History Main / GuiltInducedNightmare

* The opening number, Epiphany, in ''Theatre/BareAPopOpera''

* ''VideoGame/TideUp'': [[spoiler:The entire game]] turns out to be a nightmare the unnamed protagonist is having over [[spoiler:her believing that she caused her sister to hang herself by along her to not pave their abusive mother so the protagonist wouldn't have to bear it alone]].

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* In ''WebOriginal/BrigScarletFlamingo'', after [[spoiler:accidentally killing his lover Veronique]], Anthony is plagued by a nightmare where she appears to him as a glassy-eyed walking corpse. It is one of the steps that lead to his gradual HeelRealization.

'''Note''': Do not include a FantasySequence or ImagineSpot that results from guilt. Can happen in conjunction with ItsAllMyFault, AllJustADream, DreamEpisode, ItsAWonderfulPlot, GuiltComplex, TheAtoner, HeelRealization, JerkassRealization, HonestyAesop, BeingEvilSucks, RecurringDreams, ScrubbingOffTheTrauma, or YetAnotherChristmasCarol. Contrast NeverMyFault. Sometimes TheSandman or a DreamWalker can invoke this trope-- in which case, it's overlapping with LaserGuidedKarma and SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. Compare AngstComa and WhatHaveIBecome.

'''Note''': Do not include a FantasySequence or ImagineSpot that results from guilt. Can happen in conjunction with ItsAllMyFault, AllJustADream, DreamEpisode, ItsAWonderfulPlot, GuiltComplex, TheAtoner, HeelRealization, JerkassRealization, HonestyAesop, BeingEvilSucks, RecurringDreams, ScrubbingOffTheFeeling, or YetAnotherChristmasCarol. Contrast NeverMyFault. Sometimes TheSandman or a DreamWalker can invoke this trope-- in which case, it's overlapping with LaserGuidedKarma and SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. Compare AngstComa and WhatHaveIBecome.

'''Note''': Do not include a FantasySequence or ImagineSpot that results from guilt. Can happen in conjunction with ItsAllMyFault, AllJustADream, DreamEpisode, ItsAWonderfulPlot, GuiltComplex, TheAtoner, HeelRealization, JerkassRealization, HonestyAesop, BeingEvilSucks, RecurringDreams, ScrubbingAwayTheFeeling, or YetAnotherChristmasCarol. Contrast NeverMyFault. Sometimes TheSandman or a DreamWalker can invoke this trope-- in which case, it's overlapping with LaserGuidedKarma and SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. Compare AngstComa and WhatHaveIBecome.

'''Note''': Do not include a FantasySequence or ImagineSpot that results from guilt. Can happen in conjunction with ItsAllMyFault, AllJustADream, DreamEpisode, ItsAWonderfulPlot, GuiltComplex, TheAtoner, HeelRealization, JerkassRealization, HonestyAesop, BeingEvilSucks, RecurringDreams, ScrubbingAwayTheGuilt, or YetAnotherChristmasCarol. Contrast NeverMyFault. Sometimes TheSandman or a DreamWalker can invoke this trope-- in which case, it's overlapping with LaserGuidedKarma and SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. Compare AngstComa and WhatHaveIBecome.

'''Note''': Do not include a FantasySequence or ImagineSpot that results from guilt. Can happen in conjunction with ItsAllMyFault, AllJustADream, DreamEpisode, ItsAWonderfulPlot, GuiltComplex, TheAtoner, HeelRealization, JerkassRealization, HonestyAesop, BeingEvilSucks, RecurringDreams, ScrubbingOffTheGuilt, or YetAnotherChristmasCarol. Contrast NeverMyFault. Sometimes TheSandman or a DreamWalker can invoke this trope-- in which case, it's overlapping with LaserGuidedKarma and SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. Compare AngstComa and WhatHaveIBecome.

Can be an OpinionChangingDream if it convinces them to correct their transgression. Compare AcidRefluxNightmare, AnxietyDreams, IrritationNightmare, and PastExperienceNightmare - with which this may overlap if it happened a while ago - for other specific reasons to have nightmares. Also compare OutDamnedSpot. If the nightmare is visualised to the audience, it's also a NightmareSequence.

