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*** The Gotei 13 Invasion Arc has Kenpachi vs. Kenpachi in the rain.
* Fate's battle against the last six [[Mineral MacGuffin|Jewel Seeds]] in the first season of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', not surprising since she summoned a thunderstorm to activate all of them at the same time. When Nanoha joins in to help her, the rain had stopped.
* Surprisingly enough, very few fights take place in the rain in ''[[Ranma ½|[[Ranma
* In the ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'' TV special the History of Trunks, Future Gohan's final showdown with androids #17 and #18 takes place in the rain.
* Played straight in ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'' when {{spoiler|Athrun deserts and Shinn destroys his GOUF.}} Complete with [[Dramatic Thunder]].
* When, in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', England and America go through [[The American Revolution]], their biggest encounter happens in the rain. A fight itself doesn't ensue, though, since England can't bring himself to harm the rebellious America and [[Twisted Knee Collapse|collapses]] [[Tear Jerker|in tears]].
* Spike and Vincent's final battle in ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]: The Movie'' took place in the rain. That's no coincidence -- it takes a lot to arrange rain on Mars, and it means that Vincent has already lost the war whether he beats Spike or not: the rain is wiping Vincent's nanoplague out of the atmosphere.
* The battle against Wilhelm and his [[Blob Monster|Slime Trio]] in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''
* Seems to happen a lot in ''[[Ayashi no Ceres]]''.
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* Happens several times in ''[[Darker Than Black]]''. Both [[Shock and Awe|Hei's]] and [[An Ice Person|November 11's]] abilities are more useful when it's wet, and it's justified when April is there, since she has the ability to make it rain.
* In ''[[Transformers Armada]]'', Starscream (with the Star Saber) battles Optimus Prime in a rainshower; the events of the battle precipitate his [[Heel Face Turn|defection]].
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' has a quick battle between Scar and the Elric brothers in the rain right after {{spoiler|Shou Tucker and his daughter were killed by Scar himself.}} Sadly, Ed didn't have any chance of winning. Thank goodness Roy and everyone else made it on time.
* The final showdown in ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' takes place in the rain-drenched Ruhenheim.
* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', there is Gray's battle against Juvia (who it rains around at all times before she gets beaten), and then there's just about half the battles between the heroes and the members of Grimoire Heart during the Tenrou Island arc (incidentally, the first rain-soaked battle in this arc featured Juvia, who may have even caused the rain).
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** ''[[Ladyhawke]]'' (rain and frozen lake)
** ''[[Split Second]]'' (frequent rain plus global warming flooding)
** And even if there isn't actual rain, there will be a waterfall, or a lake, swimming pool or large bath tub into which the two protagonists fall while fighting. No matter what it is, Rutger Hauer's character will end up soaking wet and looking [[Badass]].
* ''[[Godzilla|Godzilla 1985]]'' has the title character fight a bunch of army tanks in the rain.
** The 2002 ''[[Godzilla]] vs. Mechagodzilla'' also opens with an army fight in the rain.
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* In [[James Swallow]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000]] [[Blood Angels]]'' novel ''Deus Sanguinius'', when Rafen is cornered in the factory by Sachiel's honour guard, it starts to rain. Then, during [[Combat by Champion|the single combat between Rafen and Arkio]], rain starts, shortly after Rafen drew [[First Blood]]; when Sachiel [[Heel Realization|realizes from the blood that they are tainted]], Inquisitor Stele murders him and uses it to start a general battle.
* In [[Michael Crichton]]'s ''[[Congo]]'', the killer gorillas attack the expedition's campsite during a rainstorm.
* The only memorable part of the Roge Zelazny collaboration novel ''The Mask of Loki''(?) is a do-over of the Battle of Hattin. The Army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, having trapped itself in a waterless valley, is surrounded by Saladin's much more numerous army. The Saracens close in and overheated, dehydrated Crusaders start to drop as they did in reality. Then, by manipulation of some sort (Science? Magic?), it clouds up and starts to rain. Revitalized,the Frankish army wins the day, or at least survives -- as it did not in reality.
* ''[[Jack Reacher|Echo Burning]]'' by Lee Child has Jack Reacher stalking his opponent in a desert shootout in the middle of a rainfall so intense, {{spoiler|it takes him nearly fifteen minutes to realize his opponent isn't hiding, one of Reacher's stray bullets hit them.}}
* At the end of the first book in the ''[[Shadowleague]]'' series, the battle with the [[Our Vampires Are Different|Ak'Zahar]] takes place in the rain.
* The breakout from Efrafa in ''[[Watership Down]]''. The sudden downpour provides a usesful distraction at a crucial moment, though General Woundwort's more disciplined rabbits are able to cope better with the storm.
* The eponymous Strange in ''[[Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell]]'' has been known to summon storms for momentous battles, either to provide a distinct strategic advantage to the British army, or so that he can surround Wellington with a halo of light at the moment of victory (or both).
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** Of course, according to an episode commentary, the rain just happened while the scene was being filmed. Early scripts called for rain-making equipment, but these did not fit into the budget.
** Their [[Bolivian Army Ending|final battle]], which we don't really see, looks like it's about to be in the rain.
* Ethan and Jack's fight in the ''[[Lost]]'' episode "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues".
** Not to mention the final battle between Jack and {{spoiler|the Man in Black/Smoke Monster/Fake Locke}} in the series finale.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' manages to pull this off indoors in the episode "Innocence" after an explosion triggers automatic sprinkler systems right before the climactic battle.
