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Quite simply-- When a character's life seems to 'jump'. They are at work and then suddenly they are at home, with no memories of what happened in between. Sometimes the memories will come back in the form of flashbacks.
This can happen for many reasons-- [[Laser
[[What Did I Do Last Night?]] is the lighter and/or more comedic version of this trope, usually related to drinking too much (see also [[Binge Montage]]).
Differs from other amnesia tropes in that only a few minutes or hours goes missing.
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* ''In Like Flint''. While playing golf with the U.S. President, Z.O.W.I.E. chief Lloyd Cramden uses his stopwatch to time the President's golf swing. When he checks the watch, he finds that the swing took 3 minutes. His investigation of the missing 3 minutes leads to the discovery of a plan to take control of the minds of women all over the world and put a nuclear sword of Damocles in orbit around the Earth.
* Aaron Stampler in ''[[Primal Fear]]'' mentions that he "loses" time over his childhood. {{spoiler|This is explained as his alter-ego taking over during times of stress.}}
* This is something that the title character must deal with in the domestic drama ''Regarding Henry'', starring [[Harrison Ford]]. When Henry [['Tis Only a Bullet In The Brain|survives a gunshot wound to the head]], the resulting pinched artery affects his memory. Cue the rest of the movie depicting him [[Quest for Identity|coming to terms]] with [[Loss of Identity|not remembering anything]] about [[Missing Time|his life before]] the [[Trauma Induced Amnesia|shot]].
* This happens to Eddie in ''[[Limitless]]'' when he starts taking too much NZT.
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* One of the first things that clues the protagonists of ''[[False Memory]]'' off that something's wrong is small episodes of missing time. Eventually, they figure out {{spoiler|that time was used by their psychiatrist to brainwash them, implanting phobias and using them as toys and tools}}.
* ''[[Bone Dance]]'' starts the plot with its protagonist, Sparrow, coming up from the latest of several inexplicable episodes of missing time. It eventually develops that {{spoiler|one of a group of legendary [[Body Snatcher|Body Snatchers]] known as the Horsemen has been taking Sparrow's body for a ride}}.
* William Prior of ''[[The Regeneration Trilogy]]'' spends part of the second volume suffering from [[Shell
== Live Action TV ==
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* [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/morning-to-night/ this] strip of ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' describes an incident where Shelly lost an entire day due to some strange dolls belonging to her mother.
* [[Zombie Roomie]]: Being possessed by a ghost causes a persons mind to be 'paused'.
* ''[[Freefall (Webcomic)|Freefall]]'''s [[Uplifted Animal|Florence Ambrose]] winds up missing a large chunk of a day's memories thanks to [[Laser
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