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Regardless of how it happened, something in a dream has unexpectedly been made flesh, and the onlookers have to live with the implications—especially if the item was ''alive.''

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959:'' Implied in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E37KingNineWillNotReturn King Nine Will Not Return]]". A man finds himself stranded in the desert with the wreckage of an old bomber plane he served on, only to wake up and find himself in hospital, being treated for guilt-induced hallucinations... but while a nurse is handling his clothes, she finds sand in his shoes.

* ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'': Many WrongContextMagic artifacts and memories of lost treasures are found in the [[DreamLand Astral Realms]], and an advanced combination of [[MagicAIsMagicA Mind and Matter magics]] can temporarily copy one into the physical world. A more powerful spell can permanently transform one into a physical object, but the long-term consequences of tearing out part of humanity's collective unconscious are unknown.

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* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has a one-shot gadget called the "Dream Hoop", where dreamers can throw whatever stuff they see in their dreams and have it appear in the real world. When Doraemon started having sweet dreams about enjoying a ''massive'' [[TrademarkFavoriteFood dorayaki]] feast, he remembered to activate the gadget and teleports around twenty dorayakis from the dream-verse to reality, for him to continue eating after waking up.
* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasThreeVisionarySwordsmen'' zig-zags this around, where thanks to Torinho's intervention, objects from reality can enter the dream-verse, and vice-versa. Doraemon and the dream-verse AlternateSelf of Nobita, Shizuka, Suneo, and Gian enjoy a massive feast in the dream world, and in reality, Nobita's mother Tamako realizes someone has emptied their larder. [[spoiler:The third act notably has Fairy Shizu from the dream world literally breaking reality and entering the real world to tell Doraemon and Nobita that in their absence, the dream world is about to be destroyed by Lord Odorom's demons]].

* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2: Mask of the Betrayer'': Dreamwalking forms a significant part of the plot, and the PC is able to bring back items from various dreamworlds multiple times, including the fragments of the eponymous mask which are required to get the GoldenEnding.

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A DreamStealer or a DreamWalker may have a few such objects laying around.

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasThreeVisionarySwordsmen'' zig-zags this around, where thanks to Torinho's intervention, objects from reality can enter the dream-verse, and vice-versa. Doraemon and the dream-verse AlternateSelf of Nobita, Shizuka, Suneo and Gian enjoys a massive feast in the dream world, and in reality, Nobita's mother Tamako realize someone had emptied their larder. [[spoiler:The third act notably has Fairy Shizu from the dream world literally breaking reality and entering the real world to tell Doraemon and Nobita that in their absence, the dream world is about to be destroyed by Lord Odorom's demons]].

** During the search of Himuro's apartment, Atsuko is somewhat alarmed to find herself encountering the CreepyDoll that Himuro uses as his avatar, seemingly just as animated as it is in the dreamworld. Curious, she follows it through the apartment... only to lurch back into the real world and very nearly fall to her death over the apartment balcony: the doll wasn't really there, and Atsuko was dreaming while wide awake. Worse still, it turns out that the hacker who stole the DC Mini [[OhCrap has the power alter his targets' perceptions of reality]]...

* ''Literature/TheSecondShield'': in this short story (first featured in ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}''), an artist named Beckerman creates peculiar and wondrous works of art in his dreams, and the finished pieces appear in his bedroom overnight. One piece his dreams created is the Shield of Achilles, which was sold to a Greek shipping magnate. However, like all Beckerman's dream creations, the shield was impermanent, and disappeared after about two years. The shipping magnate sends thugs to harass Beckerman into dreaming up a second shield, though unfortunately, Beckerman has no control over his dreams.

* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'': Luigi has the ability to fall asleep and open up the dream world which Mario may enter. This is necessary for them to acquire the Dream Stone to keep it out of the hands of Bowser and Antasma.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'': In "[[Recap/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehogS01E27BoogeyMania Boogey-Mania]]", Professor Von Schlemmer invents the Dream-a-Majig, a machine that takes creatures from the dreams of whoever wears it and brings them into the real world. He demonstrates it by summoning a NonIronicClown from his dreams. When Dr. Robotnik finds out about the Dream-a-Majig, he kidnaps Von Schlemmer and uses the Dream-a-Majig on himself to summon the Boogey Man, a creature from his nightmares, so it can terrorize Mobius. Sonic and Tails save the day by using the machine on Tails to create a stronger-creature from his [[AcidRefluxNightmare food-based nightmares]] to combat the Boogey Man.

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** In the finale, Atsuko and Dr Shina are walking away, convinced that they've achieved victory over the hacker... only for a kaiju-sized version of Himuro's doll to suddenly loom into view behind them. [[spoiler: As it turns out, RealityIsOutToLunch and a whole host of figures from dreams are being brought into the real world, including the nightmare parade, the two bartenders from the dream lounge, and even Paprika herself—much to Atsuko's irritation.]]

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** ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'': After several nights of being stalked in her dreams by Freddy Kruger, Nancy is taken to a sleep disorder clinic for observation. While there, Freddy attacks her once again, and though Nancy is awakened before he can inflict any permanent damage, she wakes up with [[LockedIntoStrangeness streak of grey in her hair]]... and Freddy's hat clutched in her hand, real enough to be taken home from the clinic. [[spoiler: In the finale, Nancy uses the same technique to bring Freddy himself into the real world, allowing her to subject him to a gauntlet of traps before willing him out of existence entirely.]]
** ''Film/FreddyVsJason'': Similarly, Lori is menaced by Freddy in a nightmare and wakes up during the struggle to find that a handful of his torn-off flesh has made it into the real world. [[spoiler: This once again comes back in the finale when, after managing to save Jason from being killed in a nightmare, Lori is able to use the same trick on Freddy to drag him into the real world... where he [[OhCrap finds himself facing down an extremely pissed-off Jason]].]]
* ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}:'' In the finale, [[spoiler: while [[IChooseToStay Jennifer chooses to remain in Pleasantville's TV Land]], David decides to return to the real world. Ever the loving mother, Betty gives him a bag of pastries for the journey... and when David finds himself back in the real world, he finds that the bag returned to reality along with him.]]

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* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': In "[[Recap/FarscapeS04E07JohnQuixote John Quixote]]," Crichton spends a good chunk of the episode playing a dodgy VR game based on his adventures, during which he is provided with three golf ball-like hint vouchers. After managing to escape from the simulation, Crichton soon finds himself dealing with Scorpius attempting to take over Moya... up until he finds the last hint voucher in his pocket. [[spoiler: It turns out that the game's exit functions were all lies, and [[TheGameNeverStopped Crichton never stopped playing]].]]

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* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'': During the visit to Bumpusville, Sam must use a virtual reality machine in order to access the mansion's security systems, resulting in a fairy-tale adventure to slay a dragon. Once Sam's finished slaying the dragon ([[CuttingBackToReality and abusing Max in reality]]), he retrieves a key from the heart of the dragon... and back in the real world, Sam finds the same key in his hand. [[spoiler: It's used to free Bruno and Trixie from the Bumpusville floor show.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Viewfinder}}:'' [[spoiler: In the finale, it turns out that the WeatherControlMachine being developed in the virtual world never worked, the entire project has been a failure, and the simulation can't help you stop [[PostApocalypticVirtualReality the ongoing apocalypse]]. Worse still, the only way for you to escape is to delete the simulation and all its wonders. However, as you leave VR for the final time, you happen to take a seedling from a simulated desert—and somehow end up bringing it with you into reality, [[RayOfHopeEnding suggesting that you've managed to find a means of undoing the environmental decay after all]].]]

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Regardless of how it happened, something in a dream has unexpectedly been made flesh, and the onlookers have to live with the implications - especially if the item was ''alive.''

** In the finale, Atsuko and Dr Shina are walking away, convinced that they've achieved victory over the hacker... only for a kaiju-sized version of Himuro's doll to suddenly loom into view behind them. [[spoiler: As it turns out, RealityIsOutToLunch and a whole host of figures from dreams are being brought into the real world, including the nightmare parade, the two bartenders from the dream lounge, and even Paprika herself - much to Atsuko's irritation.]]

