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** Kaa may be a justified exception: his focus is the preservation of cultures, knowledge, etc., that would otherwise be destroyed.
* The Sindar (elves) of Hârn suffer from an extreme form of this, to the point where they will completely forget friends after a long absence. Often an elf will remember songs and tales of events he took part in but have no memory of the actual events.
* Immortals in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' have this as inherent to their nature, with a slight variation. Every couple of centuries, they "die" and [[Loss of Identity|lose the vast majority of their memory]] and power. They can apparently choose the time of their death, or even postpone it indefinitely, but this has [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|exactly the result you'd expect]].▼
** It's actually said to be a willful decision. Living forever without any kind of reset, besides the possibility of going crazy, can be just plain old boring. As such, it's less something that happens that they can postpone, and more something they simply decide to do to avoid madness and soul-crushing boredom. They do retain their memories, but memories from past 'lives' are described as though they were being read out of a book, and as a result, probably suffer from the Fog of Ages.▼
* According to the background info for ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures|DMFA]]'', the oldest living demon is tens of thousands of years old (a normal demon life span is 1500 years) but a side-effect of whatever forgotten process that granted her such longevity is that she cannot remember back further than 100 years before the current day.▼
* The Branthicor in ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2007-09-02 intentionally designed their own brains to work this way]. Their normal brains couldn't handle becoming functionally immortal due to problems with long-term/short-term memory storage, but their new brains can... If only by intentionally 'compressing' long-term information to the point where they suffer from this trope. [[Ax Crazy|It beats the alternative.]]▼
* Jin of ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' has lived for over 80,000 years due to immortality and a [[Groundhog Day Loop]], and, as a result, she often has difficulties remembering details from previous cycles. She often entrusts people with information to help her remember.▼
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== Web Comics ==
▲* Immortals in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' have this as inherent to their nature, with a slight variation. Every couple of centuries, they "die" and [[Loss of Identity|lose the vast majority of their memory]] and power. They can apparently choose the time of their death, or even postpone it indefinitely, but this has [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|exactly the result you'd expect]].
▲** It's actually said to be a willful decision. Living forever without any kind of reset, besides the possibility of going crazy, can be just plain old boring. As such, it's less something that happens that they can postpone, and more something they simply decide to do to avoid madness and soul-crushing boredom. They do retain their memories, but memories from past 'lives' are described as though they were being read out of a book, and as a result, probably suffer from the Fog of Ages.
▲* According to the background info for ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures|DMFA]]'', the oldest living demon is tens of thousands of years old (a normal demon life span is 1500 years) but a side-effect of whatever forgotten process that granted her such longevity is that she cannot remember back further than 100 years before the current day.
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** Even [[Deus Est Machina|the local computer "god"]] is [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2016-02-05 concerned].
{{quote|'''Petey''': I might - MIGHT - be [[Body Backup Drive|immortal]], but on galactic time I'm still a baby. Look around! [[Fridge Logic|If it's this easy to live forever, where]] are all the [[Precursors|grown-ups]]? }}
▲* Jin of ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' has lived for over 80,000 years due to immortality and a [[Groundhog Day Loop]], and, as a result, she often has difficulties remembering details from previous cycles. She often entrusts people with information to help her remember.
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