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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The rain spirit from ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' uses an oversized leaf, and so do the traditional spirits on which it's based.
* In ''[[My Neighbor Totoro (Anime)|My Neighbor Totoro]]'', Totoro uses a big leaf at one point.
* In ''[[Change 123]]'', during the Okinawa school trip, Kosukegawa and Motoko get lost in the forest, and so Hino and Tsukishima go out to search for them. As it's raining, they put on themselves improvised raincoats made from ''transparent'' garbage bags, which even have the word "garbage" written on them in huge katakana characters.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': a [[Flash Back]] revealing May Chang meeting Shao May for the first time had the former holding a large leaf as an umbrella in the rain.
* [[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Brock's]] infamous [[Incredibly Lame Pun|"Drying Pan"]] from ''[[Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns]]''.
 
== [[Commercials]] ==
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Sue Storm of the ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' has used her [[Deflector Shields|force fields]] for this purpose.
** During ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'', Johnny Storm is shown using [[Playing Withwith Fire|his power]] this way.
 
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[PS 238PS238]]'', Guardian Angel's power of 'protection from basically anything and everything' also protects her from rain, whether she wants such protection or not. It appears as if the rain is hitting a spherical energy shield... and for that reason, she always has to bring an umbrella when she goes out in the rain, to avoid revealing her [[The Masquerade|secret identity]].
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'': Lee Kanker is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb8Vd_Jbuqc used as one] by the other two Kanker sisters.
* [[Ben 10 (Animation)|Gwen Tennyson]] makes her own out of her [[Pure Energy|glowing pink energy shields]].
* According to a [[Cutaway Gag]] on ''[[Family Guy]]'', Mary Steenbergen uses Ted Danson's forehead for this.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Water bending was shown working this way in "The Fortuneteller", and then again in "The Southern Raiders".
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
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