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! |
45 | ---- |
46 | |
47 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
48 | %% |
49 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
50 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
51 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
52 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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