'''Note''': Do not include a FantasySequence or ImagineSpot that results from guilt. Can happen in conjunction with ItsAllMyFault, AllJustADream, DreamEpisode, ItsAWonderfulPlot, GuiltComplex, TheAtoner, HeelRealization, JerkassRealization, HonestyAesop, BeingEvilSucks, RecurringDreams, or YetAnotherChristmasCarol. Contrast NeverMyFault. Sometimes TheSandman or a DreamWalker can invoke this trope-- in which case, it's overlapping with LaserGuidedKarma and SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. Compare AngstComa and WhatHaveIBecome.

Can be an OpinionChangingDream if it convinces them to correct their transgression. Compare AcidRefluxNightmare, AnxietyDreams, IrritationNightmare, and PastExperienceNightmare - with which this may overlap if it happened a while ago - for other specific reasons to have nightmares. Also compare OutDamnedSpot. If the nightmare is visualised to the audience, it's also a NightmareSequence. '''Note''': Do not include a FantasySequence or ImagineSpot that results from guilt. Can happen in conjunction with ItsAllMyFault, AllJustADream, DreamEpisode, ItsAWonderfulPlot, GuiltComplex, TheAtoner, HeelRealization, JerkassRealization, HonestyAesop, BeingEvilSucks, RecurringDreams, or YetAnotherChristmasCarol. Contrast NeverMyFault. Sometimes TheSandman or a DreamWalker can invoke this trope-- in which case, it's overlapping with LaserGuidedKarma and SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. Compare AngstComa and WhatHaveIBecome.

* In ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'', a plant known as slumberthorn causes intense guilt-fueled nightmares in anyone pricked by it. After Alfyn figures out [[PoisonAndCureGambit Vanessa's scheme]] and realizes that she would have an escape route planned, he knocks her out with slumberthorn so the guards can retrieve her without a fight. He reveals slumberthorn's nightmare-inducing properties in an optional conversation with Therion, [[BewareTheNiceOnes who is visibly disturbed at what Alfyn did]].

* ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePoohSpringtimeForRoo'': After Rabbit has angrily canceled Easter, he dreams about the narrator showing him [[BadFuture what will happen]] if he doesn't overcome his ControlFreak tendencies or uncancel Easter; everyone will move out of the Hundred Acre Wood, leaving him all alone. This convinces Rabbit to bring Easter back.

* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': In [[Recap/CheersS3E21 "The Executive's Executioner"]], Norm is tasked with being the one to fire accountants. He gets a CatapultNightmare from the stress. He describes a dream where he is pushing a line of accountants one at a time into an empty elevator shaft, but the last accountant is Norm himself.

* The opening number, Epiphany, in ''Theatre/Bare''

Guilt can be a powerful emotion. You think, or even ''know'', that you did something wrong, and it [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone gnaws at you]]. Even falling asleep might not stop your misery, since you may have a Guilt Induced Nightmare.

* Played for laugh in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei9aGPGBpTM classic 1989 French ad for Wolkswagen-Audi]]: a used car seller still has nightmares about the one time (in 1967) a client came back to complain that the ceiling light bulb of his used car ''wasn't working''.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E18BusinessAsUsual Business as Usual]]", Quark sells some weapons, and then has a nightmare where several of his acquaintances are zombies and telling him off for "killing" them.

** While the nightmare Harry Kim has in "Favorite Son" is partly related to his receiving alien DNA, it's also partly a guilt-induced nightmare, since his actions in the daytime got B'Elanna injured, and in one scene he dreams about the injured B'Elanna scorning him. When he wakes up and goes to visit B'Elanna in Sickbay, the normally short-tempered half-Klingon is OK and doesn't blame him.

