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* ''Literature/ShatterTheSky'': Maren dreams of her passionately kissing Sev, reflecting her attraction to him. It makes her feel guilty as she's already with Kaia, her girlfriend.

* The song "Sexxx Dreams" from ''Music/{{ARTPOP}}'' has Music/LadyGaga confessing to a friend about ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* ''VideoGame/LonelyWolfTreat'': In ''Dreaming Treat'', at one point the title character dreams of bathing with her crushes Mochi and Moxie.

** In "The One Where Ross Got High", Phoebe reveals she had a dream about Ross and Monica's father where he saved her from a fire and then kissed her. She spends most of Thanksgiving dinner distracted by her newfound-attraction to Jack Geller. After dinner she goes for a nap snd has another dream where she catches Jack cheating on her, only for Creator/JacquesCousteau to show up and fight him to defend her honor. She immediately switches her affection to Cousteau and is heartbroken when Judy Geller reminds her that he's dead.

* During the "Dead End Kids" arc of ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', Victor has a dream about [[HeroesWantRedheads Lillie]]. While we only see the part where they kiss, it's implied that it gets a lot more erotic just as Molly wakes him up. Since their current living arrangements during that arc don't offer much privacy, he's awkwardly forced to try and explain away his moaning.

The protagonist's sexual dreams about a friend or enemy causes them to reassess their relationship, perhaps [[LoveEpiphany realizing they're actually in love with them]]. Or not, just as long as they're having them. If the content of the dream is homoerotic in nature, expect this to either be played for laughs or used to increase the psychological ramifications of the dream. If paired TalkingInYourSleep this can cause annoyance to anyone sharing a room with the sleeper and embarrassment for the sleeper.

* In Chapter 41 ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', Iris is dreaming about doing some physical wrestling training with Ash. However, when she pins him down to the ground, they start kissing each other and it turns into this until it gets interrupted by [[spoiler: Anabel]] [[DreamWalker accidentally entering it.]]

* Naruto has a rather ''intense'' one, that he nevertheless finds himself being disturbed by, in ''Here and Now,'' the sequel to ''Fanfic/TimeAndAgain'', after being [[spoiler:rescued from imprisonment and torture at Orochimaru's hands]]. Sakura being in it is a natural consequence of the one time they had sex [[PeggySue back in the future]], Hinata being in it is presumably a manifestation of [[ObliviousToLove his as-yet unrealised feelings for her]], but ''[[spoiler:Karin]]'' being in it is just a straight-up consequence of [[spoiler:StockholmSyndrome]].

* The protagonist of ''Manga/NozomuNozomi'' has one of these. He's [[GenderBender turned into a girl]] and dreams he changed back, and is having sex with his crush. Half-way through it turns into a HomoeroticDream, as he imagines himself as a girl having sex with a boy he's growing attracted to.

%% state the source* There's a fanfic out there that [[HomoeroticDream features]] Sheldon Sands from ''Film/{{Once Upon a Time in Mexico}}'' with [[ComicBook/TheSandman1989 the Corinthian]]. Who, surprisingly, doesn't have all that much fic out there utilizing this trope.

* In one episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock'', Jenna and Tracy begin having these about Kenneth, which counts as a HomoEroticDream for Tracy. The only way they can solve it is by killing him in the dream.

* ''Series/DropTheDeadDonkey'': PointyHairedBoss Gus Hedges starts having erotic dreams about office hottie Joy, so he asks HandsomeLech Dave for help, promising to be "financially grateful". Realising his boss is a stuck-up virgin Dave sets him up with a professional 'sex counsellor' ([[ProfessionalSexEd actually a prostitute]]) and the problem is resolved. Dave turns up for the promised pay rise the next day, only Gus has fallen asleep and is having a HomoeroticDream about Dave, who is immediately thrown out of the office the moment Gus wakes up.

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': Frasier [[HomoeroticDream dreams of Gil]], (and questions his sexuality). He finally decides that his subconscious was simply providing him with a puzzle to solve to relieve his boredom. In his next dream, UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud shows about to congratulate him on figuring it all out before himself coming on to Frasier.

