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* MakeMeWannaShout: An unintentional example; Snorter [=McPhail=] and his band of snorers have to sleep in a cave twenty miles away so that they don't destroy the town with their nightly snores.
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* SuperScream: An unintentional example; Snorter [=McPhail=] and his band of snorers have to sleep in a cave twenty miles away so that they don't destroy the town with their nightly snores.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: The zizzer-zoof seed salesman's feet are said to be sore.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: The zizzer-zoof seed salesman's feet are said to be sore.sore, though presumably this is from running around all day trying to sell their wares rather than from any injury.
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* BigEater: The sleepwalking group need to eat several times per night so that they can keep up their strength.
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* BigEater: The One sleepwalking group need needs to eat several times per night so that they can keep up their strength.
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* HeavySleeper: The Crandalls, who sleepwalk with candles on their heads, manage to stay asleep even when they burn themselves.
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* HeavySleeper: The Crandalls, who sleepwalk with candles on their heads, manage to stay asleep even when they burn themselves.themselves with the grease that falls from their headgear.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: The mounts of the zizzer-zoof seed salesman wear masks.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: The zizzer-zoof seed salesman's feet are said to be sore.
* AlliterativeName: The yawning bug's name is Van Vleck.
* AmusingInjuries: The Crandalls sleepwalk with candles on their heads and sometimes burn themselves.
* BigEater: The sleepwalking group need to eat several times per night so that they can keep up their strength.
* CartoonCreature: True to Dr. Seuss, many characters don't have a named species and look like vaguely-defined, furry humanoids.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: The zizzer-zoof seed salesman's feet are said to be sore.
* AlliterativeName: The yawning bug's name is Van Vleck.
* AmusingInjuries: The Crandalls sleepwalk with candles on their heads and sometimes burn themselves.
* BigEater: The sleepwalking group need to eat several times per night so that they can keep up their strength.
* CartoonCreature: True to Dr. Seuss, many characters don't have a named species and look like vaguely-defined, furry humanoids.
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* {{Flight}}: The Offt are minus one pound, so light that they can fly.
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* HeavySleeper: The Crandalls, who sleepwalk with candles on their heads, manage to stay asleep even when they burn themselves.
* IgnorantAboutFire: The Crandalls put candles on their heads before bed, knowing that they sleepwalk, so they know where they are when they wake up. They occasionally burn themselves but sleep through it all.
* IrritationNightmare: Apparently, whenever the moose or the goose dreams of drinking the other one's juice, they'll fall out of bed screaming.
* MeaningfulName: One guy famous for his snoring is named ''Snorter'' [=McPhail=].
* IgnorantAboutFire: The Crandalls put candles on their heads before bed, knowing that they sleepwalk, so they know where they are when they wake up. They occasionally burn themselves but sleep through it all.
* IrritationNightmare: Apparently, whenever the moose or the goose dreams of drinking the other one's juice, they'll fall out of bed screaming.
* MeaningfulName: One guy famous for his snoring is named ''Snorter'' [=McPhail=].
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* NoFullNameGiven:
** The first names of the Herk-Heimer Sisters are unknown.
** We see that three members of the Hinkle-Horn Honking Club are named George, Henry, and Freddy, but we don't know their surnames, if they have any.
** We don't know the first names of Mr. and Mrs. J Carmichael Krox, nor what the "J" stands for.
* NoNameGiven: The only characters with names are Van Vleck, the Herk-Heimer Sisters, three members of the Hinkle-Horn Honking Club (George, Freddy, and Henry), Jo and Mo Red-Zoff, Mr. and Mrs. J Carmichael Krox.
* AnOddPlaceToSleep: Some creatures sleep on a barber shop pole, others on steps, strings, floors, and in mailboxes and keyholes.
* RhymeThemeNaming: The Red-Zoff brothers are named Jo and Mo.
* SantaClaus: Briefly mentioned when it says that Jo and Mo Red-Zoff talk about Santa Claus in their sleep.
** The first names of the Herk-Heimer Sisters are unknown.
** We see that three members of the Hinkle-Horn Honking Club are named George, Henry, and Freddy, but we don't know their surnames, if they have any.
** We don't know the first names of Mr. and Mrs. J Carmichael Krox, nor what the "J" stands for.
* NoNameGiven: The only characters with names are Van Vleck, the Herk-Heimer Sisters, three members of the Hinkle-Horn Honking Club (George, Freddy, and Henry), Jo and Mo Red-Zoff, Mr. and Mrs. J Carmichael Krox.
* AnOddPlaceToSleep: Some creatures sleep on a barber shop pole, others on steps, strings, floors, and in mailboxes and keyholes.
