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* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': Napstablook ''pretends'' to be asleep when the PlayerCharacter first encounters them early in the game. Closer examination will reveal that they are actually saying the letter 'Z' repeatedly in an attempt to avoid notice. Unfortunately for Blooky, they are blocking the only way forward, so there is no choice but to confront them.

* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'': In the quest, "The Harrowing", a [[PlayerCharacter Warden]] who picked the Circle Mage origin is tested in the [[EldritchLocation Fade]] with resisting the temptations of the spirits and demons that call the Fade home. Aided by a companion named Mouse, one such creature they encounter is a MiniBoss[=/=]EliteMook Sloth Demon named Bereskarn, who complains about being woken up by the two of them, and constantly yawns whenever the Warden speaks with him. He eventually agrees to teach Mouse how to shapeshift into a bear if the Warden correctly answers his riddles or defeats him in combat (and will automatically engage the two in combat if the Warden incorrectly guesses any of the riddles), and once the Warden has done so, he teaches Mouse how to assume his bear form, and then goes right back to sleep.

** The Bulborb family are nocturnal and thus typically found laying down in the open and snoring away. If awoken, they will pursue you and your squad but return to their sleeping spots if you lose them. Sneaking up on them is complicated by the fact that they're usually found alongside dwarf bulborbs, which unlike them are diurnal and will wake the larger creature with their cries if startled. Spotty Bulbears also have this behaviour in the first game, although the later games have them be awake at all times.

* ''VideoGame/PacMan'': The sleeping ghosts from CE DX act as this. Sleeping ghosts are usually colored green, but if Pac-Man comes near a sleeping ghost, they'll turn into angry rainbow ghosts that chase Pac-Man.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'': The games introduce Snorlax, which often appears in the series as a sleeping BrokenBridge that requires special means to wake up. Once you've done so, it proves to be a MightyGlacier that likes to use "Rest" to restore its health. Later generation games give it additional moves like Belly Drum (maxes out it's attack at the cost of half of its HP, which it restores easily with Rest) and moves it can use while asleep like Snore and Sleep Talk.

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Enemies come in all sorts of variations. Whether they're competent EliteMooks or easily disposable CannonFodder like TheGoomba, you would at least expect them to pull their weight when it comes to assisting the BigBad on their conquest to TakeOverTheWorld.

SubTrope of {{Sleepyhead}} and DontWakeTheSleeper. Compare LazyDragon. See also CowardlyMooks and TheGuardsMustBeCrazy, which are related tropes that share the same family tree as this one. Tends to overlap with HarmlessVillain most of the time, and even if they retaliate against the hero, it's usually because [[SkewedPriorities they don't like being woken up]] rather than fulfilling an ulterior motive the BigBad set for them. Contrast ForcedSleep, which is about using spells or powers to put people (including enemies) to sleep, and NeverWakeUpASleepwalker, where waking up a sleepwalker causes their death.