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** Ditto for Bicolyte and the final battle in ''[[Skyward Sword]]''. Except in the latter case, {{spoiler|the storm gets ''[[Lightning Can Do Anything|weaponized]]''}}.
* The first Dante vs. Vergil fight in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3''.
* Inversion: Snake and Olga in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' begin their gunfight almost immediately after a lull in the ongoing downpour. When the fight is done, it starts raining again.
* ''[[Streets of Rage]] 2'' had the first boss fight take place in a back alley during a rainstorm.
* The majority of the Virmire mission in ''[[Mass Effect]]'' is almost a subversion; it takes place in a lightly misting rain that's hard to see if you aren't looking closely, and once the climactic second half of the mission begins, it ''stops'' raining.
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** [[Fridge Brilliance|She was with the Pirates. The Pirates made the Hazard Shield. So...]]
** In Metroid Prime, the entire Tallon Overworld is always covered in rain, resulting in many mini-battles in the rain in addition to the rain during the Ridley fight at the Artifact Temple.
* The secret ending to ''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' features Riku and Roxas fighting Heartless/each other in the rain. Because the scene was so epic, it was remade in full for ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', and was playable in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
* This happens in the opening in ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Football]]''.
* Happens in ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'' at the Battle of Ostagar, which is no real surprise seeing how much it was inspired by the aforementioned [[Lord of the Rings|Battle of Helm's Deep]].
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* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'': The Zoe vs. Oasis vs. Kusari fight at the end of "Fire And Rain". Approriately enough, it's easily the most serious fight scene in the series with nary a joke to be seen.
* It rains during the first battle in ''[[Goblins]]''. As usual for this comic, it increases dramatic tension but has no effect on the plot.
* The Fava flashback in ''[[Juathuur]]''.
* In ''[[Webcomic/American Beauty|American Beauty]]'' (no, not [[American Beauty|that one]]), rashly boasting of surviving being thrown into a pit while it stars to rain lead to [http://www.ambarb.com/?p=196 the realization that it has dinosaurs.]
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* The 2003 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003]]'' series. Leonardo is pursued by Foot Ninja whilst on a training run through the city. As soon as the circumstances start getting worse, it starts raining. The trope reaches boiling point here, where at the same time he encounters Shredder's Elite Guard, he discovers [[Big Bad|The Shredder]] himself is [[Not Quite Dead]] as was previously thought (with ''lightning'' starting to crack amongst the rain). He is [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|badly beaten]] and almost killed soon after.
* The final battle in ''[[Wakfu]]'' season 1, with Adamaï and Yugo versus Nox, happens under the rain at Mt. Zinit. It is used to great visual effect when Nox stops time, the raindrops first hanging... and then, rising upward when he reverses time.
* "Haunted", an episode in "[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]" had Robin seperated from the group while they were fighting and fought [[Big Bad|Slade]] in the rain. Particularly interesting in that {{spoiler|Slade was actually a hallucination. The animation hinted at this by Robin having a [[Rain Aura]] while Slade doesn't, [[Lightning Reveal|Slade disappearing]] [[Inverted Trope|every time lightning struck]], and Slade beating up Robin badly with the latter not landing a single blow.}}
== Real Life ==
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** And also 70 years earlier at Crecy, where the rainy weather not only bogged the French knights in mud, but the large contingent of Genoese crossbowmen the French had hired were mishandled and allowed their bowstrings to become wet. The crossbowmen were rendered largely useless while the English longbowmen, who had kept their bowstrings meticulously dry, had no such problems.
* Part of the battle of Preußisch Eylau (8 February, 1807) was fought in a snowstorm. One advancing French corps lost its way and suddenly found itself smack in front of a huge Russian battery. It was blown to pieces.
* Heavy rains over Germany affected the outcome of three major battles in August 1813. The rains badly affected the soldiers' ability to shoot their flintlock muskets (which made infantry more vulnerable to cavalry, especially lancers) and slowed down movements.
** At Großbeeren (23 August), where the Allied Army of the North stopped the French advance on Berlin, the men of the freshly raised Prussian Landwehr (militia) found that their inferior firing drill no longer put them at a disadvantage and used their muskets like clubs, saying "So flutscht dat bäter!" (It goes off the hand more easily that way).
** During Napoleon's defeat of the Allied Main Army at Dresden (August 26-27), the infantry of his Young Guard successfully charged against Allied cavalry stuck in the mud.
** In the battle of the Katzbach (August 26), Blücher's Russo-Prussian Army of Silesia smashed the French Army of the Bober. Part of the latter was driven into the Wütende Neisse ("Raging Neisse"), normally a pleasant small river, but swollen to a dangerous torrent due to the heavy rains.
* It rained heavily the night before the battle of Waterloo (1815), which worked to the advantage of the defending Allied army.
* To watch any film set on [[World War One|The Western Front]], you might think it started raining in 1914 and rained continuously until 1918.
** This common image of the war stems from the Battle of Passchendaele, in the long, wet summer and autumn of 1917. A mixture of the unseasonal rain and constant shelling had reduced the terrain to a vast bog in which men drowned before ever seeing the enemy. The horror of Passchendaele so deeply imprinted itself on the public consciousness that rain and mud are assumed for any [[WW 1]] setting except for Gallipoli.
*** This trope is also fully justified for the last part of the Battle of the Somme a year earlier.
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