Enhanced Memory

Enhanced Memory
Charlene "Charlie" Andrews (Heroes) easily remembers the complex contents from one of Hiro's Japanese books after seeing it only once.
Power/Ability to:	Have exceptional memory.

The power to remember and recall experiences and events inhumanly well. Sub-power of Enhanced Condition. Variation of Panmnesia.

Also Called

• Inhuman Eidetic Memory
• Memory Bound/Palace
• Photographic Memory
• Rapid Recollection

Capabilities

Users can remember great volumes of information, in greater detail and for much longer than the average human, they can read books, listen to song lyrics, encounter people or experience events and recall a vast deal of the details of their experience. In addition, it takes less effort to recall the information they encounter, and they can remember it for longer without having to strain. Their memory is also more resilient against Memory Manipulation.

Applications

• Adoptive Muscle Memory
• Audiographic Memory
• Enhanced Reading
• Encyclopedic Knowledge
• Knowledge Replication
• Numerical Precision
• Optimal Finesse
• Parallel Processing
• Photographic Deduction

Associations

• Brain Augmentation
• Elephant Physiology
• Enhanced Condition
• Enhanced Intelligence
• Genetic Memory
• Memory Manipulation
• Panmnesia
• Parallel Processing

Limitations

• May be unable to displace/forget mistakes/memories.
• May not handle stress from certain retained information (i.e. truths).
• May be unable to replicate physical actions without training.
• Useless against Memory Destruction.
• Prone to headaches since brain power is needed.
• May be harmful or painful memory that could give them stress
• Dependency on the personality, may result in the user being fairly vindictive.
• Attempting to memorize too much results in brain damage, and potential fatality
• May be restricted to certain senses.
• May require conscious activation or certain triggers (i.e. mnemonics).

Known Users

Cartoon/Comics

• Fiona Fox (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Superman (DC Comics)
• Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
• Miss Martian (DC Comics)
• Bane (DC Comics)
• Lex Luthor (DC Comics)
• Batman (DC Comics)
• Captain Comet (DC Comics)
• Barbara Gordon (DC Comics)
• Bart Allen (DC Comics)
• Brother Blood (DC: Teen Titans)
• Ingrid Third (Fillmore!)
• Jimmy Neutron (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)
• Taskmaster (Marvel Comics)
• Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Marvel Comics)
• Monet St. Croix (Marvel Comics)
• Victor Mancha (Marvel Comics)
• Sage (Marvel Comics)
• Echo (Marvel Comics)
• Captain America (Marvel Comics)
• Ryker Kuroyami (Olympus Comics)
• Patch (101 Dalmatians II:Patch's London Adventure)
• Ozymandias (Watchmen)
• Yax (Zootopia)
• Skye (PAW Patrol)

Anime/Manga

• Yoko Oldman (Armitage)
• Aleksandra I. Pokryshkin (Brave Witches)
• Misaki Tokura (Cardfight Vanguard)
• Jimmy Kudo/Conan Edogawa (Case Closed)
• Rei Ogami (Code: Breaker)
• Lavi (D.Gray-Man)
• Broly (Dragon Ball Z)
• Rufus (Fairy Tail)
• Samuel (Fairy Tail)
• Kenshirō Kasumi (Fist of the Blue Sky)
• Solf J. Kimblee (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Han Jee-Han (The Gamer)
• Worick Arcangelo (GANGSTA.)
• Kintaro Oe (Golden Boy)
• Yabumi Juunichou (Medaka Box)
• Sharingan Users (Naruto)
• Shiro (No Game No Life)
• Vinsmoke Reiju (One Piece)
• Forte (Puchi Houndo)
• Ai Hinatsuru (Ryuoh no Oshigoto)
• Index (To Aru Majutsu no Index)
• Kirie Sakurame (UQ Holder)
• Merry Nightmare (Yumekui Merry)

