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* In ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'', Silas and Sarah Heap dream of Nicko and Snorri as the latter are walking across a snow-covered forest ... 500 years before.
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While they can, like DreamingOfThingsToCome, be hard to fathom, they are, since they are long gone, unable to warded off. And unlike DreamSpying, the characters are seldom detected by the people they watch. {{Dream Weaver}}s can send them, or when a character is TalkingInYourDreams, the other can show them.

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While they can, can be hard to fathom, like DreamingOfThingsToCome, be hard to fathom, they are, are unable to be warded or fought off, since they are long gone, unable to warded off.gone. And unlike DreamSpying, the characters are seldom detected by the people they watch. {{Dream Weaver}}s can send them, or when them. When a character is TalkingInYourDreams, the other can show them.
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* In ''TheQuestportChronicles'', [[AmnesiacHero Mei]] has dreams of events long past, including an [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abomination's]] imprisonment and [[TearJerker her mother's death]].
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* In {{Homestuck}}, an important Troll historical figure known as the Signless had dreams of [[spoiler:life before he Scratched his universe, causing everyone's lives to be reset]], inspiring him to spread anti-caste-system messages.
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* An [[DreamWeaver old man's]] astral form entered Ranma's, from RanmaOneHalf, dream showing him a date that had happened when the man was young.
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* In ''VideoGame/ForeversEnd'', Epoch regularly dreams of the past of the Crusades.
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* In TerryPratchett and NeilGaiman's ''GoodOmens'', Witchfinder Shadwell has a dream about seventeenth-century witch and prophet Agnes Nutter. Because of her prophetic ability, he ''is'' detected by her, leading to a BrickJoke; in the first account the book gives of her burning at the stake, it says that her last act was to look up at the sky and say "That goes for you as well, you daft old fool," and it's implied that she's talking to God. When Shadwell dreams about it, it becomes clear that she was actually saying it to him.

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* In TerryPratchett and NeilGaiman's ''GoodOmens'', ''Literature/GoodOmens'', Witchfinder Shadwell has a dream about seventeenth-century witch and prophet Agnes Nutter. Because of her prophetic ability, he ''is'' detected by her, leading to a BrickJoke; in the first account the book gives of her burning at the stake, it says that her last act was to look up at the sky and say "That goes for you as well, you daft old fool," and it's implied that she's talking to God. When Shadwell dreams about it, it becomes clear that she was actually saying it to him.


* Several characters in HPLovecraft stories are [[{{Understatement}} unfortunate enough]] to [[TheDarkTimes dream of the times]] when [[EldritchAbomination Gods and their servants]] walked the Earth. Those dreams are usually harmful to mind, body, sanity, or all three.

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* Several characters in HPLovecraft stories are [[{{Understatement}} unfortunate enough]] enough to [[TheDarkTimes dream of the times]] when [[EldritchAbomination Gods and their servants]] walked the Earth. Those dreams are usually harmful to mind, body, sanity, or all three.
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* In ''{{Xenogears}}'', Fei and Elly experience visions of themselves in the distant past. It's not until near the end of the game that the reason for these visions is revealed.
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* Parodied in the ''SouthPark'' episode "I'm a Little Bit Country", in which Cartman tries to invoke this trope to get out of studying for an American history report.
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* A major plot point in ''FinalFantasyVIII'', and several gameplay sequences, are devoted to the main characters dreaming of past events involving Laguna Loire and his friends. This later turns out to be because of another character's magical power.
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While they can, like DreamingOfThingsToCome, be hard to fathom, they are, since they are long gone, unable to warded off. And unlike DreamSpying, the characters are seldom detected by the people they watch. DreamWeavers can send them, or when a character is TalkingInYourDreams, the other can show them.

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While they can, like DreamingOfThingsToCome, be hard to fathom, they are, since they are long gone, unable to warded off. And unlike DreamSpying, the characters are seldom detected by the people they watch. DreamWeavers {{Dream Weaver}}s can send them, or when a character is TalkingInYourDreams, the other can show them.

