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* In ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' Yusuke falls asleep while leaning against the RV during a group meeting. Futaba and Ryuji [[LampshadeHanging immediately comment]] the weird talent of their teammate.

* ''Aladdin: Nasira's revenge'' features the merchants in level 3 who fall asleep on their feet and allowing you a chance to steal their apples before they wake up.

** Scott returns from exile to Boney Island in "[[Recap/TotalDramaNoEggspectsTheSpanishOpposition No Egg-spects the Spanish Opposition]]" and is dead tired. He manages to stay awake for the trip back to Boney Island to compete in the day's challenge, which takes place in the Fun Zone, but once there, vicious mutants behind every bush and rock or not, he falls asleep upright leaning against a tree. He is woken up by Courtney, with whom he subsequently teams up.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': {{Ojou}} Erika is [[SleepyHead constantly falling asleep]] for no clear reason. This dates back to ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue''. where she falls asleep mid-sentence while sitting down. It's most pronounced in the remake ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee'', where upon challenging Erika she'll doze off mid-sentence, still standing up at that. The most popular fan theories are that either spending a lot of time time around Grass-type Pokémon who know [[StandardStatusEffects Sleep Powder]] is to blame or Erika is narcoleptic.

-->--'''Spirit Bear''', ''VideoGame/BeeSwarmSimulator''

* Similar to Erika from above, Chiaki Nanami from ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has a tendency to randomly fall asleep while standing up, even if she’s in the middle of a conversation. One possible reason for this is that [[spoiler: since she’s an AI, this could be her equivalent of buffering.]]

* The third episode of ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats In Outer Space'' has the group visit a planet where a city's inhabitants are all asleep, nearly all them standing upright. One is even bent over a water fountain, getting splashed in the face, snoring obliviously. This was the result of "purple dust," a powdered sedative delivered by the villain's allies as part of his EvilPlan.

* Having spent a week helping Kiki with her recurring nightmare, Steven in the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service" ends up falling asleep while standing next to Jenny.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Bender, and by extension, all robots, prefer to sleep standing up in a room small enough to be a closet. Fry moves in with him and has to try doing the same thing in the same tiny, cramped space, [[ClosetSublet until he discovers that the apartment has a "closet" the size of a normal apartment]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland,'' the second task was to stay awake as long as possible, with the last person's team victorious. [[InformedAttractiveness Justin]] seems to be doing really well, standing around with his eyes wide open...until it's discovered that he's actually doing this, with his eyelids painted to look like he's still awake.

* The third episode of ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats In Outer Space'' has the group visit a planet where a city's inhabitants are all asleep, nearly all them standing upright. One is even bent over a water fountain, getting splashed in the face, snoring obliviously. This was the result of "purple dust," a powdered sedative delivered by TheVillain's allies as part of his EvilPlan.

* Deborah does this in a bonus scene from ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers''.

A frequent sign of a {{Sleepyhead}} or HeavySleeper is their ability to remain asleep even while sleeping. This character has been known to fall asleep while standing up, usually on multiple occasions. This is usually PlayedForLaughs. But, a character that is so exhausted they don't have time to lay down is more likely to be PlayedForDrama (though it's still played for comedy sometimes).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Bender, and by extension, all robots, prefer to sleep standing up in a room small enough to be a closet. Fry tries to sleep this way when trying to share an apartment with him, but finds it uncomfortable.

Most people sleep in beds of some sort. Others don't, but they still sleep lying down. Some people sleep sitting... and then there are those who can, somehow, fall asleep while standing upright. They don't slump over in their sleep. They're still standing even while zonked out.

* On ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', [[TheDitz Psyduck]] falls asleep both standing up and with its eyes open after listening to the lullaby sung by Jigglypuff.

* ''Series/Yo Gabba Gabba'': Happens with Plex in "Sleep," while the other mascots have their own beds.

* ''Series/{{YoGabbaGabba}}'': Happens with Plex in "Sleep," while the other mascots have their own beds.

* ''ComicBook/DanInSpace'': In the first issue, Dan falls asleep in Zito's Pizza while talking to Mili and Dali. They even comment that he fell asleep while stnding up.

A frequent sign of a {{Sleepyhead}} or HeavySleeper is their ability to remain asleep standing up even while sleeping. This character has been known to fall asleep while standing up, usually on multiple occasions. This is usually PlayedForLaughs. But, a character that is so exhausted they don't have time to lay down is more likely to be PlayedForDrama (though it's still often played for comedy).

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* Hannelore manages this in [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=887 strip 887]] of ''WebComic/QuestionableContent'' after pulling an all-night drum-practice session.

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* ''ComicBooks/DanInSpace'': In the first issue, Dan falls asleep in Zito's Pizza while talking to Mili and Dali. They even comment that he fell asleep while stnding up.