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** ''Mariel of Literature/{{Redwall}}'', Gabool the Wild starts having prophetic dreams that turn him into a completely insane insomniac.

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** ''Mariel of Literature/{{Redwall}}'', Redwall'', Gabool the Wild starts having prophetic dreams that turn him into a completely insane insomniac.

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* In ''VideoGame/BearAndBreakfast'', Hank has trouble sleeping because he often ruminates in bed, calling sleep "overrated". According to his mother Margaret, it runs in the family.
* Marius, the narrator of ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' ''II'', is haunted by dreams of the demons in Tristram. He understandably tries to avoid them by fighting sleep for ''days'' at a time. He only sleeps ''once'' in the cinematics, noting that it was the first time he slept in ''weeks'', [[spoiler:and that was only so Diablo/the Wanderer could send him a vision of Tal Rasha sealing Baal in his own body.]]
* The "Strange New Powers" update to ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' made Ms. Wickerbottom an insomniac, and unable to use sleeping items such as a tent or a bedroll to restore her SanityMeter.



* Marius, the narrator of ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' ''II'', is haunted by dreams of the demons in Tristram. He understandably tries to avoid them by fighting sleep for ''days'' at a time. He only sleeps ''once'' in the cinematics, noting that it was the first time he slept in ''weeks'', [[spoiler:and that was only so Diablo/the Wanderer could send him a vision of Tal Rasha sealing Baal in his own body.]]
* In ''VideoGame/NappleTaleArsiaInDaydream'', one of the Napple Town townsfolk, {{Alice|Allusion}}, looks exhausted all the time because she is afraid of going to sleep. Fortunately she's sweet-tempered despite this.
* The "Strange New Powers" update to ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' made Ms. Wickerbottom an insomniac, and unable to use sleeping items such as a tent or a bedroll to restore her SanityMeter.


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* In ''VideoGame/NappleTaleArsiaInDaydream'', one of the Napple Town townsfolk, {{Alice|Allusion}}, looks exhausted all the time because she is afraid of going to sleep. Fortunately she's sweet-tempered despite this.
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* ''Literature/TalesOfThePack'': Lexie has lots of trouble sleeping when the story begins, and also experiences frequent strange dreams which disturb her sleep.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Aurora 2019}}'': Kendal, as the body of a god which gained sapience once the god was no longer in residence, [[TheSleepless assumed he didn't need to sleep]]. That is, until he collapses after having been up for about ten days straight. It's pretty clear that his superhuman physiology means he needs significantly ''less'' sleep, but he still needs ''some''.
-->'''Kendal:''' Vash didn't sleep.\\
'''Erin:''' Vash didn't need his body to stay alive.
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* The narrator of "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" by Music/SetItOff can't sleep and is [[SanitySlippageSong going crazy]].

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* The narrator of "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" by Music/SetItOff Music/{{Set It Off|Band}} can't sleep and is [[SanitySlippageSong going crazy]].
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** [[ChildhoodFriend Akira's]] insomnia began (or perhaps intensified) after Yamori started skipping school; it's {{implied|Trope}} that she suffers from depression [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone due to indirectly causing Yamori to skip school in the first place]]. She falls asleep super early and wakes up before midnight; unable to go back to sleep, she usually leaves her home as early as 4AM to go to school, which doesn't open until about two hours later. Akira is able to briefly beat her insomnia after hanging out at Nazuna's apartment with Yamori, ostensibly for the same reason as stated above.

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** [[ChildhoodFriend Akira's]] insomnia began (or perhaps intensified) after Yamori started skipping school; it's {{implied|Trope}} that she suffers from depression [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone due to indirectly causing Yamori to skip school in the first place]]. She falls asleep super early and wakes up before midnight; unable to go back to sleep, she usually leaves her home as early as 4AM to go to school, which doesn't open until about two hours later. Akira is able to briefly beat her insomnia after hanging out at Nazuna's apartment with Yamori, Yamori and sharing a futon with the two of them, ostensibly for the same reason as stated above.
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* Mentioned in ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'', when [[spoiler:the Marquis de Carabas]] discovers that the trauma from being [[ColdBloodedTorture brutally killed]] and then resurrected has left him terrified to sleep, because it's too much like dying all over again. He's exhausted enough that he eventually passes out anyway, but it's implied this is a problem he'll be dealing with for a while.
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* "Glamis hath murdered sleep, and there Cawdor/Shall sleep no more, Theatre/{{Macbeth}} shall sleep no more!"

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* "Glamis hath murdered sleep, and there therefore Cawdor/Shall sleep no more, Theatre/{{Macbeth}} shall sleep no more!"
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* In the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast ActionRPG ''VideoGame/NappleTale'', one of the Napple Town townsfolk, {{Alice|Allusion}}, looks exhausted all the time because she is afraid of going to sleep. Fortunately she's sweet-tempered despite this.

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* In the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast ActionRPG ''VideoGame/NappleTale'', ''VideoGame/NappleTaleArsiaInDaydream'', one of the Napple Town townsfolk, {{Alice|Allusion}}, looks exhausted all the time because she is afraid of going to sleep. Fortunately she's sweet-tempered despite this.

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