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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Depending on the edition, it's possible to build a character who can wake up instantly, draw a weapon, and stab an opponent who was in the process of attacking them via a combination of feats and class features.
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Depending on the edition, it's possible to build a character who can wake up instantly, draw a weapon, and stab an opponent who was in the process of attacking them via a combination of feats and class features.
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** Something similar happens in ''Fanfic/TheDesertStorm'', on more than one occasion, as Ben Naasade (a time-travelling post-ROTS Obi-Wan Kenobi with a truly horrible case of [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]]) demonstrates. It's discussed and he warns people about it, pointing out that startling him is not a good idea.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': When Cas fails to stop Jack in time to keep him from poking Dean Winchester awake in 13x06, Dean bolts up with a war cry and the gun from under his pillow. Cas: "I told you, he's an angry sleeper ... like a bear."
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* This is essentially the root of the saying "Let sleeping dogs lie." Dogs are unpredictable when awakened and some indeed do wake up in fighting mode.
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* This is essentially the root of the saying "Let sleeping dogs lie." Dogs are unpredictable when awakened and some indeed do wake up in fighting mode.
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** The closest the series has come to playing it straight with the Doctor is Six's infamous strangulation of companion Peri in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma The Twin Dilemma]]".
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** The closest the series has come to playing it straight with the Doctor is Six's infamous strangulation of companion Peri in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma The Twin Dilemma]]".Dilemma]]" immediately after his regeneration (waking up as a person, if you will).
** Then there's the newly regenerated Ten fighting roboforms ''while'' asleep in [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion "The Christmas Invasion"]].
** Then there's the newly regenerated Ten fighting roboforms ''while'' asleep in [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion "The Christmas Invasion"]].
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* ''Series/ThreeKingdoms'': When Xun Yu goes to wake Cao Cao due to an emergency, Cao wakes up screaming, drawing his sword and placing it again Xun's neck. Xun Yu is barely able to identify himself, getting Cao to release him. Cao points out that he really ought to know better, since earlier on in the series it's mentioned Cao actually did attack and kill a servant who woke him up (after all, Cao Cao has no shortage of people out to kill him, and anyone who enters his personal quarters uninvited and when he's asleep must be assumed to have ill intentions). Xun responds he does... [[GodzillaThreshold but the situation was so urgent he decided to risk it]].
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* ''Literature/CanYouSpareAQuarter'': Without the wake-up, during his nightmares Jamie violently thrashes around and has injured Graham, Jason and the dog Cindy several times. Graham eventually decides that he has to do something about them and initiates temporary guardianship proceedings.
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* ''Literature/CanYouSpareAQuarter'': Without the wake-up, during his nightmares Jamie violently thrashes around and has injured Graham, Jason and the dog Cindy several times. Graham eventually decides that he has to do something about them and initiates temporary guardianship proceedings.
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* Kyle Reese in ''Film/TheTerminator'' wakes up from a nightmare and reflexively grabs for his rifle.
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* In ''Film/{{Polar}}'' the hitman protagonist adopts a dog on retirement like Film/JohnWick. The problem is he also suffers from recurring nightmares, so he wakes up firing his gun and [[BlackComedy accidently shoots the dog.]]
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* In ''Film/{{Polar}}'' the hitman protagonist adopts a dog on retirement like Film/JohnWick. The problem is he also suffers from recurring nightmares, so he wakes up firing his gun and [[BlackComedy accidently accidentally shoots the dog.]]
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A character wakes up violently, [[PillowPistol drawing weapons]] or leaping straight into combat stance in the process, and sometimes actually attacking a person who woke them up. In real life, this is usually a sign of [[ShellShockedVeteran severe violence-related PTSD]], but in fiction it is often PlayedForLaughs or depicted as a credential of {{Badass}}ness.
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A character wakes up violently, [[PillowPistol drawing weapons]] or leaping straight into combat stance in the process, and sometimes actually attacking a person who woke them up. In real life, RealLife, this is usually a sign of [[ShellShockedVeteran severe violence-related PTSD]], but in fiction it is often PlayedForLaughs or depicted as a credential of {{Badass}}ness.
