Line #16 PlayingWith/CueTheRain


1	'''Basic Trope''': Right after everything else goes wrong, it starts raining, too.
2	* '''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.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** ...and then hail. And then thunder.
5	** It was sunny, but now there's a ''downpour''.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** It begins to rain, but her car is stopped under a bridge, so it's not raining on her.
8	** It's only very light rain.
9	* '''Justified''':
10	** She was hurrying to get home before it started raining when she had the flat.
11	** Alice is an avatar of the goddess of weather, which changes according to her mood.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** CueTheSun. %% Old version: It had been raining for days, but right after Alice gets out from acing a job interview, it has stopped.
14	** Alice [[HappyRain likes the rain]], and it starts raining right when everything's going ''right'' for Alice.
15	** It ''stops'' raining right when things are going badly.
16	** After a string of bad luck, Alice bemoans nothing ever goes right for her... only for the sun to come out and stop raining, much to her surprise abd relief.
17	* '''Subverted''':
18	** The clouds roll in while Alice is changing the tire, but the rain doesn't start until after she's finished.
19	** It does rain, but Alice doesn't mind.
20	* '''Double Subverted''':
21	** ...however, when Alice gets back in the car, it won't start. And when she gets out to open the hood, the floodgates open.
22	** But it gets heavier and she starts to mind it.
23	* '''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''.
24	* '''Zig Zagged''':
25	-->'''Alice:''' And right then, it suddenly started raining cats and dogs.\
26	'''Bob:''' But you're not wet.\
27	'''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.
28	* '''Averted''':
29	** It stays sunny.
30	** It rains, but not during FromBadToWorse moments.
31	* '''Enforced''': It started raining during the filming of the scene and [[ThrowItIn the cast and crew just rolled with it.]]
32	* '''Lampshaded''':
33	** "Of ''course'' it would start raining now -- this is just ''[[SarcasmMode too perfect]]!''"
34	** "Really, now?! Rain?!"
35	* '''Invoked''': Carol's plot [[BatmanGambit required that Alice be annoyed]], so she arranged her series of mishaps on a day when rain was forecast.
36	* '''Exploited''': Daniel's plot required that it remain sunny, so [[FourthWallObserver Carol]] set up Alice to take one for the team.
37	* '''Defied''': ???
38	* '''Discussed''': "What if it rains?"
39	* '''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?"
40	* '''Implied''': The scene opens as Alice returns to the apartment, wet, muddy and battered.
41	-->'''Bob:''' Hey, you're home late.\
42	'''Alice:''' Don't. Even. Start.
43	----
44	Back to CueTheRain -- and don't forget your umbrella!
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47	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
48	%%
49	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
50	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
51	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
52	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

Context PlayingWith / CueTheRain