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* ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms'' begins with Yoko having a dream about [[ManipulativeBastard a strange man]], an important character who continues to taunt her for much of the first arc.
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* ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms'' ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'' begins with Yoko having a dream about [[ManipulativeBastard a strange man]], an important character who continues to taunt her for much of the first arc.
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* ''Literature/SidStillsBluesThreeQuartersInTheBagInAlphabetCity'' begins with Sid being woken up by a phone call from his agent wanting him to watch a YouTube video of a musician named Nathan Vaughn doing a cover of one of his songs.
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* ''Literature/SidStillsBluesThreeQuartersInTheBagInAlphabetCity'' begins with Sid being woken up by a phone call from his agent wanting him to watch a YouTube Website/YouTube video of a musician named Nathan Vaughn doing a cover of one of his songs.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** The anime begins this way, with Ash oversleeping and being late to get a Pokemon from Professor Oak, although missing the first three is how he ended up with Pikachu.
** ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'': Gold's introduction in his arc, being woken up for some errands.
** The anime begins this way, with Ash oversleeping and being late to get a Pokemon from Professor Oak, although missing the first three is how he ended up with Pikachu.
** ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'': Gold's introduction in his arc, being woken up for some errands.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
**''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': The anime begins this way, with Ash oversleeping and being late to get a Pokemon from Professor Oak, although missing the first three is how he ended up with Pikachu.
** * ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'': Gold's introduction in his arc, being woken up for some errands.
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* ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' also begins with a "prophetic dream" really a few moments of the dreamer's next day at school.
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* ''FanFic/KirbyOfTheStarsTheAfterStory'': After the prologue, the story opens with Kirby being woken up by Fumu and Bun.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', you wake up to Amata telling you that your dad is gone, Jonas is dead, and her dad is trying to kill you.
** In fact, in Fallout 3 you wake up for the first time EVER, as you are born.
** In fact, in Fallout 3 you wake up for the first time EVER, as you are born.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', you wake up to Amata telling you that your dad is gone, Jonas is dead, and her dad is trying to kill you.
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** It's treated more conventionally in ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' when Claus wakes Lucas up by yelling at him to come and play.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' begins with the player being brought out of suspended animation.
** VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} starts in the same way.
** VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} starts in the same way.
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**VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} ''VideoGame/Portal2'' starts in the same way.
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** Both the original trilogy and the Reclaimer Saga begin with the Master Chief waking up from [[HumanPopsicle suspended animation]] in order to defend the CoolSpaceship he's aboard, first in ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'' and then in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}''. Heck, the "defending the ship from invaders" part really isn't too different from the Master Chief's everyday life either.
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** Both the original trilogy and the Reclaimer Saga begin with the Master Chief waking up from [[HumanPopsicle suspended animation]] in order to defend the CoolSpaceship he's aboard, first in ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'' and then in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}''.''VideoGame/Halo4''. Heck, the "defending the ship from invaders" part really isn't too different from the Master Chief's everyday life either.
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* Yuuto in ''VisualNovel/EienNoAselia'' starts the game out with his little sister trying to wake him up and failing, and his friend Kyouko trying to wake him up and succeeding.
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* Yuuto in ''VisualNovel/EienNoAselia'' ''VisualNovel/AseliaTheEternalTheSpiritOfEternitySword'' starts the game out with his little sister trying to wake him up and failing, and his friend Kyouko trying to wake him up and succeeding.
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* The {{Interactive Fiction}} game ''Punk Points'' started with the main character's mother waking them up from a caught-in-your-underwear nightmare for their "very first day of high school."
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* ''[[VideoGame/BravelyDefault Bravely Default]]'' starts with Tiz asleep in Caldisla Inn, being woken by the innkeeper. [[spoiler: Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8 also start in the same way.]]
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* ''[[VideoGame/BravelyDefault Bravely Default]]'' ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' starts with Tiz asleep in Caldisla Inn, being woken by the innkeeper. [[spoiler: Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8 also start in the same way.]]
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* Owen wakes up from a weird dream in the first scene of ''Webcomic/{{Project 0}}.''
