A sleeper is a person who is sleeping.

Sleeper may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Characters

  • Sleeper (Marvel Comics), a Nazi German robot utilized by the Red Skull in Marvel Comics

Films

  • 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 episodes

  • "Sleeper (Space Ghost Coast to Coast)", an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  • "Sleeper" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), 2002
  • "Sleeper" (Modern Family), 2014
  • "Sleeper" (Roseanne), 1994
  • "Sleeper" (Smallville), 2008
  • "Sleeper" (Torchwood), 2008
  • "Sleeper", an episode of The New Avengers

Literature

  • Sleeper (comics), published by WildStorm/DC Comics
  • "The Sleeper" (poem), a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
  • The Sleeper Awakes, a book by H.G. Wells

Music

Groups

  • Sleeper (band), a Britpop band in the 1990s
  • Oh, Sleeper, a metalcore band formed in the 2000s

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

Songs

  • "Sleeper", by 10 Years from Minus the Machine, 2012
  • "Sleeper", by Erra from Drift, 2016
  • "The Sleeper", by Candiria from Kiss the Lie, 2008

Other

  • "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

  • Sleeper, or Babygrow, a one-piece, often footed sleeping garment for babies and toddlers
  • Sleeper earring, originally designed to be worn while sleeping to keep the hole in a pierced ear open
  • Sleeper (brand), a Ukrainian fashion brand of multifunctional apparel founded in 2014 by Kate Zubarieva and Asya Varetsa

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
  • Sleeping car or sleeper, a railway passenger car with beds
  • Sleeper bus, designed to carry fewer passengers in greater comfort
  • Truck sleeper, a sleeping compartment behind the cab of a tractor unit
  • Railway sleeper, a railroad tie
  • Sleeper ship, a hypothetical spacecraft in which the crew hibernates

Other uses

  • 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

See also

  • Sleepers (disambiguation)
  • Sleeper (surname)