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A Stock Visual Metaphor trope used widely in animated media. When a character sleeps, sometimes a lot of "Zs" are shown near the character, either in the form of a stream of z's coming from the character's mouth or head, or a group of "Zzzs" contained in a Speech Bubble. This trope used to be shown specifically for people who snore in their sleep. While the sound of snoring cannot be represented easily by letters or onomatopoeia, "Z" was chosen for some reason. The origins of the "Z" may come from the symbol (which looks like a stylized "Z") of the musical note for a full break in tact of the song. The letter eventually became indicative of any sleeping person.

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  • A Stock Visual Metaphor trope used widely in animated media. When a character sleeps, sometimes a lot of "Zs" are shown near the character, either in the form of a stream of z's coming from the character's mouth or head, or a group of "Zzzs" contained in a Speech Bubble. This trope used to be shown specifically for people who snore in their sleep. While the sound of snoring cannot be represented easily by letters or onomatopoeia, "Z" was chosen for some reason. The origins of the "Z" may come from the symbol (which looks like a stylized "Z") of the musical note for a full break in tact of the song. The letter eventually became indicative of any sleeping person.
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  • A Stock Visual Metaphor trope used widely in animated media. When a character sleeps, sometimes a lot of "Zs" are shown near the character, either in the form of a stream of z's coming from the character's mouth or head, or a group of "Zzzs" contained in a Speech Bubble. This trope used to be shown specifically for people who snore in their sleep. While the sound of snoring cannot be represented easily by letters or onomatopoeia, "Z" was chosen for some reason. The origins of the "Z" may come from the symbol (which looks like a stylized "Z") of the musical note for a full break in tact of the song. The letter eventually became indicative of any sleeping person. The trope is so obvious that people in media and real life use the term "Catching some Zs", or in Britain, Canada, or Australia, "Fetching some zeds" to indicate they're going to go to sleep. Amusingly, it makes no sense; the Zs usually flutter off into space, and nobody catches them. See Snot Bubble for the anime version of this. Compare: Circling Birdies. Examples of Catching Some Zs include:
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