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* In ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/180238/comatose Comatose]]'', Twilight Sparkle is [[DarkFic rendered comatose]] while protecting Shining Armor and Cadence's wedding from the Changelings, and the former blames it all on the way he treated her at the wedding rehearsal. Shining Armor ends up having a nightmare where he's [[ForcedToWatch forced to watch]] the moment he disowned his sister, and then one of him being denounced as a murderer by Twilight's friends at her grave.
* ''Fanfic/TheJoysAndSorrowsOfYoungCharlesFinster'': In "The Three-Legged Race", Chas gets [[JerkassBall too mean]], boastful, and obsessed with one-upping Stu in anticipation of the eponymous race, then that night, he has a nightmare where Drew (who, [[TookALevelInKindness at the time]], was a BrattyHalfPint) says, "Why, I'm you" to him.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'':
** ''Fanfic/WhatYouWishFor'': [[spoiler:As it turned out, the whole story was AllJustADream Lori had after falling unconscious due to cosmetics mixing together. She dreamt that Lincoln was Carol's brother instead of Lori's because she'd previously wished that she didn't have a brother and was feeling guilty about it.]]
** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12838175/1/Shattered-Hearts Shattered Hearts]]'', Lori and Lincoln have an argument that ends with [[WouldHurtAChild her slapping him]] and him telling her that he hates her. Both have nightmares that night about an evil doppelganger-- Lori's tries to convince the real Lori that she does hate Lincoln, while Lincoln's [[EnfantTerrible threatens to kill Lori]] by breaking her physical heart and torments the real Lincoln about having broken Lori's heart.
** In ''[[https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:AnimationFan15/Fanfiction_-_Shut_the_Duck_Up Shut the Duck Up]]'', Lana kicks Chipper the duckling out of the house for trying to eat Izzy. It's said that she has several nightmares about Chipper, though the only one that's described in detail is Chipper falling into a chasm during a storm and [[WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath flying off as an angel]]. She then wakes up with a start and decides to find Chipper, [[WasTooHardOnHim feeling like she was too hard on her]]. Thankfully, Chipper hasn't gone far, she's just in Charles's doghouse.
** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12207749/1/Burning-Secret Burning Secret]]'', Lincoln [[IgnorantAboutFire accidentally burns the school down]]. He is horrified and guilt-ridden, especially since he's heard he could be expelled or imprisoned for what he's done. Throughout the story, he repeatedly has nightmares; including (but not limited to) him setting people alight as a villain called the Mad Arsonist, the person who's been blackmailing him revealing himself [[SamusIsAGirl to be Luna]], and all his sisters giving him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* In ''[[Fanfic/SecondAmericanCivilWar Nothing Civil About War]]'' by Creator/Foobar137, both Phineas and Isabella have nightmares about things they did during the war, both prominently featuring the accusation, "You killed me!":
** Phineas dreams of zombies of those killed by the tumbler bomb.
** Isabella dreams of her lover, whose implants she had been forced to trigger the self-destruct on.
* ''Fanfic/SonicExe'': Tom is shown to be distraught after X kills Tails and Knuckles. After Knuckles's death, Tom decides to take a nap, and has a nightmare that he's in a dark room with only a light bulb above his head as he hears Tails and Knuckles calling out, "Help us..." and "[[WhatTheHellHero Why did you give us to him?]]" He hears X [[EvilLaugh laughing evilly]] and telling him that he's next, too.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/AirAwakens'': Vhalla has (inadvertently) caused her friend Sareem's death. After finding his heavily mutilated body, she is plagued by nightmares in which he accuses her of killing him (which is actually not true, she just wasn't there with him when the city was attacked).
* In an ''Literature/{{Arthur}}'' book, titled "Arthur in a Pickle", Arthur lies to Mr. Ratburn [[ADogAteMyHomework that his dog Pal ate his homework]] and Mr. Ratburn tells him he's "in a pickle". He has a nightmare that night about being trapped in a world full of literal pickles.
* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': In "The Green-Eyed Monster", Sister feels [[GreenEyedMonster envious]] about Brother's new bicycle and desperately wants it. Mama tells her that she wouldn't be able to ride it anyway since her feet can't reach the pedals. That night, Sister dreams about the eponymous Green-Eyed Monster (who looks just like Sister, except she has green fur and horns) coming to visit her. The Green-Eyed Monster convinces her to try to ride Brother's bike. The bike suddenly grows while Sister is on it, making it impossible for Sister to steer. She collides into a rock, destroying the bicycle instantly. Sister screams, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone "What have I done?!"]] When she wakes up, she deeply regrets being envious.
