Line #10 PlayingWith/NotWearingPantsDream


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character has a dream where they're in a state of undress.
2	* '''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]], or completely {{naked\|PeopleAreFunny}}, or any other type of underwear!
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob's dream involves ''everyone'' being naked or in their underwear.
5	** Bob is arrested for public nudity in his dream.
6	** The entire story is about Bob’s naked dream.
7	* '''Downplayed''':
8	** Bob dreams that he's [[EmbarrassingPyjamas wearing his pajamas in public]].
9	** Bob is naked in the dream but nobody else notices.
10	** Bob has a dream where his pants keep falling down.
11	* '''Justified''':
12	** Bob's [[AnxietyDreams been worried lately]] over how classmates view him, so naturally his brain is going to add those anxieties into his dreams.
13	** Bob is embarrassed and ''that'' emotion is in his dreams.
14	** Bob fell asleep reading a book in which someone is not wearing pants.
15	** Bob had some sort of WardrobeMalfunction in public recently and now feels embarrassed about how people see him because of that.
16	* '''Inverted''':
17	** Bob is [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal an animal who wears no pants]] and dreams he ''is'' wearing pants.
18	** Bob dreams that everyone ''but'' him isn't wearing pants.
19	* '''Subverted''':
20	** Bob's dream has one of his friends give him pants as soon as he realizes he isn't wearing any.
21	** Bob thought he was dreaming, [[OrWasItADream but he wasn't]].
22	* '''Double Subverted''':
23	** The dream takes a turn for the worse when Bob then loses those pants and is laughed at by everyone.
24	** ...Then, Bob wakes up, revealing that it was a DreamWithinADream.
25	* '''Parodied''':
26	** Bob is a nudist who has a nightmare about being clothed in public.
27	** Bob is told that the time he dreamed he went to school naked [[ThatWasNotADream wasn't a dream]].
28	** Bob is unfazed by his nudity.
29	* '''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 and whether or not he's humiliated by the situation.
30	* '''Averted''': Bob is fully clothed in his dreams, and is only unclothed in appropriate situations.
31	* '''Enforced''': "We need to show that Bob is a very [[NervousWreck nervous]] and [[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."
32	* '''Lampshaded''': "Why do I keep dreaming that I'm naked in public?"
33	* '''Invoked''': A being who has power over dreams makes it so that a person dreams they are in a state of undress.
34	* '''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.
35	* '''Defied''': Bob [[SleepDeprivation goes without sleep]] to deny the chances of dreaming he's naked or in his underwear.
36	* '''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]] would involve them [[AllMenArePerverts seeing other]] [[AllWomenAreLustful people naked]]."
37	* '''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."
38	* '''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.
39	* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's nightmares of being nude in public cause him to develop severe gymnopobia.
40	* '''Reconstructed''': After some counseling, Bob remembers that dreams do not always reflect reality and develops a more reasonable stance on nudity.
41	* '''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.
42	* '''Played For Drama''':
43	** 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.
44	** 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.
45	* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is being haunted by a [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy 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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