Dream Manipulation

"I am a passenger. I am moving through your dreams. I am riding in your dreams."

― Dream of the Endless (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)

"Can you dream of the light? I can see me and you so vividly in my eyes. Your name is playing in my mind. Such a beautiful girl who came from the dark in the graveyard of my heart. Can you dream of the light? 'Cause I can see myself with you."

― The Enigma TNG - Can you Dream

"Dreams are my specialty. Through dreams I influence mankind..."

― The Lord of Darkness (Legend (1985))

The power to manipulate dreams. Sub-power of Sleep Manipulation. Not to be confused with Dreamtime Arts and Supernatural Vision Manipulation.

Also Called

Dream Alteration/Control/Power/Warping/Weaving
Dream Changing
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

Techniques

Variations

Associations

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), Psychic Immunity (impervious) and Indomitable Will.
May not work on lucid dreamers.
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.

Cosmic Owl (Adventure Time)
Max (The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl)
Linus/Minus (The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl)
Ezizh (AFK Arena)
Tasi (AFK Arena)
The Ethereal (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
Mirage (Aladdin TV series)
Nightmare (Alice in the Country of Hearts)
Vincent (Alphas)
Erebus Shajad (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
Selmith Parasites (Angel)
Nightmares (Arkwell Academy)
- Nimue
- Dusty Everhart
- Moira Nimue-Everhart
- Bethany Grey
Nemuinas (Ben 10)
Big Friendly Giant (BFG)
Phobiist (Big Wolf on Campus)
Makuta Teridax (Bionicle)
Karzahni (Bionicle)
Dorothy Unsworth (Black Clover)
Moon Presence (Bloodborne)
Great Ones (Bloodborne)
Rem (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
The Master (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Sineya/The First Slayer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
The Dream Card (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Nocturn (Danny Phantom)
Doctor Destiny (DC Comics)
Dream of the Endless (DC/Vertigo Comics)
Road Kamelot (D.Gray-Man)
Enmu (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
Dreamon (Digimon)
Doctor Death (Doctor Death)
The Celestial Toymaker/Crystal Guardian (Doctor Who)
The Dream Lord (Doctor Who)
Atropos, the Bane (DOTA 2)
The Grotesque (Fear Mythos)
Yu Yevon (Final Fantasy X)
Nightmare (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
Orsay Pettijohn (Gone)
Nobody Owens (The Graveyard Book)
Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
Morpheus (Greek Mythology)
Hypnos (Greek Mythology)
Sanjog Iyer (Heroes)
Herrscher of the Void (Honkai Impact 3rd)
Dom Cobb (Inception)
Ariadne (Inception)
Users of the Sheep Talisman (Jackie Chan Adventures)
Mannish Boy (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via his stand Death 13
Nightmare Dopant (Kamen Rider W)
Dream Eaters (Kingdom Hearts)
Young Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts)
Tad Mulholland (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts)
Nightmare (Kirby's Adventure)
Sun Wukong (Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny)
Lissandra (League of Legends)
Lord of Darkness (Legend)
Wind Fish (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
Remmy, A.K.A. Experiment 276 (Lilo & Stitch)
Lucid (MapleStory)
Nightmare (Marvel Comics)
Daydream (Marvel Comics)
Carl Valentino/Somnus (Marvel Comics)
Izanami Randall/Nightmask (Marvel Comics)
Princess Luna (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Henry Voight (Mutant X)
God of Stories Loki (Marvel Comics)
Classic Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics)
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Kristen Parker (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Alice Johnson/Dream Master (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
NiGHTS (NiGHTS)
Wizeman the Wicked (NiGHTS)
Reala (NiGHTS)
Nightmarens (NiGHTS)
Venus de Milo (Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation)
Nightmare (Paradox Saga)
Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson series)
The Tall Man (Phantasm)
Darkrai (Pokémon); can create nightmares and trap others in them
Cresselia (Pokémon); can create pleasant dreams and stop nightmares
Pokémon with Dream Eater, or related moves (Pokémon)
Rhinosnorus (Power Rangers Samurai)
HIM (The Powerpuff Girls)
Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)
Morty Smith (Rick and Morty)
Scary Terry (Rick and Morty)
Pitch Black/The Boogeyman (Rise of the Guardians)
Sanderson Mansnoozie/Sandman (Rise of the Guardians)
Isabel Evans (Roswell)
RPC-919 - Toast Manifestations from the Cosmos (RPC Authority)
Isabel Helga Anastasia Parvati Wondertainment V (SCP Foundation); with the 7th Spear of the Scarlet King
The Ambassador of Alagadda (SCP Foundation)
The Hanged King (SCP Foundation)
Khahrahk/Harak/Khnith-hgor/Shormaush Urdal/Son of the Third Brood/The Devourer of Worlds/The Dread/Devourer/The Crimson Monarch/The King who Rose from the Bleeding/Lord of the Throne of Despair/Defiler of Worlds/Rapist King/Proskellion/SCP-001 - Tufto's Proposal - The Scarlet King (SCP Foundation)
SCP-231 - Conquest (SCP Foundation)
SCP-990 - Dream Man (SCP Foundation)
SCP-1440 - The Old Man from Nowhere (SCP Foundation)
SCP-4840-A - The Demon Lancelot and the Flying City of Audapaupadopolis (SCP Foundation)
Pegasus (Sailor Moon SuperS)
The Nightmare Man (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
Ramona Flowers (Scott Pilgrim); by accident
Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls)
Holiday Brandon (Shadow Falls)
Derek Lakes (Shadow Falls)
Roberto Esparza (Shadow Falls)
Izanami (Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4)
Dreamcatcher (Skylanders)
Sarah Conroy (Smallville)
Void (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Males of Cosmo's species/Metarex commanders (Sonic X); in first Final Mova transformation
Chronicler (Spyro)
Steven Universe (Steven Universe)
Pilolo (Stitch!)
Star Spirits (Super Mario)
Antasma (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)
Lunaria (Sword Art Online)
Dreamwalkers (Sword of Truth)
- Jagang
Dreamcasters (Sword of Truth)
- Jilian
Dream Beavers (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
Mumm-Ra (Thundercats)
Doremy Sweet (Touhou Project)
Princess Sakura (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle)
Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle)
Fei Wang Reed (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle)
Yuuko Ichihara (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle/xxxHolic)
Len (TYPE-MOON)
Vampires (The Vampire Diaries)
Qetsiyah (The Vampire Diaries)
Oneiros (Valkyrie Crusade)
Dream Phantom (Valkyrie Crusade)
Jayfeather (Warriors)
Any member of Starclan or the Dark Forest (Warriors)
Nerissa (W.I.T.C.H.)
Freya Beauchamp (Witches of East End); controls her dreams with a potion
Alex Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place); via the Dream Helmet
Drift (Wolf Wars)
Kotori Monoh (X)
Kagyoh Kuzuki (X)
Hinoto (X)
Kanoe (X)
Augustus Cole (The X-Files); able to project dreams into someone's mind while they are awake; the illusion is so realistic that if the illusion "kills" them they will die, apparently from the causes in the illusion
Lamp (Don't Hug Me I'm Scared)
Madotsuki (Yume Nikki)
Specimen 11 (Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion)
Pale Lady (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark)

Known Objects

Sheep Talisman (Jackie Chan Adventures)
The 7th Spear of the Scarlet King (SCP Foundation)
Dream Helmet (Wizards of Waverly Place)