Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Main / AnOddPlaceToSleep

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
  • 2 expamples, tv & real life



to:

* In ''KyleXY'', Kyle prefers sleeping in a bathtub.




to:

*Actress Sarah Bernhardt often slept in a coffin.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* [[TheGrimReaper Gravelord Nito]] from ''Videogame/DarkSouls'' sleeps his days away in a coffin, overseeing death. [[LordErrorProne Siegmeyer]] can fall asleep ''[[SleepyHead anywhere]]''. This includes volcanic lava filled ruins, and while standing in a deathly poisonous swamp.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Similarly, Sousuke Sagara of ''FullMetalPanic'' makes a habit of sleeping ''under'' his bed, as a manifestation of the paranoia he carries over from his years as a ChildSoldier.

to:

* Similarly, Sousuke Sagara of ''FullMetalPanic'' makes a habit of sleeping ''under'' his bed, as a manifestation of the paranoia he carries over from his years as a ChildSoldier. And, considering the extremely limited space and the decided uncomfortableness of the area in question, sleeping there tends to noticeably deter any of his many admirers from trying to cop a feel on him while he's asleep.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* In the most recent movie adaptation of ''TheCountOfMonteCristo'', Edmond Dantes is shown to sleep on the floor instead of in a bed after being imprisoned for so long.

to:

* In the most recent movie adaptation of ''TheCountOfMonteCristo'', ''Film/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', Edmond Dantes is shown to sleep on the floor instead of in a bed after being imprisoned for so long.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* Similar to the ''TheAddamsFamily'' above, Misery in ''RubyGloom'' sleeps on a bed of spikes. Anybody else who sits on her bed will usually have a pillow to sit on, too.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Roronoa Zoro of ''OnePiece'' tends to sleep on the deck of the Straw Hat's pirate ship whenever possible... even in the middle of devastating storms. He's also been known to take naps in snow drifts while half-naked.

to:

* Roronoa Zoro of ''OnePiece'' ''Manga/OnePiece'' tends to sleep on the deck of the Straw Hat's pirate ship whenever possible... even in the middle of devastating storms. He's also been known to take naps in snow drifts while half-naked.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* Coyote Starrk of ''{{Bleach}}'' sleeps on a green beanbag chair. If an omake is to believe, Lilynette can sleep on top of Starrk.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* {{Claymore}}s only bother to sleep every few days, but Theresa of the Faint Smile was seen as unable to even ''rest'' in the best room of a local inn until she planted her {{BFS}} into the floor and sat to lean against it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Early on in ''Series/TheXFiles'', Mulder sleeps on his couch (when he does sleep), in large part because he's using the bedroom for storage. This does change in later seasons.

to:

* Early on in ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''TheXFiles'', Mulder sleeps on his couch (when he does sleep), in large part because he's using the bedroom for storage. This does change in later seasons.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

A very common version of this is characters who are used to discomfort or hardship - homeless people finding a shelter somewhere in a city, outdoorsmen camping in the wild, front-line soldiers in forward camps or berths not entirely designed for humans - who are offered a bed in the lap of luxury, but find it impossible to sleep in.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Early on in ''The X-Files'', Mulder sleeps on his couch (when he does sleep), in large part because he's using the bedroom for storage. This does change in later seasons.

to:

* Early on in ''The X-Files'', ''Series/TheXFiles'', Mulder sleeps on his couch (when he does sleep), in large part because he's using the bedroom for storage. This does change in later seasons.



* There's a man (I think he was featured on Ripley's ''Believe It or Not'') who had a medical condition that required him to never lie down. Therefore he made a box he could sleep in while sitting. If I recall right, he finally got over the condition, but by that time had found his box so comfortable that he kept using it.

to:

* There's a man (I think he was (possibly featured on Ripley's ''Believe It or Not'') who had a medical condition that required him to never lie down. Therefore he made a box he could sleep in while sitting. If I recall right, he finally got He did get over the condition, but by that time had found his box so comfortable that he kept using it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
I give up on trying to sort out the markup for this show\'s link.


* Early on in ''Series/TheX-Files'', Mulder sleeps on his couch (when he does sleep), in large part because he's using the bedroom for storage. This does change in later seasons.

to:

* Early on in ''Series/TheX-Files'', ''The X-Files'', Mulder sleeps on his couch (when he does sleep), in large part because he's using the bedroom for storage. This does change in later seasons.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Early on in ''Series/TheXFiles'', Mulder sleeps on his couch, in large part because he's using the bedroom for storage. This does change in later seasons.

to:

* Early on in ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''Series/TheX-Files'', Mulder sleeps on his couch, couch (when he does sleep), in large part because he's using the bedroom for storage. This does change in later seasons.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* Early on in ''Series/TheXFiles'', Mulder sleeps on his couch, in large part because he's using the bedroom for storage. This does change in later seasons.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* ''{{Munich}}''. After planting a bomb in a terrorists bed, one of the protagonists can only sleep in a cupboard.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* [[Anime/TheIdolmaster THE iDOLM@STER]] - Miki can sleep most anywhere, this includes the trunk of a van, two or three foldable chairs, and even while Haruka is ''piggybacking'' her in the ''Live For You OVA''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''TheAddamsFamily'': Fester, or perhaps even several of the Addams, like to sleep on a bed of nails.

to:

* ''TheAddamsFamily'': ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'': Fester, or perhaps even several of the Addams, like to sleep on a bed of nails.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Similarly, Sousuke Sagara of FullMetalPanic makes a habit of sleeping ''under'' his bed, as a manifestation of the paranoia he carries over from his years as a ChildSoldier.

to:

* Similarly, Sousuke Sagara of FullMetalPanic ''FullMetalPanic'' makes a habit of sleeping ''under'' his bed, as a manifestation of the paranoia he carries over from his years as a ChildSoldier.




to:

* In ''ComicBook/BarSinister'', Sigil sleeps hanging upsidedown because she is part vampire bat.



