History Main / NotWearingPantsDream

* In ''Ava [=XOX=]'', a book targeted at older children and written in the form of diary entries, Ava writes in her diary about having one of these. It was brought on because her gym teacher had said that starting with the next grade, Ava and her classmates would be allowed to use the school showers, hence Ava actually ''could'' end up naked at school. She swears she will never use these.

‐->For I was in the nude \\

* ''Series/TheSandman2022'', "[[Recap/TheSandman2022S01E08PlayingHouse Playing House]]". Rose Walker discovers she's a DreamWalker when she finds herself walking through the dreams of the other residents of the B&B she's staying at. One man is dreaming that he's naked on the street in broad daylight, begging his wife to let him into the car which she refuses to unlock.

* Appears in the Dream Production sequence in ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut''. Fear thinks said dream is too cliché.

* The trope is given a wink in the premiere of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' when our hero John Crichton wake up in his cell on an alien spacecraft and hopes he's just experienced [[InTheDreamingStageOfGrief "a very bad and very twisted dream."]] Then he realises that he's naked, but unfortunately his predicament is real.

* Following the progress of the 2020-present Coronavirus pandemic, Some people reported dreaming about forgetting their face masks or other protective gear in public.

* ''Series/TheSandman2022''. Rose Walker discovers she's a DreamWalker when she finds herself walking through the dreams of the other residents of the house she's staying at. One man is dreaming that he's naked on the street in broad daylight, begging his wife to let him into the car which she refuses to unlock.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2522479/30/In-This-World-For-You In This World For You]]'' Harry dreams that his six-year-old self is standing in the Potions classroom wearing nothing but hand-me-down underwear from his much larger cousin.

* {{Inverted}} or {{Parodied}} in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark:'' Cartman has a dream where he's laughed at for wearing normal clothes to school on Pajama Day, after Mr. Garrison's class is told that they're not allowed to participate. (This is, of course, SeriousBusiness.)

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E12WakingMoments Waking Moments]]" begins with Tuvok having one about being naked on the bridge. PlayedForLaughs in that Tuvok refuses to tell the other main characters (save for Janeway, and only when she presses him) the details of his dream and they imagine something far worse for this stoic Vulcan than a mundanity such as being naked.
-->'''Tuvok:''' [[TheComicallySerious It appears that in my haste to get to the Bridge, I neglected to put on my uniform.]]

->''"I dream I'm in a plane, and slowly crashing; it's slowly crashing down on a street in San Francisco, and I'm way up at the cockpit, and I turn to everybody and I say, 'Listen, I don't think this is a real plane crash, 'cause I happened to notice that I'm not wearing any pants.' And whenever I'm not wearing any pants, it's probably a dream."''
-->-- '''Adam Savage''', ''Series/MythBusters''

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', the hero dreams that he comes to work but forgets his shoes.

-->'''Anya:''' I can't stop thinking about you. Sometimes in my dreams, you're all naked.\\

-->'''Buffy:''' You're running to catch the bus naked? That's a dream. Army of vicious vampire creatures? That's a vision. Also, I was awake.\\

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12770958/5/A-Familiar-Friend A Familiar Friend]]'' Harry dreams that he's facing the dragon in the First Task while wearing only boxers and shoes.
* Chloe in ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainCherryBloodlines'' suffers a variation of this. After seeing her mother wearing a ''very'' bold sling bikini at the beach, she has a nightmare of herself wearing it at school, while Yeardley leers at her.

** Played with in "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS2E23TheDream The Dream]]". Gumball and Darwin, who made themselves share a dream, end up Darwin's dream about being naked at a mall, where everyone is laughing at them. As [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal Darwin wears nothing but shoes]], Gumball tries to take his CensorBox. Gumball then points out that since Darwin knows he's in a dream, he can control everything. Darwin then makes it so they're wearing clothes while the customers are only wearing their underwear... and continue laughing at them.

A stock dream where the subject finds themselves in a familiar social institution (usually school or the workplace) wearing only their underwear, or sometimes [[NakedPeopleAreFunny nothing at all]]. This is often coupled with a high-pressure task (such as an examination or a deadline), and the thought that you have somehow ''forgotten'' to get dressed this morning. In many cases [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight no one else in the dream notices the dreamer isn't wearing enough clothes until the dreamer themselves notices]] at which point they typically react by [[NakedPeopleAreFunny pointing and laughing at the dreamer]], who then notices their nudity and react with a NakedFreakOut. Usually followed by a SkywardScream followed by them waking up in a CatapultNightmare.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron'': In "I Dream of Jimmy", Carl is seen having one of these prior to Jimmy [[DreamWalker traveling into Carl's dream-scape]].

-->'''Tuvok:''' It appears that in my haste to get to the Bridge, I neglected to put on my uniform.