History Main / ConverseWithTheUnconscious

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'', after Robyn and Mebh first meet, Mebh talks to her mother Moll's unconscious human body about the new friend she made, but this soon gives way to Mebh wondering why Moll still hasn't come back to her body yet (as [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Wolfwalkers]], they can send their spirits out of their bodies in the form of wolves). This reveals that for all of Mebh's boisterous and confident nature, she still greatly misses her mother and desperately wants her to come back.

* In Lee Lightner's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/SpaceWolf novel ''Wolf's Honour'', Mikal feels heavily burdened by the role that fell on him when Berek was gravely wounded. He [[ConverseWithTheUnconscious sees the unconscious leader and asks why him]] -- and is enraged when he realizes that the skald, Morgrim, listened to him. Morgrim is able to reassure him.

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "Battlefield", the Doctor cradles the apparently-killed-by-exploding-daemon body of [[spoiler: Brigadier, and later Sir Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]] bemoaning the pointlessness with the comment "you should have died in bed." Obviously, he got better, gave the Doctor a tart retort "Really Doctor. Do you think I'd have been so stupid as to have stayed inside?" and went back to his gardening. As for his eventual fate (according to the expanded universe) - yeah, the Doctor was right. In bed. Aged roughly 125 (after being rejuvenated by accident, and becoming a lord in the Human Dreaming (kind of like Avalon in the Marvel Universe).

* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': In "Broken Pieces", Narissa talks to a comatose Ramdha. She's hoping that the sound of her voice will awake her aunt so that the latter can join the Romulan fleet. Otherwise, Narissa will have to leave Ramdha behind on the Artifact.

* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'',just a few examples include:

* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', a few examples among many include:

** [[Recap/SupernaturalS06E22TheManWhoKnewTooMuch]]: Sam is dreaming that he's driving down a road at night, unaware that he's actually in a coma. In the real world, Dean shines a penlight in his eye, freaking out Dream!Sam when he's suddenly driving in broad daylight. The song playing on Dean's radio is also playing on his car radio.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':

** Sam is dreaming that he's driving down a road at night, unaware that he's actually in a coma. In the real world, Dean shines a penlight in his eye, freaking out Dream!Sam when he's suddenly driving in broad daylight. The song playing on Dean's radio is also playing on his car radio.

* Variation on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Sam and Dean have an actual conversation while Dean is in a coma, because Dean is [[NearDeathClairvoyance astrally projecting]] and can communicate via Ouija board.

* Not surprisingly, this is a time-honored trope that happens a lot in SoapOpera.
* Variation on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Sam and Dean have an actual conversation while Dean is in a coma, because Dean is [[NearDeathClairvoyance astrally projecting]] and can communicate via Ouija board.
** Sam is dreaming that he's driving down a road at night, unaware that he's actually in a coma. In the real world, Dean shines a penlight in his eye, freaking out Dream!Sam when he's suddenly driving in broad daylight. The song playing on Dean's radio is also playing on his car radio.

-->'''Clark''': [[spoiler:[[TearJerker You're the best friend and ally I could have had, Chloe. The truth is, you saved me more than I could have ever saved you. I'm sorry to go back to hiding the truth from you, but the best way that I know to protect you... is to let you go. ''(kisses her on her forehead)'']]]]

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In the TwoPartEpisode "Scorpion" Captain Janeway makes an EnemyMine alliance with the Borg over the objections of her NumberOne, Chakotay. She is later injured and has to be put in an induced coma to treat her injuries. Her last orders are to keep the alliance going, but Chakotay quickly finds a pretext to end it. Afterwards, he goes to Sickbay to apologize to an unconscious Janeway, not only for disobeying her orders but for betraying a friend.
* In the Original Series Nurse Chapel holds an unconscious Spock's hand. She is surprised by Dr. M'Benga, a specialist in Vulcan physiology, who tells her Spock is in a healing trance and '- knows you were holding his hand.' Chapel recovers herself and tells Spock that a good nurse ''always'' holds her patients' hands '-it makes them feel she cares.'

