History Main / WindsOfChange

* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': Randall alludes to this trope when discussing his and Sullivan's Scare Floor scores, and how he will replace Sully as the number 1 scarer.

->''"Winds in the east, mist coming in. Like somethin' is brewin' and 'bout to begin. Can't put me finger on what lies in store, but I feel what's to happen. It's all happened before."''

* ''WesternAnimation/HalloweenIsGrinchNight'': All the Whos down in Whoville noticed a change in the wind when the Sour-Sweet Wind begins to blow. The wind makes the local animals go crazy and started angering the Grinch. Thus starting off Grinch Night.

* ''WesternAnimation/HalloweenIsGrinchNight'': All the Whos down in Whoville noticed a change in the wind when the sweet and sour wind begins to blow. The wind makes the local animals go crazy and started angering the Grinch. Thus starting off Grinch Night.

Not to be confused with WindsOfDestinyChange, a completely unrelated Administrivia/BadTropeNamer.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'': After Simba is visited by his father's spirit, a large gust of wind blows over the plain, signaling Simba's newfound resolve to return home and take his rightful place as king.

* ''Anime/ACertainMagicalIndex'' / ''Anime/ACertainScientificRailgun'': The "Sisters" arc in both anime has the wind turbines in Academy City suddenly shift directions, a sign that the clones of Mikoto Misaka have decided to aid her, and are shifting the air currents to disrupt Accelerator's calculations, making his attack dissipate.

* ''Anime/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'': The sudden absence of wind in the valley is a portent of danger.

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Wind is abundant in our world. And necessary. From the earliest days of sea-farers, wind has been essential for travel, and good sailors knew to watch for a change in the wind.

* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': A heavy snowfall descends on Bedford Falls on the night that George Bailey wishes he had never been born. When his wish comes true, a huge gust of wind blows by, implied to be God's rage at having to make such a change to the timeline. The wind continues throughout the entire Pottersville segment, and reaches a crescendo as George begs to have his life back, when suddenly, it abruptly stops, replaced by the heavy snowfall of before, signifying that George has learned his lesson and returned home.

* ''Film/{{Twister}}'': A sudden gust spinning all of the weather vanes signify the arrival of a tornado in Jo's hometown. The aftermath convinces Jo to steel her resolve and see her project throug, to launch Dorothy and see if they can learn more about a tornado's dynamics.

* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' is full of references to winds and changes in the wind. Of particular significance is the slow build up of a wind from the south that heralds (and contributes to) the defeat of Sauron's forces in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': "The Curse of the Black Spot". Avery's ship has been becalmed and stuck for days. A sudden wind tells them that the situation is about to change. Rory is knocked overboard, and Amy, The Doctor, and Avery decide to unleash The Siren in an effort to save him, and then stick themselves to learn the truth of what's going on.

* ''WesternAnimation/HalloweenIsGrinchNight'': All the Who's down in Whoville noticed a change in the wind when the sweet and sour wind begins to blow. The wind makes the local animals go crazy and started angering the Grinch. Thus starting off Grinch Night.

* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': Every book opens with a description of a wind passing over some new development in [[EndOfAnAge the end of the Third Age]], starting with the events that set TheChosenOne on his path. The final book also [[BookEnds ends]] with a wind blowing out over [[ANewAgeDawns the first day of the Fourth Age]].

-> Winds in the east, mist coming in. Like somethin' is brewin' and 'bout to begin. Can't put me finger on what lies in store, but I feel what's to happen. It's all happened before.

-->'''Rafiki:''' What was ''that?!'' ''(laughs)'' The weather, hah! Very peculiar, don't you think?
-->'''Simba:''' Yeah... Looks like the winds are changing.
-->'''Rafiki:''' Ah, change is good.
-->'''Simba:''' Yeah, but it's not easy.

* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''Literature/{{Eragon}}'', where the opening lines of the books quite deliberately mention that winds carried a scent that changed the world. Namely, to the force of Urgals serving the shade Durza, it carried the scents of a trio of elves making their way through the woods, which they were planning to ambush, and said ambush is what sets the events of the ''Inheritance Cycle'' into motion.

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* ''Film/TheHauntingHour'': Cassie buys a book called "The Evil Thing" from a mysterious shop with a key to open it. She's about to the book with the key, the wind started blowing just to let her know that change is coming.

* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': A heavy snowfall descends on Bedford Falls on the night that George Bailey wishes he had never been born. When his wish comes true, a huge gust of wind blows by, implied to be God's rage at having to make such a change to the timeline. The wind continues throughout the entire Pottersville segment, and reaches a crescendo as George begs to have his life back, when suddenly, it abruptly stops, replaced by the heavy snowfall of before.