* In the ''Literature/DreambloodDuology'', {{healing|Hands}} magic works through resolving some symbol of the injury through {{Dream Weav|er}}ing. One wounded soldier has nightmares that link his injury to his SurvivorGuilt, so [[TheMedic Hanani]] heals him by reshaping the dreams so he can forgive himself for not dying with his comrades.
* ''The House in the Hole in the Side of the Tree'': [[CrankyNeighbor Squire Squirrel]] constantly yells at his neighbors to leave him alone. However, [[SourOutsideSadInside he knows how much his attitude distances himself from others]], and he [[IJustWantToHaveFriends is very lonely as a result]]. He [[FellAsleepCrying cries himself to sleep]] and has a nightmare wherein he's being chased by [[AnimateInanimateObject a saw and a hammer]], and all his neighbors refuse to let him in their houses. It culminates in him hiding in his own house, weeping even more about having no one to turn to. When he wakes up, he apologizes to his neighbors (who, incidentally, have built him a new house).
* In ''Frostie Minus Two'' by Olga Kolpakova, two conmen who masquerade as Father Frost and the Snow Maiden (the traditional Russian giftbringers on winter holidays) and visit children with cheap gifts in order to steal the parents' valuables (which they keep in a fridge), have a nightmare like that. In it, they are chased by a crowd of children who are riding a living, moving fridge and throwing gift bags at the conmen. Though the nightmare doesn't make them repent at once, it does contribute to their eventual decision to give themselves up to the police and stop stealing.
* The ''Literature/LittleCritter'' book "The Bear who Wouldn't Share" sees the bear confronted by his conscience when he lets in a group of other cold, hungry creatures but claims (falsely) that he has no food. She sarcastically wishes him sweet dreams when he resists. Understandably, he instead dreams about the hungry creatures. When he wakes up, [[OpinionChangingDream he lets them eat the food he's stored up.]]
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Jaime has a nightmare of the late Prince Rhaegar Targaryen and the Kingsguard who scolded him for failing his duties that he has sworn to do such as not protecting Princess Elia Martell and her children, who are brutally murdered (and in Elia's case raped and murdered) during the Sack of King's Landing.
* In one of the ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'' books, Elizabeth gets so fed up with Jessica's antics that she wishes she didn't have a sister. She then falls asleep and has a lengthy and detailed nightmare in which Jessica is killed in a car accident, leaving her feeling hideously guilty for ever wishing such a thing. The nightmare is so realistic that she doesn't realize it was AllJustADream until after she wakes up in a panic, and apologizes to Jessica for losing her patience.
* ''Literature/{{Swindle}}'': In "Zoobreak", the kids have infiltrated Mr. Nastase's zoo and freed the animals. They are secretly hiding the animals in their houses. Darren, who knows about this, has a nightmare that he's put on trial and then imprisoned. His mother, who has heard him [[TalkingInYourSleep shouting in his sleep that he's innocent]], accurately guesses that it's because he feels guilty about something. Since Darren is too groggy to come up with an excuse on the spot, he just tells her what the kids have done.
* ''Literature/TouchingSpiritBear'': While lying in a skiff injured on his way back to Minneapolis, Cole has a dream where everyone he knows helps him in some way, which Cole likes. He likes using people. Then everyone turns into vicious monsters and points out that he’s a liar.
-->'''The Monsters''': You fool! Why should we do anything for you? You’re nothing! You’re a baby-faced con!
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'': In "I Dream of Snorch with the Long Golden Hair", when Snav is framed for stealing the Snorch's golden nose hair (it scurried into his pillow), Krumm, Ickis, and Oblina each have one because they feel guilty about it, since it was Krumm and Ickis who really stole it on a sarcastic dare from Oblina.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'':
** In "Arthur's Underwear", Arthur, due to feeling guilty over [[ComedicUnderwearExposure laughing at Binky for ripping his pants]], has recurrent {{Not Wearing Pants Dream}}s.
** In "Prunella Gets it Twice", Prunella acts ungrateful to Francine for buying her a doll [[BirthdayEpisode for her birthday]] that she already has. That night, she dreams that two ghosts tell her that Francine worked hard to get the doll, prompting her to apologise to Francine.
** In "Buster's Dino Dilemma," Buster finds an incredibly rare fossilized footprint while on a fieldtrip, and asks Arthur to keep the secret that he took it home. When Buster has a nightmare where Arthur was forced to confess that he knows about the fossil, Buster asks Arthur to help him return the footprint, where it is then displayed in the museum with a plaque stating: "Discovered by Buster Baxter and Arthur Read."
