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* In ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', the "mind meld" Olivia and John Scott go through leaves traces of his memories and personality in her mind, which occasionally surface and offer her useful information.

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* In ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', the "mind meld" Olivia and John Scott go through leaves traces of his memories and personality in her mind, which occasionally surface and offer her useful information. A manifestation of John is eventually is able to guide her through enough of them to demonstrate that he wasn't a traitor and that their relationship was real, before her mind purges the last pieces of him from her consciousness.



* After Sam's soul is returned in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', he continues to see and hear Lucifer, who had used him as a vessel.

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* After Sam's soul is returned in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', he continues to see and hear (and be tormented by) Lucifer, who had used him as a vessel.vessel when they were trapped in the Cage. It's explicitly a symptom of the horrific metaphysical damage to Sam's soul, a result of the NothingIsScarier torture that the real Lucifer did to Sam while they were trapped together.
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* ''Manhwa/{{Yureka}}'': Some [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]] are truly the [[spoiler:projected consciousness of coma patients onto the Net. Piri, for example.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'', [[spoiler:Nero and Blanck]] end up as this in a DLC quest. Though they died in the main story, [[spoiler:they appear after the final boss battle as mirages to help Red escape and]] they are eventually revealed to still be "alive" in Red's mind. [[spoiler:Merveille even suggests that she will be able to create bodies for them to live in.]]

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'', ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'', [[spoiler:Nero and Blanck]] end up as this in a DLC quest. Though they died in the main story, [[spoiler:they appear after the final boss battle as mirages to help Red escape and]] they are eventually revealed to still be "alive" in Red's mind. [[spoiler:Merveille even suggests that she will be able to create bodies for them to live in.]]
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* ''VideoGame/AnotherCode'': The ''[[VideoGameRemake Recollection]]'' [[AdaptationDeviation version]] of ''Journey into Lost Memories'' has [[spoiler:Ryan and Sayoko. Ryan is a construct created by the memory backups of the actual Ryan, who died fifteen years prior after being used as the first human trial for ANOTHER, a memory manipulation device. The memory backup developed its own consciousness within the liquid memory storage it was held in, continuing to age into adulthood and using ANOTHER to alter peoples' perceptions of reality. Prior to that reveal, it turns out Sayoko's own memory backup existed consciously with [[TragicKeepsake the necklace]] Ashley wears.]]
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* ''Fanfic/PeculiarParasiticPhenomenon'': The [[LotusEaterMachine D13 Trouble No More]] stand can be used to create Living Memories of other people based on memories of that person within the stand user or the people around him. It's noted that if various people have conflicting memories that depict a person in wildly different perspectives (such as [[spoiler:Kakyoin being remembered by Jotaro as a dear friend, but as a dangerous and cocky enemy by Manishu, the D13 user]]), can make for a more lifelike copy. It's shown those Living Memories are completely independent of the stand user creating them and are pretty lifelike in those cases, making comments about current going-ons due to looking into people's memories.
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* Creekflow is {{implied|Trope}} to be such over the course of the album ''Music/CarouselAnExaminationOfTheShadowCreekflow'', especially in its introduction in "How to Talk to Your Shadow?":
--> '''Announcer:''' Your memories serve more than fond keepsakes!
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* The ''Radio/BigFinishDoctorWho Companion Chronicles'' play ''Tales from the Vault'' is a ScrapbookStory built from different recordings held by U.N.I.T., including a living memory of Zoe Heriot stored in an alien memory crystal.

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* The ''Radio/BigFinishDoctorWho ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Companion Chronicles'' play ''Tales from the Vault'' is a ScrapbookStory built from different recordings held by U.N.I.T., including a living memory of Zoe Heriot stored in an alien memory crystal.

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* Kikyo in ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}''; she CameBackWrong from the attempted resurrection since Kagome wouldn't give up her whole soul, so while the Kikyo golem does have (most? all?) of her memories, she only has a fraction of her original soul, the part that carried all the dark emotions about Inuyasha's "betrayal". She's not psycho, but she's not really the original either.
* ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}:'' the eponymous mononoke are spirits which fused with strong human feelings, and in at least one case, with the memory one person had of another one.



* The magical hologram of Queen Serenity on the moon in ''Franchise/SailorMoon''.
* Manga/{{Naruto}} meets [[spoiler: his dead parents]] this way, as they'd placed part of their own chakra into the Kyuubi's seal, but they only had enough chakra to last a few minutes. He later meets [[spoiler:the Sage of Six Paths]] who had used a more complete version of this to watch over the followers of his discipline.
* In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', one of the manga- (and later, DS-) only Yoigoshi-hen takes place twenty years after the [[spoiler: Great Hinamizawa Gas Disaster]]. Throughout the arc, various echoes of the main characters appear, showing varying levels of self-awareness, from Keiichi and Rena, who really looked to be nothing more than an echo of the memory of them racing to school, to [[spoiler: Mion herself]], who apparently was not only self-aware, but actually [[spoiler: possessed Shion]]. She may have actually been closer to your traditional ghost.
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has, at one point, [[spoiler: "Zero" Beatrice]] speaking to [[spoiler: her "former self", who had its soul and memories intact, meaning her personality was the same as it had been before her "death".]]
* ''Manga/YuGiOh'': Bakura places a piece of his soul inside the Millennium Puzzle, allowing him to follow the rest of the cast in a rare villainous example played straight. This splits off into EpilepticTrees when you learn that [[spoiler:Yami!Bakura is a bizarre fusion of Present!Bakura, the original Thief King!Bakura, and Zorc, living embodiment of all darkness, complete with [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries his dragon willy.]]]]
* In ''Manga/DGrayman'', the Noah clan survives by passing their "memories" to a new host every time they are killed. While only Wisely and the Millennium Earl fully recall the past 7,000 years, the memories do tend to cause emotional reactions to things that range from feeling recognition of the Noah's original name to crying when a Noah dies to urges to kill Exorcists while in their presence, not to mention causing them to...[[TomatoInTheMirror see things in mirrors]]. This is made for a stronger trope when [[spoiler:Allen Walker meets the deceased Nea, the 14th Noah, in his head]].
* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', Stein gets a shadow of Medusa in his head, who taunts him about him getting mad.
* ''Manga/Reborn2004'' has an interesting version. The 'Will' of the previous Vongola Bosses lives on in the ring.
--> '''Vongola Primo:''' Our hour was engraved on the Ring.
** Also, the fact that [[spoiler: Yuni was able to summon the Will of Primo from the Vongola Rings (and subsequently the First-Generation Guardians) suggests that the Vongola Bosses probably weren't the only ones 'living on' through the Vongola Rings]].

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* The magical hologram of Queen Serenity on the moon in ''Franchise/SailorMoon''.
* Manga/{{Naruto}} meets [[spoiler: his dead parents]] this way, as they'd placed part of their own chakra into the Kyuubi's seal, but they only had enough chakra to last a few minutes. He later meets [[spoiler:the Sage of Six Paths]] who had used a more complete version of this to watch over the followers of his discipline.
* In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', one of the manga- (and later, DS-) only Yoigoshi-hen takes place twenty years after the [[spoiler: Great Hinamizawa Gas Disaster]]. Throughout the arc, various echoes of the main characters appear, showing varying levels of self-awareness, from Keiichi and Rena, who really looked to be nothing more than an echo of the memory of them racing to school, to [[spoiler: Mion herself]], who apparently was not only self-aware, but actually [[spoiler: possessed Shion]]. She may have actually been closer to your traditional ghost.
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has, at one point, [[spoiler: "Zero" Beatrice]] speaking to [[spoiler: her "former self", who had its soul and memories intact, meaning her personality was the same as it had been before her "death".]]
* ''Manga/YuGiOh'': Bakura places a piece of his soul inside the Millennium Puzzle, allowing him to follow the rest of the cast in a rare villainous example played straight. This splits off into EpilepticTrees when you learn that [[spoiler:Yami!Bakura is a bizarre fusion of Present!Bakura, the original Thief King!Bakura, and Zorc, living embodiment of all darkness, complete with [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries his dragon willy.]]]]
* In ''Manga/DGrayman'',
''Manga/DGrayMan'', the Noah clan survives by passing their "memories" to a new host every time they are killed. While only Wisely and the Millennium Earl fully recall the past 7,000 years, the memories do tend to cause emotional reactions to things that range from feeling recognition of the Noah's original name to crying when a Noah dies to urges to kill Exorcists while in their presence, not to mention causing them to... [[TomatoInTheMirror see things in mirrors]]. This is made for a stronger trope when [[spoiler:Allen Walker meets the deceased Nea, the 14th Noah, in his head]].
* A particularly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] (although not without its heartwarming moments) story in ''Manga/FragmentsOfHorror'' has this as its central theme. In ''Manga/SoulEater'', Stein gets "Gentle Goodbye", the protagonist marries into a shadow of Medusa in his head, wealthy family who taunts him about him getting mad.
* ''Manga/Reborn2004'' has
perform a ritual on their recently deceased to create an interesting version. The 'Will' 'after-image', to give them plenty of time to say their farewells and accept their death. [[spoiler:What she doesn't know is that she died on her wedding day, [[TomatoInTheMirror and she is really one such after-image]].]]
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': One
of the previous Vongola Bosses lives on in manga-only (and later, DS-only) ''Yoigoshi-hen'' takes place twenty years after the ring.
--> '''Vongola Primo:''' Our hour
[[spoiler:Great Hinamizawa Gas Disaster]]. Throughout the arc, various echoes of the main characters appear, showing varying levels of self-awareness, from Keiichi and Rena, who really looked to be nothing more than an echo of the memory of them racing to school, to [[spoiler:Mion herself]], who apparently was engraved on the Ring.
** Also, the fact that
not only self-aware, but actually [[spoiler: Yuni was able possessed Shion]]. She may have actually been closer to summon the Will of Primo your traditional ghost.
* Kikyo in ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}''; she CameBackWrong
from the Vongola Rings (and subsequently attempted resurrection since Kagome wouldn't give up her whole soul, so while the First-Generation Guardians) suggests Kikyo golem does have (most? all?) of her memories, she only has a fraction of her original soul, the part that carried all the Vongola Bosses probably weren't dark emotions about Inuyasha's "betrayal". She's not psycho, but she's not really the only ones 'living on' through the Vongola Rings]]. original either.



