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According to [[That Other Wiki]], the Native American version was actually another dance altogether, that got its name changed [[wikipedia:Rain dancing|for political reasons]].
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And no, this doesn't allude to ''[[Singin' in the Rain|Singin in The Rain]]!'' May be followed by [[Redemption in the Rain]], or possibly [[Battle in the Rain]]. One comedic result can be a [[Personal Raincloud]].
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== [[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-Files]]''. In "The Rain King", Daryl Mootz does [[The Theme Park Version]] of a rain dance, claiming [[Magical Native American]] ancestry. Scully and Mulder are not impressed...until it starts bucketing down out of a clear sky.
* 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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