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The record of my unspeakable crimes
In previous lives, in previous times
Indelibly stains the pages of history''
|'''[[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]'''|''Reprehensible''}}
'''Amnesiac Dissonance''' occurs when a good or evil person suddenly remembers their past of the opposite [[Character Alignment|alignment.]] This becomes the epitome of Man versus Himself (or Herself) as the values and memories of their past self collide with their current self. This can result in a complete [[Face Heel Turn]] or [[Heel Face Turn]], or give a shade of grey to the character that they didn't possess before. [[Reincarnation]] can be substituted as a type of spiritual amnesia.
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* ''[[Shining Force]] 2'': When the young boy Oddler is left blind and amnesia-stricken by battle wounds, [[The Hero]] takes him into his party, protecting the youth from devils that have been hunting him for some reason. Near the end of the game, though, [[The Reveal|the truth comes out]]: Oddler is Odd Eye, the most powerful [[The Dragon|general]] in the [[Big Bad]]'s devil army! Though he still remembers traveling with [[The Hero]], his eyes have been opened and his duty is clear. Now they must fight.
* The major plot twist in ''[[Silent Hill 2]]''.
* In ''[[Snatcher]]'', protagonist Gillian Seed is an amnesiac police agent who is assigned to take out the [[
* Cammy from the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' series joins the good-guy Delta Red faction after her [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] erases all memory of the fact that she was ''created'' to be the next body of the [[Big Bad]] Bison.
* In ''[[Super Robot Wars]] Advance'', Amnesiac Axel Almer, who serves a stint as protagonist, is actually [[The Dragon]] of the [[Big Bad]] and the [[Mad Scientist]]'s lover. He comes to grips with this and proceeds to betray his former comrades, who thought he was just being a really awesome spy. Not a spoiler, as the other protagonist's route warns you of this immediately.
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