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* In ''[[~Assassin's Creed: Revelations~=]'', Desmond Miles' mind has been so traumatized by the events of ''Brotherhood''[='=]s ending and the Bleeding Effect that he went into shock, after which he was put back into an Animus -- through which he'll have to "explore" his own memories and piece back together his fractured consciousness if he's to awaken.
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Compare JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, TalkingInYourDreams. Adventure may possibly happen [[OutOfClothesExperience naked]]. See also LotusEaterMachine, SchrodingersButterfly. See also AllJustADream.

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Compare JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, TalkingInYourDreams. Adventure may possibly happen [[OutOfClothesExperience naked]]. See also LotusEaterMachine, SchrodingersButterfly. See also AllJustADream.
AllJustADream and (for the [[ShaggyDogStory unwinnable]] version) DyingDream.
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* In ''DrawntoLife'', the [[spoiler:entire Raposa world]] is all just a coma dream. [[OrIsIt Maybe]].

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* In ''DrawntoLife'', the [[spoiler:entire Raposa world]] is all just a coma dream. [[OrIsIt [[OrWasItADream Maybe]].
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* In ''DrawntoLife'', the [[spoiler:entire Raposa world]] is all just a coma dream. [[OrIsIt Maybe]].
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* The main plot of the Canadian live action kid's show ''[[TV/TheOdyssey The Odyssey]]''.

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* The main plot of the Canadian live action kid's show ''[[TV/TheOdyssey ''[[Series/TheOdyssey The Odyssey]]''.
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Compare JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind. Adventure may possibly happen [[OutOfClothesExperience naked]]. See also LotusEaterMachine, SchrodingersButterfly. See also AllJustADream.

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Compare JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind.JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, TalkingInYourDreams. Adventure may possibly happen [[OutOfClothesExperience naked]]. See also LotusEaterMachine, SchrodingersButterfly. See also AllJustADream.
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* Near the end of [[{{Is}} I"s]], [[spoiler: Ichitaka is knocked into a coma. In it, he relives his school days from earlier in the series with Iori, only with the knowledge of the future. He's awoken by Iori through ThePowerOfLove.]]

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* Near the end of [[{{Is}} I"s]], ''{{Is}}'', [[spoiler: Ichitaka is knocked into a coma. In it, he relives his school days from earlier in the series with Iori, only with the knowledge of the future. He's awoken by Iori through ThePowerOfLove.]]



* ''Action Force'', the UK version of G.I.Joe. Lady Jaye is badly wounded by Destro and falls into a coma. She experiences a vision quest in order to regain wakefullness and mobillity.

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* ''Action Force'', ''ActionForce'', the UK version of G.I.Joe.''GIJoe''. Lady Jaye is badly wounded by Destro and falls into a coma. She experiences a vision quest in order to regain wakefullness and mobillity.mobility.



* In HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows, [[spoiler: Harry Potter]] nearly dies and has a chat with [[spoiler: Dumbledore]] while unconscious.

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* In HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows, ''HarryPotter/{{Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}'', [[spoiler: Harry Potter]] nearly dies and has a chat with [[spoiler: Dumbledore]] while unconscious.



* One episode of StarTrek DeepSpaceNine had Bashir trying to fix the titular space station (a representation of his own damaged mind) with the help of several of the senior officers (representations of various bits of his subconscious personality) while a weird psychic alien (a representation of the damage the real alien inflicted on his mind) tried to tear it apart.

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* One episode of StarTrek DeepSpaceNine ''StarTrek: DeepSpaceNine'' had Bashir trying to fix the titular space station (a representation of his own damaged mind) with the help of several of the senior officers (representations of various bits of his subconscious personality) while a weird psychic alien (a representation of the damage the real alien inflicted on his mind) tried to tear it apart.



* On BuffyTheVampireSlayer, Faith spends most of one episode having semi-lucid dreams as she struggles to awake from her coma.

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* On BuffyTheVampireSlayer, ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Faith spends most of one episode having semi-lucid dreams as she struggles to awake from her coma.



* ''{{Sanitarium}}'' not only has the protagonist navigate a surrealistic world, [[spoiler:but has them piece together real events basing on recurring symbolic elements]].

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* ''{{Sanitarium}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Sanitarium}}'' not only has the protagonist navigate a surrealistic world, [[spoiler:but has them piece together real events basing on recurring symbolic elements]].
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* Could have happened in Len Kagamine's ''New Millennium'' series (VocaLoid).
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* Near the end of ''{{Fable}} II'', [[spoiler: your character has one of these after Lucien shoots you in the face (again!). Your character is apparently safe at home with your sister Rose...which is a pretty good clue something isn't right, since Rose is the ''proverbial'' [[DeadLittleSister dead older sister.]]]]

