With advice from Team JNPR, Penny, and Sun, Ruby’s party decides to try a new plan. Along with Jaune, who had acquired immunity toward the “Nightmare”, the four sneak into Weiss’ dream. Using the train they had rescued from White Fang, they were able to approach close to the center of the empire. Jaune, not being affected by the “Nightmare”, was able to move freely, releases the Sillies, the residents of the dream who were locked away by the empire, and succeeds in obtaining a new relic. Suddenly, a large number of little Weiss jumps out…
"Dreams Come Rued", with the subtitle "For Freedom", is the seventh episode of the anime RWBY: Ice Queendom. It was released on August 14th, 2022. The English dub was released on November 6th, 2022 on the Rooster Teeth website.
Lucid Dream Jaune's appearance appears to be similar to his Dream Actor except he wears a cape and heavy sword.
Jaune's early reaction to Nightmare is that he gets a cold and runny rose.
Dream Actor Pyrrha can't talk besides singing and for some reason, she was not affected by Nightmare's corruption. This may be because Weiss idolized her so much.
English Dub dialogues changes[]
Jaune's lines when he sees many Silly Weisses escaping changes from "Oh! What the?" to "What the Weisses?!"
When one of the Silly Weiss' affects a Jacques statue, the English dub changes his lines from "I want to spend time with my family!" to 'I want my family to notice me!"
Trivia[]
The episode's title is a pun on the saying "Dreams Come True."
The end card for the episode was made by Range Murata, the concept design of Last Exile and Blue Submarine No. 6.
It is unknown why the Atlesian Knight-130s are pure white instead of black. Whether it was a continuity error or a nod to the version of the Knight-200s in "A Minor Hiccup".
Dream Actor Pyrrha was feeling left out for not joining Ruby, Jaune, and Dream Actors of Nora and Ren's cheer may reference in Volume 4 where she is no longer alive and Team RNJR is officially formed.
Sillies Weiss turning into giants and starts roaming the destroyed city is often compared to and may be a reference to Attack On Titan.