History Main / RedemptionInTheRain

* Alex Proyas' ''Film/TheCrow'' does that a lot, especially moving when Eric [[spoiler: crawls out of the grave]] and returns to the cemetery at the end of the film, all the time accompanied by heavy rain. In fact, there's so much rain in the film that it originated one of its most important lines: "It can't rain all the time".

--->'''Harry Farber:''' Why does everyone like to stand around and talk in the rain in movies?
--->'''Cleveland Heep:''' Um... well maybe it's a metaphor for purification; starting new.
--->'''Harry Farber:''' No, it's not!

* In ''ComicBook/{{Breach}}'', as the main character uses his powers to transform a possessed and mutated boy back into his original self (sealing his own fate as he does), the boy wakes up and notices it's raining.
* In ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'', a fifty-five-year-old Bruce Wayne appears as Batman for the first time in ten years, just as a thunderstorm breaks the intense heatwave that had been gripping Gotham City. [[HesBack "The rain on my chest is a baptism--I'm born again."]]
* In ''[[ComicBook/BatmanHush Hush]]'', [[spoiler: Harvey Dent, free from his Two-Face persona, saves Batman from Hush during a CurbStompBattle in the middle of a rainstorm.]] The rain stops almost immediately after the battle ends.

%%%* Evey in the original ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' comic, reproduced in the film.
* ComicBook/{{Storm}} graced the cover of ''Comicbook/XMen'' like this in the issue where she and Forge broke up. He proposed to her in the previous issue and she said she'd think about it. In the issue with the rainy cover, [[PoorCommunicationKills he took her answer the wrong way]] and left both the X-Men and Storm to be with Mystique. Storm's response as he slammed the door? "I was going to say...yes..."

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'':
** On the Azure Moon route, Dimitri's [[spoiler: realization at what a monster he's become]] comes amidst a pouring torrent of rain where, [[spoiler: once again, Byleth holds out their hand — except this time he takes it. This marks the moment Dimitri goes from SociopathicHero to KnightInSourArmor]].

[-[[caption-width-right:350:Andy Dufresne: The man who [[EarnYourHappyEnding crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side]].]]-]

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': In "Always", part of an epiphany that Kate Beckett undergoes after a series of life-crises over the course of the episode involves her brooding alone at a swingset in the middle of a torrential downpour at night. [[spoiler: This eventually leads to her [[RelationshipUpgrade upgrading her relationship with Castle]].]]

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''. Franchise/{{Batman}} travels through a sewer and emerges extremely filthy and exhausted. He stands in the rain and roars... only for the rain to suddenly stop.

* In ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic'', during ''TSR'', after being recalled from his duty of protecting Kaname, Sousuke is shown to stand out in the rain thinking in deep contemplation. It's also around this time that he starts realizing how much he wants to remain by her side.

%%%* John Cusack has portrayed a redemption in the rain in many of his films, usually while wearing a trenchcoat. First portrayed in ''Film/SayAnything.'' More examples in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6d4XOWvmJc this Youtube Video]]

%%%* The climax of ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': In "Always", part of an epiphany that Kate Beckett undergoes after a series of life-crises over the course of the episode involves her brooding alone at a swingset in the middle of a torrential downpour at night. [[spoiler: This eventually leads to her going to Castle, and upgrading their relationship from WillTheyOrWontThey to TheyDo.]]

* In one of the final scenes of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', female Ranma stands in the rain, watching the [[PhlebotinumBreakdown flooded Jusenkyo]], and contemplating how he stopped caring about a cure to the GenderBender curse when Akane was in danger.
** Of course the fact that the springs are flooded isn't revealed until after she says all this, leading Akane to wonder aloud whether Ranma is just trying to put a good face on all of this ...
* Juri in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' is subject to one of these after [[spoiler:Utena breaks the locket that has Shiori's picture inside]].
* Played with in ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' chapter 52. Koiwai has the appropriate stance, but it's because Yotsuba convinced him to put his umbrella down and enjoy the HappyRain -- of a typhoon.

* Subverted in ''Anime/PrincessSarah'', in an episode titled [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Redemption in the Middle of the Storm"]] -- Sarah braves an autumn storm to get Lavinia's dress cleaned, only for [[spoiler:Lavinia to falsely accuse her of ruining it in the first place. The further ill-treatment that this invites leads Sara to fall seriously ill.]]

* Inverted in ''Manga/DeathNote''. Light gets heavily rained on as he [[strike:loses his mind]] has his transforming epiphany that killing lots of people is a very good thing to do.

* Inverted in ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' as it begins to rain when Guts runs out [[FreakOut in a fit of emotion]] and the weight of the events during the Eclipse [[DespairEventHorizon finally begins to come down on him.]] After an encounter with the Skull Knight, Guts gives his famous ScrewDestiny speech, which pretty much signifies [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge THE turning point in Guts' life]].
* Played with then subverted with Vegeta in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' after he's defeated by Android 18. He's in the rain recalling her mocking him, powers up, ''screams'' the rain clouds away with his ki then vows to surpass Super Saiyan to redeem himself in renewed confidence.

* In ''[[ComicBook/BatmanHush Hush]]'', [[spoiler: Harvey Dent, free from his Two-Face persona, saves Batman from Hush during a CurbStompBattle in the middle of a rainstorm.]] The rain stops almost immediately after the battle ends.

* ''ComicBook/SinCity'' does this at least once - Marv gets a great cleansing rain scene while he [[ContemplateOurNavels waxes philosophical]] about his killing spree and the final hit he's building up to do. Like the rest of the comic, done damn well, and plays out identically in TheMovie.

