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1->''"... though details remain sketchy due to amnesia inflicted on the hostages, apparently via some sort of hypnosis."''
2-->-- '''Epilogue-giving reporter''', ''WesternAnimation/TheBatmanVsDracula''
3
4->''"What happened?"''
5-->-- '''Just about every single important character''', ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', OncePerEpisode
6
7->'''K:''' This is called a "neuralyzer". It's a gift from some friends from out of town. The red eye here will isolate the electronic impulses in your brain. More specifically, the ones for memory. ''[to other MIB agents]'' That's good, fellas, give me a splay burn around the perimeter with holes on the perimeter, please; holes at 40, 60, and 80 meters. Right here! That's good. Thank you!\
8'''INS Agent #2:''' What the hell is going on?\
9'''K:''' Excellent question, and the answer you're looking for lies right here.\
10'''INS Agent Janus:''' Who are you? Really?\
11'''K:''' Really? ''[puts on sunglasses]'' I am just a figment of your imagination.\
12''[activates the neuralyzer]''\
13'''K:''' ''[to self]'' Damn, what a gullible breed...
14-->-- ''Film/MenInBlack''
15
16->'''K:''' Searching for a handle on the moment? I can't help you. The only comfort I can offer... is my promise that tomorrow morning you won't remember a thing.\
17'''James (the future J):''' That's not exactly some shit you just forget...\
18'''K:''' [[SchmuckBait Ever seen one of those]]? ''[cue ''literal'' LaserGuidedAmnesia]''
19-->-- ''Film/MenInBlack''
20
21->''"Wait a minute. You just flash that thing, it erases her memory, and you just make up a new one?"''
22-->--'''Agent J''', ''Film/MenInBlack''
23
24->''"I've lost my memory, [[BlatantLies I'm not an idiot]]."''
25-->-- '''Peter''', ''Series/{{Heroes}}''
26
27->''"I may have amnesia, but I'm not stupid!"''
28-->-- '''Jackie Chan''', ''Film/WhoAmI1998''
29
30->''"There are no amnesias that work conveniently like that!"''
31-->-- '''Yuuichi''', ''Manga/KanonChihoSaito''
32
33->''"You don’t remember anyone or anything, except when you do, of course. You can’t operate the TARDIS any more, except when you can. You don’t know what happens in the future, except when you do. Drop the act, it got old years ago."''
34-->-- '''Fitz Kreiner''', ''Series/DoctorWho: Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures''
35
36-> '''Burns:''' Smithers, use the Amnesia Ray!\
37'''Smithers:''' You mean the revolver, sir?\
38'''Burns:''' Yes, that's the one.
39-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E8LisaTheSkeptic Lisa the Skeptic]]"
40
41->''"Please tell me the amnesia was just a sick joke? Boy, this is some cliche."''
42-->-- '''Braig''' to Xehanort, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''
43
44->''"I never built an Amnesia-Inator! I think I'd remember building something like that."''
45-->-- '''Dr. Doofenshmirtz''', ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension''
46
47->'''Joel:''' But couldn't this cause brain damage?\
48'''Doctor:''' Well, technically, the procedure ''is'' brain damage.
49-->-- ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind''
50
51->'''Serena:''' You forgot me? [-AGAIN-]? Do you have some sort of memory problem?''\
52'''Darian:''' Well, yeah.
53-->-- ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged''
54
55->[[MagicAIsMagicA How to Use]]: XXII\
56The individuals who lose the ownership of the Death Note will also lose their memory of the usage of the Death Note. This does not mean that he will lose all the memory from the day he owned it to the day he loses possession, but means he will only lose the memory involving the Death Note.
57-->-- ''Manga/DeathNote''
58
59->''"Something must have happened to us in the stasis pods, right? Except it couldn't be a total mind-wipe. If it were we wouldn't know what a pod was, or what space was, even the concept of language itself would be totally alien to us."''
60-->-- '''One''', ''Series/DarkMatter2015''
61
62->''"Yes, that's part of the same damn debriefing I keep hearing. Incidentally, isn't there some way to give me laser guided amnesia instead of just wiping out the past three months when we're done here?"''
63-->-- '''Shinji''', ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji''
64
65->''"It's a very specific sort of amnesia where you forget Jesus but intimately recall Halloween catalogs."''