** In "Arthur's Lost Library Book", Arthur is worried about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin being unable to find a library book]], so he has two nightmares. In the first one, the police are outside his house, demanding that Arthur give up the book. A very long arm drags him to the library, where an angry Ms. Turner is waiting for him. In the second nightmare, Arthur reads a book attached to a chain, Ms. Turner suddenly drags him in, threatening to use the crank next time.
** In "D.W.'s Name Game", D.W. and Arthur have been VolleyingInsults with each other. D.W. goes to bed and dreams that she whispers an [[TheUnreveal unknown]] insult into his ear, [[ImMelting causing him to melt]], much to her shock and remorse. When she wakes up, she's quick to apologize to Arthur.
** In "Bugged", everyone is displeased with Brain for being an InsufferableGenius (or a "pest", as Francine says). Brain starts to feel bad about correcting people, and that night, he has a nightmare that he's [[ForcedTransformation become a cockroach]] (a ShoutOut to ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis'') and his friends put him on a conveyor belt so he can be crushed to death by a giant flyswatter. He's so rattled when he wakes up that he decides to take a vow of silence.
** In "Arthur's Mystery Envelope," Mr. Haney gives Arthur the titular envelope with instructions to give it to his mom. Fearing he is in trouble for something, Arthur hesitates to give it to Jane, even as D.W. continues to pester him about it. While sleeping that night, Arthur has a dream where the envelope starts growing until it bursts through the house's roof, forcing him and Jane to flee. The dream finally makes Arthur hand over the envelope, and it turns out that it had nothing to do with him after all; inside the envelope were Mr. Haney's tax documents, which Jane had been trying to contact him about all day.
** In "To Tibble the Truth", Tommy and Timmy have a nightmare where they're in jail for telling too many lies to other people, and when they wake up, they vow to always tell the truth.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'':
** In "Sacred Cow", Bob has a few days to make a choice; he will either make Moolissa into a burger or spare his life. He keeps him outside during a rainy night and has a nightmare that he's put on trial for killing Moolissa, and he loses the case. He wakes up and decides to let him sleep inside for the night.
** In "Friends with Burger-Fits", Bob is feeling remorseful and worried about serving burgers to Teddy, as the latter has informed him that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome constantly eating burgers has given him high levels of cholesterol]]. He has a nightmare that Teddy's doctor calls him on the phone, and then a long arm comes out of the receiver. The arm [[AndShowItToYou pulls Teddy's heart out of his chest]] and begins to stuff burgers into it. Bob grows several arms and uncontrollably shoves burgers into Teddy's exposed heart, which grows bigger and bigger. He [[CatapultNightmare wakes up in a fright]] just before Teddy's heart bursts.
* ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'': A variation in "It's a Hard Doc Life". After Doc indirectly causes a flood in the toy hospital, she starts to feel remorseful and inadequate as a doctor. [[ItsAWonderfulPlot She dreams about Hallie showing her that life would not have been better without her]]; several toys would not have been fixed, [=McStuffinsville=] would have been a wasteland taken over by Stanley, Stuffy would be forced to work in a tower, Chilly would live in a freezing tundra, and Lambie would perform in an empty theater. Doc realizes that her toys ''do'' need her, and by the time she wakes up, she's ready to help again.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In "Dream Goat", Timmy wishes that the mayor's goat Chompy was free upon seeing how depressed and lonely he is, and Vicky is given the blame as the "goat-napper" and Timmy is hailed as a hero. He eventually begins to feel guilty from letting Vicky take the blame for sending Chompy away, and starts wishing in his sleep as a result. The dream wishing stops once he finally tells the truth.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Sting", Fry is apparently killed on a mission to collect space honey, and Leela blames herself because she deliberately ignored all the signs of danger for the sake of her pride. She ends up having a series of [[DerangedAnimation far-out]] dreams in which Fry seems to be trying to communicate with her from the other side.
* On ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', there's a U.S. Acres/Orson's Farm segment where Wade accidentally [[MattressTagGag removes a mattress tag]]. You know, the ones that say "Do not remove under penalty of law" but forget to add "except by the consumer"? Wade is so petrified that the cops are coming to get him that he has a nightmare about it.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeavenlyPuss'': Tom is [[ReroutedFromHeaven denied access to Heaven]] for constantly chasing Jerry. He needs to have Jerry sign a contract saying that he forgives him or else he will be sent to hell. Jerry signs it [[YouAreTooLate too late]] and Tom is promptly [[StewedAlive shoved into a boiling pot]] by a demonic version of Spike the Bulldog. It's then revealed that this was AllJustADream, and when he wakes up, Tom gives Jerry a big hug, much to the latter's bewilderment.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In "Part Time Friends", [[FeudEpisode Arnold and Gerald have gotten into a fight]]. Grandpa Phil tells him about how he and his friend Jimmy got into a petty squabble and [[SilentTreatment never spoke to each other again]]. Arnold then dreams that he and Gerald are still arguing as old men, even though they don't even remember what they were fighting about. A zombified version of Grandpa says, "Well, what did I tell you, Shortman?" and chuckles until his jaw falls off. Arnold [[CatapultNightmare wakes up with a yelp]] and realizes he should try to make amends with Gerald.
* ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'': In the segment "Donald's Goofy World", Donald loses his temper at Goofy and yells at him to leave, saying he never wants to see him again. After he's knocked unconscious thanks to a door hitting him on the head, he dreams that Goofy is everywhere and he eventually turns into Goofy himself. When he wakes up, he starts to take his anger out on Goofy, only to apologize and admit he's happy there's only one Goofy.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittleAudrey'': In "The Seapreme Court", Audrey goes fishing for fun and has a nightmare wherein several sea creatures arrest her. She is put on trial and eventually gets sentenced to [[ElectricTorture the eel-ectric chair]]. When Audrey awakens, she releases a fish that she caught into the water and [[OpinionChangingDream snaps her fishing hook]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MrMenAndLittleMiss'': In "A Big Surprise for Mr. Mean", Little Miss Sunshine [[TwistedChristmas has a cold on Christmas Eve]]. Mr. Mean initially refuses to take care of her (though the look on his face suggests that he feels sorry for her when he hears her sneezing) because it's too cold out and he's not being paid for it. He dreams that he meets a wizard showing him what will happen tomorrow if no one comes to help Little Miss Sunshine; she'll end up all alone on Christmas. Mr. Mean wakes up in TearsOfRemorse and decides to help her.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Exaggerated and invoked during "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?". To keep punishing herself for her actions as Nightmare Moon, Luna created the Tantabus to torture her in her dreams. This meant that each night she had continuous nightmares, not just because of her guilt but as a way of keeping herself reminded of her guilt.
** In "For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils", this is invoked. Sweetie Belle is furious with Rarity for unintentionally upstaging her, so she ruins a headdress that Rarity has made. Luna [[DreamWalker gives her a nightmare]] that reveals a BadFuture; if the headdress remains unfixed, Rarity will be an outcast among the fashion community and [[SanitySlippage her sanity will shatter]]. Upon waking up, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo hurry to Canterlot to save the headdress.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'':
** In "Rabbit Marks the Spot", Rabbit tries to get back at his friends for ruining his garden with their game of "pirates" by burying a chest full of rocks and giving them a map to find it. That night, he has a nightmare where he's chewed out by [[RockMonster giant rock versions]] of his friends for getting their hopes up, leading him to try to steal the chest before it's opened.
** In "Balloonatics", Pooh feels guilty for breaking a balloon he borrowed from Christopher Robin. (Rabbit and Tigger were actually responsible and convinced Pooh it was his fault; and the balloon was deflated anyway, not popped.) That night, he has a nightmare that he's put on trial by other balloons, found guilty and put in jail.
* PlayedForLaughs in the Soviet cartoon ''Passion of Spies'', where a West-corrupted teen, after being trapped into planting a bomb as part of the spies' plans, has nightmares about being caught and publicly shamed, so he turns himself in.
* ''WesternAnimation/PlutosJudgementDay'': Mickey [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tears Pluto a new one]] for chasing a kitten. Pluto falls asleep soon after and has a nightmare that a courtroom of cats put him on trial for chasing their species and [[KillItWithFire sentence him to death by burning]]. When he wakes up, [[OpinionChangingDream he licks the kitten, having decided to be nice to cats from now on]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'':
** In "Never Sock a Baby", Popeye [[CorporalPunishment spanks Swee'Pea]] for [[NoodleIncident an unknown reason]]. After [[DeniedFoodAsPunishment he sends Swee'Pea to bed without dinner]], he begins to feel like he WasTooHardOnHim. He's confronted by [[GoodAngelBadAngel an angel and a devil]], who tell him to apologize and let Swee'Pea know who's boss, respectively. Swee'Pea [[TheRunaway runs away from home]] and Popeye has to retrieve him. It culminates in them falling down a [[InevitableWaterfall waterfall]]. Then comes the reveal that it was AllJustADream, and upon waking up, Popeye kisses Swee'Pea (to the latter's confusion).
--->'''Popeye''': ''(singing)'' If you spank kids, I betcha, your conscience will getcha, says Popeye the sailor man!
