Basic Trope: An undead being or someone in the afterlife doesn't remember their living life.
- Straight: Victor, a ghost, doesn't remember who he was when he was alive.
- Exaggerated: None of the deceased characters can remember anything about who they were when they were alive.
- Downplayed: Victor can only remember some vague details about who he once was.
- Justified: Victor died many years ago, and has simply forgotten aspects of his past life thanks to the passage of time.
- Inverted: Victor very clearly remembers every detail of his former life; he may even be a Vengeful Ghost.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: There are no undead characters in the work.
- Enforced: Something in Victor's past is important to the plot, and having him not know what it is at first would be a good opportunity for a plot twist.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Before Victor is killed, he's hit with Laser-Guided Amnesia.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: "When we die, do you think we'll ever remember anything about our living selves?"
- Conversed: "How come ghosts and other dead characters in fiction often don't remember who they used to be when they were alive?" "Maybe they died a long time ago, and just forgot — I mean, I don't usually remember what happened 10 years ago."
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