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[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Simply put, this is the ability to manipulate the weather.]] It is a [[Stock Super Powers]].
This usually includes [[Elemental Powers|manipulating]], [[Blow You Away|the Wind]], [[Making a Splash|water]], [[An Ice Person|ice]], [[Shock and Awe|electricity]] and thermal manipulation. Storm manipulation is very versatile. For example, using [[Blow You Away|the wind]], some storm manipulators can [[Falling With Style|fly]] and as everyone knows [[Lightning Can Do Anything]].
Sometimes these powers are used for [[Painting the Frost on Windows]]. The difference between [[Elemental Powers]] and storm manipulation, is that storm manipulation is limited to the [[Elemental Powers|elements]] that make up a storm. That means [[An Ice Person|ice manipulation]], [[Making a Splash|water manipulation]], [[Shock and Awe|lightning manipulation]], and [[Blow You Away|wind manipulation]]. Compare with [[Weather Control Machine]], where you need a dash of phlebotinum to achieve the same ends.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Darker
* ''[[One Piece]]'': Nami's Clima Tact gives her the ability to manipulate the weather.
* ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'': The Storm card that has the ability to create Tornadoes and summons huge rainstorm.
* Fate Testarossa, as well as her mother Presea, demonstrated the ability to conjure thunderstorms in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. However, Fate never uses it in later seasons, preferring more local applications of her lightning-based abilities.
* ''[[Naruto]]'': Darui uses Storm Release by combining [[Making a Splash|water release]] and [[Shock and Awe|lightning release]].
* ''[[Pokémon]]'': Groudon, Kyogre and Rayquaza. Groudon's storm manipulation is limited to creating Sunlight. Kyogre has the ability to create rain and lightning. Rayquaza has the power to negate the powers of the two others.
** Mewtwo also initiates a big storm in the movie.
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[The Mighty Thor|Thor]]'': As the quote indicates, he is the [[Physical God|God of Storms]]. This is one of his main abilities, and he is the [[Trope Namer]].
* ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X Men]]'': Storm's mutant abilities allow her to create storms and manipulate [[Blow You Away|wind]], [[Making a Splash|rain]] and [[Shock and Awe|lightning]]. Using the [[Blow You Away|wind]] she can [[Falling With Style|fly]].
* ''[[Incredible Hercules]]'': Zeus, much like the character from [[Classical Mythology]].
== Folklore and Fairy Tales ==
* ''[[The Snow Queen]]'': Although, as her name suggests, she's limited to manipulating Snow and Ice.
* [[Mother Nature]].
== Literature ==
* ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians|Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'': Zeus and his children.
** In addition, Poseidon and his children have this ability, but they're limited to Sea-Storms.
* Tris, the weather-witch from the ''[[Circle of Magic]]'' novels. Her book is even called "The Power in the Storm" in the British edition.
* Cyclone and Mistral from ''[[Wild Cards]]'' are wind-controllers.
* Played for laughs in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', wherein one very minor character is, unbeknownst to himself, a "rain god", with the power that it always rains wherever he is. [[Blessed with Suck|Always]].
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== Newspaper Comics ==
* In a [[Story Arc]] in ''[[Peanuts]]'', Linus discovers he has the power to end rainstorms by singing "Rain rain go away/Come again some other day." He's really freaked out by it.
== Religion and Mythology ==
* Most religions have at least one Weather God, and the Weather God is frequently the most powerful or one of the most powerful gods in their Pantheon. [[Egyptian Mythology|Set]], in particular is the [[Ur Example]].
* [[Jesus]] calmed a storm in [[The Bible]].
* [[Japanese Mythology]]: Yuki-onna and Susanoo.
== Tabletop RPG ==
* ''[[Villains and Vigilantes]]'', The Weather Control power allows a character to summon a variety of weather types, each of which gives appropriate attack forms (e.g. a blizzard gives Ice Powers, obscures vision and causes high winds).
* In ''[[Warcraft]]'' one of the three elements of the Orcish shamans is "Storm".
* In the ''[[Champions]]'' supplement "The Coriolis Effect" the heroine Coriolis was given a variety of powers that effectively allowed her to control the weather over a wide area.
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'': The Control Weather spell allowed general changes in the weather, such as the degree of cloudiness/precipitation, how hot or cool it was and the wind strength. The Weather Summoning spell allowed the caster to call up a specific type of weather such as a blizzard, tornado, thunderstorm or hurricane.
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== Video Games ==
* Mallo from ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' has this ability.
* ''[[Touhou]]'': Tenshi Hinanawi has a sword that gives her this ability.
* Although his actual control is limited, in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' and its sequel ''[[Majoras Mask]]'', Link can make it rain anywhere (even, sometimes, ''inside''), by playing the [[Magic Music|Song of Storms]].
* '[[Pokémon]]'':
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Winx Club]]'': Stormy. It's even in her name! Also Icy to an extent. She can [[An Ice Person|manipulate Ice and snow]].
* ''[[My Little Pony]]'': Pegusai.
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' villain Vortex has this power. [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Given the nature of ghosts in this series]], he may well be the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of storms.
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