History Main / SleeplessAlarmClock

* Happens in some ''WesternAnimation/{{Classic Disney Short|s}}'' starring WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck:
** "Fall Out Fall In": Donald tries to to set up his tent long into the night. He is then keep awake by the snoring of the other soldiers. When he finally falls asleep from exhaustion, the bugler plays reveille, so Donald has to start marching again.
** "WesternAnimation/WideOpenSpaces": After coming across a fully booked motel where there's only an expensive cot at his disposal, Donald spends a nearly sleepless night struggling to sleep in the outdoors, only to end up back at the motel where the vindictive owner assumes that he slept on the cot and asks for the money, which Donald absently hands over before the owner brings a ringing alarm clock to Donald's head, telling him that the time to use the cot is over and dumps him off of it.

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': On at least one occasion Tim sneaks in from acting as Robin all night and falls into bed just in time for the housekeeper Mrs. Mac to open the door and order him to get up.

* A variant occurs in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure]]'', where after spending the night chasing egg thieves and winding up in the Mysterious Beyond, Littlefoot goes back to the hole he sleeps in only to be woken up by his grandmother.

* ''WebVideo/KillerBean'' is essentially a sapient coffee bean with two eyes and a mouth, plus hands and feet. The bean is trying to get a night's sleep, but a rave nearby precludes that. The bean then goes on a KillEmAll spree, ending with the rave's organizer getting shot dead. The bean returns to the comfort and quiet of his bed ... until his digital clock blips to 6:00 and starts buzzing a moment later.

This trope tends to be PlayedForLaughs. See also SleepDeprivation.

* In the ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' book ''Literature/CallingAllCreeps'', due to a prank gone wrong, main character Ricky gets calls starting at midnight which he constantly has to hang up on. It doesn't take until two in the morning for him to finally have the sense to unplug the phone. After that, it takes until seven for him to fall back to sleep, which is when his alarm clock to ring.

Bob's been out all night---maybe he's been out partying, has had some sort of adventure, or accidentally got waylaid coming home. Regardless, after spending an entire night awake he goes into his room and falls asleep...only to be woken up instantly by the sound of his alarm clock going off.

** "Wide Open Spaces": After coming across a fully booked motel where there's only an expensive cot at his disposal, Donald spends a nearly sleepless night struggling to sleep in the outdoors, only to end up back at the motel where the vindictive owner assumes that he slept on the cot and asks for the money, which Donald absently hands over before the owner brings a ringing alarm clock to Donald's head, telling him that the time to use the cot is over and dumps him off of it.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'' short "Fall Out Fall In", Donald tries to to set up his tent long into the night. He is then keep awake by the snoring of the other soldiers. When he finally falls asleep from exhaustion, the bugler plays reveille, so Donald has to start marching again.

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Bob's been out all night---maybe he's been out partying, has had some sort of adventure, or accidently got waylaid coming home. Regardless, after spending an entire night awake he goes into his room and falls asleep...
Only to be waken up instantly by the sound of his alarm clock going off.

-->'''Annie:''' You're up already?
-->'''Hogarth:''' (putting the covers back) Just making the bed.

* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': Kim, seriously overworking herself on the Mesa Verde account, takes to setting her alarm for five minutes while trying to take a quick nap. JumpCut to the alarm going off with no apparent time elapsing for Kim.

* A variant occurs in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure]]'', where after spending the night chasing egg thieves and winding up in the Mysterious Beyond, Littlefoot goes back to the hole he sleeps in only to be waken up by his grandmother.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E8LisasPony Lisa's Pony]]", Homer gets a secret night job at the Kwik-E-Mart and returns home moments before he has to get up for his day job at the power plant.

* WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog has Tiana working a double shift. The moment she hits her bed, the alarm goes off and she has to get ready for her other job at Duke's.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/KillerBeanForever Killer Bean]]'' is essentially a sapient coffee bean with two eyes and a mouth, plus hands and feet. The bean is trying to get a night's sleep, but a rave nearby precludes that. The bean then goes on a KillEmAll spree, ending with the rave's organizer getting shot dead. The bean returns to the comfort and quiet of his bed ... until his digital clock blips to 6:00 and starts buzzing a moment later.

* ThePrincessAndTheFrog has Tiana working a double shift. The moment she hits her bed, the alarm goes off and she has to get ready for her other job at Duke's.

* ''WebVideo/KillerBean'' is essentially a sapient coffee bean with two eyes and a mouth, plus hands and feet. The bean is trying to get a night's sleep, but a rave nearby precludes that. The bean then goes on a KillEmAll spree, ending with the rave's organizer getting shot dead. The bean returns to the comfort and quiet of his bed ... until his digital clock blips to 6:00 and starts buzzing a moment later.