* A particularly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] (although not without its heartwarming moments) story in ''Manga/FragmentsOfHorror'' has this as its central theme. In "Gentle Goodbye", the protagonist married into a wealthy family who would perform a ritual on their recently deceased to create an 'after-image', to give them plenty of time to say their farewells and accept their death. [[spoiler:What she didn't know was that she died on her wedding day, [[TomatoInTheMirror and she really is one of such after-images]].]]

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* A particularly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] (although not without its heartwarming moments) story ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}'': The eponymous mononoke are spirits which fused with strong human feelings, and in ''Manga/FragmentsOfHorror'' has at least one case, with the memory one person had of another one.
* Manga/{{Naruto}} meets [[spoiler:his dead parents]]
this way, as its central theme. In "Gentle Goodbye", the protagonist married into a wealthy family who would perform a ritual on they'd placed part of their recently deceased own chakra into the Kyuubi's seal, but they only had enough chakra to create last a few minutes. He later meets [[spoiler:the Sage of Six Paths]], who had used a more complete version of this to watch over the followers of his discipline.
* ''Manga/Reborn2004'' has
an 'after-image', to give them plenty interesting version. The 'Will' of time to say their farewells and accept their death. [[spoiler:What she didn't know was the previous Vongola Bosses lives on in the ring. Also, the fact that she died [[spoiler:Yuni was able to summon the Will of Primo from the Vongola Rings (and subsequently the First-Generation Guardians) suggests that the Vongola Bosses probably weren't the only ones 'living on' through the Vongola Rings]].
-->'''Vongola Primo:''' Our hour was engraved
on her wedding day, [[TomatoInTheMirror the Ring.
%%(ZCE)* The magical hologram of Queen Serenity on the moon in ''Franchise/SailorMoon''.
* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', Stein gets a shadow of Medusa in his head, who taunts him about him getting mad.
* ''Manga/YuGiOh'': Bakura places a piece of his soul inside the Millennium Puzzle, allowing him to follow the rest of the cast in a rare villainous example played straight. This splits off into EpilepticTrees when you learn that [[spoiler:Yami-Bakura is a bizarre fusion of the present Bakura, the original Thief King Bakura,
and she really is one Zorc, living embodiment of such after-images]].]]all darkness, complete with [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries his dragon willy]]]].



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* In ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'', Mind████ psychically left one to Sistah Spooky [[spoiler:to explain that she wasn't angry about their breakup. It was supposed to activate while she was still alive, though]].



* For a while, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, who had wiped out all of Ms. Marvel's memories, had her talking to her in her head, and sometimes trying to take control.
** Still in ''ComicBook/XMen'', Xavier had a copy of Magneto in his head after mind-wiping him. It later became ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}.
* In ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'', Mindf**k psychically left one to Sistah Spooky, [[spoiler:to explain that she wasn't angry about their breakup. It was supposed to activate while she was still alive, though.]][[/folder]]

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* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
**
For a while, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, Rogue, who had wiped out all of Ms. Marvel's ComicBook/MsMarvel's memories, had her talking to her in her head, and sometimes trying to take control.
** Still in ''ComicBook/XMen'', Xavier had a copy of Magneto in his head after mind-wiping him. It later became ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}.
* In ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'', Mindf**k psychically left one to Sistah Spooky, [[spoiler:to explain that she wasn't angry about their breakup. It was supposed to activate while she was still alive, though.]][[/folder]]
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* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5441465/chapters/12663329 I'll Be Home for Christmas.]]'' Jim learns about Guinan's echo (see ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' below) and recalls hearing from Spock Prime that he [[NeverFoundTheBody never found Kirk Prime's body]], and theorises that echoes can leave the Nexus for a short time before disappearing based on his own research. He combines the three and realises that the Kirk Picard met might have been just another echo, meaning that Jim and Spock may have already succeeded with Jim's plan to retrieve his counterpart, which they can now implement without worrying about changing the original timeline. [[FridgeBrilliance Essentially]], the Living Memory would form the basis for a StableTimeLoop (or TrickedOutTime, depending on whether or not this is the first time the loop has run) - Picard enters the Nexus in the twenty-fourth century, learns about Kirk Prime's fate, joins forces with him, defeats Soran, watches Kirk Prime die, and informs Spock Prime of his passing, [[CrossThrough which provides a vector for the information to reach Jim, who pulls Kirk Prime out of the Nexus in the alternate twenty-third century]] [[TimeTravelEscape before he meets Picard and dies]] and leaves behind an echo to assist Picard, thus restarting the cycle.

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* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5441465/chapters/12663329 I'll Be Home for Christmas.]]'' Christmas]]''. Jim learns about Guinan's echo (see ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' below) and recalls hearing from Spock Prime that he [[NeverFoundTheBody never found Kirk Prime's body]], and theorises that echoes can leave the Nexus for a short time before disappearing based on his own research. He combines the three and realises that the Kirk Picard met might have been just another echo, meaning that Jim and Spock may have already succeeded with Jim's plan to retrieve his counterpart, which they can now implement without worrying about changing the original timeline. [[FridgeBrilliance Essentially]], the Living Memory would form the basis for a StableTimeLoop (or TrickedOutTime, depending on whether or not this is the first time the loop has run) - Picard enters the Nexus in the twenty-fourth century, learns about Kirk Prime's fate, joins forces with him, defeats Soran, watches Kirk Prime die, and informs Spock Prime of his passing, [[CrossThrough which provides a vector for the information to reach Jim, Jim]], who pulls Kirk Prime out of the Nexus in the alternate twenty-third century]] century [[TimeTravelEscape before he meets Picard and dies]] and leaves behind an echo to assist Picard, thus restarting the cycle.



* Mal in ''Film/{{Inception}}'' is literally Cobb's memory of his dead wife which has taken on a life of its own (her own?) in his dreams and any other dreams he enters. Said life generally involves sabotaging whatever Cobb's trying to do, in an attempt to make him [[spoiler: commit suicide like she did, thinking that she was still dreaming and unable to wake up. The reason this particular memory is so powerful is the guilt Cobb feels for accidentally driving his wife to suicide]].
* In ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'', an echo of Guinan is present in the Nexus, and helps Picard find Kirk so they can stop Soran from destroying an inhabited planet so he can get back to the Nexus.

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* Mal in ''Film/{{Inception}}'' is literally Cobb's memory ''Film/AnAmericanHaunting'': Betsy being raped by John causes an embodiment of his dead wife which has taken on a life of its own (her own?) in his dreams and any other dreams he enters. Said life generally involves sabotaging whatever Cobb's trying her innocence to do, in an attempt to make him [[spoiler: commit suicide like she did, thinking that she was still dreaming and unable to wake up. The reason this particular memory is so powerful is the guilt Cobb feels for accidentally driving his wife to suicide]].
* In ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'', an echo of Guinan is present in the Nexus, and helps Picard find Kirk so they can stop Soran from destroying an inhabited planet so he can get back to the Nexus.
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* ''Film/AnAmericanHaunting'': Betsy being raped by John causes an embodinent of her innocence to manifest.

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* ''Film/AnAmericanHaunting'': Betsy being raped Mal in ''Film/{{Inception}}'' is literally Cobb's memory of his dead wife which has taken on a life of its own (her own?) in his dreams and any other dreams he enters. Said life generally involves sabotaging whatever Cobb's trying to do, in an attempt to make him [[spoiler:commit suicide like she did, thinking that she was still dreaming and unable to wake up. The reason this particular memory is so powerful is the guilt Cobb feels for accidentally driving his wife to suicide]].
* The premise of ''Film/TheStoneTape'' is that suitably traumatic events will be recorded and repeated
by John causes the environment witnessing it.
* In ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'',
an embodinent echo of her innocence Guinan is present in the Nexus, and helps Picard find Kirk so they can stop Soran from destroying an inhabited planet so he can get back to manifest.the Nexus.



* In ''Literature/SuperPowereds'', [[spoiler:when Nick's memories are erased, his new personality is trapped rather than destroyed, and manages to partly reassert itself by sharing memories with Nicholas. Eventually, when his friends show their support, it is revealed that this was done deliberately and that by [[SecretTestOfCharacter having his friends willing to risk death to protect him but trying to convince them not to]], he passed the test to be allowed to return permanently.]]
* ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'':
** Not a character but still effectively this trope. In ''Literature/HouseOfChains'', while looking for his father Osserc, the mage L'oric is pulled into the a living memory of the Raraku desert, where Osserc is hiding. The memory goes so far back into prehistoric times that the notoriously dry Raraku is a lush swamp there.
** In ''Literature/TheCrippledGod'', Silchas Ruin stumbles into a corner of the chaos between realms in which realms fold one upon another to such a degree that it leaves a stain on time itself. There he finds the reflections of gods whose mortal bodies are walking various realms. These reflections retain their originals' memories and personalities, but have taken on lives of their own, including planning to murder [[BigBad the Crippled God]] to siphon his power.
* In the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', Holocrons store interactive projections of long-dead Force masters, allowing them to share their wisdom. It's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ambiguous]] whether they're more of an artificial intelligence, a VirtualGhost, or an actual [[SpiritAdvisor Force projection]].