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* Like every other console RPG trope, it [[http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0026.html makes an appearance]] in ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}!''
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* Like every other console RPG trope, it [[http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0026.html makes an appearance]] in ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}!''''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}''
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* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': Done to Po at the beginning of the movie when his dad wakes him up from a dream and tells him to wait tables.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' starts out with Po awakening from a kickass, awesome dream (complete with the amusing touch of his father's voice coming out of the Furious Five's mouths) to find out he's late for work in the noodle shop. We then get to see his daily life, from his struggle to get out of bed and [[{{Otaku}} the posters and action figures he's collected]], to his clutziness that prevents him from throwing a throwing star (and topples him ignominiously down the stairs) and the mess he makes of the dining area with his large size. And, of course, [[IJustWantToBeSpecial the boring, ordinary life that he longs to escape from]].
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* ''VideoGame/OverBlood'' begins this way from a freezing tube.
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* ''VideoGame/OverBlood'' ''VideoGame/{{Overblood}}'' begins this way from a freezing tube.
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* ''Literature/{{Afterglow}}'' begins with Josie waking up from a nightmare, a few hours before she's supposed to.
* ''Literature/TheDeathOfTheVazirMukhtar'' begins with the main character waking up in his family's house in Moscow, having arrived there from Persia the day before. He then goes on social calls.
* ''Literature/TheDeathOfTheVazirMukhtar'' begins with the main character waking up in his family's house in Moscow, having arrived there from Persia the day before. He then goes on social calls.
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* ''Literature/{{Afterglow}}'' begins with Josie waking up from a nightmare, a few hours before she's supposed to.
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* ''Literature/{{Afterglow}}'' ''Literature/SidStillsBluesThreeQuartersInTheBagInAlphabetCity'' begins with Josie waking Sid being woken up by a phone call from his agent wanting him to watch a nightmare, YouTube video of a few hours before she's supposed to.musician named Nathan Vaughn doing a cover of one of his songs.
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* The title character from ''Franchise/SailorMoon''.
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** Thetitle character whole series begins with Usagi Tsukino waking up from ''Franchise/SailorMoon''.a weird dream.
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* ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms'' begins with Yoko having a dream about [[ManipulativeBastard a strange man]]?an important character who continues to taunt her for much of the first arc.
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* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'' starts out with ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} waking up from a nightmare.
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** ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'' starts out with ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} waking up from anightmare.nightmare.
** ''ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl'' begins with Linda Danvers waking up and noticing the first sign of trouble.
* ''ComicBook/SuperMetroid'' begins with Samus waking up from a nightmare and going about her routine patrol before picking up a distress call coming from a space station.
** ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'' starts out with ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} waking up from a
** ''ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl'' begins with Linda Danvers waking up and noticing the first sign of trouble.
* ''ComicBook/SuperMetroid'' begins with Samus waking up from a nightmare and going about her routine patrol before picking up a distress call coming from a space station.
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** Completely averted in the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI NES]] [[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink originals]], ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Ages/Seasons]]'', and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords the]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures multiplayer]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTriForceHeroes games]]. Those installments have Link wide-awake as someone who JumpedAtTheCall or managed to be the RightManInTheWrongPlace.
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** Completely averted in the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI NES]] [[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink originals]], ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Ages/Seasons]]'', ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'', and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords the]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures multiplayer]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTriForceHeroes games]]. Those installments have Link wide-awake as someone who JumpedAtTheCall or managed to be the RightManInTheWrongPlace.
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* ''Literature/StellarRangerDarkStar Series One'' starts with June in bed as her older brother tries to wake her up before she is late for her first day as a [[MagicalGirlWarrior Stellar Ranger]].
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* ''Fanfic/FuneralForAFlash'' opens with Wally West being awakened from sleep by someone knocking on his door.
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* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' also starts this way, with the hero's mother waking him or her up for an audience with the king... on his/her [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday sixteenth birthday]], no less.
** Ends up being a [[ChosenOne different trope altogether]], as the hero was raised from a young age to ''be'' a hero, and would start his/her epic quest on his/her sixteenth birthday by design.
