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1	'''Basic Trope''': A character regularly sleeps somewhere that isn't a bed, by choice.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice has a bed, but she tends to sleep in the bathtub instead.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Beds exist, but nobody uses them.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** Alice sleeps in a sleeping bag on the floor.
6	** Alice sleeps in a hammock.
7	** Alice usually sleeps in bed, but sleeps in the bathtub when she's feeling adventurous.
8	** Alice sleeps in a chair when her back acts up but prefers a bed otherwise.
9	* '''Justified''':
10	** Alice is [[CloudCuckooLander just eccentric]].
11	** Alice likes to take a bath first thing in the morning and believes sleeping in the tub is efficient.
12	** Alice [[PrefersRocksToPillows isn't used to beds because she was brought up in a place with no beds]].
13	** Alice is a vampire and likes the bathtub because it's a narrow space, similar to a coffin.
14	** Alice is an [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic cat]] and sleeping in weird places is one of her [[FurryReminder cat traits]].
15	** Alice tends to fall asleep while browsing JustForFun/{{TV Tropes\|WillRuinYourLife}}.
16	** Alice has a serious preference for her privacy and sleeps in very unconfortable locations to stave off ClingySleepers.
17	* '''Inverted''':
18	** Animals like cows and sheep sleep in beds.
19	** Alice uses her bed for all kinds of unusual purposes.
20	* '''Subverted''': Alice is seen sleeping in the bathtub but it turns out that she just has visitors and there's nowhere else for her to sleep.
21	* '''Double Subverted''': Ordinarily, she'd sleep on the couch.
22	* '''Parodied''': ???
23	* '''Zigzagged''': Alice fluctuates between sleeping in bed, in the bathtub, on the couch, in a hammock, in a box, on the ground outside, and in a chair.
24	* '''Averted''':
25	** Alice sleeps in bed.
26	** Alice [[TheSleepless doesn't need to sleep]].
27	* '''Enforced''': The writers added this to make Alice more interesting.
28	* '''Lampshaded''': "Why do you even have a bed, Alice?"
29	* '''Invoked''': Alice decides to try sleeping in the bathtub to see what it's like.
30	* '''Exploited''': ThereIsOnlyOneBed, but that's not a problem because Bob can take the bed while Alice takes the tub.
31	* '''Defied''': "No way I'm ever sleeping anywhere other than a bed."
32	* '''Discussed''': "I went to use the bathroom at Alice's house and she was sleeping in the tub!"
33	* '''Conversed''': "What's that show where the lady sleeps in the tub?"
34	* '''Implied''': A blanket and pillow are seen in Alice's bathtub.
35	* '''Deconstructed''': One morning, Alice wakes up to Bob using the toilet, embarrassing them both.
36	* '''Reconstructed''': She remembers to hang a "Do not disturb" sign on the bathroom door.
37	* '''Played for Laughs''': At bedtime, Alice says that she needs to "hit the bathtub".
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