The power to remove another's ability to sleep. Sub-power of Mental Inducement and Sleep Manipulation. Opposite to Sleep Inducement.
Also Called[]
- Insomnia Induction
- Sleep Removal
- Sleeplessness Induction
Capabilities[]
User can cause target to lose their ability to sleep, which has detrimental effects on organisms that rely on sleep for personal health or psychological ease. Over time effects include various levels of mental deprecation, insanity and potentially death.
Applications[]
Associations[]
- Awakening
- Brain Manipulation
- Dream Manipulation
- Dream Negation
- Fatigue Manipulation
- Sandman Physiology
- Sleep Inducement
- Sleep Manipulation
Limitations[]
- Users of Psychic Shield (highly resistant), Psychic Immunity (impervious) and Indomitable Will.
- Beings that don't rely on sleep for physical health are immune.
- Effects of user's power may be temporary.
Known Users[]
- Toepick's Species (Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Sandman (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
- Harvey Sandman (Fairly OddParents)
- Shukaku (Naruto)
- Neil Cuddahy (Mutant X)
- Pokémon that can use "Worry Seed" (Pokémon)
- SCP-966 - Sleep Killer (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1011 - Humanization Process (SCP Foundation)
- Tyken's Rift being (Star Trek: TNG)
- Dream Butterfly (Yashahime); via Dream Absorption
- Insomni (Yo-kai Watch)
- Wydeawake and Allnyta (Yo-kai Watch)
Known Objects[]
- All-Night Mask (The Legend of Zelda)
Known Methods[]
- Gene-replacement therapy (James Bond: Die Another Day)
Gallery[]
Insomni (Yo-kai Watch) is a Yo-kai that makes humans unable to sleep at night
Shukaku (Naruto) threatened his hosts with constant taunts of taking over their body with such power of persuasion...
...that it resulted with Gaara in developing insomnia.
Timmy Turner (The Fairly OddParents) once wished (with the Sandman's permission) that everyone cannot sleep.
Videos[]
SCP-966 Sleep Killer (SCP Animation)