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* In ''Literature/SuperPowereds'', [[spoiler:when Nick's memories the works of Creator/TimPowers, particularly the novel ''Literature/ExpirationDate'' and the ''Literature/AlternateRoutes'' series, all ghosts are erased, his new personality is trapped rather than destroyed, and manages to partly reassert itself by sharing memories with Nicholas. Eventually, when his friends show their support, it is revealed that this was done deliberately and that by [[SecretTestOfCharacter having his friends willing to risk death to protect him but trying to convince them not to]], he passed psychic echoes created during traumatic events. If the test to be allowed to return permanently.]]
* ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'':
** Not a character but still effectively this trope. In ''Literature/HouseOfChains'', while looking for his father Osserc,
person survives, the mage L'oric is pulled into the a living memory of the Raraku desert, where Osserc is hiding. The memory goes so far ghost merges back into prehistoric times that the notoriously dry Raraku is a lush swamp there.
** In ''Literature/TheCrippledGod'', Silchas Ruin stumbles into a corner of the chaos between realms in which realms fold one upon another to such a degree that it leaves a stain on time itself. There he finds the reflections of gods whose mortal bodies are walking various realms. These reflections retain
their originals' memories and personalities, psyche, but have taken on lives of their own, including planning to murder [[BigBad if they die, the Crippled God]] ghost is left hanging around. In ''Literature/ForcedPerspectives'' (the first sequel to siphon his power.
* In
''Alternate Routes''), the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', Holocrons store interactive projections metaphysical paradox of long-dead Force masters, allowing them a ghost not really being the person they believe themself to share their wisdom. It's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ambiguous]] whether they're more of an artificial intelligence, a VirtualGhost, or an actual [[SpiritAdvisor Force projection]].be is fundamental to how the threat is defeated.
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** Ghosts are defined as echoes of a person's dying moments--they don't know they're dead because they can't realize they're dead. Harry himself gets an eyeful of this in ''Literature/BloodRites'' when [[spoiler: a meeting with his unknown half-brother results in a pre-recorded vision of his dead mother]].
** The Denarian demons work similarly to this, being [[SealedEvilInACan trapped inside their coins]] but able to grant their shape and powers to their bearer even if they don't have the actual coin. [[spoiler: More specifically, Lasciel imprints a copy of herself into Dresden's brain when he inadvertently touches her coin. Harry promptly buries her coin inside an insulating magic circle and pours concrete over it, doing his best to protect himself from its corrupting influence. She freely admits that she's not actually Lasciel, just a copy that lives in his brain, but she's still able to grant Harry several useful abilities as much as he permits her to. The copy spends years tempting him to let her out of her prison before she finally dies absorbing a psychic attack.]]
* ''Literature/{{A Tale of Time City}}'' by Creator/DianaWynneJones has the Time Ghosts, which daily re-enact emotionally-charged moments from the City's history. Due to the timey-wimey involved in the City's construction, this includes the parts of the City's history that haven't actually occurred yet.
* In ''Literature/{{Eon}}'', by Creator/GregBear, Hexamon citizens can create "partials", which are (usually shallow) copies of a personality that can act independently, for use in dangerous situations or if a person is simply not available for some reason, and which can be re-integrated into the original person's memory once their task is complete. Partials are usually aware of their nature, but aren't bothered by it (presumably because the personality they come from isn't). It's considered mildly impolite to send one when you were expected to turn up in person. Also, once a citizen has used both of their state-allocated physical incarnations, they're stored as a VirtualGhost in the City Memory, where they can still communicate with other people by digital means (and be reincarnated again if there's ever a need).
* ''Literature/MatthewSwift'': Robert Bakker's former apprentice inhales his dying breath and gains a SpiritGuide version of him with it. It's unclear how much it's actually Bakker and how much is a creation of Matthew's mind.
* ''Literature/{{Solaris}}'' revolves around these, created by an intelligent ocean on an alien planet. Each represents someone that a specific human astronaut felt guilt towards--a child, a lover, and so on. Killing or otherwise disposing of them results in the creation of another one, which has no memory of the first one's fate.
* ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'' hints at these being made by [[spoiler: the eponymous AI from various characters, including the lead. They're supposedly "perfect", as in the whole deal]]
* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'':

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** Ghosts are defined as echoes of a person's dying moments--they moments -- they don't know they're dead because they can't realize they're dead. Harry himself gets an eyeful of this in ''Literature/BloodRites'' when [[spoiler: a [[spoiler:a meeting with his unknown half-brother results in a pre-recorded vision of his dead mother]].
** The Denarian demons work similarly to this, being [[SealedEvilInACan trapped inside their coins]] but able to grant their shape and powers to their bearer even if they don't have the actual coin. [[spoiler: More [[spoiler:More specifically, Lasciel imprints a copy of herself into Dresden's brain when he inadvertently touches her coin. Harry promptly buries her coin inside an insulating magic circle and pours concrete over it, doing his best to protect himself from its corrupting influence. She freely admits that she's not actually Lasciel, just a copy that lives in his brain, but she's still able to grant Harry several useful abilities as much as he permits her to. The copy spends years tempting him to let her out of her prison before she finally dies absorbing a psychic attack.]]
* ''Literature/{{A Tale of Time City}}'' by Creator/DianaWynneJones has ''Literature/ForestKingdom'': In book 3 (''Down Among the Time Ghosts, which daily re-enact emotionally-charged moments from Dead Men''), the City's history. Due Beast, due to being asleep under the timey-wimey involved in the City's construction, this includes the parts fortress for ages, is dreaming of the City's history what things used to be like. Its dreams allow it to conjure living duplicates of other monsters that haven't actually occurred yet.
* In ''Literature/{{Eon}}'', by Creator/GregBear, Hexamon citizens can create "partials",
lived in its time, which are (usually shallow) copies of a personality that can act independently, for use in dangerous situations or if a person is simply not available for some reason, and which can be re-integrated into sent to attack the original person's memory once their task is complete. Partials are usually aware of their nature, but aren't bothered by it (presumably because the personality they come from isn't). It's considered mildly impolite to send one when you were expected to turn up in person. Also, once a citizen has used both of their state-allocated physical incarnations, they're stored as a VirtualGhost in the City Memory, where they can still communicate with other people by digital means (and be reincarnated again if there's ever a need).
main characters.
* ''Literature/MatthewSwift'': Robert Bakker's former apprentice inhales his dying breath and gains a SpiritGuide version of him with it. It's unclear how much it's actually Bakker and how much is a creation of Matthew's mind.
* ''Literature/{{Solaris}}'' revolves around these, created by an intelligent ocean on an alien planet. Each represents someone that a specific human astronaut felt guilt towards--a child, a lover, and so on. Killing or otherwise disposing of them results in the creation of another one, which has no memory of the first one's fate.
* ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'' hints at these being made by [[spoiler: the eponymous AI from various characters, including the lead. They're supposedly "perfect", as in the whole deal]]
* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'':
''Literature/HarryPotter'':



* Ghosts in ''Literature/{{Pact}}'' are soulless impressions of experiences of great emotion that have been left on the world, who fulfill this trope by forcing the memory of the event that created them onto others or simply playing through it over and over. You don't necessarily have to have died to generate them--at one point, Blake Thorburn, the protagonist, encounters several ghosts that ''he'' left in his DarkAndTroubledPast.
* In the works of Creator/TimPowers, particularly the novel ''Literature/ExpirationDate'' and the ''Literature/AlternateRoutes'' series, all ghosts are psychic echoes created during traumatic events. If the person survives, the ghost merges back into their psyche, but if they die, the ghost is left hanging around. In ''Literature/ForcedPerspectives'' (the first sequel to ''Alternate Routes''), the metaphysical paradox of a ghost not really being the person they believe themself to be is fundamental to how the threat is defeated.
* In ''[[Literature/ThousandSons Ahriman: Sorcerer]]'', Inquisitor Iobel dies while Ahriman [[MindProbe probes her mind]] for the location of an important artefact, but her consciousness continues to exist within his mindscape as a sort of memory ghost with autonomy and self-awareness. ''Ahriman: Unchanged'' reveals that she [[spoiler:is not the real Iobel, but a fragment of Ahriman’s own psyche[[note]]specifically, the part of him that wishes he were still loyal to the Imperium and wants him to face judgment for his crimes[[/note]]that has latched onto her memories and identity. It also reveals that she]] is not alone in there, as she encounters several other living memories while exploring Ahriman’s subconscious.
* Some, possibly all, ghosts in ''Literature/RiversOfLondon''. Peter and Abigail have divided ghosts into three categories: "Loopers" just repeat the events that led to their death forever, "Simulacra" show a bit more ability to react to things, but it's superficial (they're compared to video game characters), and "Entities" are seemingly self-aware and capable of having a conversation, although Peter doesn't think they'd pass the Turing test.
* In ''Literature/TheSight'', the Searchers in the Red Meadow are this - they are not actually dead wolves but manifestations of the memories of the living. This allows [[spoiler:Fell to be among them]], despite [[spoiler:not being actually dead.]]
* In the horror novel ''Literature/{{Jago}}'', Anthony Jago's psychic powers [[PowerIncontinence leak]] and cause people's fears and obsessions to come to life. In some cases, this involves memories of the dead being animated, as with the woman whose abuser comes back from the grave, still bearing the wounds she inflicted when she killed him in self-defense. The paranormal researcher Susan also says that she's encountered a few ghosts in her time, and they've all been just external projections of memories of the deceased, either memories held by some still-living person or somehow imprinted on the environment.
* ''Literature/ForestKingdom'': In book 3 (''Down Among the Dead Men''), the Beast, due to being asleep under the fortress for ages, is dreaming of what things used to be like. Its dreams allow it to conjure living duplicates of other monsters that lived in its time, which are sent to attack the main characters.

