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The milder examples are the insanely [[Ridiculously Average Guy|mundane]] that not one of his friends or foes remembers, especially if the world he lives in is fantastical or a world populated with superheroes and villains. The latter can get overshadowed, especially if he or she doesn't have anything of a notable role or cool power.
 
In fantasy and [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]] settings, a character's existence gets eraseerased by very [[A Wizard Did It| powerful spells]], or [[Weird Science|lasertechnobabble raysgadgets]] that have [[Gone Horribly Right|rightWrong]] ... or [[Gone Horribly WrongRight|Horribly Right]].
 
The only way to prevent family, friends, and the heroes to fool -proof this trope from happening is to have a backup spells, artifacts, clues, and even [[Note to Self:|self notes]] to prevent this from happening.
 
Compare and contrast with [[Ret-Gone]], [[Who Is This Guy Again?]], [[Ghost Memory]], [[Unperson]], [[I Was Never Here]], [[Laser Guided Amnesia]], [[Canon Discontinuity]], and [[Fake Memories]]. For the more mundane types of Forgettable Characters, compare [[Those Two Guys]]. When the ''writer'' forgets the character for so long that the readers need to be reminded who he is, that's [[Out of Focus]].
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