Memory Tropes



Memory and amnesia in TV, movies, and video games works a little differently than in Real Life... Why? Because memory often makes for an interesting storyline involving one or more characters, and can be used to make a powerful argument on questions such as identity, destiny, betrayal and love. The usefulness of this trope is tricky, as memory loss isn't as common in Real Life as it is in fiction. Don't worry about it too much, as Tropes Are Tools.

Compare Stay Ahead of This Index (as our memories are stored there) and Psychology Tropes.

Not to be confused with Please Reflect On This Index.


 * Absent-Minded Professor
 * Aesop Amnesia
 * Amnesia Danger
 * Amnesia Loop
 * Amnesia Missed a Spot
 * Amnesiac Dissonance
 * Amnesiac God
 * Amnesiac Hero
 * Amnesiac Liar
 * Amnesiac Lover
 * Amnesiacs Are Innocent
 * Bag of Spilling
 * Congruent Memory
 * Conveniently Unverifiable Cover Story
 * Crazy Memory
 * Criminal Amnesiac
 * Damn You, Muscle Memory!
 * Death Amnesia
 * Demoted Memories
 * Distracted By the Sexy
 * Easy Amnesia
 * Everybody Remembers the Stripper
 * Fake Memories
 * Faking Amnesia
 * Fighting Down Memory Lane
 * Flashback Fail
 * The Fog of Ages
 * Forgetful Jones
 * Gameplay-Guided Amnesia
 * Genetic Memory
 * Ghost Amnesia
 * Ghost Memory
 * House Amnesia
 * Human Notepad
 * Identity Amnesia
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia
 * Loss of Identity
 * Manchurian Agent
 * Memory Gambit
 * Memory-Wiping Crew
 * Mind Virus
 * Missing Time
 * My Art, My Memory
 * My Skull Runneth Over
 * Neural Implanting
 * Neuro Vault
 * The Nicknamer
 * NPC Amnesia
 * Note to Self:
 * Past Life Memories
 * Photographic Memory
 * Quest for Identity
 * Remembered Too Late
 * Remember That You Trust Me
 * Repressed Memories
 * Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory
 * Selective Memory
 * Self-Serving Memory
 * Super Intelligence
 * Transferable Memory
 * Trauma-Induced Amnesia
 * Trigger Phrase
 * Victory-Guided Amnesia
 * Wistful Amnesia
 * You Remind Me of X