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* Ghosts in ''Literature/{{Pact}}'' are soulless impressions of experiences of great emotion that have been left on the world, who fulfill this trope by forcing the memory of the event that created them onto others or simply playing through it over and over. You don't necessarily have to have died to generate them--at one point, Blake Thorburn, the protagonist, encounters several ghosts that ''he'' left in his DarkAndTroubledPast.
* In the works of Creator/TimPowers, particularly the novel ''Literature/ExpirationDate'' and the ''Literature/AlternateRoutes'' series, all ghosts are psychic echoes created during traumatic events. If the person survives, the ghost merges back into their psyche, but if they die, the ghost is left hanging around. In ''Literature/ForcedPerspectives'' (the first sequel to ''Alternate Routes''), the metaphysical paradox of a ghost not really being the person they believe themself to be is fundamental to how the threat is defeated.
* In ''[[Literature/ThousandSons Ahriman: Sorcerer]]'', Inquisitor Iobel dies while Ahriman [[MindProbe probes her mind]] for the location of an important artefact, but her consciousness continues to exist within his mindscape as a sort of memory ghost with autonomy and self-awareness. ''Ahriman: Unchanged'' reveals that she [[spoiler:is not the real Iobel, but a fragment of Ahriman’s own psyche[[note]]specifically, the part of him that wishes he were still loyal to the Imperium and wants him to face judgment for his crimes[[/note]]that has latched onto her memories and identity. It also reveals that she]] is not alone in there, as she encounters several other living memories while exploring Ahriman’s subconscious.
* Some, possibly all, ghosts in ''Literature/RiversOfLondon''. Peter and Abigail have divided ghosts into three categories: "Loopers" just repeat the events that led to their death forever, "Simulacra" show a bit more ability to react to things, but it's superficial (they're compared to video game characters), and "Entities" are seemingly self-aware and capable of having a conversation, although Peter doesn't think they'd pass the Turing test.
* In ''Literature/TheSight'', the Searchers in the Red Meadow are this - they are not actually dead wolves but manifestations of the memories of the living. This allows [[spoiler:Fell to be among them]], despite [[spoiler:not being actually dead.]]
* In the horror novel
''Literature/{{Jago}}'', Anthony Jago's psychic powers [[PowerIncontinence leak]] and cause people's fears and obsessions to come to life. In some cases, this involves memories of the dead being animated, as with the woman whose abuser comes back from the grave, still bearing the wounds she inflicted when she killed him in self-defense. The paranormal researcher Susan also says that she's encountered a few ghosts in her time, and they've all been just external projections of memories of the deceased, either memories held by some still-living person or somehow imprinted on the environment.
* ''Literature/ForestKingdom'': ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'':
** Not a character, but still effectively this trope.
In book 3 (''Down Among ''Literature/HouseOfChains'', while looking for his father Osserc, the Dead Men''), mage L'oric is pulled into the Beast, due to being asleep under the fortress for ages, is dreaming of what things used to be like. Its dreams allow it to conjure living duplicates memory of the Raraku desert, where Osserc is hiding. The memory goes so far back into prehistoric times that the notoriously dry Raraku is a lush swamp there.
** In ''Literature/TheCrippledGod'', Silchas Ruin stumbles into a corner of the chaos between realms in which realms fold one upon another to such a degree that it leaves a stain on time itself. There he finds the reflections of gods whose mortal bodies are walking various realms. These reflections retain their originals' memories and personalities, but have taken on lives of their own, including planning to murder [[BigBad the Crippled God]] to siphon his power.
* ''Literature/MatthewSwift'': Robert Bakker's former apprentice inhales his dying breath and gains a SpiritAdvisor version of him with it. It's unclear how much it's actually Bakker and how much is a creation of Matthew's mind.
* ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'' hints at these being made by [[spoiler:the eponymous AI from various characters, including the lead. They're supposedly "perfect", as in the whole deal]].
* Ghosts in ''Literature/{{Pact}}'' are soulless impressions of experiences of great emotion that have been left on the world, who fulfill this trope by forcing the memory of the event that created them onto others or simply playing through it over and over. You don't necessarily have to have died to generate them -- at one point, Blake Thorburn, the protagonist, encounters several ghosts that ''he'' left in his DarkAndTroubledPast.
* Some, possibly all, ghosts in ''Literature/RiversOfLondon''. Peter and Abigail have divided ghosts into three categories: "Loopers" just repeat the events that led to their death forever, "Simulacra" show a bit more ability to react to things, but it's superficial (they're compared to video game characters), and "Entities" are seemingly self-aware and capable of having a conversation, although Peter doesn't think they'd pass the TuringTest.
* In ''Literature/TheSight'', the Searchers in the Red Meadow are this -- they are not actually dead wolves but manifestations of the memories of the living. This allows [[spoiler:Fell to be among them]], despite [[spoiler:not being actually dead]].
* ''Literature/{{Solaris}}'' revolves around these, created by an intelligent ocean on an alien planet. Each represents someone that a specific human astronaut felt guilt towards -- a child, a lover, and so on. Killing or otherwise disposing of them results in the creation of another one, which has no memory of the first one's fate.
* In the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', Holocrons store interactive projections of long-dead Force masters, allowing them to share their wisdom. It's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ambiguous]] whether they're more of an artificial intelligence, a VirtualGhost, or an actual [[SpiritAdvisor Force projection]].
* In ''Literature/SuperPowereds'', [[spoiler:when Nick's memories are erased, his new personality is trapped rather than destroyed, and manages to partly reassert itself by sharing memories with Nicholas. Eventually, when his friends show their support, it is revealed that this was done deliberately and that by [[SecretTestOfCharacter having his friends willing to risk death to protect him but trying to convince them not to]], he passed the test to be allowed to return permanently]].
* ''Literature/ATaleOfTimeCity'' has the Time Ghosts, which daily re-enact emotionally charged moments from the City's history. Due to the timey-wimey involved in the City's construction, this includes the parts of the City's history that haven't actually occurred yet.
* ''Literature/ThousandSons'': In ''Ahriman: Sorcerer'', Inquisitor Iobel dies while Ahriman [[MindProbe probes her mind]] for the location of an important artefact, but her consciousness continues to exist within his mindscape as a sort of memory ghost with autonomy and self-awareness. ''Ahriman: Unchanged'' reveals that she [[spoiler:is not the real Iobel, but a fragment of Ahriman's own psyche[[note]]specifically, the part of him that wishes he were still loyal to the Imperium and wants him to face judgment for his crimes[[/note]] that has latched onto her memories and identity. It also reveals that she]] is not alone in there, as she encounters several
other monsters that lived in its time, which are sent to attack the main characters.living memories while exploring Ahriman's subconscious.



* ''Literature/TheWaySeries'': In ''Eon'', Hexamon citizens can create "partials", which are (usually shallow) copies of a personality that can act independently, for use in dangerous situations or if a person is simply not available for some reason, and which can be re-integrated into the original person's memory once their task is complete. Partials are usually aware of their nature, but aren't bothered by it (presumably because the personality they come from isn't). It's considered mildly impolite to send one when you were expected to turn up in person. Also, once a citizen has used both of their state-allocated physical incarnations, they're stored as a VirtualGhost in the City Memory, where they can still communicate with other people by digital means (and be reincarnated again if there's ever a need).



* The poltergeist-like apparitions who were spectral, noncorporeal embodiments/manifestations of the orphans' intense adolescent emotion and sexual energy as a resultl from Genevieve Holt's abuse in ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}''. They were the ones that made Buffy & Riley have lots of sex.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' has had a few of these. In the new series, Steven Moffat absolutely loves this trope, especially with CreepyChild characters.
* "Harvey", the mental clone of Scorpius inside Crichton's head (and Crichton's clone in Scorpius's head) in ''Series/{{Farscape}}''.
* In ''{{Series/Fringe}}'', the "mind meld" Olivia and John Scott go through left traces of his memories and personality in her mind, which would occasionally surface and offer her useful information.
* From a slightly different genre: the episode "Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M." of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has Ted see and talk with his own subconscious in the form of his long-distance girlfriend.
* In the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' universe Vulcans can store their 'katra', which is a cross between mind, soul, and mystical technobabble, and one can communicate with them, although they do slowly fade.
** In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Skin of Evil", Armus is the cast off evil of a race that has [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence]]. As such, he is basically MadeOfEvil and stuck haunting his planet.
** Lt. Barclay, also from ''TNG'', has a bizarre hobby of creating holodeck parodies of his coworkers. On ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', the ship's doctor does this as well.
* ''Film/TheStoneTape'' (1972). Paranormal television play whose key idea is that suitably traumatic events will be recorded and repeated by the environment witnessing it.
* An episode of ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' had Sarah, hallucinating from the trauma of a gunshot wound, imagine that Kyle Reese was with her, giving her advice and helping her to stay rational.
* After Sam's soul is returned in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', he continues to see and hear Lucifer, who had used him as a vessel.

