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* In ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Sally and her would-be cop boyfriend go for what he really hopes will be a romantic walk in the rain. She just finds it boring, tedious, wet and uncomfortable, and gets annoyed with him.

[[folder:Live-action TV]]
* In ''Series/WivesAndDaughters'', the official couple's fate is resolved when it's raining. It's very intense because they can't come close to each other because there's infection of scarlet fever in his estate. They can just talk as they stand apart and the water pours on their faces and drenches their clothes.
* In adaptation of ''Literature/NorthangerAbbey'' (ITV's 2007 TV movie), during Catherine's visit to the Abbey, Catherine and Henry go horse riding to see Henry's parsonage. When they reach it, it's about to start raining. Catherine suggests they race back to the Abbey. It's quite a muddy and rainy ride and at the Abbey, Henry cleans and caresses Catherine's face.

** In "For a Few Paintballs More", Annie and Abed (who has been channeling Han Solo in this episode) kiss while orange paint falls on them from the sprinklers. Troy is doing the "redeption-in-the-rain" shot, extending his arms and smiling -- because apparently, their plan worked.
* ''Series/HometownChaChaCha'':
** Hye-jin and Du-sik have a romantic moment in the fifth episode. Hye-jin frets about the rain; Du-sik drags her in it and into the seawater, encouraging her to live in the moment.
** In the tenth episode, it's raining as Hye-jin has [[spoiler:a LoveEpiphany about Du-sik, recalling the above, as well as other moments they shared.]]
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'':
** Ted has been in love with Robin for the whole season 1. In the S1 finale, he's convinced he has to make it rain to keep Robin in New York (otherwise she will go on a company trip and might get together with her colleague). Amazingly, it starts raining heavily and Ted heads to Robin's. Ted is soaking wet and convinces Robin to go outside as well, though he comes to her door first and they start kissing violently.
** Parodied in the plot in which two couples acted with dynamics of boyfriend and girlfriend. Barney & Robin and Lily & Marshall did couple-y stuff, eating brunches, having dinners for four and playing charades. They were jealous of other couples who might replace them, they split up and finally declared that they belonged together and were each other's one true couple for companionship -- the promise of course took place in the rain.
** Robin and Barney had an AlmostKiss in the rain in "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS7E09DisasterAverted Disaster Averted]]"
** After failing to find [[MementoMacGuffin Robin's locket]] in the penultimate episode of Season 8, the rain starts to fall on Ted and Robin, the latter [[CallBack remembering when Ted made it rain for her in Season 1]] and taking it as a sign that she should choose Ted instead of marrying Barney. [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Ted, however, is having none of it.]]
---> '''Ted:''' [stands up to leave] I'll see you at the wedding.
** In a flashback from season 9, Robin and Barney (who had on-again-off-again relationship and had unresolved feelings for each other, then got engaged) get rained upon after she tells him about her inability to have children and he spontaneously hugs her.
--->'''Barney:''' Yep. The rain makes it weird...
** Ted meets the mother of his children at the train station when it's raining. He's wet because he doesn't have an umbrella and she encourages him to [[UmbrellaOfTogetherness share hers]].
* ''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 in the middle of a torrential downpour at night. She goes to Castle, and they finally [[RelationshipUpgrade upgrade their relationship]] from WillTheyOrWontThey.

* ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'': Jane and Rafael get caught in the rain in season 5 and kiss.
* In ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Sally and her would-be cop boyfriend go for what he really hopes will be a romantic walk in the rain. She just finds it boring, tedious, wet and uncomfortable, and gets annoyed with him.
* Nodded to in episode "The 6th Grade Lock In" of ''Series/BadTeacher'' when Meredith and Joel kiss while the overhead sprinklers are on after she gives him a passionate "kiss in the rain" speech.
* In the season 13 episode of ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' "Thunderstruck", Tristan is moodily standing outside in the middle of a thunderstorm and Miles goes out to call him back inside. After a suitably emotional talk, helped by Tristan's penchant for dramatic dialogue, they are forced to duck to avoid a piece of flying debris. Tristan comments that if they were in a romantic comedy, that would be the moment when they kissed. They share a kiss later in the episode once they are back inside.
* In ''Series/NineNineTimeTravels'', Sun-woo's trips back into the past have created an AlternateTimeline that, among other things, wiped out his romance with Min-young. She has no memory of the original timeline until the discovery of a note she wrote him brings back her memories of their romance. She confronts him about this during a pouring rainstorm. Romantic kissing ensues.
* In ''Series/{{Wizards of Waverly Place}}'', Alex and Mason share their FirstKiss under the rain while Jerry watches them from atop with a happy smile.
* In ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', this trope is discussed when Jake discusses his and Amy's recent romantic troubles with [[ShipperOnDeck Charles]], who urges him to immediately tell Amy exactly how he feels about her without holding back. Charles then gets a bit carried away and urges Jake to instead [[InvokedTrope wait until a torrential rainstorm to tell her]], [[SubvertedTrope before immediately realizing what a stupid idea this is]] and urging him to instead go straight away.
* In ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', Tom relies on this trope to win Ann back. He waits for her in the rain for an unknown amount of time even though Ann hadn't shown any sign of leaving, and comes back inside, annoyed that his big gesture had gone to waste.
* In ''Series/PennyDreadful'', Vanessa and Ethan have their BigDamnKiss during a giant raintstorm (their hut also caught on fire moments ago but it doesn't matter).
* In the last season of ''Series/DowntonAbbey'', Lady Mary is being escorted by her suitor Henry Talbot to her aunt's place where she is staying in London. It starts raining and they end up sharing a kiss under a roof. Lampshaded by her brother-in-law who says it was romantic.
* In ''Recap/BlackMirrorStrikingVipers'', Danny and Karl [[spoiler:meet up after confessing their in-game sexual attraction for the first time]] in the pouring rain, and they [[spoiler:awkwardly kiss]], but it's played with because they admit that they don't feel as much attraction in real life, although it's ambiguous how much they're telling the truth.
* ''Series/SixFeetUnder'': Distressed and soaking wet David walks into Keith's flat, they embrace, get back together and start making out. It turns out that it happens in Keith's imagination or dream, as it was just one of the show's staple DaydreamSurprise[=/=]ImagineSpot moments.

