"It was a dark and stormy night when the ninjas attacked"
—Wanda, Fairly OddParents
"It was a Darke and stormy night."
—Darke, Septimus Heap Prologue
It wasn't a dark and stormy night. It should have been, but there's the weather for you. For every mad scientist who's had a convenient thunderstorm just on the night his Great Work is complete and lying on the slab, there have been dozens who've sat around aimlessly under the peaceful stars while Igor clocks up the overtime.
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. Steeling himself for battle, Fyandor, the oldest and bravest of the lamps, proclaimed, "Nay, foul wind, this will not be the night of our extinguishment!"
— Winner of the "find the most horrible follow-up sentence to the proverbial It was a dark and stormy night... sentence" Lyttle Lytton Contest of 2003, Entry not signed
It was a dark and stormy night. The rain fell in cataracts; and drowsy citizens started, from dreams of the deluge, to gaze upon the boisterous sea, which foamed and bellowed for admittance into the proud towers and marble palaces. Who would have thought of passions so fierce in that calm water that slumbers all day long?
—"The Bargain Lost", Edgar Allan Poe
It was a dark and stormy night...Bowser kidnaps Peach. And that's it.
—Some Call Me Johnny, "Johnny Vs. Super Mario 3D Land''
It was a stormy and dark night; vast clouds covered the heavens, concealing the stars; the moon would not rise till midnight. Occasionally, by the light of a flash of lightning which gleamed along the horizon, the road stretched itself before them, white and solitary; the flash extinct, all remained in darkness.
—The Three Musketeers, chapter LXV
Captain Picard: "It was a dark and stormy night." It's not a promising beginning.
Counselor Troi: It may get better.
Counselor Troi: It may get better.
