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According to [[That Other Wiki]], the Native American version was actually another dance altogether, that got its name changed [
Probably close to a [[Dead Horse Trope]], in fiction it is used almost exclusively for laughs. The (non-believing) characters dance, sometimes in full-feathered headdress, and... something other than rainfall happens. Sometimes the characters will look at a "step chart" after such a failure and remark, "Oh, wait, that was the ______ dance!"
And no, this doesn't allude to ''[[Singin' in
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== [[Advertising]] ==
* Used in an old Hamm's Beer commercial (which is probably now politically incorrect). Watch two [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9CAGxjuJ-o here], with [[Personal Raincloud]] results.
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* In one ''[[Lucky Luke]]'' strip, an area inhabited by Native Americans is suffering from serious drought. As it turns out, their shaman has fallen from a horse and hit his head. He is otherwise OK, but can't get the dance right and his various attempts only produce minor weather anomalies (like a small blizzard after he does the macarena).
** In another, [[It Makes Sense in Context|a group of irate native dignitaries enters the local saloon to deliver an angry message to the towspeople]]. These include their shaman... and his unruly apprentice, who is far more interested in the saloon girls than their mission, and decides to start dancing on the stage. Afterwards, it starts raining in the girls' dressing-room.
* [[Calvin and Hobbes|Calvin]] attempts a snow dance to get school canceled. (It doesn't work.)▼
* Parodied in one ''[[The Far Side]]'' cartoon where the Indian chief is consulting a book called "101 Rain Dances" to figure out what the hell kind of dance he was doing ... while it's raining eggbeaters.▼
* In ''[[FoxTrot]]'', Jason and Marcus once did a snow dance. Paige joined them in the hope that school might be canceled if it worked. ▼
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', Injun Joe does this as a weapon against a shapeshifter, since running water will cancel out magic.
* Played straight in ''[[I, Claudius|Claudius the God]]''
* In the children's horror anthology ''Still More Scary Stories for Sleepovers'', a
== [[Live
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' has Ted do this in an [[Overly Long Gag]] as a desperate attempt to keep Robin from leaving to... well, let's just say it's complicated.
* In ''[[Double the Fist]]'', Womp performed a rain dance that summoned... hamburgers.
* ''[[The X
* In an episode of ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'' a ''reverse'' rain dance is performed by [[Cloudcuckoolander|Coconut Head]] and the other boys to get it to be sunny (after several days of rain, and therefore students cooped up indoors).
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
▲* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes
▲* Parodied in one ''[[The Far Side]]'' cartoon where the Indian chief is consulting a book called "101 Rain Dances" to figure out what the hell kind of dance he was doing ... while it's raining eggbeaters.
▲* In ''[[FoxTrot]]'', Jason and Marcus once did a snow dance. Paige joined them in the hope that school might be canceled if it worked.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* Pippin does one of these in ''[[Deviantart Secret Wars]]''. It results in a [[Battle in
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* ''US Acres'', from ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'', has Roy buying a robot that will do dances for whatever... rain, snow, buckets of bolts, etc. Explained in the [[Literal Genie]] entry.
* In the [[Donald Duck]] cartoon "Grand Canyonscope", Donald fools around with a genuine raindancing costume and manages to summon a [[Personal Raincloud]] before the ranger catches him.
* In a ''[[Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner
* ''[[Rango]]''. The Water Dance is basically this, as the townsfolk of Dirt make a [[Cargo Cult]] appeal for water to come out of a pipe faucet. It's actually [[Uncanny Village|somewhat creepy]].
* Alluded to in the [[Goofy]] cartoon short "How to Dance." A crowd of characters are dancing to tribal drumming music, and it rains [[Personal Raincloud|on just them]], and they all unfurl umbrellas as they continue dancing.
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