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{{quote|All morning, before the tornado, it had rained. The day was dark and gloomy. The air was heavy. There was no wind. Then the drizzle increased. The heavens seemed to open, pouring down a flood. The day grew black… |Article of the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' describing the morning of March 20, 1925.}}
Significant character [[Killed Off for Real|deaths]] tend to take place outdoors on a partly cloudy day. The dying character will look up at [[Cue the Sun|the sun]] just as it starts to be obscured by a cloud, optionally [[Grasp the Sun|reaching out for it with one hand]], and will die as the sun [[Anvilicious
A related variant schedules the death at a [[Cue the Sun|conveniently timed sunrise or sunset]]. Death at sunrise stresses the benefits of a [[Heroic Sacrifice]]; death at sunset is generally [[Because Destiny Says So]], and will be [[Alas, Poor Villain|sad even if they deserve it]].
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* Happens all the time in ''[[Castlevania]]''. As you strike down Dracula, either the sun rises, or a window conveniently breaks to let in a beam of sunlight, thus vaporizing his remains.
** In fact, the convenient dramatic timing of sunrise happens all the time in vampire media (primarily movies); it could be a trope all its own.
* The "death at sunset" variant was the entire ''modus operandum'' of the assassin [[Outlaw Star|"Twilight" Suzuka]]
* In ''[[Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou]],'' {{spoiler|Misa gets stabbed with ''three'' swords.}} Cue rain.
* The two siblings in the final parts of the third ''[[Bleach]]'' movie, Fade to Black.
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