Line #33 PlayingWith/AmnesiacHero


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:
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48	%%* '''Implied''': ???
49	%%* '''Untwisted''': ???

Context PlayingWith / AmnesiacHero