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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's dream involves ''everyone'' being naked or in their underwear.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Bob's dream involves ''everyone'' being naked or in their underwear.underwear.
** Bob is arrested for public nudity in his dream.
** The entire story is about Bob’s naked dream.
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** Bob has a dream where his pants keep falling down.


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** Bob had some sort of WardrobeMalfunction in public recently and now feels embarrassed about how people see him because of that.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob is an animal who wears no pants and dreams he ''is'' wearing pants.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Bob is [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal an animal who wears no pants pants]] and dreams he ''is'' wearing pants.
** Bob dreams that everyone ''but'' him isn't wearing
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* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is being haunted by a Freddy Krueger ripoff, who strips him naked in his dream and has people taunt him before having them kill or assault him.

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* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is being haunted by a [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger ripoff, Krueger]] [[CaptainErsatz ripoff]], who strips him naked in his dream and has people taunt him before having them kill or assault him.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob dreams that he's [[EmbarrassingPyjamas wearing his pajamas in public]].

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob dreams that he's [[EmbarrassingPyjamas wearing his pajamas in public]].public]].
** Bob is naked in the dream but nobody else notices.



** Bob is a sexual assault survivor [[PastExperienceNightmare reliving his pain]] and humiliation.

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** Bob is a sexual assault survivor [[PastExperienceNightmare reliving his pain]] and humiliation. He dreams of being groomed and assaulted by his abuser and being humiliated by his peers. Him walking around naked showcases his vulnerability and shame.
* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is being haunted by a Freddy Krueger ripoff, who strips him naked in his dream and has people taunt him before having them kill or assault him.

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* '''Straight''': Bob dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointing at him. He looks down and finds himself either in his embarrassing banana-print boxers, or completely {{naked|PeopleAreFunny}}, or any other type of underwear!

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* '''Straight''': Bob dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointing at him. He looks down and finds himself either in his [[UncoolUndies embarrassing banana-print boxers, boxers]], or completely {{naked|PeopleAreFunny}}, or any other type of underwear!



* '''Downplayed''': Bob dreams that he's wearing his pajamas in public.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob dreams that he's [[EmbarrassingPyjamas wearing his pajamas in public.public]].



** Bob's been worried lately over how classmates view him, so naturally his brain is going to add those anxieties into his dreams.

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** Bob's [[AnxietyDreams been worried lately lately]] over how classmates view him, so naturally his brain is going to add those anxieties into his dreams.



* '''Subverted''': Bob's dream has one of his friends give him pants as soon as he realizes he isn't wearing any.
* '''Double Subverted''': The dream takes a turn for the worse when Bob then loses those pants and is laughed at by everyone.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Bob's dream has one of his friends give him pants as soon as he realizes he isn't wearing any.
** Bob thought he was dreaming, [[OrWasItADream but he wasn't]].
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The dream takes a turn for the worse when Bob then loses those pants and is laughed at by everyone.everyone.
** ...Then, Bob wakes up, revealing that it was a DreamWithinADream.



* '''Enforced''': "We need to show that Bob is a very nervous and self-conscious person, and I feel that we can best demonstrate that by having a scene where he dreams he's naked in public."

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* '''Enforced''': "We need to show that Bob is a very nervous [[NervousWreck nervous]] and self-conscious [[EasilyEmbarrassedYoungster self-conscious]] person, and I feel that we can best demonstrate that by having a scene where he dreams he's naked in public."



* '''Defied''': Bob goes without sleep to deny the chances of dreaming he's naked or in his underwear.
* '''Discussed''': "One thing I don't get is why people are always dreaming they're in the nude. You'd usually think that the dreams would involve them [[AllMenArePerverts seeing other]] [[AllWomenAreLustful people naked]]."

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* '''Defied''': Bob [[SleepDeprivation goes without sleep sleep]] to deny the chances of dreaming he's naked or in his underwear.
* '''Discussed''': "One thing I don't get is why people are always dreaming they're in the nude. You'd usually think that [[EroticDream the dreams dreams]] would involve them [[AllMenArePerverts seeing other]] [[AllWomenAreLustful people naked]]."