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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': The poltergeist-like apparitions who were spectral, poltergeist-like, noncorporeal embodiments/manifestations of the orphans' intense adolescent emotion and sexual energy as a resultl from result of Genevieve Holt's abuse in ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}''. They were "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E18WhereTheWildThingsAre Where the ones that made Buffy & Riley have lots of sex.
*
Wild Things Are]]".
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''Series/DoctorWho'' has had a few of these. In the new series, Steven Moffat absolutely loves this trope, especially with CreepyChild characters.
* "Harvey", the mental clone of Scorpius inside Crichton's head (and Crichton's clone in Scorpius's head) in ''Series/{{Farscape}}''.
* In ''{{Series/Fringe}}'', the "mind meld" Olivia and John Scott go through left traces of his memories and personality in her mind, which would occasionally surface and offer her useful information.
* From a slightly different genre: the episode "Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M." of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has Ted see and talk with his own subconscious in the form of his long-distance girlfriend.
* In the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' universe Vulcans can store their 'katra', which is a cross between mind, soul, and mystical technobabble, and one can communicate with them, although they do slowly fade.
** In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Skin of Evil", Armus is the cast off evil of a race that has [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence]]. As such, he is basically MadeOfEvil and stuck haunting his planet.
** Lt. Barclay, also from ''TNG'', has a bizarre hobby of creating holodeck parodies of his coworkers. On ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', the ship's doctor does this as well.
* ''Film/TheStoneTape'' (1972). Paranormal television play whose key idea is that suitably traumatic events will be recorded and repeated by the environment witnessing it.
* An episode of ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' had Sarah, hallucinating from the trauma of a gunshot wound, imagine that Kyle Reese was with her, giving her advice and helping her to stay rational.
* After Sam's soul is returned in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', he continues to see and hear Lucifer, who had used him as a vessel.
characters.



* ''Series/WandaVision'': This is ultimately what Vision turns out to be. [[spoiler: Wanda explicitly says that he's the fragment of the Mindstone in her mixed with her grief, hope and mostly her love.]]

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* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': "Harvey", the mental clone of Scorpius inside Crichton's head (and Crichton's clone in Scorpius's head).
* In ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', the "mind meld" Olivia and John Scott go through leaves traces of his memories and personality in her mind, which occasionally surface and offer her useful information.
* The ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' episode "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E18NothingGoodEverHappensAfter2AM Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M.]]" has Ted see and talk with his own subconscious in the form of his long-distance girlfriend.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** Vulcans can store their 'katra', which is a cross between mind, soul, and mystical technobabble, and one can communicate with them, although they do slowly fade.
** In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E22SkinOfEvil Skin of Evil]]", Armus is the cast off evil of a race that has [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence]]. As such, he is basically MadeOfEvil and stuck haunting his planet.
** Lt. Barclay, also from ''TNG'', has a bizarre hobby of creating holodeck parodies of his coworkers. On ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', the ship's doctor does this as well.
* After Sam's soul is returned in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', he continues to see and hear Lucifer, who had used him as a vessel.
* An episode of ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' has Sarah, hallucinating from the trauma of a gunshot wound, imagine that Kyle Reese is with her, giving her advice and helping her to stay rational.
* ''Series/WandaVision'': This is ultimately what Vision turns out to be. [[spoiler: Wanda [[spoiler:Wanda explicitly says that he's the fragment of the Mindstone in her mixed with her grief, hope and mostly her love.]]



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* Thanks to all the TimeTravel and Dimensional contorting, by the end of ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' Serge and co. run into three ghostly doubles of the main trio from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger.''
** ...though for some reason they all appear to be significantly younger than they were in ''Trigger'', which has led some to speculate that they may not actually be related to the cast of ''Trigger'' at all beyond their visages.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** Pretty much the entire supporting cast of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' are literal living memories of Sora's who are playing out (and being deleted) via Naminé's powers. Of special interest is [[spoiler:the Riku Replica]], a [[ArtificialHuman creation of Vexen's]] who is identical to [[spoiler:Riku]] (albeit with more access to dark powers) and [[spoiler:survives the end of the story in a (manga exclusive) gag ending]].
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', [[spoiler:Xion is a clone of Sora made ''entirely'' out of memories. As such, her tragic death causes everyone to forget that she ever existed in the first place.]]
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', the characters native to the Worlds of Sleep are echoes of people who once lived in the Worlds of Sleep, even if they left those worlds before they fell into darkness. This leads to some confusion when Sora meets a Donald, Mickey, and Goofy who don't remember him. [[spoiler: The BigBad uses this to his advantage, confusing Sora and Riku about his true plan which involves [[AssimilationPlot making real copies of himself]].]]
*** Also of note, [[spoiler:everyone from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' except for Joshua is this. Joshua explains that after their world fell to the Heartless, he journeyed to Traverse Town and put his friends back together with "piece of their dreams."]] This revelation helps Riku to figure out the Big Bad's plan before it's too late.

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* ''Franchise/DotHack'':
** In the first four ''VideoGame/DotHackR1Games'', scenes from the anime series ''Anime/DotHackSign'' can be witnessed by visiting the frequent hangout, Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground, at certain points in the storyline. At the end of the game, [[spoiler:AI Subaru, AI Tsukasa, and AI Sora]] will join the party. They are noticeably out of place chronologically in their behavior, and players familiar with other aspects of the .Hack Universe will know there's no possible way it's the real versions, who are still alive but simply not playing The World.
** It can also be seen in the ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'' series with Azure Kite, Balmung, and Orca, who are recreated versions of heroes from the first series integrated into the system to find bugs and glitches. They lack personality of the originals, however.
* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'', Jonathan fights the Whip's Memory which takes the form of [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Richter Belmont]]]] to unlock the Vampire Killer's true power.
* Thanks to all the TimeTravel and Dimensional contorting, by the end of ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'', Serge and co. run into three ghostly doubles of the main trio from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger.''
** ...
''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''... though for some reason reason, they all appear to be significantly younger than they were in ''Trigger'', which has led some to speculate that they may not actually be related to the cast of ''Trigger'' at all beyond their visages.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** Pretty much the entire supporting cast of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' are literal living memories of Sora's who are playing out (and being deleted) via Naminé's powers. Of special interest is
In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'', [[spoiler:the Riku Replica]], a [[ArtificialHuman creation of Vexen's]] who is identical to [[spoiler:Riku]] (albeit with more access to dark powers) and [[spoiler:survives the end of the story in a (manga exclusive) gag ending]].
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', [[spoiler:Xion is a clone of Sora made ''entirely'' out of memories. As such, her tragic death causes everyone to forget that she ever existed in the first place.]]
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', the
main characters native to the Worlds of Sleep are echoes of people who once lived in the Worlds of Sleep, even if they left those worlds before they fell into darkness. This leads to some confusion when Sora meets a Donald, Mickey, and Goofy who don't remember him. [[spoiler: The BigBad uses this to his advantage, confusing Sora and Riku about his true plan which involves [[AssimilationPlot making real copies of himself]].]]
*** Also of note, [[spoiler:everyone from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' except for Joshua is this. Joshua explains that after their world fell to the Heartless, he journeyed to Traverse Town and put his friends back together with "piece
all Living Memories, dream spirits of their dreams."]] This revelation helps Riku to figure out true forms that were defeated by the Big Bad's plan before it's too late.Dread Fiend Murdaw. Once they realise this, they have to find their true selves, which in one case was turned to stone and, in the case of the Hero, is running around just as amnesiac as his dream-self was at the start]]. In addition, [[spoiler:nearly everyone]] seem to have [[spoiler:dream-world versions of themselves, which can manifest as ideal versions, painful fears, or even dreams of the past, returning to haunt them]].



** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', the [[CallARabbitASmeerp pyreflies]] create this sort of effect on [[TheLifestream the Farplane]].
*** It's not entirely clear whether these are the actual ghosts or what exactly. They don't talk and just kind of stand there. Only the dead (but not the Unsent) appear on the Farplane (Tidus is able to see his mom but not his dad when they first visit in the game).
* Memory of Alessa, a boss in ''VideoGame/SilentHill3''. She tries to kill Heather, who is basically her reincarnation, in order to help her avoid the pain and horror of birthing an EldritchAbomination.
%%(ZCE)** Also, [[spoiler: Harry Mason]] in ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' is (arguably) one of these.
* In the first 4 ''VideoGame/DotHackR1Games'', scenes from the anime series ''.hack//Sign'' can be witnessed by visiting the frequent hangout, Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground, at certain points in the storyline. They're described in a similar manner to LivingMemory. At the end of the game, [[spoiler:AI Subaru, AI Tsukasa, and AI Sora]] will join the party. They are noticeably out of place chronologically in their behavior, and players familiar with other aspects of the .Hack Universe will know there's no possible way it's the real versions, who are still alive but simply not playing The World.
** It can also be seen in the G.U. series with Azure Kite, Balmung, and Orca, who are recreated versions of heroes from the first series integrated into the system to find bugs and glitches. They lack personality of the originals, however.

