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* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
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** One episode involves Oscar having nightmares about [[TheKilljoy happy people]] and butterflies. He finds them scary in the night, but usually, happy people and butterflies are just pet peeves of his.
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** One episode involves Oscar having nightmares about [[TheKilljoy happy people]] and butterflies. He finds them scary in the night, but usually, happy people and butterflies are just pet peeves of his.
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** One episode involves Oscar having nightmares about [[TheKilljoy happy people]] and butterflies. He finds them scary in the night, but usually, happy people and butterflies are just pet peeves of his.
** One skit involves Cookie Monster having a nightmare about cookies flying around and him being unable to reach them.
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** Lynn's nightmare starts as a good dream about boxing with Lincoln, then turns into an irritation nightmare when she has trouble boxing, [[SerialEscalation then turns into a more serious nightmare]] when she [[AccidentalMurder accidentally]] [[OffWithHisHead decapitates him]].
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* In ''Jam'' by Creator/MargaretMahy, Mr. Castle makes plum jam, but his wife and kids grow bored of it and start to have nightmares about [[AnimateInanimateObject sentient jam pots]].
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** Lynn's nightmare starts as a good dream about boxing with Lincoln, then turns into an irritation nightmare when she has trouble boxing, [[SerialEscalation then turns into a more serious nightmare]] when she [[AccidentalMurder accidentally decapitates him]].
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** Lucy's nightmare is another subversion: it begins with her being simply annoyed by loud music, but then the dancers appear possessed, and start yelling at her and puking on her.
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Milo}}'', Milo has a nightmare where he lives the lifestyle of a baby bird he found, and finds it annoying because he has to eat worms. This is also an OpinionChangingDream, because he previously wanted the bird to live a lifestyle like his own, and it made him realise that one species can't live like another.
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Milo}}'', Milo has a nightmare where he lives the lifestyle of a baby bird he found, found and finds it annoying because he has to eat worms. This is also an OpinionChangingDream, OpinionChangingDream because he previously wanted the bird to live a lifestyle like his own, and it made him realise that one species can't live like another.
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Most, if not all, people have nightmares. We might have them because [[AnxietyDreams we're worried about something in the future]], or [[PastExperienceNightmare haunted by something in the past]], or we're [[DreamingOfThingsToCome psychic]] or [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone not psychic but having a psychic nightmare anyway]], or maybe we [[AcidRefluxNightmare have acid reflux or food poisoning]]. But maybe we're just annoyed, and that's the Irritation Nightmare.
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Most, if not all, people have nightmares. We might have them because [[AnxietyDreams we're worried about something in the future]], or [[PastExperienceNightmare haunted by something in the past]], or we're [[DreamingOfThingsToCome psychic]] or [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone not psychic but having a psychic nightmare anyway]], or maybe we [[AcidRefluxNightmare have acid reflux or food poisoning]].poisoning]] or we [[GuiltInducedNightmare feel guilty]]. But maybe we're just annoyed, and that's the Irritation Nightmare.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': After she fixes his stuffed bear Rupert for him, Stewie finds himself getting attached to Lois and getting clingy with her. It all reaches a point where he overwhelms and irritates Lois. She has a nightmare where she takes Stewie to the laundry room and puts him in the washing machine. She bashes his head in with the lid and shuts him in there. Lois wakes up and has a WhatHaveIBecome moment.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': After In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E1StewieLovesLois Stewie Loves Lois]]", after she fixes his stuffed bear Rupert for him, Stewie finds himself getting attached to Lois and getting clingy with her. It all reaches a point where he overwhelms and irritates Lois. She has a nightmare where she takes Stewie to the laundry room and puts him in the washing machine. She bashes his head in with the lid and shuts him in there. Lois wakes up and has a WhatHaveIBecome moment.
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* One ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' comic shows the main cast as seniors, but then it [[AllJustADream turns out to all be]] a SharedDream that everyone was having. Obelix considers the dream to be a nightmare because he only has chickpeas to eat (he's a BigEater who wants variety in his food, and especially favours boars).
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* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': In "Film/JurassicPark III," Critic gets recurring nightmares of memes that he never wanted to do again but keep popping up anyway, which he dubs "night-memes."
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* The ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Dying for Pie" opens up Squidward dreaming that he's playing piano on a tropical island until he hits a sour note and looks up to see [=SpongeBob=] ringing a bell and shouting, "Order up, Squidward!"
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->''I dreamt I had nothing to eat but chickpeas. Talk about a nightmare.''
