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The affected character may have additional bouts of amnesia on top of their personality change. Other times, they may still know everything they did prior to the switch, except that they've never before ''acted'' the way they're acting now. Attempts to get them to remember previous defining life events that may snap them out of it are met with a stern dismissal. "I haven't time for this! I'm a world-famous opera singer and must be on stage in one hour!"
Just like other forms of TV amnesia, this variety is often rectified by [[Traumatic Toggle|just smacking the character in the head a second time]]; they are usually very resistant to seeking out help on their own. Once cured, they'll probably have no recollection of their alter-ego self, and will be puzzled as to why things have apparently moved forward by several hours/days.
Once their [[Jekyll and Hyde]] nature has been demonstrated, it's a foregone conclusion that should the character in question get tapped in the head at a later date, the alternate persona will be [[Split Personality Takeover|right back in the saddle again.]]
A vast exaggeration of a [[Truth in Television
See also [[Brainwashed]], [[Wistful Amnesia]], [[Fake Memories]], [[We Want Our Jerk Back]], [[Traumatic Toggle]], [[Amnesiac Hero]], and [[Amnesiac Lover]].
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* [[Napoleon Delusion]] - The new "character" is a famous historical figure (insanity is a bigger factor here).
* [[Criminal Amnesiac]] - The character goes from his heroic or noble life to an evil or self-serving one.
* [[Amnesiacs Are Innocent]]
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Magical Project S]]'', Misao Amano's alter ego Pixy Misa likes to torment the main cast with her magical powers. When Misao reverts to her normal self she doesn't remember any of what she did while transformed.
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** Woah. ''Is'' there an amnesia trope for forgetting even basic learned skills?
* This is what happened to {{spoiler|Seiya's older sister Seika}} in ''[[Saint Seiya]]''.
* Kirika Yumura of ''[[Noir]]'' starts out with this. She only knows what her name is due to it being printed on her student ID, and a comment from Chloe towards the end of the series implies that not only is 'Kirika Yumura' not her real name, it was entirely possible that nobody remembered what her real name ''was''.
* ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' has Johan's good-hearted twin sister, Nina Fortner, can't remember she's Anna Liebert after {{spoiler|he forced her to shoot him in the head}}.
* [[To Aru Majutsu no Index|Kamijou Touma]] forgot a lot about who he was when he took a feather of St. George’s Sanctuary to the face and it is irrecoverable. He forgot a lot of people he knew; he forgot why he said people were indebted to him; school; he even forgot what his parents looked like ({{spoiler|plot point}}). While a thank you letter had allowed him to obfuscate competence and convince everyone that he's fine, at least twice he had to gamble that he should have known someone because they [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform|dressed weirdly]]. {{spoiler|Eventually, he fesses up to someone about it.}}
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Happened in ''[[Justice League International]]''. One punch from [[Batman]] took down Guy Gardner. When he awoke, he was no longer an abrasive chauvinist. He was instead Sensitive Guy, who cared what women think, and was generally respectful and agreeable in every way that the true Guy wasn't. Random head bops (his powers protected him from
** As for the Ring protection, it should be considered that Gardner took off the Ring to fight hand-to-hand, without using weapons. So, when Batman took him down, he was as vulnerable as any random burglar.
* [[Superman]] developed a trauma after executing 3 Kryptonian criminals, and had another identity known as "Gangbuster" who would tackle the underworld.
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