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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]] ==

* Nori in ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'' mentions this line in her sleep:

{{quote|''Jun, I can't, we're siblings!''}}

* In ''[[Saint Beast]]'', Rey is shown to not only talk in his sleep, but be clingy and demanding about it.

* In the first episode of ''[[Best Student Council]]'', when Rino was knocked out,<ref>Rino hit her head on the tree</ref><ref>Rino was unconscious not for a short time, but for a long time</ref> Pucchan tried to put some sense into Rino, [[Circling Birdies|who was seeing birds around her head]], but the attempt fails, for Rino dizzily says, "Uh... I couldn't eat another bite." This causes Pucchan to tilt backwards, and Pucchan says, "You just got attacked! This isn't the time to be sleeping!"

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* [[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]] ==

** Another outtake: "Klaus, the pinata is drooping..."

* The [[Damsel in Distress]] in ''[[Dead Again]]'' could ''only'' talk in her sleep at the beginning of the movie. While awake, she was amnesiac and mute until they got her hypnotized.

{{quote|'''Ron:'''... Spiders...they want me to tapdance! I don't want to tapdance!

'''Harry:''' [[Crowning Moment of Funny|You tell those spiders, Ron]]. }}

* ''[[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.

* In ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|Diplomatic Immunity]]'', we're told that Ekaterin doesn't just have a top secret clearance due to her part in foiling a terrorist plot; it's also due to Miles' tendency to babble about state secrets in his sleep.

* [[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]- The first time Percy ever sees Annabeth, she's feeding him ambrosia (which to him tastes like popcorn-flavored pudding) and muttering something. When he can talk and asks how she even knew his name and what happened to him, she just smirks and says, "You talk in your sleep"

** Specifically, he kept saying "He's at Hogwarts," with "he" being {{spoiler|Wormtail}}.

 

* 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 ''[[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.

* The recorded sleep speech of [[wikipedia:Dion McGregor|Dion McGregor]], tape-recorded by his roommate and released on records and CDs.

 

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