Seasonal Baggage: Difference between revisions

 

Compare [[Temporal Theme Naming]], [[Dreaming of a White Christmas]], [[First Snow]], [[Heat Wave]], [[Indian Summer]].

* ''[[Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring|Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring]]''. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Go figure]]...

** The movie cycles through the seasons in the same order as the title. The seasons cover not one year, but several, each devoted to a different time in a boy's life: boyhood, teenage years, young adulthood, adulthood, and old age. With each division, the young monk learns new life lessons, often the hard way, until he eventually finds peace in the simple life his master originally laid out for him.

* ''[[Requiem for a Dream]]'' uses the seasons summer, fall, and winter to represent the three act structure of the movie, as well as a parallel for the destruction that drugs are doing to the lives of the characters.

 

* The ''[[Dragonlance]] Chronicles'' trilogy of novels are titled with a seasonal motif: In ''Dragons of Autumn Twilight'' the protagonists [[You All Meet in An Inn|reunite]] and become aware of the growing evil in the land and the [[Big Bad]], Takhisis, but also a glimmer of hope that she can be defeated. In ''Dragons of Winter Night'' the [[Breaking the Fellowship|heroes are separated]], and [[Heroic Sacrifice|not all escape unscathed]]. Finally, in ''Dragons of Spring Dawning'', the heroes [[Putting the Band Back Together|reunite]] and restore the [[Balance Between Good and Evil]].

** ''[[Sequel Gap|Dragons of Summer Flame]]'' saw Weis and Hickman [[Gotterdammerung|cap off their contributions to the setting]] years later, both in and out of 'verse.

 

* Most comic strips that aren't set in a specific part of the world take place in this environment. At the very least, it will usually be winter all winter long, even if the other seasons tend to blur together.

 

* The courts of ''[[Changeling: The Lost]]'' by White Wolf would count as a motif. Spring is defined by desire, healing, and getting back into something approaching normal life (themes of regrowth); Summer is defined by wrath, strength, and martial prowess (high heat and scorching sun); Autumn is defined by fear and exploration of the occult (lengthening night); and Winter is defined by sorrow and secrecy (long nights and cold).

 

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: [[Oracle of Seasons]]''.

* The Click Clock Wood level of ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' is split into four versions of the same area based on the season, complete with puzzles that start in spring and continue through all the seasons.

* ''[[Mousehunt]]'' has a Seasonal Garden where each season lasts about 50 hours before switching to a new one. Winter is snowy/icy; Spring is rainy; Summer is hot and green; Fall is dry and a bit spooky. Each has its own set of mice.

 

* One episode of ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' was called "The Four Seasons of Death", and consisted of four vignettes, each set in one of the four seasons where Jack faces a threat related to the season's characteristics. In fall, a [[Mad Scientist]] collects special leaves to concoct a poison to put into the water of a nearby well. In winter, a [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|mountain-dwelling warrior race]] forges a powerful sword and gives it to their greatest champion to guard their territory. In summer, Jack is accosted in the desert by spirits of the wind-whipped sands. In spring, a nature sprite attempts to seduce Jack into staying with her forever.

* Each TV season of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' takes place during a different climate season that reflects the [[Elemental Nation]] that's featured: the cast travels to the Northern Water Tribe in winter (season 1), goes through the Earth Kingdom in spring (season 2), and infiltrates the Fire Nation in summer (season 3).

 

* There was a shot of the courtyard outside Thomas More's prison cell like this in the original ''[[A Man for All Seasons]]''. Go figure.

* Played straight in the film ''[[Notting Hill]]''. Hugh Grant's character walks left to right, and goes through Fall, Winter and Spring to the tune of "Ain't No Sunshine (When She's Gone)."

{{quote|'''Narrator:''' A year passed. Winter changed into spring, spring changed into summer, summer changed back into winter, and winter gave spring and summer a miss and went straight on into autumn.}}

 

* In ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]] Drama Series Vol.3: Tabidachi no Uta'', this is done at the beginning of the "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEr7Fsm_zMU#t=0m47s Nijiiro no Sotsugyoushiki]" storyline, to show the passing of time between the events depicted in the 1st Drama Series game, ''Nijiiro no Seishun'', and this ''Tabidachi no Uta'' storyline (which acts as the true conclusion of ''Nijiiro no Seishun''). The only element that doesn't change throughout the seasons' montage is [[World Tree|the venerable Legendary Tree]].

* Mega Man has just defeated Dr. Wily for [[Mega Man 2|the second time]]; it's time to go home. And so the player is treated to a seasons montage, with Rock's colors and the environmental conditions both matching one of his previously-acquired weapons. First, Mega turns red and gold (Atomic Fire) while leaves fall (Leaf Shield). Next, he turns white and gray (Bubble Lead) while snowflakes drift down (Metal Blade). Spring brings the blossoming of cherry trees, with petals falling (Quick Boomerang), so he turns pink (Quick Boomerang again). Finally, summer brings rain (buster shots) which turns him blue-on-white (Air Shooter).

 

* In ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'', when Sara tells Penny her enmity with Aggie is nothing more than thinly disguised [[Foe Yay]], Penny stands stunned, in the same spot, as day turns into night and winter into spring.

 

* Appears in ''[[The Last Unicorn (animation)|The Last Unicorn]]'' to indicate her travel—she runs in place while spring, summer, fall and winter imagery appears behind her.

* The [[Time Passes Montage]] variation was subverted in ''[[Rugrats]]''. After it occurs, Drew says to Stu, "Crazy weather this week, huh?"