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* [[Bad Boss]]: In his plot to overthrow the Kingpin, Crimewave very nearly kills his second-in-command. This is what prompts her to betray him to the Kingpin and join the Fat Man's organization.
* [[Bad Guys Play Pool]]: Taken to its logical conclusion by 8-Ball, who is not only an ace pool player but actually based his whole criminal motif around the game.
* [[Battle in
* [[Biological Mashup]]: Jeremy Roscoe tried to kill N'ogskak but ended up fusing with him to create Psyko.
** Before they end up in each other's bodies, Rick and Sleepwalker become fused into one hideous amalgamated being. It didn't work out too well when it turns out that the fusion weakens Sleepwalker's powers.
* [[Blessed
* [[Body Horror]]: Sleepwalker's race is sworn never to use its warp beams on living beings. When Rick accidentally zaps Alyssa Conover when he's trapped in Sleepwalker's body, we learn why as Alyssa's body becomes horribly contorted. This effect is only temporary, but the mental trauma Alyssa suffers doesn't go away so easily.
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Psyko has all of Sleepwalker's abilities, plus the additional ability to inflict insanity on anyone he hits with his own warp beams, literally driving them crazy just by looking at them. Even Sleepwalker wasn't immune, and nearly ended up murdering Spectra while under Psyko's influence, an act that would have permanently driven him insane.
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* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Subverted in the last issue when Sleepwalker seemingly sacrifices himself to return Rick Sheridan's mind to his body. However, when Rick awakens in his body, Sleepwalker disappears and Rick thinks that Sleepy got pulled back into his mind.
* [[Humans Through Alien Eyes]]: Sleepwalker comes from a dimension peopled with all sorts of bizarre-looking creatures. He's utterly confused by humanity's reactions to him, until he realizes that they're judging him only on appearance, which to him is extremely bizarre.
* [[Impaled
* [[Jackass Genie]]: The demonic genie Mr. Jyn pretended to serve his human masters, but in fact manipulated them into letting him cause more and more trouble until he could finally be released to run amuck on Earth.
* [[Journey to
* [[Karma Houdini]]: 8-Ball managed to escape justice after his battles with Sleepwalker, and the series ended before he could reappear.
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Sleepwalker used to be trusting when he first came to Earth, but continuous poor treatment from those he helped made him rather bitter. He still helps when he can, but no longer take their word upfront when asked for help.
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* [[People Puppets]]: Cobweb's minions frequently enslaved peoples' minds and used their bodies to carry out their master's evil plans.
* [[Refusal of the Call]]: Rick refused to synchronized with Sleepwalker at first which would have given him the ability to let Sleepwalker come out at any time instead of just when he's sleeping. So when he did gave it a try when danger comes knocking, it didn't turn out correctly and he got mixed up in the [[Biological Mashup]] above.
* [[Rogues Gallery]]: Sleepwalker fought a surprisingly large number of enemies during his short series. 8-Ball, the Chain Gang, the Bookworm, Crimewave, Lullaby, Spectra, Mr. Jyn, the Thought Police, Mr. FX, Cobweb, and Psyko. He also found time to pick fights with [[Doctor Strange|Nightmare]], the [[X
* [[Serial Killer]]: Jeremy Roscoe, the man who would become Psyko, was behind bars for cutting out the hearts of at least fourteen women with a kitchen knife. ''At least''.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Crimewave is a flamboyant, arrogant [[Jerkass]] who thinks he can outsmart the Kingpin and become the new head of the New York rackets. No prizes for guessing how it turns out.
** Psyko turns into this trope when Sleepwalker finally overcomes his [[Mind Rape]]. He's reduced to stammering that he only wanted what was best for Sleepwalker, and Sleepwalker takes him down with one brutal punch.
* [[Spanner in
* [[Starfish Alien]]: Borderline example. He's humanoid, human-sized, [[Aliens Speaking English|speaks English]] and fills the societal role of a [[Superhero]] almost instinctively. However, he definitely doesn't look human, his race has powers bordering on [[Reality Warper|reality warping]], and he's native to a dimension of thought and personified ideas that connects the minds of all sentient beings in the universe.
** For one example of the difference between how he thinks and how humans think, the idea of judging something by its appearance is bizarre to him - no, not [[An Aesop|morally wrong]], just ''bizarre'', because in the Mindscape what something looks like has nothing to do with what it wants or can do. From what we see of the Mindscape, it's filled with a wide variety of bizarre races that interact with each other on a routine basis. Most humans on Earth generally don't interact with creatures that look any different than they do, and are often twitchy even with humans that have unusual appearances or powers, as any [[X
** Along with Sleepwalker and Cobweb, we also see some of the other inhabitants of the Mindscape, many of whom wouldn't look out of place in a [[Doctor Strange]] or [[Fantastic Four]] story.
* [[Super Dickery]]: Done in-story with the invasion of the mindspawn when one issue ends with Sleepwalker seemingly destroying Rick's mind. It's eventually revealed that {{spoiler|Sleepwalker only pretended to destroy Rick's mind, while he actually kept it for safekeeping to prevent the mindspawn from killing him for real. Sleepwalker knew that if he tried to fight the mindspawn, Rick could have gotten hurt in the crossfire, but this way he can keep Rick safe while getting on the mindspawn's good side. This allows him to secretly free the mindspawn's human prisoners from their cage later on.}}
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Cobweb.
* [[The Unpronounceable]]: Sleepwalker's real name can't be pronounced by human vocal cords, so he just has people call him by his race's name when he appears on Earth.
* [[Touched
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Sleepwalker exudes this when he finally overcomes Psyko's insanity.
* [[Villains Never Lie]]: Brutally subverted by Cobweb. The lies he feeds Rick are an essential part of his master plan.
* [[We Are
* [[Who's Laughing Now?]]: When he got his powers, the first thing the Bookworm did with them was take revenge on the bullies who picked on him.
* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: Sleepwalker himself obviously didn't suffer from this, but it did lead to [[Spider-Man]] and [[Ghost Rider]] appearing in Sleepwalker's series.
* [[Word of God]]: The letters page was used to answer a number of questions readers had about Sleepwalker and the Mindscape.
* [[Working
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: It was revealed in the last few issues that Sleepwalker being trapped in Rick's mind {{spoiler|was part of a plot by Cobweb to invade Earth while framing Sleepwalker as the invasion's leader as a means of hindering the alien hero's attempts to stop him.}}
** And if Sleepwalker escapes, he'll be heading back to the Mindscape where he cannot interfere. [[Fridge Brilliance|How sneaky.]]
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