* At the end of the first season of ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'', Rebecca is at a pie contest with her friend Paula but passes out just as the prizes are being awarded and is rushed to the hospital. It's cleared up pretty quickly that Rebecca's going to be fine -- she passed out due to an untreated UTI, but it gets taken care of at the hospital -- but before the doctor informs Paula (and us), we're treated to a scene where Paula sits next to Rebecca's bed, holding her hand and talking to her, telling her that they won the contest and begging her to be okay, before tearfully asking the doctor what's wrong with "my [[AffectionateNickname Cookie]]." In a dark comedy where Paula's tendency to [[ParentalSubstitute act like she's Rebecca's mother]] is PlayedForLaughs, it's surprisingly touching.
* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'':
** In "The Inheritors", Daria Michaels has been in a coma since she was knocked down by a hit-and-run driver. Her husband Ian sits at her hospital bed and talks to her on a daily basis.
** In "Replica", Zach Griffiths talks to his wife Nora, who has been in a coma for a year, every time that he visits her in hospital.
* ''Series/TheCrown2016'': PlayedForDrama in "Olding" when Queen Elizabeth tells an ailing Winston Churchill with quiet intensity just how much his service as Prime Minister meant to her, then freezes in dismay to realize that he's already fallen unconscious BehindTheBlack. [[spoiler:He dies before she sees him again.]]
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* Given that Music/{{Ayreon}}'s ''The Human Equation'' is about a man in a coma [[spoiler:except that it's really a computer program]], it's not surprising that this trope shows up with Wife and Best Friend and [[spoiler:their affair]].

But watch out! The [[ComatoseCanary curative power of these confessions]] is mindboggling, though not absolutely perfect. Needless to say, the more embarrassing it was, the more they actually heard.

* In ''Film/KillBill'', Buck, a hospital orderly frequently visits the Bride during her coma. He openly taunts her about making money by [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEcil letting customers raping her while inconscious]]. When waking up, the Bride perfectly remember, and considering that she is a [[BullyingADragonprofesionnal assassin]]...

--> '''Chief Wiggum''': "Ah, looks like you just bought yourself a lottery ticket... to jail."
--> '''Officer Lou''': "He's unconscious, Sir."
--> '''Chief Wiggum''': "Ah, they can still hear things."

* ''Series/TheCrown2016'': PlayedForDrama in "Olding" when Queen Elizabeth tells an ailing Winston Churchill with quiet intensity just how much his service as Prime Minister meant to her, then freezes in dismay to realize that he's already fallen unconscious BehindTheBlack.

* ''Series/TheCrown'': PlayedForDrama in "Olding" when Queen Elizabeth tells an ailing Winston Churchill with quiet intensity just how much his service as Prime Minister meant to her, then freezes in dismay to realize that he's already fallen unconscious BehindTheBlack.

** In the last episode of the second season, Vita tells an unconscious Hayate that as her happiness is the Wolkenritter's happiness, [[spoiler:Reinforce promised to [[HeroicSacrifice leave]] [[GoOutWithASmile smiling]].]]

* Creator/MrT [[http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=69856 talked a young boy out of a coma]].

** The {{OAV}} "The One To Carry On" performs a similar scene where Ryouga, conflicted between his need to help Akane and his desire for her to lose the Dojo (and thus break up with Ranma,) watches her sleep and speaks to her in his mind, trying to figure out his feelings. He decides that staying with her would only end up hurting both of them, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments and leaves, only to find her again the next day]].

* Parodied in ''ComicBook/DylanDog'': when Bloch had been shot and was comatose and not expected to survive the night, Groucho went to his bed... To unleash [[HurricaneOfPuns a long series of his awful jokes and puns]]. It's made clear that Bloch could hear him when [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments he wakes up (and survives) just to]] [[LamePunReaction scream that someone stops Groucho and takes him away]] (just as expected).

-->[''Neo does. And proceeds to own Smith in a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome that proves that, yes, he is The One'']

* Cody speaks to the ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'' while they're paralyzed from radioactive space dust. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments They appreciate it once they're all better.]]

* The one time Snake-Eyes of ''{{GI Joe}}'' '''ever''' speaks is whispering Scarlett's codename to her while she's in a coma. Naturally, this is enough to wake her up.

* In the first ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'', Riku would talk to a comatose Kairi, desperate to retrieve her heart in order for her to awaken.
** He does this again in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', but to [[spoiler: Sora]] instead after [[spoiler: the latter is [[{{DeepSleep}} rendered comatose]] by [[{{MoralEventHorizon}} Young Xehanort]]]].

* In the ''Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch'' novel ''Enigma Tales,'' Dr. Bashir is comatose and being cared for by Garak's personal physicians. Dr. Parmak urges Garak to talk to him, but Garak says that it's pointless and that there's nobody there to hear. By the end of the novel, he changes his mind and is reading Bashir an [[TitleDrop enigma tale]] when [[spoiler: [[FingerTwitchingRevival Bashir's fingers twitch for the first time]].