66-->-- AltText on [[http://nonadventures.com/2015/04/06/nun-adventures-3/ this]] ''WebComic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'' comic
67
68->'''Crichton:''' Don't get too comfortable. I'm gonna get that chip out of my head.\
69'''Harvey:''' There's no chip in your head, John.\
70'''Crichton:''' Yeah there is. You... told... me... ''[struggling to articulate]'' there's a um.... Mmmmmm...\
71'''Harvey:''' You were saying?\
72'''Crichton:''' ''[barely coherent]'' Mmmmmmental chip! Mmm...\
73'''Harvey:''' ''You were saying?''\
74'''Crichton:''' ...What am I saying? I'm...\
75'''Harvey:''' As it should be.
76-->-- ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', "[[Recap/FarscapeS02E15WontGetFooledAgain Won't Get Fooled Again]]"
77
78->'''Marluxia:''' Hello.\
79'''Donald:''' '''''Quack!''''' (Special Move: Super Mega Ultra Donald Thunder Blast; it fails)\
80'''Marluxia:''' You idiot poop face. In this castle, you forget stuff really quickly. Also, [[GenreShift you can only attack]] [[CardBattleGame with your cards]].\
81'''Sora:''' [[Franchise/YuGiOh Come forth, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!]]\
82'''Marluxia:''' You stinky. That is not how it works.\
83'''Sora:''' Understood. Come forth, Blue-Eyes White Dr--\
84'''Marluxia:''' Please stop [[MindManipulation deleting his memories of what I said]].\
85'''Naminé:''' Sorry about that.\
86'''Sora:''' [[TemptingFate At least I will never forget about Karrie (Kairi).]]\
87''[[InstantlyProvenWrong 5 seconds later]]''\
88'''Sora:''' [[FakeMemories Who the hell is Karrie? I only care about Naminé.]]
89-->-- ''[[WebVideo/KingdomHeartsInANutshell Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories in a nutshell]] ''
90
91->''I thought I knew what you wanted done. A former lover, a political rival, an inconvenience on the way up; the client has the clout to make someone disappear for a day and return as though nothing as changed, except it has. A habit of reverse-alphabetizing personal correspondence, a preference for Kir Jaengmi's poetry over An Puna's, a subversive fascination with foreign politics, excised or altered by my work. Sometimes only a favorite catchphrase or a preference for ginseng over green tea is changed, and the reprogramming serves as a warning once the patient encounters dissonance from family and acquaintances. Sometimes the person who returns is no longer recognizable. The setup can take months, depending on the compatibility of available data with preset models, but the reprogramming itself only takes hours.''
92-->-- ''Between Two Dragons'', by Creator/YoonHaLee
93
94->'''Judy:''' You're the guy with the paper man.\
95'''Chester:''' Paper ''gnome.'' The guy with the paper gnome.\
96'''Judy:''' I'd forgotten all about that. How could that happen?\
97'''Chester:''' It's the haze. [[ExtraStrengthMasquerade Most human minds cannot process magic into their conscious long-term memory]]. It has to do with a nerve cluster at the base of the--\
98'''Monster:''' It doesn't really matter. There's no point explaining it because you'll just forget it all once we're gone.
99-->-- ''Literature/{{Monster}}''
100
101->'''Peridot:''' ''[looks at Spinel's rejuvenator]'' Whoa, was there, like, a laser or...?\
102'''Bismuth:''' ''[takes it from her]'' Be careful with that! It's a rejuvenator! Homeworld used to use these things on Gems that started stepping out of line. One hit with this... you're back to how they made you.\
103'''Peridot:''' Oh my stars, I ''touched it!'' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall I could've lost all my character development!]]
104-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie''
105
106->'''Kari:''' I just [[{{Irony}} wish I could forget the whole thing]].\
107'''[[TheMenInBlack Agent Dicker]]:''' You will, kid. You will.
108-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JackJackAttack''
109
110->'''Strange:''' The runes of Cafkal.\
111'''Peter:''' The runes of Cafkal?\
112'''Strange:''' Oh, it's just a standard spell of forgetting. Won't turn back time, but at least people will forget that you were ever Spider-Man.
113-->-- ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''
114
115->''"I recommend we remove all magic, even '''memories''' of magic, to be safe. But don't worry, I'll leave the fun."''
116-->-- '''Grand Pabbie''', ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013''

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