Asuna, Akio, twice in the real world before Sword Art Online. First she complimented him and the second time she saved him from bullies. While Akio remembers their encounters as they had a huge impact on him, Kirita doesn't [[spoiler:until Akio tells her at the end of Chapter 9.]]

[[AC:''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'']]
* ''FanFic/TransformersAnimatedCybertronianGenesis'':
** Megatron has no memory of Kup's stand against him at Kaiba-3 due to how many planets he's conquered over the years.
** Megatron's ultimate goal in ''Cybertronian Genesis'' is to make Optimus Prime this. In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', Optimus, as a captain of a Space Bridge repair crew, one who only had his rank thanks to the charity of Ultra Magnus, should've been just another bug on the windshield for Megatron. The fact that he ''wasn't'' grates on Megatron's nerves, and by killing Optimus, he can finally forget his name and treat him as just another Prime he's killed over the years. [[spoiler:When Optimus escapes him ''again'' at the end of the story, Megatron edges closer to a breakdown more than ever before, and promptly clears a space between the helms of the two ''Magnuses'' he's killed specifically for Optimus. Come the sequel, he goes JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope in his attempts to finally triumph over his enemy]].

[[AC: ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'']]
* Attelus Kaltos of ''Fanfic/SecretWar'' has a subversion of this when a local Hammer confronts him for killing his brother. He doesn't remember it at all, after killing so many in the many months past. But is still genuinely sorry for the loss. For a short time at least.

[[AC: ''LightNovel/YoujoSenki'']]
* When Mary Sioux talks about Tanya killing her father in ''Fanfic/AYoungGirlsDelinquencyRecord'', it takes a lot of narrowing down for Visha to remember the incident - as the top ace of the war, Tanya had killed a ''lot'' of people's fathers, and rarely learned their names.

[[AC: ''Anime/YuGiOh'']]
* In ''Fanfic/TheDimensionalDrifter'', Judai isn't nervous at all that he landed in a foreign dimension because it's only Tuesday. The narration even lampshades this, saying that anyone else would have a panic attack at this situation.
* This Trope is Zigzagged in ''Fanfic/YuGiOhTheThousandYearDoor Redux''. During his duel against Leopold in Twilight Town, Stan attacks his ace monster Grandsoil the Elemental Lord, making it an AndThisIsFor attack for Philip, one of Leopold's former victims. Leopold doesn't even remember him. In a much later chapter, however, Leopold searches through some records and looks the name up. When he finds it and realizes the frivolous nature of offense he had taken the man in for, ''then'' he remembers Philip, leading to a HeelRealization.

[[AC: ''Anime/YuriOnIce'']]
* In ''FanFic/RivalsSeries'', Yuuri treats this as an awful fact of life. The day Viktor insulted him and crushed his dreams when Yuuri attempted to get his autograph during Viktor's Junior Grand Prix Finals was the day Yuuri's life took a drastic turn. It was the day Yuuri's previous adoration of Viktor turned into a life-long burning hatred and ignited Yuuri's desire to surpass Viktor in ice skating. Yuuri realizes that its likely unlikely that Viktor even remembers it as Yuuri was just one of many fans that day. [[spoiler: In a subversion, Viktor is absolutely crushed that he doesn't remember their first meeting while Yuuri is bitterly accepting of it.]]

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-->'''Izuku:''' [[RejectedApology You're not sorry]] for what you said to me! You're sorry [[CreateYourOwnVillain about the end result!]] If I didn't become a villain, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion would you be here apologizing to me?! ]] Did you even once think about me again after our first meeting?!
-->''(All Might looks away in shame)''
-->'''Izuku:''' That's what I thought.

-->'''Prince Blueblood''': You look rather familiar, we've met, haven't we?
-->'''Sparkler''': Uh... yeah... we had a date... It ended with me chewing you out.
-->'''Prince Blueblood''': Unfortunately... that doesn't narrow it down as much as I wish it did...

--> '''Tirek''': Do you remember every ant you step on?
* In ''Fanfic/TwilightSparklesAwesomeAdventure'', [[NominalHero ADMIRAL Awesome]] had managed to completely forget about [[spoiler: having killed Enemy Boss Leader's family and friends]] by the time we learn about it.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13167363/15/To-Undo-it-All To Undo It All]]'', the captains go to [[PeggySue Ichigo]] when it seems Toshiro has attacked Kyouraku, seeing if he can tell them whether Toshiro is a traitor. But not only does Ichigo have over a decade of memories to sort through, but they include a war against a MasterOfIllusion and another where the enemy side had two separate [[{{Shapeshifting shape shifters}}]], plus "a whole load of bullshit spread throughout". He can name at least a dozen events where captains attacked each other and the current date isn't significan enough to ring any bells.

[[Ac: ''Anime/{{Bleach}}'']]
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13167363/15/To-Undo-it-All To Undo It All]]'', the captains go to [[PeggySue Ichigo]] when it seems Toshiro has attacked Kyouraku, seeing if he can tell them whether Toshiro is a traitor. But not only does Ichigo have over a decade of memories to sort through, but they include a war against a MasterOfIllusion and another where the enemy side had two separate {{Shapeshifting shape shifters}}, plus "a whole load of bullshit spread throughout". He can name at least a dozen events where captains attacked each other and the current date isn't significan enough to ring any bells.

Examples of ButForMeItWasTuesday in webcomics.

[[AC: ''LightNovel/YoujiSenki'']]

* A heroic example happens in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22834852/chapters/54574006 The Brewmaster]]''. [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Siesta]] manages to recognize [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Chen Stormstout]] because he saved her great-grandfather's life in the Third War and shared his brew with him and his men. While Chen can't remember this because he has saved many lives and shared his brew with many more, he is glad that this specific man's legacy has managed to live on.

* A heroic example happens in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22834852/chapters/54574006 The Brewmaster]]''. [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Siesta]] manages to recognize [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Chen Stormstout]] because he saved her great-grandfather's life in the Third War and shared his brew with him and his men. While Chen can't remember this one specific man because he has saved many lives and shared his brew with many more, he is glad that his legacy has managed to live on.

* WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged's Frieza has gotten so bored of people coming at him with righteous fury that he's turned the trope ''into a game'', keeping a running total of how many times he's heard certain lines.