History Main / AmnesiacGod

* ''ImperfectMetamorphosis''. [[spoiler: Rumia]] used to be a godlike, omnicidal [[spoiler: fallen angel]].

* The Nameless One in ''PlanescapeTorment'' is essentially a PhysicalGod, having accumulated immense knowledge, experience, and power [[spoiler: from his past reincarnations. Without his amnesia, he could legitimately be counted as one of the most powerful beings in the planes.]]

* The Nameless One in ''PlanescapeTorment'' is essentially a PhysicalGod, having accumulated immense knowledge, experience, and power [[spoiler: from his past reincarnations. Without his amnesia, he could legitimately be counted as one of the most powerful beings in the planes.]]

* [[spoiler:Lobsang and Jeremy]] in TerryPratchett's {{Discworld}} novel ''{{Discworld/Thief of Time}}''.
* [[spoiler:Shadow,aka Balder]] in NeilGaiman's novel ''AmericanGods''.

* [[Fanfic/PastSins Nyx.]] [[YourMileageMayVary Maybe.]] The question of her exact relationship to [[BigBad Nightmare Moon]] is one of the central issues of the story.
** [[spoiler: With the last revision, it's made much more explicit that Nyx is, in fact, Nightmare Moon. Thankfully the events of the story change her for the better.]]

* ''TalesofLegendia'' [[spoiler: Grune]]

* [[spoiler: Zelda]] from SkywardSword is [[spoiler: the forgotten goddess Hylia reincarnated as a mortal. She spends about half of her time in the game getting Hylia's memories back.]]

The main character begins the story with LaserGuidedAmnesia and is immediately swept into strange events. Gradually it becomes apparent that the character is not a normal person like he thought but a PhysicalGod or something very close to it. Among the things he forgot were his powers and how to activate them. When the character finally regains his full set of memories, the only thing that can stand against his StoryBreakerPower and prevent the plot from being solved in short order is another character with the same powers.

Compare AngelUnaware. A subtrope of IAmWho

* A sort of subversion on ''{{Angel}}'', when Cordelia returns with no memory [[spoiler: but when she gets them back, it turns out an ancient all-powerful evil is just using her body as a temporary vessel and they just gave it back its memory. It goes on to successfully impersonate her though and causes all kinds of hell (literally) before they figure it out.]]

* This is the basic plot of ''The Sentry'', and the main thing that distinguishes him from other Superman clones. The twist is that not only does he not remember who he is, the entire rest of the world has forgotten the Sentry's existence as well.

* The creator figure in ''The Nines'' grew obsessed with incarnating in human form and living out [[RealityWarper pseudo]]-normal lives. (A reference is made to [[{{Everquest}} Evercrack]].) However, he realized that there was only so much fun in playing in literal GodMode, so he deliberately erased his own memories to make things more balanced.
* An [[WhatCouldHaveBeen unused premise]] of {{Thor}} would have followed Dr. Donald Blake in his discovery that he was the reincarnated nordic God of thunder.

* A sort of subversion on Angel, when Cordelia returns with no memory [[spoiler: but when she gets them back, it turns out an ancient all-powerful evil is just using her body as a temporary vessel and they just gave it back its memory. It goes on to successfully impersonate her though and causes all kinds of hell (literally) before they figure it out.]]

* [[spoiler:Shadow,aka Balder]] in NeilGaiman's novel AmericanGods

* SonicUnleashed has [[spoiler: Chip, also known as Light Gaia]], the opposing force to Dark Gaia. While he was given amnesia due to a premature awakening alongside Dark Gaia, Sonic thought ''he'' gave to him when he landed at the beginning of the game.

* AgarestSenki2 [[spoiler: Chaos]]
* TalesofLegendia [[spoiler: Grune]]

* A sort of subversion on Angel, when Cordelia returns with no memory [[spoiler: but when she gets them back, it turns out an ancient all-powerful evil is just using her body as a temporary vessel and they just gave it back its memory.]]

Compare AngelUnaware. A subtrope of IAmWho?

* {{The Nines}}: Ryan Reynolds character

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* In the ''AvatarAdventures'' role-playing board, the character Sam G's powers involve manipulation of the FourthWall; That is to say, if his poster types something, no matter how outlandish, it comes true (for example, the user Sam G could type "all the villains die" and it'd happen). Realizing that this would make him a BoringInvincibleHero, he sealed all his powers, in addition to his memories, in a golden pocket-watch which he cast to the end of the universe.
* [[spoiler:The Epsilon [=AI=]]] in the ''The Recollections'' trilogy of ''[[RedVsBlue Red vs. Blue]]''. The final episode, coupled with WordOfGod, suggests that the events of the past 3 seasons were all part of a RecursiveReality created by [[spoiler:Epsilon]] from his memories, who then assumed the role of his predecessor, [[spoiler:Alpha]], in this version of events. Up until now, [[spoiler:Alpha]] has historically lost his memories (which are in turn [[LivingMemory reincarnated as another]] [[spoiler:Epsilon]]) as the cycle begins anew, allowing the same chain of events to occur again. The version of [[spoiler:Epsilon]] the audience sees in the final episode retains his memories this time around after restarting the cycle though, leaving the possibility of breaking the cycle.

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* ''BreathOfFire'' 4's protagonist is a god split across several thousand years. He has no memories, but during the course of his journey he learns his other half saved the world and is now learning that HumansAreBastards and plans to KillEmAll once they can [[SplitPersonalityMerge merge.]]

* A sort of subversion on Angel, when Cordelia returns with no memory [[spoiler: but when she gets them back, it turns out an ancient all-powerful evil is just using her body as a tempory vessel and they just gave it back its memory]]

* ''The Book of Ptah'' by A. E. van Vogt

* Hinted at [[spoiler: but ultimately left ambiguous]] with Poldarn in the Scavenger trilogy (''Shadow, Pattern'' and ''Memory'') by K. J. Parker; part of the myth of the god Poldarn is that he loses his memory before bringing about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, and the main character who takes on that name certainly does lose his memory, but whether he actually ''is'' the god Poldarn is never made entirely clear. [[spoiler: Although he ''does'' bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt (by accident), and fulfils various elements of the prophecies of the god Poldarn without realising it, and displays some uncanny abilities which may be superhuman or may just be down to luck and coincidence.]]