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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Tommy. To some, he is a skilled DreamWeaver and the biggest threat Alex faces. To others, he is an [[PsychopathicManchild unstable adult kid with daddy issues]] as well as a total [[AGodAmI ego tripping jerk]].



* TheScrappy: Tommy. Not only he is an overconfident [[TheRival rival]] to Alex, but comes across as an [[PsychopathicManchild unstable adult kid with daddy issues]] as well as a total [[AGodAmI ego tripping jerk]].
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Mr. Weber's sexual-anxiety dream: a jarring interlude of trite, unfunny sex comedy in what's otherwise a pretty grim story. Alex doesn't learn anything he hadn't already learned from the construction worker's falling dream, and the characters involved are flatly-acted stereotypes. It doesn't even make sense as an example of the therapeutic use to which the researchers hope to apply their dream-walkers' revolutionary techniques, as any competent shrink should've been able to diagnose Weber's issues just by talking to him. It conveys the impression that the producer'd insisted the film needed another sex scene, so the writer peevishly shoehorned in the ''lamest'' one imaginable.

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Mr. Weber's sexual-anxiety dream: a jarring interlude of trite, unfunny sex comedy in what's otherwise a pretty grim story. Alex doesn't learn anything he hadn't already learned from the construction worker's falling dream, and the characters involved are flatly-acted stereotypes. It doesn't even make sense as an example of the therapeutic use to which the researchers hope to apply their dream-walkers' revolutionary techniques, as any competent shrink should've been able to diagnose Weber's issues just by talking to him. It conveys the impression that the producer'd insisted the film needed another sex scene, so [[WriterRevolt the writer peevishly shoehorned in in]] [[StylisticSuck the ''lamest'' one imaginable.imaginable]].
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* FridgeBrilliance: Tommy's snakeman form is clearly different from the one Alex saw in the boy's dream. This makes perfect sense when you consider that all the visual reference Tommy had were Alex's rough drawings about the creature.

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* FridgeBrilliance: Tommy's snakeman form is clearly different from the one Alex saw in the boy's dream. This makes perfect sense when you consider that all the visual reference Tommy had were Alex's rough drawings about the creature. In particular Tommy's version has a much flatter face; Alex was drawing the snakeman from the front with no sense of depth.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvOnTfZlDiE entire]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raKCzn2zwto score]], composed by Music/MauriceJarre, sounds alternately mysterious and adventurous, befitting a film about dream manipulation. All of it (except the sax) rendered beautifully on 1980s synthesizers.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvOnTfZlDiE entire]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raKCzn2zwto com/watch?v=eaFcQIQ87bc entire score]], composed by Music/MauriceJarre, sounds alternately mysterious and adventurous, befitting a film about dream manipulation. All of it (except the sax) rendered beautifully on 1980s synthesizers.

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* CriticalResearchFailure: The Spanish title of this film, "La Gran Huida" ("The Great Escape"). The translator evidently mistook the original title pun between "dream" and "landscape" with another between "dream" and "''escape''", and took the first word as a greatness adverb (as in "dream team") instead of being literally about dreams.



* NightmareFuel: This is a film about entering dreams, it has [[IncrediblyLamePun fuel for nightmares]]. Including visions of the apocalypse, half human/snake monsters, wolves, high anxiety, etc.

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This is a film about entering dreams, it has [[IncrediblyLamePun fuel for nightmares]]. Including visions of the apocalypse, half human/snake monsters, wolves, high anxiety, etc.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite its simplistic style, its definitely something kids shouldn't watch since its filled with adult language.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite its simplistic style, its definitely something kids shouldn't watch since its it's filled with adult language.
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** The President's dreams of nuclear annihilation would easily rate as this trope, even if they'd appeared in a non-scifi drama.

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* FridgeBrilliance: Tommy's snakeman form is clearly different from the one Alex saw in the boy's dream. This makes perfect sense when you consider that all the visual reference Tommy had were Alex's rough drawings about the creature.



* FridgeBrilliance: Tommy's snakeman form is clearly different from the one Alex saw in the boy's dream. This makes perfect sense when you consider that all the visual reference Tommy had were Alex's rough drawings about the creature.
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* HilariousInHindsight: This ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984''-competing movie was co-written by Chuck Russell, who would go on to direct the fan favorite sequel ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors Dream Warriors]]''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: This ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984''-competing movie was co-written by Chuck Russell, who would go on to direct the fan favorite sequel ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors Dream Warriors]]''. The BigBad even has blades on his fingertips (on his right hand, no less) in one scene. He even turns into a snake at one point, just like Freddy in ''Dream Warriors''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: This ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984''-competing movie was co-written by Chuck Russell, who would go on to direct the fan favorite sequel ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors Dream Warriors]]''.

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* {{Narm}} / NarmCharm: The simplistic art style (pre-episode 6) and delivery of lines may give off either of these vibes in dramatic moments. Even moreso than ''DSBTInsaniT'' due to the more serious nature of the series.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Despite its simplistic style, there are some noteworthy animations like Jasmine vs Keela in "Tale of the Unworld".
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite its simplistic style, its definitely something kids shouldn't watch.

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* {{Narm}} / NarmCharm: The simplistic art style (pre-episode 6) and delivery of lines may give off either of these vibes in dramatic moments. Even moreso than ''DSBTInsaniT'' due to the more serious nature of the series.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Despite its simplistic style, there are some noteworthy animations like Jasmine vs Keela in "Tale of the Unworld".
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite its simplistic style, its definitely something kids shouldn't watch.watch since its filled with adult language.
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* TheScrappy: Tommy. Not only he is an overconfident [[TheRival rival]] to Alex, but comes across as an [[PsychoticManChild unstable adult kid with daddy issues]] as well as a total [[AGodAmI ego tripping jerk]].

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* TheScrappy: Tommy. Not only he is an overconfident [[TheRival rival]] to Alex, but comes across as an [[PsychoticManChild [[PsychopathicManchild unstable adult kid with daddy issues]] as well as a total [[AGodAmI ego tripping jerk]].
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvOnTfZlDiE entire]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raKCzn2zwto score]], composed by Music/MauriceJarre, sounds alternately mysterious and adventurous, befitting a film about dream manipulation. All of it rendered beautifully on 1980s synthesizers.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvOnTfZlDiE entire]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raKCzn2zwto score]], composed by Music/MauriceJarre, sounds alternately mysterious and adventurous, befitting a film about dream manipulation. All of it (except the sax) rendered beautifully on 1980s synthesizers.

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