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** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', the [[CallARabbitASmeerp pyreflies]] create this sort of effect on [[TheLifestream the Farplane]].
***
Farplane]]. It's not entirely clear whether these are the actual ghosts or what exactly. They don't talk and just kind of stand there. Only the dead (but not the Unsent) appear on the Farplane (Tidus is able to see his mom but not his dad when they first visit in the game).
* Memory of Alessa, a boss in ''VideoGame/SilentHill3''. She tries to kill Heather, who is basically her reincarnation, in order to help her avoid the pain and horror of birthing an EldritchAbomination.
%%(ZCE)** Also, [[spoiler: Harry Mason]] in ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' is (arguably) one of these.
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', the first 4 ''VideoGame/DotHackR1Games'', scenes Fractals of the Mists are mini-dungeons of the GeniusLoci variety, featuring events from the anime series ''.hack//Sign'' can be witnessed by visiting the frequent hangout, Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground, at certain points world's past. Characters of particular note are Dessa, who is in the storyline. They're described in a similar manner to LivingMemory. At the end charge of the game, [[spoiler:AI Subaru, AI Tsukasa, Fractals Project, and AI Sora]] will join [[spoiler:Arkk, her son, who's trying to destroy all the party. They are noticeably out of place chronologically in their behavior, and players familiar with other aspects of the .Hack Universe will know there's no possible way it's the real versions, who are still alive but simply not playing The World.
** It can also be seen in the G.U. series with Azure Kite, Balmung, and Orca, who are recreated versions of heroes
fractals to free themselves from the first series integrated into the system to find bugs and glitches. loop they're stuck in. They lack personality of eventually realize they aren't the originals, however. originals and reconcile after coming to terms with the nature of their existence, before the fractal loops again and returns them to their antagonistic relationship]].



** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'': [[spoiler:The Librarian]] may have been dead for 100,000 years, but she left helpful imprints of herself on Requiem.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft: Wrath of the Lich King'' Argent Confessor Paletress summons a "memory" of an enemy the players previously defeated.[[labelnote:Examples]] This includes Edwin [=VanCleef=], Lady Vashj, Onyxia, [[MemeticBadass Hogger]], Archimonde, and Illidan Stormrage.[[/labelnote]] The spell description for her ability implies these are the player's darkest memories, though they are nowhere near as strong as when previously faced.
** In ''Legion'' the ruined eredar capital of Mac'aree was abandoned after the majority of their race joined the Legion. Memories of the eredar who lived during that fateful time manifest as spirits that repeat the same events over and over again. Interestingly this includes not only those who died but many characters who are still alive.

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** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'': ''VideoGame/Halo4'': [[spoiler:The Librarian]] may have been dead for 100,000 years, but she left helpful imprints of herself on Requiem.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft: Wrath ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** Pretty much the entire supporting cast of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' are literal living memories of Sora's who are playing out (and being deleted) via Naminé's powers. Of special interest is [[spoiler:the Riku Replica]], a [[ArtificialHuman creation of Vexen's]] who is identical to [[spoiler:Riku]] (albeit with more access to dark powers) and [[spoiler:survives the end
of the Lich King'' Argent Confessor Paletress summons story in a "memory" of an enemy the players previously defeated.[[labelnote:Examples]] This includes Edwin [=VanCleef=], Lady Vashj, Onyxia, [[MemeticBadass Hogger]], Archimonde, and Illidan Stormrage.[[/labelnote]] The spell description for her ability implies these are the player's darkest memories, though they are nowhere near as strong as when previously faced.
(manga exclusive) gag ending]].
** In ''Legion'' the ruined eredar capital ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', [[spoiler:Xion is a clone of Mac'aree was abandoned after the majority Sora made ''entirely'' out of their race joined the Legion. Memories of the eredar who lived during memories. As such, her tragic death causes everyone to forget that fateful time manifest as spirits that repeat she ever existed in the same events over and over again. Interestingly this includes not only those who died but many first place]].
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'':
*** The
characters native to the Worlds of Sleep are echoes of people who are still alive.once lived in the Worlds of Sleep, even if they left those worlds before they fell into darkness. This leads to some confusion when Sora meets a Donald, Mickey, and Goofy who don't remember him. [[spoiler:The BigBad uses this to his advantage, confusing Sora and Riku about his true plan which involves [[AssimilationPlot making real copies of himself]].]]
*** Also of note, [[spoiler:everyone from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' except for Joshua is this. Joshua explains that after their world fell to the Heartless, he journeyed to Traverse Town and put his friends back together with "piece of their dreams"]]. This revelation helps Riku to figure out the Big Bad's plan before it's too late.
* Memory of Alessa, a boss in ''VideoGame/SilentHill3''. She tries to kill Heather, who is basically her reincarnation, in order to help her avoid the pain and horror of birthing an EldritchAbomination.
%%(ZCE)** Also, [[spoiler: Harry Mason]] in ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' is (arguably) one of these.



* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'', Jonathan fights the Whip's Memory which takes the form of [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Richter Belmont]]]] to unlock the Vampire Killer's true power.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'', [[spoiler: the main characters are all Living Memories, dream spirits of their true forms that were defeated by the Dread Fiend Murdaw. Once they realise this, they have to find their true selves, which in one case was turned to stone and, in the case of the Hero, is running around just as amnesiac as his dream-self was at the start.]] In addition, [[spoiler: nearly everyone]] seem to have [[spoiler:dream-world versions of themselves, which can manifest as ideal versions, painful fears, or even dreams of the past, returning to haunt them]].
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', the Fractals of the Mists are mini-dungeons of the GeniusLoci variety, featuring events from the world's past. Characters of particular note are Dessa, who is in charge of the Fractals Project, and [[spoiler:Arkk, her son, who's trying to destroy all the fractals to free themselves from the loop they're stuck in. They eventually realize they aren't the originals and reconcile after coming to terms with the nature of their existence, before the fractal loops again and returns them to their antagonistic relationship.]]
* ''VideoGame/ASpaceForTheUnbound'' reveals that [[spoiler:Atma died at the river and only existed because he is part of Raya's memory.]]

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* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'', Jonathan fights the Whip's Memory which takes the form of [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Richter Belmont]]]] to unlock the Vampire Killer's true power.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'', [[spoiler: the main characters are all Living Memories, dream spirits of their true forms that were defeated by the Dread Fiend Murdaw. Once they realise this, they have to find their true selves, which in one case was turned to stone and, in the case of the Hero, is running around just as amnesiac as his dream-self was at the start.]] In addition, [[spoiler: nearly everyone]] seem to have [[spoiler:dream-world versions of themselves, which can manifest as ideal versions, painful fears, or even dreams of the past, returning to haunt them]].
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', the Fractals of the Mists are mini-dungeons of the GeniusLoci variety, featuring events from the world's past. Characters of particular note are Dessa, who is in charge of the Fractals Project, and [[spoiler:Arkk, her son, who's trying to destroy all the fractals to free themselves from the loop they're stuck in. They eventually realize they aren't the originals and reconcile after coming to terms with the nature of their existence, before the fractal loops again and returns them to their antagonistic relationship.]]
* ''VideoGame/ASpaceForTheUnbound'' reveals that [[spoiler:Atma died at the river and only existed because he is part of Raya's memory.]]memory]].
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has, at one point, [[spoiler:"Zero" Beatrice]] speaking to [[spoiler:her "former self", who has its soul and memories intact, meaning her personality is the same as it had been before her "death"]].
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
** In ''Wrath of the Lich King'', Argent Confessor Paletress summons a "memory" of an enemy the players previously defeated.[[labelnote:Examples]]This includes Edwin [=VanCleef=], Lady Vashj, Onyxia, [[MemeticBadass Hogger]], Archimonde, and Illidan Stormrage.[[/labelnote]] The spell description for her ability implies these are the player's darkest memories, though they are nowhere near as strong as when previously faced.
** In ''Legion'', the ruined eredar capital of Mac'aree was abandoned after the majority of their race joined the Legion. Memories of the eredar who lived during that fateful time manifest as spirits that repeat the same events over and over again. Interestingly this includes not only those who died but many characters who are still alive.



* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' Brain Ghost Dirk is both this and a {{Tulpa}} as he's someone else's memory of the real Dirk given form.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Brain Ghost Dirk is both this and a {{Tulpa}} {{Tulpa}}, as he's someone else's memory of the real Dirk given form.



* The ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheRecollection'' trilogy focuses on the Alpha [=AI=], a smart [=AI=] created from the brain of the Director of Project Freelancer, in the same vein as those featured in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' (see above example). Because of the various experiments in torture performed on it, the Alpha was forced to separate its worst memories from itself, creating yet another [=AI=] that contains all of the Director's ''and'' the Alpha's most anguished memories. Meanwhile, the Alpha (who caused IdentityAmnesia through its actions) ended up reliving much of the same life events (read: failures, most notably the frustration generated by pursuing a lost love) that defined the Director's life. The final series in the trilogy, ''Revelation'', reveals that [[spoiler:this process is a cycle, wherein the new [=AI=] will follow in the Alpha's footsteps and eventually fragment off those memories into yet another [=AI=], which will fragment the memories again into another [=AI=], ad nauseum. The Epsilon [=AI=], the last in the chain thus far, believes it has finally figured out how to break the cycle.]]
** Not quite. WordOfGod confirms that all on-screen events, with the exception of the Blood Gulch sequences in season 9, are real. The recursive cycle only occurs within the memory storage unit while Epsilon searches for Tex, who is also trapped somewhere inside it. Also, since the cycle of events begins well after Epsilon fragmented from Alpha, further fragmentation is not part of the process.
** After the events of up to Season 10, Epsilon developed a habit of simulating the other Alpha fragments from his own memories of them, long after the original fragments are destroyed. He splits up different tasks between them during battle. Though they act more or less the same as their original counterparts, they are aware of just being Epsilon's memories, as the second Delta is quick to remind Epsilon of. [[spoiler:In the Season 13 finale, Epsilon concludes that he doesn't have the processing power to help his friends out of a tight spot, and decides that his main "Church" self is just holding him back too much. [[DeathOfPersonality He intends to erase this main self]] and [[HeroicSacrifice give his memory buddies enough strength to save the day for him.]]]]
* In ''WebOriginal/TallTales'', Matteson calls these "echoes" and describes them as people or events that, for whatever reason, are recorded in the nature of the metaphysical realm itself and play back sporadically. He and Alice interact with one directly during the story arc "Tree of Life."

