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shinymon
03/30/25 10:01:21 PM
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Hmm?
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Touch
03/30/25 10:02:41 PM
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Final Fantasy 8

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RasterGraphic
03/30/25 10:06:54 PM
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The Pagemaster.

The specific way it does it doesn't feel like a copout.

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haloiscoolisbak
03/30/25 10:11:52 PM
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Quiet Riot - Cum on feel the noize video clip

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Joelypoely
03/30/25 10:17:05 PM
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Forgotten (2017)
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Evening_Dragon
03/30/25 10:18:33 PM
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I'd say Link's Awakening, but that might be cheating.

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TheGoldenEel
03/30/25 10:19:24 PM
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Juicy, by Notorious BIG

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AndyReklaw
03/30/25 10:27:13 PM
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I think parts absolutely do not hold up (and some weren't good when it came out) but I think Click is my favorite of this.

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MrMelodramatic
03/30/25 10:29:17 PM
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Super Mario Bros 2

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K181
03/30/25 10:49:47 PM
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Newhart being revealed to be a dream sequence for The Bob Newhart Show is pretty hands down the greatest finale ever.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Newhart

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Turbam
03/30/25 10:51:53 PM
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Links Awakening

Mostly because you get so attached to the whacky world that it becomes somewhat depressing that it's all just a dream.

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Hexenherz
03/30/25 11:23:11 PM
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There was an episode of Night Visions I love to this day, Still Life

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dhampire1
03/30/25 11:31:51 PM
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I liked the Breaking Bad all being a dream from the dad in Malcolm in the Middle
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bigtiggie23
03/30/25 11:31:56 PM
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Dallas

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McMarbles
03/31/25 12:51:17 AM
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Newhart.

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TheOtherMike
03/31/25 12:55:34 AM
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DS9 episode Far Beyond the Stars

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DodogamaRayBrst
03/31/25 2:59:33 AM
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Once Upon a Time in America
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mercurydude
03/31/25 4:53:31 AM
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Twin Peaks

That might be a controversial one, because there are so many interpretations of what's even going on in that show, everything from sci-fi to mystical explanations and more, but it's been my interpretation for a while that the show is Laura's/Carrie's dream.

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M1Astray
03/31/25 5:17:02 AM
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I don't generally like "it was all a dream" stuff because it's typically just a writing copout. "Oh hey look how crazy this episode is! PSYCH!" Or "hey look how insane our series was, JK we ain't explaining shit it was all a curazy dream!"

I do like the Doctor Who episode Amy's Choice in season 5. On the surface a dream episode but underneath a very lovely exploration of the darkness within the Doctor via The Dream Lord.

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ai123
03/31/25 5:41:44 AM
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A Christmas Carol.

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Nukazie
03/31/25 5:42:45 AM
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next

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Daremo
03/31/25 6:32:41 AM
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Sister Leveling.

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Antiyonder
03/31/25 6:36:45 AM
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Evening_Dragon posted...
I'd say Link's Awakening, but that might be cheating.

This, but also Gargoyles Future Tense which besides being intense has events of the dream occurring for real in some fashion.

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pinky0926
03/31/25 6:36:54 AM
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Problem with this topic is you have no way of knowing what you're about to get spoilers for

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Monferno_AQW
03/31/25 7:07:47 AM
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The episode "Over the Edge" from The New Batman Adventures, though it's honestly kind of a cheat.

Batgirl gets gassed by Scarecrow and has a "dream" that she died and her father blames Batman for it and goes on a crusade against him for it, ending in Gordon and Batman falling to their deaths when Bane betrayed Gordon in the attempt to arrest Batman.


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Eat_More_Beef
03/31/25 7:20:48 AM
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I really liked Awake. It was only one season but I thought they wrapped it up nucely, and it seemed like the obvious choice to have it end as "it was all a dream" because of the surrealist way they intertwined dude's two realities.