* ''Castaway''. Tom Hanks sleeps on the floor for a while instead of an available bed.

to:

* ''Castaway''.''{{Castaway}}''. Tom Hanks sleeps on the floor for a while instead of an available bed.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* There's a man (I think he was featured on Ripley's ''Believe It or Not'') who had a medical condition that required him to never lie down. Therefore he made a box he could sleep in while sitting. If I recall right, he finally got over the condition, but by that time had found his box so comfortable that he kept using it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* Roronoa Zoro of ''OnePiece'' tends to sleep on the deck of the Straw Hat's pirate ship whenever possible... even in the middle of devastating storms. He's also been known to take naps in snow drifts while half-naked.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* In ''StrikeWitches'', Francesca Luccini often sleeps in high, perched, narrow structures like tree branches and beam girders, possibly reflecting her CatGirl nature.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Laharl from ''{{Disgaea}}'' sleeps in a coffin, despite not being a vampire.

to:

* Laharl [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]] from ''{{Disgaea}}'' sleeps in a coffin, despite not being a vampire.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* ''Castaway''. Tom Hanks sleeps on the floor for a while instead of an available bed.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* Similarly, Sousuke Sagara of FullMetalPanic makes a habit of sleeping ''under'' his bed, as a manifestation of the paranoia he carries over from his years as a ChildSoldier.

Added: 418

Changed: 246

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


[[AC:Literature]]
* In the ''{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/WyrdSisters'', one of the late King of Lancre's servants unexpectedly finds himself the new king. A later novel reveals that he sleeps on the floor just inside the door of his bedchamber instead of in his bed, because he's always slept on the floor, usually the floor just outside his master's door -- and now that he's king, the ''kingdom'' is his master.




to:

* The eccentric genius protagonist of ''{{Probe}}'' sleeps in a cupboard. When he was young he couldn't afford a proper sensory deprivation tank; by the time the series starts, he can afford as many as he likes, but he's got used to the cupboard.



Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

[[AC:VideoGames]]

* Laharl from ''{{Disgaea}}'' sleeps in a coffin, despite not being a vampire.

Added: 147

Changed: 31

Removed: 143

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* In {{Appleseed}}, Deunan sleeps on the floor instead of the bed after being taken from the wasteland into Olympus, probably because she's used to a hard surface.


to:

* In {{Appleseed}}, ''{{Appleseed}}'', Deunan sleeps on the floor instead of the bed after being taken from the wasteland into Olympus, probably because she's used to a hard surface.

surface.



* In the 1980's Batman movie, Bruce Wayne is briefly shown sleeping hanging upside down from his rack. This is never mentioned again.
* In the ''{{Daredevil}}'' film, the title hero is shown to sleep in some kind of sensory deprivation tank because of his heightened senses.

to:

* In the 1980's Batman 1980s ''Film/{{Batman}}'' movie, Bruce Wayne is briefly shown sleeping hanging upside down from his rack. This is never mentioned again.
* In the ''{{Daredevil}}'' ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' film, the title hero is shown to sleep in some kind of sensory deprivation tank because of his heightened senses.



* MorkAndMindy: Mork sleeps upside down in the closet because he's an alien and that's how they feel comfortable.
* TheAddamsFamily: Fester, or perhaps even several of the Addams, like to sleep on a bed of nails.

to:

* MorkAndMindy: ''MorkAndMindy'': Mork sleeps upside down in the closet because he's an alien and that's how they feel comfortable.
* TheAddamsFamily: ''TheAddamsFamily'': Fester, or perhaps even several of the Addams, like to sleep on a bed of nails.



[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''{{Futurama}}'': Bender, and by extension, all robots, prefer to sleep standing up in a room small enough to be a closet.



[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* {{Futurama}}: Bender, and by extension, all robots, prefer to sleep standing up in a room small enough to be a closet.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


----



* {{Futurama}}: Bender, and by extension, all robots, prefer to sleep standing up in a room small enough to be a closet.

to:

* {{Futurama}}: Bender, and by extension, all robots, prefer to sleep standing up in a room small enough to be a closet.closet.

----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* In the ''{{Daredevil}}]] film, the title hero is shown to sleep in some kind of sensory deprivation tank because of his heightened senses.

to:

* In the ''{{Daredevil}}]] ''{{Daredevil}}'' film, the title hero is shown to sleep in some kind of sensory deprivation tank because of his heightened senses.


Added DiffLines:


----

Top