* ''Literature/TheGoneAwayWorld'': The Stuff acquires definition by absorbing data from the minds of humans exposed to it, resulting in unconscious desires, fears, and even dreams being made manifest. In one case, a little girl dreams of being a horse while immersed in a cloud of the Stuff, only to wake up to find herself ''becoming'' a horse - [[TerminalTransformation which unfortunately kills her]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Viewfinder}}:'' [[spoiler: In the finale, it turns out that the WeatherControlMachine being developed in the virtual world never worked, the entire project has been a failure, and the simulation can't help you stop [[PostApocalypticVirtualReality the ongoing apocalypse]]. Worse still, the only way for you to escape is to delete the simulation and all its wonders. However, as you leave VR for the final time, you happen to take a seedling from a simulated desert - and somehow end up bringing it with you into reality, [[RayOfHopeEnding suggesting that you've managed to find a means of undoing the environmental decay after all]].]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'', one of the primary {{Running Gag}}s when it comes to Pete, Kitsune and the rest of the quasi-divine entities in the setting's cosmology is that they can invade the dreams of the pets in the series and force them to wake up under normal circumstances - but always leave behind some object that [[FantasyKeepsake makes them question if it was actually a dream]], ranging from a gryphon feather to a solid gold statue of their likeness.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMidnightGospel'': The universe simulators seem to operate on a combination of virtual reality and magic, creating entirely simulated worlds with no presence in reality - while at the same time allowing users to bring objects from the virtual world into the real world. Throughout the series, Clancy brings back souvenirs from his adventures, most commonly the shoes he collects OncePerEpisode, but also a number of things brought back by accident, including one of the clown parasites from "[[Recap/TheMidnightGospelS1E2OfficersAndWolves Officers And Wolves]]", an ice cream-puking pegasi from "[[Recap/TheMidnightGospelS1E3HuntersWithoutAHome Hunters Without A Home]]", and Trudy the Love Barbarian's healing rose from "[[Recap/TheMidnightGospelS1E4BlindedByMyEnd Blinded By My End]]." In "[[Recap/TheMidnightGospelS1E6VultureWithHonor Vulture With Honor]]", it turns out that more enterprising "simulation farmers" like Blithrreyus use the same function to track down valuable artifacts within the simulated worlds and sell them on the black market.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheMidnightGospel'': The universe simulators seem to operate on a combination of virtual reality and magic, creating entirely simulated worlds with no presence in reality - while at the same time allowing users to bring objects from the virtual world into the real world. Throughout the series, Clancy brings back souvenirs from his adventures, most commonly the shoes he collects OncePerEpisode, but also a number of things brought back by accident, including one of the clown parasites from "[[Recap/TheMidnightGospelS1E2OfficersAndWolves Officers And Wolves]]", an ice cream-puking pegasi from "[[Recap/TheMidnightGospelS1E3HuntersWithoutAHome Hunters Without A Home]]", and Trudy the Love Barbarian's healing rose from "[[Recap/TheMidnightGospelS1E4BlindedByMyEnd Blinded By My End]]." In "[[Recap/TheMidnightGospelS1E6VultureWithHonor Vulture With Honor]]", it turns out that more enterprising "simulation farmers" like Blithrreyus use the same function to track down valuable artefacts within the simulated worlds and sell them on the black market.

* ''Webcomic/{{TeamFortress2}}:'' Medic, some time after writing off Sniper's meeting with his deceased family in Heaven as a hallucination, gets killed and sent to Hell. There, he makes a DealWithTheDevil to give up 1/9ths of his soul in exchange for fifty more years of life, [[SoldHisSoulForADonut as well as a pen.]] When Medic is sent back to Earth, he still has the pen.

* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'': Luigi has the ability to fall asleep and open up the dream world which Mario may enter. This is necessary for them to acquire the dreamstone to keep it out of the hands of Bowser and Antasma.