-->-- '''Obelix''', ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''
Most, if not all, people have nightmares. We might have them because [[AnxietyDreams we're worried about something in the future]], or [[PastExperienceNightmare haunted by something in the past]], or we're [[DreamingOfThingsToCome psychic]] or [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone not psychic but having a psychic nightmare anyway]], or maybe we [[AcidRefluxNightmare have acid reflux or food poisoning]]. But maybe we're just annoyed, and that's the Irritation Nightmare.
Maybe the character has had a bad day or something in particular happened that annoyed them, but maybe it's just a nightmare about a pet peeve they have (which could be a BerserkButton).
More likely to be PlayedForLaughs than other nightmare variants, and any [[TalkingInYourSleep sleep-talking]] during this nightmare will usually be annoyed grumbling, but they may scream or [[BigNo shout, "NO!"]] for the FauxHorrific trope. It's also a funny way to reveal what annoys the character without exposition.
Sub-trope of NightmareSequence. Can overlap with ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou if someone dreams about a person they find annoying, DoesNotLikeSpam if they dream about a disliked food, or EarWorm if someone dreams about a song they find annoying. Sometimes overlaps with CrashingDreams if some annoyance from real life is going into the character's dream. Is the least likely kind of nightmare to have the CatapultNightmare awakening, but it's not unheard of. Contrast IWasHavingSuchANiceDream for when being put ''out'' of a dream is what bugs the character. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not a nightmare about itchiness, although that could qualify]].
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* ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'': In the Dream Ranker arc, Junko Hokaze gives an Indian Poker card to Mikoto Misaka, allowing her to experience the former's dream [[spoiler:in an attempt to bond Misaka and Misaki Shokuhou]]. Mikoto enjoys the dream at first due to being able to play with Gekota... then it turns into a nightmare when she finds herself becoming Queen Misaki's maid and forced to wait on her hand and foot. Mikoto grows increasingly angry with every task she's forced to do[[note]]Massaging Misaki's shoulders (all the while [[ACupAngst getting annoyed by Misaki mentioning how busty she is]]), shining her shoes, rubbing oil on her back, and pouring tea for her (which ends in the handle of the teapot breaking off)[[/note]], [[RageBreakingPoint but she finally reaches her breaking point when Misaki tells her to be her maid for life]], causing her to wake up angry and horrified.
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* One ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' comic shows the main cast as seniors, but then it [[AllJustADream turns out to all be]] a SharedDream that everyone was having. Obelix considers the dream to be a nightmare because he only has chickpeas to eat (he's a BigEater who wants variety in his food, and especially favours boars).
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* While ''Fanfic/TheNightmareHouse'' (a fanfic of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'') never plays this straight, it does play with it on occasion:
** Leni's nightmare starts with her wearing leg warmers which she hates, [[SubvertedTrope but then]] it becomes a legitimately terrifying nightmare involving her being immobilised and fed to spiders.
** Luan's nightmare starts out with her just having a ToughRoom at a comedy club, but then it takes a left turn into horror when she discovers that the audience is all statues.
** Lynn's nightmare starts as a good dream about boxing with Lincoln, then turns into an irritation nightmare when she has trouble boxing, [[SerialEscalation then turns into a more serious nightmare]] when she [[AccidentalMurder accidentally decapitates him]].
** Lucy's nightmare is another subversion: it begins with her being simply annoyed by loud music, but then the dancers appear possessed, and start yelling at her and puking on her.
** And finally Lana's nightmare is a downplay. It's mainly a fear-induced nightmare stemming from the fact that she's AfraidOfDoctors, but the doctor doesn't just torture her like a normal MadDoctor. Instead, he forces her to wear clothes she hates.
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* Shrek's nightmare he has in ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'' combines this with AnxietyDreams-- it comes from being nervous at the prospect of Fiona being pregnant, but it involves things like babies spitting up a torrent of vomit on him and other gross/annoying things.
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* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': In "The Ugly Truth", Greg is having trouble learning to wake himself up because the sound of his alarm clock keeps coming into his dreams instead of waking him up. He's illustrated dreaming about a rabbit [[SillyAnimalSound making the alarm's noise]] and Greg shouting, "Cut it out!".
* In ''Jam'' by Creator/MargaretMahy, Mr. Castle makes plum jam, but his wife and kids grow bored of it and start to have nightmares about [[AnimateInanimateObject sentient jam pots]].
* In the ''Literature/{{Mog}}'' book "Mog on Fox Night", [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Mr. Thomas]] threatens to stop feeding Mog the cat [[TrademarkFavouriteFood eggs]] if she doesn't eat her other food. Then, she goes to sleep mad at him and has a "cross dream" about Mr. Thomas binning all the eggs in the world.
