History Main / NocturnalEmission

[[AllMenArePerverts Men are such perverts]] that they even ejaculate in their sleep. There is a perfectly normal (i.e. non-perverted) biological explanation for this, but Fiction Land likes to pretend that it's always a result of an EroticDream and/or masturbation. Also, in Fiction Land, women never do this. (In RealLife, they do, but barring female ejaculation it's a lot harder for women to tell in the morning.) TruthInTelevision for both sexes, though this phenomenon is more the exception than the rule. A teenage boy's first nocturnal emission is often given the same treatment in TheTalk as a teenage girl's first period.

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* From ''Literature/TheBible'': [[Literature/BookOfExodus Leviticus chapter 15]] covers the issue of how the people of Israel were to deal with various bodily discharges, including that of the "seed of copulation". [[Literature/BookOfExodus Deuteronomy 23:9-11]] specifically deals with this issue when an army goes out against their enemies.
* In Jewish tradition Lilith, first wife of Adam, is the responsible. In the later medieval tradition there were incubi and succubi (with some justification that this is the only method demons can procreate).
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* ''Manga/DomesticNaKanojo'': In Chapter 79, there's an unusual case with Natsuo - instead of an actual ejaculation (which he dreamt he was having), he wakes up with a nosebleed so severe he has to wash his shirt and pillowcase in secret. Rui notices him sneaking into the bathroom and follows, first making a quip about him having a period, then wondering just what he was dreaming about to get a nosebleed that huge. [[spoiler:It was her.]]

* In ''Film/ZigZag2002'', [=ZigZag=] has his first WetDream after visiting a strip club. At first he thinks he's had a PottyFailure and apologizes to Singer for peeing on his couch. Once Singer realizes what really happened, he gives [=ZigZag=] TheTalk.

* In Creator/NealStephenson 's ''Cryptonomicon'', Randy starts praying for these after a few weeks in jail.

* In an oft-bowdlerised or omitted section of "Satire 1.5", Creator/{{Horace}} recalls getting one when, while on a trip to Brundisium, he stayed at a farm not too far from Trivicum for the night (though this might also be a case of MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration).

->"There, like a fool, I stayed up a good half of the night for a wench that\\

* In the fanfic "Sml fanfic - Puberty" by LoafCat99 on wattpad, in which [[spoiler:Junior]] has a wet dream, this trope occurs.

* In the fanfic "Sml fanfic - Puberty" by LoafCat99 on wattpad, in which [[spolier:Junior]] has a wet dream, this trope occurs.

* ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'': JT has a wet dream about Liberty. In Toby's bed.

* ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'' mixes this with ''[[BodyHorror The Metamorphosis]]'', of all things.
* Non-sexual versions frequently happen in ''Manga/WanderingSon''. The protagonist often has these, even when his dreams are not sexual. Yuki's first flashback notes [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} her]] having one of these, going to the bathroom, and her crush (now boyfriend) walks in at a school field trip when they were children.
* ''Manga/TheTyrantFallsInLove'': Tearfully related by Morinaga, as the first page of Volume 3.
* ''Manga/UmiNoMisaki'': Rinne had an EroticDream that may have caused a feminine Nocturnal Emission.

* Female example in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'', where Akeno is stated to often dream of having sex with Issei. Since it's [[TheTease Akeno]], it's safe to assume the dreams are not subtle.

* ''LightNovel/TheWorldsFinestAssassin'': Lugh finds himself in this uncomfortable situation due to both Tarte and Maha spending the night with him in his bed. They wake up to a funny smell to which Lugh tries to explain away by exclaiming that there’s a perfectly biological explanation for this. This prompts the girls to [[ReadyForLovemaking eagerly insist that he should just “ask them for help”]] to prevent this from happening again.

[[AllMenArePerverts Men are such perverts]] that they even ejaculate in their sleep. There is a perfectly normal (i.e. non-perverted) biological explanation for this, but Fiction Land likes to pretend that it's always a result of an EroticDream and/or ADateWithRosiePalms. Also, in Fiction Land, women never do this. (In RealLife, they do, but barring female ejaculation it's a lot harder for women to tell in the morning.) TruthInTelevision for both sexes, though this phenomenon is more the exception than the rule. A teenage boy's first nocturnal emission is often given the same treatment in TheTalk as a teenage girl's first period.

* ''Literature/TheRoadToMars'': Carlton (an android built to look like Music/DavidBowie) is marketed as such. His advertising copy describes him as "a cross between a wet dream and a [[ADateWithRosiePalms wank]]."

* In an episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' involving the murder of a step-father, they find his teenaged step-son's DNA on his step-daughter's clothing and begin to ask him about it. Some gentle questioning by a sympathetic and understanding Nick reveals that he's just had one of these (possibly combined with ADateWithRosiePalms) and just grabbed the first thing that he found in the laundry to clean his hand off.

* A ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' fanfiction uses this as a way for Ranma's girl side (revealed to have GhostlyGoals) to be impregnated by the male side.

* In ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'', the protagonist gets this when they're 13 if the player selects the corresponding puberty option for them. They vaguely recall having an [[EroticDream "exciting" dream]] the other night when they stained the bed, and their dad comes in to tell them that it's okay to "feel a little ''wet'' behind the ears".

* On ''{{WesternAnimation/Daria}}'''s first episode, the title character meets her best friend, Jane, in Self-Esteem Class. Jane's had it six times[[note]]"I like having low self-esteem; it makes me feel special"[[/note]], so she gives Daria the rundown.

* European folklore blamed these, along with sleep paralysis and night terrors, on [[HornyDevils Succubi]] having their way with sleeping men.

--> '''Young Kelso''': One time I had a dream about my teacher, and the next morning I was stuck to my bed.
--> '''Young Hyde''': Kelso, man, that's not normal. You could die.

* "[[Music/ExileOnMainStreet Rocks Off]]" by Music/TheRollingStones alludes to this, since the narrator "Only gets [his] rocks off while [he's] dreaming."

* ''Fanfic/AddressUnknown'' has a rare female example, when Twilight falls asleep while studying and has an erotic dream involving Derpy. She's too distracted to notice the mess the following morning and rushes off to Canterlot leaving Spike to clean up.

* From ''Literature/TheBible'': Leviticus chapter 15 covers the issue of how the people of Israel were to deal with various bodily discharges, including that of the "seed of copulation". Deuteronomy 23:9-11 specifically deals with this issue when an army goes out against their enemies.

* LightNovel/TheWorldsFinestAssassin: Lugh finds himself in this uncomfortable situation due to both Tarte and Maha spending the night with him in his bed. They wake up to a funny smell to which Lugh tries to explain away by exclaiming that there’s a perfectly biological explanation for this. This prompts the girls to [[ReadyForLovemaking eagerly insist that he should just “ask them for help”]] to prevent this from happening again.

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* Literature/ThenAgainMaybeIWont is known as the "wet dream book" for a reason.

[[DoubleStandard Men]] [[ImAManICantHelpIt are]] [[TheUnfairSex such]] [[AllMenArePerverts perverts]] that they even ejaculate in their sleep. There is a perfectly normal (i.e. non-perverted) biological explanation for this, but Fiction Land likes to pretend that it's always a result of an EroticDream and/or ADateWithRosiePalms. Also, in Fiction Land, women never do this. (In RealLife, they do, but barring female ejaculation it's a lot harder for women to tell in the morning.) TruthInTelevision for both sexes, though this phenomenon is more the exception than the rule. A teenage boy's first nocturnal emission is often given the same treatment in TheTalk as a teenage girl's first period.

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