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Trying to get to sleep by lying in bed, closing one's eyes and counting imaginary sheep jumping over a fence, and hoping to drift off to sleep from the boredom and repetition of the activity. Cartoons may show the sheep in an [[Imagine Spot]]. [[Science Marches On|Proven by science as ineffective]].
This trope is rarely ever played straight, but more often deconstructed (with the character concentrating into counting sheep so intently that they forget to sleep, if ever interrupted, cue swearing or recounting), parodied (flocks of sheep have a soporific effect because people will try to count them) and/or exaggerated (using some weird method in counting sheep, like counting something else, or the sheep is doing something else other than jumping, or using calculator, or counting to 338,547
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* A series of mattress commercials by Serta featured counting sheep who were constantly annoyed that people stopped needing them since the mattress was so comfy, they'd had an easier time falling to sleep.
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* ''[[Count Your Sheep]]'' obviously derives its title from this trope. In [http://countyoursheep.keenspot.com/d/20030611.html the very first strip] (yes, the [[Art Evolution|art does get better]]), Katie puts herself to sleep by counting her imaginary friend, Ship the sheep. Since there's only one of him, this doesn't take long. There have been several variations on the gag over the years, including [http://countyoursheep.keenspot.com/d/20100208.html this semi-serious one].
* ''[[Xkcd]]'' would like to remind you to [http://xkcd.com/571/ watch out for overflow].
* ''[[Sinfest]]'' [
* [[Karate Bears]] actually count sheep in the morning [http://www.karatebears.com/2011/10/count-sheep.html for Breakfast!]
* Parodied in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130705173700/http://www.fuzzyfive.com/2010/comic/living-after-midnight/ this] ''[[The Fuzzy Five|Fuzzy Five]]'' strip, where the young lady counts fuzzy octopus toys in place of sheep.
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150907174725/http://mirz123.deviantart.com/art/Counting-Sheep-161737857 Counting Sheep]'' emoticon by Mirz123.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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