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== Anime and Manga ==
* Dream sequences play a major part in the plot of ''[[Da Capo]]'', even though they tend to be rather surreal at times.
* ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'' has an episode dedicated to Osaka's, Tomo's, and Sakaki's (and Kaorin's, in the anime) New Year dreams. Chiyo doesn't have a dream, but somehow ends up in everyone else's dreams.
* Takeshi Hokuto has two of these in ''[[Cromartie High School]]'': one of them deals with his subordinates and an obsession with meat, and the other deals with him switching places with Ara-chan the seal, whom he despises.
* In the manga version of ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'', Chrono has a dream in which he's standing on a battlefield littered with bodies, and Aion holds out an outstretched hand and urges him to come. It reflects Chrono's troubled past and foreshadows flashbacks we get to see in later volumes.
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* Yuichi in ''[[Kanon]]'' briefly has one of these while actually still awake after {{spoiler|briefly snapping when Mai appears to have committed suicide. But he can't hold onto it and returns to reality, and things... get better somehow. Magic!}}
* ''[[Mysterious Girlfriend X]]'', at least its earlier issues, would periodically have short dream sequences or immense panoramic dream panels. Fans miss them...
* Not really a dream, but ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' had "Tamaki Inner Mind Theatre". The anime had a straighter example with Haruhi taking a trip [[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Down the Rabbit Hole]] complete with Ouran characters taking the role of various Wonderland characters.
 
 
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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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* The film ''Waking Life'' was (possibly) nothing but dream sequences. These were depicted by surreal rotoscoping, the surreal happenings, and almost no overarching plot.
* The 1945 Alfred Hitchcock film ''Spellbound'' famously has a dream sequence designed by Salvador Dali(!).
* The movie ''The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies'' (it is every bit as bad as it sounds) features a long, freakish dream sequence reflecting the effects of mind control on the main character. In the ''[[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000]]'' version, it makes Servo freak out for the entire duration.
* The live-action Doctor Seuss musical ''The 5,000 Fingers of Doctor T'' is a feature-length dream sequence with reality bookends. A boy falls asleep at the piano when he's supposed to be practicing his piano exercises: he has a long surrealistic nightmare in which he imagines that his piano teacher is a "racketeer" attempting to take over the world.
* Most of [[Buster Keaton]]'s film ''[[Sherlock, Jr.]]'' is a dream that the main character has when he falls asleep next to a movie projector.
* [[The Emigrants|Unto A Good Land]] features a couple of very long dream sequences which are essentially flashbacks of what happened to Arvid and Robert on the California Trail.
* ''[[The Science of Sleep (Film)|The Science of Sleep]]'' had an abundant amount of dream sequences due to Stéphane's difficulty with copying with reality and it later gets difficult to know which scenes were real or not... that scene where they're all dressed like cats playing instruments was definitely a dream though.
* In ''[[Dracula: Dead and Loving It]]'', Dracula has a "[[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|daymare]]," where he believes his vampirism is cured and goes out to enjoy the beauty of the light. Then he bursts into flame and wakes up screaming and running.
* Most of [[Inception]] is basically a dream sequence. With [[Dream Within a Dream|dreams within dreams]].
 
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** In the very first book, in Harry's first night at Hogwarts, he dreams various creepy things encompasing the strange new magical world he's in, which finishes with [[Foreshadowing|Quirrel's Turban talking to him]].
* In the third book of [[The Emigrants|the "Emigrants" series]] the story of what happened to Robert and Arvid on the California trail is told through Robert's dreams after his return.
* ''[[Sputnik Sweetheart (Literature)|Sputnik Sweetheart]]'' has several, though some are [[Mind Screw|hard to tell as to whether they are dreams or not]]. One of the key ones that definitely is forms the basis of a piece of writing from Sumire, one of the main characters.
* The efficiently-named poem ''[[Dream of the Rood (Literature)|Dream of the Rood]]'' is about the narrator receiving a dream-vision of the tree that was used to make Christ's cross.
* In ''[[Hard Times]]'', Stephen Blackpool's dream of a wedding quickly becomes that of a burial.
 
