Convenient Amnesia

Very often, adventures will open with the character having very little idea of who they are, where they are and/or what they are supposed to do. The protagonist may be trying to repress a dark and disturbing memory... or they could have just gotten hit in the head with a rock... It's probably the latter.
This technique makes it easier to justify the normal Adventure-Game style used in MSPaint Fan Adventures. The audience doesn't know anything about the world because neither does the main character. Sometimes these adventures lead to a quest to discover the past, other times it is done so the writer doesn't have to create a back story.
All too often, the amnesiac in question will be renamed.
== Examples ==
* Abstractium
Subverted.
* Afterlife
The adventure follows Hank's quest to remember who he is and why he is dead. Only then can he return to Life.
*Amnesia
The name of the FA/The purpose of the FA is to remember EVERYTHING.
* At The End of the Tunnel
You do not know who you are, what you are, or where you are. All you know is that you have a purpose, and one that must be fulfilled before it's too late. 
* Beard /Zero
You awaken with very few memories... All you can remember is pushing a few buttons on your calculator in your bedroom, and then...
* Chronic Amnesiac
The protagonist kept forgetting things.
* Create.swf Adventures: Shenanigans in a Magical Forest
Masha remembers less and less of things from before she attained sentience.
* Lucky Cookie
You have no idea who you are or where, for that matter...
*Nameless.
The titular namelessness is, so far, because the main character has total amnesia. It also can't remember anything before the first panel.
* Panopoly
Where are you? And more importantly, who are you? You can't seem to remember your name. What was it?
* Psych Ward
Why are you here? you can't remember...
* Purpose Quest
As so often happens in this sort of game, you wake up in a strange room with no recollection of where you are, who you are, or what your purpose is.
* Slightly Vulnerable
You are in the open plains, you don't remember how you got here, but you remember two important things...
* Yousugo
At least you still have your memori-...
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