Big Sleep: Difference between revisions

'''Ren:''' So wake him up.

'''Jasper:''' You don't wake up from the *big* sleep.

'''Stimpy:''' What's the big sleep, Ren?<br />

'''Ren:''' ...he's DEAD! DEAD, YOU EEDIOT! DO YOU KNOW WHAT "DEAD" IS!? IT'S WHAT WE'LL BE IF WE DON'T GET OUT OF HERE!!|''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'', "Big House Blues"}}

** Nagisa's death in ''[[Clannad]] After Story'' qualifies, as well as her daughter Ushio's a few episodes after that. Tomoya, however, just drops dead in the snow.

** Misuzu's death in the finale of ''[[AIR]]''.

* In the end of ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'' adaptation, as Saber lies dying back in her own time, she tells her knight that she has been [[Dying Dream|dreaming]]. The knight tells her that if she closes her eyes, she'll be able to see that dream again. Then, in a massive [[Tear Jerker]] scene, Saber slowly closes her eyes, uttering "[[Famous Last Words|This sleep is going to be a bit... longer...]]" Then, just to make sure the audience weeps like crazy, after she passes away, the knight gently asks: "Do you behold, King Arthur, the continuation of you dream?"

** Nasu just likes this trope. Tsukihime's best example is Kohaku, after stabbing herself in the chest. Arcuied actually goes into perpetual sleep in her True ending.

* The king of the [[Subverted Trope]], [[Joss Whedon]], does this in the pilot episode of ''[[Firefly]]''. Kaylee, having been shot by a jumpy Alliance lawman who was after Simon, closes her eyes and goes limp; Mal goes to Simon and informs him she's dead. He rushes to the med-bay, where he finds out that not only is she alive, she's awake and talking. Turned out she was taking a nap and the rest of the crew decided to play a rather cruel joke on the man who was partially responsible for her injury.

** Played straight in episode 2 of the 2nd season of ''[[Angel]]''. He finds the woman who betrayed him long ago. After she is forgiven, she proclaims that she will go outside after she has her rest. She never wakes up.

* Jack Shephard in [[Lost]] goes out like this in the last scene, mirroring the opening scene of the series.