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'''Past Life Memories''' are memories that a reincarnated character gains from previous incarnations of their soul.
When [[Reincarnation (trope)|Reincarnation]] and
In most works with [[Reincarnation (trope)|Reincarnation]], the majority of characters do not gain
Of course, in other works, [[Reincarnation (trope)|Reincarnation]] is presented as not being true, and claims to having memories from past lives are treated as a sign of eccentricity or even insanity. A character making a claim to having
[[Real Life]] public figures that can be verified as making claims to experiencing
Compare [[Genetic Memory]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' gains memories of her previous life as Princess Serenity
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* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'': A major turning point for the characters is Keiichi remembering how he brutally murdered Rena and Mion in one of the previous iterations of the [[Groundhog Day Loop]]. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Then things get significantly better.]]
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'': The outcome of the previous iteration in the [[Groundhog Day Loop]] flash in Madoka's dream. It's also seen in an earlier timeline, when she starts to recall Homura's name despite not having met her yet. Later, she gets a "mental static" during a certain event with Homura. Then things snowball into her [[Abstract Apotheosis]].
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* This is a major plot point in the ''[[Sailor Moon]]/[[Ranma ½]]'' crossover ''[[Heir to the Empire]]''; Ranma is ''highly'' resistant to the idea that he's the reincarnation of Queen Serenity from the Silver Millennium, despite what his own memories are telling him.
== [[Film]] ==
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* ''[[Childe Cycle]]'' contains an example [[The Hero]] Donal Graeme first travels to the past to take over a dying body, and then reincarnates himself as an infant in the future. In each case, he starts out with no memory of his original life, then manefests a few memories, and eventually gains full knowledge of all of his lives.
* Cinderheart in ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' has memories of her past life as Cinderpelt, but she has only ever shown signs of remembering them in her dreams, or recalls her past life subconsciously; for example, Cinderpelt's former apprentice Leafpool notes Cinderheart flicks her paw in the same way Cinderpelt did, as well as another character once thinking she was acting [[Wise Beyond Her Years]], and Cinderheart remembering the distance between the Great Sycamore and ThunderClan's camp in the Forest, even though she had been born after the Clans had left the Forest. Eventually - after a night of dreaming about Cinderpelt's life - she is told/realizes who she really is.
* In the [[Discworld]] novel ''[[
== [[Live
* In one of the Thanksgiving episodes of ''[[Friends]]'', Phoebe is asked what her worst Thanksgiving memory is. She recalls the time she was a nurse in [[World War I]].
* In one episode of ''[[The X-Files]]'' the [Something] Of The Week claims that she and Mulder were lovers in a previous life during [[The American Civil War]]. He goes under hypnosis and seems to confirm it.
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