** Sam has a HomoeroticDream about Bill after drinking his blood in the season 2 finale to finish off the BigBad of the season.

** Jason starts dreaming about [[CuteMonsterGirl Jessica]] after she healed him with her blood. In one of them, she suddenly [[HomoeroticDream turns into Hoyt]] while having sex with Jason.

** And in season 6, Jason drinks vampire blood ''again'' and it ends up with an HomoeroticDream in which he licks [[spoiler: Ben's]] neck while the two are shaving each other naked.

The protagonist's sexual dreams about a friend or enemy causes them to reassess their relationship, perhaps [[LoveEpiphany realizing they're actually in love with them]]. Or not, just as long as they're having them. If the content of the dream is [[HomoeroticDream homoerotic in nature]], expect this to either be played for laughs or used to increase the psychological ramifications of the dream. If paired TalkingInYourSleep this can cause annoyance to anyone sharing a room with the sleeper and embarrassment for the sleeper.

SuperTrope to HomoeroticDream. See also, if they were denying UnresolvedSexualTension before, DreamingTheTruth. If the other party is actually present thanks to {{Dream Walk|er}}ing or other magic, this becomes a MentalAffair.

The protagonist's sexual dreams about a friend or enemy causes them to reassess their relationship, perhaps [[LoveEpiphany realizing they're actually in love with them]]. Or not, just as long as they're having them. If the content of the dream is [[HomoeroticDream homoerotic in nature]], expect this to either be played for laughs or used to increase the psychological ramifications of the dream.

SuperTrope to HomoeroticDream. See also, if they were denying {{UST}} before, DreamingTheTruth. If the other party is actually present thanks to {{Dream Walk|er}}ing or other magic, this becomes a MentalAffair.

* In an early episode of ''Series/{{Passions}}'', Sheridan wakes up moaning Luis' name. Very embarrassing for her firstly because they were still in the [[{{UST}} "s/he has cooties!"]] stage of their SlapSlapKiss relationship, and secondly because she was overheard and gets teased about it for [[ArcFatigue like twenty episodes]].

* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'': Xena dreams of Ares in "Eternal Bonds". See also {{UST}} and SlapSlapKiss.

--> I dreamt of you last night. It was... It was a dream I could not tell others about...

* In ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', at the beginning of game proper, you are woken up by your friend Amata. One of the dialogue options [[LesYay both]] sexes have is "Amata? I was just dreaming about you..." It's unclear whether this is true, or just your character trying to flirt.

* ''Film/TheWolfman2010''. During one of Lawrence's hallucinations in the asylum, we see a back-naked Gwen for a few moments, {{foreshadowing}} to his growing feelings toward her and a possible subconscious desire to be with her.

* {{Implied}} in ''[[Literature/Touch2017 Touch]]:'' James, who's twelve, begins to wonder if he's gay, specifically with a crush on his friend Charlie. When discussing this with his therapist, he mentions that he did once have a dream about Charlie that felt "tingly."

'''James:''' …Stuff.\\

'''James:''' …Pass.

-->'''Dorien''': You know, one thing that has always worried me is that I never dream about sex.
-->'''Sharon''': I'm not surprised Dorien, you're at it all the time. The only time yer body gets a rest from it is when you're asleep.
* On ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'', when Angela asks Cory if he's ever thought of her as more than a friend, Cory responds that he did once when he had a dream about her of this sort. Then, when Angela shoves him onto the bed and climbs on top of him [[ItMakesSenseInContext to prove a point]], Cory says "Oh no! It's the dream!"

** Buffy and Angel have a shared sexual dream in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E10Amends Amends]]"...then Angel [[ComingAndGoing vamps out and bites her]] (in the dream). They do end up getting back together at the end of the episode, but not sexually. Note that this dream was brought on by the First Evil. It wants to get them to have sex in reality, [[CantHaveSexEver which will cause Angel to turn evil again]].