Live Television/Movies

• Cardassians (Star Trek)
• Seven of Nine (Star Trek)
• Ben Skywalker (Star Wars)
• C-3PO (Star Wars)
• Charlene "Charlie" Andrews (Heroes)
• Sylar/Gabriel Gray (Heroes); formerly
• Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
• Angels (Supernatural)
• Adam (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• RoboCop (RoboCop)
• Fox Mulder (The X-Files)
• Immortals (Highlander)
• The Doctor (Doctor Who)
• Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
• Mackenzie Hartford (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
• Gibson Kafka (Birds of Prey)
• Shawn Spencer (Psych)
• Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds)
• Dr. Sam Beckett (Quantum Leap)
• Olive Doyle (A.N.T. Farm)
• Mike Ross (Suits)
• JJ Powell (No Ordinary Family)
• Max Guevara (Dark Angel)
• X5 Series supersoldiers (Dark Angel)
• Klaus Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
• Lily Montgomery (All My Children)
• Epsilon (Red vs. Blue)
• Michael Ancelet (The 4400)
• Kyle Trager (Kyle XY)
• Jessi (Kyle XY)
• Eddie Morra (Limitless); via NZT-48 drug
• Brian Finch (Limitless); via NZT-48 drug
• Carrie Wells (Unforgettable)
• Bennington 'Baby Bink' Cotwell Jr. (Baby's Day Out)
• Luke Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
• Olivia Dunham (Fringe)
• Frank Lapidus (Lost)
• Park Shi On (Good Doctor)
• Envoys (Altered Carbon)
  • Takeshi Kovacs

Literature

• Severus Snape (Harry Potter)
• Garrick Ollivander (Harry Potter)
• Ella (The Heroes of Olympus)
• Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes)
• Brutha (Discworld)
• Chee (Animorphs)
• Vampires (The Vampire Chronicles)
• Ada Wallace (Glass Sword)
• Kate Jones (Ripley's Bureau of Investigation)

Video Games

• Fi (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
• Drells (Mass Effect)
• Salarians (Mass Effect)
• Alakazam (Pokemon)
• Sonia the Hedgehog (Sonic Underground)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype)
• Ashley Robbins (Another Code/Trace Memory)

Others

• ShadowEmz (Super/Lette)

Known Objects

• Memorization Bread (Doraemon)

Gallery

Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel) possesses good memory when he actively tries.

JJ Powell (No Ordinary Family) claims to remember for approximately 6 hours, but managed to overcome its limits.

Max Guevara (Dark Angel), one of the X5s.

Rufus (Fairy Tail) using Memory Make

Luke Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)

Ashley Robbins (Another Code/Trace Memory) is able to recall events that occurred when she was an infant.

Sage (Marvel Comics)

Lex Luthor (DCAU) has a photographic memory, in that he was able to memorize AMAZO's blueprints after reading them once, and recreating an android of the same design for himself.

Bart Allen (DC Comics)

Ben Tennyson (Ben 10) was able to memorize a complex series of magical runes after one glance.

Solf J. Kimblee (Fullmetal Alchemist) posses a photographic memory, as he never forgets a person's face, mostly the faces of his victims.

Fiona Fox (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)

Patch (101 Dalmatians II:Patch's London Adventure) was capable of remembering all 72 episodes of his favourite show.

Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory) can remember his own birth

The Doctor (Doctor Who) can recall any moment or event of his 2,100 year life in explict detail.

Gibson Kafka (Birds of Prey) is a metahuman with perfect photographic memory. He can recall every taste, sight, sound and smell he has ever experienced (since before birth) and knows, to the second, the amount of time that has passed since he last saw someone.

Broly (Dragon Ball Z) was able to recall Goku's appearance and birth name, even though he hadn't seen Goku since they were infants.

Taskmaster (Marvel Comics) can memorize an opponent's attacks and replicate them perfectly.

Vinsmoke Reiju (One Piece) has a photographic memory since three years old.

Yax's (Zootopia) limited intelligence is only matched by his excellent memory, able to remember minute details in the span of weeks.