History Main / EasyAmnesia

* In ''Flashback'', at least part of the plot is about getting your memory back, after having it erased by aliens. Later, you find [[spoiler:you uploaded your memory and left it with a friend just in case something like this happened]].

* As expected, the ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' story "The Daltons' Amnesia" feature this extensively, complete with the TapOneTheHead that can both cause and cure amnesia with no ill side effects.

* Gibbs suffers a two-part amnesia arc [[spoiler:after being blown up]] in the third season finale of ''Series/{{NCIS}}''. It's mostly an excuse to drag out the search for the bad guy while still allowing Gibbs to be conscious in many scenes. Also, to make Ziva cry. In an ironic twist, a bonk to ''Ziva's'' head (courtesy of the [[FanNickname Gibbs slap]]) triggers some of his memories.

* In "Captain Who?" on ''WesternAnimation/JakeAndTheNeverlandPirates'', Captain Hook catches a whiff of a "Forget-Me Flower" and it causes him to forget who he is. His memory is eventually restored by [[spoiler:an encounter with his nemesis, Tic Toc Croc]].

* In ''Film/ResidentEvil'', both Alice and Spence Parks [[IdentityAmnesia lose their memories of their past lives]] as a side effect of being rendered unconscious by sleep gas. They regain at least some of their memories by the end of the movie.
* In ''Film/ResidentEvilAfterlife'' Clair now has amnesia but is slowly regaining memories as the plot advances. Presumably everybody fitted with the control bug also don't have a clue who they are, were they are, or what's going on.

* When the Driver of a [[LivingWeapon Blade]] in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' dies, said Blade reverts back to a Core Crystal, and, upon resonating with a new Driver, retain no memories about their previous 'lives'. This is a cause of concern for many Blades, and, as [[LadyOfWar Brighid]] notes, not many are in a position to chronicle their past lives as she does, since a Blade would have no means of preserving or protecting any such records while they're in their Core Crystal form.

* This becomes one of the major plot points in ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo 20th Anniversary''. The previous game's OmnicidalManiac, Ekoro got a case of amnesia after being defeated. [[spoiler: He regains his memory at the end, and decides to go back to space-time travelling, albeit being upset that everyone will forget him most likely, and everyone does... Except Ringo.]]
* In Raffina's ending in ''VideoGame/{{Puyo P|uyo}}op Fever'', Ms. Accord [[spoiler: tricks Raffina into closing her eyes,]] so that Ms. Accord can [[spoiler: hit Raffina on the head with a hammer,]] causing Raffina to [[CranialEruption suffer a bump on her head when she wakes up]] and lose her memory about the flying cane.

* Subverted on ''Series/DarkMatter''. Initially, the crew assume that whatever wiped all their memories while they were in stasis was just a glitch in the system, but at the end of "Episode 2", Five (the Mysterious Waif who is the youngest member of the crew and has everone's memories buried in her subconscious) reveals to Two that she can recall one of them erasing their memories deliberately, "Because we're dangerous."

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Inverted in the case of [[spoiler:Donna Noble]]. In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Journey's End]]", [[spoiler:the Doctor has to wipe her memories of him to save her life. Her memory isn't wiped very easily, but the Doctor warns her family that anything that reminds her of those memories will restore them and kill her.]] However, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]", it turns out [[spoiler:the Doctor put in a defence mechanism release valve that can help somewhat.]]

See also TapOnTheHead, AmnesiaDanger, AmnesiacLover, IdentityAmnesia, CriminalAmnesiac, HardHead, AmnesiacHero. Can be easily reverted via InjuryBookend.

* In ''VideoGame/HiddenCity'', the eponymous City is plagued by a mysterious magical fog that causes anyone caught in it to lose bits and pieces of their memories.

* Subverted in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', where Yue seems to have this, until we find out that someone accidentally gave her LaserGuidedAmnesia about her life, and was too embarrassed to say so, so she just told Yue that she bumped her head.

* Celty from ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}'' lost some memories from over a hundred years ago, possibly due to losing her head. There's only that thought and one of Shinra's theories to go by and the head loss seems to be the most sensible explanation.

* ''Anime/WordsWorth'': This happens to Prince Astral after Maria uses her magic to banish him into the future in a fit of rape-induced rage, affecting him to the point where in later episodes he even participates in an attack against his former kingdom.

* Happens in the ''{{Franchise/Disney Fairies}}'' comic "Vidia Turns Nice." Vidia loses her memory when she gets hit by a falling branch. The nursing-talent fairies tell Tinker Bell to hit Vidia on the head again, but she decides to convince Vidia that her talent is helping other fairies, hoping she'll be nicer when she’s cured. But the other fairies start taking advantage of her, and Prilla convinces Tink to hit her again and cure her. It's quickly clear after that Tink's plan failed-Vidia's back to her usual sour self.

* Kurogane suffers a realistic variant after a roof falls on him in ''FanFic/{{Shatterheart}}''. While he initially lost his memories of his dimension traveling, he quickly regains them after seeing Syaoran triggered his memories. He only forgets his fight with Syaoran which lead to his concussion in the first place.

* Averted UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'': The [[TarotMotifs Death]] Social Link, Hisano Kuroda, is a widow whose husband recently died of [[TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed what was pretty obviously]] Alzheimer's. As in the real world, he only got worse until he finally died, [[TearJerker as Hisano bitterly relates]].

* Played with, but averted in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles''. The first couple of times that you encounter Seven, they are shown to have no memory whatsoever of their time with their loved ones. However, when they later join the team, they reveal that [[AndIMustScream someone else was controlling their body, but they could still see and hear everything that was happening. They wanted more than anything to tell their friends and family that they were alright, but no one could hear them.]]

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* In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', the barrier around Betel's Forest, among other things, makes people forget about their life prior to entering the barrier. Different characters seem to recover their memories at different rates after leaving.

* In ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode "Sight for Sore Eyes", Bloo went after a kid as he thought he was an imaginary friend owner that he and Mac were looking for. However, it turned out that it wasn't but he had his big brother beat him up for chasing him. After smashing into a trash bin, Bloo had concussion as he didn't remember anything up to the point that he was playing with his friends when they found him, which led to a misunderstanding between friends. Bloo might of got those memories back when Mac explained everything.

* Very common in dreams. Barring the rare lucid dream, most people have no recollection of their real life circumstances while dreaming and easily accept even the most implausible events as "real."

* [[spoiler:The killer]] in ''The Mystery of Mary Celeste'' loses his memory of past events when an errant [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_%28sailing%29 boom]] hits the back of his head. [[spoiler:Since he's the sole living person left in the ship, he is left confused and ultimately jumps overboard]].

* Deconstructed in ''Machinima/Freeman'sMind''. After getting knocked out by soldiers, Gordon needs a few minutes to remember what happened due to a mix of stress, a prior history of drug usage and binge drinking, and previous head trauma. Even after, he winds up thinking the Resonance Cascade was caused by a satanic ritual for some reason.

* Deconstructed in ''Machinina/FreemansMind''. After getting knocked out by soldiers, Gordon needs a few minutes to remember what happened due to a mix of stress, a prior history of drug usage and binge drinking, and previous head trauma. Even after, he winds up thinking the Resonance Cascade was caused by a satanic ritual for some reason.