Memory Manipulation is the ability to manipulate or erase the memories of other beings. It allows the users to make people forget certain events or replace the memories with fake ones.
This ability is often used to prevent the exposure of magic by making mortals forget what they have seen. The Cleaners possess this power naturally, while Whitelighters use memory dust.
The memories can be reclaimed through the use of spells, potions, or certain emotional triggers.[1]
List of beings who use(d) Memory Manipulation[]
- Original power
- Through spell, potion, power stealing, etc.
- Whitelighters (Through Memory Dust)
- Sam Wilder (Through Memory Dust)
- Leo Wyatt (Formerly, through Memory Dust)
- Billie Jenkins (Through spell)
- Penny Halliwell (Through spell)[2]
- Phoebe Halliwell (Through Memory Dust)
- Paige Matthews (Through a spell)
- Prue Halliwell (Formerly, through The All)
Notes and Trivia[]
- Ironically, despite having enhanced intuition and being able to see through time loops, Phoebe is just as vulnerable as her sisters to having her memory erased.
- There have been instances where a mortal or magical being automatically forgets anything that happened to them without having to use memory dust, a potion or a spell.
- Brittany Reynolds and Tia both forgot what happened to them while their youths were stolen by Javna.
- Phoebe, Eric Bragg and Ben Bragg had no recollection of what happened the previous three weeks after the Collectors were vanquished.
- All the partygoers and staff who were accidentally turned into animals had did not remember being transformed when Phoebe reversed the spell.
- Shane did not remember what happened while he was possessed by the Source, though he had a feeling something awful had transpired.
- Karen Young and Paige Matthews had no recollection of what happened to them from while they were incepted with demonic powers.
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References[]
- ↑ The Charmed Ones used a spell to undo the Cleaner's memory manipulation in "Forget Me...Not".
- ↑ It is implied she erased a young Andy Trudeau's memories when the sisters used magic, as seen in "That '70s Episode".