It's Always Spring: Difference between revisions

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== Live Action TV ==

* An odd live-action example: in the Australian soap ''[[Home and Away]]'', it's always summer in Summer Bay. Even when the actors are filming in the middle of winter next to the strong cold winds of the ocean, their wardrobe reflects a summer climate. No wonder they have trouble ~~emoting -- they~~'re too busy trying not to shiver. This is justified only by the nature of filming: episodes filmed in winter won't air until mid-spring.

* An odd live-action example: in the Australian soap ''[[Home and Away]]'', it's always summer in Summer Bay. Even when the actors are filming in the middle of winter next to the strong cold winds of the ocean, their wardrobe reflects a summer climate. No wonder they have trouble emoting—they're too busy trying not to shiver. This is justified only by the nature of filming: episodes filmed in winter won't air until mid-spring.

* A live-action [[Did Not Do the Research]]-y example in ''[[Greek]]''. The show is set in a college in Ohio. The second part began after winter break. The finale was spring break. In between, [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|Not. One. Snowflake.]] Not even a heavy coat. In ''Ohio''. Where winters are known to ''kill people''.

** The incredibly weak [[Justified Trope|justification?]] "It's a warm part of Ohio". That's located in [[California Doubling|southern California]].

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* In one episode of ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', Rory and Dean spend the night in the theatre in the middle of winter. When they wake up at 5am to go running home, it's perfectly light out. Now, [[Gilmore Girls]] takes place in Connecticut. It is never that bright out at 5am during the winter.

* ''[[Make It or Break It]]'' takes place in Boulder, Colorado and yet we never see any snow or even any characters wearing jackets. It seems like the show only takes place during the spring/summer.

* ''[[Degrassi]]'' takes place in, is filmed in, and is ''written, produced and directed entirely by people who live in'' [[Toronto]], and is an example of this due to a shooting schedule that coincided with summer vacation in the ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]'' days and now runs roughly ~~April-November~~.

* ''[[Degrassi]]'' takes place in, is filmed in, and is ''written, produced and directed entirely by people who live in'' [[Toronto]], and is an example of this due to a shooting schedule that coincided with summer vacation in the ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]'' days and now runs roughly April–November.

* Old/New City of ''[[Sanctuary]]'' never sees any kind of weather change except rain, despite the fact that the series is shot in friggin' Vancouver. The characters do, however, alternate between long and short sleeves.

* While you do occasionally see snow in ''[[Northern Exposure]],'' it's pretty scarce, considering the show is set in Alaska. Given that the Arctic Circle is just up the road a stretch, ''daylight'' should be rare for part of the year.

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* This is the reason the songs "Winter Wonderland", "Let It Snow", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Sleigh Ride" and, hell, even ''"Jingle Bells"'' are considered Christmas songs, despite not mentioning Christmas at all. On the other hand, it's also probably the only reason anybody still remembers them at all.

** Oddly enough, these are BY FAR the most over-played songs on US radio stations during the month of December (more egregious offenders keep this shit going through FEBRUARY). It's especially grating when you're in the otherwise heavily Christian Southeast, where there's very little snow...

** It's also weird considering that winter doesn't officially start until the 21st or ~~22nd of~~ December (depending on the Solstice). Therefore, most the Christmas season is actually in the fall.

** It's also weird considering that winter doesn't officially start until the 21st or 22 December (depending on the Solstice). Therefore, most the Christmas season is actually in the fall.

* Olivia the Band, a rock group from Hawaii, has an album called ''Where We Come From It Never Snows''. Which is true of Oahu, but not the entire state of Hawaii - Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on the Big Island see snow most winters, and even Haleakala on Maui can get it on rare occasions.

== Real Life ==

* Even warm locations have ~~seasons -- the~~ rainy season versus the dry season, for instance. Nevertheless, seasons in Southern California tend to oscillate from summer, to <s>early fall, to late spring</s> not summer, back to summer again. It tends to make the imported deciduous trees very confused.

* Even warm locations have seasons—the rainy season versus the dry season, for instance. Nevertheless, seasons in Southern California tend to oscillate from summer, to <s>early fall, to late spring</s> not summer, back to summer again. It tends to make the imported deciduous trees very confused.

** Tropical environments and places with similar climates usually don't change a lot, having only a dry season and a wet season. In some areas the dry season is the period between fall and winter and in other's it's the opposite, but besides the temperature and the amount of rainfall, the surroundings are basically always the same.

*** Rainforests in particular, where the temperature change from day to night is greater than summer to winter.

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* On ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'', it's always summer. Makes sense, since they're at summer camp, right? Except it's still summer, and they're still at camp on Valentine's Day. Most of the [[Christmas Episode]] took place in July, for crying out loud.

* During an episode of ''[[Rugrats]]'', the grandfather moves out of the main families house. For the next 30 seconds to 1 minute it shows the seasons changing. Then after it comes back to the season it originally was it is found out that {{spoiler|this entire weather pattern change happened over a one week period with a sentence saying "One Week Later"}}. Now THAT'S spring weather.

* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' played with this trope in a way similar to the ''Rugrats'' example above. There was an episode where Stinky decided to enter a harvesting ~~competition -- and~~ while he is farming, it rains, it snows, it is amazingly hot... and in the end of the sequence, this dialogue (that sounded something like this but not exactly) happens:

* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' played with this trope in a way similar to the ''Rugrats'' example above. There was an episode where Stinky decided to enter a harvesting competition—and while he is farming, it rains, it snows, it is amazingly hot... and in the end of the sequence, this dialogue (that sounded something like this but not exactly) happens:

{{quote|'''Stinky's dad:''' What a crazy weather! It rains, it snows, it dries...

