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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45 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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47 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
48 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
49 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
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