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[[File:batgirl lincoln 350 8082.jpg|link=Batgirl|frame|[[Batgirl]] apparently has some interesting dreams.]]

 

 

Dreams, occurring in REM (no, not that [[REM]]) are the subconscious mind's way of rooting through thoughts and concepts the brain is trying to process while the owner of the brain is sleeping. When a sleeper is dreaming, they sometimes also talk. In [[Real Life]], these verbal fragments are seldom coherent, let alone linear—ah, but this is fictionland...

 

See also: [[Dream Sequence]]. Compare with [[Non Sequitur Thud]].

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[The Familiar of Zero]]'' human familiar has a heated dream about his "master", in the middle of the class.

* [[Deadpool]] says WEIIIRD things in his sleep sometimes. Which is not entirely different from what he says when he's awake.

 

* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', the first time Yuki teleports Kyon, Mikuru, and Kanae into her apartment Kanae sleeps through it and starts talking in her sleep.

{{quote|"Mmm, Sempai," Kanae murmured in her sleep with a quiet giggle. }}

 

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]'': "The redhead's got a gun..."

* In the ''[[Get Smart]]'' sequel movie ''Get Smart! Again!'', it is revealed that Max bought the Cone of Silence after CONTROL was disbanded and installed it in his bedroom because he talks in his sleep.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'': Bella

* ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]'' mentions that when he was in college, Dirk developed a reputation for saying interesting things in his sleep after a large meal; it's heavily implied that it was a scam he'd set up so that his roommates would buy him large meals a lot.

* Several characters do this in ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'', including Frodo, Eowyn, Merry and Faramir.

* [[Dr. Seuss]] takes it [[Up to Eleven]] in ''The Sleep Book'':

 

* Common with many police officers who sleep on the job, it would seem.

* ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' did fake it as a trick variation, with Ricky pretending to talk in his sleep.

'''Spike''': I'm drownin' in footwear! (from the series finale, "Chosen") }}

* Done a few times on [[Scrubs]], such as J.D. reliving the first season's finale in his dream and Turk's Dating Game dream (which, hinted at by Carla, is a recurring one).

 

== [[Music]] ==

* The Cars' "Just What I Needed" mentions "I don't mind you hangin' out / and talkin' in your sleep".

* Crystal Gayle's "You've Been Talkin' in Your Sleep," about a woman who fears her lover is having an affair. There's a remake by Martine McCutcheon.

 

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==

* A ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic strip has Linus doing this while dreaming about his teacher, Miss Othmar.

 

== [[Oral Tradition]] ==

'''Doctor:''' That's not really a bad thing. You shouldn't worry about it.

'''Mother:''' Yes, but everyone in school is laughing about him! }}

 

== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==

* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'': The [[Forgotten Realms]] spell ''Detho's Delirium'' caused the victim to talk in their sleep, possibly revealing useful information.

 

== [[Theater]] ==

* Characters learn important information while another character talks in her sleep in [[The Yeomen of the Guard]].

* There's a rather sad version in [[Miss Saigon]] in the song "I Still Believe". As Chris sleeps, he shouts "Kim!", to the dismay of his wife Ellen, who has never learned of Chris' first love.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[Fable]]'' has a few, from the method to get the bordello deed to the kid in Bowerstone, sleeping and "tripping" on something, and spilling "pearls" like this:

{{quote|"Get away from me you headless monkey, I don't like your eyes!"}}

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3: Snake Eater''. During the game's final stealth sequence, you can tranquilize EVA. If you do so, she mumbles fairly dirty things in her sleep about you, The Boss and her dog, Fido.

* Mario mumbles about Italian food if left asleep long enough in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.

** In ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'', Judith mentions in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0WvkMqPvdQ an appropriately-titled skit] that [[Black Magician Girl|Rita]] chants spells in her sleep.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', both Squall and {{spoiler|his father}} Laguna are said to talk in their sleep.

* In ''[[Yo-Jin-Bo]]'', part of {{spoiler|Yo and Ittosai's}} [[Bad Dreams]] sequences include said guys talking in their sleep, mistaking Sayori for a character in the dream. {{spoiler|In Yo's case, it's his injured mom. For Ittosai, his [[Complete Monster]] of a father.}}

* In ''[[Magical Diary: Horse Hall]]'', one of your roommates talks in her sleep. However, what she says is completely nonsensical (and randomised between plays). The only consistent thing is that it has something to do with [[Big Brother Attraction|her older brother]].

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1923/ This] ''[[Cyanide & Happiness]]'' strip.

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', Grace used to [http://egscomics.com/?date=2002-09-11 talk and scream in her sleep] when she was having [[Recurring Dreams|Recurring]] [[Bad Dreams]].

* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209190635/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3276 the laptop does this in sleep mode, in binary].

* In ''[[Blue Yonder]]'', [http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1304240/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-29/ Lena's father calls her mother's name, having drunk himself to sleep].

* In ''[[Daisy Owl]]'', Daisy's father does this [https://web.archive.org/web/20130205143036/http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-07-12 while being purchased] at his place of employment.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* Subverted in ''[[The Secret Life of Dolls]]''; Cleo wonders if the Littlest Bella's talking in her sleep will provide important emotional information, as it originally did in ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'', but it's just rambling. Later on she pretends to talk in her sleep to attract the Littlest Edward, and Cleo has to exasperatedly point out to him that people don't talk in their sleep in ''complete sentences''.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* A ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode has SpongeBob muttering "Trick or Treat. Thank you," in his sleep.

** In another Squidward says "Thanks for the cookies Grandma" in his sleep.

* An episode of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' showed a cop nodding off on late-night duty, muttering "Hands in the air" in his sleep.

* Egon of ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' talks in his sleep, usually about science experiments gone wrong. He has said things like "Sorry I burned down the garage, Mom." and "Don't worry, your hair will grow back."

{{quote|'''Jake:''' No Rainicorn, don't eat him...}}

* On ''[[Total Drama World Tour]],'' [[Dogged Nice Guy|Cody]] mutters something about him getting together with [[Perky Goth|Gwen]], which is fine, since [[Stalker with a Crush|Sierra]] had a "roller-skating accident."

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

* When appearing as a guest/interviewee on [[Ellen DeGeneres]]' show, [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like|Isaiah Mustafa]] said that his girlfriend teases him for reciting the lines from the Old Spice ads in his sleep.

** An example of this actually appeared in the first season of the Australian ''[[Big Brother]]'': in the middle of the night, housemate Ben said, "Where's the chicken?" When his fellow housemates responded with "Huh?" he elaborated, "The last chicken?" Upon their further confusion, he insisted, "Chicken! You know..." and started making chicken noises. That's when they realised he was sleep-talking.

* There's a blog called [http://sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com/ Sleep Talkin' Man] which is the trope as [[Real Life]] as you can get. His wife records him, and very little of what he says makes sense. But is very, very funny.