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- verb transitive (science fiction) To
erase thememories andpersonality , while still leaving an intact, livingbrain andbody . This is frequently portrayed as a form ofcapital punishment , which leaves anviable body into which a differentpersonality ormind can beuploaded . - noun science fiction The act of mindwiping.
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Examples
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The Doctor has gotten into the habit of that I think (i.e. Rose, Donna's mindwipe, River Song, etc).
BBC Radio Featuring: RTD, JG, EL & DT...and other DW Tidbits rabid1st 2009
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The storyline in Amazing Spider-Man makes it pretty clear that everything's happening as the writers said it did, and I don't see how New Avengers fails to line up with it in any way - I'm sure we'll see the ramifications of the global mindwipe explored.
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Actually, this was pretty clearly planned from the beginning, since the initial mindwipe wiped EVERYBODY and now they're slowly having Peter restore people knowing his secret identity to some of his most trusted professional colleagues, due to varying situations.
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Scanners have the ability to mindwipe another Scanner and take over their bodies for good.
Scanners (1981) 2010
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The issue closes out with "current" Booster restoring "past" Booster to his actual historical time-frame after a convenient mindwipe strips him of his memories, and then popping back into his own future just in time to salvage Rip, who had been left at the mercy of the Gordanians.
Archive 2009-04-01 Chuck Wells 2009
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Nothing bore a timestamp less than seventeen years ago, but Lazrus could selectively mindwipe himself and achieve a similar result.
Jason Stoddard, Strange and Happy » Blog Archive » Eternal Franchise, 15.1 of 31.1 2009
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Blog@: As Skeets and Michelle are taking off, they essentially mindwipe Ralph.
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Remember, a Star Sapphire was present and part of the Secret Society of Super-Villains when the mindwipe that triggered some of the events of Infinite Crisis happened.
Green Lantern #18 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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The issue closes out with "current" Booster restoring "past" Booster to his actual historical time-frame after a convenient mindwipe strips him of his memories, and then popping back into his own future just in time to salvage Rip, who had been left at the mercy of the Gordanians.
Rayboy's Review: Booster Gold #19 (DC Comics) Chuck Wells 2009
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Batman was frequently, "Oh, I learned your secret identity; could you mindwipe me before you go?"
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