Instant Waking Skills: Difference between revisions

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Anyone who knows how the human body handles sleep knows that being woken up suddenly isn't pleasant, and it takes a while to adjust. Not so in Hollywood. In a lot of movies and other works of fiction, characters who are suddenly woken from bed seem to be on full alertness as soon as they get out of bed. Guess they must have Instant Waking Skills.

There is some [[Truth in Television]] to this. In general, awakening with a shot of adrenaline, such as may be caused by a very loud sound or pain, sometimes can cause a person to reach full alertness instantly. [[Wham Line|Sudden shocking information]] can do it too, but it usually relies on the person being awake enough to understand what they're being told.

There is some [[Truth in Television]] to this. In general, awakening with a shot of adrenaline, such as may be caused by a very loud sound or pain, sometimes can cause a person to reach full alertness instantly. [[Wham! Line|Sudden shocking information]] can do it too, but it usually relies on the person being awake enough to understand what they're being told.

Additionally, there are several distinct stages of sleep that a human goes through over the course of a night, some of which are deeper than others. If one is not in a deep stage of sleep when awoken, one can achieve full alertness fairly quickly - though not as quickly as some of the examples here. ([[Deep Sleep]] usually negates such skills even for those who usually have them.)

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Contrast [[Not a Morning Person]]. Compare [[Wake Up Fighting]].

== Anime and Manga ==

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