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* In ''Manga/AkagamiNoShirayukihime'' if Obi manages to fall into a deep sleep and get woken unexpectedly his usual trouble waking disappears and he's on his feet with weapons in hand before he's fully awake. Once he has a chance to take in his surroundings he just lays back down if there's no threat. Zen has woken while drawing his sword, though he stopped when he realized the masked figure waking him was Obi trying to get a rise out of him.
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* In ''Manga/AkagamiNoShirayukihime'' ''Manga/SnowWhiteWithTheRedHair'' if Obi manages to fall into a deep sleep and get woken unexpectedly his usual trouble waking disappears and he's on his feet with weapons in hand before he's fully awake. Once he has a chance to take in his surroundings he just lays back down if there's no threat. Zen has woken while drawing his sword, though he stopped when he realized the masked figure waking him was Obi trying to get a rise out of him.
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* PlayedForDrama in the backstory of ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist''; Doctor Knox's marriage was destroyed by an incident where he [[ShellShockedVeteran had a bad war flashback]] while sleeping and attacked his wife when she woke him up, briefly thinking she was an enemy soldier.
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* ''Webcomic/UnknownLands'': Mischief finds that Vard is hard to wake up, so uses a jolt of electricity to do so. When Vard is still groggily complaining, not fully awake and not remotely trying to get out of bed Mischief ups the ante by suggesting he uses that trick during sex which wakes Vard up fully and gets him out of bed trying to deck Mischief in the face.
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* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. In the pilot episode, a young Mafia thug tries to steal the booze of a bum sleeping on the subway, and is shocked when his arm is seized in a surprisingly firm grip. This is our introduction to the protagonist John Reese, and it goes on to become MuggingTheMonster when the Mafia thug takes offense.
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* In the pilot episode of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', Oliver Queen is having a nightmare about the sinking of the ''Queen's Gambit'' which stranded him for five years on an island hellhole. His mother finds him asleep on the floor next to an open window with rain pouring through, so she tries to wake him only to be thrown onto her back with the edge of her son's hand against her throat.
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* In the pilot episode of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', Oliver Queen is having a nightmare about the sinking of the ''Queen's Gambit'' which stranded him for five years on an island hellhole. His mother finds him asleep on the floor next to an open window with rain pouring through, so she tries to wake him only to be thrown onto her back with the edge of her son's hand against her throat. Oliver is horrified when he comes to his senses, though his family naturally put this down to PTSD instead of realising he's become a dangerous killer.
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* In the pilot episode of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', Oliver Queen is having a nightmare about the sinking of the ''Queen's Gambit'' which stranded him for five years on an island hellhole. His mother finds him asleep on the floor next to an open window with rain pouring through, so she tries to wake him only to be thrown onto her back with the edge of her son's hand against her throat.
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* In the manga ''Memory of Red'' in ''Anime/{{K}}'', Eric tries to kill Mikoto while the latter is asleep. Mikoto suddenly opens his eyes and, in a daze, almost roasts Eric alive.
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* In fernwityhs ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' story ''FanFic/TheGoldenMean'' ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8862456/1/The-Golden-Mean]]'': when ShellShockedVeteran Haymitch is woken up during the 3rd Quarter Quell by Toffy, another mentor to tell him that Blight's dead, he nearly strangles him. Toffy, to his credit, doesn't hold a grudge, commenting that he broke his sisters cheekbone when she woke him up after he got back from his games.
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* In fernwityhs ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' story ''FanFic/TheGoldenMean'' ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8862456/1/The-Golden-Mean]]'': net/s/8862456/1/The-Golden-Mean]]'' from ''Fanfic/TheEndOfTheWorld'' series: when ShellShockedVeteran Haymitch is woken up during the 3rd Quarter Quell by Toffy, another mentor to tell him that Blight's dead, he nearly strangles him. Toffy, to his credit, doesn't hold a grudge, commenting that he broke his sisters cheekbone when she woke him up after he got back from his games.
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* In ''Fanfic/AHollowInEquestria'' Celestia tries to wake Luna from an unsound sleep, only to be clocked upside the head by one of Luna's wings as she proceeds to roll over and continue snoring away.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E3ImageOfTheFendahl Image of the Fendahl]]", the Doctor wakes his companion Leela and she pulls her knife on him. She wouldn't normally overreact that badly, but she'd been having nightmares because of the baleful influence of the Fendahl.
