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* It is a trope essential to Gothic literature and the Romantic movement. You can find it in all sorts of works, from [[wikipedia:Caspar David Friedrich|Caspar David Friedrich]]'s bleak, moody landscapes to [[Edgar Allan Poe|Poe]]'s ''The Fall of the House of Usher''.
* Some [[Stephen King]] novels have a tendency to display fearsome weather patterns that parallel the steady build towards whatever climactic conflict will finish off the story. Examples include the cataclysmic thunderstorms of ''[[IT]]'' and ''[[Bag of Bones]]'' and the blizzard in ''[[The Shining]]''.
* The [[Discworld]] country of [[Überwald]] is noted for this. Experienced residents [[Dramatic Ellipsis|pause]] before saying
** To balance this out, whenever Lord Vetinari wants to demonstrate the Wonders of Urban Development and other benefits of living in Ankh-Morpork, there is either thick fog blocking the view or a pissing dog, graffiti, or a drunken dwarf nearby. Apparently this man generates an anti-Emphatic Environment field—when he is being assaulted, it's either a beautiful day or merely a little cloudy.
** Also, in ''[[The Truth]]'', Otto Chriek, Vampire (but he [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampires|swore off the sticky stuff]] and now much prefers a mug of cocoa and a singsong, my vord yes.) mourns this
** Granny Weatherwax's ire is known to cause any and all natural noises to stop in their tracks and can, indeed, cause empathic weather on top of it. Even though Granny's a witch, these events seem to occur without her consciously making them so. (Being skilled in headology, that's just what she wants you to think.)
** There's also the "gnarly ground" mentioned in ''[[
* If there's a heat wave (or other unpleasant weather pattern) at the start of a crime wave, it will be relieved when the crime is solved.
** The heat waves in ''Cat of Many Tails'' and ''Cop Hater''.
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