[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* In ''VisualNovel/ASummersEndHongKong1986'' the scene in which [[spoiler: Michelle decides to follow Sam out of the restaurant turns into this, with Michelle apologizing and the two sharing a kiss.]] Note that this only happens if the player chooses to [[spoiler: leave Joey and follow Sam.]] If not, that scene ends with Michelle left alone in the same rain with a much more somber atmosphere, turning it more into a GrayRainOfDepression.

* ''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 in the middle of a torrential downpour at night. She goes to Castle, and they finally upgrade their relationship from WillTheyOrWontThey to TheyDo.

* In the season 13 episode of ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' "Thunderstruck", Tristan is moodily standing outside in the middle of a thunderstorm and Miles goes out to call him back inside. After a suitably emotional talk, helped by Tristan's penchant for dramatic dialogue, they are forced to duck to avoid a piece of flying debris. Tristan comments that if they were in a romantic comedy, that would be the moment when they kissed. They share a kiss later in the episode once they are back inside.

* In ''Series/{{Wizards of Waverly Place}}'', Alex and Mason share their {{First Kiss}} under the rain while Jerry watches them from atop with a happy smile.

* ''WebComic/EerieCuties'' has an example when people are splashed with sprinklers. Seen when [[AloofDarkhairedGirl Layla]] made up with her boyfriend, Kade, at the end of the ''"War Dance"'' arc. The two [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/eerie-cuties/2011-06-22 share a kiss]], causing [[GreenEyedMonster Laura's body temperature to ignite with jealousy]], which set off the school's sprinkler system. Everyone else runs for cover, [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/eerie-cuties/2011-06-27 Layla and Kade continue unabated.]]

* Film/Daredevil2003''. Matt Murdock's SuperSenses tell him it's going to rain, but he stops Elektra from leaving because he wants to 'see' the effect of the raindrops falling on her body. It's so beautiful their BigDamnKiss follows. Later at her father's funeral [[ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals it starts raining again]], but from Matt's point-of-view [[RuleOfSymbolism her face goes dark]] as she puts up her umbrella after declaring her need for revenge. However it serves as a ChekhovsGun in the fight with Kingpin, who has ornamental waterfalls running through the walls of his office. Remembering what happened with Elektra, Matt breaks one of them to shower the room with water and reveal Kingpin's exact location.

* The film version of ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' has Matt and Elektra share a passionate first kiss in the rain. It's interrupted when Matt hears a carjacking in the background and tries to leave so he can intervene... then Elektra looks deep into his eyes and says "Stay with me". In the theatrical cut, they proceed to then have sex. In the director's cut, Matt then leaves her to answer the call of duty.

* ''Film/CastAway'': The film has a bittersweet romantic last kiss in the rain. Chuck returns home after his rescue from a deserted island, on which he was stranded for four years. During the years of Chuck’s absence, Kelly, the love of his life, has married somebody else. After Chuck visits her, Kelly runs out of her house after him and kisses him in the rain.

* In "Married to the Blob" of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Kimiko compliments Comic Book Guy's snark during their first date. Then they decide to "go walking and mocking in the rain" -- Comic Book Guy then says he's in love, yet still a little bit bitter.

* In the famous scene from ''Film/TheNotebook'', Allie and Noah run up to eachother on the boat dock as rain dramatically (and concerningly) buckets down. She jumps into his arms and they kiss.

* ''Film/{{27Dresses}}'': After drinking and singing at the bar, Jane and Kevin run through the rain to their car to have sex.

* ''Film/27Dresses'': After drinking and singing at the bar, Jane and Kevin run through the rain to their car to have sex.

* Towards the ending of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'', after the final battle, Robin and Starfire admit their feelings for each other and share their first true love's kiss. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EM5vmCoyHs See for yourself.]]

* Koi wa Ameagari no You ni (Love is Like After the Rain) revolves around this. Akira Tachibana stays in a cafe during a shower, where she meets the manager Masami Kondo and falls for him.
** The opening title has Akira and Kondo hold out two raindrops which become a heart.

* ''FanFic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': In the sequel ''Picking Up the Pieces'', Gentle and Memorizing share their first kiss in the rain, leading to Gentle teleporting them back to her house.