Sleeper

A sleeper is a person who is sleeping. The term may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Characters

• Sleeper (Marvel Comics), a Nazi German robot utilized by the Red Skull in Marvel Comics
• The Sleeper (Wild Cards), a character in the Wild Cards science fiction series who periodically hibernates, awakening each time in a new body

Films

• Sleepers (film), a 1996 film based on the novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra
• Sleeper (1973 film), a Woody Allen film
• Sleeper (2005 film), an Austrian/German film
• Sleeper (2012 film), an action/thriller film starring Scott "Raven" Levy and Bruce Hopkins
• The Sleeper (2000 film), a British television crime drama film
• The Sleeper (2012 film), an American horror film

Television

• "Sleeper" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), from the seventh and final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• "Sleeper", an episode from the first season of The New Avengers
• "Sleeper" (Torchwood), an episode from Series 2 of the series Torchwood
• "Sleepers" (Sanctuary), an episode from the second season of Sanctuary
• Sleepers (TV series), a British comedy/drama
• An extraterrestrial in the U.S. TV series The Event
• Sleeper (Modern Family), an episode of the TV series Modern Family
• The Sleepers (TV series), a 2019 Czech drama television series

Literature

• Sleeper (comics), published by DC Comics
• Sleepers, a 1995 novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra
• "The Sleeper" (poem), a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
• "The Sleepers", a poem by Walt Whitman

Music

Groups

• Sleeper (band), a Britpop band in the 1990s
• The Sleepers (Chicago band), an American rock band formed in 2002
• The Sleepers (San Francisco band), a punk/post-punk band active from 1978 until 1981

Albums

• Sleeper (Everyday Sunday album)
• Sleeper (Godstar album), 1993
• Sleeper (Keith Jarrett album), 2012
• Sleeper (Tribe album), 1993
• Sleeper (Ty Segall album), 2013
• The Sleeper, a 2003 Blue Orchids album
• The Sleeper ( album), an album by The Leisure Society
• Sleepers (album), a solo album from rapper Big Pooh

Songs

• "Sleeper", by 10 Years from Minus the Machine

Other

• Le Sommeil (The Sleepers), an 1866 painting by Gustave Courbet
• "The sleeper", a yo-yo trick

Biology

• Sleepers or sleeper gobies, the common names for fish belonging to the family Eleotridae
• Freshwater sleeper, family of fish
• Sleeper cichlid, perch-like member of the genus Nimbochromis

Construction

• Sleeper, a strong internal beam in construction and shipbuilding
• Sleeper dike, a low inland dike, made obsolete by a newer dike closer to shore

Fashion

• Blanket sleeper, a one-piece, footed sleeping garment
• Sleeper earring, originally designed to be worn while sleeping to keep the hole in a pierced ear open

Transportation

• Sleeper (car), an automobile that has been modified to improve its performance without changing its outward appearance; the British term for this is Q-car
• Sleeper bus, designed to carry fewer passengers in greater comfort
• Sleeper truck, a truck with a sleeping compartment
• Sleeping car, a railway passenger car with beds
• Railway sleeper, a railroad tie

Other uses

• The Sleepers (New Hampshire), a pair of mountain peaks in the United States
• Sleeper agent, a secret agent or similar operative left long inactive
• Sleeper hit, a work that obtains unexpected recognition or success
• Sleeper, a sleeping partner in business
• Sleeper hold, a rear naked choke hold used in professional wrestling
• Sofa bed, also known as a sleeper sofa
• Bedside sleeper, a baby crib that attaches to the parents' bed
• Sleeper, Missouri, an unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States