'''Stinky:''' And all within a week. }}

** There was also the episode wherein the town gets affected by a heatwave.

* In ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', a year apparently passes without any change in the seasons or weather except when required by the XANA attack of the day, and no aging or moving up in grades for the characters. All of the main characters except Yumi start off in the eighth grade, then a year passes and they're still in the eighth grade, then Aelita (who is in the same grade as the rest, i.e. eighth) is said to be twelve years old. Only once do they actually move up a grade, and if memory serves only twice is any sort of school holiday mentioned.

* Although it's occasionally ~~averted -- the~~ episode "Reawakening" takes place during winter for no plot-relevant reason -- ''[[Gargoyles]]'' follows this trope to a "T". It became particularly notable after creator Greg Weisman established a detailed timeline for the series, which sets several adventures to specifically take place over winter months.

* Although it's occasionally averted—the episode "Reawakening" takes place during winter for no plot-relevant reason -- ''[[Gargoyles]]'' follows this trope to a "T". It became particularly notable after creator Greg Weisman established a detailed timeline for the series, which sets several adventures to specifically take place over winter months.

* For the most part, it usually is spring in ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. However, during most times on-site of Casper High, the season is apparently autumn as all the trees are orange. Even right before summer vacation.

* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', it appears to always be summer unless the season is relevant to the plot. In one case this led to bafflement when a Fall Episode occurred soon ''after'' a Winter Episode, with no discernible transitions in either direction. Admittedly, the seasons are explicitly magical, but [[Word of God]] claims they still take the normal amount of time and this was purely because they didn't want a calendar to limit what plots they could do.

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== Anime & Manga ==

* Averted in ''[[Aria]]'', where Akari mentions the changing of the seasons in her letters, which is reflected in the art for the episode. The manga volumes are actually seasonally themed, with the first being fall, the second being winter, the third being spring, and so on. That ~~2-3~~ years pass and nobody seems to get any older is not mentioned.

* Averted in ''[[Aria]]'', where Akari mentions the changing of the seasons in her letters, which is reflected in the art for the episode. The manga volumes are actually seasonally themed, with the first being fall, the second being winter, the third being spring, and so on. That 2–3 years pass and nobody seems to get any older is not mentioned.

** Note: 2-3 ''Mars'' year, which means roughly 4-6 Earth years.

* ''[[Love Hina]]'' also had all four seasons, several times (it takes place over the course of at least two years). It even had Halloween, Christmas, and New Years stories. In order.

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** Your party members will change clothing depending on the season [[Limited Wardrobe|(and little else)]], and school goes in and out of session as expected.

** As noted above, it's Japan. You were expecting snowfall that close to the equator?

* The videogame ''[[The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall]]'' actually averted this trope. Seasons would change, with snow covering the ground in the winter. Except in the desert country. Of course, [[NPC~~|NPCs~~]] (especially the females) dressed in rather light and revealing clothing no matter the weather.

* The videogame ''[[The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall]]'' actually averted this trope. Seasons would change, with snow covering the ground in the winter. Except in the desert country. Of course, [[NPC]]s (especially the females) dressed in rather light and revealing clothing no matter the weather.

* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'', with typical depth, averts this by simulating the seasons appropriate to the local climate.

** Played straight in Adventure Mode due to [[Good Bad Bugs]] which cause the season to reset to spring every time you quick Travel, which is rarely more than a couple days each time.

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* ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'' have a brand new feature where the season changes at the start of every month, in contrast to how it was always the same season in previous generations.

* ''Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches'' is set in mid-autumn, probably because that's when the various leafy twigs you need to collect can most easily be distinguished from one another.

* Averted, kind of, in ''[[The Lost Crown]]'', which does take place in springtime, but with the full range of ~~weather -- fog~~, cold, thundery, sunny, rainy, ~~windy -- one~~ might expect from a realistic depiction of that season.

* Averted, kind of, in ''[[The Lost Crown]]'', which does take place in springtime, but with the full range of weather—fog, cold, thundery, sunny, rainy, windy—one might expect from a realistic depiction of that season.

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* Semi-averted on ''[[Max Steel]]'': the first series of the show starts at the beginning of the school year and finishes somewhere in the summer semester. However, unless the characters aren't in California, the weather is always nice a spring-like.

* Averted in Chuck Jones' Bugs/Daffy/Elmer ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' trilogy, with backgrounds in full autumn color or snow white - due to it being rabbit season. [[Duck Season! Rabbit Season!|Duck season. RABBIT SEASON!]]

* Averted with [[American Dragon: Jake Long]]. While the series is mostly Always Spring, the two Valentine's Day episodes are notably snowy in addition to the Christmas episode. However, the Chinese New Year, which typically occurs in ~~January-February~~, is in spring-like weather.

* Averted with [[American Dragon: Jake Long]]. While the series is mostly Always Spring, the two Valentine's Day episodes are notably snowy in addition to the Christmas episode. However, the Chinese New Year, which typically occurs in January–February, is in spring-like weather.

* Played straight in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' with a perpetual summer until the last season (with the exception of their holiday specials). The final season [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] this trope when Eddy changed all of the neighborhood calendars to July, rigged the cul-de-sac with central heating, and painted the leaves green so he could keep up his daily school-free scamming forever.