History Main / CueTheRain

The standard way for [[ItGotWorse it to get worse]] is rain. When things are looking real bad for a character, the story will add insult to injury with a perfectly-timed downpour.

* Jayce says almost this exact phrase in [[http://www.applegeeks.com/comics/viewcomic.php?issue=371 this page]] of {{Applegeeks}}, much to Alice's increasing irritation.

** [[spoiler:And the rain stops the ''exact'' moment they decide to leave.]]

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': It already is raining, but Calvin's dad [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Comically Misses The Point]] by citing this trope.

* In ''TheEmperorsNewGroove'', llama!Kuzco gets hit by a sudden downpour when he's alone and abandoned in the jungle.

RockBottom often precedes this trope; heaven forbid if a character is [[TemptingFate foolish enough to say]] "At least ItCantGetAnyWorse," or, even more dangerous, "[[ItCantGetAnyWorse At least it's not raining]]"... [[DramaticThunder BOOM!]] It'll start raining. Immediately. And (because WhenItRainsItPours) heavily.

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* In ''TheRoadToElDorado'', when Miguel and Tulio are marooned at sea in a rowboat with no food or water, Miguel and tulio have this exchange:

-->'''Garfield:''' Here I am, stuck up a tree. Things couldn't be worse.\\

-->'''Jon:''' Well, Garfield, the ants ate my cherry pie. The wind blew the food everywhere.\\

-->'''Bubbles''': At least it's not raining.\\

-->'''Miguel:''' At least things can't get any--
-->''[It starts to rain]''
-->'''Tulio:''' Excuse me, were you about to say "worse"?

-->'''Jane''': [[RockBottom It can't get any worse, can it?]]
--> ''Thunder clashes, rain begins.''
-->'''Jane''': Obviously, it can.

-->'''Frederick:''' What a filthy job!
-->'''Igor:''' Could be worse.
-->'''Frederick:''' How?
-->'''Igor:''' [[TemptingFate Could be raining]].
-->''(Cue DramaticThunder and rain)''

--->'''Garfield:''' Here I am, stuck up a tree. Things couldn't be worse.
--->''(starts raining)''
--->'''Garfield:''' Okay, okay, [[RockBottom now things couldn't be worse]].
--->''(lightning strikes)''

--->'''Jon:''' Well, Garfield, the ants ate my cherry pie. The wind blew the food everywhere.
--->'''Garfield:''' Don't say it! Don't say it!
--->'''Jon:''' [[RockBottom What else could possibly go wrong?]] ''(starts raining)''
--->'''Garfield:''' You said it!

-->'''Spike:''' Twilight hates me. I'm cold and hungry; tired and lonely; [[TemptingFate could it get any worse]]?
-->Cue the rain.

--->'''Bubbles''': At least it's not raining.
--->'''Mojo Jojo''' (narrating): That's not a bad idea!
--->''(it starts to rain)''

--->'''Edd:''' Summer rains, you can never predict them. ''(Cue thunder, short shower. Repeat twice.)''

* ZigZagged in ''EdEddNEddy'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c7iBIGYxx0 the rain starts and stops again repeatedly]] as it's {{Lampshaded}}.

* The Russian punk rock band ''Sektor Gaza'' has a song ''Tuman'' ("Fog") with lyrics that literally translate as:
"We're getting the jitters
The rain started suddenly
The stiff, pouring rain will finally kill us..."

** And then the ''[[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks sharks]]'' come.

* Spike gets a dose of it in the ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E24OwlsWellThatEndsWell Owl's Well That Ends Well]]":

This is a type of EmpathicEnvironment--the dark and gloomy rainclouds are great for symbolically mirroring the character's hopelessness and despair; see GrayRainOfDepression, a {{supertrope}}. It's almost always HostileWeather as well. Subtrope of ItGotWorse, and frequently follows RockBottom. The [[InvertedTrope inverse]] is CueTheSun, where the dark skies clear up when things start to get better.

Rain can makes things ''better'' however, when it's a setup for a RedemptionInTheRain.

Heaven forbid if a character is [[TemptingFate foolish enough to say]] "At least ItCantGetAnyWorse," or, even more dangerous, "[[ItCantGetAnyWorse At least it's not raining]]"... [[DramaticThunder BOOM!]] It'll start raining. Immediately. And (because WhenItRainsItPours) heavily.

-->'''Jane''': It can't get any worse, can it?

* In a ''{{Garfield}}'' strip:
-->'''Garfield:''' Here I am, stuck up a tree. Things couldn't be worse.
-->''(starts raining)''
-->'''Garfield:''' Okay, okay, now things couldn't be worse.
-->''(lightning strikes)''

--->'''Jon:''' What else could possibly go wrong? ''(starts raining)''

* In ''BackToTheFuture Part 2'', it starts raining soon after [[spoiler:lightning strikes the time machine and Marty is left stranded in the past again]]. {{Justified|Trope}} in that this is the same storm that played a role in sending Marty back to the future in the first film, and there were all sorts of signs of a storm brewing the whole time anyway.

* ''TheSimpsons'':

* In the ''FamilyGuy'' episode "Brian Writes a Bestseller", Stewie is stuck without a ride and without cab fare. He says, "Well, at least it's not raining." Promptly {{subverted}} when a man runs up, stabs him, and leaves him for dead.

* ''ThePowerpuffGirls'':

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