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It's a [[It Was a Dark and Stormy Night|dark and stormy night]]. The main character(s) are surrounded by darkness. [[A Storm Is Coming|A sense of foreboding wavers in the air]], and the tension is so thick, a knife isn't fit to cut it, and you would instead require a heavy-duty [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw]].
This is the perfect concoction for the [[Empathic Environment]] to whip up a good old
Bonus points if the flash is so quick, the audience/characters are unsure if they saw anything at all.
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* In [[Naruto]], [[The Reveal]] of {{spoiler|Tobi's ([[Mind Screw|not really]]) true identity, Madara Uchiha, as the real [[Big Bad]] of the series}} is done this way.
** Also, in [[Narm Charm|Naruto Shippuden 167]], [[Ass Pull|thunderclouds]] envelop the sky, and a large mass of the Kyuubi's chakra rains from the heavens as Naruto begins his transformation from a [[Four Is Death|4-tailed]] to a never-before-seen [[Number of the Beast|6-tailed]] fox form.
* Oda Nobunaga in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'''s anime adaptation is so evil that, wherever he goes, evil red-glowing thunderstorms follow. Naturally, he gets an introduction through
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', when Bakura appears [[Badass Longcoat|wearing a black trench coat]] in front of Rex and Weevil, we get our first glimpse of his face (well, the first in a while) when lightning flashes.
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* In ''[[Jagged Alliance]] 2'' troops may be revealed by lightning.
* Not natural lightning, but in ''The Lost Crown'', crackling energies from a mystic energy rift provide a similar Reveal of {{spoiler|Ganwulf's skeleton in his sarcophagus}}.
* Done with "[http://www.bogleech.com/aliensoldier/as-copter.gif Flying-Neo]," one of the [[Mini Boss
* The [[Attract Mode]] for [[Capcom vs. Whatever|Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter]] shows off the fighters, ending with the final boss Apocalypse. The [[True Final Boss]] ({{spoiler|Cyber Akuma}}) appears for a frame thanks to a lightning reveal.
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* The opening theme to ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''. Batman fights crooks in darkness, and the police wonder who it could be. The theme ends with the crooks tied up and a silhouette of Batman, standing on the roof of a building. A flash of lightning confirms his presence, before he disappears. Take a look at the opening, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEx9r5enZsk it's pretty awesome].
** In the first part of ''"Two-Face,"'' Harvey Dent is sitting in the psychiatrist's office, discussing his mental problems, with his [[Face Framed in Shadow]]. Suddenly, lightning strikes, and the dark half of his face lights up... [[Foreshadowing|as Two Face]].
* [[Funny Moments|Hilariously]] [[Subverted Trope|subverted in one scene from]] [[The Far Side|Gary Larson's Tales from the Far Side.]] [[It Was a Dark and Stormy Night|In a dark,]] [[Mood Lighting|candle lit room]] [[Held Gaze|a woman walks up to a man with his arms out,]] [[Heartwarming Moments|they embrace and start slow waltzing to Patsy Cline's]] [[Foreshadowing|Crazy.]] [[Twirl of Love|As they spin throughout the room]]
** [[Like a Broken Record|Crazy for/Crazy for/]][[Madness Mantra|Crazy for/Crazy]]
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