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* ''[[Austin Powers]]: International Man of Mystery'': Dr. Evil mentions that in the 1960s, he had a "weather changing machine that was, in essence, a sophisticated heat beam which we called a 'laser'."

* ''[[The Avengers (1998 film)|The Avengers 1998]]''. [[Meaningful Name|Sir August De Wynter]] uses one to extort Great Britain. Slightly subverted in that he ''does'' plan to use it to make legitimate money (by "selling" weather to the countries of the world) but squeezes the [[Villain Ball]] tight by also threatening to bring natural disasters on the countries that don't comply.

* In the 1960s Bond spoof ''[[Our Man Flint]]'', the Galaxy organization threatened to use its weather control device (which could also cause earthquakes) to bring the world to its knees unless the nations of Earth destroyed all of their nuclear weapons, aircraft and navies and accepted Galaxy's guidance. Yes, they were [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well-Intentioned Extremists]].

* ''[[The Truman Show]]''

* Frank Herbert's ''[[Dune]]'' series, weather control is widespread, and is achieved with specialized satellites in orbit around a planet.

* The female magic-users of the Sea Folk in Robert Jordan's [[Wheel of Time]] primarily used their channeling to produce winds favorable for their boats. Their assistance in using a ''ter'angreal'', the "Bowl of the Winds," to overcome a prolonged magical drought was a major plot point in the middle of the series. In this case, however, [[No Ontological Inertia]] was averted:

* In the ''[[Vampire Hunter D]]'' novels weather control systems used to be ubiquitous in the now-extinct vampire civilization, used for practical purposes as well as entertainment, and were occasionally even weaponized. They, like everything else is breaking down [[After the End]], resulting in some highly unpredictable or just plain unnatural weather patterns in large portions of the planet.

* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s ''The Hour of the Dragon'', Xaltotun tries to trap [[Conan the Barbarian]] by creating a flood with rains. He dismisses it as a fluke when it fails; actually, other magic was used against it.

* In an episode of ''[[Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines]]'', Klunk built an airborne weather control machine.

* One of Baron Greenback's dastardly plans in ''[[Danger Mouse]]'' involved one of these.

'''Stiletto:''' 'Cause you don't know [[Incredibly Lame Pun|"weather"]] it will work! [[Dope Slap|Ow!]] }}

* [[The Simpsons|Homer Simpson]] and his Nuclear Reactor team are way ahead of the Germ Warfare and Weather Machine divisions.