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* '''Double Subverted:''':

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* '''Double Subverted:''':Subverted''':
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob eats a little too much before bedtime has a mildly weird dream.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob eats a little too much before bedtime and has a mildly weird dream.

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* '''Justified''': [[GRatedDrug The spice on Bob's food has hallucinogenic properties]], which start affecting Bob once he falls asleep.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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[[GRatedDrug The spice on Bob's food has hallucinogenic properties]], which start affecting Bob once he falls asleep.asleep.
** Pain can sometimes cause nightmares, and the food had given Bob indigestion.



* '''Subverted''': Bob eats too much before bed, and dreams about monsters, but the monsters quickly turn into hot girls.
* '''Double Subverted:''': The hot girls then start trying to torture and kill Bob.

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** Bob has a nightmare because he's hungry.
** For some reason, going to the bathroom before bed gives Bob nightmares.
* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Bob eats too much before bed, and dreams about monsters, but the monsters quickly turn into [[EroticDream hot girls.
girls]].
** Bob has a nightmare about being attacked by monsters. He thinks he ate too much, but really, it's because [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone monsters are coming to the city and he had a prophetic dream]].
* '''Double Subverted:''': Subverted:''':
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The hot girls then start trying to torture and kill Bob.Bob.
** Then it turns out that in the show's universe, people have premonitions when they're in pain, and Bob really did have indigestion.



* '''Zigzagged''': Bob eats too much before bed. His dreams alternate between being good or bad.
* '''Averted''': Bob does not have any nightmares.
* '''Enforced''': The director wanted to warn viewers that is not healthy to eat too much before bed.

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* '''Zigzagged''': Bob eats too much before bed. His dreams alternate between being good or and bad.
* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Bob does not have any nightmares.
** Bob does have nightmares, but they aren't caused by eating too much.
* '''Enforced''': The director wanted to [[AnAesop warn viewers viewers]] that is not healthy to eat too much before bed.



* '''Played For Drama''': Bob has just been through a personal tragedy, but can't eat his choice of comfort food at night or he'll suffer horrific nightmares.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob has just been through a personal tragedy, but can't eat his choice of comfort food ComfortFood at night or he'll suffer horrific nightmares.

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* '''Invoked''': Bob wants a weird dream so he eats as crazily as possible trying to get a crazy dream.
* '''Exploited''': Alice wants to ruin Bob's sleep, so she adds extra spice into his supper knowing it will give him bad dreams.

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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Bob wants a weird dream so he eats as crazily as possible trying to get a crazy dream.
* '''Exploited''': ** Alice wants to ruin Bob's sleep, so she adds extra spice into his supper knowing it will give him bad dreams.dreams.
* '''Exploited''': Bob uses this as an excuse to reject Alice's [[LethalChef terrible cooking]], saying that it's too close to bed time and that he doesn't want nightmares.

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Didn't I tell you that eating that junk before bed would give you bad dreams?"



* '''Implied''':
** Bob eats something weird and later complains about having trouble sleeping at night.
** When Bob wakes up from his nightmare, he is holding an empty food container or wrapper.



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* '''Inverted''': Eating before bed gives Bob good dreams.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Eating before bed gives Bob good dreams.dreams.
** Having a nightmare causes Bob to wake up [[PottyEmergency needing to use the bathroom]].
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* '''Double Subverted:''': ...But it turns out he's afraid of hot girls!

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* '''Double Subverted:''': ...But it turns out he's afraid of Subverted:''': The hot girls!girls then start trying to torture and kill Bob.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob has just been through a personal tragedy, but can't eat his choice of comfort food at night or he'll suffer horrific nightmares.



%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''':
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* '''Enforced''': It's not healthy to eat too much before bed. The director simply wanted to warn the kids about this.

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* '''Enforced''': It's The director wanted to warn viewers that is not healthy to eat too much before bed. The director simply wanted to warn the kids about this.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob calls any food he eats before bed "NightmareFuel".

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* '''Parodied''': Before Bob calls any food goes to bed, he eats before bed "NightmareFuel".opens a box with the label "NightmareFuel" attached to it. The box is filled with spicy food.
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Bob calls any food he eats before bed "NightmareFuel".

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* '''Enforced''': The episode's director tells the writers to insert a trippy nightmare sequence in order to test the skills of the new animators that were hired recently. The episode in question is also supposed to star a BigEater character.

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* '''Enforced''': It's not healthy to eat too much before bed. The episode's director tells simply wanted to warn the writers to insert a trippy nightmare sequence in order to test the skills of the new animators that were hired recently. The episode in question is also supposed to star a BigEater character.kids about this.
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* '''Enforced''': The episode's director tells the writers to insert a trippy nightmare sequence in order to test the skills of the new animators that were hired recently.

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* '''Enforced''': The episode's director tells the writers to insert a trippy nightmare sequence in order to test the skills of the new animators that were hired recently. The episode in question is also supposed to star a BigEater character.

