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Differs from [[All Just a Dream]] in that usually you know immediately that the character is dreaming, and the dream usually lasts for no more than 2-3 minutes.
 
Musically, its beginning is often indicated by an upward-moving [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_tone_scale:Whole tone scale|whole tone scale]] (example: C, D, E, F#, G#, A#, C, ...) played on a instrument like a harp or a keyboard with lots of reverb. The end of the sequence is often indicated by the same scale played downwards. The same musical motif is often used for [[Flashback Effects]]. In the whole tone scale, all the notes are the same distant apart, with no single tone standing out, which creates its blurry, dreamy quality. "Impressionist" composers like Claude Debussy made an extensive use of that scale.
 
Sometimes ends in [[Or Was It a Dream?]], just like [[All Just a Dream]]. See also [[Dream Land]], [[Dream Within a Dream]], [[Real Dreams Are Weirder]] and [[I Was Having Such a Nice Dream]]. Go to [[Nightmare Sequence]] for the horrifying alternative.
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== Fan Works ==
* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero (Fanfic)|Kyon Big Damn Hero]]'' Haruhi was shown dreaming about flying through the sky, sentai-style, with Kyon the rest of the brigade, to fight evil aliens.
 
 
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== Webcomic ==
* ''[[The Chapel Chronicles (Webcomic)|The Chapel Chronicles]]'': season one ends in a four page Dream Sequence entitled [http://www.chapelchronicles.com/comic/28 Chapel in Wonderland] in which Chapel finds herself dressed as Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Fred, her archenemy is the Cheshire Cat, Lady Gaga appears having beheaded Justin Bieber, wanting to play chess with flamingos and using Rupert as the ball. Chapel finally leaves and walks off but is still dressed as Alice at the end.
* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' has a [[Story Arc]] showing the quite revealing dreams of each major character the night after the fight with [[Big Bad]] Damien[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-08-02\]; this continues into the succeeding arcs with Ellen's dreams, which are particularly significant due to Nioi's [[Plot -Relevant Age -Up|magical intervention]].
** Later, Sarah has [http://egscomics.com/index.php?arcid=96 a dream] about [[I Just Want to Be Special|getting magic and using it to save the day]].
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' features an [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=182 amusing dream sequence] from Kat. It involves lots of [[The X Files|Fox Mulder.]]
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