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* In Creator/EleanorCameron's ''The Court of the Stone Children'', Nina dreams of trying to look up her phone number in the book although they have just moved there and wouldn't be in it. (She's already gotten lost once.)

* In ''Jasper John Dooley: Public Library Enemy #1'', a children's chapter book, the title character has a comic misunderstanding after accidentally ruining a library book, believing that the cost of the book is $2,500. He has a nightmare in which he actually manages to raise the money, only to realize he can't find it anywhere, and then discovers it in the oven, going up in flames just like the book.

* In "Too Much Pressure" from the [=PBS=] ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'', Mama, Papa, Brother and Sister all have their own anxiety dream each on the same night about their overscheduled lives.

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* In the [[AlternateUniverse AU]] ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Symbiosis}}'', Ash starts to have flashbacks of his parents' death and [[spoiler: [[EyeScream Misty having her eyes gouged out by Spearow.]] ]]

* In [[''Fanfic/ThreeStrikes'']], the past few days before Operation Domino, Trigger has been having dreams of the ''Alicorn'', where she is either stuck at the bottom of the ocean, playing on her worst fear, or being shot down by it.

TruthInTelevision. In fact, some posit that this is the reason we dream -- you run through the worst-case scenario in your mind so that if you '''do''' end up running from a herd of rabid t-rexes with laser vision, you have more of an idea for how to handle it. Though it is much more likely that these dreams will express themselves as you facing a slightly more mundane crisis; several surveys show that it is actually quite normal for the average person to sometimes have dreams centering about showing up late and/or unprepared for work or school (frequently the dream scenario might even be about a performance review/exam situation), finding themselves behind the wheel of fast-moving vehicle they have little-to-no idea of how to control, or losing one to several teeth.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In one episode, Lindsay Ballard, who died and came back as an alien, has a nightmare about her funeral due to her anxiety about whether to live as a human or as an alien.

TruthInTelevision. In fact, some posit that this is the reason we dream -- you run through the worst-case scenario in your mind so that if you '''do''' end up running from a herd of rabid t-rexes with laser vision, you have more of an idea for how to handle it. Though it is much more likely that these dreams will express themselves as you facing a slightly more mundane crisis; several surveys show that it is actually quite normal for the average person to sometimes have dreams centering about showing up late and/or unprepared for work or school (frequently the dream scenario might even be about a performance review/exam situation), finding themselves behind the wheel of fast-moving vehicle they have little-to-no idea of how to control, or losing one or several teeth.

TruthInTelevision. In fact, some posit that this is the reason we dream -- you run through the worst-case scenario in your mind so that if you '''do''' end up running from a herd of rabid t-rexes with laser vision, you have more of an idea for how to handle it. Though it is much more likely that these dreams will express themselves as you facing a slightly more mundane crisis; several surveys show that it is actually quite normal to have dreams centering about showing up late and/or unprepared for work or school (frequently the dream scenario might even be about a performance review/exam situation), or losing one or several teeth.

TruthInTelevision. In fact, some posit that this is the reason we dream -- you run through the worst-case scenario in your mind so that if you '''do''' end up running from a herd of rabid t-rexes with laser vision, you have more of an idea for how to handle it. Though it is much more likely that these dreams will express themselves as you facing a slightly more mundane crisis; several surveys it is actually quite normal to have dreams centering about showing up late and/or unprepared for work or school (frequently the dream scenario might even be about a performance review/exam situation), or losing one or several teeth.

TruthInTelevision. In fact, some posit that this is the reason we dream -- you run through the worst-case scenario in your mind so that if you '''do''' end up running from a herd of rabid t-rexes with laser vision, you have more of an idea for how to handle it.

* ''WebAnimation/HTFPlus'': Flippy dreams about killing his friend, [[spoiler:LG Creepybloom]] in HTF+FI/RF 1.

* ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'': In her introductory monologue, Mabel explains that she worries about being assaulted or murdered, and for years has had a recurring nightmare where a masked man breaks into her bedroom and looms over her while she sleeps. She combats this by imaging, in glorious, gruesome detail, how she'd fight back, kicking the guy in the balls and stabbing him to death with a knitting needle she keeps in arm's reach by her bed. This actually helps to soothe her, and after she imagines herself killing her attacker, she's "out like a light, every fucking time."

* The protagonist of ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'' has a dream of an aroused Isabella/Becca/Melody/Amy (the player can choose which), who leads MC into the shower. However, instead of this girl, he finds his spiteful ex-fiancée, Bethany, in the shower instead.

* The protagonist of ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'' has dream of an aroused Isabella/Becca/Melody/Amy (the player can choose which), who leads MC into the shower. However, instead of this girl, he finds his spiteful ex-fiancée, Bethany, in the shower instead.

* Ai/Shiho from ''Manga/DetectiveConan''. Once she had a dream about Gin knowing her secret identity and watching her and her friends from his car, planning to kill them. Later, when she and Conan find Gins car, Ai is terrified.

SuperTrope of NotWearingPantsDream. If it's seen to the audience, it's also a NightmareSequence.

* ''Webcomic/DorkTower'': [[http://www.dorktower.com/2006/01/06/comics-archive-745/ Once he had them about school, now about running games]].

* In ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'', [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2012/01/30/0346-the-contender-iv/ Woo dreams of being replaced.]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'':
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2003-04-02 Pooch dreams that Percy vanished -- much to Percy's discomfiture.]]
** And [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2004-12-24 Li'l Evil dreams of himself as good.]]
** And [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2011-01-14 Squigley of his debt problems.]]
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-12-23 Crimney dreams of the Boggle game producing more demonic words.]]
** [[http://sinfest.net/view.php?date=2014-02-02 the fembot is in the middle of one]] before she wakes to realize that Lil' E and Tangerine brought her to Lil' E's home.
* In ''Webcomic/SquidRow'' [[http://squidrowcomics.com/?p=2610 Randie has them about Christmas -- in October.]]
** [[http://squidrowcomics.com/?p=3042 And about her job and Ryan's -- jumbled together]]

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Ever since Germany's and Japan's [[CockFight cock fight]] over him, Italy had been having recurring nightmares of the event. They only found out because he began mumbling in his sleep.

* ''WebAnimation/HTFPlus'': Flippy dreams about killing her friend, [[spoiler:LG Creepybloom]] in HTF+FI/RF 1.