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* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' Carbosilicate Amorphs evolved from an ancient civilization's pseudo-organic memory storage devices, they've developed into {{Blob Monster}}s whose entire bodies are brains and they can exchange memories by breaking off bits of themselves and feeding them to other Amorphs. And as cannibalism was the only way for tribal Amorphs to kill one another without plasguns wars often brought tribes closer together.

* In ''Literature/BookOfTheNewSun'', eating an alzabo gland extract gives its consumer memories of whoever was eaten by that alzabo.

** Some SpaceMarines can do this, depending on canon.

* There's at least one version of the Creator/DCComics SuperVillain Grodd who did this. In ''ComicBook/TheBlackRing'', Lex Luthor uses it against him by allowing him to capture and eat an underling who had been misinformed about Luthor's plans.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has the Illithids (aka Mind Flayers) who do this. They gain memories, skills, and even class levels by doing so.

* The Brain Bug in ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' was believed to do this. (We know it ate brains, but the reason was only theorized.)

* Sylar from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' can copy other peoples' superpowers by taking their brains. It was left vague what he actually did with them until season 3 when Claire accused him of eating brains and he replies that that's disgusting. It's implied that his original power of understanding how things work lets him copy powers by examining brains though WordOfGod said he was originally intended to eat them.

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-->-- ''Film/PlanetTerror''.

** Some SpaceMarines can do this, depending on canon. A fanfic character points out that this faculty isn't really very useful since Space Marines mostly fight Chaos and few Astartes are insane enough to willingly ingest Chaos tainted flesh.

* Skylar from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' can copy other peoples' superpowers by taking their brains. It was left vague what he actually did with them until season 3 when Claire accused him of eating brains and he replies that that's disgusting. It's implied that his original power of understanding how thing works lets him copy powers by examining brains though WordOfGod said he was originally intended to eat them.

* ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' has Mercer and Heller do eat entire people, including their brains, in order to assimilate their memories in order to understand a Web Of Intrigue about a grand conspiracy behind Gentek.

->"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge!"
-->''Film/PlanetTerror''.

* Liv of ''Series/{{iZombie}}'' is a zombie who stays civilized and intelligent by eating the brains of corpses that come into the morgue where she works. She also helps the police by eating murder victims and picking up bits of their memories and skills.

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--->"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge!"
--->''Film/PlanetTerror''.

* Creator/DeanKoontz's ''{{Literature/Phantoms}}''. A gigantic protoplasmic monster consumes human beings and absorbs their memories from their brains.

** Some SpaceMarines can do this, depending on canon.

* There's at least one version of the Creator/DCComics SuperVillain Grodd who did this.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K''