Morning Routine: Difference between revisions

* Episode one of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' shows Madoka's morning routine, starting with her waking up from [[Dreaming of Things to Come|strange dream]], waking up her family members, getting dressed, eating breakfast; all sorts of everyday normal activities. Used to show Madoka's roots in normality, and provide contrast for the changes the come.

* In the first episode of [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]], Nanoha is shown waking up and getting ready for school. The same scene plays out in her first scene of [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's]], but with indications that Nanoha is eagerly awaiting the day she can see Fate in person again.

 

== Film ==

* ''[[Shrek]]'' starts out with what presumably is how every ogre spends their morning.

* [[Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters]] starts when it's protagonist wakes up {{spoiler|for the last time.}} The prolouge is over by the time he's dressed and out the door.

 

== Literature ==

* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' starts this way, with Arthur Dent getting out of bed and starting his routine before being interruped by a bulldozer trying to tear his house down.

* The first ''[[Harry Potter]]'' book starts off by showing the Dursleys' morning routine. ("Mr. Dursley hummed as he picked out his most boring tie for work.") Although the second chapter takes place on Dudley's birthday, it's apparently a fairly typical morning for Harry as he's woken up by Aunt Petunia and [[Cinderella Circumstances|forced to make breakfast]].

 

== Live Action TV ==

* ''[[Monk]]'' did this in the opening credits for the first season. Adrian Monk's morning routine serves to demonstrate his OCD tendencies: his closet is full of identical suits, he disinfects his toothbrush with boiling water before brushing his teeth, etc.

* Given an interesting twist at the very beginning of ''[[The West Wing]]''. We see Sam wake up in the morning. Next to a prostitute. Who is asking who POTUS is - and why he has such a funny name. {{spoiler|It's the President of the United States.}}

 

== Music ==

I wipe the spots off the mirror

Don't leave the keys in the door }}

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' lets you play through such a routine as a twisted [[Tutorial Level]] of sorts.

* The main character of the Gamecube ''[[Custom Robo]]'' gets up to go to work each morning. Getting dressed takes three seconds. But whether he gets woken up by his landlady, by cellphone, or by himself carries some amusement.

 

== Western Animation ==