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{{quote|''"This is why so many heroes and villains wear such long clothing. Because it looks ''friggin' awesome'' when it's blowing in the wind."''|''[[The Nostalgia Critic]]''}}
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=== Anime & Manga ===
==== General ====
* Done often in [[Magical Girl]] series when spells are cast, [[
==== Specific ====
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* In the last episode of the first season of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', a strong wind suddenly blows Fate's long hair upward, underlining the [[Squee|most emotional and romantic moment]] during her private talk with Nanoha on the bridge {{spoiler|("Call my name")}}. That's some great timing by the weather gods.
** All the dramatic motion of hair, skirts, and capes during the airbourne battle scenes seem to have wind as well.
* A
* ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'', any dramatic scene that doesn't take place indoors or underwater (and even then, the underwater ones get it too some days... physics has no hold in this series). It seems to be more of a "Dramatic Current" or "Dramatic Wave"
* ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' absolutely thrives off of this.
* In ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'', Nausicaa's hair floats before she goes berserk, even breaking a sword with a stick!
** The floating hair-variant of
*** The same thing happens with Kiki's hair when she's about to take off on her broom.
*** Also see the ''Princess Mononoke'' example below.
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* In ''[[RahXephon]]'' it seems to follow the mysterious Reika around wherever she goes.
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', commonly seen in aforementioned anime in the form of an emblazoned cape worn by Kamina or [[Fan Nickname|Captain Garlock]] for dramatic flair; alternately, in the form of the flag of the Great Gurren-dan. Notable for the fact this has even been shown to occur in space; or at the very least, the upper stratosphere.
** Could be caused by Spiral
** It's justified since the primary law of physics in the setting is [[Rule of Cool]].
* Mendoza in ''[[The Mysterious Cities of Gold]]''.
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* An egregious example can be found in ''Shattered Angels'' where Kyoshiro and Kuu stand face to face with one another but the wind blows at both characters in different (opposite) directions even though they are only standing a few paces apart.
* Space inside of a [[Shakugan no Shana|Fuzetsu]] seems to always be very windy, especially during standoffs. [[Fridge Logic|Though you'd think that a sealed space would have no wind at all, unless a spell was used...]]
* Wherever a [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn|Vongola]] [[Bishonen|Guardian]] apears, there ''will'' be
** Somehow, it's justified since these things happen after energy bursts and big explosions when these boys decide to showcase their badass abilities.
* One of these seems to follow the Medicine Seller in ''[[Mononoke]]''. And it's sparkly!
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=== Comics ===
* [[Doctor Strange]]'s Cloak of Levitation is in near-constant
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=== Specific ===
* In the Hindi movie ''Kabhi Khushi, Kabhi Gham'', houses are incredibly drafty: even a small apartment seems to have high-powered fans running constantly off screen. And once the music numbers start, every conceivable thing (hair, clothes, paper, curtains, etc.) begins roiling like a poorly-built suspension bridge. Fortunately, the look is [[Rule of Cool|too awesome]] to annoy the audience.
* In ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy 1999]]'', nearly every important discovery about Imhotep is accompanied by an omnious gust of wind. This is later [[Lampshade Hanging|given a lampshade]] when, just before the book that will release Imhotep upon the world is opened, a gust of wind
* [[Batman]] in most incarnations has a cape solely for Dramatic Wind and also to provide an intimidating shadow. In the ''[[Dark Knight Trilogy]]'' they changed that by making the cape into a firm glider to prevent hard landings. So now the Dramatic Wind is just an added bonus.
* Used almost to the point of ridiculosusness in the film ''[[Behindthe Waterfall]]''.
* When Elizabeth falls in the water in ''[[The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'', there is a dramatic change in wind direction, apparently triggered by the pulse the medallion sent out.
** This is also used a little earlier in (Captain) Jack's introduction, when his braids are flying out behind him as he stands on top of the mast.
