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* RapidAging: While Romy and Boone are in the Persistence of Memory painting, they age very quickly and suddenly in a nightmare surrounding existential fear.

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* RapidAging: While Romy and Boone are in the Persistence of Memory painting, "Art/ThePersistenceOfMemory" {{painting|s}}, they age very quickly and suddenly in a nightmare surrounding existential fear.



* SpookyPainting: Boone is seen staring at the Meowna Lisa whose eyes shift to look at him when he pulls away. There's also a sequence involving Romy and Boone being tossed around in famous paintings with nightmare scenarios, including The Scream, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, and The Persistence of Memory.

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* SpookyPainting: Boone is seen staring at the Meowna Lisa whose eyes shift to look at him when he pulls away. There's also a sequence involving Romy and Boone being tossed around in famous paintings with nightmare scenarios, including The Scream, The "Art/{{The Scream|Munch}}", "The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Kanagawa", and The "The Persistence of Memory.Memory".
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* AutismInMedia: Romy is autistic-coded which often shows through her difficulties with socializing and hypersensitivies (including hyper-empathy).

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* AutismInMedia: Romy is autistic-coded autistic which often shows through her difficulties with socializing and hypersensitivies (including hyper-empathy).
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* PersonalRaincloud: Boone and Romy obtain their own personal snowclouds after being nibbled by a weather plant called Kumo.

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* PersonalRaincloud: Boone and Romy obtain their own personal snowclouds after being nibbled by a weather plant called Kumo.
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* FlatScare: On page 87, a ghost hand whispers "Boo" in Boone's ear to send him in a comedic state of panic.

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* FlatScare: On page 87, a ghost hand whispers "Boo" "boo" in Boone's ear to send him in a comedic state of panic.
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* DoorOfDoom: In page 92, Romy is presented with "Door 2A" - the door to her motel room - appearing much more ominous as it contains a nightmare within.

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* DoorOfDoom: In On page 92, Romy is presented with "Door 2A" - the door to her motel room - appearing much more ominous as it contains a nightmare within.
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* BigBrotherMentor: Boone starts to act like a bit of a big brother mentor to Romy.
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* DomesticApplianceDisaster: In the 2020 holiday special, Echo accidentally makes a huge mess in the kitchen while trying to bake Slumbermas desserts because her dyscalculia causes her to follow the recipes incorrectly.

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* DomesticApplianceDisaster: In the 2020 holiday special, Echo accidentally makes a huge mess in the kitchen while trying to bake Slumbermas desserts because her dyscalculia causes her to follow the recipes incorrectly.incorrectly.
* EveryoneHatesFruitCakes: In the 2020 holiday special, Boone is teased by Lester about his love for fruitcake saying "even hyenas have standards".
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* VisibleOdor: Through Romy's POV, we are usually able to see odors and scents weaving around characters, objects and locations.
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* FlatScare: On page 87, a ghost hand whispers "Boo" in Boone's ear to send him in a comedic state of panic.
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* DeepBreathRevealsTension: In page 130, Romy pauses in the middle of a panic attack to breathe and calm herself down before answering her phone call.
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* DeepBreathRevealsTension: In page 130, Romy pauses in the middle of a panic attack to breathe and calm herself down before answering her phone call.
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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: In Romy's New Bork dream, she is given what feels like a prophetic message to "follow the stars", though it's vague and not entirely clear.
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* ManEatingPlant: He may not viciously gobble people (aside from nibbling them ferociously) but Kumo is Ken's pet that resembles a carnivorous plant. He's a weather trap that can consume and distribute various types of weather.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: From what we've seen in various flashbacks, Romy seems to closely resemble her mother both in appearance and disposition.
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* FamilyOfChoice: A lot of the characters in Slumber treat each other like family members. Examples are Boone taking on the role of "big brother" to Romy and Echo or Dallas acting as a bit of a father figure to the various residents.
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* BlackSheep: Boone briefly flashes back to his family life prior to Slumber where it's confirmed he had trouble fitting into his home life and meeting the conservative expectations of his parents.
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* GroupHug: "Aw yeah! Space jam with the fam!"
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* OpenSaysMe: In pages 30-31, Boone rams open the door to the Lost and Found break room head first with his horns to wake Echo up from her nap.

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* AnxietyDreams: Characters often have dreams and nightmares about the things they fear.


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* DoorOfDoom: In page 92, Romy is presented with "Door 2A" - the door to her motel room - appearing much more ominous as it contains a nightmare within.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Boone lashes at Echo when he feels she's criticizing him for being absentminded. This is partly due to his rejection sensitivity dysphoria easily triggering him and causing him to act out irrationally.
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* SuperWheelchair: Ken often has lucid dreams about storm chasing where his wheelchair is transformed into a storm chasing ATV.
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* AutismInMedia: Romy is autistic-coded which often shows through her difficulties with socializing and hypersensitivies (including hyper-empathy).
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* HerBoyfriendsJacket: In the transition following Romy's breakdown, she's seen wearing Echo's coat. This can be inferred as Echo's way of comforting Romy, but also an early sign that she's interested in Romy (as more than just a friend).
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* ShowerOfAngst: Romy has a depression shower while stewing in feelings of disconnect.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The three main protagonists in the SlumberTown series.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:The three main protagonists in the SlumberTown series.protagonists.]]


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* ForgetfulJones: One of Boone's major character flaws is that he tends to be incredibly forgetful.
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* MysteriousPast: Echo doesn't seem to talk about her past all that much. Actually, she doesn't seem to talk about her past AT ALL.
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* YoureNotMyType: Echo shuts down Lester's flirting by saying he's "far from" her type. Considering she's not attracted to men, that's a pretty fair judgment call.
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* BiggerOnTheInside: The pearl's illusions cause the shabby Slumber motel to appear like a much bigger and spacious hotel with a ballroom when the trio ascends to the second floor.

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