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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