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[[I Thought It Meant|This trope has nothing to do]] with the weather condition. Or with Soviet [[Macross Missile Massacre|salvo]] launcher [[I Call It Vera|name]]. Or the [[Epic Fail|type of fail.]] [[Mundane Utility|Usually]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* The Axe Gang uses one of these in [[Kung Fu Hustle]].
* Happens near the end of the film ''[[Virus (Film)|Virus]]'' when the Russian ship explodes after the survivors escaped in the makeshift rocketsled. The fireball is big enough to be seen by an approaching rescue ship amidst a ''hurricane''.
* Parodied in ''[[Anchorman:
== [[Literature]] ==
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* In ''[[Mulan]]'', the Huns scale the Great Wall of China. The leader, Shan Yu, confronts a sentry, silently daring him to light the fire basin that would begin the signal relay informing the Emperor of the invasion. He does, of course, and very dramatically:
{{quote| '''Guard''': Now all of China knows you're here!<br />
(Shan Yu snaps the Emperor's flag from its post, [[Rape, Pillage and Burn|burning it in the signal fire]])<br />
'''Shan-Yu''': ''Perfect.'' }}
* ''[[Thundercats (Animation)|ThunderCats]]'' and ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' - THUNDER! THUNDER! THUNDERCATS, HO!
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* The lantern signal from the Old North Church in Boston, warning would-be Yankee rebels to the whereabouts of British troops, is certainly one of the more dramatic 'hails' in history.
** Also, the [[Did Not Do the Research|legendary Ride of Paul Revere]]. ''[[Beam Me Up, Scotty|The British are coming!]] The <s> British</s> regulars are coming!''
* In Ancient Greece, the hero Pheidippides is credited with running a total of 240 km to ask for aid from Sparta prior to the Battle of Marathon (Sparta refused on the grounds that there was a holy festival taking place). Then he fought at Marathon, and ran an additional 40km to notify Athens: "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nenikikamen Nenikikamen!]" (We are victorious), thus also qualifying this event as [[Bring News Back|Bring News Back.]].
** A parallel of this can be found in ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' occurs when Blurr runs ''across the galaxy'' to reach Cybertron and inform the Autobots that there is a traitor in their ranks. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, the guy he reports to actually is said traitor. It doesn't end well.}}
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