** Bob is a sexual assault survivor relieving his pain and humiliation.

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** Bob is a sexual assault survivor relieving [[PastExperienceNightmare reliving his pain pain]] and humiliation.

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** Bob is unfazed by his nudity.



* '''Played For Drama''': Being naked in public is just the beginning of the horrors Bob experiences in the nightmare. He's then subjected to a lot of terrifying torture, his vulnerability and helplessness being called attention to by the fact that he's in his birthday suit the whole time.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
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Being naked in public is just the beginning of the horrors Bob experiences in the nightmare. He's then subjected to a lot of terrifying torture, his vulnerability and helplessness being called attention to by the fact that he's in his birthday suit the whole time.time.
** Bob is a sexual assault survivor relieving his pain and humiliation.
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* '''Straight''': Bob dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointing at him. He looks down and finds himself in either his embarrassing banana-print boxers, or completely {{naked|PeopleAreFunny}}, or any other type of underwear!

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* '''Straight''': Bob dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointing at him. He looks down and finds himself in either in his embarrassing banana-print boxers, or completely {{naked|PeopleAreFunny}}, or any other type of underwear!
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* '''Straight''': Bob dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointing at him. He looks down and finds himself in his embarrassing banana-print boxers, completely {{naked|PeopleAreFunny}}, or any type of underwear!

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* '''Straight''': Bob dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointing at him. He looks down and finds himself in either his embarrassing banana-print boxers, or completely {{naked|PeopleAreFunny}}, or any other type of underwear!
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* '''Straight''': Bob dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointing at him. He looks down and finds himself either in his embarrassing banana-print boxers or completely {{naked|PeopleAreFunny}}!

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* '''Straight''': Bob dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointing at him. He looks down and finds himself either in his embarrassing banana-print boxers or boxers, completely {{naked|PeopleAreFunny}}!{{naked|PeopleAreFunny}}, or any type of underwear!

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* '''Parodied''': Bob is a nudist who has a nightmare about being clothed in public.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Bob is a nudist who has a nightmare about being clothed in public.public.
** Bob is told that the time he dreamed he went to school naked [[ThatWasNotADream wasn't a dream]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Whenever Bob has a dream, it varies whether or not he's in a state of undress, the dreams where he is in a state of undress varying over whether he's missing his pants, in his undies, or straight up nude.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Whenever Bob has a dream, it varies whether or not he's in a state of undress, the dreams where he is in a state of undress varying over whether he's missing his pants, in his undies, or straight up nude.nude and whether or not he's humiliated by the situation.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character has a dream where they're in only their underwear.
* '''Straight''': Bob dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointing at him. He looks down and finds himself in his embarrassing banana-print boxers!
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is completely {{naked|PeopleAreFunny}}.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character has a dream where they're in only their underwear.a state of undress.
* '''Straight''': Bob dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointing at him. He looks down and finds himself either in his embarrassing banana-print boxers!
boxers or completely {{naked|PeopleAreFunny}}!
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is completely {{naked|PeopleAreFunny}}.Bob's dream involves ''everyone'' being naked or in their underwear.



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Some bullies who hear about the dream take advantage of Bob's apparent insecurities by pulling pranks on him that result in him being naked or pantsless in public.



* '''Implied''': Bob has a nightmare where everyone is pointing and laughing at him before he looks down in horror. We either don't see him below the waist or we only see a closeup of his face.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's nightmares of being nude in public cause him to develop severe gymnopobia.
* '''Reconstructed''': After some counseling, Bob remembers that dreams do not always reflect reality and develops a more reasonable stance on nudity.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob becomes aware that he's in a dream and decides to get even with the people laughing at him by making it so they're naked, too.
* '''Played For Drama''': Being naked in public is just the beginning of the horrors Bob experiences in the nightmare. He's then subjected to a lot of terrifying torture, his vulnerability and helplessness being called attention to by the fact that he's in his birthday suit the whole time.



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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob dreams that he's wearing his pajamas in public.



* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Bob's dream has one of his friends give him pants as soon as he realizes he isn't wearing any.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
The dream takes a turn for the worse when Bob then loses those pants and is laughed at by everyone.
* '''Parodied''': ???
Bob is a nudist who has a nightmare about being clothed in public.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Whenever Bob has a dream, it varies whether or not he's in a state of undress, the dreams where he is in a state of undress varying over whether he's missing his pants, in his undies, or straight up nude.