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* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
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The ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheRecollection'' trilogy focuses on the Alpha [=AI=], AI, a smart [=AI=] AI created from the brain of the Director of Project Freelancer, in the same vein as those featured in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' (see above example). the Video Games folder above). Because of the various torturous experiments in torture performed on it, the Alpha was forced to separate its worst memories from itself, creating yet another [=AI=] AI that contains all of the Director's ''and'' the Alpha's most anguished memories. Meanwhile, the Alpha (who caused IdentityAmnesia through its actions) ended up reliving much of the same life events (read: failures, most notably the frustration generated by pursuing a lost love) that defined the Director's life. The final series in the trilogy, ''Revelation'', reveals that [[spoiler:this process is a cycle, wherein the new [=AI=] AI will follow in the Alpha's footsteps and eventually fragment off those memories into yet another [=AI=], AI, which will fragment the memories again into another [=AI=], AI, ad nauseum. The Epsilon [=AI=], AI, the last in the chain thus far, believes it has finally figured out how to break the cycle.]]
** Not quite.
cycle]]. However, WordOfGod confirms that all on-screen events, with the exception of the Blood Gulch sequences in season 9, are real. The recursive cycle only occurs within the memory storage unit while Epsilon searches for Tex, who is also trapped somewhere inside it. Also, since the cycle of events begins well after Epsilon fragmented from Alpha, further fragmentation is not part of the process.
** After the events of up to [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga Season 10, 10]], Epsilon developed a habit of simulating the other Alpha fragments from his own memories of them, long after the original fragments are destroyed. He splits up different tasks between them during battle. Though they act more or less the same as their original counterparts, they are aware of just being Epsilon's memories, as the second Delta is quick to remind Epsilon of. [[spoiler:In the [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy Season 13 13]] finale, Epsilon concludes that he doesn't have the processing power to help his friends out of a tight spot, and decides that his main "Church" self is just holding him back too much. [[DeathOfPersonality He intends to erase this main self]] and [[HeroicSacrifice give his memory buddies enough strength to save the day for him.]]]]
him]].]]
* In ''WebOriginal/TallTales'', Matteson calls these "echoes" and describes them as people or events that, for whatever reason, are recorded in the nature of the metaphysical realm itself and play back sporadically. He and Alice interact with one directly during the story arc "Tree of Life."Life".



* The past avatars in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' are Living Memories to their future incarnations, and when the current avatar dies they join the ranks of past avatars. Since the avatar is continually {{Reincarnat|ion}}ed, there are hundreds if not thousands of past lives the living avatar can call upon for advice and to draw upon during the [[SuperMode Avatar State]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' In the episode "Superhell!" all of the inmates worst memories come to life during the climax to help destroy Superhell.
* The episode from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' had a Poltergasm, a spectral embodiment of Francine's sexual frustration, which it was born out of.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Poltergasm" involves a spectral embodiment of Francine's sexual frustration, which it was born out of.
* The past avatars in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' are Living Memories to their future incarnations, and when the current avatar dies dies, they join the ranks of past avatars. Since the avatar is continually {{Reincarnat|ion}}ed, there are hundreds if not thousands of past lives the living avatar can call upon for advice and to draw upon during the [[SuperMode Avatar State]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' In the episode "Superhell!" "Superhell!", all of the inmates inmates' worst memories come to life during the climax to help destroy Superhell.
* The episode from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' had a Poltergasm, a spectral embodiment of Francine's sexual frustration, which it was born out of.
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** Pretty much the entire supporting cast of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' are literal living memories of Sora's who are playing out (and being deleted) via Naminé's powers. Of special interest is [[spoiler:the Riku Replica]], a [[ArtificialHuman creation of Vexen's]] who is identical to [[spoiler:Riku]] (albeit with more access to dark powers) and survives the end of the story in a gag (manga exclusive) ending.

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** Pretty much the entire supporting cast of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' are literal living memories of Sora's who are playing out (and being deleted) via Naminé's powers. Of special interest is [[spoiler:the Riku Replica]], a [[ArtificialHuman creation of Vexen's]] who is identical to [[spoiler:Riku]] (albeit with more access to dark powers) and survives [[spoiler:survives the end of the story in a gag (manga exclusive) ending.gag ending]].
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'''Guinan:''' I am. I'm also here.... Think of me as an echo of the person you know. A part of herself she left behind.

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'''Guinan:''' I am. I'm also here....here... Think of me as an echo of the person you know. A part of herself she left behind.



* [[Manga/YuGiOh Bakura]] places a piece of his soul inside the Millennium Puzzle, allowing him to follow the rest of the cast in a rare villainous example played straight. This splits off into EpilepticTrees when you learn that [[spoiler:Yami!Bakura is a bizarre fusion of Present!Bakura, the original Thief King!Bakura, and Zorc, living embodiment of all darkness, complete with [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries his dragon willy.]]]]

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* [[Manga/YuGiOh Bakura]] ''Manga/YuGiOh'': Bakura places a piece of his soul inside the Millennium Puzzle, allowing him to follow the rest of the cast in a rare villainous example played straight. This splits off into EpilepticTrees when you learn that [[spoiler:Yami!Bakura is a bizarre fusion of Present!Bakura, the original Thief King!Bakura, and Zorc, living embodiment of all darkness, complete with [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries his dragon willy.]]]]



* A particularly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] (although not without its heartwarming moments) story made by, would you believe it, Creator/JunjiIto has this as its central theme. In ''Lingering Farewell'', the protagonist married into a wealthy family who would perform a ritual on their recently deceased to create an 'after-image', to give them plenty of time to say their farewells and accept their death. [[spoiler: What she didn't know was that she died on her wedding day, [[TomatoInTheMirror and she really is one of such after-images]].]]

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* A particularly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] (although not without its heartwarming moments) story made by, would you believe it, Creator/JunjiIto in ''Manga/FragmentsOfHorror'' has this as its central theme. In ''Lingering Farewell'', "Gentle Goodbye", the protagonist married into a wealthy family who would perform a ritual on their recently deceased to create an 'after-image', to give them plenty of time to say their farewells and accept their death. [[spoiler: What [[spoiler:What she didn't know was that she died on her wedding day, [[TomatoInTheMirror and she really is one of such after-images]].]]
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* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5441465/chapters/12663329 I'll Be Home for Christmas]]''. Jim learns about Guinan's echo (see ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' below) and recalls hearing from Spock Prime that he [[NeverFoundTheBody never found Kirk Prime's body]], and theorises that echoes can leave the Nexus for a short time before disappearing based on his own research. He combines the three and realises that the Kirk Picard met might have been just another echo, meaning that Jim and Spock may have already succeeded with Jim's plan to retrieve his counterpart, which they can now implement without worrying about changing the original timeline. [[FridgeBrilliance Essentially]], the Living Memory would form the basis for a StableTimeLoop (or TrickedOutTime, depending on whether or not this is the first time the loop has run) - Picard enters the Nexus in the twenty-fourth century, learns about Kirk Prime's fate, joins forces with him, defeats Soran, watches Kirk Prime die, and informs Spock Prime of his passing, [[CrossThrough which provides a vector for the information to reach Jim, who pulls Kirk Prime out of the Nexus in the alternate twenty-third century]] [[TimeTravelEscape before he meets Picard and dies]] and leaves behind an echo to assist Picard, thus restarting the cycle.
* ''Fanfic/StoryShuffle2DoubleMasters'': [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/469652/10/story-shuffle-2-double-masters/whos-afraid "Who's Afraid?"]], deals with what's basically ghost wolves, but are more LivingMemory, as implied in the story, "my entitlement and anger and sheer ''ego'' were enough to actually form a spirit...", and author notes, "Insidious remnants of what once was seemed right up Sunset's alley. Which was apparently the one my shipping side hid in."

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* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5441465/chapters/12663329 I'll Be Home for Christmas]]''. Christmas.]]'' Jim learns about Guinan's echo (see ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' below) and recalls hearing from Spock Prime that he [[NeverFoundTheBody never found Kirk Prime's body]], and theorises that echoes can leave the Nexus for a short time before disappearing based on his own research. He combines the three and realises that the Kirk Picard met might have been just another echo, meaning that Jim and Spock may have already succeeded with Jim's plan to retrieve his counterpart, which they can now implement without worrying about changing the original timeline. [[FridgeBrilliance Essentially]], the Living Memory would form the basis for a StableTimeLoop (or TrickedOutTime, depending on whether or not this is the first time the loop has run) - Picard enters the Nexus in the twenty-fourth century, learns about Kirk Prime's fate, joins forces with him, defeats Soran, watches Kirk Prime die, and informs Spock Prime of his passing, [[CrossThrough which provides a vector for the information to reach Jim, who pulls Kirk Prime out of the Nexus in the alternate twenty-third century]] [[TimeTravelEscape before he meets Picard and dies]] and leaves behind an echo to assist Picard, thus restarting the cycle.
* ''Fanfic/StoryShuffle2DoubleMasters'': [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/469652/10/story-shuffle-2-double-masters/whos-afraid "Who's Afraid?"]], Afraid?"]] deals with what's basically ghost wolves, but are more LivingMemory, Living Memory, as implied in the story, "my entitlement and anger and sheer ''ego'' were enough to actually form a spirit...", and author notes, "Insidious remnants of what once was seemed right up Sunset's alley. Which was apparently the one my shipping side hid in."
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** Also, [[spoiler: Harry Mason]] in ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' is (arguably) one of these.
* In the first 4 ''VideoGame/DotHackR1Games'', scenes from the anime series .hack//Sign can be witnessed by visiting the frequent hangout, Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground, at certain points in the storyline. They're described in a similar manner to LivingMemory. At the end of the game, [[spoiler:AI Subaru, AI Tsukasa, and AI Sora]] will join the party. They are noticeably out of place chronologically in their behavior, and players familiar with other aspects of the .Hack Universe will know there's no possible way it's the real versions, who are still alive but simply not playing The World.

