History Main / ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals

* ''GIJoeRiseOfCobra'' Rex's funeral at Arlington is in the rain.

* ''Four Weddings And A Funeral'' has the funeral on a typical English weather day.

* ''[[Syberia]]'' begins with the funeral of Anna Voralberg (sic), conducted by clockwork robots carrying umbrellas, during a thunderstorm.

* Invoked but averted in FullmetalAlchemist at Hughes' funeral. When the funeral is over, Mustang comments that it looks like it's going to rain, but the sky is completely clear. Hawkeye wonders at this, noting that the sky looks clear. Mustang insists that it ''does'' rain, with a "raindrop" running down his cheek from his cap-covered eye. There's a few ways this can be interpreted.
** He made the comment to [[MenDontCry try and disguise his tears]].
** Riza told him earlier that he was useless in the rain due to his inability to create a spark and he felt useless after Hughes' death, so he was calling for rain to justify his feeling useless.
** He thought a clear sky wasn't depressing enough.

* Averted in ''MysteryTeam''.

* Averted in SixFeetUnder, where funerals almost invariably occur on bright, sunny days. It ''is'' California after all.

* In the first Hellboy movie, it rains heavily during Prof. Bruttenholm's funeral.

* Averted andinvoked in FullmetalAlchemist at Hughes' funeral. When the funeral is over, Mustang comments that it looks like it's going to rain, but the sky is completely clear. Hawkeye wonders at this, noting that the sky looks clear. Mustang insists that it ''does'' rain, with a "raindrop" running down his cheek from his cap-covered eye. There's a few ways this can be interpreted.

* In the manga ''{{Dengeki Daisy}}'', it is stated that it rained the day Teru's brother died and that it continued to rain until his funeral was over.

* Averted in Anime/FullmetalAlchemist at Hughes's funeral. When the funeral is over, Mustang comments that it looks like it's going to rain, but the sky is completely clear. He evidently thought that it wasn't depressing enough, and he felt so useless that it should have been raining.
** That's not what happened at all. He was tearing up and tears were running down his cheek so he made that comment to try and disguise it.
*** I always took it as a bit of both: Riza told him earlier that he was useless in the rain due to his inability to create a spark and he felt useless after Hughes' death, so he was calling for rain to try to cover his tears and justify his feeling useless.

* Averted in BuffyTheVampireSlayer: Joyce Summers was buried on a sunny and clear day. She died on one also: birds were chirping and children were heard playing.

** It also rains when [[spoiler: Asuma dies]].

* In ''Discworld/MenAtArms'', it rains at [[spoiler:Cuddy's]] funeral near the end of the book.

* It rains during [[spoiler:Beatrice's]] funeral in ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', though it's more of a coincidence since the funeral occurs on October 4, the same date when the typhoon traps everyone on the island.

Weather has always been used symbolically when it comes to death. When characters die it's often overcast. Even when all the characters are doing is visiting someone's grave, the sky will be cloudy and the colors will seem to be washed out. But quite often, when there's an actual funeral, it's always raining (though sometimes [[SnowMeansDeath it'll be snowing]]). Or precisely at sunset. Or at night. Anything but in the bright, shiny daylight.

* When DaveBarry went to temples and cathedrals in Europe, he was surprised at all of the people buried in the floor. He postulates that it must've been raining at all of the funerals, so the mourners decided to bury the deceased inside to stay dry.

** It also rains when [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Asuma dies]].

* Auden's poem about Mozart contains the lines "Had a pauper's funeral in the rain/ The like of whom we shall not see again."

--> ''Everyone at the funeral felt a terrible sorrow at the loss of the Abbot, and the heavens, too, wept tears of grief.''

-->'''{{Dragon Quest VIII}}