Rain Dance: Difference between revisions

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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 ~~The~~ Rain ~~(Film)~~|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]].

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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== [[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]]'' -- a Roman commander whose troops are lost in the desert follows his native guide's advice to invoke the local rain god. It works.

* Played straight in ''[[I, Claudius|Claudius the God]]'' -- a Roman commander whose troops are lost in the desert follows his native guide's advice to invoke the local rain god. It works.

* In the children's horror anthology ''Still More Scary Stories for Sleepovers'', a [[Rain Dance]] {{spoiler|causes the [[Downer Ending]]}} in "Night of the Ki-Khwan". Perhaps the only time a [[Rain Dance]] was ever played for horror.

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* ''[[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.

* ''[[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]]'' 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).

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== [[Web Original]] ==

* Pippin does one of these in ''[[Deviantart Secret Wars]]''. It results in a [[Battle in ~~The~~ Rain]].

* Pippin does one of these in ''[[Deviantart Secret Wars]]''. It results in a [[Battle in the Rain]].

== [[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 ~~(Animation)~~|Road Runner]]'' episode, Wile E. Coyote creates a thunderstorm by using the rain dance.

* In a ''[[Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner|Road Runner]]'' episode, Wile E. Coyote creates a thunderstorm by using the rain dance.

* ''[[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.