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{{trope}}
A sleeping character dreams a vision of events
While they can be hard to fathom, like [[Dreaming of Things to Come]], they are unable to be warded or fought off, since they are long gone. And unlike [[Dream Spying]], the characters are seldom detected by the people they watch. [[Dream Weaver
Usually used to reveal information. They are always, of course, true.
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See [[Bad Dreams]] for dreams of the character's past and [[Exposition of Immortality]] for when the character actually lived through the past they're dreaming about.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', Madoka dreams of {{spoiler|things that have happened in the ''previous iteration'' of the [[Groundhog Day Loop]]}}.
* In ''[[
* Happens several time to different characters in ''[[Shaman King]]''.
* A different take happens between Koyuki and Snow in [[MAR]], they are essentially the counterparts of the same person, and so they share dreams of what's happening between their worlds. Given that both girls love him, this level of interaction helps to solidify them as his 'One True Love'{{spoiler|, yes, both of them}}.
** Snow dreams of Koyuki's memories of her and Ginta's past.
** Koyuki dreams of Snow's interactions with Ginta, and relates them to his worried mother to confirm to her that her son is alright, though in another world.
* An [[Dream Weaver|old man's]] astral form entered Ranma's, from [[Ranma
== [[Literature]] ==
* In [[Andre Norton]]'s ''Opal-Eyed Fan'', the heroine dreams of a centuries ago [[Human Sacrifice]] on the island where she was shipwrecked.
** In ''[[Witch World|Horn Crown]]'' the hero dreams of himself at a long-ago banquet -- [[Talking in Your Dreams|where a woman talks with him and realizes he's from the future and gives him some aid]].
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' story "[[Iron Shadows in
** This is a frequent trope in many of Howard's stories.
* In [[
** Faramir tells Eowyn he often dreams of the fall of Numenor.
* In [[Terry Pratchett]] and [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[
* Several characters in [[
* In [[
* In [[Stephen Hunt]]'s ''The Rise of the Iron Moon'', Purity's dreams are identified as telling of the long-distant past.
* In [[Rick Riordan]]'s ''[[The Kane Chronicles|The Throne of Fire]]'', Sadie dreams of Ra's being forced from his position.
* In Margaret Ball's ''No Earthly Sunne'', Ellen dreams of Elizabethean times.
* In ''[[
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In the [[Girls Love]] [[Visual Novel]] ''[[Akai Ito]]'', [[The Chick|Kei]] dreams of the time of the Mizuki Tribe and their coalition with the human exorcists from the Capitol in their quest to vanquish [[Big Bad|Nushi]]. {{spoiler|She also dreams of the fall of the Mizuki at the hands of their human ex-allies, and the subsequent suffering of [[The Last of His Kind|Sakuya]]}}.
** Its sort-of sequel, ''[[Aoi Shiro]]'', Syouko dreams of the time of Yasuhime and her exile to the southern islands to seal the [[Artifact of Death|<<Sword>>]]. {{spoiler|This is [[Justified]] by having the blood of Yasuhime literally flowing in her veins -- she was [[Back
* This is the majority of the gameplay in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' games.
* Happens to Aya Brea in ''[[Parasite Eve 2]]''. It's not so much sleeping as it's fainting from exhaustion.
* A major plot point in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', and several gameplay sequences, are devoted to the main characters dreaming of past events involving Laguna Loire and his friends. This later turns out to be because of another character's magical power.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* Zig-Zagged in the first [[Knights of the Old Republic]]. The [[Player Character]] and Bastila are having dreams that retrace the steps of Darth Revan and Darth Malak as they sought out the [[Plot Coupon|Star Maps]]. It's played off as [[Prophetic Dreams|Force visions]] until [[The Reveal]] at the game's three-quarter mark.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* [[Pibgorn]] is sent back in time by the ghost, into a dream.
** Much later [http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2010/02/16/ Dru's attempt to enter her dream finds her in a memory.]
* In ''[[Strays]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20110829043807/http://www.straysonline.com/comic/125.htm Meela has one of a murder], and more after.
* In [[Homestuck]], an important Troll historical figure known as the Signless had dreams of {{spoiler|life before he Scratched his universe, causing everyone's lives to be reset}}, inspiring him to spread anti-caste-system messages.
== [[Web Original]] ==
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