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** After a string of bad luck, Alice bemoans nothing ever goes right for her... only gr the sun to come out and stop raining.

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** After a string of bad luck, Alice bemoans nothing ever goes right for her... only gr for the sun to come out and stop raining.raining, much to her surprise abd relief.
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** After a string of bad luck, Alice bemoans nothing ever goes right for her... only gr the sun to come out and stop raining.

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* '''Justified''': She was hurrying to get home before it started raining when she had the flat.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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She was hurrying to get home before it started raining when she had the flat.flat.
** Alice is an avatar of the goddess of weather, which changes according to her mood.

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Adding more examples, rain doesn't make you tired.


* '''Exaggerated''': ...and then hail. And then thunder.
* '''Downplayed''': It begins to rain, but her car is stopped under a bridge, so it's not raining on her.

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* '''Exaggerated''': ...'''Exaggerated''':
** ...
and then hail. And then thunder.
** It was sunny, but now there's a ''downpour''.
* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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It begins to rain, but her car is stopped under a bridge, so it's not raining on her.her.
** It's only very light rain.



* '''Inverted''': CueTheSun. %% Old version: It had been raining for days, but right after Alice gets out from acing a job interview, it has stopped.
* '''Subverted''': The clouds roll in while Alice is changing the tire, but the rain doesn't start until after she's finished.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...however, when Alice gets back in the car, it won't start. And when she gets out to open the hood, the floodgates open.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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CueTheSun. %% Old version: It had been raining for days, but right after Alice gets out from acing a job interview, it has stopped.
** Alice [[HappyRain likes the rain]], and it starts raining right when everything's going ''right'' for Alice.
** It ''stops'' raining right when things are going badly.
* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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The clouds roll in while Alice is changing the tire, but the rain doesn't start until after she's finished.
** It does rain, but Alice doesn't mind.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...Subverted''':
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however, when Alice gets back in the car, it won't start. And when she gets out to open the hood, the floodgates open.open.
** But it gets heavier and she starts to mind it.



* '''Averted''': It stays sunny.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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It stays sunny.sunny.
** It rains, but not during FromBadToWorse moments.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Of ''course'' it would start raining now -- this is just ''[[SarcasmMode too perfect]]!''"
* '''Invoked''': Carol's plot [[BatmanGambit required that Alice be upset]], so she arranged her series of mishaps on a day when rain was forecast.

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* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
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"Of ''course'' it would start raining now -- this is just ''[[SarcasmMode too perfect]]!''"
** "Really, now?! Rain?!"
* '''Invoked''': Carol's plot [[BatmanGambit required that Alice be upset]], annoyed]], so she arranged her series of mishaps on a day when rain was forecast.



* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"What if it rains?"



* '''Implied''': The scene opens as Alice returns to the apartment, wet, muddy, battered, and exhausted.

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* '''Implied''': The scene opens as Alice returns to the apartment, wet, muddy, battered, muddy and exhausted.battered.
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Daniel's plot required that it remain sunny, so [[FourthWallObserver Carol]] set up Alice to take one for the team.
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* '''Implied''': The scene opens as Alice returns to the apartment, wet, muddy, battered, and exhausted.
-->'''Bob:''' Hey, you're home late.\\
'''Alice:''' Don't. Even. Start.
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Aha! Finally figured out how to invoke it!


* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Carol's plot [[BatmanGambit required that Alice be upset]], so she arranged her series of mishaps on a day when rain was forecast.
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Forgot the closequote.


* '''Lampshaded''': "Of ''course'' it would start raining now -- this is just ''[[SarcasmMode too perfect]]!''

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Of ''course'' it would start raining now -- this is just ''[[SarcasmMode too perfect]]!''perfect]]!''"
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Of ''course'' it would start raining now -- this is just ''[[SarcasmMode too perfect]]!''
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???It started raining during the filming of the scene and [[ThrowItIn the cast and crew just rolled with it.]]
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Seems to be that trope.


* '''Inverted''': It had been raining for days, but right after Alice gets out from acing a job interview, it has stopped.

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* '''Inverted''': CueTheSun. %% Old version: It had been raining for days, but right after Alice gets out from acing a job interview, it has stopped.

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Not sure if this counts as a proper Zig Zagged Trope, but...


* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Zagged''':
-->'''Alice:''' And right then, it suddenly started raining cats and dogs.\\
'''Bob:''' But you're not wet.\\
'''Alice:''' No, I mean literal cats and dogs. I had to spend ten minutes chivvying them away with the tire iron before I could drive off.
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'''Basic Trope''': Right after everything else goes wrong, it starts raining, too.
* '''Straight''': {{Alice|AndBob}} is running late. Then she gets a flat tire. Then, while she's trying to jack up the car to change it, it begins to rain.
* '''Exaggerated''': ...and then hail. And then thunder.
* '''Downplayed''': It begins to rain, but her car is stopped under a bridge, so it's not raining on her.
* '''Justified''': She was hurrying to get home before it started raining when she had the flat.
* '''Inverted''': It had been raining for days, but right after Alice gets out from acing a job interview, it has stopped.
* '''Subverted''': The clouds roll in while Alice is changing the tire, but the rain doesn't start until after she's finished.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...however, when Alice gets back in the car, it won't start. And when she gets out to open the hood, the floodgates open.
* '''Parodied''': When she was driving along the road, the sky was completely clear. Right after the flat, when she says, "[[RockBottom How could this get worse?]]", the clouds swoop in with an audible ''whoosh''.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': It stays sunny.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "So, do you think it's going to start raining now, or do they want to pile a few more disasters on Alice first?"
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Back to CueTheRain -- and don't forget your umbrella!
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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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