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* A few ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strips had Garfield face this dilemma. First [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1993&addr=930328 he turns the shower head upside down to stop the dripping, only for it to keep dripping even upside-down]], [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1994&addr=940508 he notices it as one of the sounds commonly heard at night]] and [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1995&addr=951119 he stops the faucet from dripping by using Jon's toe]].

* This is one of the ordinary noises played with in the ''Series/TwilightZone'' episode "Sounds and Silences".

TruthInTelevision of course, sensitivity to noises is one of the most common things preventing people from getting sleep. Remedys include earplugs and playing white noise to help deffuse the annoying sounds.

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-->'''Gabby:''' [[TempringFate I might as well try sleeping under Niagara Falls!]]

* This is one of many things that keep WesternAnimation/PorkyPig and Gabby Goat from sleeping in Creator/BobClampett's 1937 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Porky's Badtime Story".

* ''Series/RedDwarf'' features a variant of this in which the clangs and noises of a water pipe in the wall keep Kochanski awake all night and drive her mad. She reaches breaking point when she thinks she has memorized the pattern, only for a new noise to appear.

* Showed up in ''[[HeraldsOfValdemar Exile's Valor]]''. Selenay is already having trouble sleeping due to grief over her father's death, and the drip in the royal suite's bathing room isn't helping matters.

* The animated short from [[Creator/ColumbiaCartoons UPA]] based on "[[EdgarAllanPoe The Tell-Tale Heart]]" uses a dripping tap as the sound the murderer thinks is his victim's accusing heartbeat.

* In an issue of the ''{{Area 88}}'' manga that didn't make it stateside, [[spoiler:after he leaves Area 88 and takes up residence in Paris]], Shin can't sleep due to a dripping faucet in his apartment. Furious, he sits up in bed and screams at the faucet. This is a decidedly non-comical example, since it is intended to show Shin's psychological disintegration due to war trauma.

* In an issue of the {{Area 88}} manga that didn't make it stateside, [[spoiler:after he leaves Area 88 and takes up residence in Paris]], Shin can't sleep due to a dripping faucet in his apartment. Furious, he sits up in bed and screams at the faucet. This is a decidedly non-comical example, since it is intended to show Shin's psychological disintegration due to war trauma.

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* In the film musical ''Film/{{Chicago}}'', a dripping tap is one of the noises Roxie hears as she tries to get to sleep on her first night in prison. It turns into part of the rhythmic accompaniment to "Cell Block Tango".

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* In an early episode of ''Series/SesameStreet'', Bert can't sleep because a dripping faucet is keeping him awake, so he sends Ernie to take care of it. But instead of turning off the faucet, Ernie turns on a radio that plays loud music to drown out the dripping.
** Soon after, instead of turning off the radio, Ernie turns on a vacuum cleaner to drown out the radio.
*** Bert then gets up to deal with all the racket, but by the time he gets back to bed, Ernie's asleep, and snoring! [[ButtMonkey Poor Bert.]]

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* As in the ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' examples above, the ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "Peace And Quiet" also had Garfield annoyed by a dripping faucet while trying to get some rest. [[ChekhovsGun He stops it with a cork.]]
* The ''DonaldDuck'' cartoon "Drip Dippy Donald" takes this trope UpToEleven.
* The animated short from [[ColumbiaCartoons UPA]] based on "[[EdgarAllanPoe The Tell-Tale Heart]]" uses a dripping tap as the sound the murderer thinks is his victim's accusing heartbeat.

* A variant in "Space Madness" where [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren and Stimpy]] are on a lengthy space mission and go on break for six years...it's clear things won't go well when, within thirty seconds, Ren is driven batty by Stimpy's absently tapping his finger on the tabletop.
-->Do you HAVE to keep TAPPING like that!!! You ''BLOATED SACK OF PROTOPLASM!!!''

* A few ''{{Garfield}}'' strips had Garfield face this dilemma. First [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1993&addr=930328 he turns the shower head upside down to stop the dripping, only for it to keep dripping even upside-down]], [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1994&addr=940508 he notices it as one of the sounds commonly heard at night]] and [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1995&addr=951119 he stops the faucet from dripping by using Jon's toe]].

* As in the ''{{Garfield}}'' examples above, the ''GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "Peace And Quiet" also had Garfield annoyed by a dripping faucet while trying to get some rest. [[ChekhovsGun He stops it with a cork.]]

* A variant in "Space Madness" where RenAndStimpy are on a lengthy space mission and go on break for six years...it's clear things won't go well when, within thirty seconds, Ren is driven batty by Stimpy's absently tapping his finger on the tabletop.

* A variant in "Space madness" where RenAndStimpy are on a lengthy space mission and go on break for six years...it's clear things won't go well when, within thirty seconds, Ren is driven batty by Stimpy's absently tapping his finger on the tabletop.

* ''RedDwarf'' features a variant of this in which the clangs and noises of a water pipe in the wall keep Kochanski awake all night and drive her mad. She reaches breaking point when she thinks she has memorized the pattern, only for a new noise to appear.

* As in the ''{{Garfield}}'' examples above, the ''GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "Peace And Quiet" also had Garfield annoyed by a dripping faucet while trying to get some rest.

* This is one of many things that keep WesternAnimation/PorkyPig and Gabby Goat from sleeping in Creator/BobClampett's 1937 short "Porky's Badtime Story".

* This is one of many things that keep WesternAnimation/PorkyPig and Gabby Goat from sleeping in "Porky's Bedtime Story".

* The ''Creator/TexAvery'' short "Doggone Tired" had this done deliberately by the rabbit, as one of the tactics to keep the hunting dog awake at night.

* The ''DonaldDuck'' cartoon "Drip Dippy Donald" takes this trope UpToEleven