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{{trope}}
Showing a character's sleeping habits can tell the audience a lot about their character. Often an indication that a character is a bit off is if they have [[Bad Dreams]], or in some cases, [[The Insomniac|don't sleep at all]].
And then there are characters who sleep in strange places. Showing a character who habitually sleeps in a place other than a bed may serve to indicate that the character in question has [[Cloudcuckoolander|a few odd personality traits]], or that they're not altogether there mentally, or that they're just not used to sleeping in a bed for whatever reason. It can also be used to show that a character is not human, and therefore it might be perfectly normal for members of their species not to sleep in a bed. The main point is that the trope is used to set the character apart in some way, or to indicate something specific about their character.
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A very common version of this is characters who are used to discomfort or hardship - homeless people finding a shelter somewhere in a city, outdoorsmen camping in the wild, front-line soldiers in forward camps or berths not entirely designed for humans - who are offered a bed in the lap of luxury, but find it impossible to sleep in.
If a character doesn't sleep in a bed because there isn't one available, it's not this trope. [[There Is Only One Bed]] is when a character gives up the bed out of necessity or a sense of honor.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Appleseed]]'', Deunan sleeps on the floor instead of the bed after being taken from the wasteland into Olympus, probably because she's used to a hard surface.
* Similarly, Sousuke Sagara of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' makes a habit of sleeping ''under'' his bed, as a manifestation of the paranoia he carries over from his years as a [[Child Soldier]]. And, considering the extremely limited space and the decided uncomfortableness of the area in question, sleeping there tends to noticeably deter any of his many admirers from trying to cop a feel on him while he's asleep.
* In ''[[Strike Witches]]'', Francesca Luccini often sleeps in high, perched, narrow structures like tree branches and beam girders, possibly reflecting her [[Catgirl]] nature.
* Roronoa Zoro of ''[[
* [[The Idolmaster (
* [[Claymore
* Coyote Starrk of ''[[Bleach]]'' sleeps on a green beanbag chair. If an omake is to believe, Lilynette can sleep on top of Starrk.
* In ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'', Ryoko tends to sleep in the rafters of the Masaki home.
* Shimakaze from the ''[[Kantai Collection]]'' anime.
== [[
* In ''[[
* Snoopy in ''[[Peanuts]]'' is shown to sleep on the roof of his doghouse.▼
▲* In ''[[Comic Book/Bar Sinister|Bar Sinister]]'', Sigil sleeps hanging upsidedown because she is part vampire bat.
== [[Film]] ==
* In the
* In the 1980s ''[[Batman (
* In the ''[[Daredevil (
* ''[[Cast Away]]''. Tom Hanks sleeps on the floor for a while instead of an available bed.
* ''[[Munich]]''. After planting a bomb in a
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[
== [[Live
* Jim Profit in the short-lived television series ''[[Profit]]'' regularly sleeps naked in a cardboard box, just like the one he was raised in by his abusive father.
* ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'': Mork sleeps upside down in the closet because he's an alien and that's how they feel comfortable.
* ''[[
* In an episode of ''[[Dexter]]'', Dexter breaks into Lumen's hotel room and sees that she has made up a bed in the closet, since a closet was the only place where she felt safe from the men who raped her.
* The eccentric genius protagonist of ''[[Probe]]'' sleeps in a cupboard. When he was young he couldn't afford a proper sensory deprivation tank; by the time the series starts, he can afford as many as he likes, but he's
* Early on in ''[[The X
== New Media ==
* Lady Slaughter in ''[[Descendant of a Demon Lord]]'' is irritated by the presence of living creatures (except Celes) and tries to sleep some distance away from them. Which is probably related to her sleeping in strange places. Celes has found Slaughter sleeping in a crevice and a crate.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
▲* Snoopy in ''[[Peanuts]]'' is shown to sleep on the roof of his doghouse.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
* [[The Grim Reaper|Gravelord Nito]] from ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Futurama]]'': Bender, and by extension, all robots, prefer to sleep standing up in a room small enough to be a closet.
* Similar to the ''[[The Addams Family]]'' above, Misery in ''[[Ruby Gloom]]'' sleeps on a bed of spikes. Anybody else who sits on her bed will usually have a pillow to sit on, too.
* A [[Running Gag]] in the [[Christmas Special]] ''Yogi's First Christmas'' is Yogi (who, seeing as it's winter, is supposed to be hibernating) being unable to stay awake and constantly falling asleep at the most inopportune places and times.
== [[Real Life]] ==
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[[Category:Sleep and Wakefulness Tropes]]
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