Everyone’s familiar with the fictional trope of sudden onset amnesia. The Skipper gets conked on the head with a coconut on Gilligan’s Island—oops!—and he’s quickly convinced he’s a hula dancer, Godzilla, or Mrs. Howell. That is, until he gets conked on the head all over again. But TV, film, and games have provided viewers with ample examples of how to maximize your time with amnesia (the trumped up fictional version, at least), lest those precious and confused hours be spent merely dazed. Use these examples next time you find yourself scientifically robbed of your memories or winged by a fast-moving New York City taxi.
