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Amnesiac Heroes are common in [[RPG|RPGs]] and horror games, and are always the heroes in [[Ontological Mystery|Ontological Mysteries]] and [[Quest for Identity]]. Even if those plots aren't being used, it's a easy way to get the player up to speed, as they're just being introduced to the setting, while the character lives there and [[As You Know|should otherwise know about it already]]. |
Amnesiac Heroes are common in [[RPG|RPGs]] and horror games, and are always the heroes in [[Ontological Mystery|Ontological Mysteries]] and [[Quest for Identity]]. Even if those plots aren't being used, it's a easy way to get the player up to speed, as they're just being introduced to the setting, while the character lives there and [[As You Know|should otherwise know about it already]]. |
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Compare [[You Wake Up in a Room]] and [[Selective Memory]]. [[Gameplay-Guided Amnesia]] can be a temporary version of this. See also [[Easy Amnesia]], [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]], and [[Identity Amnesia]]. [[Protagonist Without a Past]] is where this isn't even addressed. |
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* [[Little Miss Badass|Alice]] from ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' fits this to a "T". She's the most powerful [[Our Monsters Are Different|chain]] in the [[Eldritch Location|Abyss]] who knows only her name, and she inevitably goes on a quest to find her lost memories ({{spoiler|though she soon discovers that [[Repressed Memories|she may have forgotten them]] for a [[Dark and Troubled Past|good reason]]}}). |
* [[Little Miss Badass|Alice]] from ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' fits this to a "T". She's the most powerful [[Our Monsters Are Different|chain]] in the [[Eldritch Location|Abyss]] who knows only her name, and she inevitably goes on a quest to find her lost memories ({{spoiler|though she soon discovers that [[Repressed Memories|she may have forgotten them]] for a [[Dark and Troubled Past|good reason]]}}). |
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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.}} |
* 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.}} |
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* Kirika Yuumura from ''[[Noir ( |
* Kirika Yuumura from ''[[Noir (anime)|Noir]]''. |
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== Film == |
== Film == |
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* [[The Bourne Series ( |
* [[The Bourne Series (film)|Jason Bourne]] embodies this trope perfectly. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* Jason {{spoiler|and Percy}} in the ''[[Percy Jackson |
* Jason {{spoiler|and Percy}} in the ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians|Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' [[Sequel Series]] ''[[The Heroes of Olympus]]''. |
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* Rachel is this in the first Megamorphs book of ''[[ |
* Rachel is this in the first Megamorphs book of ''[[Animorphs]]''. |
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* Slayn Wilder, the protagonist of ''[[Growlanser]]: Dual Darkness'' begins the game with amnesia. |
* Slayn Wilder, the protagonist of ''[[Growlanser]]: Dual Darkness'' begins the game with amnesia. |
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* In ''[[Neko Kawaigari]]'', the player is a dog-man named Jack who, you guessed it, has amnesia. He's rescued by the head of a clinic for [[Catgirl|catgirls]]. In order to repay her, he becomes an odd-job man at the clinic, helping with the patients. |
* In ''[[Neko Kawaigari]]'', the player is a dog-man named Jack who, you guessed it, has amnesia. He's rescued by the head of a clinic for [[Catgirl|catgirls]]. In order to repay her, he becomes an odd-job man at the clinic, helping with the patients. |
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* ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'': Excepting the Japan-only [[Wii Ware]] games, the player is a Pokemon that was once human and lost their memory. However, unlike a normal [[Amnesiac Hero]], they have to slowly learn fighting skills just like any other Pokémon instead of having them naturally. {{spoiler|In the first set of games, this was self-inflicted.}} |
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* 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]]. |
* 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]]. |
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* 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}}. |
* 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}}. |
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* Daniel from ''[[Amnesia |
* Daniel from ''[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent|Amnesia the Dark Descent]]'' with a twist; he induced it himself {{spoiler|so he wouldn't remember the horrible things he did.}} |
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* Galuf from ''[[ |
* Galuf from ''[[Final Fantasy V]]''. |
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* Raz from ''[[Overblood]]''. |
* Raz from ''[[Overblood]]''. |
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* The Fateless One from ''[[ |
* The Fateless One from ''[[Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning]]''. Probably due to dying and coming back to life. Hell, the body s/he's in isn't even his/er original. |
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* {{spoiler|Revan}} from ''[[Knights of the Old Republic ( |
* {{spoiler|Revan}} from ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]''. |
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* This is the premise of the action/adventure game ''[[ |
* This is the premise of the action/adventure game ''[[BioForge]]''. |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[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. |
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* ''[[XIII ( |
* ''[[XIII (video game)|XIII]]''. |
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== Web Comics == |
== Web Comics == |
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* Trace of ''[[Two Kinds]]'' 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. |
* Trace of ''[[Two Kinds]]'' 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. |
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* The Hero of ''[[ |
* 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]]). |
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