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* Happens a few times in ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' and the spin-off ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}''

* ''Series/BehindHerEyes'': [[spoiler: Rob and Adele are revealed to be able to enter each other's dreams and glean important information.]]

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Both Castiel and Anna are seen being able to enter Dean's dreams. Castiel even warns Dean that it's not safe to talk in his dreams, implying other angels have the same power.

* ''Series/BehindHerEyes'': [[spoiler: Rob and Adele are revealed to be able to enter each other's dreams and glean important information.''

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* Happens almost once a chapter in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''--Percy eavesdrops on villains' conversations pretty much every time he dreams (which is a lot), although the aversion of AsYouKnow means the information he gathers is rather cryptic. Played with in the third book, when [[spoiler: one villain reveals she let Percy listen in on the conversation specifically to kill his morale.]]

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[[IThoughtItMeant Note that this is not about people looking in on others' dreams with psychic powers or a machine,]] that's DreamWalker.

* Happens almost once a chapter in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''-- Percy eavesdrops on villains' conversations pretty much every time he dreams (which is a lot), although the aversion of AsYouKnow means the information he gathers is rather cryptic. Played with in the third book, when [[spoiler: one villain reveals she let Percy listen in on the conversation specifically to kill his morale.]]
** This occurs just as much in ''Creator/RickRiordan''s other works. It's a well recognised phenomenon amongst [[Literature/MagnusChase Demi]][[Literature/HeroesOfOlympus Gods]] and [[Literature/TheKaneChronicles Magicians]].

* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' series, in an indirect way. The dream world has none of the people that the physical world does, but inanimate objects are still there so some of the Aes Sedai would read reports from their enemy's desks, though the papers would disappear if it was moved in the real world while they were reading them.
* In ''Literature/TheBlackCompany'', one character gets temporarily dislodged from his body (the enemy wizard was being an asshole) and upon returning discovers, that he can do astral travel whenever asleep. This becomes a major plot point.

* In ''Literature/TheWitchlands'', Esme can spy on Iseult's surroundings when the latter's asleep. Iseult also gets a peek of Emse's location.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'', most frequently in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix the fifth book]]. Harry's connection to Lord Voldemort allows him to "see" what the Dark Lord is up to, but it sometimes goes both ways. It is twisted when [[spoiler:Voldemort plants a false dream to trick Harry into rushing into battle at the Department of Mysteries]].

* In Creator/AndreNorton's ''Storm Over Literature/{{Warlock}}'', both Thorvald and Shann dream beside the river. Shann asks Thorvald whether the survey had found a mountain shaped like a skull, as in his dream.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Jojen saw Ned's execution in a dream.

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DreamSpying occurs when a character dreams of something that is currently happening somewhere else. For example, the hero passes out and dreams they're in the war room of an enemy and getting details on their plot.

* In AndreNorton's ''Literature/IceCrown'', Roane dreams of what is happening in court. Later, Nelis can confirm it because she can describe court mourning, which the people had been wearing, but she had never seen outside the dream.

* In ''[[ShadowsOfTheApt Blood of the Mantis]]'', Acheous uses this to find the box.

* ''TheWheelOfTime'' series, in an indirect way. The dream world has none of the people that the physical world does, but inanimate objects are still there so some of the Aes Sedai would read reports from their enemy's desks, though the papers would disappear if it was moved in the real world while they were reading them.
* In ''TheBlackCompany'', one character gets temporarily dislodged from his body (the enemy wizard was being an asshole) and upon returning discovers, that he can do astral travel whenever asleep. This becomes a major plot point.

* Bran from ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' has "wolf dreams", where he sees the world through the eyes of his direwolf. This happens to Jon, too.

* In AndreNorton's ''Storm Over Literature/{{Warlock}}'', both Thorvald and Shann dream beside the river. Shann asks Thorvald whether the survey had found a mountain shaped like a skull, as in his dream.
* In ''WetGoddess'', Zack's nightmare turns out to be a vision sent to him by [[SapientCetaceans Ruby]].

* ''AngelsInAmerica'' has the "threshold of revelation," a sequence where Harper turns up in Prior's dream and Prior turns up in Harper's hallucination. They actually have an extensive conversation, but end up revealing details to each other that they normally would have no idea of (Harper knows Prior's dying of AIDS, Prior can tell Harper's husband is gay).

* The whole point of ''{{Dreamless}}'' is that each of the main characters dream the life of the other one while they sleep.

* ''{{Medium}}'' is a detective show about a psychic who solves crimes. Her visions range between premonitions (dreaming of murders that haven't happened yet) and this (dreaming of the murderer while he's killing his victim).

* Jane Studdock in Creator/CSLewis's ''[[TheSpaceTrilogy The Hideous Strength]]'' discovers she has this ability. It also turns out that one of the bad guys, Prof. Frost, is capable of spying on her dreams.

* Happens in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' with Trip and T'Pol having some sort of weird link. While she is meditating and Trip is day-dreaming they both meet up in a white blank space. Neither of them consciously wanted to be in each other's thoughts but were due to Vulcan psychic links ([[hottip:Brief explanation:When Vulcans mate a psychic bond is formed. Vulcans are touch-base telepaths. So when they had sex earlier it formed a permanent psychic bond. It was a major plot point in one of the last episodes-- in addition to sharing erotic daydreams, he also gains various mental immunities from her. Not a bad deal actually.]]).

Typically ends in a CatapultNightmare. Compare DreamingOfThingsToCome (the vision hasn't happened yet), DreamingOfTimesGoneBy (the vision is long gone), and PsychicDreamsForEveryone (which is a general rule that fictional dreams tend to be prophetic). Note that this is not about people