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* Has a [[Dark and Troubled Past|dark and depressing past]] that they probably don't want to remember anyway.
Amnesiac Heroes are common in [[RPG
Compare [[You Wake Up in a Room]] and [[Selective Memory]]. [[Gameplay-Guided Amnesia]] can be a temporary version of this. See also [[Easy Amnesia]], [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]], and [[Identity Amnesia]]. [[Protagonist Without a Past]] is where this isn't even addressed.
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== Video Games ==
* Slayn Wilder, the protagonist of ''[[Growlanser]]: Dual Darkness'' begins the game with amnesia.
* In ''[[Neko Kawaigari]]'', the player is a dog-man named Jack who, you guessed it, has amnesia. He's rescued by the head of a clinic for [[
* ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'': Excepting the Japan-only [[Wii Ware]] games, the player is a Pokemon that was once human and lost their memory. However, unlike a normal
* This has almost become a [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Rune Factory]]'' games, with one character in ''[[Rune Factory 3]]'' saying that "[[Lampshade Hanging|amnesiacs are a dime a dozen around these parts.]]" The only protagonists so far ''not'' to be amnesiacs are [[Rune Factory Oceans|Aden and Sonja]], perhaps because [[Sharing a Body]] would be too awkward for two people who hadn't [[Childhood Friends|known each other for quite some time]].
* The Nameless One from ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'', except he (obviously) doesn't remember his own name ({{spoiler|his name is the ''last'' thing he remembers}}). Oh, and the soon-to-be sidekick who finds him is a floating talking skull {{spoiler|who didn't so much 'find' him as was waiting for him to wake up again}}.
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