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* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' starts with a DreamingOfThingsToCome sequence in which ther hero Serge, Kid, and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a third person]] infiltrate Fort Dragonia. He wakes up after reaching a plot-significant door.

* ''Film/{{Blackbird}}'' begins with Randy's dream in which he and his crush Todd in front of the church choir singing a duet, after which they disrobe and start kissing passionately.

* The start of ''Series/TheDumpingGround'' webisode "Liam's Story" opens with Liam dreaming he is a music artist. We see him learn from his agent that he's number one in the US, France, and Germany, but only number two in New Zealand. Liam sacks the agent, but tells her to get a glass of water. The agent throws a glass of water into Liam's face. He then wakes up and it turns out Jack (Liam's brother) chucked the water into Liam's face to wake him up.

* ''VideoGames/StarTrekOnline'' story ''Fanfic/{{Bait and Switch|STO}}'' and its side story ''Fanfic/ShakedownShenanigans'' both open in Captain Kanril Eleya's recurring FlashbackNightmare of her being near-fatally stabbed defending her ship against a boarding action ten years earlier.

The trope is commonly used in video games where the player has to choose information about themselves or answer a personality test, to make the CharacterCustomization process more immersive. In written works it's commonly a vehicle for {{foreshadowing}}, [[DreamingOfThingsToCome prophecy]], or a way to promise the readers the more fantastic elements the story can't open with. In a show or movie it can either provide [[DreamingOfTimesGoneBy backstory]] or provide a confusing or surreal hook to keep the viewers watching so that they get answers.

* ''Literature/LivInTheFuture'' appears to begin with Liv as a badass secret agent... at least, until the [[RealDreamsAreWeirder giant singing pufferfish and the glowing-eyed cat]] appear. She’s having a dream the night before her high-school graduation. The corridor the dream began in and the cat later appear once Liv travels to the future.

* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-16-page-02 Chapter 16]] opens following Undine and Kokoro's first kiss and RelationshipUpgrade at the end of the previous chapter. At school the next day, Undine approaches Kokoro and begins to [[LetsJustBeFriends gently apologize]] for the previous night, saying that she "might have done something [she] shouldn’t have." Kokoro promptly awakens in her bed with a start.

* ''[[Manga/GanbareNakamuraKun Motto Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!]]'' starts with Nakamura and Hirose walking home together. Once they are in an empty street, Hirose asks Nakamura for a kiss, and as they're kissing, Nakamura wakes up from that dream.

* The start of ''The Dumping Ground's'' series of webisodes "Liam's Story" opens with Liam dreaming he is a music artist. We see him learn from his agent that he's number one in the US, France, and Germany, but only number two in New Zealand. Liam sacks the agent, but tells her to get a glass of water. The agent throws a glass of water into Liam's face. He then wakes up and it turns out Jack (Liam's brother) chucked the water into Liam's face to wake him up.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirBender'': Season 1's ''The Storm'' starts off with Aang dreaming that he is flying with his friends. Aang is with Appa, Sokka is riding on Aang's glider, and Katara is flying on a giant version of Momo. However, the dream suddenly turns into a nightmare when Aang notices that his friends vanished and sees a vision of Monk Gyatso. Then Aang relives the terrible storm that led to Aang and Appa being frozen in the first place. [[CatapultNightmare Then, Aang wakes up realizing that it was a dream]].

** The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E16Duffless Duffless]]" has Bart at the school science fair where his entry is a gun called the "Go Go Gun" which when zapped at people makes them do dances from the 1960s like The Monkey, which Bart demonstrates on Prinicipal Skinner, who then awards him first prize. Bart then wakes up to Lisa repeating the words "first prize" repeatedly.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie'' begins with Arnold exploring San Lorenzo as he headind to the temple and finds his parents. Suddenly, Eduardo comes in a helicopter and picks them up, leaving him alone. As he looks down to see his heart growing, the screen whitens and Arnold wakes up.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie'' begins with Arnold exploring San Lorenzo heading to the temple and finding his parents. Suddenly, Eduardo comes in a helicopter and picks them up, leaving him alone. As he looks down to see his heart growing, the screen whitens and Arnold wakes up.

* ''VideoGame/FlowerFairy'': Season 1 episode 3 opens with An'an dreaming about her PrecociousCrush, Wangke. Wangke has a potted flower with him and explains he wants to give it to someone special. An'an thinks she's that someone, but it's actually Wangke's grandma. An'an is woken up from this dream by her dad.

** Episode 101 begins with Wolffy chasing Paddi with a knife, and when he catches Paddi and is about to cut him, Paddi punch Wolffy's eye. It's revealed he is punching Mr. Slowy's eye in reality, causing him to get reprimanded and being forced to stand in the hallway outside the classrom as a punishment.

* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Some episodes may start with Wolffy's dream of finally defeating and eating the goats (or unable to eat/catch the goats but land himself in trouble), or someone else's dream of other things. This may commonly in a few episodes of season 1. And here's the short list of them:
** Episode 101 begins with Wolffy chasing Paddi with [[spoiler:a knife]], and when he catches Paddi and about to [[spoiler:cut him off]], Paddi punch Wolffy's eye and is revealed he was punching Mr. Slowy's eye in the reality, and causes him to get reprimanded and forced to stand hallway outside classrom as an punishment.

** ''Happy, Happy, Bang, Bang!'' episode 30 begins with Slowy having a nightmare about Willie [[spoiler:betraying the goats "some time later" and becoming an Wolffy clone (complete with an elderly Wolffy appearing in the bush) if he lets him into the Goat School.]]

** ''Adventures in the Sea'' episode 56 starts with Wolnie seeing her beautiful self in mirror before fading into the same but her face were added potoxs, she was shocked, and the mirrors with faces laughing at her, and when she were about to hold the mirror and throw it, she throw Wolffy out of bed in reality.

* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Some episodes may start with Wolffy's dream of finally eating goats (or unable to eat/catch the goats but land himself in trouble), or someone else's dream of other things. This may commonly in a few episodes of season 1. And here's the short list:

** ''Happy, Happy, Bang, Bang!'' episode 30 begins with Slowy having a nightmare about Willie [[spoiler:betraying the goats if he lets him into the Goat School.]]

* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'':

** ** Episode 101 begins with Wolffy chasing Paddi with [[spoiler:a knife]], and when he catches Paddi and about to [[spoiler:cut him off]], Paddi punch Wolffy's eye and is revealed he was punching Mr. Slowy's eye in the reality, and causes him to get reprimanded and forced to stand hallway outside classrom as an punishment.

* Episode 7 of ''Animation/NanaMoon'' begins with Les dreaming she has become the queen of Moon Haven, with Master Satellite as her king. Les is woken up from the dream by Grunt, one of her henchmen.