Line #20 PlayingWith/ItWasADarkAndStormyNight


1	'''Basic Trope''': The story begins with a dark and stormy night.
2	* '''Straight''':
3	** The first sentence says, "It was a dark and stormy night."
4	** The first scene of the movie takes place at night during a thunderstorm.
5	* '''Exaggerated''':
6	** There are many dark and stormy nights in the tale, and the sentence, "It was a dark and stormy night," repeats for each one.
7	** It was a dark and stormy night of utter darkness, and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment a stormy lightning storm stormed]].
8	** The story begins during a category 5 hurricane.
9	* '''Downplayed''': It was night in a bright city during a light rain.
10	* '''Justified''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKTZ8PT1xHE It was a dark and stormy night in New York City, August 18, 2009.]]
11	* '''Inverted''': It was a bright and calm day.
12	* '''Subverted''':
13	** It was a dark and stormy night, with no storm, and the sun was up.
14	** It was a dark and stormy night, but the story happens somewhere else. It was afternoon with a blanket of snow.
15	* '''Double Subverted''': It was a dark and stormy night, with no storm, and the sun was up, but then the sun set and the storm came.
16	* '''Parodied''':
17	** "I opened the door. It was a dark and stormy [[{{Pun}} knight]]."
18	** The in-universe characters notice the sudden dark and stormy weather and start cursing the author for whatever crap they will now have to go through.
19	* '''Zig Zagged''': It was a clear night in Tokyo, and a stormy morning in Los Angeles.
20	* '''Averted''':
21	** The book never describes the weather.
22	** The setting is indoors (with no windows), or in outer space, or anywhere that has no weather.
23	* '''Enforced''':
24	** The author is entering the Literature/LyttleLyttonContest, and this is an appropriate opening.
25	** [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Just because it's a cliche opening line, it doesn't means it's a bad way to start.]]
26	* '''Lampshaded''': It was a dark and stormy night, because these stories always begin with a dark and stormy night.
27	* '''Invoked''':
28	** The monster waits for a dark and stormy night before attacking the village.
29	** In the first scene, a wizard uses WeatherManipulation to create a dark and stormy night.
30	* '''Exploited''': The MadScientist needs some {{lightning\|CanDoAnything}}, and the next storm is at night.
31	* '''Defied''':
32	** "It was a dark and stormy night, so I waited until morning."
33	** "It was a dark and stormy night...no, I can't start my story off like this. Lemme try this again..."
34	* '''Discussed''': CaptainObvious looks out the window. "I see a dark and stormy night!"
35	* '''Conversed''': A reader opens a novel. "It was a dark and stormy night." The reader mutters, "Yet another ClicheStorm," and drops the novel.
36	* '''Played For Laughs''': "It was a dark and stormy night. I'd forgotten my umbrella, and I came home drenched."
37	* '''Played For Drama''': A character is in a bad mood, and the dark and stormy night only makes it worse.
38	* '''Played For Horror''':
39	** "I remember the night the Shoreline Slasher killed my sister. It was a dark and stormy night, and I can imagine the thunder muffled her screams as [[FlayedAlive he cut the skin off her face]]..."
40	** It's a dark and stormy night...and a tornado is coming. The characters have to find shelter before they get caught in the deadly winds.
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42	ItWasADarkAndStormyNight, and a lone troper sat at his computer...
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