The 3 worst awakenings in Fiction Land:

Was it hard getting out of bed this morning? Awww.
Don't be so soft! Unless you woke up with the barrel of a loaded gun pressed to your temple, your early morning was nothing next to what these characters had to put up with.....

3: You could have woken up falling onto an alien jungle:

There's a man named Royce. Royce (as played by Adrien Brody) is a professional mercenary, therefore he probably has a bit of a chequered past. But you have to feel sorry for the guy in the opening moments of 2010's 'Predators': He and his fellow kidnapees wake up at ten thousand feet, plummeting towards the surface of an alien planet, infested with... um scary aliens.

 

"Are you sure that was the number ten bus we got on? This is the last damn time I go drinking with you Brody."

 



2: You could have woken up with a gross, terrifying, alien gestating in you.

This one could apply to pretty much any unfortunate soul who finds themselves stuck in one of the films from the 'Alien' franchise. I shudder to think what H.R Geiger was smoking when he came up with the drawings for the titular beastie....

"Hold still, there's something on your face..."

 



1: Waking up to find your Dad's scammed you....

If you haven't seen Game of Thrones, I recommend you do -  for the sex and violence if nothing else. But, to prove the show has some emotional punch: Here Tyrion Lannister (the dwarf) wakes up to find that, even though he saved city by bravery and cunning, his face has been cut in half and his politically astute Dad has turned up and (metaphorically) dumped on him......