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* Near the end of ''{{Fable}} II'', ''VideoGame/FableII'', [[spoiler: your character has one of these after Lucien shoots you in the face (again!). Your character is apparently safe at home with your sister Rose... which is a pretty good clue something isn't right, since Rose is the ''proverbial'' [[DeadLittleSister dead older sister.]]]]sister]].]]
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* The Scarecrow sequences in ''BatmanArkhamAsylum'' might qualify.

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* The Scarecrow sequences in ''BatmanArkhamAsylum'' might probably qualify.
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*** No, no. It's due to [[spoiler: Voldy carrying around a piece of ''Harry's'' soul]] that he can choose to make it permanent or not.
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* The main plot of the Canadian live action kid's show ''The Odyssey''.

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* The main plot of the Canadian live action kid's show ''The Odyssey''.''[[TV/TheOdyssey The Odyssey]]''.
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* ''LookingForGroup'' has a variation - Richard is banished by magic, and endures a trial of his soul. Unfortunately for him, it's a KangarooCourt of lesser demons where he has no defence and his crimes are betraying his alignment of ChaoticEvil.



* ''{{Futurama}}'': [[spoiler: Leela has a strange experience when where Fry dies from being stung by an alien bee and she hallucinates about him being alive. Turns out it was all a dream induced by the venom, because SHE was stung as well (he was perfectly OK.)]]

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* ''{{Futurama}}'': [[spoiler: In the episode ''The Sting,'' Leela has a strange experience when where Fry dies from being stung by an alien bee and she hallucinates has strange dreams and hallucinations about him being alive. [[spoiler: Turns out it was all a dream induced by the venom, because SHE was stung as well (he was perfectly OK.)]]
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** On another episode, a comatose young boy gets the entire cast into this trope as his dreams begin to infect the real world.
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* On BuffyTheVampireSlayer, Faith spends most of one episode having semi-lucid dreams as she struggles to awake from her coma.
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*In ''TheDrewCareyShow,'' Drew once had to choose his real life over his idyllic-for-him coma life (he would have died if he'd stayed.)
*In ''PowerRangersDinoThunder,'' Tommy had to do unmorphed battle with his ''past Ranger identities.'' After proving his will to live, he woke up, his powers restored and with a new SuperMode.
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* The upcoming Driver San Francisco has the city of San Francisco itself as the Comaland, hand waving the protagonist's ability to teleport between cars.
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* ''Action Force'', the UK version of G.I.Joe. Lady Jaye is badly wounded by Destro and falls into a coma. She experiences a vision quest in order to regain wakefullness and mobillity.
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* ''[[Sanitarium]]'' not only has the protagonist navigate a surrealistic world, [[spoiler:but has them piece together real events basing on recurring symbolic elements]].

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* ''[[Sanitarium]]'' ''{{Sanitarium}}'' not only has the protagonist navigate a surrealistic world, [[spoiler:but has them piece together real events basing on recurring symbolic elements]].
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* The entire ''plot'' of CatherineWebb's ''Mirror Dreams'' depends on this trope. Renna is a dreamer, a coma patient. This allows her to exist in the dream-world for much longer than normal dreamers, and also makes her more "real" in that world. In the end her choice (and the actions of the protagonist) allows her to [[spoiler:die, save the world (both of them) ''and'' preserve her own existence]].
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** The first game especially was [[ScrappyLevel a nightmare for players]] as well.

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** He doesn't [[spoiler: nearly die, he ''does'' die.]] It's just that, due to him [[spoiler: carrying around a bit of Voldemort's soul]] he could choose to make it permanent or not. It's not really an example of this trope.

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** He doesn't [[spoiler: nearly die, he ''does'' die.]] Well, mostly]]. It's just that, due to him [[spoiler: carrying around a bit of Voldemort's soul]] he could choose to make it permanent or not. It's not really an example of this trope.not.
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** He doesn't [[spoiler: nearly die, he ''does'' die.]] It's just that, due to him [[spoiler: carrying around a bit of Voldemort's soul]] he could choose to make it permanent or not. It's not really an example of this trope.
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* In ''Film/{{Awake}}'', while Clatyon's doctors plot his death unaware that he can hear them, Clayton can do nothing but relive his memories that led up to this point, scrutinizing every detail to try to understand what's going on. After the transplant "fails" while he remains hooked to the bypass machine, everything in his dream world grows dimmer and dimmer, until finally fading to pitch black.

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* In HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows, [[spoiler: Harry Potter]] nearly dies and has a chat with [[spoiler: Dumbledore]] while unconscious.
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* Played with in ''LifeOnMars''.

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* Played with in ''LifeOnMars''.''LifeOnMars'' and ''AshesToAshes'', though in different ways. Alex's 1981 is not Sam's 1973.

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