* Used many times in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. For example, when Saruman is casting a weather spell from atop Orthanc, his wizard robes billow around him dramatically although it may be [[Justified Trope|justified]] because of altitude. Wind gets faster the higher up you go, and if you're standing on top of a bloody huge tower you're gonna get hit with a
* In ''Face/Off'' some wind blows just in time to blow Castor Troy's [[Badass Longcoat]] as he exits his vehicle in dramatic fashion. This is the scene that introduces his character in the flesh (not counting a flashback sequence).
* In [[Final Destination]], whenever Death is around an ominous wind blows, even indoors.
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=== Music ===
* The [[Eurovision Song Contest]] is rife with
=== Tabletop Games ===
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' has a magical item called the Cloak of Billowing, whose sole property is that, yes, it billows ominously in a nonexistent wind.
** DND also has a Weapon of Legacy called the Desert Wind. When the wielder grasps the hilt, it summons a gust of warm, dry
** 3e [[Sourcebook]] ''[[Forgotten Realms|Races of Faerǘn]]'' recommends a slight breeze from nowhere as one of possible traits for Air Genasi (descendants of humans and Djinn or other air elemental creatures).
** Of course, this is one of the classic things DMs in serious campaigns '''have''' to narrate.
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** [[Fan Girl|Sakura]] also does this, but she's wearing a skirt. The result is inevitable.
** In Ryu's case a leaf apears out of nowhere to complete the set.
* ''[[Metal Gear|Solid Snake]]'''s notorious bandanna started off as an homage to Eighties [[Action Hero
* Extremely important in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]: [[Advent Children]]'', where Vincent Valentine's main thing is to stand around looking grim, explain things in a gravelly voice and have his cape blow dramatically.
** He does that a lot. The only thing stopping him in the original game was the fact that his cape was as stiff as a board.
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* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'': It happens to Jake Marshall and Dahlia Hawthorn when you [[Pull the Thread]] on their testimonies. As in, ''[[Rule of Cool|inside a courtroom]]''.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'' has a ''lot'' of this, since its theme involves the wind anyway. In particular, Ganondorf sheds his typical armor for a kimono-like outfit with enormous sleeves that flap dramatically in the wind.
** The developers openly admitted that their main reason for setting [[The Wind Waker]] on an ocean, involving sailing, was, that they wanted to show of the
** Vaati from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap|The Legend of Zelda the Minish Cap]]'' ''always'' has some wind blowing around him, no matter what, even indoors. Maybe justified, since he calls himself the "Wind Mage".
* Every time someone summons his or her ''[[Persona (video game)|Persona]]'', the animation is always accompanied by a dramatic breeze.
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* Disney's ''[[Pocahontas]]''. [[The Nostalgia Chick|And how]]. It's accompanied by a trail of fluorescent leaves.
* In ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', Mojo Jojo's cape always flows in the wind, no matter where he is.
* [[Phineas and Ferb]] invokes this, when Ferb pulls out a large fan to blow some
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* Parodied in Terry Pratchett's ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''A Hat Full of Sky'', where a young witch purchases an expensive cloak designed to blow and flutter dramatically in even the lightest of breezes.
** Pratchett also did something similar in his pre-Discworld novel ''Strata''. A character's cape is mentioned as having small electrical charges pulsed through it every few seconds, keeping it in a state of permanent dramatic flutter.
** Susan gets
* In Fool Moon, the 2nd book of "[[The Dresden Files]]", Harry is slightly annoyed by the fact he isn't wearing his duster (a coat regularly described as [[Running Gag|like something off the set of El Dorado]]) so it could billow dramatically as he stepped through a large hole he had just blasted in a wall.
* Also parodied in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Life, The Universe And Everything|Life The Universe And Everything]]'', the third ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (novel)|Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy]]'' novel. Ford Prefect makes a portentous announcement: "He gazed keenly into the distance and looked as if he would quite like the wind to blow his hair back dramatically at that point, but the wind was busy fooling around with some leaves a little way off."
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=== Tabletop Games ===
* Parodied (of course) in ''Paranoia'', where antagonist Botman employs strategically placed fans (not to mention an entire special effects crew) in an attempt to look impressive.
* ''[[Mutants and Masterminds]]'' has a section on 1-point powers called Features, one of which is
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