** In "Baby Phase"[[note]]A remake of "Never Sock a Baby"[[/note]], Popeye refuses to allow Swee'Pea to juggle. When Swee'Pea disobeyes this, Popeye [[DeniedFoodAsPunishment makes him go to bed without lunch]]. Popeye falls asleep while reading about jugglers and dreams that [[TheRunaway Swee'Pea has run away to join the circus]]. He saves Swee'Pea from some lions, only to find out that he's signed a 99-year contract. He wakes up and decides to give Swee'Pea some spinach [[OpinionChangingDream because that's how good jugglers become strong]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'': In "[[Recap/TheRaccoonsS4E11StealingTheShow Stealing the Show!]]", in order to impress his brothers with a comic collection, one of the Pigs resorts to shoplifting some Mudman comics from Willow's General Store and lying that he's able to get them for free. He later has a nightmare where his shoplifting gets him arrested.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'': In "A Scooter for Yaksmas", Stimpy accidentally shatters the display window in a store and is accused of stealing a scooter. He ends up riding away on the scooter so that the police won't catch up to him. He has a nightmare that he's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech told off by several people]] ([[EtTuBrute including Ren]]) for what he's done and later sentenced to [[LongerThanLifeSentence infinity in prison]].
* ''WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie'': In "The Lie", Olie dishonestly tells his mother that he ate every single Brussels sprout (he actually ate all but one). This results in him dreaming that a Brussels sprout grows every time he tries to hide it, so when he wakes up, [[HonestyAesop he decides to come clean to his mother]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Discussed in "Grandpa's Bad Bug"; Stu remembers that Grandpa Lou has told him a rhyme that says if you break a promise, your conscience will haunt you in your sleep.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E4BartTheMurderer Bart the Murderer]]", Bart becomes an errand boy for the Springfield Mafia and has them confront Principal Skinner for giving him detention. When Skinner goes missing the next day and it's assumed the mafia killed him, Bart has a nightmare of himself being haunted by Skinner and sent to the electric chair.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E16LisaTheIconoclast Lisa the Iconoclast]]", after it appears Lisa's argument that Jebediah Springfield was actually pirate Hans Sprungfeld was proven wrong, she has a guilty dream where Jebediah appears as a ghostly figure to scold her for disturbing his legacy -- [[SubvertedTrope only for]] UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington to appear, chase off Springfield and encourage Lisa to continue her pursuit of the truth.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E2JazzyAndThePussycats Jazzy and the Pussycats]]", Lisa goes to an animal shelter and adopts a cute puppy over a more homely-looking dog. That night, Lisa dreams of that dog scolding her for not adopting him because of his appearance, prompting her go back the next day and take him home.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In "[[Recap/SouthParkS7E3ToiletPaper Toilet Paper]]", after TP'ing his teacher's house and getting away with it, Kyle suffers guilt-ridden nightmares about his teacher and her family crying over the vandalism. This makes him want to confess, despite his friends trying to keep quiet about the ordeal.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Procrastination", [=SpongeBob=] keeps putting off an essay. This comes back to bite him when he has a nightmare that [[AnimateInanimateObject all of his household objects come to life]] and his house burns down.
-->'''House''': Why did you set me on fire, [=SpongeBob=]?! Why didn't you just write your essay?! '''''STOP WASTING TIME!!'''''
* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': In one episode, Plucky cheats on a test in Foghorn Leghorn's class. That night he has dreams of a mob of Foghorn Leghorns, complete with [[TorchesAndPitchforks torches]], chasing him around yelling, "Cheater!" The next day, Foggy shows up in class and announces that he accidentally dropped the tests into mud and had the class redo it. Plucky is the only student who's delighted at that.
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--> '''The Monsters''': You fool! Why should we do anything for you? You’re nothing! You’re a baby-faced con!

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''

** In "Bugged", everyone is displeased with Brain for being an InsufferableGenius (or a "pest", as Francine says). Brain starts to feel bad about correcting people, and that night, he has a nightmare that he's [[BalefulPolymorph become a cockroach]] (a ShoutOut to ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis'') and his friends put him on a conveyor belt so he can be crushed to death by a giant flyswatter. He's so rattled when he wakes up that he decides to take a vow of silence.

* In ''Nothing Civil About War'' by Creator/Foobar137, both Phineas and Isabella have nightmares about things they did during the war, both prominently featuring the accusation, "You killed me!":