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** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' also starts this way, with the hero's mother waking him or her up for an audience with the king... on his/her [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday sixteenth birthday]], noless.
**less. Ends up being a [[ChosenOne different trope altogether]], as the hero was raised from a young age to ''be'' a hero, and would start his/her epic quest on his/her sixteenth birthday by design.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' also starts this way, with the hero's mother waking him or her up for an audience with the king... on his/her [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday sixteenth birthday]], no
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** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestSwords'' starts out with your father awakening you with a nasty [[StuffBlowingUp Kaboom]] spell and sending you on your way to the castle.
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** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' are more of a "Good Evening". In the former, one of your party members will greet you when you return to the dorm. In the latter, your cousin [[TheCutie Nanako]] will greet you every night when you get home in a borderline TastesLikeDiabetes fashion. [[spoiler:You'll still miss it when it's gone.]] Both games also play the trope straight, as they both start with the main character having a dream while taking the train to their home of the moment (the MC of ''3'' dreams of meeting Pharos and then wakes up just before the Dark Hour; the MC of ''4'' visits the Velvet Room in his dream and wakes up just in time for his uncle to pick him up).
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** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' ''VideoGame/Persona4'' are more of a "Good Evening". In the former, one of your party members will greet you when you return to the dorm. In the latter, your cousin [[TheCutie Nanako]] will greet you every night when you get home in a borderline TastesLikeDiabetes fashion. [[spoiler:You'll still miss it when it's gone.]] Both games also play the trope straight, as they both start with the main character having a dream while taking the train to their home of the moment (the MC of ''3'' dreams of meeting Pharos and then wakes up just before the Dark Hour; the MC of ''4'' visits the Velvet Room in his dream and wakes up just in time for his uncle to pick him up).
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* ''VideoGame/MizzurnaFalls'' starts with [[PlayerCharacter Matthew]] being woken up by the ringing of his phone.
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* The pilot of ''Series/{{ER}}'' begins with Dr Greene being woken up by a nurse. Several episodes in the first season (and, as a deliberate callback, the GrandFinale 15 years later) used this opening again, but with characters who had already been introduced.
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* ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfThePrincess'' starts with Princess Zelda waking from a nightmare.
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** The "main" story of the sequel begins with Felix waking up after being knocked out by a tidal wave. I guess the writers really had something against the normal laws of sleep.
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** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' are more of a "Good Evening". In the former, one of your party members will greet you when you return to the dorm. In the latter, your cousin [[TheCutie Nanako]] will greet you every night when you get home in a borderline TastesLikeDiabetes fashion. [[spoiler:You'll still miss it when it's gone.]] Both games also play the trope straight, as they both start with the main character having a dream while taking the train to their home of the moment (the MC of ''3'' dreams of meeting Pharos and then wakes up just before the Dark Hour; the MC of ''4'' visits the Velvet Room in his dream and wakes up just in time for his uncle to pick him up).
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** Both games also play the trope straight, as they both start with the main character having a dream while taking the train to their home of the moment (the MC of ''3'' dreams of meeting Pharos and then wakes up just before the Dark Hour; the MC of ''4'' visits the Velvet Room in his dream and wakes up just in time for his uncle to pick him up).
** Both games also play the trope straight, as they both start with the main character having a dream while taking the train to their home of the moment (the MC of ''3'' dreams of meeting Pharos and then wakes up just before the Dark Hour; the MC of ''4'' visits the Velvet Room in his dream and wakes up just in time for his uncle to pick him up).
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** Spoofed this in the ''final'' episode of the series. Shinji is shown a vision of an alternate life for himself, in which his life is more like a typical shounen series--including being woken up by [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Asuka]].
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* The ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime begins this way, with Ash oversleeping and being late to get a Pokemon from Professor Oak, although missing the first three is how he ended up with Pikachu.
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** The''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime begins this way, with Ash oversleeping and being late to get a Pokemon from Professor Oak, although missing the first three is how he ended up with Pikachu.Pikachu.
** ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'': Gold's introduction in his arc, being woken up for some errands.
** The
** ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'': Gold's introduction in his arc, being woken up for some errands.