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* In the first 4 ''VideoGame/DotHackR1Games'', scenes from the anime series .hack//Sign series ''.hack//Sign'' can be witnessed by visiting the frequent hangout, Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground, at certain points in the storyline. They're described in a similar manner to LivingMemory. At the end of the game, [[spoiler:AI Subaru, AI Tsukasa, and AI Sora]] will join the party. They are noticeably out of place chronologically in their behavior, and players familiar with other aspects of the .Hack Universe will know there's no possible way it's the real versions, who are still alive but simply not playing The World.

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* Kikyo in ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'', she CameBackWrong from the attempted resurrection since Kagome wouldn't give up her whole soul, so while the Kikyo golem does have (most? all?) of her memories, she only has a fraction of her original soul, the part that carried all the dark emotions about Inuyasha's "betrayal". She's not psycho, but she's not really the original either.
* ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}:'' the eponymous mononoke are spirits which fused with strong human feelings, and in at least one case, with the memory one person had of an other one.

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* Kikyo in ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'', ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}''; she CameBackWrong from the attempted resurrection since Kagome wouldn't give up her whole soul, so while the Kikyo golem does have (most? all?) of her memories, she only has a fraction of her original soul, the part that carried all the dark emotions about Inuyasha's "betrayal". She's not psycho, but she's not really the original either.
* ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}:'' the eponymous mononoke are spirits which fused with strong human feelings, and in at least one case, with the memory one person had of an other another one.



* Manga/{{Naruto}} meets [[spoiler: his dead parents]] thanks to a form of this, but they only had enough chakra to last a few minutes. He later meets [[spoiler:the Sage of Six Paths]] who had used a more complete version of this to watch over the followers of his discipline.

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* Manga/{{Naruto}} meets [[spoiler: his dead parents]] thanks to a form this way, as they'd placed part of this, their own chakra into the Kyuubi's seal, but they only had enough chakra to last a few minutes. He later meets [[spoiler:the Sage of Six Paths]] who had used a more complete version of this to watch over the followers of his discipline.



* ''Manga/Reborn2004'' has a interesting version. The 'Will' of the previous Vongola Bosses lives on in the ring.

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* ''Manga/Reborn2004'' has a an interesting version. The 'Will' of the previous Vongola Bosses lives on in the ring.



* Also from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', not sure how many of these count.
** Lt. Barclay has a bizarre hobby of creating holodeck parodies of his coworkers. On ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', the ship's doctor does this as well.
** In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Skin of Evil", Armus is the cast off evil of a race that has [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence]]. As such, he is basically MadeOfEvil and stuck haunting his planet.



** In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Skin of Evil", Armus is the cast off evil of a race that has [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence]]. As such, he is basically MadeOfEvil and stuck haunting his planet.
** Lt. Barclay, also from ''TNG'', has a bizarre hobby of creating holodeck parodies of his coworkers. On ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', the ship's doctor does this as well.



** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', [[spoiler:Xion is a clone of Sora made ''entirely'' out of memories.]]

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** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', [[spoiler:Xion is a clone of Sora made ''entirely'' out of memories. As such, her tragic death causes everyone to forget that she ever existed in the first place.]]
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The Living Memory is a very strange "being" and similar to [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]] in a lot of ways. Physically they're usually {{intangib|ility}}le (though YourMindMakesItReal can make them dangerous regardless), but some are in physical (though probably non-human) bodies. They may be fully sapient and can be reasoned with, a chunk of memories with a bit of personality, or just vinyl records on an endless loop. What they all have in common is that they are not the real deal, the original, just an [[UncannyValley eerie simulacrum]]... and [[TearJerker some]] even [[WhatHaveIBecome realize it]].

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The Living Memory is a very strange "being" and similar to [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]] in a lot of ways. Physically they're usually {{intangib|ility}}le (though YourMindMakesItReal can make them dangerous regardless), but some are in physical (though probably non-human) bodies. They may be fully sapient and can be reasoned with, a chunk of memories with a bit of personality, or just vinyl records on an endless loop. What they all have in common is that they are not the real deal, the original, just an [[UncannyValley eerie simulacrum]]...simulacrum... and [[TearJerker some]] even [[WhatHaveIBecome realize it]].
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* The episode from ''American Dad!'' had a Poltergasm, a spectral embodiment of Francine's sexual frustration, which it was born out of.

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** The many ghosts that dwell in Hogwarts may be this as well: some characters they are souls that refused to pass on, but others (such as the notoriously cynical Professor Snape) describe them as magical "imprints" of the once-living person.

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* The ''Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection'' trilogy focuses on the Alpha [=AI=], a smart [=AI=] created from the brain of the Director of Project Freelancer, in the same vein as those featured in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' (see above example). Because of the various experiments in torture performed on it, the Alpha was forced to separate its worst memories from itself, creating yet another [=AI=] that contains all of the Director's ''and'' the Alpha's most anguished memories. Meanwhile, the Alpha (who caused IdentityAmnesia through its actions) ended up reliving much of the same life events (read: failures, most notably the frustration generated by pursuing a lost love) that defined the Director's life. The final series in the trilogy, ''Revelation'', reveals that [[spoiler:this process is a cycle, wherein the new [=AI=] will follow in the Alpha's footsteps and eventually fragment off those memories into yet another [=AI=], which will fragment the memories again into another [=AI=], ad nauseum. The Epsilon [=AI=], the last in the chain thus far, believes it has finally figured out how to break the cycle.]]

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* The ''Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection'' ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheRecollection'' trilogy focuses on the Alpha [=AI=], a smart [=AI=] created from the brain of the Director of Project Freelancer, in the same vein as those featured in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' (see above example). Because of the various experiments in torture performed on it, the Alpha was forced to separate its worst memories from itself, creating yet another [=AI=] that contains all of the Director's ''and'' the Alpha's most anguished memories. Meanwhile, the Alpha (who caused IdentityAmnesia through its actions) ended up reliving much of the same life events (read: failures, most notably the frustration generated by pursuing a lost love) that defined the Director's life. The final series in the trilogy, ''Revelation'', reveals that [[spoiler:this process is a cycle, wherein the new [=AI=] will follow in the Alpha's footsteps and eventually fragment off those memories into yet another [=AI=], which will fragment the memories again into another [=AI=], ad nauseum. The Epsilon [=AI=], the last in the chain thus far, believes it has finally figured out how to break the cycle.]]
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* In the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', Holocrons store interactive projections of long-dead Force masters, allowing them to share their wisdom. It's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ambiguous]] whether they're more of an artificial intelligence, a VirtualGhost, or an actual [[SpiritGuide Force projection]].

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* In the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', Holocrons store interactive projections of long-dead Force masters, allowing them to share their wisdom. It's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ambiguous]] whether they're more of an artificial intelligence, [[BrainUploading a copy of the creator's mind]], or an actual [[SpiritGuide Force projection]].

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Compare GhostMemory, where someone's memories are implanted or transferred into someone else's mind.

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Compare GhostMemory, where someone's memories are implanted or transferred into someone else's mind. See also the PensieveFlashback, where characters enter a memory as observers.



* In ''Franchise/StarWars'' Expanded Universe, the Jedi holocrons serve such a purpose, allowing long-dead masters to share their wisdom.
** Not quite; it's unclear what the projections really are, beyond being able to converse with people.

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** Not quite; it's unclear what
wisdom. It's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ambiguous]] whether they're more of an artificial intelligence, [[BrainUploading a copy of the projections really are, beyond being able to converse with people.creator's mind]], or an actual [[SpiritGuide Force projection]].



* [[Literature/MatthewSwift Robert Bakker]] is this through his former apprentice inhaling his dying breath.

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* [[Literature/MatthewSwift ''Literature/MatthewSwift'': Robert Bakker]] is this through his Bakker's former apprentice inhaling inhales his dying breath.breath and gains a SpiritGuide version of him with it. It's unclear how much it's actually Bakker and how much is a creation of Matthew's mind.



* The past avatars in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' are Living Memories to their future incarnations, and when the current avatar dies they join the ranks of past avatars. Since the avatar is continually {{Reincarnat|ion}}ed, there are hundreds if not thousands of past lives the living avatar can call upon for advice and to draw upon during the [[SuperMode Avatar State]]

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* The past avatars in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' are Living Memories to their future incarnations, and when the current avatar dies they join the ranks of past avatars. Since the avatar is continually {{Reincarnat|ion}}ed, there are hundreds if not thousands of past lives the living avatar can call upon for advice and to draw upon during the [[SuperMode Avatar State]]State]].

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