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

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* '''Enforced''': ???
"We need to show that Bob is a very nervous and self-conscious person, and I feel that we can best demonstrate that by having a scene where he dreams he's naked in public."
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"Why do I keep dreaming that I'm naked in public?"
* '''Invoked''': ???A being who has power over dreams makes it so that a person dreams they are in a state of undress.



* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???
Bob goes without sleep to deny the chances of dreaming he's naked or in his underwear.
* '''Discussed''': ???
"One thing I don't get is why people are always dreaming they're in the nude. You'd usually think that the dreams would involve them [[AllMenArePerverts seeing other]] [[AllWomenAreLustful people naked]]."
* '''Conversed''': ???"My guess is that the state of undress is intended to symbolize the dreamer feeling threatened by personal problems they don't have the nerve to talk about."

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* '''Justified''': Bob's been worried lately over how classmates view him, so naturally his brain is going to add those anxieties into his dreams.
* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob's been worried lately over how classmates view him, so naturally his brain is going to add those anxieties into his dreams.
** Bob is embarrassed and ''that'' emotion is in his dreams.
** Bob fell asleep reading a book in which someone is not wearing pants.
* '''Inverted''': ???Bob is an animal who wears no pants and dreams he ''is'' wearing pants.
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* '''Straight''': Bob dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointimlng out him. He looks down and finds himself in his embarressing banana-print boxers!

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* '''Straight''': Bob dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointimlng out pointing at him. He looks down and finds himself in his embarressing embarrassing banana-print boxers!



* '''Downplayed''':

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* '''Downplayed''':'''Downplayed''': ???

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'''Basic Trope:''' A character has a dream where they're in only their underwear.

* '''Straight:''' Zafir dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointimlng out him. He looks down and finds himself in his embarressing banana-print boxers!
* '''Exaggerated''': Zafir is completely [[NakedPeopleAreFunny pantsless]].
* '''Downplayed''' Zafir's also wearing an undershirt, so it's not all bad.
* '''Justified:''' Zafir's been worried lately over how classmates view him, so naturally his brain is going to add those anxieties into his dreams.
* '''Inverted:''' NudeColoredClothes.

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'''Basic Trope:''' Trope''': A character has a dream where they're in only their underwear.

underwear.
* '''Straight:''' Zafir '''Straight''': Bob dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointimlng out him. He looks down and finds himself in his embarressing banana-print boxers!
* '''Exaggerated''': Zafir Bob is completely [[NakedPeopleAreFunny pantsless]].
{{naked|PeopleAreFunny}}.
* '''Downplayed''' Zafir's also wearing an undershirt, so it's not all bad.
'''Downplayed''':
* '''Justified:''' Zafir's '''Justified''': Bob's been worried lately over how classmates view him, so naturally his brain is going to add those anxieties into his dreams.
* '''Inverted:''' NudeColoredClothes. '''Inverted''': ???



* '''Parodied:''' ???
* '''Zig Zagged:''' ???
* '''Averted''': Zafir is fully clothed in his dreams, and is only unclothed in appropriate situations.

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* '''Averted''': Zafir Bob is fully clothed in his dreams, and is only unclothed in appropriate situations.situations.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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* '''Inverted:'''

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* '''Inverted:''''''Inverted:''' NudeColoredClothes.
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*'''Averted''': Zafir is fully clothed in his dreams, and is only unclothed in appropriate situations.
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'''Basic Trope:''' A character has a dream where they're in only their underwear.

*'''Straight:''' Zafir dreams that he's in school. His classmate Alice starts laughing and pointimlng out him. He looks down and finds himself in his embarressing banana-print boxers!
*'''Exaggerated''': Zafir is completely [[NakedPeopleAreFunny pantsless]].
*'''Downplayed''' Zafir's also wearing an undershirt, so it's not all bad.
*'''Justified:''' Zafir's been worried lately over how classmates view him, so naturally his brain is going to add those anxieties into his dreams.
*'''Inverted:'''

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