# Sleeper

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
* The Sleeper (Wild Cards), a character in the Wild Cards science fiction series who periodically hibernates, awakening each time in a new body

### 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

### 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