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* The ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode, "Operation: Q.U.I.E.T." has Numbuhs Two through Five protecting the tree house from enemy intruders (in the form of some of the show's villains), keeping them quiet so that Numbuh One can be well-rested for his Defense Grid Award acceptance speech the following morning. In the end, it's [[spoiler:Numbuh Five]] who ends up waking Numbuh One.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode, "Operation: Q.U.I.E.T." has Numbuhs Two through Five protecting the tree house from enemy intruders (in the form of some of the show's villains), keeping them quiet so that Numbuh One can be well-rested for his Defense Grid Award acceptance speech the following morning. In the end, it's [[spoiler:Numbuh Five]] who ends up waking Numbuh One.One when cheering what a close call the last one was. At the end, Numbuh 1 is giving his acceptance speech saying how his Defense Grid was made with the objective of protecting his sector while they asleep. Cue the whole sector ''and'' the invaders asleep in front of the TV.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BlazeAndTheMonsterMachines'':
** In "Runaway Rocket", Blaze encounters a sleeping grizzly bear truck and sneaks quietly past, quipping aside the only thing that would wake it is the sound of a noisy engine. Then the rocket with Crusher and Pickle stuck on it passes by with them screaming, and that wakes up the bear.
** In "The Wishing Wheel", the last obstacle before the titular MacGuffin is a sleeping stone snake; Blaze and Stripes had to drive slowly and gently across its back so it doesn't wake up. Then Crusher and Pickle appear with tire rockets and yelling loudly, and they make a rough landing on the snake, waking it up and trapping them.
** In the climax of "Fast Friends", Blaze comes to a cave of sleeping bighorns where Watts' tire is kept; to get through the cave, he had to turn into a grapple claw and move the bighorns out of the way without waking them. He is successful and retrieves the tire... but then the bighorns' alarm clock goes off, waking them all and chasing them out.
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* [[https://youtu.be/U2rwt138cbU?si=NHCJguP1brWmkRnQ A 90s Pizza Hut commercial]] features a dad trying to enjoy the pizza he just ordered, but he just got the baby to sleep, so he has to do it quietly, but it's not easy for him as he takes a [[GroinAttack rake to the groin]], the cat bites him, and he slips on a toy truck which then launches into the air and hits him in the head. He somehow manages to stay quiet through it all until he takes a bite and shouts, "WOW! WHAT A PIZZA!" Waking the baby in the process.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'': In "[[Recap/CyberchaseS2E3HarrietHippoAndTheMeanGreen Harriet Hippo & the Mean Green]]", Jackie and Inez have to sneak past a group of sleeping gorillas in order to get the Electro-Root for the antidote needed to save Motherboard from turning everybody in Cyberspace mean and green.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AThousandAndOneAmericas'': In the eighth episode, Chris and a girl he met shortly beforehand (named Tiau) sight a fat man sleeping in a hammock. Chris tries to reach him, but Tiau stops him and warns him that the man is the chief of the village they're in, and waking him up during his noon rest will get him very angry. Unfortunately, Chris' pet dog Lon runs straight at him anyway, and the man is so furious upon being waken up that he chases Lon and the two kids non-stop.
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* ''VideoGame/Metro2033'': Black Librarians are the tougher, nastier cousins of the already threatening [[SavageSetpiece Librarians]], and ''much'' harder to stare down when faced. Luckily they are usually asleep in the lower reaches of the Moscow Library and you can sneak past them. Though if you're playing the non-Redux original version, better be careful of accidentally kicking bones or stepping on broken glass -- Librarians are very keen of hearing.


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* ''VideoGame/RealmsOfTheHaunting'': The section taking place in the realm of Raquia is all about sneaking around, not making noise to wake up the angel Raysiel before getting the Key of Tears. If you do wake him up, have fun being imprisoned in the realm, softlocked until you reload a save or restart the whole game.

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If the Sleeper does wake up, a DreamApocalypse might occur (even in the real world, if the sleeper in question is a RealityWarper). Can often overlap with a StealthBasedMission.

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If the Sleeper does wake up, a DreamApocalypse might occur (even in the real world, if the sleeper in question is a RealityWarper). Can often overlap with a

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* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': In "[[Recap/WorkItOutWombatsS1E33ParrandaHappyNewAcornYear Happy New Acorn Year]]," one of the ways that the wombats try to stay awake is by playing loud music. However, Felicia Fishman gets upset with them because they could have woken up the fish babies, who cannot stay up to see the acorn drop.

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* ''Fanfic/ABackwardsGrin'': Main character Mawile in Chapter 7, as she's attempting to steal a few things from Paul and escape.