* In the children's book ''Who Loves Mr. Tubbs?'', Mr. Tubbs the [[LivingToy sentient teddy bear]] is annoyed by his owner's doll Suki's singing, and he has a nightmare about an annoying bird singing Suki's song.
* In the ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' story "[[BigStormEpisode Piglet is Entirely Surrounded by Water]]", Pooh's house is flooded with cold rainwater, and the cold goes into his dreams, but the dream renders it as Woozles stealing his fur while he's in [[ArtisticLicenseGeography the cold East Pole]].
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* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
** One episode involves [[GrumpyBear Oscar]] having nightmares about [[TheKilljoy happy people]] and butterflies. He finds them scary in the night, but usually, happy people and butterflies are just pet peeves of his.
** One skit involves Cookie Monster having a nightmare about cookies flying around and him being unable to reach them.
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* ''Podcast/WoodenOvercoats'': One episode opens with Rudyard having a nightmare about being BuriedAlive. He actually takes it rather well, figuring that there are worse ways to die... until he realizes his SitcomArchnemesis, Eric, is locked in there with him, and [[ParodySue is as cheerful as ever]]. ''Then'' he wakes up screaming.
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* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': In "[[Film/JurrasicPark Jurassic Park]] III," Critic gets recurring nightmares of memes that he never wanted to do again but keep popping up anyway, which he dubs "night-memes."
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'':
** The nightmare Binky has in the episode "Binky Goes Nuts" is a combination of an anxiety dream and an irritation nightmare. He's made to sit at a different lunch table from his friends specifically with [[PlotAllergy kids with allergies]] (because he's allergic to peanuts), but he's also made to eat [[StockYuck Brussels sprouts]].
** In "Arthur's First Sleepover", Arthur screams due to having a nightmare where [[SiblingRivalry D.W. joins in with the sleepover]].
** In "Arthur Babysits", Rubella once babysat for [[BrattyHalfPint the Tibble twins]] and it gave her nightmares.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': After she fixes his stuffed bear Rupert for him, Stewie finds himself getting attached to Lois and getting clingy with her. It all reaches a point where he overwhelms and irritates Lois. She has a nightmare where she takes Stewie to the laundry room and puts him in the washing machine. She bashes his head in with the lid and shuts him in there. Lois wakes up and has a WhatHaveIBecome moment.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode "Mac Daddy", Bloo has a nightmare involving a crossdressing {{C|loudcuckoolander}}heese ruining a fantasy moment saying, "I'm a lady!", then kissing Bloo and saying, "Now we're brother ladies!"
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', [[TheFashionista Leni]] often has nightmares about out-of-fashion clothes, which she seems to find legitimately scary.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Milo}}'', Milo has a nightmare where he lives the lifestyle of a baby bird he found, and finds it annoying because he has to eat worms. This is also an OpinionChangingDream, because he previously wanted the bird to live a lifestyle like his own, and it made him realise that one species can't live like another.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Do Princesses Dream Of Magic Sheep?", Rainbow Dash has a nightmare that involves sappy singing flowers, which annoy her greatly.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': In "Real or Robots?", Stu is {{Sleepwalking}} and dreaming that he's hosting a cooking show but that Drew is trying to [[PlagiarismInFiction steal his recipe]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "Homer Loves Flanders", Ned Flanders is so cross with Homer that he has a nightmare about shooting a bunch of [[MesACrowd Homer clones]].
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E7TreehouseOfHorrorII Treehouse of Horror II]]", Bart dreams that he can read minds and turn people into anything if they don't think happy thoughts. After Bart turns Homer into a jack-in-the-box, Marge takes him to Dr. Marvin Monroe, who suggests that Homer spend time with him. Homer and Bart form a strong bond, and after Bart turns Homer back to normal, they say they love each other. Cue [[AffectionHatingKid Bart]] waking up screaming.
* In ''WesternAnimation/WinstonsPottyChair'', Winston dreams about being at the beach and water going into his diaper. He then wakes up to find that he has [[EmbarrassingDampSheets wet his diaper]].
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* The "having to pee" dream is a common dream, in which the dreamer has the annoying problem of needing to pee but being able to find an available bathroom. This usually occurs when the dreamer has to pee in real life.
* A common dream is being unable to do things that you can do in real life. Sometimes, this is legitimately scary (for instance, a monster is chasing you but you can't run), but other times it's just annoying (for instance, you can't read).
