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* Mikage from the manga ''Torikago Gakyuu'' is this as well, although he doesn't even remember his name. {{spoiler|He's given only the surname "Mikage" by a teacher who promptly reveals to him that he is from a parallel world.}}

* Kirika Yuumura from ''[[Noir (anime)|Noir]]''.

 

== Comic Books ==

* ''XIII''.

 

* This Trope pretty much describes "Ben", the protagonist of ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/story/story_edit_property.php?storyid=6611580 Shadowchasers: Torment]]''. He [[You Wake Up in a Room| wakes up in a morgue]], and has no idea where he is, but his memories return to him in bits and pieces as the plot progresses. As a [[Walking Spoiler]], he's difficult to describe.

 

== Film ==

* [[The Bourne Series (film)|Jason Bourne]] embodies this trope perfectly.

 

== Literature ==

* Rachel is this in the first Megamorphs book of ''[[Animorphs]]''.

* Touma in ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' doesn't begin the series with amnesia, but he loses all his memories at the end of the first volume. He never regains his memory, and has to hide his amnesia from others. {{spoiler|It's later revealed that he did have a specific form of amnesia when the series began, which makes him unable to remember or form new memories of one particular character}}.

 

== Live Action TV ==

** Tsugami Shoichi, aka [[Kamen Rider Agito]]

** Kadoya Tsukasa, aka [[Kamen Rider Decade]]

* This has almost become a [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Rune Factory]]'' games, with one character in ''[[Rune Factory 3]]'' saying that "[[Lampshade Hanging|amnesiacs are a dime a dozen around these parts.]]" The only protagonists so far ''not'' to be amnesiacs are [[Rune Factory Oceans|Aden and Sonja]], perhaps because [[Sharing a Body]] would be too awkward for two people who hadn't [[Childhood Friends|known each other for quite some time]].

* The Nameless One from ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'', except he (obviously) doesn't remember his own name ({{spoiler|his name is the ''last'' thing he remembers}}). Oh, and the soon-to-be sidekick who finds him is a floating talking skull {{spoiler|who didn't so much 'find' him as was waiting for him to wake up again}}.

* Galuf from ''[[Final Fantasy V]]''.

* Raz from ''[[Overblood]]''.

* ''[[Cave Story]]'' begins with protagonist [[You Wake Up in a Room|waking up]] in a cave with no memories. It takes exposition from other characters to learn about his true identity.

* ''[[XIII (video game)|XIII]]''.

 

== Web Comics ==

* Trace of ''[[Twokinds]]'' is this. We've been told some choice details of his past, and his current goals are so drastically different from his old ones that the world may be better off if he stays this way.

* The Hero of ''[[RPG World]]'' is also amnesiac, such that he doesn't even remember his own name ([[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Everyone Calls Him Hero]]).

 

== Web Original ==

* ''[[The Hollow]]'' is a [[Netflix]] original series that ''is'' this Trope. In the first episode, the three protagonists - Adam, Mira, and Kai - wake up in an underground bunker, with no memories, only discovering their names due to notes in their pockets. After escaping, they discover they have super-powers, and are roped into fighting mythology-themed demons, and along the way, try to figure out who they are.

* In the aptly-named ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' episode "Amnesia", Ulrich becomes this, for that episode only. He gets infected with [[Nano Machine|nanobots created by XANA]] that give him amnesia. He initially doesn't remember anything, but starts to get flashes of memories later on (specifically of his friendship with Odd, his romantic feelings for Yumi, and his Lyoko duties). He even ditches [[Alpha Bitch| Sissi]] (who was taking advantage of him) to find out where his mind was telling him to go as he slowly remembers Lyoko and his duty to "do something important".

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