History Main / MemoryWipingCrew

* Professor X often plays this role in early versions of the Franchise/{{X-Men}} such as ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', wiping memories when TheMasquerade has been irrevocably blown. During an episode of ''Evolution'' where the Brotherhood show off their powers in the middle of a school football game, he dangerously overexerts his powers by modifying the memory of every spectator. Naturally, the one person whose mind he doesn't ''completely'' wipe is Principal Kelly...

*** ''[[PixarShorts Jack-Jack Attack]]'' proves they do infact wipe memories.

* Professor X often plays this role in early versions of the Franchise/{{X-Men}} such as ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men Evolution}}'', wiping memories when TheMasquerade has been irrevocably blown. During an episode of ''Evolution'' where the Brotherhood show off their powers in the middle of a school football game, he dangerously overexerts his powers by modifying the memory of every spectator. Naturally, the one person whose mind he doesn't ''completely'' wipe is Principal Kelly...

* ''Literature/{{Seraphina}}'': The Censors are this for saarantrai.

* In the ''Disney/LiloAndStitch''[=/=]''Franchise/StarTrek'' crossover ''[[FanFic/StarlightSeries Starlight]]'', this task if performed by [[spoiler:Dulmer and Lucsly from Temporal Investigations, although in this case it's to rectify the timeline.]]

* A typically dark example from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''. Since admitting the existence of an elite army of {{demon hunter}}s would be admitting that there are such things as demons, the Imperium treats the GreyKnights as a state secret enforced by specially-trained psykers. Other {{space marine}}s who fight alongside them go through a lengthy memory-scrubbing afterwards, while Imperial Guardsmen who distinguish themselves are subjected to a hasty process that is both painful and often fatal. [[HeKnowsTooMuch Everyone else is just executed]].

* ''{{Paycheck}}'' has BenAffleck's character routinely undergo memory erasure by his best friend in order to hide his reverse-engineering activities from the authorities (even though reverse engineering is not technically illegal), who have the same memory-scanning devices. Later, the job is performed by TheDragon.

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/a-man-at-the-top-of-his-profession One story horrifically subverts this]], in that "Class A amnesiacs" are just what agents put down on reports to make themselves feel better. The actual memory loss is caused by a TortureTechnician via MindRape and beating witnesses until they no longer remember what happened. Thankfully, the indecisive-canon nature of the SCP lets you decide whether this is true or not.

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/a-man-at-the-top-of-his-profession One story horrifically subverts this]], in that "Class A amnesiacs" are just what agents put down to feel better, the actual memory loss is performed by a TortureTechnician via MindRape and beating witnesses until they no longer remember what happened. Thankfully, the indecisive-canon nature of the SCP lets you decide whether this is true or not.

* The Memory Police in ''UltramanNexus'', who erased the memories of people who saw the Space Beast and Ultraman Nexus.

Compare TheMenInBlack, CleanupCrew.

* In the HarryPotter stories, if a wizard lost control and accidentally used his powers (or some other event that would endanger the safety of the wizarding world), the Ministry of Magic would dispatch a special group called [[SelectiveObliviousness Obliviators]] to see to it that people's memories of the event were altered.
** Additionally, the charm used for such actions can also be used to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia wipe out people's entire memory]], according to ''Chamber of Secrets''.

* ''TheAdjustmentBureau''

** One story horrifically subverts this, in that "Class A amnesiacs" are just what agents put down to feel better, the actual memory loss is performed by a TortureTechnician via MindRape and beating witnesses until they no longer remember what happened. Thankfully, the indecisive-canon nature of the SCP lets you decide whether this is true or not.

Note: This is ''not'' about [[LaserGuidedAmnesia the amnesia, or about what causes it]]. It's about ''WHO'' causes it. (No, not ''that'' [[UnitedNations WHO]], either. ''[[ParanoiaFuel Or is it...]]'')

* In {{Heroes}}, The Haitian is this.

* The Memory Police in UltramanNexus, who erased the memories of people who saw the Space Beast and Ultraman Nexus.

* The Temporal Corps of Simon Hawkes' ''TimeWars'' do this to any locals who get involved with them, though they made an exception for Creator/JulesVerne. Not wanting to interfere with the mysterious processes of creativity and stop him writing the books he was supposed to, he kept his memories of time travellers and submarines and such.

* In ''RedHanded'', the Alien Investigation and Removal agency does this to recruits who don't make the cut.

* Professor X often plays this role in early versions of the XMen such as ''XMenEvolution'', wiping memories when TheMasquerade has been irrevocably blown. During an episode of ''Evolution'' where the Brotherhood show off their powers in the middle of a school football game, he dangerously overexerts his powers by modifying the memory of every spectator. Naturally, the one person whose mind he doesn't ''completely'' wipe is Principal Kelly...

* ''{{Paycheck}}'' has BenAffleck's character routinely undergo memory erasure by his best friend in order to hide his reverse-engineering activities from the authorities (even though reverse engineering is not technically illegal). Later, the job is performed by TheDragon.