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== Web Original ==
* At the end of some cutscenes in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Special Edition]]'', people are seen waking up. This has no bearing on gameplay whatsoever.
* More than once this has been used for ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' characters, usually in imagining a rescue. However, on one occasion it was used to make it appear as if a particular character had died, only for it to be revealed that it had been a dream.
* Most of the second half of ''[[The Tale of the Exile|The Third Night]]'' takes places during Gaven's hallucinagen-fueled [[Mushroom Samba]]. [[Schrodinger's Butterfly|It's an open question what events actually happen to him and what's all just in his head]].
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'''Lopez:''' Oui, c'était un rêve horrible... OU ÉTAIT-IL?!? [Yes, it was a horrible dream... OR WAS IT?!?] }}
** This was also used for a non-canon alternate ending on the Season Five DVD, where Church had been knocked out instead of killed from Sheila's attack in episode eight and had dreamed up the other ninety-two episodes, except he forgot all about his green-armoured teammate, Jacobs.
** Another of the alternate endings did something very similar except, instead of being a dream, the whole series was an [[X BoxXbox]] Live game played by the characters.
* ''[[The Onion]]'' episode [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qYL_KT06-U Today Now!: Save Money By Taking A Vacation Entirely In Your Mind] deals with using this trope to your advantage.
* An episode of [[Ranma Abridged]] features Akane sleepwalking and causing chaos as she goes through several dreams. After waking her up, they discuss how ridiculous the episode was, until it turns out to be Ranma's dream.
* At the end of some cutscenes in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Special Edition]]'', people are seen waking up. This has no bearing on gameplay whatsoever.
* [[Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG]]
{{quote| 598. Any adventure that ends up with my character being worshiped as an orc god was just a dream. Retroactively if need be.<br />
1007. That whole Expedition to the Barrier Peaks? [[Dream Sequence]]. }}
* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s "[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/why-saved-by-bell-all-dream-conspiracy-theory/ Why 'Saved by the Bell' is All a Dream: A Conspiracy Theory]" explains why ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' has to be an escapist dream of a character in ''Good Morning, Miss Bliss'' (the pilot that was retooled into ''SBTB''), using clues from the [[Expository Theme Tune]].