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* A different take happens between Koyuki and Snow in {{MAR}}, they are essentially the counterparts of the same person, and so they share dreams of what's happening between their worlds. Given that both girls love him, this level of interaction helps to solidify them as his 'One True Love'[[spoiler:, yes, both of them]].
** Snow dreams of Koyuki's memories of her and Ginta's past.
** Koyuki dreams of Snow's interactions with Ginta, and relates them to his worried mother to confirm to her that her son is alright, though in another world.
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** In ''Horn Crown'' the hero dreams of himself at a long-ago banquet -- [[TalkingInYourDreams where a woman talks with him and realizes he's from the future and gives him some aid.

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** In ''Horn Crown'' ''[[WitchWorld Horn Crown]]'' the hero dreams of himself at a long-ago banquet -- [[TalkingInYourDreams where a woman talks with him and realizes he's from the future and gives him some aid.aid]].
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** In ''Horn Crown'' the hero dreams of himself at a long-ago banquet -- [[TalkingInYourDreams where a woman talks with him and realizes he's from the future and gives him some aid.
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While they can, like DreamingOfThingsToCome, be hard to fathom, they are, since they are long gone, unable to warded off. And unlike DreamSpying, the characters are seldom detected by the people they watch.

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While they can, like DreamingOfThingsToCome, be hard to fathom, they are, since they are long gone, unable to warded off. And unlike DreamSpying, the characters are seldom detected by the people they watch. \n DreamWeavers can send them, or when a character is TalkingInYourDreams, the other can show them.




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* In Margaret Ball's ''No Earthly Sunne'', Ellen dreams of Elizabethean times.
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* In RickRiordan's ''[[TheKaneChronicles The Throne of Fire]]'', Sadie dreams of Ra's being forced from his position.
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** Much later [[http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2010/02/16/ Dru's attempt to enter her dream finds her in a memory.]]
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* In ''{{AIR}}'', Misuzu dreams of the time of Kannabi-no-Mikoto [[spoiler:which was her "[[OurSoulsAreDifferent full-self]]"]]. [[spoiler:As the dream becomes more vivid, her body deteriorates because no human body can contain the entirety of Kanna's soul, eventually leading to her tragic death.]]

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* In ''{{AIR}}'', Misuzu dreams of the time of Kannabi-no-Mikoto [[spoiler:which was her "[[OurSoulsAreDifferent full-self]]"]]. [[spoiler:As the dream becomes more vivid, her body deteriorates because no human body can contain the entirety of Kanna's soul, eventually leading to her tragic death.]]death]].



* In ''CardcaptorSakura'', the [[strike:titular]] eponymous character dreams of the time of death [[spoiler:not]] of Clow Reed.

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* In RobertEHoward's ConanTheBarbarian story "Shadows in the Moonlight", Olivia dreams of how the strange statutes had been men, TakenForGranite by a PhysicalGod after they had [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] [[HalfHumanHybrid his son to death]].

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* In RobertEHoward's ConanTheBarbarian ''ConanTheBarbarian'' story "Shadows in the Moonlight", Olivia dreams of how the strange statutes had been men, TakenForGranite by a PhysicalGod after they had [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] [[HalfHumanHybrid his son to death]].



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** Its sort-of sequel, ''AoiShiro'', Syouko dreams of the time of Yasuhime and her exile to the southern islands to seal the [[ArtifactOfDeath <<Sword>>]]. [[spoiler:This is {{Justified}} by having the blood of Yasuhime literally flowing in her veins-- she was [[BackFromTheDead brought back to life]] by Yasuhime, once.]]

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** Its sort-of sequel, ''AoiShiro'', Syouko dreams of the time of Yasuhime and her exile to the southern islands to seal the [[ArtifactOfDeath <<Sword>>]]. [[spoiler:This is {{Justified}} by having the blood of Yasuhime literally flowing in her veins-- veins -- she was [[BackFromTheDead brought back to life]] by Yasuhime, once.]]once]].



