Basic Trope: A character has a sexual dream.
- Straight: Alice dreams about having sex with Bob.
- Exaggerated:
- Alice dreams about doing all manner of kinky things with Bob.
- Alice dreams that she sleeps with everyone in the cast.
- Downplayed: Alice dreams about making out with Bob.
- Justified: Alice is attracted to Bob.
- Inverted:
- Subverted: Alice's dream begins with her undressing in front of Bob... and then him giving her a physical.
- Double Subverted: ...but then they have sex later.
- Parodied: Alice dreams that Bob is throwing himself at her naked but she tells him to just put some clothes on if he's cold.
- Zigzagged:
- Averted: Alice has SFW dreams.
- Enforced:
- Lamsphaded: "My dreams are getting steamier and steamier!"
- Invoked: Alice masturbates before bed.
- Exploited:
- Defied:
- Discussed: "What if I start having hot dreams about Bob?"
- Conversed: "Honestly, Grandma! This movie is PG-rated! This dream sequence is the sexiest part, I swear!"
- Implied: Alice says lustful things in her sleep.
- Deconstructed:
- Reconstructed:
- Played for Laughs: Alice is in a dormitory with Clara and Diane, who complain about her sleep-talking during her erotic dreams.
- Played for Drama: Alice has these dreams as part of her angsting over her unrequited love for Bob.
- Played for Horror: Bob is an incubus who is giving Alice these dreams as part of his feeding on her.
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