* Used at the end of the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' fanfic ''The First Tile'' where, after the Trill homeworld has had a brief and bloody civil uprising, it begins to rain in the capital city. One of the characters (a Joined Trill who was on the side of the rebels) comments that it may be just what's needed to heal their "sick, sad world."

* Very well done in ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'', the TropeCodifier, after the main character [[spoiler: breaks out of jail by slowly digging a tunnel over twenty years.]] Also, notably, its usage of the trope was not gratuitous or overly symbolic. First, [[spoiler:the rain is not merely a background event but an important point in his escape plan, it's a way of thanking it]]. Second, the man [[spoiler: crawled through 500 yards of sewer pipe to escape]], so he's also doing it (at least partially) for ''practical'' purposes.
** [[spoiler: "Andy Dufresne — who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean ''on the other side''." — symbolically and literally. ]]
* Done in ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'', when Bowen, a former knight who had given up on knightly virtues, renews his knightly vows before a statue of King Arthur in Camelot, in the pouring rain.

* Another Jim Carrey example is near the end of ''Film/BruceAlmighty'' when Bruce realizes that he's not cut out to wield the power of God and surrenders to Him.
* John Cusack has portrayed a redemption in the rain in many of his films, usually while wearing a trenchcoat. First portrayed in ''Film/SayAnything.'' More examples in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6d4XOWvmJc This Youtube Video]]

* Subverted in ''Film/RoadToPerdition'', in that every major death scene in the film is accompanied by the presence of water (a bath, rain, etc.) Of course, this just might be a case of RedemptionEqualsDeath as in the genuinely awesome silent scene where [[spoiler: Michael tommy-guns down Rooney and his bodyguards in the rain, complete with Rooney's last words, "I'm glad it's you."]]
* Inverted in the Tim Burton version of ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''; this type of shot is used, but it's to show [[spoiler:the beginning of the title character's descent into revenge-driven madness]].
* ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}'' pays homage to the ''Shawshank Redemption'' scene. This was unintentional, it was only after the movie was released that the scene was pointed out to the director as being extremely similar to the one in Shawshank Redemption and he retroactively decided it was paying homage to the movie.
* In ''Film/AFewGoodMen'', Lt. Kaffee has to go out into the pouring rain to convince Cmdr. Galloway to help him finish his case. It's a redemption for his previous drunk tirade, it shows how much he truly cares for Galloway, and it sobers him up for the movie's climax.
* Evey in ''Film/VForVendetta''. After[[spoiler: she finds out that V was the one keeping her imprisoned and tortured]], V takes her up to his roof, where she stands out in the rain.
-->'''Evey:''' God is in the rain.
* Towards the ending of ''Film/{{Holes}}'', as the detention camp is being closed and the main character has broken the curse on his family and the curse on the camp that makes it never rain there.
* When the leads reconcile and kiss in ''Film/ACinderellaStory''.
* ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' has a great example, although slightly tweaked in that the redemption doesn't come until ''after'' the rain has calmed down. After the final BattleInTheRain between Kylo Ren and Rey aboard the ruins of the shipwrecked Second Death Star, [[spoiler: Leia calling out to her son through the Force with [[HeroicRROD the last of her strength]], and his near-death at Rey's hands when she almost succumbs to the Dark Side, Kylo is visited by a memory of his father, Han Solo, who he murdered. Their conversation is [[CallBack shot and staged identically]] to their final confrontation in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', except this time around, when Kylo, who has been [[SymbolicBaptism thoroughly soaked by rain and waves]], pulls out his lightsaber, he ends not by stabbing it through his father's chest but turning and [[HeelFaceTurn tossing the Sith weapon into the sea.]]]]
* Alex Proyas' ''Film/TheCrow'' does that a lot, especially moving when Eric [[spoiler: crawls out of the grave]] and returns to the cemetery at the end of the film, all the time accompanied by heavy rain. In fact, there's so much rain in the film that it originated one of its most important lines: "It can't rain all the time".
** Also inverted. In the end when things have finally been put right and Eric is at peace, it ''stops'' raining.
* The scene in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' where Thor tries to recover {{Mjolnir}} from SHIELD is a great example: he ''thinks'' he's going to be redeemed by getting his hammer back and returning to his former glory, but the trope is subverted when he fails and he falls into a HeroicBSOD. However, his path to ultimate redemption [[BreakTheHaughty begins with this failure]], so in that sense, the trope is actually invoked.
* ''Film/FastColor'': Ruth, when she gains control of her powers. Made all the more stronger since she's causing the rain.

* ''FanFic/GettingBackOnYourHooves'': [[BigBad Checker Monarch's]] minion [[spoiler: Helping Hoof]], racked with guilt over helping Checker ruin Trixie's life, finally decides to pull a HeelFaceTurn while walking dejectedly in a rainstorm.

* The Music/DepecheMode song "But Not Tonight" paints a [[http://www.depechemode.com/lyrics/butnottonight.html portrait in words]] of just such a scenario.

On the Azure Moon route, Dimitri's [[spoiler: realization at what a monster he's become]] comes amidst a pouring torrent of rain where, [[spoiler: once again, Byleth holds out their hand — except this time he takes it. This marks the moment Dimitri goes from SociopathicHero to KnightInSourArmor]].

On the Azure Moon route, his [[spoiler: realization at what a monster he's become]] comes amidst a pouring torrent of rain where, [[spoiler: once again, Byleth holds out their hand — except this time he takes it. That marks the moment Dimitri goes from Sociopathic Hero to Knight in Sour Armor]].