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-->-- '''Obelix''', ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''
Most, if not all, people have nightmares. We might have them because [[AnxietyDreams we're worried about something in the future]], or [[PastExperienceNightmare haunted by something in the past]], or we're [[DreamingOfThingsToCome psychic]] or [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone not psychic but having a psychic nightmare anyway]], or maybe we [[AcidRefluxNightmare have acid reflux or food poisoning]]. But maybe we're just annoyed, and that's the Irritation Nightmare.
Maybe the character has had a bad day or something in particular happened that annoyed them, but maybe it's just a nightmare about a pet peeve they have (which could be a BerserkButton).
More likely to be PlayedForLaughs than other nightmare variants, and any [[TalkingInYourSleep sleep-talking]] during this nightmare will usually be annoyed grumbling, but they may scream or [[BigNo shout, "NO!"]] for the FauxHorrific trope. It's also a funny way to reveal what annoys the character without exposition.
Sub-trope of NightmareSequence. Can overlap with ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou if someone dreams about a person they find annoying, DoesNotLikeSpam if they dream about a disliked food, or EarWorm if someone dreams about a song they find annoying. Sometimes overlaps with CrashingDreams if some annoyance from real life is going into the character's dream. Is the least likely kind of nightmare to have the CatapultNightmare awakening, but it's not unheard of. Contrast IWasHavingSuchANiceDream for when being put ''out'' of a dream is what bugs the character. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not a nightmare about itchiness, although that could qualify]].
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* ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'': In the Dream Ranker arc, Junko Hokaze gives an Indian Poker card to Mikoto Misaka, allowing her to experience the former's dream [[spoiler:in an attempt to bond Misaka and Misaki Shokuhou]]. Mikoto enjoys the dream at first due to being able to play with Gekota... then it turns into a nightmare when she finds herself becoming Queen Misaki's maid and forced to wait on her hand and foot. Mikoto grows increasingly angry with every task she's forced to do[[note]]Massaging Misaki's shoulders (all the while [[ACupAngst getting annoyed by Misaki mentioning how busty she is]]), shining her shoes, rubbing oil on her back, and pouring tea for her (which ends in the handle of the teapot breaking off)[[/note]], [[RageBreakingPoint but she finally reaches her breaking point when Misaki tells her to be her maid for life]], causing her to wake up angry and horrified.
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* One ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' comic shows the main cast as seniors, but then it [[AllJustADream turns out to all be]] a SharedDream that everyone was having. Obelix considers the dream to be a nightmare because he only has chickpeas to eat (he's a BigEater who wants variety in his food, and especially favours boars).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Fan Works]]
* While ''Fanfic/TheNightmareHouse'' (a fanfic of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'') never plays this straight, it does play with it on occasion:
** Leni's nightmare starts with her wearing leg warmers which she hates, [[SubvertedTrope but then]] it becomes a legitimately terrifying nightmare involving her being immobilised and fed to spiders.
** Luan's nightmare starts out with her just having a ToughRoom at a comedy club, but then it takes a left turn into horror when she discovers that the audience is all statues.
** Lynn's nightmare starts as a good dream about boxing with Lincoln, then turns into an irritation nightmare when she has trouble boxing, [[SerialEscalation then turns into a more serious nightmare]] when she [[AccidentalMurder accidentally decapitates him]].
** Lucy's nightmare is another subversion: it begins with her being simply annoyed by loud music, but then the dancers appear possessed, and start yelling at her and puking on her.
** And finally Lana's nightmare is a downplay. It's mainly a fear-induced nightmare stemming from the fact that she's AfraidOfDoctors, but the doctor doesn't just torture her like a normal MadDoctor. Instead, he forces her to wear clothes she hates.
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[[folder:Films- Animation]]
* Shrek's nightmare he has in ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'' combines this with AnxietyDreams-- it comes from being nervous at the prospect of Fiona being pregnant, but it involves things like babies spitting up a torrent of vomit on him and other gross/annoying things.
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* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': In "The Ugly Truth", Greg is having trouble learning to wake himself up because the sound of his alarm clock keeps coming into his dreams instead of waking him up. He's illustrated dreaming about a rabbit [[SillyAnimalSound making the alarm's noise]] and Greg shouting, "Cut it out!".
* In ''Jam'' by Creator/MargaretMahy, Mr. Castle makes plum jam, but his wife and kids grow bored of it and start to have nightmares about [[AnimateInanimateObject sentient jam pots]].
* In the ''Literature/{{Mog}}'' book "Mog on Fox Night", [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Mr. Thomas]] threatens to stop feeding Mog the cat [[TrademarkFavouriteFood eggs]] if she doesn't eat her other food. Then, she goes to sleep mad at him and has a "cross dream" about Mr. Thomas binning all the eggs in the world.
