I Was Having Such a Nice Dream: Difference between revisions

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* In the 8th episode of ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'', the "New Year's Dream Special", several of the main characters' dreams are shown. [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Schoolgirl Lesbian]] Kaorin naturally dreams about her crush, Sakaki, [[Rescue Romance|coming to her rescue]], but the dream is interrupted by her mother trying to wake her up so they can take their traditional trip to the shrine on New Year's Day. Poor Kaorin just pulls the covers over her head and begs for it to keep going.

* Discussed in ''[[Lucky Star]]'' episode 11. They rationalized why people who are unwilling to wake up specifically ask for five minutes, and not an hour.

* Parodied in the first chapter of ''[[Chrono Crusade]]''. Rosette is called on the phone to rush to a mission while her assistant, Chrono, is sleeping in their car. After the call she climbs into the car and tries to wake Chrono ~~up--who~~ protests that he needs to sleep "just a little longer". When Rosette asks ''how'' long, Chrono responds "about ten hours". Naturally, he gets punted out of the car and forced to go to work.

* Parodied in the first chapter of ''[[Chrono Crusade]]''. Rosette is called on the phone to rush to a mission while her assistant, Chrono, is sleeping in their car. After the call she climbs into the car and tries to wake Chrono up—who protests that he needs to sleep "just a little longer". When Rosette asks ''how'' long, Chrono responds "about ten hours". Naturally, he gets punted out of the car and forced to go to work.

** Later, ''Rosette'' refuses to wake up when Chrono shakes her repeatedly. So he ''tosses her out of an upper-story window''. Azmaria is horrified, but he tells her there's a pond right under that window. Sure enough, Rosette comes back through the window, soaking wet, furious ... and with a fish flapping between her gritted teeth.

* ''[[Hanaukyo Maid Tai]]''. In episode 10 Taro's three maids try to wake him up at 5:00 in the morning. He asks for 1 more minute of sleep.

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== Live Action TV ==

* Subverted beautifully in ''[[Northern Exposure]]'', "Spring Break". Joel remarks during his erotic dream of performing Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistable" surrounded by the trademarked Palmer powerclones that he always wakes up before the good bit. One of the women leans over and tells him not this ~~time -- the~~ screen cuts to black and we hear a zipper being opened. Cue Titles.

* Subverted beautifully in ''[[Northern Exposure]]'', "Spring Break". Joel remarks during his erotic dream of performing Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistable" surrounded by the trademarked Palmer powerclones that he always wakes up before the good bit. One of the women leans over and tells him not this time—the screen cuts to black and we hear a zipper being opened. Cue Titles.

* One episode of ''[[Father Ted]]'' featured Ted in an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[Ballykissangel]]'', only without the [[Will They or Won't They?]] between Father Peter and Assumpta; Ted and Assumpta definitely were, when he was woken by Father Dougal to offer him a peanut. Ted shouted at Dougal, went back to sleep, and had a nightmare where he was being chased by a giant peanut.

* ''[[Herman's Head]]''. Herman is woken up just as he does a swan dive onto a bed containing two beautiful women.

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== Newspaper Comics ==

* A half-subversion can be found in an ''[[Bloom County|Outland]]'' strip. Opus is woken from a dream involving ~~Aphrodite--yes~~, the Greek goddess ~~Aphrodite--about~~ to lick his nose in order to be told of some Washington scandal. He snarls at the person who did it, goes back to ~~sleep--and~~ finds that the key figure of the political scandal is now licking his nose.

* A half-subversion can be found in an ''[[Bloom County|Outland]]'' strip. Opus is woken from a dream involving Aphrodite—yes, the Greek goddess Aphrodite—about to lick his nose in order to be told of some Washington scandal. He snarls at the person who did it, goes back to sleep—and finds that the key figure of the political scandal is now licking his nose.

* In a ''[[Zits]]'' Sunday strip, Jeremy is recalling a bizarre dream he had (complete with visuals), which ended with his hot 4th grade teacher calling him over for something. The next panel shows an irritated Jeremy telling Hector that he wanted five extra minutes.

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== Real Life ==

* Real-life example: According to [[Urban Legends|popular legend]], [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]'s poem ''Kubla Khan'' was inspired by a dream he had. He was about halfway through writing the whole thing down when he was interrupted by a ~~visitor -- and~~ upon returning to his desk, could no longer remember the rest of his dream, forcing him to publish the (fairly sizeable) fragment he already had.

* Real-life example: According to [[Urban Legends|popular legend]], [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]'s poem ''Kubla Khan'' was inspired by a dream he had. He was about halfway through writing the whole thing down when he was interrupted by a visitor—and upon returning to his desk, could no longer remember the rest of his dream, forcing him to publish the (fairly sizeable) fragment he already had.

** The other popular legend is that Coleridge wrote "Kubla Khan" in the midst of an opium high, and was interrupted by a knock at the door; having lost his train of thought, there was no getting it back. Ever.

* Similarly, the story of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' came to author Robert Louis Stevenson in a dream. His wife, hearing his screams and assuming he was having a nightmare, awakened him, much to his incense. Apparently, she had awakened him at the first transformation scene.