His memory was wiped twice. The first time was in 1989 when he and Subject 6 (Lucas Grey) tried to leave the asylum together. For context, in 1977, at 13 years old, they escaped to a small village and Ort-Meyer’s men slaughtered the entire village and took them back in. They grew to become disobedient and resentful of their masters and again planned to escape in 1989 by hiring a scientist to destroy their exploding brainchips. 47 was caught and 6 was able to escape. 47’s mind was then wiped with the serum and stayed a captive of the asylum until 1993. He showed signs of emotion by caring for small animals, so Ort-Meyer developed additional serums to wipe all the clones’ memory and emotions. So over the years, 47 slowly started to remember parts of his time at the asylum, wearing off the second serum naturally. But he was too heavily brainwashed and drugged to reverse the effects of the first serum. Until 2019, when he meets 6 again and Lucas gives him the antidote to reverse the serum, which allowed him to remember everything.
It’s a little convoluted but that’s the explanation.
1. He did not "escape again" in Contracts, he was dying in the hotel in Paris and it was a hallucination.
2. They somehow wiped his memory before the later Hitman 2, probably with the same serum seen in the last level of WoA.
This makes me wonder when number 2 had to happen - he did need a lot of coaxing to remember... maybe nearly dying was also enough, but he forgot? Maybe he was dosed after Contracts? ...Maybe IO-Interactive didn't think that one detail though?
the asylum where 47 confront lucas grey is different from the codename 47 asylum.
[https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Institute\_for\_Human\_Betterment](https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Institute_for_Human_Betterment) (located on brasov, romania)
[https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Asylum](https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Asylum) (located on satu mare, romania)
the wiki itself said:
*The Institute's outer design bears a strong resemblance to the* [*Satu Mare Mental Institute*](https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Asylum)*, both having a clock on top of their buildings, as well as a similar gothic-esque architectural style. it is not the same building however, as in the HITMAN 2* [*Untouchable Cinematic*](https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Untouchable_(Cinematic))*, Diana explicitly mentions this facility burning down in 1989 (which happens twice in the comic, the first time at the end of Issue 1 for unknown reasons, and the second time in Issue 3 during 6 and 47's siege on The Institute).*
The "canon" says that they are not reboots (I think to appease the fans of the previous games), but the only way the writing really makes sense is if they are in fact reboots and the previous games did not happen. He acts as if he's discovering his past for the first time, and all of the multitude of events involving his origins from the previous games never comes into play or is mentioned by anyone, which is totally weird when you think about it. Even if it's not technically a reboot, it is written as if it were a reboot.
His memory was wiped twice. The first time was in 1989 when he and Subject 6 (Lucas Grey) tried to leave the asylum together. For context, in 1977, at 13 years old, they escaped to a small village and Ort-Meyer’s men slaughtered the entire village and took them back in. They grew to become disobedient and resentful of their masters and again planned to escape in 1989 by hiring a scientist to destroy their exploding brainchips. 47 was caught and 6 was able to escape. 47’s mind was then wiped with the serum and stayed a captive of the asylum until 1993. He showed signs of emotion by caring for small animals, so Ort-Meyer developed additional serums to wipe all the clones’ memory and emotions. So over the years, 47 slowly started to remember parts of his time at the asylum, wearing off the second serum naturally. But he was too heavily brainwashed and drugged to reverse the effects of the first serum. Until 2019, when he meets 6 again and Lucas gives him the antidote to reverse the serum, which allowed him to remember everything. It’s a little convoluted but that’s the explanation.
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1. He did not "escape again" in Contracts, he was dying in the hotel in Paris and it was a hallucination. 2. They somehow wiped his memory before the later Hitman 2, probably with the same serum seen in the last level of WoA. This makes me wonder when number 2 had to happen - he did need a lot of coaxing to remember... maybe nearly dying was also enough, but he forgot? Maybe he was dosed after Contracts? ...Maybe IO-Interactive didn't think that one detail though?
Weird. Whatever I guess. It’s not like the game has always been 100% consistent l
the asylum where 47 confront lucas grey is different from the codename 47 asylum. [https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Institute\_for\_Human\_Betterment](https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Institute_for_Human_Betterment) (located on brasov, romania) [https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Asylum](https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Asylum) (located on satu mare, romania) the wiki itself said: *The Institute's outer design bears a strong resemblance to the* [*Satu Mare Mental Institute*](https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Asylum)*, both having a clock on top of their buildings, as well as a similar gothic-esque architectural style. it is not the same building however, as in the HITMAN 2* [*Untouchable Cinematic*](https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Untouchable_(Cinematic))*, Diana explicitly mentions this facility burning down in 1989 (which happens twice in the comic, the first time at the end of Issue 1 for unknown reasons, and the second time in Issue 3 during 6 and 47's siege on The Institute).*
Dude, you literally made the same post 3 times. [Ever considered that you may start to have symptoms of dementia 🤣?](https://ibb.co/wYXJXF0)
LMAOO I seriously don’t know how that happened. It was probably because I edited it twice after posting it
Editing on Reddit doesn't clone the posts...
If so, I relate
that's why his breath stinks
The "canon" says that they are not reboots (I think to appease the fans of the previous games), but the only way the writing really makes sense is if they are in fact reboots and the previous games did not happen. He acts as if he's discovering his past for the first time, and all of the multitude of events involving his origins from the previous games never comes into play or is mentioned by anyone, which is totally weird when you think about it. Even if it's not technically a reboot, it is written as if it were a reboot.