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[[File:angry-sky 362.jpg|frame|When stormclouds attack.]]

 

 

This is a trope for when the characters are explicitly beset by hostile, driving rain, tornadoes, dust storms, or other oppressively inconvenient weather, which only lets up at sudden, inconvenient increments, often to indicate they are in a [[Hungry Jungle]] or other hostile environment. The characters will spend their time asking "when will this ever let up?" When it ''does'' let up, it will start back up again the minute they comment on it. Related to [[When It Rains, It Pours]].

 

Contrast [[Empathic Environment]] tropes, where the weather merely sets the mood rather than actually influencing events. Compare [[Weather of War]].

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== Anime and Manga ==

 

 

{{quote|'''Ming:''' I like to play with them awhile...before annihilation. HA HA HA HA!}}

* The weather in ''[[Aliens]]'' and ''[[Alien|Alien3]]'' is permanently extreme, although it mostly serves to set the mood.

* ''[[Hard Rain]]'', where bank robbers are tracked amidst a heavy torrent and flood.

* ''[[Young Frankenstein]]''. <small>(Frederick and Igor are exhuming a dead criminal)</small>

 

 

* An early episode of ''[[The Pacific]]'' is only the most recent example. While everyone else contracts tropical diseases, it finally comes a clear blue day. The [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Gunnery Sergeant]] tells everyone to wait for the rain to start and shower in it. He gets undressed in the middle of the camp and lathers up, loudly reciting the Marine Rules of Conduct regarding cleanliness. Then the rain stops immediately. Gunny looks up at the sky and shouts ''"Is '''that''' all?"''

* Inverted in the pilot of ''[[Lost]]''. Michael promises to look for Vincent as soon as the rain stops. No sooner does he say this than the rain stops.

 

 

** Adventure I12 ''Egg of the Phoenix''. When the [[PC]]s try to take the Egg back to Doc's Island, they have a 50% chance each day of having a blizzard, driving rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, strong winds or ice storm.

** Fully endorsed in game-master advice for the [[Ravenloft]] campaign setting, where Nature's hostility is an important tool for creating an [[Incredibly Lame Pun|oppressive atmosphere]].

* ''[[Traveller]]'' Double Adventure "Mission on Mithril". Weather on the planet Mithril was determined randomly. It included both mild and severe storms on a regular basis, with the temperature almost always below freezing.

* ''[[Paranoia]]'' adventure ''The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues''. While outside Alpha Complex the [[PC]]s could be hit by "Bad Weather" (rain and snow) or "Really Grim Weather" (anything from ice storms and flash floods up to tornadoes).

* ''[[Gamma World]]'' module GW6 ''Alpha Factor''. Gamma World weather could be nasty. Each day there was a 40% chance of bad weather, including thunderstorms with lightning, hailstorms, snow storms, ice storms, monsoons, tornadoes and acid rain (with real acid).

* ''[[Mouse Guard]]''. Members of the title organization have to worry about this all the time. The Territories have bad weather on a regular basis in every season of the year, including snow storms (late Fall through early Spring), blizzards and ice storms (Winter), heat waves (Summer), rain (all year long), thunderstorms with possible lightning strikes and flash floods (late Spring and late Summer) and autumn storms (late Fall). Nasty weather is one of the four hazards that the GM uses to create obstacles on a mission.

 

 

 

== Western Animation ==

{{quote|'''Homer:''' Don't be upset, Marge. At least it's not raining! (after a pause...nothing happens) [[Beat|See?]]}}

* Happened in an episode of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' when Mojo Jojo kidnapped the narrator and took his place. If I remember correctly, he at one point forces the girls to walk somewhere rather than fly, leading to this:

* This appears to be at least one power of Elmer Fudd's magic helmet in "[[What's Opera, Doc?]]" And it "killed" da Wabbit.

{{Quote|Nowth winds bwow! South winds bwow! Typhoons! Huwwicanes! Eawthquakes! SMOOOOOOGGGGG!!}}

 

== Real Life ==

[[Category:Thunderbolts and Lightning]]

[[Category:This Index Blows]]