Basic Trope: An Amnesiac Hero is convinced by the villain that they’re on their side, usually being easily convinced and turning evil.
- Straight: Bob gets amnesia and is convinced by Emperor Evulz to join him.
- Exaggerated: All the heroes (except for one) get amnesia and are convinced to join Evulz.
- Downplayed:
- While Bob does get amnesia, he still remembers a lot, it’s just he forgot what alignment he was on and believes he was on the evil alignment.
- While Bob believes Emperor Evulz about being on his side, he functions as the Token Good Teammate.
- Justified: Evulz is a Manipulative Bastard.
- Inverted: Amnesiac Villain Joins the Heroes
- Subverted:
- Bob turns out to merely be faking amnesia and willingly joined Evulz.
- Bob is actually just Brainwashed and Crazy.
- Double Subverted:
- Well, that’s at least what Evulz told him.
- The main part of the brainwashing was memory loss, and Evulz convinced him to join him afterwards.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: No characters get amnesia or are convinced to join the villains.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked:
- Exploited: Always is this to Amnesiac Hero.
- Defied:
- Even with amnesia, Bob refuses to work with Evulz, being able to tell he is bad news.
- Evulz refuses to do this, seeing it as a dishonourable action.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: “Why is it that villains always convince amnesiacs to believe that they’re on the villain’s side?”
- Implied: It’s never stated Bob has amnesia, but he does question the identity of one of his former teammates when asked about it.