* In ''Fanfic/AGemOfADay'', [[spoiler:Sunset Shimmer, Sci-Twilight and Pinkie Pie end up having to sneak up to a chimera in order to recover a mystical gem it is holding. Unfortunately, it ends up being awoken by Pinkie's slide whistle]].
* In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''FanFic/KingOfKingsRulingOverRulers'', if Aernus is awakened then the universe (which is the physical manifestation of his dream) [[DreamApocalypse ceases to exist]]. [[spoiler: The last time someone tried to "awaken" him in the form of a lucid dream, reality itself (not just the universe) was shattered.]]
* In ''Fanfic/YouCallThatACostume'', [[spoiler:when Fluttershy is transformed into a giant bat, the Rainbooms find her snoozing from a streetlamp. Unfortunately, while sneaking up on her, a transformed Applejack wakes her up when she screams over [[IBrokeANail breaking a nail]]]].

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* In ''Fanfic/AGemOfADay'', [[spoiler:Sunset Shimmer, Sci-Twilight Sci-Twilight, and Pinkie Pie Pie]] end up having to sneak up to a chimera in order to recover a mystical gem it is holding. Unfortunately, it ends up being awoken by Pinkie's [[spoiler:Pinkie's slide whistle]].
* In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''FanFic/KingOfKingsRulingOverRulers'', if Aernus is awakened then awakened, the universe (which is the physical manifestation of his dream) [[DreamApocalypse ceases to exist]]. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The last time someone tried to "awaken" him in the form of a lucid dream, reality itself (not just the universe) was shattered.]]
* In ''Fanfic/YouCallThatACostume'', [[spoiler:when when Fluttershy is transformed [[spoiler:transformed into a giant bat, bat]], the Rainbooms find her snoozing from [[spoiler:from a streetlamp. streetlamp]]. Unfortunately, while sneaking up on her, a transformed [[spoiler:a transformed]] Applejack wakes her up when she screams over [[IBrokeANail breaking a nail]]]].nail]].



* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', Edgar succeeds in his catnapping, only to realize that he left his hat, umbrella, motorcycle side car, and the cats' basket back at the countryside, and rushes out to retrieve them before the police can. All of those things end up in the possession of Napoleon and Lafayette, a pair of dogs who attacked him the night before. When Edgar finds Napoleon asleep in the motorcycle side car and Lafayette asleep in the cats' basket, he has to find a way to get them, as well as his hat and umbrella back without waking the dogs up.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', Edgar succeeds in his catnapping, only to realize that he left his hat, umbrella, motorcycle side car, sidecar, and the cats' basket back at in the countryside, and rushes out to retrieve them before the police can. All of those things end up in the possession of Napoleon and Lafayette, a pair of dogs who attacked him the night before. When Edgar finds Napoleon asleep in the motorcycle side car sidecar and Lafayette asleep in the cats' basket, he has to find a way to get them, as well as his hat and umbrella back back, without waking the dogs up.



* In Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', Prince John and his henchmen have captured all the townsfolk of Nottingham and are planning to hang Friar Tuck at dawn when he protests against the Sheriff taking a penny from the poor box. Robin Hood and Little John have to rescue the townsfolk and steal back their money without waking up the Sheriff or Prince John.

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* In Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', Prince John and his henchmen have captured arrested all the townsfolk of Nottingham for unpaid taxes and are planning to hang Friar Tuck at dawn when he protests against the Sheriff taking a penny from the poor box. for treason. Robin Hood and Little John have to rescue the townsfolk and steal back their money pull off a mass jailbreak without waking up the Sheriff at the jail's only entrance or Prince John.John, who has all the gold in his bedroom.



** In ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', you must walk slowly around sleeping Piranha Plant enemies otherwise they will wake and attack you. While they are attacking you they are invincible, but you can kill them while they're sleeping.

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** In ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', you must walk slowly around sleeping Piranha Plant enemies otherwise enemies; otherwise, they will wake and attack you. While they are attacking you they are invincible, but you can kill them while they're sleeping.
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* In ''Film/BabysDayOut'', Baby Bink [[StrayingBaby wanders from Eddie, Norby, and Veeko]] and at one point makes his way to the Chicago Zoo, where he winds up in a gorilla's cage and befriends a gorilla who attacks the criminals whenever they get near him. At one point, the gorilla is asleep, so the criminals try to get Bink back from the gorilla without waking him up. They fail miserably, and Eddie gets launched into an orangutan's cage.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'', Kaylee, Garret, Devon and Cornwall find the Sword of Excalibur in the possession of a sleeping ogre and have to recover it without waking him up. However, Ruber and his henchmen are also after Excalibur. Ruber's Griffin manages to wake up the ogre with an IllTimedSneeze, but the heroes manage to recover Excalibur anyway.

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