History Main / IWasHavingSuchANiceDream

* ''Webcomic/I'mTheGrimReaper'' has an exceptionally serious example: Scarlet having a very realistic dream of [[spoiler: her and Chase in bed together, having presumably had sex last night,]] only for the dream to end and her to be returned to reality, where [[spoiler: Chase is DeaderThanDead]]. As you can imagine, her reaction to being woken up is TranquilFury.
* ''Webcomic/MandatoryRollerCoaster'': An unnamed character dreams of being on a go-kart racing team with Felicia Day.

->''"I was having the most wonderful dream... Except you[[labelnote:1]]Fry[[/labelnote]] were there! And you[[labelnote:2]]Amy[[/labelnote]] were there! And ''you''[[labelnote:3]]Zoidberg; emphasized because he's the one who ruined her dream[[/labelnote]] were there!"''

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9203211/18/The-Cracks-That-Show The Cracks That Show]]'' Harry's aunt is annoyed when Dudley wakes her from a dream about having tea with Creator/PierceBrosnan.

* ''FanFic/GreenTeaRescue'': Izuku and Ochako get stuck at her place due to rain after the Sports Festival, and a discussion about how they'll have to share a bed leads to both of them confessing their love for the other. They start getting ready to have sex, but before they can do the deed Ochako's alarm clock wakes her up, revealing it was just an EroticDream. [[RingRingCrunch Ochako needs a new alarm clock after that]].
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14096056/10/Harry-Potter-and-the-Pink-Haired-Auror Harry Potter and the Pink-Haired Auror]]'' Harry's alarm clock wakes him just as a bikini-clad Tonks is about to give him his "reward" for learning silent casting.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13722277/5/I-See-No-Difference I See No Difference]]'' Hermione is dreaming about her and Harry dancing at the Yule Ball when he suddenly [[CrashingDreams tells her to wake up]].

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14035567/7/Magical-Blocks-and-Bonds Magical Blocks and Bonds]]'' Hermione bursts into the boys' dorm to yell at Harry. His dorm mates decide to give her the cold shoulder for doing it once too often.

* ''WebComic/MoodyMarkCrusaders'': Apple Bloom has one about meeting with Cadance when she's TakenForGranite.
* ''FanFic/TotalDramaLegacy'': At one point, Storm and Link's peaceful sleep [[JumpScare is suddenly interrupted by Link's incredibly loud cell phone alarm]], which is playing "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy_-7OXophY Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom~ Nuclear Fusion]]" from ''VideoGame/TouhouChireidenSubterraneanAnimism''. After being awoken, Storm says this in a [[ConfessionCam confessional]]:

* In ''Twins They Were'', Bjorn the Fell-Handed is having a dream involving a TwinThreesomeFantasy (hence the title) when he's rudely awakened to tell some neophytes more bloody stories.

* ''ComicBook/Zatanna2010'': In the final issue of the run, Zatanna is awakened from a dream involving [[EroticDream two hunky men and a tub of cocoa butter]] by an intruder in her library, much to her annoyance.

* The "incredible dreams" adds for Goblin Teasmade where the advertised teasmade always [[InterruptedIntimacy alarms whenever things]] [[EroticDream get interesting]].

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': One strip has Garfield's alarm clock speak of food until Garfield is dreaming of it, then sets itself off just before he can dream that he's eating it.

* In the final issue of the 2011 run of [[ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} Zatanna]], the title character is awakened from a dream involving [[EroticDream two hunky men and a tub of cocoa butter]] by an intruder in her library.

* The song "Sleeping in" by "The Postal Service" is about a man who likes to ponder about his strange dreams that feel good for him.

* A half-subversion can be found in an ''[[ComicStrip/BloomCounty Outland]]'' strip. Opus is woken from a dream involving Aphrodite -- yes, the Greek goddess Aphrodite -- about to lick his nose in order to be told of some Washington scandal. He snarls at the person who did it, goes back to sleep -- and finds that the key figure of the political scandal is now licking his nose.