* Happens to Aya Brea in ParasiteEve2. It's not so much sleeping as it's fainting from exhaustion.

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* Happens to Aya Brea in ParasiteEve2.''ParasiteEve2''. It's not so much sleeping as it's fainting from exhaustion.



* In {{Strays}}, [[http://www.straysonline.com/comic/125.htm Meela has one of a murder]], and more after.

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* In {{Strays}}, ''{{Strays}}'', [[http://www.straysonline.com/comic/125.htm Meela has one of a murder]], and more after.
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* In {{Strays}}, [[http://www.straysonline.com/comic/125.htm Meela has one of a murder]], and more after.
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* In StephenHunt's ''The Rise of the Iron Moon'', Purity's dreams are identified as telling of the long-distant past.
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* {{Pibgorn}} is sent back in time by the ghost, into a dream.
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** This is a frequent trope in many of Howard's stories.
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* In BarbaraHambly's ''Bride of the Rat God'', a character dreams of the ancient ritual in which the cursed necklace was used
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Might be {{Justified}} by [[{{Reincarnation}} the dreaming characters having lived in the past]], [[GeneticMemory or having an ancestor living in that past]].

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Might be {{Justified}} explained by [[{{Reincarnation}} the dreaming characters having lived in the past]], [[GeneticMemory or having an ancestor living in that past]].
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[[TheDarkTimes Beware, though, that sometimes the past is not an era friendly to human sanity]].

Might be {{Justified}} by [[{{Reincarnation}} the dreaming characters having lived in the past]], [[GeneticMemory or having an ancestor living in that past]].


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* In ''{{AIR}}'', Misuzu dreams of the time of Kannabi-no-Mikoto [[spoiler:which was her "[[OurSoulsAreDifferent full-self]]"]]. [[spoiler:As the dream becomes more vivid, her body deteriorates because no human body can contain the entirety of Kanna's soul, eventually leading to her tragic death.]]
* In ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', Madoka dreams of [[spoiler:things that have happened in the ''previous iteration'' of the GroundhogDayLoop]].
* In ''CardcaptorSakura'', the [[strike:titular]] eponymous character dreams of the time of death [[spoiler:not]] of Clow Reed.
* Happens several time to different characters in ''ShamanKing''.


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* Several characters in HPLovecraft stories are [[{{Understatement}} unfortunate enough]] to [[TheDarkTimes dream of the times]] when [[EldritchAbomination Gods and their servants]] walked the Earth. Those dreams are usually harmful to mind, body, sanity, or all three.

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* In the GirlsLove VisualNovel ''AkaiIto'', [[TheChick Kei]] dreams of the time of the Mizuki Tribe and their coalition with the human exorcists from the Capitol in their quest to vanquish [[BigBad Nushi]]. [[spoiler:She also dreams of the fall of the Mizuki at the hands of their human ex-allies, and the subsequent suffering of [[TheLastOfHisKind Sakuya]]]].
** Its sort-of sequel, ''AoiShiro'', Syouko dreams of the time of Yasuhime and her exile to the southern islands to seal the [[ArtifactOfDeath <<Sword>>]]. [[spoiler:This is {{Justified}} by having the blood of Yasuhime literally flowing in her veins-- she was [[BackFromTheDead brought back to life]] by Yasuhime, once.]]
* This is the majority of the gameplay in ''AssassinsCreed'' games.
* Happens to Aya Brea in ParasiteEve2. It's not so much sleeping as it's fainting from exhaustion.
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* In RobertEHoward's ConanTheBarbarian story "Shadows in the Moonlight", Olivia dreams of how the strange statutes had been men, TakenForGranite by a PhysicalGod after they had tortured his son to death.

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* In RobertEHoward's ConanTheBarbarian story "Shadows in the Moonlight", Olivia dreams of how the strange statutes had been men, TakenForGranite by a PhysicalGod after they had tortured [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] [[HalfHumanHybrid his son to death.death]].

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