History Main / BigStormEpisode

* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', when Mario first enters [[BigApplesauce New Donk City]], it is raining. The rainstorm clears after Mario defeats the Mecha-Wiggler.

* Not an episode, but one book in a series: ''[[Literature/ArchieSheridan The Night Season]]'' revolves around serial murders taking place while Portland is both storming and flooding. Bonus points because the murder weapon is a cephalopod (though the flood is freshwater).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' "The Flood" has Mr. Simmons's class stuck at P.S. 118 after he insists his students stay after school for a lesson in teamwork and unity when a torrential storm strands them while the waters rise. Grandpa Phil and Oskar set out to save Arnold and his classmates, while cabin fever drives the kids into panic and insanity.

** In [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1 the original game]], Ropey Rampage, the second level of the first world combines this with JungleJapes. The rain clears up once you reach the exit.[[note]]Because the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor could not implement the rain effects like the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendo and UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance could, the level takes place during normal weather in the GBC version.[[/note]]
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' has Lightning Look-out, which combines this with TheLostWoods. Dixie and Kiddy have to dodge the lightning as it strikes, and it's also a bad idea to swim underwater in this level, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome as you'll be shocked regardless if the actual lightning bolt hits you while underwater]].

* In the ''VideoGame/TheJungleBook'' LicensedGame, the final level, The Wastelands takes place in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Wastelands]] during the climactic thunderstorm from [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 the movie the game is based on]]. Mowgli must dodge the lightning as it strikes. The final boss is Shere Khan, and in the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] version of the game, the lightning assists Mowgli in the final battle by bringing him fire to use against Shere Khan.

** In the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn and PC versions of ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland Sonic 3D Blast]]'', [[RuinsForRuinsSake Rusty Ruin Zone]] takes place in rainy weather. The Saturn version even adds fog.

* In the ''[[VideoGame/TaleSpinCapcom TaleSpin]]'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, the third level, the Storm Clouds, combines this with LevelInTheClouds. In the prologue to this level, Rebecca reveals that Don Karnage and his [[SkyPirate Air Pirates]] have planted mines in the clouds, so Baloo must dodge the lightning as it strikes them. The boss of the level is Mad Dog and Gibber in their planes.

** A 1972 episode has the Street residents reacting and dealing with various situations arising from a heavy rainstorm. The episode was rerun on Noggin during the late 1990s and is commonly uploaded on video sharing services including Website/YouTube.

* This is one of the many stock plots from the various ''Website/GoAnimate'' [[YouAreGrounded "Grounded"]] videos. The plot of these usually involves a severe thunderstorm hitting, virtually always involving a tornado. The tornado will usually ravage everything except the groundee, leading to their punishment because they couldn't do a simple job. Sometimes, the tornadoes are manmade and created by the groundee.

* ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'': In "Two Storms", the Crane family prepares themselves for Nell's funeral the next day. A storm begins, reminding them of a night in the Hill House when a massive storm hit, sending the chandelier crashing to the floor and waking everyone up. The power cuts out and Henry and Liv keep the kids together so they don't get scared. Flashing forward, everyone begins to argue about past memories (having had far too much to drink), and grow angry about their father's behaviour over the years. The power cuts out and they scramble to orientate themselves. What's even stranger is that the power outage and the storm is only at their house.

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* The first half of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E8HurricaneNeddy "Hurricane Neddy"]] is about Springfield preparing for and dealing with the aftermath of a hurricane coming through town.
** There's also [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E8SkinnersSenseOfSnow "Skinner's Sense of Snow"]], where Principal Skinner forces the students of Springfield Elementary to go to school during a blizzard and the kids attempt to escape. There's a subplot about Homer and Flanders struggling to drive through the snow in order to rescue the children.

