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* In the [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] novel ''Clouds of Witness'', Parker falls asleep in front of the fireplace while waiting for Wimsey. As Wimsey enters, Parker wakes up and says: "The glass-blower's cat is bompstaple". In the dream that Parker just had, this is the solution to the mystery. Awake, he can't even remember what "bompstaple" meant.
* In book 7 of [[Ranger's Apprentice]], Will wakes up after nearly dying of thirst to find Umar bent over him, pouring water down is throat. Struck by the man's physical appearance, all he can say is, "...That's a big nose."
== Newspaper Comics ==▼
* In ''[[Peanuts]]'', whenever Peppermint Patty is sleeping in class, she often wakes up shouting something like "I'm awake, I'm awake! The answer's twelve!"▼
== Live Action TV ==
* [[I'm Alan Partridge|Alan]] [[Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge|Partridge]] usually says something odd when waking up from his...well, just watch the show.
* In an early episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Willow has been sleeping over an open book and suddenly bolts upright, crying, "Don't warn the tadpoles!" When Giles expresses surprise, she sheepishly admits, "I... I have a frog fear."
** Another example: Buffy wakes up Spike and he mutters, "I'm drowning in footwear!"
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{{quote|"I was having a dream, and all I remember was a curious lack of crocodiles, so I began calling out for them."}}
* In an episode of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', Reid wakes up after {{spoiler|being poisoned by anthrax and nearly dying}} and asks Morgan, "Are you eating jello?"
▲== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* In ''[[Peanuts]]'', whenever Peppermint Patty is sleeping in class, she often wakes up shouting something like "I'm awake, I'm awake! The answer's twelve!"
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