-->'''Dobby:'''Dobby is not letting Master Harry out of his sight now...ever.\\

-->'''Lionblaze:''' Did you have to do that? I was having a really great dream!\\

* One episode of ''Series/FatherTed'' featured Ted in an AffectionateParody of ''Series/{{Ballykissangel}}'', only without the WillTheyOrWontThey between Father Peter and Assumpta; Ted and Assumpta definitely were, when he was woken by Father Dougal to offer him a peanut. Ted shouted at Dougal, went back to sleep, and had a nightmare where he was being chased by a giant peanut.
* ''[[Series/HermansHead Herman's Head]]''. Herman is woken up by an AbhorrentAdmirer just as he does a swan dive onto a bed containing [[AThreesomeIsHot two beautiful women]].
* In ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', Al had several of these dreams, and usually mentions that they were great dreams because his wife Peg is not in them.
* ''Series/{{MASH}}''

* In episode 13 of ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'', Alan dreams of getting to kiss Pipin's hands after she accepted his love, only to smell something bad that is definitely not Pipin's hands. It's Prima's smelly feet, which wakes Alan up.
* In [[DreamIntro the opening]] of the ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' episode "Murdoch Air", the title character is dreaming of finally marrying his beloved Dr. Julia Ogden when Constable Crabtree pounds on his door to summon him to see a flying machine in the sky over Toronto. Murdoch's imagination turns the constable's pounding into part of the dream: Julia reacts to the sound saying it's her first husband Darcy.
* In ''Series/TheNanny'' Fran is having the beginnings of an erotic dream about Maxwell, and she is woken by her mother. She goes back to sleep immediately afterwords. She later had to check if she was asleep, when Maxwell quoted the dream verbatim.
* Subverted beautifully in ''Series/NorthernExposure'', "Spring Break". Joel remarks during his erotic dream of performing Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible" surrounded by the trademarked Palmer powerclones that he always wakes up before the good bit. One of the women leans over and tells him not this time. The screen cuts to black and we hear a zipper being opened. Cue Titles.

-->'''Narrator:''' Yes, Connie Brooks can dream . . . .

*** [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "The Dream"]] sees Miss Brooks waken from a dream where she finally marries Mr. Boynton. [[spoiler: Miss Brooks marries Mr. Boynton for real in TheMovie GrandFinale.]]
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' Olivia has an EroticDream about [[AThreesomeIsHot making love to both Fitz and Jake]], her dream is interrupted by [[spoiler: her father Rowan]].
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.

* In TheStinger for one episode of ''Series/That70sShow'', Fez is making out with two girls, only to get upset when he wakes up from the dream.

* In ''Webcomic/MandatoryRollerCoaster'' an unnamed character dreams of being on a go-kart racing team with Felicia Day.

* The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Best Friends Forever" concerned a recently-deceased Kenny being enlisted by the forces of Heaven to defeat the forces of Hell, but he keeps being resuscitated at crucial moments.
* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' has a VERY special case: Tecna plays a partially-CG, partially-traditional animation sequence on her virtual goggles for her pixie Digit. It ends with her and boyfriend Timmy kissing. [[{{Macekre}} In the 4K dub]], she's playing back a dream on her goggles, and it cuts right before the kiss, with a voice-over by Tec explaining that she woke up just before then. [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/KuliaMakani/02080003.jpg Screencap of the cut kiss, presented upside-down.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEJSBkh9Y4k And a video.]]
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' opens with Rarity in bed, apparently dreaming of a large, luxurious breakfast. She is awoken by her little sister, Sweetie Belle, nearly burning down the kitchen trying to make Rarity breakfast in bed.

* In the 8th episode of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', the "New Year's Dream Special", several of the main characters' dreams are shown. Kaorin naturally dreams about her crush, Sakaki, [[RescueRomance coming to her rescue]], but the dream is interrupted by her mother trying to wake her up so they can take their traditional trip to the shrine on New Year's Day. Poor Kaorin just pulls the covers over her head and begs for it to keep going.
* Discussed in ''Anime/LuckyStar'' episode 11. They rationalized why people who are unwilling to wake up specifically ask for five minutes, and not an hour.

