Dream Manipulation

The power to manipulate dreams. Sub-power of Sleep Manipulation.

Also Called

• Dream Alteration/Control/Power/Warping/Weaving
• Dreamscaping
• Oneiric Alteration/Control/Manipulation/Warping
• Oneirokinesis
• Somnipathy

Capabilities

User can create, shape, enter and manipulate the dreams of oneself and others, including modifying, suppressing, fabricating, influencing, manifesting, sensing, and observing dreams as well as nightmares, daydreams, etc., possibly including past ones. They can produce and modify dreams, bestow nightmares or lucid dreaming, entrap people in REM, and promote spiritual/emotional healing within dreams.

In some cases, user's power extends to the real world, such as wounds inflicted on a sleeping victim, healed damage (mental or physical) affecting the physical form, and other wise blurring the line between waking and dream. They may be able to pull someone from the waking world into the dream world or brings people/things from the dream world into the waking world.

Applications

• Attack people in their dreams.
• Alternative Dream Universe
• Dream Attacks
• Dream Destruction
• Dream Inducement
• Dream Negation
• Dream Observation
• Dream Replication
• Dream Sharing
• Dream Walking
  • Dream Communication
• Dream-World Manipulation
• Dream Imprisonment
• Fear Manipulation
• Mental Inducement
• Oneiric Cognition
• Oneiric Constructs
• Oneiric Creation
• Oneiric Energy Manipulation
• Oneiric Prediction
• Oneiric Reality Manipulation
• Oneiric Slaying
• Psychic Energy Absorption
  • Dream Absorption
• Pushing
• Subconscious Manipulation
• Subliminal Messaging
• Telepathic Dream Creation

Techniques

• Dream Materialization
• Dream Recall
• Dream Reliving
• Dream Searching
• Oneiric Empowerment
• Oneiric Omniscience
• Oneiric Omnipresence
• Oneiric Physiology
• Oneiric Teleportation
• Oneiromancy

Variations

• Daydream Manipulation
• Dream Embodiment
• Dream Magic
• Nightmare Embodiment
• Nightmare Manipulation

Associations

• Alternative Dream Universe
• Dream-World Lordship
• Dream-World Manipulation
• Dream Mode
• Dream Weaponry
  • Dream Artillery
• Dreamt Reality
• Illusion Manipulation
• Mental Manipulation
• Oneiricpotence
• Planes Dreaming
• Reality Dreaming
• Sandman Physiology
• Sleep Manipulation
• Telepathy
• Unreality Manipulation

Limitations

• Oneiric Immunity/Dream Negation
• The user can only affect sleeping subjects.
  • Due to this, users have a limited amount of time while their target is asleep unless the user also has Sleep Inducement.
  • This may be rectified by using "daydreams" or inducing sleep.
• Users of Psychic Shield (highly resistant) and Psychic Immunity (impervious).
• May be limited to only putting a person in a Nightmare/Dream Realm, not fully controlling their dream.
• May not be able to warp reality, therefore not being able to damage the target physically.

Note

Real word version of this power is called Lucid Dreaming.

Known Users

See Also: Dream Weaver.

Known Objects

• Sheep Talisman (Jackie Chan Adventures)
• Dream Helmet (Wizards of Waverly Place)

Gallery

Pitch/Boogeyman vs Sandman (Rise of the Guardians)

Antasma (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)

Nightmare Realm (Art)

Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) can enter into the dreams of others and control them to terrifying effect

Alice Johnson (A Nightmare on Elm Street), the Dream Master.

Sandy Hawkins/Sandman (DC Comics) has the ability to summon prophetic dreams.

Mumm-Ra (Thundercats)

Nocturne (Danny Phantom), the ghost of sleep and dreams.

The Wonder Meow (Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance), an example of a Dream Eater.

The Master (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) can project his thoughts into the dreams of others, plaguing them.

Mirage (Aladdin TV series)

The Star Spirits (Super Mario) guard the Dream Depot, the dream world of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Rhinosnorus (Power Rangers Samurai) puts victims to sleep and then eats them in the dream world.

The Wind Fish (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening) was able to create an entire island while in a dream state.

Void (Sonic Shuffle)

Road Kamelot (D.Gray-Man) can manipulate the dimension of dreams.

Nights (NiGHTS)

Max (The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl) could do anything by dreaming

Wizeman the Wicked (Nights)

Jagang (Sword of Truth) is a dream walker

Darkai (Pokémon)

The Dream (Cardcaptor Sakura)

Oneiros (Valkyrie Crusade) the goddess of dreams

Dream Phantom (Valkyrie Crusade) can induce and subvert dreams.

Princess Luna (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Dream Beavers (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)

Mannish Boy's Stand, Death 13 (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) can enter and manipulate dreams.

The Dream Lord (Doctor Who)

Steven (Steven Universe) can use his dreams to communicate with others, transfer his mind into their bodies and see what they see.

The Moon Presence (Bloodborne) is a Great One who created and rules over the Hunter's Dream, a dream-realm made for the purpose of supporting hunters and their cause.

The Orphan of Kos (Bloodborne) is an infant Great One within the Hunter's Nightmare, a nightmare realm meant to contain hunters who have succumbed to their blood-lust. Killing the Orphan of Kos undoes the dream and ends the nightmare's curse.

Doctor Destiny (DC Comics)

Scary Terry, Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith (left to right) (Rick and Morty) have different methods of traveling through dreams.

Pilolo (Stitch!)

Izanami Randall/Nightmask (Marvel Comics)

Nightmare (Marvel Comics)

Sun Wukong (Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny)

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