History Main / CrazyMemory

** In "Children of a Lesser Clod", Homer decides to use morphine to help him remember his basketball accident. Now, instead of crashing into the backboard, he recalls jumping so high he flew into outer space, slam dunked Jupiter, and got hit by [[Western/TheJetsons George Jetson's]] spaceship.

* Used in the ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'': Burgundy recounts her first encounter with Cilan: he thrashed her in a Gym, then he and his Pansage loom over her with their rape faces on, much to the horror of poor little Burgundy and her Oshawott. Arguably subverted, since Cilan acted rather unsettling during their rematch. Doesn't help that he's also a MemeticMolester.

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* In one episode of ''ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'', Frank tries to pass off more than one story from John {{Rambo}}'s life as something that happened to him. No indication is given that he doesn't genuinely believe these things happened to him.

* ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': Featured in a GuestStrip that uses old panels but changes the dialogue. It turns a scene [[ItMakesSenseInContext cutting between Benjamin Franklin talking to Beeman in Purgatory and some cosplayers in a graveyard]] into a scene with [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Benjamin Franklin (who's really King George III) giving a really weird account of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.]] (In which everyone ends up praising King George III.)

* ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': Featured in a GuestStrip that uses old panels but changes the dialogue. It turns a comic [[ItMakesSenseInContext cutting between Benjamin Franklin talking to Beeman in Purgatory and some cosplayers in a graveyard]] into [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Benjamin Franklin (who's really King George III) giving a really weird account of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.]] (In which everyone ends up praising King George III.)

* ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': Featured in a GuestStrip using old panels but changing the dialogue. It turns a comic [[ItMakesSenseInContext cutting between Benjamin Franklin talking to Beeman in Purgatory and some cosplayers in a graveyard]] into [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Benjamin Franklin (who's really King George III) giving a really weird account of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.]] (In which everyone ends up praising King George III.)

* ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': Featured in a GuestStrip using old panels but changing the dialogue. It urns a comic with [[ItMakesSenseInContext Benjamin Franklin talking to Beeman in Purgatory and cutting to some cosplayers in a graveyard]] into [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Benjamin Franklin (who's really King George III) giving a really weird account of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.]] (In which everyone ends up praising King George III.)

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* [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in ''{{Community}}'' when Troy is being initiated into the Air Conditioner Repair School so no one would believe him and think he was just remembering a dream. Highlights include a black Hitler and an astronaut cooking paninis.

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->''I used to be an Asian Boy Scout! Wasn't that a weird week?''

* Arnold's grandfather on ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' spouts these frequently. At one point, Arnold calls him out on a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teB_OOvmZDE particularly outrageous war story]]:
-->'''Arnold:''' Grandpa, you did ''not'' fight UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler. You're making this all up.
-->'''Grandpa:''' Heh heh heh. Okay, you got me. I made that part up. Pretty funny, huh? ...It was Goebbels.

** Much like the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' example above, ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' will have characters constantly think back to outrageous situations as a lead in to a CutawayGag.

* Captain Jack Harkness in ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' does this often in the form of references to relationships with historical characters (which could very well have actually happened since he's a time traveler and he's taken TheSlowPath) and impossible situations like being pregnant (which we really, REALLY hope didn't actually happen.)

->'''Bart:''' ''Is that story true, Grampa?''
->'''Abe:''' ''Well, most of it. I did wear a dress for a period in the forties. Oh, they had designers then!''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

* Used in the [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Pokémon anime]]: Burgundy recounts her first encounter with Cilan: he thrashed her in a Gym, then he and his Pansage loom over her with their rape faces on, much to the horror of poor little Burgundy and her Oshawott. Arguably subverted, since Cilan acted rather unsettling during their rematch. Doesn't help that he's also a MemeticMolester.

** Much like the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' example above, ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' will have characters constantly think back to outrageous situations as a lead in to a ManateeGag.

* Pretty much every ManateeGag on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' is one of these, where a character will say something like "This is just like when I..." before cutting away to a crazy situation that almost certainly couldn't have happened.

* Machinima/RedVsBlue has [[TheDitz Caboose]] who couldn't remember anything correctly to save his life, and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Donut]] who's probably aware that he's making things up, but we never get any proof.
* Solomon "Duke" Todd of ''WebOriginal/ShadowUnit'' is prone to these, though it can be difficult to tell when they're real memoried and when he's just making them up...

* Solomon "Duke" Todd of ShadowUnit is prone to these, though it can be difficult to tell when they're real memoried and when he's just making them up...

-->'''Arnold:''' Grandpa, you did ''not'' fight AdolfHitler. You're making this all up.

** Lampshaded in "The Doctor's Wife"--Rory asks Amy if she believes any of the Doctor's tall tales, to which she responds she was there for some of them.