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The {{nihongo|'''Dream Eaters'''|ドリームイーター|Dorīmu Ītā}} are a species of creature introduced in ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''. As their name suggests, they reside in the Realm of Sleep, where they consume dreams. Dream Eaters fall under two major categories, {{nihongo|'''Nightmares'''|ナイトメア|Naitomea}}, which eat good dreams and plant bad ones, and {{nihongo|'''Spirits'''|スピリット|Supiritto}}, which only eat bad dreams. Nightmare Dream Eaters serve as the primary enemies in ''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'', while Spirits serve as recruitable allies that [[Sora]] and [[Riku]] can collect.

Following the defeat of [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]] at Sora's hands, a portion of the worlds attacked by the Heartless remain [[Sleeping Worlds|submerged in sleep]]. Yen Sid explains that though this means the Heartless cannot reach them, they are instead plagued by Dream Eaters, entities produced by the darkness present in these specific worlds and who seek the worlds' Keyholes. Two kinds of Dream Eaters are produced: benevolent Spirits and malevolent Nightmares, constantly in conflict with each other.

Sora and Riku, as part of their [[Mark of Mastery exam]], journey into the Sleeping Worlds to awaken them, in the process recruiting several Spirits to help them in their quest and battling and destroying Nightmares.

Shortly after Sora first meets Neku, the two of them are surrounded by Dream Eaters. Neku summons his own Dream Eater, a [[Necho Cat]]. It is then that Neku convinces Sora to partner with the Dream Eaters. Later, Beat summons a [[Kooma Panda]] to encounter Riku.  

When Sora and Riku return to Traverse Town, they find that their companions have abandoned using Dream Eaters, and have instead simply banded together with their partners. They also find out that a powerful Nightmare, the [[Spellican]], has been wreaking havoc on the city, and that the participants in the Reaper's Game are tasked with eliminating it. Sora and Riku manage to corner the Nightmare, but it summons several other powerful Nightmares as a diversion, allowing it to escape.

Riku eventually makes his way to [[The World that Never Was]], and finds himself face to face with [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]], who reveals that Riku himself was acting as a Dream Eater within Sora's dreams throughout the entire time in the Realm of Sleep. Riku was fighting the Nightmares that were trying to reach Sora and his heart, but ultimately he had failed, as [[True Organization XIII|Organization XIII]] had managed to force Sora into a deep sleep.

Following [[Xehanort|Young Xehanort]]'s defeat at Riku's hands and the end of the exam, Sora decides to visit Traverse Town, and is reunited with all of his Spirit friends, having given them access to the Realm of Light as he had hoped.

Like the [[Unversed]], [[Heartless]], and [[Nobody|Nobodies]] before them, the Dream Eaters come in a variety of sizes and shapes, although they appear to have a much higher range of color schemes than their predecessors, and often resemble animals. Each Dream Eater is adorned with an emblem which signifies whether it is a Spirit or Nightmare.

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