But for Me It Was Tuesday: Difference between revisions

** Invoked again with [[The Joker]] in ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]''. He remembers few of his victims, if any, but doesn't care so long as Batman remembers them all.

{{quote|"No, I ''don't'' keep count. But you do. And I '''love''' you for it."}}

* [[Spider-Man]] once faced a guy called "The Master of Vengeance" seeking revenge because Spider-Man put him in jail for dealing drugs. Peter, who does that sort of thing all the time, didn't remember him at all.

* A more famous example is Eddie Brock, a.k.a. Venom. Peter knows him all too well ''now'', but when Venom first unmasked, he recognized Brock only as a disgraced reporter whose picture had been in the papers. He'd never met the man and had no idea he blamed Spider-Man for his ruined career.

'''Hinata:''' Really? So what was it for the both of us?

'''Naruto:''' For us...It was Tuesday. }}

 

== Film -- Live-Action ==

** And similarly, when Inigo finally confronts the six-fingered man he's been hunting his whole life:

{{quote|"You must be that little Spanish brat I taught a lesson to all those years ago. You've been chasing me your whole life only to fail now? I think that's about the worst thing I've ever heard. ... How marvelous."}}

* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' has a comedic example, with various women slapping Jack across the cheek, to which he blithely replies either "...I'm not sure I deserved that" or "...I probably deserved that one."

** The one time he actually remembers why a woman slapped him was because he "[[Insistent Terminology|borrowed]]" her ship. He remembers ships but not women.

** Absolutely false. Colonel Landa demonstrates he knows exactly who Shoshanna is by forcibly ordering milk for her, tasting it, and commenting that it is nowhere near as good as the delicious fresh milk he drank at the dairy farm she was hiding at, where he killed her family. (Why he didn't have her hunted in the woods then, or have her seized by Gestapo when he meets her in the restaurant, is another question entirely.)

*** Maybe because he wasn't ordered to. He claims he doesn't really hate Jews. He is a detective whose job just happens to be hunting them.

 

== Literature ==

* The [[Dune]] Encyclopedia names House Washington (AKA the US) as the first user of atomics in a "provincial war."

* ''[[Redwall]]'''s ''Lord Brocktree'': Bucko Bigbones confronts Karangool, the fox who killed his family and left him for dead, and Karangool has no idea who he is. Bucko corners him and explains before taking his revenge. And then he ''[[Oh Crap|does]]'' remember.

{{quote|"Well, let me tell ye a story, aboot a puir young hare who was left fer dead by a wicked ole fox who beat 'im wi' a swordblade..."}}

'''Carpathia:''' You cooked a harmless woman with a big mouth. }}

* ''Sisterhood'' series by [[Fern Michaels]]: Played with rather oddly in the book ''Sweet Revenge''. Reporter Ted Robinson, who is not quite a hero at that point, asks Rosemary Hershey a question about two people. Rosemary says in a genuinely puzzled tone "Who?" Her soon-to-be ex-husband, Bobby Harcourt, pokes his head into the room and states that those are the two people she killed, along with their young daughter. She killed three people and she is the only one who apparently did not even bother to remember them. However, she ends up remembering the name of the young daughter - Diana. She actually blocked that out and presumably other details of her killing them. Once she remembers, however, she is unable to stop thinking about it!

* There's an odd non-villainous version in ''The Thurb Revolution'', second of Alexei Panshin's [[Remittance Man|Anthony Villiers]] series. Retired dancer Caspar Smetana believes Villiers might have an old grudge against him, due to an embarrassing [[Noodle Incident]]. Tony at first doesn't recognize Smetana at all, and when he '''does''', he still has no idea why the older man thinks he'd hold a grudge; his memories of watching "Pickles" Smetana do the clog step are entirely pleasant.

 

'''Spike:''' I've killed a lot of people's mothers.

'''Robin Wood:''' Yeah. You'd remember mine. She was a Slayer. }}

{{quote|'''Buffy:''' Wow. I mean, that's... seventeen.}}

{{quote|'''Riley:''' Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of "apocalypse."}}

* An odd ''[[Angel]]'' example: the demon Sahjahn spends a good chunk of the third season working against Angel, but when the two finally meet Angel has no idea why Sahjahn hates him, driving the latter to disappear in fury. Of course, Angel was a bit justified in this: Sahjahn's beef was a ''future'' event that Sahjahn knew about from a prophecy. {{spoiler|A prophecy that he had even ''rewritten himself'' centuries before, so that it was basically impossible for Angel to know about it.}} Granted, existing outside of time might mess with his perceptions a bit, but really Sahjahn's expectations just seem a little high.

* The beginning of the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "Cor-Ai" goes like this. A man tries to put Teal'c (the [[Heel Face Turn|recently reformed]] [[The Dragon|Dragon]] of [[A God Am I|Apophis]]) on trial for killing his father. It takes Teal'c a while to even remember visiting the planet. In this case, though, ''both'' are portrayed sympathetically, and Teal'c is remorseful even when he doesn't recall what exactly he did.

