Sleeper

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

General uses

• Sleeper, a sleeping partner in business
• Sleeper, a greatly undervalued antique or collectible found offered for sale in a venue where knowledgeable antique dealers do business
• Sleeper, a strong internal beam (structure) in construction and shipbuilding
• Sleeper dike, a low inland dike, made obsolete by a newer dike closer to shore
• Sleeper agent, a secret agent or similar operative left long inactive
• Blanket sleeper, a one-piece, footed sleeping garment
• Sleeper couch, also known as a fold-out couch or hide-a-bed
• Sleeper earring, originally designed to be worn while sleeping to keep the hole in a pierced ear open
• Sleeper hit, a work that obtains unexpected recognition or success
• Sleeper hold, a rear naked choke hold used in professional wrestling

Transportation

• Sleeper bus, designed to carry fewer passengers in greater comfort
• 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 truck, a truck with a sleeping compartment
• Sleeping car, a railway passenger car with beds
• Railway sleeper, a railroad tie

Biology

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

Books

• The Sleeper, poem by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Sleepers (poem), a poem by Walt Whitman
• Sleeper (comic book), published by DC Comics
• Sleeper (Marvel Comics), a Nazi German robot utilized by the Red Skull in Marvel Comics
• Sleepers, a 1995 novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra
• 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 1973 Woody Allen film
• Sleeper (2005 film), a 2005 Austrian/German film
• Sleeper (2012 film), a 2012 action/thriller film starring Scott "Raven" Levy and Bruce Hopkins
• The Sleeper (film), a 2012 American horror film

Television

• "Sleeper" (Buffy episode), 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
• Sleepers (TV series 2012), a Turkish television drama series
• An extraterrestrial in the U.S. TV series The Event
• Sleeper (Modern Family), an episode of the TV series Modern Family.

Music

Bands

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

Albums

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

Songs

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

Games

• "The sleeper", a yo-yo trick
• The Sleeper, the main antagonist in the computer game Gothic
• Sleeper, the Japanese name for the Pokémon Hypno

Other uses

• The Sleepers (New Hampshire), a pair of mountain peaks in the United States
• Le Sommeil (The Sleepers), a painting by Gustave Courbet
• Freshwater sleeper