History Main / RainDance

* In the ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon]]'' series, "Rain Dance" causes it to rain for five turns in battle. This boosts the strength of Water-type moves by 50%, cuts Fire-type moves by 50%, and has a [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rain variety of other effects]] on certain moves and abilities.

* Alluded to in the {{Goofy}} cartoon short "How to Dance." A crowd of characters are dancing to tribal drumming music, and it rains [[PersonalRaincloud on just them]], and they all unfurl umbrellas as they continue dancing.

* In the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck cartoon "Grand Canyonscope", Donald fools around with a genuine raindancing costume and manages to summon a PersonalRainCloud before the ranger catches him.

According to ThatOtherWiki, the Native American version was actually another dance altogether, that got its name changed [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_dancing for political reasons]].

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* In the ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon]]'' series, "Rain Dance" causes it to rain for five turns in battle. This boosts the strength of Water-type moves by 50%, cuts Fire-type moves by 50%, and has a [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rain variety of other effects]] on certain moves and abilities.

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* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Injun Joe does this as a weapon against a shapeshifter, since running water will cancel out magic.

* Done by Mumbo in [[{{Banjo-Kazooie}} Banjo-Tooie's]] Cloudcuckooland.

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* In the ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon]]'' series, "Rain Dance" causes "heavy rain" for five turns in battle. This boosts the strength of Water-type moves by 50%, cuts Fire-type moves by 50%, and has a [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Weather_conditions#Heavy_rain variety of other effects]] on certain moves and abilities.

* Parodied in one ''TheFarSide'' cartoon where the Indian chief is consulting a book called "101 Rain Dances" to figure out what the hell kind of dance he was doing ... while it's raining eggbeaters.

* In the ''TennesseeTuxedoAndHisTales'' episode "The Rainmakers", Chumley attempts a rain dance indoors, which does nothing. This is, of course, the lead-in to Professor Whoopee's explanation of what really makes rain.

* In the DonaldDuck cartoon "Grand Canyonscope", Donald fools around with a genuine raindancing costume and manages to summon a PersonalRainCloud before the ranger catches him.

* Played with in SoulEater, when Spirit does a rain dance outside his daughter's apartment window in order to give her luck on her exams. He obviously has no idea what he is doing, however, dancing around a bucket with lit candles duct-taped to his head.

* ''[=US Acres=]'', from ''GarfieldAndFriends'', has Roy buying a robot that will do dances for whatever... rain, snow, buckets of bolts, etc. Explained in the LiteralGenie entry.

* ''{{Rango}}''. The Water Dance is basically this, as the townsfolk of Dirt make a CargoCult appeal for water to come out of a pipe faucet. It's actually [[UncannyVillage somewhat creepy]].

* In a ''[[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner]]'' episode, Wile E. Coyote creates a thunderstorm by using the rain dance.

* [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]] attempts a snow dance to get school canceled. (It doesn't work.)

* In ''FoxTrot'', Jason and Marcus once did a snow dance. Paige joined them in the hope that school might be canceled if it worked.

* In ''AlphaAndOmega'', Humphrey attempts a rain dance (and song) to try and STOP rain. Upon being informed of this, he starts singing and dancing in reverse.

* Pippin does one of these in ''DeviantartSecretWars''. It results in a BattleInTheRain.

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In "[[HorribleCapingTrip Camp Keep a Good Mac Down]]", Bloo practices one. Later, Mac starts a campfire [[ShaggyDogStory only to lose it to a downpour]].

* In one ''LuckyLuke'' strip, an area inhabited by Native Americans is suffering from serious drought. As it turns out, their shaman has fallen from a horse and hit his head. He is otherwise OK, but can't get the dance right and his various attempts only produce minor weather anomalies (like a small blizzard after he does the macarena).

* In ''Literature{TheDresdenFiles'', Injun Joe does this as a weapon against a shapeshifter, since running water will cancel out magic.

* In ''TheDresdenFiles'', Injun Joe does this as a weapon against a shapeshifter, since running water will cancel out magic.

* In ''DoubleTheFist'', Womp performed a rain dance that summoned... hamburgers.
* ''TheXFiles''. In "The Rain King", Daryl Mootz does TheThemeParkVersion of a rain dance, claiming MagicalNativeAmerican ancestry. Scully and Mulder are not impressed...until it starts bucketing down out of a clear sky.
* In an episode of ''NedsDeclassified'' a ''reverse'' rain dance is performed by [[CloudCuckoolander Coconut Head]] and the other boys to get it to be sunny (after several days of rain, and therefore students cooped up indoors).
* The old ''TruthOrConsequences'' program once had one hapless contestant dress up in full Indian regalia, feather headdress, buckskins, drums, and have him dance about in public supposedly to make it rain; his antics drew a total crowd of one.
* TheGoodies do a rain dance with some pretty native girls to drive away the tourists the villainous Nasty Person is trying to bring to the Lost Island of Munga. Somehow it [[RuleOfFunny turns into the square dance halfway through]]. The subsequent storm is a bit too successful and ends up blowing them out to sea on a raft.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has Ted do this in an OverlyLongGag as a desperate attempt to keep Robin from leaving to... well, let's just say it's complicated.

* TheGoodies do a rain dance with some pretty native girls to drive away the tourists the villainous Nasty Person is trying to bring to the Lost Island of Munga.