1 | '''Basic Trope''': The protagonist of the story suffers from retrograde amnesia. |
2 | * '''Straight''': The story opens with its protagonist Jack chased by TheMafia and not remembering anything about his life up that point. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** None of the characters in the story can remember anything from before the plot started. |
5 | ** Jack is an AmnesiacGod. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': Jack remembers most of his life, just not how he got involved with the mob. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** Jack just woke up in the hospital after being shot in the head. |
9 | ** Jack’s amnesia is because [[TraumaInducedAmnesia he has an incredibly troubled past and thus gave himself amnesia to forget it]]. |
10 | * '''Inverted''': |
11 | ** Jack remembers killing Bob TheDon but nobody else seems to remember this event or even that Don Bob existed at all. |
12 | ** The villain is amnesiac and is a villain due to assuming this was how they were like before getting amnesia. |
13 | * '''Subverted''': |
14 | ** As soon as Jack escapes from the hospital, his memories of killing Bob come back. |
15 | ** Jack is lying about having amnesia because he wants his past to remain hidden. |
16 | ** Jack remembers everything about his life with the mafia. |
17 | ** Jack is revealed at the end of the story to have been a VillainProtagonist with amnesia. See AmnesiacVillainJoinsTheHeroes. |
18 | ** Jack is revealed to actually be [[RoboticReveal an AI]] inhabiting a human body who was created around the start of the story, and thus has no past to remember. |
19 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
20 | ** All Jack's memories come back... except the ones that explain why the mafia is after him. |
21 | ** What Jack ''doesn't'' remember is his PastLifeMemories of a previous {{Reincarnation}} that had history with the mafia and continues to affect him in the present. |
22 | ** Jack decides he likes his new life too much and pulls a HeelFaceTurn. |
23 | * '''Parodied''': Jack and Charlie the Hitman accidentally [[TapOnTheHead knock heads]] and get their roles confused after coming to, with Jack henceforth pursuing Charlie. |
24 | * '''Zig Zagged''': |
25 | ** Jack is an Amnesiac Hero who occasionally has moments of lucidity. |
26 | ** Jack begins to recover memories only to discover they're not real memories. |
27 | * '''Averted''': Jack is shot in the head but wakes up perfectly aware of his situation. |
28 | * '''Enforced''': The plot is about Jack finding out about his past. |
29 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Oh, I know! The mafia shot you in the head and now you have to take on them to find out what happened to you, just like in the movies!" |
30 | * '''Invoked''': Jack has a healing factor, so Charlie shoots him in the head specifically to wipe his memory. |
31 | * '''Exploited''': |
32 | ** Jack pretends to be amnesiac in a attempt to fool the mob into leaving him alone. |
33 | ** Or, Jack has a [[DarkAndTroubledPast really dark past]] that he wants to [[MysteriousPast keep buried.]] |
34 | ** CriminalAmnesiac |
35 | * '''Defied''': While unconscious, Jack fights a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind to preserve his memories. |
36 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
37 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
38 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
39 | ** Jack's amnesia is so severe that he basically reverts back to being a baby and has to be taught to speak, eat, and use the bathroom all over again. |
40 | * '''Reconstructed''': Through his [[{{Determinator}} sheer willpower]], Jack makes a full recovery quickly and takes the fight back to the mob. |
41 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Jack's friend lies about who he is as a prank. |
42 | * '''Played For Drama''': Jack's "friend" lies about who he is in order to manipulate him. |
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46 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
47 | %% |
48 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
49 | %%* '''Untwisted''': ??? |
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