A Storm Is Coming: Difference between revisions

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== Advertising ==

* Used in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp76ly2_NoI this political ad], made by the [[Politically Incorrect Villain|National Organization for Marriage]] in response to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Iowa the Iowa Supreme Court's decision in favor of gay marriage].

* Used in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp76ly2_NoI this political ad], made by the [[Politically-Incorrect Villain|National Organization for Marriage]] in response to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Iowa the Iowa Supreme Court's decision in favor of gay marriage].

** The [[Anvilicious|blatantly ominous tone]] of this spot also inspired a number of parodies from the group's political enemies, and popularized the term "[[Memetic Mutation|gay storm]]" among the LBGT community.

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== Anime & Manga ==

* The Loguetown arc in ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]''. Luffy is being pursued by three separate malevolent forces and everyone comments on the storm coming. A bit subverted as the storm turns out to be the very thing that helps Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates escape.

* Played arrow-straight in ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]''. As the war between Sun and Lunar heats up, the weather starts getting cloudier and windier, and Saru -- decked up in a [[Old Master|sage]] outfit -- begins predicting that... take a guess... "A storm is coming." As the singing battle reaches its conclusion and [[Badass Normal|Nagasumi]] gets his [[Theme Music Power Up]], Saru -- [[I Have the High Ground|standing on top of the roof]] in gusting wind -- dramatically screams "The storm... HAS ARRIVED!", just as the asskicking begins. To cap it all off, when the battle is over, [[Empathic Environment|the wind dies down and the sun breaks through the clouds.]]

* Played arrow-straight in ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]''. As the war between Sun and Lunar heats up, the weather starts getting cloudier and windier, and Saru -- decked up in a [[Old Master|sage]] outfit -- begins predicting that... take a guess... "A storm is coming." As the singing battle reaches its conclusion and [[Badass Normal|Nagasumi]] gets his [[Theme Music Power-Up]], Saru -- [[I Have the High Ground|standing on top of the roof]] in gusting wind -- dramatically screams "The storm... HAS ARRIVED!", just as the asskicking begins. To cap it all off, when the battle is over, [[Empathic Environment|the wind dies down and the sun breaks through the clouds.]]

* Jubei Kibegami starts off ''[[Ninja Scroll]]'' saying this and running for shelter.

* Also used in the ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' movie by Terry Bogard in the first few minutes.

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* ''[[Dune]]'' (1984): "A storm is coming. ...'''Our''' storm!"

* The first ''[[X Men 1 (Film)|X Men 1]]'' movie. Said by a security guard as the X-Men, [[A Worldwide Punomenon|including Storm]], fly past hidden by fog.

* Completely botched in the ''[[MST3K]]''-worthy film ''[[Red Zone Cuba]]'', when ominous thunder during our "[[Anti Hero|heroes]]"' plane ride with [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Cherokee Jack]] fails to match the local weather conditions...

* Completely botched in the ''[[MST3K]]''-worthy film ''[[Red Zone Cuba]]'', when ominous thunder during our "[[Anti-Hero|heroes]]"' plane ride with [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Cherokee Jack]] fails to match the local weather conditions...

{{quote| '''Servo:''' Man, it sounds pretty bad... wait a minute, it's ''beautiful'' out there!}}

* Subverted in ''[[Sherlock Holmes (Film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' (2009). The storm is coming line is AFTER the finale, and everything being resolved... {{spoiler|Unless it was about Moriarty!}}

* In ''The Gift'', the dead grandmother of Cate Blanchett's character visits her to tell her this.

* One of the central reccuring symbols in ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'' is the gradual approach of [[But It Really Happened|Hurricane Katrina towards New Orleans]] in the Daisy and Caroline storyline, as the characters discuss whether or not the storm will make landfall in Louisiana (spoiler alert: [[Foregone Conclusion|it does]]). Also briefly invoked in Benjamin's storyline by the old man who gets struck by lightning, after his speech about why he's grateful to be alive.

* One of the central reccuring symbols in ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'' is the gradual approach of [[But It Really Happened!|Hurricane Katrina towards New Orleans]] in the Daisy and Caroline storyline, as the characters discuss whether or not the storm will make landfall in Louisiana (spoiler alert: [[Foregone Conclusion|it does]]). Also briefly invoked in Benjamin's storyline by the old man who gets struck by lightning, after his speech about why he's grateful to be alive.

* At the beginning of ''[[Shutter Island]]'', the captain of the boat bringing the Marshals to the island says this.

* ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' uses this at the beginning to indicate trouble in the Banks family, and at the end to indicate that all is well, now.

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* Near the end of the ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' episode "Dungeons And Dragons", Sarah's old fiance Charley, steps onto the Connor's porch after saving Derek Reese's life, has a conversation with Sarah, then notes, "Looks like a storm's coming."

* ''[[The West Wing]]'' had a storm coming in "The Two Cathedrals." The President was complaining about a hurricane coming up the East Coast so early in the season. He seemed to think God was picking on him, leading to his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''; In "Fear Her", the Doctor and Rose randomly stopped to point at a coming storm at the end, in clear foreshadowing to the events of next episodes "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday"; but later it was noted that the storm they were foreshadowing had [[Fridge Logic|technically occurred several years previously thanks to the]] [[Timey Wimey Ball]].

* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''; In "Fear Her", the Doctor and Rose randomly stopped to point at a coming storm at the end, in clear foreshadowing to the events of next episodes "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday"; but later it was noted that the storm they were foreshadowing had [[Fridge Logic|technically occurred several years previously thanks to the]] [[Timey-Wimey Ball]].

** And of course, in the ancient language of the Daleks, the Doctor is known as "The Oncoming Storm".

* In the ''[[Lost]]'' finale, a storm is gathering just as Jack prepares to face the Man in Black. Richard, who doesn't even know the confrontation is imminent, comments, "It's gonna be a hell of a storm."

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