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'''Basic Trope''': A character tends to be forgetful for reasons aside from having a brain injury or dementia.
* '''Straight''': Jones often has difficulty remembering things, often asking questions about something that just happened a few minutes ago.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Jones tends to forget details like his own name, where he lives, etc
** Everyone in the cast has difficulty remembering things.
* '''Downplayed''': Jones occasionally forgets certain details of something that just happened.
* '''Justified''':
** Jones has short-term memory loss.
** Jones [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny gets distracted easily]] or otherwise wasn't paying attention to what he was supposed to remember.
* '''Inverted''': Jones has an excellent memory.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''':
** Sometimes, Jones has a great memory, but other times he finds it difficult to remember anything.
** Jones is good at remembering some things, but not others.
* '''Averted''':
** Jones doesn't have a bad memory.
** The reason why Jones is forgetful is explicitly said to be because of a brain injury, or [[ScatterbrainedSenior dementia]].
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played for Laughs''': Jones' constant forgetfulness is treated as a RunningGag, where he does things such as looking for something that's in his other hand.
* '''Played for Drama''': Jones feels frustrated and/or embarrassed by his difficulty remembering things, and is looking for ways to improve his memory.
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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