History Main / ThunderEqualsDownpour

* In the ''WarriorCats'' graphic novel ''Beyond the Code'', there's a couple of clouds in the sky as the full moon shines down on the Gathering. The cats comment how the drought might end since the the weather's cooler. An argument starts, and one cat runs away in anger. There's a flash of lightning and a KABOOM, and it's a downpour. Enough of a downpour to actually create a flood that fills [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110820222507/warriors/images/thumb/a/ad/SkyClan_Map.jpg/755px-SkyClan_Map.jpg this gorge]] to just a few feet below the clifftops.

->How far off I sat and wondered

Weather in TV Land is weird. It strikes with no warning or buildup, and can stop just as suddenly. The most common example is a [[DramaticThunder loud thunderclap]], followed instantly by a drenching downpour (sometimes a single raindrop in between them). No wind, no sprinkling rain, nothing beforehand to warn our unsuspecting characters that they need to get indoors.

!!Examples:

'''Jane:''' [[YouJustHadToSayIt Obviously, it can]].
* When Emperor Kuzco is left alone in the forest in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', this happens.

* In EdgarRiceBurroughs's ''Literature/TheMonsterMen'', after the attack, this happens.

* In ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]'', at Helm's Deep, just before the battle is engaged, the two armies face each other... and you hear thunder, there are a couple of raindrops on armor, then the downpour begins. Theoden is very not happy about it; some of the movie's extra material implies that the storm was raised by Saruman for the specific purpose of demoralizing the Rohirrim.
* Used for dramatic effect in ''{{Enchanted}}'', when Giselle comes to the Real World for the first time. After being completely lost and having her tiara stolen by a homeless guy, she stands helplessly in the middle of the street, hears thunder, and gets poured on from above.

** Not exactly averted, but weird nonetheless. At the end of the second movie, the lightning and wind is going nuts, but once the DeLorean is struck and disappears, the lightning and wind stops, and then it starts to pour. That's one crazy storm.

* ''TheTrumanShow'': When Truman is sitting on the beach reminiscing, there is a clap of thunder and it begins to rain, but ''only'' where he is sitting. He walks three feet before turning around in shock to see the small column of rain as it follows him.
* Averted in the first ''BackToTheFuture'', when the storm just completely ''stops'' right after the lightning hits the clocktower. However, it's played straight in the sequels--with the exact same storm.

* When Emperor Kuzco is left alone in the forest in ''[[{{Disney/ptitle3if599v0}} The Emperor's New Groove]]'', this happens.

* Averted in ''{{Bambi}}''. After the first thunderclap, it takes a while for the rain to come down, and then it starts with a light shower that slowly builds up to a downpour.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''YoungFrankenstein'':
--> '''Frankenstein:''' What a filthy job. \\
'''Eyegore:''' Could be worse. \\
'''Frankenstein:''' How. \\
'''Eyegore:''' Could be raining.
* ''TheGreatRace'':
--> '''Max:''' Red sky. \\
'''Professor Fate:''' What? \\
'''Max:''' Red sky. Gonna be a storm. \\
'''Professor Fate:''' What are you babbling about? \\
'''Max:''' Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning. \\
'''Professor Fate:''' Why, you simple-headed gherkin, do you know the chances of a storm in this part of the world at this time of the year? \\
'''Max:''' No, what? \\
'''Professor Fate:''' Hundred to one! \\
[Thunderclap; it begins to pour rain]
* In ''TheFriscoKid'', Rabbi Avram tells a skeptical Native American chief that the Abrahamic God can do anything.
--> '''Chief Gray Cloud:''' Then why can't he make rain? \\
'''Avram:''' Because he ''doesn't'' make rain. He gives us strength when we're suffering. He gives us compassion when all that we feel is hatred. He gives us courage when we're searching around blindly like little mice in the darkness. But he does not. Make. Rain! \\
''[Thunderclap, followed by a downpour]'' \\
'''Avram:''' Of course...sometimes, just like that, he'll change his mind.
* In ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]'', at Helm's Deep, just before the battle is engaged, the two armies face each other... and you hear thunder, there are a couple of raindrops on armor, then the downpour begins. The look on Theoden's face is [[ItGotWorse priceless]].
** Some of the movie's extra material implies that the storm was raised by Saruman for the specific purpose of demoralizing the Rohirrim.

[[AC:TruthInTelevision]]
* Lightning, which causes and immediately precedes thunder, clears the air of electrical charges, allowing rain to fall faster.
* During the summer in parts of the [[FlyoverCountry Midwest]], thunderstorms can pop up and fizzle out with surprising speed. Seeing the weather go from sunny to stormy in less than twenty minutes is unusual, but not unheard of.

* ''AgarestSenki2'' does this trope in full effect ''at the start of the game.''

'''Jane:''' [[ItGotWorse Obviously, it can]].

** Some of the movie's extra material implies that the storm was raised by Saruman for the specific purpose of demoralizing the Rohanians.

* ''TheLittleMermaid'': In the scene where Ariel first sees Eric, a man in the crow's nest shouts out, "Hurricane a-comin'!" And not three seconds later, pouring rain, howling winds and lighting bolts sweep over the boat. Sure, hurricanes move fast, but someone should throw that lookout overboard.

