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See also [[Talking in Your Sleep]], a related phenomenon, and [[Escort Mission]] or [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]] for the frequent trope involving other characters trying to shepherd the sleepwalking character past danger without waking them due to the old wives' tale.
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* In one old commercial for Post Fruity Pebbles, Barney pretends he's sleepwalking to get Fred's Pebbles; Fred doesn't wake him up, [[Never Wake Up a Sleepwalker|
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Asuka attempting to kiss Shinji in his sleep in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.
* Fam from ''[[Last Exile: Fam, The Silver Wing|Last Exile Fam the Silver Wing]]'' has a pretty bad case, especially since she's a [[Sky Pirate]]. The first scene of the entire show is her [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|stripping off]], opening the hanger door of their airship and walking out, saved only by a rope with a bell on it tied to her leg. Episode 4 also shows that there's a mat placed below the entrance to her loft bedroom to cushion her inevitable falls.
* ''[[Ranma ½
* One plotline in the ''[[K-On!]] College'' manga has protagonist Yui sleepwalk through an entire day. She's substantially less scatterbrained than usual while asleep.
* ''[[One Piece]]''; Notorious [[Big Eater]] Luffy has been known to eat in his sleep if someone puts food within his reach.
== [[Comedy]] ==▼
* Comedian Mike Birbiglia has this problem, which he details in his book ''Sleepwalk With Me.''▼
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* In ''[[Dracula (novel)|Dracula]]'', Lucy is a chronic sleepwalker who sleepwalks all the way across Whitby to the cemetery overlook the night she's first bitten by the eponymous vampire.
== [[Live
* On ''[[A.N.T. Farm]]'', Olive does this during a slumber party. While sleepwalking she makes rooster noises, plays golf and sleep-knits, and isn't aware that she sleepwalks.
* ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'' had the title character sleep-eating.
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* In one ''[[Garfield]]'' comic, he notices Odie is asleep on his back, his legs in the motion of running; Garfield thinks he's dreaming he's chasing something. So, he turns him over and says, "Let's see if he catches it." Odie zooms off panel and there's a loud "CRASH!" "Yep," said Garfield, "he caught the heat register."
▲== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
▲* Comedian Mike Birbiglia has this problem, which he details in his book ''Sleepwalk With Me.''
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Two moves in ''[[Pokémon]]'', Snore and Sleep Talk,
* Amos from ''[[Dragon Quest VI]]'' turns into an enormous monster while sleeping, and doesn't know about it.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n'
* There was an episode of ''[[Rugrats]]'' where Stu sleepwalks and the babies believe he is a robot.
* An episode of ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' dealt with Phoebe trying to stop Helga from sleepwalking to Arnold's house.
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* [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson]] starts sleepwalking under the effects of sleeping medication Nappien. Bart takes advantage of the situation and uses Homer as his personal "zombie".
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* Homicidal somnambulism—an extreme form where a sleepwalker commits murder while asleep.
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