** An unintentional example in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E5TheTimeMonster "The Time Monster"]]. The story starts with the Doctor having a dream about exploding volcanoes and a larger-than-life Master looming over him and saying "Come to your new Master!" It's supposed to be about Atlantis.
** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E7AmysChoice "Amy's Choice"]], apparently Amy has dreams about the Doctor, at least according to the Dream Lord. [[spoiler:Subverted though, due to a double dose of AllJustADream, and the Dream Lord being the Doctor's [[EnemyWithin dark side given physical form]]. [[MindScrew But then does this mean that the Doctor thinks that Amy has erotic dreams about him?]]]]

* ''Series/DropTheDeadDonkey''. PointyHairedBoss Gus Hedges starts having erotic dreams about office hottie Joy, so he asks HandsomeLech Dave for help, promising to be "financially grateful". Realising his boss is a stuck-up virgin Dave sets him up with a professional 'sex counsellor' ([[ProfessionalSexEd actually a prostitute]]) and the problem is resolved. Dave turns up for the promised pay rise the next day, only Gus has fallen asleep and is having a HomoeroticDream about Dave, who is immediately thrown out of the office the moment Gus wakes up.

* ''Series/{{Lucifer|2016}}''. Chloe Decker has a dream where she's having [[HotAsHell passionate sex with Lucifer]]. She wakes up to find Maze sitting in her bedroom [[PassThePopcorn eating chips]] and [[LesYay enjoying the show]].

* In one episode of ''Series/RedDwarf'' after Rimmer has left, Lister dreams about him returning and being far friendlier than before. They end up hugging, saying how much they missed each other and then kissing. Cut to Lister waking up, screaming, and falling out of bed, the incident makes him seek medical help.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In "Waking Moments", the crew start to experience dreams that quickly turn nightmarish. Ensign Kim has a dream where [[MsFanservice Seven of Nine]] lures him into a Jeffries tube under a pretext and starts to make out with him, [[MoodWhiplash only to turn into an ugly male alien]]. After Harry wakes up and is being examined in Sickbay, the Doctor asks what he dreamed about. As he's about to answer Seven of Nine enters the room and requests his help in a Jeffries tube. Harry quickly makes an excuse to be elsewhere.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. In the universally reviled "A Night in Sickbay", Captain Archer has a dream involving [[MsFanservice sexy Vulcan]] T'Pol in the DecontaminationChamber. The dream starts off with him [[RealDreamsAreWeirder rubbing decon gel on his pet beagle Porthos]], making one wonder just what Archer's tastes are.

* Played for laughs on an episode of ''Series/That70sShow'', when Fez has a dream about Kelso. Played for laughs ''again'' in the same episode when Kelso has a dream about... Kelso.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/{{Titus}}'', when Ken (who'd been convinced [[WeWantOurJerkBack to start drinking again]]) reveals that Tommy had had erotic dreams about Titus - [[StealthPun pirate-themed]], at that.
-->'''Tommy''': ''Dream'', not dream''s''!

!!!'''TV Movies:'''
* ''Film/LiveForeverAsYouAreNowWithAlanResnick'': The same night Alan gets sent to the couch, he describes having a dream in which he was about to have sex beautiful, nude women in a foggy forest.

* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', the title character's subconscious must either hate him for getting [[GenderBender his curse]], or has way too much fun with it, as his erotic dreams are inevitably {{Catapult Nightmare}}s due to technically being {{Homoerotic Dream}}s:

** Once, a dying man named Harumaki sent out his astral projection to haunt Ranma's dreams. The reason: seeing female-Ranma reminded him of his love, Gyoko. The result: Ranma would dream about being on a date with a (seemingly) handsome boy, only for him to turn into the wrinkly, bug-eyed old man as they leaned in for a kiss. The art implied that Ranma woke up screaming ''because'' the kiss had been consummated.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'''s Bang Shishigami had one with [[MsFanservice Litchi]] in the FourthWallMailSlot.

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* In Bryan Miranda's ''The Journey to Atlantis,'' Max and Stacie both have the same dream in which they are laying on a beautiful beach in each other's arms. While they don't go all the way (they never actually even kiss), everything was leading up to until they woke up.