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* There was an episode of ''[[News Radio]]'' in which the air conditioning was malfunctioning, causing the entire cast to have hallucinations. Some of these were short [[All Just a Dream]] moments, but others were obvious dream sequences.
* ''[[Frasier]]'' episode "Freudian Sleep". Frasier has an [[All Just a Dream]] experience, followed by dream sequences from the other members of the Crane family (even Eddie, the dog.)
* ''[[3rd Rock Fromfrom the Sun]]'': The dream episode -- each of the four aliens dreams for the first time. Their dreams were all surreal, lavishly produced, full of symbolism, and directed by guest directors, and were all done in very different styles.
** It was also in 3D, as part of a theme night.
* ''[[Twin Peaks]]''. The dream sequences contained major plot points, and the reality of the dream-world was eventually shown to be the home of several minor characters as well as BOB, the [[Big Bad]].
* ''[[GilligansGilligan's Island]]'' had more than its share of dream sequences.
* ''[[Saved Byby the Bell]]'': Silly dream sequences were often seen.
* There is also the episode of ''[[MASH]]'' which concentrated on the dreams and nightmares had by the main characters over the course of a single night.
* In ''[[The Tenth Kingdom]]'', Virginia and her father have an extremely bizarre and disturbing example of this, complete with [[Spirit Advisor|the ghost of Snow White]] doing her level best to snap them out of it. Christine's usage of the poisoned comb on her little girl's hair is particularly chilling, while the weird Electra-complex suggested by Virginia being Tony's wife (not to mention Wendell the dog as her brother--{{spoiler|or is that [[Psychic Dreams for Everyone|prophetic?]]}}) are just plain odd. But what do you expect from something inspired by eating magic mushrooms? Of special note (something which appears throughout the miniseries) is the emphasis on the decidedly more grim aspects of fairytales...
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* Even ''[[Kate Modern]]'' managed an example (supposedly a reconstruction of a dream), [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXTjBWdDdxg Awful Dream].
* ''[[Lost]]'' frequently employs dream sequences. Often these dreams are prophetic, but occasionally the "glimpse into the psyche" type is used, such as Hurley's dream in "Everybody Hates Hugo," which reveals his anxiety about being the one to ration the newly discovered food.
* The ''[[Black Adder|Blackadder]]'' episode "Ink and Incapability" features a scene where it appears that Edmund's looming catastrophe has suddenly been solved, but when more and more bizarre things start happening, he realizes he's dreaming, and thus still screwed when he wakes up.
{{quote| '''Dr. Johnson''': I think it's an awful dictionary. Full of feeble definitions and ridiculous verbiage.<br />
'''Blackadder''': Are you sure?<br />
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz8ppujjTXw This] scene from series 3 of [[Ashes to Ashes]]. [[Ship Tease|UPTOWN]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|GIRL!]]
* ''[[Home Improvement]]'' had several, mostly depicting Tim's dreams, including one where he and his family are wooden dolls like in a [[Christmas Special]], and one where he and Jill are paranormal investigators like in ''[[The X-Files]]''.
* Walter Sherman from ''[[The Finder (TV)|The Finder]]'' tends to have symbolic dreams regarding the case he's working on, generally leading to an [[Eureka Moment]] which leads to him solving the case.
* [[The Young Ones]] - "Sick" has a memorable one. A conscience-stricken Rik, believing that he has killed Neil, dreams of being tried and sentenced to death by Mike and Vyvyan, causing the gallery of attractive young women to plead for his life and then start to remove their clothes...
{{quote| '''Rik's Conscience''': Oi! OI! - Stop having a wet dream, you little pervy, you're supposed to be ''racked with remorse''!}}
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== Video Games ==
* Videogame ''[[Scratches]]'' has two dream sequences on different nights, the first one has hints of [[Or Was It a Dream?|not being just a dream]], the second is pure [[Nightmare Fuel]].
* ''[[BaldursBaldur's Gate]] 2'' has a number of dream sequences, each urging you to submit to your destiny as Bhaalspawn.
* ''[[Eternal Sonata]]'' is mostly this.
* The ''Mask of the Betrayer'' [[Expansion Pack]] to ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2 (Video Game)|Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' has several dream sequences {{spoiler|during which you can gather the pieces of the titular [[Cool Mask]] if you're paying attention}}. [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]] {{spoiler|(where you battle the Spirit-Eater for control of your soul)}} is a dream sequence as well.
** Teammate Gannayev-of-Dreams is an old hand with dream sequences [[Meaningful Name|as his name suggests]]. He shepherds the [[Player Character]] through them all if he's in the party. Yes, he can enter ''other characters''' dream sequences.
 
 
== 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.]]
* ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' uses this trope in many different ways: First, the use of "dreamselves" that reside in Prospit and Derse. Sometimes the story follows all of the main character's dreamselves. Then there is the "dream bubbles," basically the afterlife, in which people relive their memories and stay there for eternity. Sometimes the story follows characters in dream bubbles. These are also used for people who have no dreamselves. Third, there is [[The Woobie|WV's]] nightmare, shedding some light onto his {{spoiler|[[Survivors Guilt]].}}
* ''[[Honey And The Whirlwind]]'' takes place partially in a dreamworld.
* [http://centralcitytower.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-installment.html Project 0] opens with a dream sequence. Doubles as a [[Good Morning, Crono]].
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* ''[[South Park]]'' referenced this version of the trope in "I'm A Little Bit Country". Instead of studying, Cartman tries to learn about the founding fathers by triggering a flashback via blows to the head.
* A number of the classic ''[[Little Lulu]]'' cartoons from the 1940's contain dream sequences, such as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EM9DL_Guh4 this one]
* ''[[Arthur (Animationanimation)|Arthur]]'' is [[Incredibly Lame Pun|king]] of this trope.
* The short-lived ''[[Nightmare Ned]]'' built its entire premise around dream sequences.
* The ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' episode "Air Force None" featured two for [[Badass Adorable|Heloise]], both about her being with [[Oblivious to Love|Jimmy]].
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