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Metal_Gear_Raxis
03/31/25 12:23:38 PM
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The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Lost Memories, because the dream is used as part of the actual themes of the game and isn't used to cop anything out.

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FL81
03/31/25 12:26:44 PM
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Total Recall

Or was it?

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masterpug53
03/31/25 12:32:59 PM
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InTheEyesOfFire
03/31/25 12:38:38 PM
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The real ending to Brazil instead of that hack love conquers all ending.

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masterpug53
03/31/25 1:08:32 PM
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InTheEyesOfFire posted...
The real ending to Brazil instead of that hack love conquers all ending.

Are there multiple cuts of that movie? I only ever saw the "love conquers all" being a last flickering fantasy as he's getting lobotomized ending and assumed it was the only one.

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The_Popo
03/31/25 1:19:08 PM
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I think Wizard of Oz should get a mention

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modena
03/31/25 1:20:53 PM
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Inception? Can't really think of anything else.

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jblrulez
03/31/25 1:21:07 PM
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Depending on how you interpret the ending, Inception
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Spurner
03/31/25 1:21:56 PM
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Jacobs Ladder
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dummy420
03/31/25 1:22:43 PM
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Wilfred? I don't know if hallucinations fall into the dream category.

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Kaitouace
03/31/25 1:22:48 PM
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Newhart was amazing.

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SwayM
03/31/25 1:23:15 PM
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Inception.

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SaikyoStyle
03/31/25 1:25:03 PM
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The Tom and Jerry short when Tom thought he died and was given 24 hours to get Jerry to forgive him or else hed be doomed to rot in hell for all eternity.

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MuscleRobo
03/31/25 1:26:48 PM
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InTheEyesOfFire posted...
The real ending to Brazil instead of that hack love conquers all ending.
This, since the dream is usually a cop out to avoid something upsetting that happened. The idea that reality is much, much, worse and the dream was the escape is a nice way of subverting the trope.
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InTheEyesOfFire
03/31/25 1:27:08 PM
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masterpug53 posted...
Are there multiple cuts of that movie? I only ever saw the "love conquers all" being a last flickering fantasy as he's getting lobotomized ending and assumed it was the only one.

I thought I read there are some of the studio cuts still out there, certainly when it initially released but I wonder if Gilliam just went on a mad spree to get it erased from existence.

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Mistere_Man
03/31/25 1:35:36 PM
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Strange I dont remember the Brazil ending being that way.

The ending I saw was they were in bed then the cops busted in and it cut to black as you hear guns shots, then credits. Weird that they cut the real ending on my copy I saw. I always thought that was a disappointing ending.

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Tyranthraxus
03/31/25 1:36:28 PM
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Final Fantasy 10

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masterpug53
03/31/25 1:39:28 PM
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Mistere_Man posted...
Strange I dont remember the Brazil ending being that way.

The ending I saw was they were in bed then the cops busted in and it cut to black as you hear guns shots, then credits. Weird that they cut the real ending on my copy I saw. I always thought that was a disappointing ending.

Damn, that sucks. I only saw Brazil once over twenty years ago and the 'true' ending was easily the most memorable part of the movie for me.

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Mistere_Man
03/31/25 1:42:35 PM
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masterpug53 posted...
Damn, that sucks. I only saw Brazil once over twenty years ago and the 'true' ending was easily the most memorable part of the movie for me.

I always thought it seemed weird, I had heard such great things, and was like that was how it ends? I see now I got bamboozled.

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Sephiroth_C_Ryu
03/31/25 1:43:34 PM
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Does Paprika count? Its basically "better version of Inception that is animated."


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Starks
03/31/25 1:45:16 PM
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Biggie

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TheLiarParadox
03/31/25 1:56:52 PM
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The Angel episode "Awakening" has an incredible spin on this. Bonus points because it's not just trippy for the sake of it but actually has in-universe function for a major plot.

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BlueAnnihilator
03/31/25 2:03:42 PM
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Eternal Sonata
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