* ''Manga/TheDisappearanceOfNagatoYukiChan'': The first scene involves Ryōko waking a sleeping Yuki in a painful fashion.
* ''Manga/TwentyOneEmon'': Episode 1 begins with 21 Emon waking up. He's told multiple times to wake up before he finally falls out of his bed and wakes up.
* ''Anime/JewelpetMagicalChange'': After the prologue with the 7 years old Airi, we meet her 14 years old self waking up to her alarm clock.
* ''Manga/TwentyOneEmon'': Episode 1 begins with 21 Emon waking up. He's told multiple times to wake up before he finally falls out of his bed and wakes up.
* ''Anime/JewelpetMagicalChange'': After the prologue with the 7 years old Airi, we meet her 14 years old self waking up to her alarm clock.
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* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'' starts out with ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} waking up from a nightmare.
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* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'' starts out with ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} waking up from a nightmare.
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* ''Webcomic/TheLegendOfZeldaBookOfTheTraitor'': Chapter 2, the chronological start to the heroes' adventure, starts with [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] waking up from a nightmare.
* ''FanFic/KirbyOfTheStarsTheAfterStory'': After the prologue, the story opens with Kirby being woken up by Fumu and Bun.
* ''Literature/{{Worm}}''/''Franchise/TheDCU'' crossover ''Fanfic/EchoesOfYesterday'' starts out with Supergirl coming around and noticing she's lying on a dumpster instead of sleeping in her bed.
* ''Fanfic/SecondBloom'' starts when Sakura gets out of bed.
* ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'': "Kara and the Dreamsmith", the chapter which kicks off the proper FanVerse, begins when [[ComicBook/TheSandman Dream of the Endless]] wakes [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Zor-El]] up.
* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'''s second story arc starts out with Dev-Em being awoken by his girlfriend.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' SelfInsertFic ''Fanfic/AStepOntoChronos'' starts when the main character's alarm clock sounds.
* ''FanFic/KirbyOfTheStarsTheAfterStory'': After the prologue, the story opens with Kirby being woken up by Fumu and Bun.
* ''Literature/{{Worm}}''/''Franchise/TheDCU'' crossover ''Fanfic/EchoesOfYesterday'' starts out with Supergirl coming around and noticing she's lying on a dumpster instead of sleeping in her bed.
* ''Fanfic/SecondBloom'' starts when Sakura gets out of bed.
* ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'': "Kara and the Dreamsmith", the chapter which kicks off the proper FanVerse, begins when [[ComicBook/TheSandman Dream of the Endless]] wakes [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Zor-El]] up.
* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'''s second story arc starts out with Dev-Em being awoken by his girlfriend.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' SelfInsertFic ''Fanfic/AStepOntoChronos'' starts when the main character's alarm clock sounds.
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* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'': "Saigon. Shit! I'm still only in Saigon."
* ''Film/BeingThere'' opens with Chance the gardener being awakened by his television set, and as the opening credits roll we watch him as he gets up, tends to the garden (where there is a TV in the greenhouse), watches [=TV=] back up in his bedroom, and then goes down and waits for breakfast, watching TV while he does so. As Chance is a middle-aged man, this also serves as a good introduction to [[TheFool exactly what kind of person he is]]. And then the plot kicks in when the maid tells him the master of the house is dead.
* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'': "Saigon. Shit! I'm still only in Saigon."
* ''Film/BeingThere'' opens with Chance the gardener being awakened by his television set, and as the opening credits roll we watch him as he gets up, tends to the garden (where there is a TV in the greenhouse), watches [=TV=] back up in his bedroom, and then goes down and waits for breakfast, watching TV while he does so. As Chance is a middle-aged man, this also serves as a good introduction to [[TheFool exactly what kind of person he is]]. And then the plot kicks in when the maid tells him the master of the house is dead.
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* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'': "Saigon. Shit! I'm still only in Saigon."
* ''Film/BeingThere'' opens with Chance the gardener being awakened by his television set, and as the opening credits roll we watch him as he gets up, tends to the garden (where there is a TV in the greenhouse), watches [=TV=] back up in his bedroom, and then goes down and waits for breakfast, watching TV while he does so. As Chance is a middle-aged man, this also serves as a good introduction to [[TheFool exactly what kind of person he is]]. And then the plot kicks in when the maid tells him the master of the house is dead.
