title: Rude Awakening
text: # Rude Awakening
  
  Rude Awakening may refer to:
  
  ## Film and television
  
  * Pochardiana ou le Rêveur éveillé, (Rude Awakening in English), (1908) a film directed by Georges Méliès
  * Rude Awakening (1975), a short film directed by Warren Sonbert
  * "Rude Awakening" (1980), an episode in the Hammer House of Horror TV Series
  * Rude Awakening (film) (1989), a film directed by David Greenwalt and Aaron Russo
  * Rude Awakening (TV series) an American TV series from 1998 – 2001
  * Rude Awakenings, a New Zealand TV series from 2007
  
  ## Music
  
  * Rude Awakening (Andy Irvine album), a 1991 album by Irish folk musician Andy Irvine
  * Rude Awakening (Prong album), a 1996 album by American metal band Prong
  * Rude Awakening (Megadeth album), a 2002 live album by American heavy metal band Megadeth
  * "Rude Awakening #2", a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival on the album Pendulum
  * "Rude Awakening", a song by AG on his album The Dirty Version
  * "Rude Awakening", a song by Status Quo on their album Thirsty Work
  * "Rude Awakening", a song by Michael Schenker Group on their album The Unforgiven
  
  ## Other
  
  * Rude Awakening, a gallery show by John S. Boskovich inspired by the band Rude Awakening
  * Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening, a 2007 off-Broadway revue
  * The Rude Awakening, a 1998 album by the Cocoa Brovaz
  * The Rude Awakening Show, a radio show
  * They Hunger 3: Rude Awakening, a video game
  * The Rude Awakening, a wrestling move performed by Rick Rude
  