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{{quote|All morning, before the tornado, it had rained. The day was dark and gloomy. The air was heavy. There was no wind. Then the drizzle increased. The heavens seemed to open, pouring down a flood. The day grew black… |Article of the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' describing the morning of March 20, 1925.}}
 
Significant character [[Killed Off for Real|deaths]] tend to take place outdoors on a partly cloudy day. The dying character will look up at [[Cue the Sun|the sun]] just as it starts to be obscured by a cloud, optionally [[Grasp the Sun|reaching out for it with one hand]], and will die as the sun [[Anvilicious|Anviliciously]]ly disappears into the clouds. Hell, it might even start raining at that very moment.
 
A related variant schedules the death at a [[Cue the Sun|conveniently timed sunrise or sunset]]. Death at sunrise stresses the benefits of a [[Heroic Sacrifice]]; death at sunset is generally [[Because Destiny Says So]], and will be [[Alas, Poor Villain|sad even if they deserve it]].
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Symbolic subtrope of [[Empathic Environment]] and [[He's Dead, Jim]]. If it rains into the [[Dies Wide Open]] eyes, not so symbolic [[He's Dead, Jim]].
 
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== Anime &and Manga ==
* ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]''
* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]''
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* ''[[Simoun]]'', more than once.
* ''[[G Gundam]]'' uses the rising sun variant to [[Tear Jerker|great dramatic effect]] near the end of the series {{spoiler|During Master Asia's death, more exactly. In fact, Master Asia's last words refer to how beautiful sunrise is to him. }}.
* Upon the appearance of dark stormclouds due to the appearance of Bakura's evil side, the Spanish [[Gag Dub]] of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' featured the line: "Poor weather conditions?!"
* An interesting use of the idea is in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. At {{spoiler|Hughes's}} funeral, Roy says the line, "It's raining." We are then shown a clear blue sky (indicating that he is, of course, crying).
** It was my interpretation that he said it was raining because he felt useless (rain prevents his flame alchemy from working) because he was unable to do anything about {{spoiler|Hughes's}} death.
* Variant in ''[[Detonator Orgun]]'', as the titular Detonator dies in the first few minutes of the show, it reaches out towards the sun... while in space.
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. It's been sunny the whole series, then it rains the entire episode after {{spoiler|Kamina}} dies.
* Similarly, the first rain seen in the ''whole'' of ''[[Wolfs Rain|Wolf's Rain]]'' falls during the final episode, finally justifying the title, {{spoiler|just after Cheza has died and her body has dissolved into seeds, and Kiba is dying. The rain causes the seeds to germinate into lunar flowers, which somehow regenerate the world's ecology. Or something.}}
* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' both averts this. Of the three major character deaths in the series, {{spoiler|Julia dies during a downpour, and Spike and Vicious die under a cloudless blue sky.}} The weather conditions of the latter death is even emphasized by the final ending theme, "Blue."
* A variation of this occurs in ''[[AIR (Visual Novel)|AIR]]''. The beautifully rendered sky with its bright sun and fluffy clouds already plays a big part in the series as a whole, but it really reaches its prime during {{spoiler|Misuzu}}'s final moments.
* ''[[Trigun]]'' {{spoiler|Legato is killed at sunset as part of his [[Xanatos Gambit]]: no matter what Vash did at that point, kill Legato or let his own friends die, he would suffer immense emotional anguish. }}
* In the ''[[Hellsing]]'' manga {{spoiler|during his final moments, Alucard comments on the beautiful sunrise and how his defeats in the past were always marked by the rising sun. He then [[Go Out Withwith a Smile|smiles at Integra and bids her farewell]] as he disappears forever}}
** {{spoiler|Yeah try again, more like for 30 years.}}
* In the ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' anime, {{spoiler|Chrono and Rosette}} die as the sun sets. {{spoiler|Just in case you don't get the symbolism, they show Rosette's watch ticking away her final moments as well.}}
* Happens all the time in ''[[Castlevania]]''. As you strike down Dracula, either the sun rises, or a window conveniently breaks to let in a beam of sunlight, thus vaporizing his remains.
** In fact, the convenient dramatic timing of sunrise happens all the time in vampire media (primarily movies); it could be a trope all its own.
* The "death at sunset" variant was the entire ''modus operandum'' of the assassin [[Outlaw Star|"Twilight" Suzuka]]--to—to the point that Gene merely had to delay her from killing Fred until the sun had already set for her to declare her attempt "a failure" and force her to wait another 24 hours.
* In ''[[Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou]],'' {{spoiler|Misa gets stabbed with ''three'' swords.}} Cue rain.
* The two siblings in the final parts of the third ''[[Bleach]]'' movie, Fade to Black.
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* [[Justified Trope|More than symbolic]] in ''[[Pluto]]'': the robot Epsilon is solar powered, so the disappearance of the sun in the middle of a fight signals a shift in his opponent's favour.
** {{spoiler|Gesicht himself}} is murdered in the rain.
* As [[DragonballDragon Ball|Gohan]] faces down the Androids in the Alternate Future, it begins to storm.
{{quote| '''Android 18''': "This...thunderstorm will be the perfect backdrop for your demise."}}
 
 
== Film ==
* ''[[Spider-Man (Filmfilm)|Spider-Man]] 3'': {{spoiler|Harry Osbourne dies during a sunrise at the end. Appropriate, as he had just made a [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}}
* Kadaj's death in ''[[Advent Children]]''.
* Deliberately inverted in ''[[Gosford Park]]''. The weather is rainy and miserable up until the murder, and then brilliantly sunny afterwards.
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== Video Games ==
* Parodied in ''[[Peasants Quest (Video Game)|Peasant's Quest]]''. When the player kills the Kerrek, the sun is obscured by clouds and it begins to rain, and the narrator comments "You're feeling pretty good, though, so the artless symbolism doesn't bug you."
* In ''[[Prince of Persia]]: The Sands of Time'', {{spoiler|Farah dies}} in a level called "The Setting Sun."
* In the unlikely shot that Japan is beaten back to their island by China in [[Hearts of Iron]] the event signifying the peace-treaty and subsequent communist revolt in Japan is called "The Setting Sun". This is partly this trope, but also partly to pun on Japans native name "the Land of the Rising Sun". There are several events dealing with sunrise too.
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* The sun shines through clouds throughout the entire "The Sacrifice" campaign. ([[Left 4 Dead]] and [[Left 4 Dead 2]]) You walk towards the sun at several points in the campaign (obscuring your view) and even the poster has the sun shining directly behind Bill.
* In ''[[Okami]]'', a looming solar eclipse (it happens at the speed of plot, but still) leads up to your confrontation with Yami. When you finally meet him, the sun goes completely dark and things get worse. By the way, you are playing as the Shinto sun goddess, Amaterasu.
* A variation happens in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]''; it's mostly sunny when the battle starts, but it soon darkens and starts raining heavily {{spoiler|(literally as heavy as the entire ocean, to be precise)}}. The battle ends with the death of {{spoiler|Ganondorf (who doesn't get better this time around), the King of Hyrule, and Hyrule itself}}.
 
 
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* Similar to the title quote, on December 7, 1941, most of the men that died that day were just getting up, looking forward to a relaxing Sunday in paradise.
** Of course, all those people WERE serving in the military at a time when most of the world was already at war, so...
* On October 2, 1968, [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlatelolco_massacre:Tlatelolco massacre|a massacre happened in Mexico]]. In the middle of the shooting, it started to rain.
 
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[[Category:Index in The Sky]]
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