History Main / FearOfThunder

* [[KickChick Chie Satonaka]] from ''VideoGame/Persona4'' is revealed to be this in the ''Golden'' UpdatedRerelease. A thunderstorm in early May sends her into a state of undiluted panic, which is not helped when the school blacks out - and [[CloudCuckoolander Yukiko]] decides ''now'' is the time to tell a ghost story to a ''[[GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies very]]'' unreceptive Chie. [[{{Understatement}} She gets a]] [[TearsOfFear little]] [[CryCute upset]]. [[InnocentlyInsensitive Yosuke]] ends up teasing Chie for it, and the Protagonist himself [[VideoGameCaringPotential can either comfort her]]... [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential or tap her back in sync with Yukiko's story, or tell her]] ''[[VideoGameCrueltyPotential another]]'' [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential ghost story on top of Yukiko's]]. Weirdly enough though, Chie [[GameplayAndStorySegregation doesn't show any particularly unique reactions to the thunder spells]] used by [[TheHeartless Shadows]] in the [[TrappedInTVLand TV World]], while Yosuke [[HypocriticalHumor of all people]] should be the one worried about lightning given his [[FightingSpirit Persona]] [[ElementalRockPaperScissors is weak to]] [[ShockAndAwe Electric spells]].

* [[KickChick Chie Satonaka]] from ''VideoGame/Persona4'' is revealed to be this in the ''Golden'' UpdatedRerelease. An thunderstorm in early May sends her into a state of undiluted panic, which is not helped when the school blacks out - and [[CloudCuckoolander Yukiko]] decides ''now'' is the time to tell a ghost story to a ''[[GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies very]]'' unreceptive Chie. [[{{Understatement}} She gets a]] [[TearsOfFear little]] [[CryCute upset]]. [[InnocentlyInsensitive Yosuke]] ends up teasing Chie for it, and the Protagonist himself [[VideoGameCaringPotential can either comfort her]]... [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential or tap her back in sync with Yukiko's story, or tell her]] ''[[VideoGameCrueltyPotential another]]'' [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential ghost story on top of Yukiko's]]. Weirdly enough though, Chie [[GameplayAndStorySegregation doesn't show any particularly unique reactions to the thunder spells]] used by [[TheHeartless Shadows]] in the [[TrappedInTVLand TV World]], while Yosuke [[HypocriticalHumor of all people]] should be the one worried about lightning given his [[FightingSpirit Persona]] [[ElementalRockPaperScissors is weak to]] [[ShockAndAwe Electric spells]].

%%* Chie from ''VideoGame/Persona4'' is scared of thunder. Yu can either tease her, or comfort her.

* [[KickChick Chie Satonaka]] from ''Persona 4'' is revealed to be this in the ''Golden'' UpdatedRerelease. An thunderstorm in early May sends her into a state of undiluted panic, which is not helped when the school blacks out - and [[CloudCuckoolander Yukiko]] decides ''now'' is the time to tell a ghost story to a ''[[GirsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovie very]]'' unreceptive Chie. [[{{Understatement}} She gets a]] [[TearsOfFear little]] [[CryCute upset]]. [[InnocentlyInsensitive Yosuke]] ends up teasing Chie for it, and the Protagonist himself [[VideoGameCaringPotential can either comfort her]]... [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential or tap her back in sync with Yukiko's story, or tell her]] ''[[VideoGameCrueltyPotential another]]'' [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential ghost story on top of Yukiko's]]. Weirdly enough though, Chie [[GameplayAndStorySegregation doesn't show any particularly unique reactions to the thunder spells]] used by [[TheHeartless Shadows]] in the [[TrappedInTVLand TV World]], while Yosuke [[HypocriticalHumor of all people]] should be the one worried about lightning given his [[FightingSpirit Persona]] [[ElementalRockPaperScissors is weak to]] [[ShockAndAwe Electric spells]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': Émile shows signs of this in the movie, and the "Guide to Rémy's World" book outright states that he hates lightning.

* "Bohemian Rapsody" by Music/{{Queen}}, which includes the lyrics ''"Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening me."''

* In Swedish folklore, trolls and werewolfs are said to be afraid of thunder. It has been suggested this is due to memory of Thor as a slayer of monsters.

* Fubuki from ''Anime/InazumaEleven'', thanks to the sound of thunder reminding him of that of avalanches, as his family died in one.

%%* Lucy from ''Manga/ServantXService'', about as much as Haruhi (who is listed below).

* Tomboyish HardDrinkingPartyGirl Tina Foster in ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'' has a panic attack during a thunderstorm that knocks out the house's electricity.

