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* ''Series/HannahMontana'': In "I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak", a good portion of the episode is devoted to Miley having an obvious nightmare about an upcoming throat surgery, in which she fears that if she can't sing again, she'll be demoted to CinderellaCircumstances and Jackson will get the love as "Bucky Kentucky".

** ''Series/UltramanDyna'' follows this with "Ephemeral Dream", in which Shin Asuka gets to pilot a HumungousMecha into space to battle an invasion force, before the final two minutes concludes with a daydreaming Asuka being waken up by his colleague, Ryo, who then scolds him for dozing off at his job.

* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'': "Livin' the Dream" is about Doraemon using a dream director's chair to direct one of Sneech's dreams to Noby's liking.

* A ''Series/SesameStreet'' episode involves Oscar the Grouch having nightmares about [[TastesLikeDiabetes happy people and butterflies]].

* ''ComicBook/MisterMiracle2017'', depending on how you interpret it's deliberately vague and surreal plot, could be this for Scott Free following his wife Big Barda's forced leave of absence in ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar''. What makes sense is that it all pertains to the various things Scott seems to have suffered from or is guilty of, up to and including the deaths of significant figures in his life, Granny Goodness, Orion and culminating in losing his newborn son to his evil stepfather Darkseid, and ends with him killing the evil god. It's believed it could be a deliberately induced JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind to confront his repressed trauma and overcome it.

** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12672367/1/ The Nightmare House]]'' is about the nightmares of all the Loud children.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Arthur's Underwear" (which is also a book story) focuses on Arthur having frequent [[NotWearingPantsDream "Not Wearing Pants" Dreams]].

** In "Sleepy Time", Spongebob starts out by having a strange, driving-related dream, when a dream version of Mrs. Puff rips away his dream license. Now out of his own dream, he starts to explore the dreams of his friends and messes each and every one of them up- for example, in Plankton's dream of being a giant monster destroying the town, Spongebob ends up defeating and shrinking him.

** ''[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E13ChilleTid Chille Tid]]'' is about Steven and the Gems trying to rest up after searching for Lapis Lazuli all night, but Steven keeps dreaming about Lapis and eventually figures out [[spoiler:he's entering her mind]].
** ''[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E13KikisPizzaDeliveryService Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service]]'': Kiki has a reoccurring nightmare about drowning in pizza goo which Steven uses his powers to help save her from every night. She only gets better after she confronts her sister in real life.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': In episode “In Dreams” Steven and Peridot try to fix the reboot of their favorite TV series, by using Steven’s ability to project his dreams into the TV. But because of [[RealDreamsAreWeird the nature of dreams itself]] and [[spoiler: Steven’s unresolved trauma]], things are easy to say than being done.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': In episode “In Dreams” Steven and Peridot try to fix the reboot of their favorite TV series, by using Steven’s ability to project his dreams into the TV. But because of [[DreamsAreWeird the nature of dreams itself]] and [[spoiler: Steven’s unresolved trauma]], things are easy to say than being done.

* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': The show's penultimate episode, "The View from Halfway Down", is set inside [=BoJack's=] [[RecurringDreams recurring nightmare]] about attending a dinner party at his mother's house, populated with dead family members and friends.

* ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'': "Livin' the Dream" is about Doraemon using a dream director's chair to direct one of Sneech's dreams to Noby's liking.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Sleepy Time", Spongebob starts out by having a strange, driving-related dream, when a dream version of Mrs. Puff rips away his dream license. Now out of his own dream, he starts to explore the dreams of his friends and messes each and every one of them up- for example, in Plankton's dream of being a giant monster destroying the town, Spongebob ends up defeating and shrinking him.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': "Sweet Dreams" begins with the babies dreaming. Tommy's dream involves him exploring an ancient temple as "Okey-dokey Jones", Kimi dreams that she's an acrobat at the circus, and Phil and Lil share a dream, wherein Phil rides a frog while Lil rides a flying mud pie. Unfortunately, Chuckie doesn't have an exciting dream like the other babies. When Chuckie tells the other babies that his exciting dreams involve him being a superhero who isn't afraid of anything (which is a huge contrast from his cowardly personality), they try to help him find his missing dream.

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* ''Series/TheXFiles'' fanfiction ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10767864 I Dreamt About You Last Night]]'', Mulder has a [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone prophetic dream]] about [[OutOfCharacter Scully showing up to work sick]].

While AllJustADream sets this as a surprise, these episodes play no tricks- the audience knows they're in for a story about a dream, and so the story can be as surreal and strange as can be without breaking the suspension of disbelief or tipping off the audience to any twists. A character may in fact be aware that they're dreaming, while still victim to the oddities of dreamworld. The dream could also be a nightmare, most likely leading to AnAesop about facing one's fears, or even a particularly odd day-dream or hallucination.

* ''ComicBook/MisterMiracle2017'', depending on how you interpret it's deliberately vague and surreal plot, could be this for Scott Free following his wife Big Barda's forced leave of absence in ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar''. What makes sense is that it all pertains to the various things Scott seems to have suffered or is guilty of, up to and including the deaths of significant figures in his life, and culminating in losing his newborn son to his evil stepfather Darkseid, and ends with him killing the evil god. It's believed it could be a deliberately induced JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind to confront his repressed trauma and overcome it.

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* ''Series/{{Awkward}}'' has an episode focusing on Jenna having a restless ''Series/SexInTheCity''-themed dream where her ex-boyfriends confront her about their relationship failures, culminating in realizing [[spoiler:she still loves Matty]].

** ''Web of Franchise/SpiderMan'' #7 is an issue-long dream where Peter Parker relives past traumas while being chased by an enraged Hulk. Turns out it isn't a natural dream; the dream-Hulk is actually after Doctor Strange's foe Nightmare, who has drawn Spider-Man into his realm in a last-ditch effort to protect himself from being smashed.