** Parodied in the first chapter. Rosette is called on the phone to rush to a mission while her assistant, Chrono, is sleeping in their car. After the call she climbs into the car and tries to wake Chrono up--who protests that he needs to sleep "just a little longer". When Rosette asks ''how'' long, Chrono responds "about ten hours". Naturally, he gets punted out of the car and forced to go to work.
** Later, ''Rosette'' refuses to wake up when Chrono shakes her repeatedly. So he ''tosses her out of an upper-story window''. Azmaria is horrified, but he tells her there's a pond right under that window. Sure enough, Rosette comes back through the window, soaking wet, furious ... and with a fish flapping between her gritted teeth.
* ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam''. In episode 10 Taro's three maids try to wake him up at 5:00 in the morning. He asks for 1 more minute of sleep.
* Done heartbreakingly in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', when Viral realizes that [[spoiler:his wife and daughter aren't real, but a product of a LotusEaterMachine.]]

* In the Act 1 ColdOpen of ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'', both Usagi and the audience are cheated out her dream's romantic climax, as a prince and princess embrace, the music swells, they lean in for a [[KissingDiscretionShot kiss]], and...FadeToWhite just as Usagi's alarm clock goes off.
* Saitama in ''Anime/OnePunchMan'' is overjoyed when he finds a real challenge against a race of subterranean giants. Just as he's about to face the strongest one, however, his alarm clock wakes him up.

* A half-subversion can be found in an ''[[ComicStrip/BloomCounty Outland]]'' strip. Opus is woken from a dream involving Aphrodite--yes, the Greek goddess Aphrodite--about to lick his nose in order to be told of some Washington scandal. He snarls at the person who did it, goes back to sleep--and finds that the key figure of the political scandal is now licking his nose.
* In a ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' Sunday strip, Jeremy is recalling a bizarre dream he had (complete with visuals), which ended with his hot 4th grade teacher calling him over for something. The next panel shows an irritated Jeremy telling Hector that he wanted five extra minutes.

* One ''{{ComicStrip/Garfield}}'' strip has Garfield's alarm clock speak of food until Garfield is dreaming of it, then sets itself off just before he can dream that he's eating it.
* The ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' story "Heroes on the Town" has Bob, Dave, and Brian (and Sara, as usual) roleplaying their characters as actual lawful good heroes and treating [=NPCs=] with courtesy and respect. The story ends with [[GameMaster B.A.]] waking up as his alarm goes off.

* Apple Bloom has one about meeting with Cadance when she's TakenForGranite in ''WebComic/MoodyMarkCrusaders''.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9203211/18/The-Cracks-That-Show The Cracks That Show]]'' Harry's aunt is annoyed when Dudley wakes her from a dream about having tea with Creator/PierceBrosnan.
* ''FanFic/GreenTeaRescue''; Izuku and Ochako get stuck at her place due to rain after the Sports Festival, and a discussion about how they'll have to share a bed leads to both of them confessing their love for the other. They start getting ready to have sex, but before they can do the deed Ochako's alarm clock wakes her up, revealing it was just an EroticDream. [[RingRingCrunch Ochako needs a new alarm clock after that]].
* At one point in ''FanFic/TotalDramaLegacy'', Storm and Link's peaceful sleep [[JumpScare is suddenly interrupted by Link's incredibly loud cell phone alarm]], which is playing "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy_-7OXophY Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom~ Nuclear Fusion]]" from ''VideoGame/TouhouChireidenSubterraneanAnimism''. After being awoken, Storm says this in a [[ConfessionCam confessional]]:
-->''UGH! There I was, on the American women’s volleyball team at the Olympics, ready to receive my gold medal, when all of the sudden, that loud music woke me up!''
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14035567/7/Magical-Blocks-and-Bonds Magical Blocks and Bonds]]'' Hermione bursts into the boys' dorm to yell at Harry. His dorm mates decide to give her the cold shoulder for doing it once too often.
-->'''Seamus:''' Yeah I was having the best dream, and she woke me up right at the good part.

* In ''Twins They Were,'' Bjorn the Fell-Handed is having a dream involving a TwinThreesomeFantasy (hence the title) when he's rudely awakened to tell some neophytes more bloody stories.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14096056/10/Harry-Potter-and-the-Pink-Haired-Auror Harry Potter and the Pink-Haired Auror]]'' Harry's alarm clock wakes him just as a bikini-clad Tonks is about to give him his "reward" for learning silent casting.

* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeTheMeltdown'', Scrat is in FluffyCloudHeaven, surrounded by all the acorns he could ever want, including one gigantic one. Before he can get at it, however, he is brought back to the living world when Sid gives him [[KissOfLife mouth to mouth]]. Needless to say, [[UnwantedRevival Scrat is not at all pleased]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/JetsonsTheMovie'', a grumpy George gets out of bed saying, "Why'd you have to wake me? I was dreaming about sleeping!"

* In ''Film/AliGIndahouse'', Ali G has a dream that ends with a beautiful woman performing oral sex on him. He wakes up to discover his dog licking him in an intimate place.
* In ''Film/{{Jungle}}'', Yossi is having a dream where he is a high roller in a casino. After a huge win, Aime drags him off and throws him down on the bed. She straddles him and pours two glasses of champagne over his face. This wakes him up and he discovers the torrential rain has penetrated his shelter and is trickling down into his face. The river is also rising and is about to flood him out.

* In ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix The Order of the Phoenix]]'', Literature/HarryPotter's prophetic dream is cut short by Ron's snoring, just as he was finally about to find out what was behind the mysterious door.

* Happens a couple times in ''Literature/WarriorCats'':

* In Bryan Miranda's ''Literature/TheJourneyToAtlantis'', Max and Stacie are both dreaming about being in each other's arms on a beautiful beach, just about to kiss. Max is woken up by a crash of thunder just before the fact.
* Happens in ''Film/{{Twilight}}: Literature/BreakingDawn'' when Bella is having an EroticDream about her and Edward, who is refusing to have sex with her because last time she ended up covered in bruises. She is so upset at being woken up she starts to cry.
* ''Literature/RaiKirah'': Seyonne is ConditionedToAcceptHorror from [[MadeASlave sixteen years of slavery]], but even he is annoyed to be woken up right before the climax of an EroticDream -- his only outlet since he was a free man.

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'':
** The earliest radio episodes, including the premier "First Day", would often begin with Miss Brooks dreaming of some romantic/comedic adventure with Mr. Boynton. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness The format was very quickly dropped]], in favor of a brief introductory narration with Miss Brooks before the main action, and/or a typically offbeat breakfast conversation with landlady Mrs. Davis and student Walter Denton.
-->'''Narrator''': Yes, Connie Brooks can dream . . . .
** Occasionally, later television and radio episodes would feature dreams and abrupt ending thereof.
*** "The Magic Tree" sees Miss Brooks wake up after kissing a [[ItMakesSenseInContext magic-Christmas-tree-influenced]] Mr. Boynton.
*** "King and Brooks" sees Miss Brooks abruptly waken from a dream where she marries a maharajah.
*** [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "The Dream"]] sees Miss Brooks waken from a dream where she finally marries Mr. Boynton. [[spoiler: Miss Brooks marries Mr. Boynton for real in TheMovie GrandFinale.]]
* Subverted beautifully in ''Series/NorthernExposure'', "Spring Break". Joel remarks during his erotic dream of performing Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible" surrounded by the trademarked Palmer powerclones that he always wakes up before the good bit. One of the women leans over and tells him not this time. The screen cuts to black and we hear a zipper being opened. Cue Titles.

* In ''Series/TheNanny'' Fran is having the beginnings of an erotic dream about Maxwell, and she is woken by her mother. She goes back to sleep immediately afterwords. She later had to check if she was asleep, when Maxwell quoted the dream verbatim.

* In TheStinger for one episode of ''Series/That70sShow'', Fez is making out with two girls, only to get upset when he wakes up from the dream.

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' Olivia has an EroticDream about [[AThreesomeIsHot making love to both Fitz and Jake]], her dream is interrupted by [[spoiler: her father Rowan]].

* In ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', Kirk and [=McCoy=] were framed for murder and sent to a Klingon penal colony. They escape, and are trapped by the leader of the colony who arranged the murder, and is about to [[JustBetweenYouAndMe tell them who was responsible as he kills them]]. At that instant, based on the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Viridian Patch]] that Spock had slapped on Kirk before they were sent into exile, they are beamed back to the Enterprise, just in time to save them from a certain death, but also making it impossible for them to find out the answer.

* Happens in ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} Twilight: Breaking Dawn]]'' when Bella is having an EroticDream about her and Edward, who is refusing to have sex with her because last time she ended up covered in bruises. She is so upset at being woken up she starts to cry.