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{{quote|''"I remember stuff from when I was an infant, now! I know we got a 'C' in Psychology, but it's not normal to remember stuff vividly from before the age of four, is it?"''|'''Ellen''', ''[[El Goonish Shive]]''}}
[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. Characters in fiction have improbable memory spans; specifically, they can recall events that occurred before the age of three with detail, and their "memories" are true, real, and
Can be [[Truth in Television]] - certain memories ''can'' stay in one's brain.
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* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek Voyager]]''
** Harry Kim claims to remember being in the womb. However, this is never confirmed to be a true memory and Paris thinks it's absurd.
** In the episode "Q2", Q's son voices how annoyed he was when Janeway cooed over him as a baby. She's surprised he can remember that, but of course, the Q are [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien
* On ''[[Lost]]'', Ben and Locke both have flashback episodes that include their own births. ("The Man Behind the Curtain" and "Cabin Fever", respectively.)
** Doesn't quite count, as flashbacks on ''[[Lost]]'' are not generated by characters reminiscing on past events but by plot itself.
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', it's kind of difficult to figure out just whose memory it is when we see Maduin and Madonna/Madeline's flashback. The only character around who ''should'' be able to remember is Maduin... who's technically dead. But the scene in question seems to imply that it's ''Terra's'' flashback. Which includes her parents meeting. Before she was even conceived. What?!
** Though technically dead, as magicite the esper that formed it is not completely 'gone', as shown from numerous instances where the only form you speak with is after it's turned into magicite. Also, the flashback is entirely from Maduin's point of view. It is likely that Maduin is showing his memory using the power he has as
*** This also [[Narrative Profanity Filter|explains]] why Terra's conception is shown as being [[G-Rated Sex|sparkly lights dancing in the sky producing an instant baby]], rather than the usual method.
* In ''[[Psychonauts]]'', Sasha's first memory vault sequence takes place when he was a baby.
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