Description:  Nightmare Ned is an animated series about Ned Needlemeyer, a bespectacled 8-year-old boy with a wild imagination who deals with his everyday problems through strange, dark nightmares. Airing on ABC in 1997, the show was developed alongside the video game of the same name and based on the concept of facing fears. Each episode featured Ned dealing with a real-world issue, which would then manifest as a nightmare he had to navigate, with him typically waking up and finding a way to solve the problem in reality at the end.

Protagonist: Ned Needlemeyer, a timid 8-year-old boy with glasses.

Plot: Ned's real-life problems become exaggerated, dark, and quirky nightmares as he sleeps. At the end of each episode, he wakes up and is able to resolve the original problem.

Source Material: The series was developed alongside a computer game of the same name and was based on the concept of a boy who confronts his fears through nightmares.