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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The episode's director tells the writers to insert a trippy nightmare sequence in order to test the skills of the new animators that were hired recently.
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* '''Defied''': Bob doesn't eat anything before bed in order to avoid any nightmares.

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* '''Defied''': Bob doesn't eat anything before bed in order to avoid any potential nightmares.
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Bob doesn't eat anything before bed in order to avoid any nightmares.
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* '''Downplayed:''': Bob eats a little too much before bedtime has a mildly weird dream.
* '''Justified:''': [[GRatedDrug The spice on Bob's food has hallucinogenic properties]], which start affecting Bob once he falls asleep.

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* '''Downplayed:''': '''Downplayed''': Bob eats a little too much before bedtime has a mildly weird dream.
* '''Justified:''': '''Justified''': [[GRatedDrug The spice on Bob's food has hallucinogenic properties]], which start affecting Bob once he falls asleep.



* '''Subverted:''': Bob eats too much before bed, and dreams about monsters, but the monsters quickly turn into hot girls.

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* '''Subverted:''': '''Subverted''': Bob eats too much before bed, and dreams about monsters, but the monsters quickly turn into hot girls.



* '''Averted:''': Bob does not have any nightmares.

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* '''Averted:''': '''Averted''': Bob does not have any nightmares.



* '''Discussed:''': "Bob always has a bad dream after eating too many jalapenos."
* '''Conversed:''': "I remember having a dream like that after eating too much Havarti before bed."

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* '''Discussed:''': '''Discussed''': "Bob always has a bad dream after eating too many jalapenos."
* '''Conversed:''': '''Conversed''': "I remember having a dream like that after eating too much Havarti before bed."
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob eats a single M&M before bed and has a horrible nightmare that from lasts the rest of the series.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob eats a single M&M before bed and has a horrible nightmare that from lasts the rest of the series.
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* '''Justified:''': [[GRatedDrug The spice on Bob's food has hallucinogenic properties]], which start manifesting on Bob when he falls asleep.

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* '''Justified:''': [[GRatedDrug The spice on Bob's food has hallucinogenic properties]], which start manifesting on affecting Bob when once he falls asleep.
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* '''Justified:''': [[GRatedDrug The spice on Bob's food has hallucinogenic properties]]. Its effects start manifesting on Bob when he falls asleep.

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* '''Justified:''': [[GRatedDrug The spice on Bob's food has hallucinogenic properties]]. Its effects properties]], which start manifesting on Bob when he falls asleep.
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[[BigEater Are you gonna eat all that?!]] Watch out! You don't to get an AcidRefluxNightmare!

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[[BigEater Are you gonna eat all that?!]] Watch out! You don't to wanna get an AcidRefluxNightmare!

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* '''Played Straight''': Bob eats too much spicy food before bed and has horrible nightmares.

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* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': Bob eats too much spicy food before bed and has horrible nightmares.



* '''Parodied*''':???

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* '''Parodied*''':???'''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zigzagged''': Bob eats too much before bed. His dreams alternate between being good or bad.



* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???



* '''Zigzagged''': Bob eats too much before bed. His dreams alternate between being good or bad.

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* '''Zigzagged''': Bob eats too much before bed. His dreams alternate between being good or bad.'''Defied''': ???



* '''Conversed:''': I remember having a dream like that after eating too much Havarti before bed.

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* '''Conversed:''': I "I remember having a dream like that after eating too much Havarti before bed."
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[[BigEater Are you gonna eat all that?!]] Watch out! You don't to get an AcidRefluxNightmare!
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%%* '''Implied:''': ???
%%* '''Untwisted:''': ???
%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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* '''Zigzagged''': ???

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* '''Zigzagged''': ???Bob eats too much before bed. His dreams alternate between being good or bad.
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* '''Justified:''': [[GRatedDrug The spice on Bob's food has hallucinogenic properties]]. Its effects start manifesting on Bob when he falls asleep.
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'''Basic Trope''': Eating too much before bed gives a character nightmares.
*'''Played Straight''': Bob eats too much spicy food before bed and has horrible nightmares.
*'''Exaggerated''': Bob eats a single M&M before bed and has a horrible nightmare that from lasts the rest of the series.
*'''Downplayed:''': Bob eats a little too much before bedtime has a mildly weird dream.
*'''Inverted''': Eating before bed gives Bob good dreams.
*'''Subverted:''': Bob eats too much before bed, and dreams about monsters, but the monsters quickly turn into hot girls.
*'''Double Subverted:''': ...But it turns out he's afraid of hot girls!
*'''Parodied*''':???
*'''Averted:''': Bob does not have any nightmares.
*'''Invoked''': Bob wants a weird dream so he eats as crazily as possible trying to get a crazy dream.
*'''Exploited''': Alice wants to ruin Bob's sleep, so she adds extra spice into his supper knowing it will give him bad dreams.
*'''Zigzagged''': ???
*'''Discussed:''': "Bob always has a bad dream after eating too many jalapenos."
*'''Conversed:''': I remember having a dream like that after eating too much Havarti before bed.

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