History Main / ClingySleepers

* ''Fanfic/OnceUponADecemberNight'': The Turtles, as little kids, often slept in a pile in the living room during the winter (since they were more sensitive to cold than Splinter). April, after being adopted into the family, gets in on it too (with Splinter noting that she and Donatello [[ShipTease are holding hands as they sleep]]). The Turtles [[InsistantTerminology insist, however,]] that they are ''not'' "cuddling", they're "huddling for warmth".

May or may not be PlayedForLaughs if the characters hate each other in their waking lives or present a tough persona that would not allow cuddling.

* In the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "Thank God it's Friday... Again", Crichton and Zhaan find themselves in a ThereIsOnlyOneBed situation and, at John's insistence (Zhaan is from a culture that is [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl much more relaxed]] about nudity and physical contact) sleep on opposite sides of the mattress. When they wake up, John has snuggled up to Zhaan, and she is amused by his embarrassment.
* In the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "[[Recap/FriendsS7E6TheOneWithTheNapPartners TOW the Nap Partners]]", Ross and Joey fall asleep watching TV and wake up snuggling each other. Ross is horrified and wants to forget it ever happened; Joey, on the other hand, enjoyed it and pressures Ross to do it again.
* After spending the night at a hotel in Tijuana, Ryan and Marissa from ''Series/TheOC'' end up in a cuddling position, his arms around her while she's cuddled into his side. Marissa is already awake and makes no move to roll away from the sleeping Ryan.

* In ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies, Seita pulls Setsuko up close to him while he is sleeping to comfort her when she cries, waking their increasingly irritable Aunt. Later in the film, when the siblings have sought refuge in a disused bomb shelter, Seita once again pulls Setsuko up close to him after she has fallen asleep but she quickly tags on to this and gently kicks him off.

* WebAnimation/VnuEnertainment: According to Echo, while the two were on vacation in November of 2023 and sharing a room, Meeta was very clingy.

Usually happens to couples, or possible couples, but non-romantic versions also exist.

* At one point in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Dash awakens to find he had been sleeping on top of his sister Violet, and apparently snuggling her too, to which he quickly pulls away from her and gags in disgust.

-->'''Neal:''' Del... Why did you kiss my ear?
-->'''Del:''' ...Why are you holding my hand?
-->'''Neal:''' Where's your other hand?
-->'''Del:''' Between two pillows.
-->'''Neal:''' [[ExplainExplainOhCrap ...THOSE AREN'T]] ''[[ExplainExplainOhCrap PILLOWS!!]]''
-->''*both men leap from the bed in horror*''

* At one point in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Dash awakes to find he had been sleeping on top of his sister Violet, and apparently snuggling her too, to which he quickly pulls away from her and gags in disgust.

Two characters find themselves in an ThereIsOnlyOneBed situation. They awake the next morning to discover that at least one, or possibly both of them are clinging to each other in bed.

Might involve a case of WhatDidIDoLastNight. If at least one of the characters was inebriated it could involve a BedmateReveal and[=/=]or AlcoholInducedBisexuality.

May overlap with SleepCute. It can result in a degree of ShipTease, as well. This is particularly true if one party climbed into bed with the intent of having the other person cling to them.

* ''Anime/GoblinSlayer'': Downplayed. After the titular character is nearly killed, he wakes in bed. He is about to get up when he feels a tug, and turns to see a naked Priestess holding onto his arm. He gently extricates himself from her grip and covers her with a blanket.

** (Anime): One episode actually shows a time lapse of Mikoto leaving her own bed, climbing into Mai's, and glomming onto her. Comments by Mai suggest this is a daily occurrence.

* ''Anime/SquidGirl'': Squid Girl will often cling to Eiko's bare leg with her tentacles in her sleep. Once this resulted with them somehow trading spaces between the bed and the floor, with Eiko firmly in Squid Girl's tentacles, the sleeping cephalopod mistaking Eiko for a delicious shrimp and attempting to chow down.
* ''Anime/ToLoveRu'': Mikan begins to climb into her brother Rito's bed at night to keep PrettyFreeloader Momo from doing so. Unfortunately for Mikan, Rito is a clingy sleeper, and grabs onto her rump talking about finding a big soft marshmallow. She pinches his hand hard to make him release her, at which point he declares that the marshmallow bit him.
* ''Anime/UsagichanDeCue'': After Haru has taken the bunny-girl Mimika into his home, she insists upon sleeping in Haru's bed with him. This is normal for rabbits, who sleep huddled in a group to conserve warmth and to alert everyone to danger. As Mimika cuddles Haru, she reverts form to Inaba Mikami, an asocial ActionGirl with a troubled past. It's out of character for Inaba to cuddle anyone; that she continues to cuddle next to Haru reveals that, despite her "shinigami" reputation, she secretly longs to belong with someone. Haru can only stroke her hair as she switches between Mimika and Inaba forms.

* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': After the group attends Penny's Halloween party, Raj wakes up to find himself in the grip of one of Penny's sleeping friends. He tries to free himself from her grip at first, but after a moment decides that he's in bed with a not unattractive young woman who is holding him, and shrugs and goes back to sleep.

* After spending the night at a hotel in Tijuana, Ryan and Marissa from ''Series/TheOC'' end up in a cuddling position, his arms around her while she's cuddled into his side. Marissa is already awake, and makes no move to roll away from the sleeping Ryan.
* In an episode of ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' right after Walden bought the late Charlie Harper's Malibu house, and got drunk with Alan in an effort to forget his ex-wife, the two woke up the next day laying on the same deck chair naked and cuddling. Berta told them they'd gone skinny dipping the night before.

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-->'''Neal:''' "Del... Why did you kiss my ear?"
-->'''Del:''' "...Why are you holding my hand?"
-->'''Neal:''' "Where's your other hand?"
-->'''Del:''' "Between two pillows."
-->'''Neal:''' "[[ExplainExplainOhCrap ...THOSE AREN'T]] ''[[AssShove PILLOWS!!]]''"

-->'''Neal:''' "[[ExplainExplainOhCrap ...THOSE AREN'T]] ''[[ExplainExplainOhCrap PILLOWS!!]]''"

* ''Anime/AzumangaDaioh'': When the girls get the photos back from their first summer vacation together, Kaorin, who was unable to attend, is '''''horrified''''' to find a picture of Tomo sleeping in the same futon as, and clinging tightly to, a sleeping Miss Sakaki. When asking to know why (Kaorin has an unrequited crush on Sakaki), all Tomo can offer by way of explanation is that she tends to cling to things in her sleep. When Kaorin further demands to know why, Tomo shrugs and says there's no real reason.

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