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* One common variant on mocking someone to be BeyondTheImpossible ugly: an elephant, upon meeting them, comments "I never forget a face, but [[BrainBleach in your case I'll make an exception."

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* One common variant on mocking someone to be BeyondTheImpossible ugly: an elephant, upon meeting them, comments "I never forget a face, but [[BrainBleach in your case I'll make an exception.exception]]."
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* One common variant on mocking someone to be BeyondTheImpossible ugly: an elephant, upon meeting them, comments "I never forget a face, but [[BrainBleach in your case I'll make an exception."
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* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAristocats O'Malley and the Alley Cats]]'': Inverted in "Zoo Boo Boo"; Marie, Toulouse, and Berlioz get separated from O'Malley during a rainstorm at the zoo. After the storm clears, O'Malley asks the other animals if they've seen the kittens, one of them being an elephant couple. The husband says "Three kittens? I can't remember! Can you, dear?", and his wife says "Uh, no! I can't recall!"

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'': In the early cartoon "Wild Elefinks", Popeye punches an attacking elephant. The elephant chases Popeye for the rest of the cartoon, occasionally stopping to flash back to the injury via thought bubble.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'':
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In the early cartoon "Wild Elefinks", Popeye punches an attacking elephant. The elephant chases Popeye for the rest of the cartoon, occasionally stopping to flash back to the injury via thought bubble.bubble.
** In another, Popeye tells this joke (with a nod to Groucho Marx) to make a zoo's hyena laugh:
--->Well, it seems there wuz an elefink and [[PuzzlingPlatypus a platypus]]. An' the elefink sez to the platypus, "I never forgets a face. But in ''your'' case, I'll makes an exception."



* ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} tells this joke (with a nod to Groucho Marx) to make a zoo's hyena laugh:
-->Well, it seems there wuz an elefink and a platypus. An' the elefink sez to the platypus, "I never forgets a face. But in ''your'' case, I'll makes an exception."
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* Ralph Ruthe's ''Shit Happens'' series has an elephant in a bar saying that he drinks to forget. "But elephants never forget." "Yeah, vicious circle."
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->''An elephant never forgets, but I forget what the elephant remembered.''
-->--'''Ed,''' ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''

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->''An ->''"An elephant never forgets, but I forget what the elephant remembered.''
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* ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'': When the Sour Kangaroo asks Horton if he has forgotten what they've discussed earlier, Horton answers he didn't because of this trope and proves his point by recalling their last encounter. Later, Horton is able to remember every single name of the Whos Mayor Nedd introduced him to, despite the latter thinking otherwise.

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* ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'': ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008'': When the Sour Kangaroo asks Horton if he has forgotten what they've discussed earlier, Horton answers he didn't because of this trope and proves his point by recalling their last encounter. Later, Horton is able to remember every single name of the Whos Mayor Nedd introduced him to, despite the latter thinking otherwise.
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* In one ''[[DisneyDucksComicUniverse Uncle Scrooge]]'' story, a tax man visits Scrooge [=McDuck=] to question why the latter has claimed 62 tons of hay to feed an elephant on his tax deductions. Scrooge explains that an elephant never forgets, but the old bird can never remember the combination to his vault. Therefore, he has a full-grown elephant to do it for him!

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* In one ''[[DisneyDucksComicUniverse ''[[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Uncle Scrooge]]'' story, a tax man visits Scrooge [=McDuck=] to question why the latter has claimed 62 tons of hay to feed an elephant on his tax deductions. Scrooge explains that an elephant never forgets, but the old bird can never remember the combination to his vault. Therefore, he has a full-grown elephant to do it for him!
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-->'''Scrooge:''' ''(To elephant)'' Open 'er up, Opie!
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* In one ''[[DisneyDucksComicUniverse Uncle Scrooge]]'' story, a tax man visits Scrooge [=McDuck=] to question why the latter has claimed 62 tons of hay to feed an elephant on his tax deductions. Scrooge explains that an elephant never forgets, but the old bird can never remember the combination to his vault. Therefore, he has a full-grown elephant to do it for him!
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* In ''Literature/ElephantsCanRemember'', the elephants are the people who still have memories about the victims of the murder-suicide case that Poirot and Mrs. Oliver are trying to solve. The burden of painful memories plays an important role but, as stated by Mrs. Oliver, while elephants can remember, mercifully human beings can forget.

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'''Baron:''' [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction Never underestimate the native's experience, Countess]].

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'''Baron:''' [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction Never underestimate the native's experience, Countess]].Countess.


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* ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheMinisukas'': When Asuka praises Rei's good memory, the latter mutters her memory is like an elephant, since she never forgets...or forgives (refering to her desire to get even with one Minisuka who pranked her).
-->"Argggghhhh! Come on Third, it's pivot step step pivot spin step jump pivot step, not pivot step step pivot spin step jump pivot jump! How hard is it to memorize that?! Even First is managing that!"\\
"I like to believe my memory is like an elephant's, they never forget. They also never forgive." Rei provided ominously.
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This is occasionally extended to elephants being intellectual, and even analytical, creatures (also not far from reality, as elephants are some of the smartest animals on the planet). Such as the case of Ganesha of Myth/HinduMythology, an elephant-headed deity of wisdom and knowledge.

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This is occasionally extended to elephants being intellectual, and even analytical, creatures (also not far from reality, as elephants are some of the smartest animals on the planet).planet--probably ''the'' smartest land animals who aren't primates[[note]]Some birds--[[RavensAndCrows corvids]] and parrots, specifically--''might'' be on that level but it's obviously pretty hard to tell. If we expand to the sea, cetaceans are ''probably'' smarter than elephants but that's not saying much.[[/note]]). Such as the case of Ganesha of Myth/HinduMythology, an elephant-headed deity of wisdom and knowledge.
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* Alongside [[CleverCrows crows]] and [[KingOfBeasts lions and other big cats]], elephants are among a handful of non-human animals that are known to hold grudges. Thus, an elephant never forgets, but ''it never forgives, either''.

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* Alongside [[CleverCrows crows]] crows]], cats, dogs and [[KingOfBeasts lions and the other big cats]], elephants are among a handful of non-human animals that are known to hold grudges. Thus, an elephant never forgets, but ''it never forgives, either''.

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