The power to absorb memories and utilize them in some way. Sub-power of Memory Manipulation. Variation of Absorption.
Also Called
- Memory Stealing
- Memory Theft
Capabilities
The user can absorb memories selectively or not, while removing it from the source, into their body and use it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage, either by enhancing themselves, gaining the drained power, using it as power source etc., either temporarily or permanently.
Applications
- Absorbing Regeneration
- Affinity
- Assimilation Shield
- Enhanced Condition/Supernatural Condition
- Memory Erasure
Variations
Associations
Limitations
- Users of Psychic Shield/Mental Shield (highly resistant) and Psychic Immunity/Indomitable Will (impervious).
- May depend on the target to be weak and/or asleep to be vulnerable in this state.
- Absorption Immunity/Absorption Negation
Known Users
- Titan-Shifters (Attack on Titan); via Consumptive Replication
- Aaroniero Arruruerie (Bleach); via Consumptive Replication
- Osmosians (Ben 10)
- Eiji Hoshimiya (Big Order); via Illegal Digger
- Hazama/Yuuki Terumi (BlazBlue)
- Aruhamel (Breath of Fire)
- Collectors (Charmed)
- Scyphozoa (Code Lyoko)
- Majin Buu (Dragon Ball series)
- Memory Web (Dungeons and Dragons)
- Kisara (Engage Kiss)
- Ghost Anglerfish (Haunted Hotel)
- Blindspot (Marvel Comics)
- Ann Marie LeBeau/Rogue (Marvel Comics)
- James Madrox/Multiple Man (Marvel Comics); via clones
- Predator X (Marvel Comics)
- Babel (Monster Strike)
- Cole McGrath (Infamous); via Psychic Vision
- Alex Mercer (Prototype)
- Miden (Pretty Cure)
- James Heller (Prototype 2)
- Enrico Pucci (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 6: Stone Ocean); via Whitesnake
- Daiya Higashikata (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 8: JoJolion); via California King Bed
- Wizards and Witches (Harry Potter); via use of a Pensieve
- Brain Bugs (Starship Troopers)
- Xion (Kingdom Hearts)
- Vanishing Point (No More Heroes 3)
- Raem (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles)
- Guardian Forces (Final Fantasy VIII); via Junction
- Black Shadow (F-Zero)
- Users of the Shadow Clone technique (Naruto)
- Nagato/Pain (Naruto); via Ningendo/Human Path
- Valeriana (Enchanted Garden TV Series - Echofantasia)
- Miles LeComte (Heroes)
- R (Warm Bodies)
- Zombies (Warm Bodies)
- Bec McConn (The Demonata)
- Azazel (The Mortal Instruments)
- Asmodeus (The Mortal Instruments)
- Ingrid (Once Upon a Time); via Magic Stones
- Delsin Rowe (Infamous: Second Son)
- Olivia Moore (IZombie)
- Ahri (League of Legends)
- Headsucker (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Cyber Virus (Kaijudo Rise of the Duel Masters)
- Charlotte Pudding (One Piece); via the Memo Memo no Mi
- Gedächtnis Esser (Grimm)
- Wolvermean (Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel)
- Horde Prime (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Chaos (Sora No Otosimono)
- Autoscorer (Symphogear)
- Lester Crawley (Totally Spies); via blob-shaped creatures
- Users of (Fear Street trilogy); via Sarah Fier's corpse
- Samantha Fraser (formerly)
- C. Berman/Ziggy (formerly)
- Deena Johnson (formerly)
- Vampirella (Vampirella); via blood consumption
- Wazzat (Yo-kai Watch)
- Third (The Gifted Graduation)
- Erazor ("Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal")
- Wallflower Blush (My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Forgotten Friendship); via Memory Stone and temporarily
- Lye Batenkaitos (Re:Zero); via Authority of Gluttony
- Blythe Stanhope van Renssaeler/Brain Trust (Wild Cards series)
Known Objects
- Memory Extractor (Mr. Pickles - Brain Download)
- Memory Stone (My Little Pony Equestria Girls)
- Rock Troll Stones (Once Upon a Time)
- Backstory-inator (Phineas and Ferb)
- Jade Hairpin (White Snake (2019)
- Sarah Fier's corpse (Fear Street trilogy)
Known Locations
- Stygia (AD&D)
Gallery
Anyone who inherits one of the nine Titan Powers (Attack on Titan) by consuming the previous holder will gain access to all the memories of previous holders.
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Majin Buu (Dragon Ball series) has access to the memories of everyone he assimilated, such as those of the Grand Supreme Kai. However, he sometimes needs external stimuli to access them.
Raem (Crystal Chronicles) is a conceptual being that feeds on and absorbs memories, completely erasing coherent thought and recollection and permanently altering the personalities of those whose memories it feeds on.
Ann Marie LeBeau/Rogue (Marvel Comics) can absorb the life force and the memories of anyone through physical contact.
Blindspot (Marvel) is able to selectively absorb the memories of others
James Madrox/Multiple Man (Marvel Comics)
Predator X (Marvel Comics) can absorb memories by tasting the blood of its victims.
Robbing Leech (The Powerpuff Girls)
Olivia Moore (IZombie) is a zombie who can receive the memories and personalities of people by ingesting their brains.
Charlotte Pudding (One Piece) ate the Memo Memo no Mi and is able to extract people's memories in the form of film.
Wazzat (Yo-Kai Watch), A Yo-Kai who causes you to forget things by sitting on or biting your head, absorbing your memories
Wallflower Blush (My Little Pony Equestria Girls), absorbing Sunset Shimmer's memories of her friends by using the Memory Stone.
Lester Crawley (Totally Spies)
Zombies (Warm Bodies) by eating human brains they gain their memories
Enrico Pucci’s Stand, Whitesnake (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean) remove the memory, powers, abilities and characteristics of a person or thing in the form of discs that remind of a CD or a DVD
Samantha Fraser (Fear Street; 1994) bled over the bones of Sarah Fier's and she began to see glimpses of her memories in her mind. This also caused her to be tracked by the Shadyside killers through her blood due to it carrying Sarah spirit's signature, and the group temporarily stops her heart by drowning her before sticking the adrenaline pens to her chest. Afterwards Sam is revived and loses this ability, becoming normal again.
In (Fear Street; 1978), young C. Berman/Ziggy bleeds over Sarah's hand, touches it to have temporarily absorb her memories and the killers were attracted to her blood and kills Ziggy. However, after receiving CPR which saved her life, she lost this effect and returned to normal.
Deena Johnson (Fear Street; trilogy) bleeds over the hand of Sarah Fier's and placed it with the rest of her corpse to try and end the curse but instead causes her mind/spirit to be sent into the body of Sarah to both relive and obtain the knowledge of everything that she went through in 1666.
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Kisara (Engage Kiss)
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Ghost Anglerfish (Haunted Hotel) can absorb memories from humans and technology
Videos
SCP-3890 - Forget Me Not-2
Rogue VS Wonder Woman (Marvel VS DC) - DEATH BATTLE!-2
Wallflower used the Stone to Erase Everyone's Memories of Sunset - MLP- EG - Forgotten Friendship-2