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* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 5's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E010Cyclone Cyclone]]" detailed a gang of extortionists [[BusFullOfInnocents stealing a school bus, kidnapping a dozen children, as well as C.D. (who served as the driver) and Alex (who served as chaperone)]] after a field trip, and [[BuriedAlive burying them all alive]] so they can get a $10 million ransom for each of them. Worse, a tornado was about to strike the Dallas area, and Walker and Trivette, with assistance from the FBI, had to find the bus before the storm killed everyone onboard, whether it was crumpled under the dirt and they'd run out of air or they would be swallowed by the storm. [[spoiler:[[EvenEvilHasStandards One of the members of the gang was quite disturbed by it, angrily declaring "I may be a kidnapper, but I'm no murderer!"]], before the gang leader shot him, but near the end, Walker and Trivette show up JustInTime and he was able to disclose the bus's location to them with his last breath.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'': "Doug On His Own" has Doug having the house all to himself when his parents are out chaperoning Judy's school dance, but with a storm brewing outside, which eventually [[PowerOutagePlot causes a power outage]], and having [[KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms watched a scary movie]], he eventually learns it's not all cracked up to be.

* Creator/BrandonSanderson's ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' could be considered a BigStormEpisode for his [[Literature/TheCosmere Cosmere]] as a whole. More specifically, each book in the series contains at least one chapter where a character is caught outside in a storm. Also these storms are supernatural in nature and ''extremely'' powerful with winds strong enough to carry boulders.

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* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 5's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E010Cyclone Cyclone]]" detailed a gang of extortionists [[BusFullOfInnocents stealing a school bus, kidnapping a dozen children, as well as C.D. (who served as the driver) and Alex (who served as chaperone)]] after a field trip, and [[BuriedAlive burying them all alive]] so they can get a $10 million ransom for each of them. Worse, a tornado was about to strike the Dallas area, and Walker and Trivette, with assistance from the FBI, had to find the bus before the storm killed everyone onboard, whether it was crumpled under the dirt and they'd run out of air or they would be swallowed by the storm. [[spoiler:[[EvenEvilHasStandards One of the members of the gang was quite disturbed by it, declaring "I'm no murderer!"]], before the gang leader shot him, but near the end, Walker and Trivette show up JustInTime and he was able to disclose the bus's location to them with his last breath.]]

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 5's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E010Cyclone Cyclone]]" detailed a gang of extortionists [[BusFullOfInnocents stealing a school bus, kidnapping a dozen children, as well as C.D. (who served as the driver) and Alex (who served as chaperone)]] after a field trip, and [[BuriedAlive burying them all alive]] so they can get a $10 million ransom for each of them. Worse, a tornado was about to strike the Dallas area, and Walker and Trivette, with assistance from the FBI, had to find the bus before the storm killed everyone onboard, whether it was crumpled under the dirt and they'd run out of air or they would be swallowed by the storm. [[spoiler:[[EvenEvilHasStandards One of the members of the gang was quite disturbed by it, declaring "I'm no murderer!", before the gang leader shot him, but near the end, Walker and Trivette show up JustInTime and he was able to disclose the bus's location to them with his last breath.]]

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 5's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E010Cyclone Cyclone]]" detailed a gang of extortionists stealing a school bus and [[BusFullOfInnocents kidnapping a dozen children, as well as C.D. (who served as the driver) and Alex (who served as chaperone)]], and [[BuriedAlive burying them all alive]] so they can get a $10 million ransom for each of them. Worse, a tornado was about to strike the Dallas area, and Walker and Trivette, with assistance from the FBI, had to find the bus before the storm killed everyone onboard, whether it was crumpled under the dirt and they'd run out of air or they would be swallowed by the storm.

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 5's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E010Cyclone Cyclone]]" detailed a gang of extortionists stealing a school bus and [[BusFullOfInnocents kidnapping a dozen children, as well as C.D. (who served as the driver) and Alex (who served as chaperone)]] and [[BuriedAlive burying them all alive]] so they can get a $10 million ransom for each of them. Worse, a tornado was about to strike the Dallas area, and Walker and Trivette, with assistance from the FBI, had to find the bus before the storm killed everyone onboard, whether it was crumpled under the dirt and they'd run out of air or they would be swallowed by the storm.

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 5's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E010Cyclone Cyclone]]" detailed Walker, Trivette and the FBI searching for a school bus that was stolen by a gang of extortionists, [[BusFullOfInnocents kidnapping a dozen children onboard, as well as C.D. and Alex]], and then [[BuriedAlive burying them all alive]] so they can get a $10 million ransom for each of them. Worse, a tornado was about to strike the Dallas area, and Walker and Trivette had to find the bus before the storm killed everyone onboard, whether it was crumpled under the dirt and they'd run out of air or they would be swallowed by the storm.