* RhymeThemeNaming: The Red-Zoff brothers are named Jo and Mo.
* SantaClaus: Briefly mentioned when it says that Jo and Mo Red-Zoff talk about Santa Claus in their sleep.
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* SpoofAesop: At one point, the narrator warns the reader never to drink in their dreams, lest they have a nightmare about having the wrong drink and wake up screaming.
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* ThemeTwinNaming: Implied. The Red-Zoff brothers are named Jo and Mo, and they're implied to be twins, since they've apparently both been sleep-talking for 55 years.
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!!This book includes examples of the following tropes:
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!!This book includes examples of the following
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Zizzer-zoof seed salesmen are not very successful, because no one wants their wares.
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Zizzer-zoof Zizzer-Zoof seed salesmen are not very successful, because no one wants their wares. wares.
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* TalkingInYourSleep: Brothers Jo and Mo Red-Zoff, the world's finest sleep-talkers, have been at it every night for 55 years, discussing a variety of topics with each other.
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* TalkingInYourSleep: Brothers Jo and Mo Red-Zoff, Redd-Zoff, the world's finest sleep-talkers, have been at it every night for 55 years, discussing a variety of topics with each other.
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* BadDreams: A goose and moose who dream they're drinking the other creature's juice will wake up screaming.
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* ForWantOfANail: Had Van Vleck, a tiny bug, not yawned, all those creatures would still be awake.
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* ForWantOfANail: Had Van Vleck, a tiny bug, not yawned, all those creatures would still be awake.
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* TongueTwister: The "moose/goose juice" portion of the poem.
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''Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book'' is a 1962 picture book written and illustrated by Creator/DrSeuss. It shows what a large number of people or animals do to prepare for bed or after they fall asleep.
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''Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book'' is a 1962 picture book written and illustrated by Creator/DrSeuss. It shows what a large number of people or animals do to prepare for bed or what happens after they fall asleep.
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Zizzer-zoof seed salesmen are not very successful, because no one wants their wares.
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Zizzer-zoof seed salesmen are not very successful, because no one wants their wares.GoToSleepEnding: A meta example; the book ends with the narrator talking the ''reader'' into going to sleep.
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* GettingReadyForBedPlot: Everyone is getting ready to go to bed for the whole of this story.
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* TalkingInYourSleep: Brothers Jo and Mo Red-Zoff, the world's finest sleep-talkers, have been at it every night for 55 years, discussing a variety of topics with each other.
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* TalkingInYourSleep: Brothers Jo and Mo Red-Zoff, the world's finest sleep-talkers, have been at it every night for 55 years, discussing a variety of topics with each other.other.
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* EleventyZillion: At the end of the book, "99 zillion 9 trillion and 2" animals are asleep.
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* ForWantOfANail: Had Van Vleck, a tiny bug, not yawned, all those creatures would still be awake.
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''Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book'' is a 1962 picture book written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss. It shows what a large number of people or animals do to prepare for bed or after they fall asleep.
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''Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book'' is a 1962 picture book written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss.Creator/DrSeuss. It shows what a large number of people or animals do to prepare for bed or after they fall asleep.
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''Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book'' is a 1962 picture book written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss. It shows what a large number of people or animals do to prepare for bed or after they fall asleep.
!!This book includes examples of the following tropes:
* BadDreams: A goose and moose who dream they're drinking the other creature's juice will wake up screaming.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Zizzer-zoof seed salesmen are not very successful, because no one wants their wares.
* MakeMeWannaShout: An unintentional example; Snorter [=McPhail=] and his band of snorers have to sleep in a cave twenty miles away so that they don't destroy the town with their nightly snores.
* {{Sleepwalking}}: A number of the creatures walk in their sleep.
* TalkingInYourSleep: Brothers Jo and Mo Red-Zoff, the world's finest sleep-talkers, have been at it every night for 55 years, discussing a variety of topics with each other.
!!This book includes examples of the following tropes:
* BadDreams: A goose and moose who dream they're drinking the other creature's juice will wake up screaming.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Zizzer-zoof seed salesmen are not very successful, because no one wants their wares.
* MakeMeWannaShout: An unintentional example; Snorter [=McPhail=] and his band of snorers have to sleep in a cave twenty miles away so that they don't destroy the town with their nightly snores.
* {{Sleepwalking}}: A number of the creatures walk in their sleep.
* TalkingInYourSleep: Brothers Jo and Mo Red-Zoff, the world's finest sleep-talkers, have been at it every night for 55 years, discussing a variety of topics with each other.
