History Main / NoInfantileAmnesia

** [[spoiler: So does that mean that her ''creators'' succumbed to an in-character use of this trope, when they gave her those memories?]]

* Justified in the DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novel ''[=EarthWorld=]''. A device is used to read Fitz's mind, causing him to remember his entire life in reverse:

* Stewie from ''FamilyGuy'' also remembers being a sperm, as does his half-brother, Bertram. Then again, they're mutant supergeniuses. Or something.

* ''DragonBall Z'': The first Broly movie. The titular villain has a deep, sadistic, personal hatred for Goku, because [[DisproportionateRetribution Goku's crying bothered him when they were newborns]]. For about one day maximum.
** The fact that the exact same day, he ended up nearly executed by Vegeta and having to witness the destruction of Planet Vegeta by Frieza's hand didn't help matters, either.

* Averted in ''CalvinAndHobbes''. Calvin is disturbed that he can't remember that 50% of his life.

** {{Fanon}} tries to pass this off as the result of being the daughter of a powerful Jedi, among other theories.
** Actually, seeing as she still thought she was Bail Organa's daughter, this statement could be perfectly valid. Leia would be referring to his wife, who died sometime in her childhood.
*** So she has ''another'' non-"real" mother? This is a case where both options are equally stupid, really.
*** A photograph, a painting, a talking hologram... or a collection of these, there's no reason for Leia not to have any such mementos.

**** It all becomes FridgeBrilliance after the seventh book, [[spoiler: when it's revealed that Harry became an inadvertent Horcrux on that night. What he's experiencing when he meets a Dementor isn't his own worst memory, it's ''Voldemort's''.]]

*** No, the woman who raised her from infancy and who she believed to be her mother died when she was young. This is most likely the woman she remembers.

** In the [[Film/HarryPotter third film]], Harry says he remembers his parents looking at him and "just talking", but admits he isn't sure if it's a real memory.

** There was another episode of ''Rugrats'' revolving around Stu and Drew's flashbacks to when they were babies. In reality, no adult would be able to remember that far back.
*** Actually, the flashbacks were those of Grandpa Lou, Stu and Drew's father, who ''would'' be able to remember.
* In an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', it's revealed that Homer's first memory is of himself as little Homer sperm.
** Though this can easily be attributed to Homer's overactive imagination.
*** We even get to see him imitating the sperm.
**** Though someone who listens would realize he was discussing Maggie's existence, not his own.

*** So she has ''another'' non-"real" mother?

* The main character in ''{{Powder}}'' has at least one pre-birth memory: [[spoiler: how he killed his own mother by summoning a lightning strike on her while still in the womb]]. To be fair, the character is supposed to be that weird, and the people he tells the story are as freaked by it as because of his ability to remember that.

-->''"I remember stuff from when I was an infant, now! I know we got a "C" in Psychology, but it's not normal to remember stuff vividly from before the age of four, is it?"''\\

** This is apparently not entirely normal, but as he's a sort of ArtificialHuman and was created as a copy a matter of weeks previously, his old memories are closer to the surface than they should be.

** Also the religious concept of being "born again".

* In ''FinalFantasyVI'', it's kind of difficult to figure out just whose memory it is when we see Maduin and Madonna/Madeline's flashback. The only character around who ''should'' be able to remember is Maduin... who's technically dead. But the scene in question seems to imply that it's ''Terra's'' flashback. Which incudes her parents meeting. Before she was even conceived. What?!

* This troper's mother claims that her earliest memory is from the age of six months -- she tried to "fly" out of her mother's arms in an attempt to greet another grown-up she liked and thus discovered gravity. She suspects that the shock of the event is why she still remembers it over half a century later.

* RayBradbury claims he can remember the taste of his mother's milk.
** This would depend a bit on how old he was when weaned and whether he had younger siblings (toddlers might nurse on an ad hoc basis to placate them while a younger baby feeds, particularly in the days pre-formula). For Bradbury's age group and background 2.8yrs was the median duration of breastfeeding. It's not impossible.
*** Except Bradbury has also said that he remembers everything since the moment of his birth.

** There was another episode of ''Rugrats'' revolving around Stu and Drew's flashbacks to when they were babies. In reality, no adult would be able to remember that far back.