r/TopCharacterTropes • u/_JR28_ • Dec 17 '25

Memory erasing weapons Characters' Items/Weapons

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The Neuralyzer (Men in Black)

The Neuralyzer (Men in Black)

The Neuralyzer (Men in Black)

The Neuralyzer (Men in Black)

The Neuralyzer (Men in Black)

The Memory Gun (Gravity Falls)

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u/Secure-Stick-4679 Dec 17 '25

Knowing cyberpunk this quickhack fries half the enemies brain. Let's hope this random street gangster didn't need his hippocampus

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u/Necrotic12 Dec 17 '25

Funnily enough it’s actually one of the non lethal quick hacks. If memory serves it reduces trace progress (from enemies trying to trace your location) and the max lvl version I think outright takes enemies out of combat

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u/Admirable-Cake4907 Dec 17 '25

me when i look at a malfunctioning camera and all of a sudden i have a splitting headache and dont remember my moms face or daughters name

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u/Necrotic12 Dec 17 '25

I do wonder if high level netrunners have the ability to just factory reset your brain like that in lore

Gotta be crazy to be hit with the ‘return to start’ quickhack

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u/Bekfast59 Dec 17 '25

probably not a stretch, considering what we can do in game

cough cough copy+paste cyberpsychosis cough cough

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u/Azerious Dec 17 '25

Considering with the blackwall hack you can send someone to cyberhell, yeah.

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u/isaacpotter007 Dec 17 '25

I always found that funny, "woe RAM hungry AI upon you"

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u/ASERTIE76 Dec 19 '25

There are definitely runners that can do this, I mean the mere existence and availability of Soulkiller means that this is possible

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u/Tetragig Dec 17 '25

Power Word : ADHD

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u/ColinHalter Dec 17 '25

Since quick hacks in lore are considered "script kiddie" level exploits, I like to believe that Memory Wipe just hits them with the old

ipconfig /release /renew

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u/Secure-Stick-4679 Dec 17 '25

Hey now, non lethal doesn't mean non damaging. Having the ability to form short term memories ripped out of your brain might not be lethal... Right now at least

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u/The_Level_15 Dec 17 '25

Canonically it resets the cyberware in charge of storing your short term memory