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* In ''[[Historys Strongest Disciple Kenichi]]'', Elder Furinji has a technique called, 'Shockwave of Forgetfulness', a soft punch that can cause the victim to lose his memory. He did it once on a crimelord in Thailand to make him forget he was evil, and again on Kenichi- to make ''him'' forget about the really expensive drawing Elder bought, which he was going to tell Miu about.

* ''[[Fairy Tail]]''. {{spoiler|Gerard}}, in just about the funniest, most WTF example ever.

* Pai suffers from a supernatural case in [[Three By Three Eyes|3x3 Eyes]]. Pai and her grandparents believe that she's an [[Ordinary High School Student]] who lost all of her memories in a bus accident, but in actuality she's a [[Older Than They Look|300-year-old]] immortal Sanjiyan Unkara who had her memories sealed by [[The Dragon]] so she couldn't interfere with their plans. They even gave her and an old couple false memories and photos to give her a 'backstory' and a belief that monsters don't really exist.

** This sealing also has a tragic twist: {{spoiler|[[The Dragon]] used a minor demon called Houasyou as a basis to 'forge' the seal on Pai, who would enforce the seal and keep the Sanjiyan Unkara dormant. But since Pai has a split personality between a [[Genki Girl]] and [[Tsundere]], the seal has an unexpected side effect - Houasyou ''herself'' lost her memory, and thanks to the [[Masquerade]], ''she'' believes that she's Pai. And when the good guys finally confront [[The Dragon]] to get her memories back, that means Houasyou has to accept that she's actually a demon and [[Tear Jerker|won't be able to be with her love Yakumo]] because he loves the ''real'' Pai, not her.}}

== Fan Works ==

* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', {{spoiler|Nagato}} does this to {{spoiler|Kyon, Mikuru, and Kanae}} ''every night'' to stop them remembering [[Year Inside, Hour Outside|years and years of training]]. {{spoiler|It's also hinted she does it to stop Kyon remembering kissing her...}}

* In ''Speechless'', a ''Death Note'' fic, this shows up.

* A ''[[Star Wars]]'' fanfic called ''Innocence'' sees Vader suffering brain damage after a crash into Rebel territory. When he learns the facts of [[Complete Monster|his career]], he decides he'd rather start as a new man. {{spoiler|While he's unsuccessful in getting rid of his breathmask, he adopts some less intimidating prosthetics and swaps his [[Dark Is Evil|black cape]] for green coveralls.}} He rediscovers his engineering talent with Han as a mentor/bodyguard, {{spoiler|and after helping the pilots get even with an obnoxious commander, [[Alternate Universe Fic|is ultimately accepted as a comrade]]}}.

* Weiss in ''[[Agarest Senki 2]]'' starts off with him killing a servant of a god and a god. He then gets flung out in the middle of nowhere and gets amnesia as a result. He also gets his level reduced from [[Restart At Level One|level 99 all the way back down to level 1.]] {{spoiler|And then in a similar fashion as ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'', Weiss isn't really "Weiss" but instead ''Chaos'' aka the god Weiss supposedly killed in the opening! And the real Weiss himself who was the level 99 Weiss actually didn't kill Chaos, but instead got himself killed!}}

* ''[[The Conduit]]'': in the tie-in comic book "Orange Lights", [[The Men in Black]] use specially-designed orange lights to erase [[Conspiracy Theorist|Gordon Well's]] knowledge of the truth behind the Drudge invasion before he can share it to his listeners.

** [[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]] combines this trope with [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]. {{spoiler|Rozalin is the reincarnation of Overlord Zenon. She can remember this only when the seal holding these memories back is broken}}.

*** Zenon's curse also causes this to every resident of Veldime. They become demons, and start to forget the lives they had before transforming. A couple of the minor characters around town mention the potential [[Fridge Horror]] involved; perhaps it would be better to remain demons than to regain their conscience and have to remember what they did while they were monsters.

* In ''[[Spacetrawler]]'', one of the ways the underground Mihrgoots hide their existence from outsiders is by erasing the memories of anyone who encounters them.

* ''[[Ansem Retort]]'' has [[Kingdom Hearts|Sora]] hit by this so freqeuntly and so heavily that at this point his brain makes pumice look solid.

* Early in [[The Kingfisher]], Helen is used by Vitus as a one-woman [[Memory-Wiping Crew]], giving Marc [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]].