Editing List of The Sandman characters (section)

===Minor dreams===
====Brute and Glob====
'''Brute and Glob''' are two trouble-making nightmares who try to gain power during Dream's absence. They originally appeared in [[Jack Kirby]]'s 1974 ''[[Sandman (DC Comics)|Sandman]]'' series, as sidekicks to the title character, and continued as such when [[Hector Hall]] became the Sandman in ''[[Infinity Inc.]]'' In the original comics, Brute was similar to [[Thing (comics)|Thing]] where he shouted "It's clobberin' time!" and often referred to his Uncle Harry.

In ''[[The Sandman: The Doll's House|The Doll's House]]'', it is revealed that they controlled the Sandmen in secret whereupon Dream exiled them to "the darkness" (a place of imprisonment and, presumably, torture, within the Dreaming).

Near the end of ''[[The Sandman: The Kindly Ones|The Kindly Ones]]'', the Furies tell Dream that they have released his prisoners from the darkness, but Brute and Glob are neither mentioned nor seen in this volume or in ''[[The Sandman: The Wake|The Wake]]''.

They next appear in ''The Dreaming'' #57–60, ''The Sandman Presents: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Dreams&nbsp;... But Were Afraid to Ask'', and ''[[Lucifer (DC Comics)|Lucifer]]'' #15, where they attempt to kidnap [[Elaine Belloc]].

They subsequently reappear in ''[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]'' #64, again trying to manipulate a human connected to the Dreaming ([[Sandy Hawkins]]) into their own "Sandman"; but Daniel Hall returns them to the darkness. The two entities claim this area of darkness is filled with pleasing childhood dreams, which they despise. First appearance: ''The Sandman'' vol. 1 #1.

In the podcast, Brute and Glob are voiced by [[Kerry Shale]] and Harry Myers.

In the Netflix series, their role as the manipulator of Jed Walker is replaced by Gault. 

====Abudah====
'''Abudah''' is a hulking monstrous dream who often works as Mervyn Pumpkinhead's assistant. Though he was killed by the Three in ''The Kindly Ones'', the new Dream revives him.

====The Cuckoo====
'''The Cuckoo''' is a parasitic dream who has conquered Barbie's dreamworld in ''A Game of You''. She assumes the form of a childhood version of Barbie and uses her self proclaimed "adorableness" to escape from Barbie's dream world, at which point she transforms into a bird.

In the podcast, the Cuckoo is voiced by Sarah Pitard.

====The Fashion Thing====
'''The Fashion Thing''' is a minor character whose form changes based on popular fads. She is based on [[The Mad Mod Witch]], created by Dave Wood and [[Jack Sparling]] as the host of ''[[The Unexpected (1968 comic book)|The Unexpected]]'', another DC horror title. At the time of her first appearance in ''Sandman'', she is a "Mad [[Yuppie]] Witch". First appearance: ''The Unexpected'' #108. Most of her appearances are relegated to a few panels. She is shown flying on her broom as a Yuppie briefly in issue #2, shown riding her broom in a top hat and tails with bare legs and feet in issue #22, and shown [[Toplessness|topless]] serving a meal to Delirium and Dream in issue #42.  She also appears in ''The Kindly Ones''.

====Judge Gallows====
'''Judge Gallows''' appears in several issues of ''The Dreaming'' including the Special, "Trial and Error". Introduced in ''[[The Unexpected (1968 comic book)|The Unexpected]]'' #113 (June–July 1969), he is one of the few DC "mystery" hosts not used by Gaiman.

====The Smiling Man====
'''The Smiling Man''' is a rogue dream entity that is central to the mystery of the "Sandman Nightmare Country" storyline. It has the appearance of a large obese creature with a serpentine tongue, wide grin and mouths in place of eyes. It silently stalks several characters over the course of the story; passively watching their daily lives and is indirectly responsible for several deaths of those who have seen it (victims being assassinated by a pair of assassins under the employ of Desire).

====Daniel Nod====
'''Daniel Nod''' is the assistant librarian to Lucien.

====Balco====
'''Balco''' is a [[chimpanzee]] mechanic in the Dreaming who tends to the cars that anyone dreams about.

====Buffo====
'''Buffo''' is a humanoid [[toad]] and magician.

====Cartographer of Dreams====
The '''Cartographer of Dreams''' is a human-like character that maps out the different dreams.

====Gault====
'''Gault''' is a shapeshifting nightmare exclusive to the Netflix series who fled the Dreaming in the wake of Morpheus's imprisonment and hides away in the mind of Jed Walker. She created a fantasy world for the boy where he is a superhero known as the "Sandman" as an escape from his uncle Barnaby's abuse in the waking world while posing as his mother Miranda Walker. Gault is eventually tracked down. When confronted reveals her desire to be a dream, Gault wishes to inspire rather than frighten. Before being sent into the Darkness by Dream, Gault states that even nightmares can dream. After Unity Kinkaid's sacrifice, Dream restored Gault as a dream where she now sports butterfly-like wings.

She is analogous to Brute and Glob in the show's version of the story.

Gault is voiced and motion-captured by [[Ann Ogbomo]] in her true form and portrayed by [[Andi Osho]] when posing as Miranda Walker in Jed's dreams.