* This happened in ''ForrestGump'', in the fishing boat scene. There was a thunderclap in the transition to the hurricane.
** It's only played with here. There's clearly a cut, including the passage of time, between the thunderclap and the storm actually arriving.

* During the summer in parts of the [[FlyoverCountry Midwest]], thunderstorms can pop up and fizzle out with surprising speed. Seeing the weather go from sunny to stormy in less than twenty is unusual, but not unheard of.

* TheTrumanShow: When Truman is sitting on the beach reminiscing, there is a clap of thunder and it begins to rain, but ''only'' where he is sitting. He walks three feet before turning around in shock to see the small column of rain as it follows him.

* In ''[[TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]'', at Helm's Deep, just before the battle is engaged, the two armies face each other... and you hear thunder, there are a couple of raindrops on armor, then the downpour begins. The look on Theoden's face is [[ItGotWorse priceless]].

Weather in TV Land is weird. It strikes with no warning or buildup, and can stop just as suddenly. The most common example is a loud thunderclap, followed instantly by a drenching downpour (sometimes a single raindrop in between them). No wind, no sprinkling rain, nothing beforehand to warn our unsuspecting characters that they need to get indoors.

Often combined with WhenItRainsItPours

Examples:

--> '''Jane:''' I'm in a tree with a man who talks to monkeys!
--> '''* After she gets stuck between two branches* '''
--> '''Jane:''' [[TemptingFate It can't get any worse]], can it?
--> '''* Thunder, instant downpour* '''
--> '''Jane:''' [[ItGotWorse Obviously, it can]].

--> '''Frankenstein:''' What a filthy job.
-->'''Eyegore:''' Could be worse.
--> '''Frankenstein:''' How.
-->'''Eyegore:''' Could be raining.
-->

--> '''Max:''' Red sky.
--> '''Professor Fate:''' What?
--> '''Max:''' Red sky. Gonna be a storm.
--> '''Professor Fate:''' What are you babbling about?
--> '''Max:''' Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning.
--> '''Professor Fate:''' Why, you simple-headed gherkin, do you know the chances of a storm in this part of the world at this time of the year?
--> '''Max:''' No, what?
--> '''Professor Fate:''' Hundred to one!
--> [Thunderclap; it begins to pour rain]
* When Emperor Kuzco is left alone in the forest in ''[[{{Disney/ptitle3if599v0}} The Emperor's New Groove]]'', this happens.
* Averted in ''{{Bambi}}''. After the first thunderclap, it takes a while for the rain to come down, and then it starts with a light shower that slowly builds up to a downpour.
* In the film ''The Frisco Kid'', Rabbi Avram tells a skeptical Native American chief that the Abrahamic God can do anything.
--> '''Chief Gray Cloud:''' Then why can't he make rain?
--> '''Avram:''' Because he ''doesn't'' make rain. He gives us strength when we're suffering. He gives us compassion when all that we feel is hatred. He gives us courage when we're searching around blindly like little mice in the darkness. But he does not. Make. Rain!
--> ''[Thunderclap, followed by a downpour]''
--> '''Avram:''' Of course...sometimes, just like that, he'll change his mind.

* TruthInTelevision, to an extent. Lightning, which causes and immediately precedes thunder, clears the air of electrical charges, allowing rain to fall faster.

* When Emperor Kuzco is left alone in the forest in ''TheEmperorsNewGroove'', this happens.

* This happened in ''ForrestGump'', in the fishing boat scene. There was a thunderclap in the transition to the hurricane.

Weather in TV Land is weird. It strikes with no warning or buildup, and can stop just as suddenly. The most common example is a loud thunderclap, followed instantly by a drenching downpour. No wind, no sprinkling rain, nothing beforehand to warn our unsuspecting characters that they need to get indoors.

Weather in TV Land is wierd. It strikes with no warning or buildup, and can stop just as fast. The most common example is a loud thunderclap, followed instantly by a drenching downpour. No wind, no sprinkling rain, nothing beforehand to warn our unsuspecting characters that they need to get indoors.

* ''TheLittleMermaid'': In the scene where Ariel first sees Eric, the crows nest shouts out, "Hurricane a-comin'!" And not three seconds later, pouring rain, howling winds, and lighting bolts sweep over the boat. Sure, hurricanes move fast, but someone should fire that look out.
* {{Disney/Tarzan}}: When Jane is stuck in the treetops with Tarzan

--> '''* After getting stuck between two branches* '''

* PlayedForLaughs in ''YoungFrankenstein''.

* ''TheGreatRace''.

* When Emperor Kuzco is left alone in the forest in TheEmperorsNewGroove, this happens.

* In the film ''The Frisco Kid,'' Rabbi Avram tells a skeptical Native American chief that the Abrahamic God can do anything.

* In [[TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]], at Helm's Deep, just before the battle is engaged, the two armies face each other... and you hear thunder, there are a couple of raindrops on armor, then the downpour begins. The look on Theoden's face is [[ItGotWorse priceless]].

* TruthInTelevision, to an extent. Lightning, which causes and immediately precedes thunder, clears the air of electrical charges, allowing rain to fall faster.

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

--> '''Jane:''' Obviously, it can.

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