* In the children's book ''Who Loves Mr. Tubbs?'', Mr. Tubbs the [[LivingToy sentient teddy bear]] is annoyed by his owner's doll Suki's singing, and he has a nightmare about an annoying bird singing Suki's song.
* In the ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' story "[[BigStormEpisode Piglet is Entirely Surrounded by Water]]", Pooh's house is flooded with cold rainwater, and the cold goes into his dreams, but the dream renders it as Woozles stealing his fur while he's in [[ArtisticLicenseGeography the cold East Pole]].
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
** One episode involves [[GrumpyBear Oscar]] having nightmares about [[TheKilljoy happy people]] and butterflies. He finds them scary in the night, but usually, happy people and butterflies are just pet peeves of his.
** One skit involves Cookie Monster having a nightmare about cookies flying around and him being unable to reach them.
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[[folder:Podcasts]]
* ''Podcast/WoodenOvercoats'': One episode opens with Rudyard having a nightmare about being BuriedAlive. He actually takes it rather well, figuring that there are worse ways to die... until he realizes his SitcomArchnemesis, Eric, is locked in there with him, and [[ParodySue is as cheerful as ever]]. ''Then'' he wakes up screaming.
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* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': In "[[Film/JurrasicPark Jurassic Park]] III," Critic gets recurring nightmares of memes that he never wanted to do again but keep popping up anyway, which he dubs "night-memes."
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'':
** The nightmare Binky has in the episode "Binky Goes Nuts" is a combination of an anxiety dream and an irritation nightmare. He's made to sit at a different lunch table from his friends specifically with [[PlotAllergy kids with allergies]] (because he's allergic to peanuts), but he's also made to eat [[StockYuck Brussels sprouts]].
** In "Arthur's First Sleepover", Arthur screams due to having a nightmare where [[SiblingRivalry D.W. joins in with the sleepover]].
** In "Arthur Babysits", Rubella once babysat for [[BrattyHalfPint the Tibble twins]] and it gave her nightmares.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': After she fixes his stuffed bear Rupert for him, Stewie finds himself getting attached to Lois and getting clingy with her. It all reaches a point where he overwhelms and irritates Lois. She has a nightmare where she takes Stewie to the laundry room and puts him in the washing machine. She bashes his head in with the lid and shuts him in there. Lois wakes up and has a WhatHaveIBecome moment.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode "Mac Daddy", Bloo has a nightmare involving a crossdressing {{C|loudcuckoolander}}heese ruining a fantasy moment saying, "I'm a lady!", then kissing Bloo and saying, "Now we're brother ladies!"
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', [[TheFashionista Leni]] often has nightmares about out-of-fashion clothes, which she seems to find legitimately scary.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Milo}}'', Milo has a nightmare where he lives the lifestyle of a baby bird he found, and finds it annoying because he has to eat worms. This is also an OpinionChangingDream, because he previously wanted the bird to live a lifestyle like his own, and it made him realise that one species can't live like another.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Do Princesses Dream Of Magic Sheep?", Rainbow Dash has a nightmare that involves sappy singing flowers, which annoy her greatly.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': In "Real or Robots?", Stu is {{Sleepwalking}} and dreaming that he's hosting a cooking show but that Drew is trying to [[PlagiarismInFiction steal his recipe]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "Homer Loves Flanders", Ned Flanders is so cross with Homer that he has a nightmare about shooting a bunch of [[MesACrowd Homer clones]].
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E7TreehouseOfHorrorII Treehouse of Horror II]]", Bart dreams that he can read minds and turn people into anything if they don't think happy thoughts. After Bart turns Homer into a jack-in-the-box, Marge takes him to Dr. Marvin Monroe, who suggests that Homer spend time with him. Homer and Bart form a strong bond, and after Bart turns Homer back to normal, they say they love each other. Cue [[AffectionHatingKid Bart]] waking up screaming.
* In ''WesternAnimation/WinstonsPottyChair'', Winston dreams about being at the beach and water going into his diaper. He then wakes up to find that he has [[EmbarrassingDampSheets wet his diaper]].
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* The "having to pee" dream is a common dream, in which the dreamer has the annoying problem of needing to pee but being able to find an available bathroom. This usually occurs when the dreamer has to pee in real life.
* A common dream is being unable to do things that you can do in real life. Sometimes, this is legitimately scary (for instance, a monster is chasing you but you can't run), but other times it's just annoying (for instance, you can't read).
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