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** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E3ImageOfTheFendahl Image of the Fendahl]]", the Doctor wakes his companion Leela and she pulls her knife on him. She wouldn't normally overreact that badly, but she'd been having nightmares because of the baleful influence of theFendahl.Fendahl.
** The closest the series has come to playing it straight with the Doctor is Six's infamous strangulation of companion Peri in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma The Twin Dilemma]]".
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E3ImageOfTheFendahl Image of the Fendahl]]", the Doctor wakes his companion Leela and she pulls her knife on him. She wouldn't normally overreact that badly, but she'd been having nightmares because of the baleful influence of the
** The closest the series has come to playing it straight with the Doctor is Six's infamous strangulation of companion Peri in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma The Twin Dilemma]]".
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* ''Literature/TheCarpetPeople'': When Snibril finds a stranger asleep in Pismire's shack, he approaches him cautiously with a knife. The stranger, Bane, springs out of bed, grabs Snibril's knife and puts it to his throat... and then wakes up. (Note that this was written by [[Creator/TerryPratchett the same author]] as ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic'', listed below.)
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* In the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode [[{{Recap/AngelS02E03FirstImpressions}} First Impressions]], Angel is, unbeknownst to anyone, having a magically-forced erotic dream caused by and involving Darla. When Wesley goes to wake him up so they can save Gunn, Angel tackles him out of bed and nearly strangles him before coming too. Bonus points for Angel usually sleeping in the nude.
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* In the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode [[{{Recap/AngelS02E03FirstImpressions}} "[[{{Recap/AngelS02E03FirstImpressions}} First Impressions]], Impressions]]", Angel is, unbeknownst to anyone, having a magically-forced erotic dream caused by and involving Darla. When Wesley goes to wake him up so they can save Gunn, Angel tackles him out of bed and nearly strangles him before coming too. Bonus points for Angel usually sleeping in the nude.
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* In the ''Series/{{Angel}} ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode [[{{Recap/AngelS02E03FirstImpressions}} First Impressions]], Angel is, unbeknownst to anyone, having a magically-forced erotic dream caused by and involving Darla. When Wesley goes to wake him up so they can save Gunn, Angel tackles him out of bed and nearly strangles him before coming too. Bonus points for Angel usually sleeping in the nude.
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* In the ''Series/{{Angel}} episode [[{{Recap/AngelS02E03FirstImpressions}} First Impressions]], Angel is, unbeknownst to anyone, having a magically-forced erotic dream caused by and involving Darla. When Wesley goes to wake him up so they can save Gunn, Angel tackles him out of bed and nearly strangles him before coming too. Bonus points for Angel usually sleeping in the nude.
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** Parodied: Tracy warns Liz that he has BadDreams, but not to wake him or he will attack her.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': When the angels awaken the Saint of Killers, he immediately shoots one in the head before they explain who they are and what they're doing. Because the Saint's bullets can kill anything in creation, even God, the normally immortal angel dies. The Saint is completely unrepentant about his mistake.
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* Sousuke of ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' is quite prone to reflexively pulling his gun on anything that wakes him up unexpectedly. If the waker is human and close enough, he'll perform a lariat on them first. This becomes especially dangerous when he falls AsleepInClass.
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** Most characters react this way in the brief moment between waking up and being awake enough to think properly. In ''Discworld/TheColourOfMagic'' Hrun the Barbarian is apparently so used to people trying to kill him in his sleep that he reacts before he wakes up:
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** ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'' has an apparently dead-drunk Vimes slam an approaching man's hand into a drawer before waking up (he wasn't drunk, but was very much sleeping). Even better, the man was the head of the Assassin's Guild, who take AsskickingEqualsAuthority and KlingonPromotion very seriously.
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** ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'' ''Literature/FeetOfClay'' has an apparently dead-drunk Vimes slam an approaching man's hand into a drawer before waking up (he wasn't drunk, but was very much sleeping). Even better, the man was the head of the Assassin's Guild, who take AsskickingEqualsAuthority and KlingonPromotion very seriously.
