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[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]].
For whatever reason, a character cannot dream. Perhaps they are dead already, or has spent too long in cryo-sleep, but their ability to dream is gone. This tends to indicate that something is inhuman or 'off' about them.
May also be caused by a [[Dream Stealer]].
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* Rei in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.
* In ''[[Jing King of Bandits]]'', Campari lost his ability to dream. He subsequently gained the ability to steal dreams from other people.
* Kanami in ''[[Darker
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== Film ==
* In ''[[Inception]]'', one side effect of using the PASIV is that you eventually lose the ability to dream normally.
* Krank in ''[[The City of Lost Children]]'' is unable to dream. He's kidnapping children and stealing their dreams, which sets off the plot.
* In ''[[Die Another Day]]'', the villain Gustav Graves was said to be unable to dream.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* In ''[[Eberron]]'', Kalashtar have lost the ability to dream. That's because they are inhabited by exiles from the realm of dreams, and if they return, they will be destroyed by that realm's despotic lords.
* The undead of ''[[In Nomine]]'' have also lost the power to dream, along with many other simple human pleasures. Technically, they don't even need to sleep, but if they do, they can no longer reach the [[Dream World]] of the Marches without supernatural help -- they've actually severed themselves from humanity's collective imagination.
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