* ''Film/{{Skammen}}'': The film starts with Jan and Eva waking up to start a new day.
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* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'': "Saigon. Shit! I'm still only in Saigon."
* ''Film/BeingThere'' opens with Chance the gardener being awakened by his television set, and as the opening credits roll we watch him as he gets up, tends to the garden (where there is a TV in the greenhouse), watches [=TV=] back up in his bedroom, and then goes down and waits for breakfast, watching TV while he does so. As Chance is a middle-aged man, this also serves as a good introduction to [[TheFool exactly what kind of person he is]]. And then the plot kicks in when the maid tells him the master of the house is dead.
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** Seeing as ''VideoGame/AnotherEden'' shares a lot of themes and even a writer from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', this is also a running gag in this game. Aldo is awoken in almost the exact same manner by his sister Feinne, and is awoken by his other comrades as he progresses through the main story.
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* The introduction to 10-year old Literature/HarryPotter, in both the book and film version, involves him being woken up by his Aunt banging on the door of the cupboard he sleeps in, demanding he make breakfast for his cousin. Even before that, when we are first introduced to Harry, he is happily sleeping in Hagrid's arms, ending up woken by Aunt Petunia's shriek when she opened the door to put out the milk bottles.
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* The introduction to 10-year old Literature/HarryPotter, ''Literature/HarryPotter'', in both the book and film version, involves him being woken up by his Aunt banging on the door of the cupboard he sleeps in, demanding he make breakfast for his cousin. Even before that, when we are first introduced to Harry, he is happily sleeping in Hagrid's arms, ending up woken by Aunt Petunia's shriek when she opened the door to put out the milk bottles.
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* ''VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories'' plays with this in Clover and Spade World, with the heroine waking up in her room and the spirit Orion greeting her. He then asks if she remembers him and their conversation in the prologue. Said prologue could also apply, as Orion is calling out to the heroine to wake up after he accidentally crashed into her.
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** The SpinOff game ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' uses this trope, except it's ''Zelda'' whose awoken from slumber (thanks to a CatapultNightmare), while Link is already awake and training with other soldiers in the castle courtyard.
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** The SpinOff game ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' uses this trope, except it's ''Zelda'' whose awoken from slumber (thanks to a CatapultNightmare), while Link is already awake and training with other soldiers in the castle courtyard. The side story Linkle's Tale begins with Linkle waking up to learn that Hyrule is under attack.
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* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' uses this regularly in the main numbered games, almost always accompanied with a dream sequence:
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI'' begins with the hero having a dream where he is told he is the center of the balance between Law and Chaos... and then his mother yells at him to wake up. It's when he goes ''back'' to the dream that things get weird.
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII'' starts with Aleph (under the name Hawk for the prologue) woken up by his trainer Okamoto immediately. The usual dream sequence is instead scattered throughout the prologue as flashbacks due to Aleph being an amnesiac.
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' has the protagonist, on his way to visit a sick teacher, fall asleep before the game starts. The dream consists of said teacher foreshadowing the fact that the apocalypse is about to happen, as well as a few naming screens. He is then woken up by an announcement on his train.
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', Flynn goes through a MindScrew of a dream in which he is briefly introduced to each faction. At the end, his childhood friend Issachar wakes him up so they can make the Gauntlet Rite.
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' starts with visions of the past before Nanashi is woken up by his childhood friend/adoptive sister Asahi for a mission.
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI'' begins with the hero having a dream where he is told he is the center of the balance between Law and Chaos... and then his mother yells at him to wake up. It's when he goes ''back'' to the dream that things get weird.
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII'' starts with Aleph (under the name Hawk for the prologue) woken up by his trainer Okamoto immediately. The usual dream sequence is instead scattered throughout the prologue as flashbacks due to Aleph being an amnesiac.
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' has the protagonist, on his way to visit a sick teacher, fall asleep before the game starts. The dream consists of said teacher foreshadowing the fact that the apocalypse is about to happen, as well as a few naming screens. He is then woken up by an announcement on his train.
