Psychic Dreams for Everyone: Difference between revisions

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Subtrope of [[Dreaming of Things to Come]].

== Anime & Manga ==

* Once she starts getting involved with the supernatural, {{spoiler|Asuna}} of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' starts getting these. Later [[Justified Trope|Justified]] by it being some self-induced [[Laser Guided Amnesia]] that's starting to break down.

* Once she starts getting involved with the supernatural, {{spoiler|Asuna}} of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' starts getting these. Later [[Justified Trope|Justified]] by it being some self-induced [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] that's starting to break down.

* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' begins with Nanoha dreaming of [[Girl of My Dreams|a magical boy]] fighting a losing battle against [[Monster of the Week|a strange monster]], which naturally, turned out to have actually happened.

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* In an issue of ''Impulse'', Bart Allen has a series of increasingly bizarre dreams including one where he's visited by warped versions of [[Legion of Super-Heroes]] members Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy, Brainiac 5, Apparition and Spark, based on his own... unique... interpretation of his cousin XS's description of them. Two issues later he does indeed meet precisely those Legionnaires.

** Of course, [[The DCU]] has a [[The Sandman|Lord of Dreams]] to justify this sort of thing; any dream prophecies come from ''his'' power, not the dreamer's. Er, except for Dream Girl.

*** [[Retcon|Retconned]]: Dream Girl's powers originate from the Dreaming now. [[Magic a Is Magic A]] at work.

*** [[Retcon|Retconned]]: Dream Girl's powers originate from the Dreaming now. [[Magic A Is Magic A]] at work.

* A major theme of ''Bone''. Dreams are an extension of the setting, and nobody ever has a dream that ''isn't'' a prophecy, suppressed memory, or psychic message from someone.

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* An interesting thing to note is that, in an episode of ''[[Smallville (TV)|Smallville]]'', Clark Kent has semi-prophetic dreams, where the events come true, but not as severely as in the dreams. Also in ''[[Smallville (TV)|Smallville]]'' Lois Lane mentions having dreams about "a guy wearing a red cape". Interestingly, she interprets them as nightmares.

** Interestingly? Haven't you been to [http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=28&Itemid=45&limitstart=16 Superdickery]?

** There's an old, old theory that Superman's powers are all psychic in some nature ("Tactile telekinesis" instead of actual [[Super Strength]], fooling an entire planet by [[Paper Thin Disguise|simply wearing glasses]], etc.), so it kind of makes sense if you don't think about it too much.

** There's an old, old theory that Superman's powers are all psychic in some nature ("Tactile telekinesis" instead of actual [[Super Strength]], fooling an entire planet by [[Paper-Thin Disguise|simply wearing glasses]], etc.), so it kind of makes sense if you don't think about it too much.

* A literal interpretation of this is the Centauri in ''[[Babylon 5 (TV)|Babylon 5]]''. Most of them are not shown to be any more psychic than the other races otherwise, but they all each apparently have one psychic dream at some point in their life, which shows their death. Some women are prophetesses.

** [[Fridge Logic|One has to wonder whether Lord Refa's genocidal intentions were related to a dream of being beaten to death by dozens of Narns.]]

*** This would make this a [[Self Fulfilling Prophecy]] as well. One good way to piss off an entire race to the point where they want to beat you to death is to attempt to wipe them all out.

*** This would make this a [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]] as well. One good way to piss off an entire race to the point where they want to beat you to death is to attempt to wipe them all out.

* In the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' series, both human and Cylon characters have on occasion prophetic dreams or visions; there are human oracles who do this "professionally" with the help of drugs to improve their talent, and the Cylon basestar hybrids seem to have visions ''constantly'' and are regarded insane by other Cylons, but apparently everyone is a latent psychic.

* Several characters on ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'' have prophetic dreams, most notably Locke and Eko. We have never been witness to one of Ben's dreams, but he has indicated he "used to have" prophetic dreams.

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== Web Comics ==

* This happens in a series of early ''[[~~Eight~~ Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' strips, collectively known as the "weird ones".

* This happens in a series of early ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' strips, collectively known as the "weird ones".

* Parodied in [http://catandgirl.com/?p=1339 this] ''[[Cat and Girl]]'' strip.

* Pretty much anyone on or near Skaia in ''[[Homestuck]]'' has these. Although technically, the dreams are just waking up in another body. Eventually, players go there as their waking selves, either by traversing their gates, building/flying their way there, or more rarely, via god tier resurrection.

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{{quote| Bart: I just had a vision of my own horrible fiery death.<br />

Lisa: ...and? }}

* From ''[[The ~~Emperors~~ New Groove (Disney)|The Emperors New Groove]]'':

* From ''[[The Emperor's New Groove (Disney)|The Emperors New Groove]]'':

{{quote| '''Tipo:''' I had a dream that Dad was tied to a log, and was careening out of control down a raging river of DEATH!<br />

'''(...)'''<br />