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** Indeed. [[Rule of Funny]], for instance, can definitely excuse this trope if they make a good enough gag out of it. Who can forget {{spoiler|the series finale of [[Newhart]]}}? Or the hilarious parody of that scene Jimmy Kimmel and the [[Lost]] cast and crew did?

** I just hope you don't believe this is the case ''in the real world''...

** Or, hey, [[Eternal Sonata]]. There are a few clues that, while it may be a dream as far as Chopin is concerned, it's actually another reality. (For example, certain proper names are impossible for him to have come up with if we're to believe they're all musical terms.)

* What bugs the hell out of me about it was all just a dream stories is that it sort of eliminates the validity of all the character development that happens within the story. Sure you can argue that the dreams of this sort are all about the dreamer learning from the dream and applying it to real life once they wake up, but it bothers me that he or she has to go through all the things they did in the dream all over again and the way they apply the lesson in real life isn't always of the same quality as it was applied in the dream.