* Usagi Tsukino in ''Anime/SailorMoon'' had a touch of this throughout the series, though it was particularly played up during an episode of ''Sailor Moon R'' in which [[SharedFamilyQuirks Chibi-Usa was revealed to have the same fear.]] The villains used a MonsterOfTheWeek to create a massive thunderstorm as a way to ferret out Chibi-Usa, which works when the poor girl becomes so frightened she loses control of her powers after being left alone during the storm. Usagi spends the whole episode freaking out as well, and when she fights the monster later, she's particularly upset with it for ruining her day. This trope is also one of many clues ([[TheUntwist as if you]] ''[[TheUntwist really]]'' [[TheUntwist needed them]]) that Chibi-Usa was Usagi's KidFromTheFuture.

* In the Detectives Koshien arc from ''Manga/CaseClosed'', a storm starts when the four teenaged detectives are gathered in an old mansion [[spoiler: and one of them has actually ''been killed'']]. Once thunder breaks in, Natsuki "Detective of the South" Koshimizu screams in utter horror and collapses to the floor. [[spoiler: She was actually ''faking'' it, to distract the others while she was searching for a piece of lost evidence that could potentially reveal her as the SympatheticMurderer of the arc - and the one who killed her fellow sleuth. Conan and Heiji weren't fooled by her act, though, and later use it to unmask her.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Tails' fear of lightning is well-justified... especially in high places like where Sonic is standing at.]]

[[quoteright:350:[[Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lightningtails_8.png]]]][[caption-width-right:350:Tails' fear of lightning is well-justified... especially in high places like where [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgeHog Sonic]] is standing at.]]

* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'': The Girlfriend will keep a straight face through pretty much anything... except when there's a storm; she'll jump a little whenever there's thunder. The Boyfriend is similar, with him displaying a slightly startled and fearful look whenever thunder strikes, even if the player never misses a note.

[[quoteright:350:[[Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lightningtails_8.png]]]]

A subtrope of WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes, especially common in {{anime}}. Would be logical in settings with DramaticThunder, but the tropes seldom combine.

* In a Silver Age Supergirl story, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} dreams a WhatIf in which she was raised by {{Superman}}'s parents. In one part of the dreams, she wrecks the Kents' house during a thunderstorm.

* Kou Shuurei in ''LightNovel/SaiunkokuMonogatari'' goes into fits of screaming terror during thunderstorms, as memorably revealed during her brief stint of [[SweetPollyOliver posing as a boy]] to work for Ko Kijin.

* In the Detectives Koshien arc from ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', a storm starts when the four teenaged detectives are gathered in an old mansion [[spoiler: and one of them has actually ''been killed'']]. Once thunder breaks in, Natsuki "Detective of the South" Koshimizu screams in utter horror and collapses to the floor. [[spoiler: She was actually ''faking'' it, to distract the others while she was searching for a piece of lost evidence that could potentially reveal her as the SympatheticMurderer of the arc - and the one who killed her fellow sleuth. Conan and Heiji weren't fooled by her act, though, and later use it to unmask her.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' episode, "[[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS11E25SkarloeyStormsThrough Skarloey Storms Through]]", Skarloey is revealed to be afraid of thunder, and he hides in a siding when he, Rheneas, and Peter Sam are tasked with delivering a farmer's sheep to a shelter. Rheneas and Peter Sam collect as many sheep as they can, but they run out of coal. Realizing that he let his friends, the farmer, and the sheep down, Skarloey overcomes this fear and collects the rest of the sheep.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' episode, "[[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS11E25SkarloeyStormsThrough Skarloey Storms Through]]", Skarloey is revealed to be afraid of thunder, and he hides in a siding when he, Rheneas, and Peter Sam are tasked with delivering a farmer's sheep to a shelter. Rheneas and Peter Sam collect as many sheep as they can, but they run out of coal. Realizing that he let his friends, the farmer, and the sheep down, Skarloey overcomes this fear and collects the rest of the sheep.

-->[[spoiler:'''Peridot]]:''' IT'S HAPPENING!

-->[[spoiler: '''Peridot:''']] IT'S HAPPENING!

* The Natchez Cemetery in Mississippi contains [[https://dalejyoung.com/the-strange-grave-of-florence-irene-ford/ this unusual grave]] of a 10 year old girl named Florence Irene Ford who was deathly afraid of thunderstorms in life. The reason it was outfitted with a staircase leading down to the casket was so her mother could go inside the grave and continue to comfort her daughter whenever a thunderstorm rolled in. Natchez locals have since taken to visiting Florence's grave during thunderstorms to comfort her as well.

* Florence Irene Ford was a young girl from Natchez, Mississippi who was deathly afraid of thunderstorms, and so would always run to her mother for comfort when one rolled in. After Florence passed away at age 10 from yellow fever in 1871, her mother [[https://dalejyoung.com/the-strange-grave-of-florence-irene-ford/ requested that her daughter's grave be outfitted with a staircase leading down to the casket so that she could continue to comfort her whenever a storm rolled in]]. Many locals today have taken to visiting Florence's grave during storms to comfort her just like her mother did.