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', Flynn goes through a MindScrew of a dream in which he is briefly introduced to each faction. At the end, his childhood friend Issachar wakes him up so they can make the Gauntlet Rite.
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' starts with visions of the past before Nanashi is woken up by his childhood friend/adoptive sister Asahi for a mission.
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* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' uses this regularly in the main numbered games, almost always accompanied with a dream sequence:
sequence. [[spoiler:Coincidentally, everyone who wakes up the hero is killed.]]
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI'' begins with the hero having a dream where he is told he is the center of the balance between Law and Chaos... and then his mother yells at him to wake up. It's when he goes ''back'' to the dream that things getweird.
weird. [[spoiler:His mother is murdered and impersonated by a demon shortly after he leaves]].
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII'' starts with Aleph (under the name Hawk for the prologue) woken up by his trainer Okamoto immediately. The usual dream sequence is instead scattered throughout the prologue as flashbacks due to Aleph being anamnesiac.
amnesiac. [[spoiler:Okamoto is killed when Abaddon destroys his district]].
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' has the protagonist, on his way to visit a sick teacher, fall asleep before the game starts. The dream consists of said teacher foreshadowing the fact that the apocalypse is about to happen, as well as a few naming screens. He is then woken up by an announcement on histrain.
train. [[spoiler:The unseen announcer is killed during the Conception]].
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', Flynn goes through a MindScrew of a dream in which he is briefly introduced to each faction. At the end, his childhood friend Issachar wakes him up so they can make the GauntletRite.
Rite. [[spoiler:Issachar turns into a demon and Flynn has to MercyKill him]].
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' starts with visions of the past before Nanashi is woken up by his childhood friend/adoptive sister Asahi for a mission. [[spoiler:Asahi dies saving Nanashi from a demon]].
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI'' begins with the hero having a dream where he is told he is the center of the balance between Law and Chaos... and then his mother yells at him to wake up. It's when he goes ''back'' to the dream that things get
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII'' starts with Aleph (under the name Hawk for the prologue) woken up by his trainer Okamoto immediately. The usual dream sequence is instead scattered throughout the prologue as flashbacks due to Aleph being an
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' has the protagonist, on his way to visit a sick teacher, fall asleep before the game starts. The dream consists of said teacher foreshadowing the fact that the apocalypse is about to happen, as well as a few naming screens. He is then woken up by an announcement on his
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', Flynn goes through a MindScrew of a dream in which he is briefly introduced to each faction. At the end, his childhood friend Issachar wakes him up so they can make the Gauntlet
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' starts with visions of the past before Nanashi is woken up by his childhood friend/adoptive sister Asahi for a mission. [[spoiler:Asahi dies saving Nanashi from a demon]].
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* The TropeNamer is one of the opening lines in the initial translation of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', where Crono's mom wakes him up to go to the Millennial Fair. Later, Crono has a [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone bizarre dream]] where the exact scenario plays out with the MysteriousWaif instead of momma. And when you finish the game normally, the trope is again replayed, but this time with a soldier waking him up.
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* The TropeNamer is one of the opening lines in the initial translation of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', where Crono's mom wakes him up to go to the Millennial Fair. Later, Crono has a [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone bizarre dream]] where the exact scenario plays out with the MysteriousWaif Marle instead of momma. And when you finish the game normally, the trope is again replayed, but this time with a soldier waking him up.
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** Taken UpToEleven in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]], where Link has been sleeping for ''one hundred years.''
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** Taken UpToEleven in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]], Wild]]'', where Link has been sleeping for ''one hundred years.''
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** Taken UpToEleven in [[VideoGame/BreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]], where Link has been sleeping for ''one hundred years.''
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** Taken UpToEleven in [[VideoGame/BreathOfTheWild [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]], where Link has been sleeping for ''one hundred years.''
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** Taken UpToEleven in [[VideoGame/BreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]], where Link has been sleeping for ''one hundred years.''
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* ''Literature/MotherOfLearning'': Zorian's loop always begins with his little sister jumping on top of him and shouting "Good morning!" repeatedly.