** In another episode, Raymond and family are attending the wedding of a girl Raymond knew in college. It turns out that Raymond went on a date with her once, and at the end of the night he didn't walk her to her front door, as he was more concerned about keeping an eye on his father's car. Raymond still feels incredibly bad about this, even though everyone else thinks he is just being neurotic. Finally, Raymond gathers his courage and apologises to the girl. Sure enough, she doesn't remember the incident at all.

* This trope frames the ''[[Southland]]'' episode "Wednesday", in which the narrator announces at the beginning: "Cops wake up every morning different from the rest of us. Our worst nightmare is just their Wednesday."

 

==Music==

 

== Religion and Mythology ==

* An [[Anti-Hero|anti-]]heroic example from ''[[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]]'': the first boss, Skelter Helter, is attempting to take revenge on Travis for killing his brother at the start of the first game. Travis, however, doesn't remember who he is (and the player likely won't either, considering said brother only actually appeared in the game for about two seconds). Also pulled off ''on the player'', as the [[Big Bad]]'s motivation is also trying to avenge relatives killed by Travis - {{spoiler|the nameless, generic Pizza Butt executives Travis killed to make money for the ranked fights in the first game were his father and brothers.}}

* [[Fridge Brilliance|Perhaps unintentionally]], ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' implies that this is [[Memetic Badass|Altair's]] attitude toward killing [[Elite Mooks|Templars]]. The [[Call a Hit Point a Smeerp|synch bar]] increases as Desmond grows closer to Altair by doing things that Altair remembers doing. However, it does not increase if he kills a Templar, nor even if he kills all sixty of them. In other words, Altair may have killed every single Templar in the Holy Land, and ''he doesn't even remember it''. Just another day at the office.

 

== Web Animation ==

'''Vexxarr''': What makes you say that?

'''Minionbot''': It's a Thursday? }}

 

== Web Original ==

{{quote|'''Blight:''' ''(irritated)'' Do you have the slighest idea how little that narrows it down?

'''Batman:''' [[Genre Savvy|Sorry, that's all you get.]] }}

{{quote|'''Fingers:''' Where is my mother?!

'''Van Dyle:''' I p-probably sold her.

'''Van Dyle:''' ''(clearly terrified)'' To me it was just another gorilla! }}

* ''[[Gargoyles]]'':

** This was echoed later on with Malcolm Canmore, son of Duncan. Macbeth killed Duncan in battle and banished Canmore to England. Later, Canmore becomes the new Hunter and invades Scotland, eventually unmasking dramatically in front of Macbeth.

{{quote|'''Macbeth:''' Should I have recognized you, sirrah?}}

* In ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'', Superman finally ends up fighting [[Darkseid]] and gives him an [[And This Is For]] punch for Dan Turpin, the man he killed during the Apokolips invasion. Darkseid has no idea who he is talking about and merely exclaims "[[Complete Monster|Had I known one human's death would pain you so, I would have killed more.]]"

* Possible example in the 1990s ''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]'' series before Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch [[Luke, I Am Your Father|find out the real truth]]:

''([[Beat]])''

'''Azula:''' You're going to have to be a little more specific. }}

{{quote|'''Sokka:''' Oh, good. You guys have met.

'''Suki:''' Actually, we met a long time ago.

'''Suki:''' Yeah. You kind of burned down my village.

'''Zuko:''' Oh. Sorry about that. ''([[Beat]])'' Nice to see you again? }}

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'':

** One episode has Homer meeting universal [[Butt Monkey]] Frank Grimes and driving him to suicide. In a later episode, Frank Grimes Jr. shows up to get revenge and Homer can just barely recall the incident, ending cheerily with "How is old Grimey?" Needless to say, Grimey Jr. is quite upset.

{{quote|'''Smithers''': That's Homer Simpson, sir. All of the recent events in your life have revolved around him in some way.

'''Mr. Burns''': Simpson, eh? }}

{{quote|'''Homer''': ''(strangling Mr. Burns)'' HOMER SIMPSON! HOMER SIMPSON! MY NAME IS HOMER SIMPSON!

''(Smithers enters)''

'''Mr. Burns''': Smithers, who is this idiot strangling me?

'''Homer''': SHUT UP!! HOMER SIMPSON!! }}

* In ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', Mysterio is disappointed that Spider-man doesn't remember him.

{{quote|'''Mysterio:''' Don't pretend you've forgotten. I was the Chameleon's right-hand man!

* In ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', Deadman, possessing Wonder Woman, beats the crap out of Devil Ray, telling him that he killed his mentor and friend.

{{quote|'''Devil Ray:''' You'll have to be more specific, lady. I've killed a lotta people.}}

* ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'', {{spoiler|Argost when confronted by Drew and Doyle when they discover he was the Yeti that attacked their camp in the Himalayas and murdered their parents.}} His response?

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Argost'''}}: *smirks* Did I? Oh, there were so many in those days. One can hardly remember each individual scream.}}

{{quote|'''Chemistro:''' How can you not know who I am!? You punched me in the face!

'''Hawkeye:''' Sorry, that doesn't narrow it down much. }}

 

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