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-->''"Vampires like it windy."''\\
- '''J.D.''', ''{{Scrubs}}''

-->'''Sailor Venus''': Do you see this? Do you ''see'' this wind? This is Revlon Wind, OK? It makes me look even hotter than usual.
---> - ''SailorMoonAbridged''

Before any fight begins or important truth is revealed, or if the character is simply standing and looking noble, a wind will invariably blow, ruffling his hair, the grass at his feet, and/or his cape if he's wearing one.

Even if he's indoors.

Or in space.

Subtrope of EmpathicEnvironment.
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!!Examples

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[[folder: {{Advertising}} ]]

* Parodied in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Klok this commercial for a Dutch energy company]], which shows a dramatic wind following illusionist [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Klok Hans Klok]] wherever he goes. The company tries to harness the wind energy, but the contract keeps blowing out the window before Klok can sign it.

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[[folder: {{Anime}} and {{Manga}} ]]

* In ''KazeNoStigma Kazuma'' is a wind mage , the STRONGEST wind mage , so obviously when he fights seriously he conjures tornadoes around himself that both protect him and blow his enemies away .
** Once using his full power he caused over 3 tornadoes and a cyclone .
* Early episodes of ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'', particularly Akane's face-off with Kuno in episode 2.
* In the {{Inuyasha}} anime, any time Sesshoumaru is present.
* The opening credits of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''. In this example, however, it's a well-placed case of [[BaitAndSwitchCredits hiding the true nature of the show]].
** Also done in Asuka's debut, although [[PantyShot the wind blows up her skirt.]]
* About every other episode of ''TheTwelveKingdoms''.
* More or less constantly in ''KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl''.
* In the {{manhwa}} ''DemonDiary'', one character comments that another character's cape is blowing when there's no wind. The wind then dies down and the second character admits to commanding wind spirits to create the wind for dramatic effect.
* ''MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', any dramatic scene that doesn't take place indoors or underwater (and even then, the underwater ones get it too some days... physics has no hold in this series).
* ''Captain Harlock''.
* Mendoza in ''TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold''.
* Seto Kaiba in ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' has a perpetually billowing longcoat... even when there's no wind! It billows backwards dramatically regardless of if it's indoors, underground, or in the airless vacuum of cyberspace. This troper believes he's used his [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney fabulous wealth]] to install wire ribs into his coat, much like Victorian dresses.
** This troper believes that, being [[{{Fiction500}} obscenely rich]], [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney he has screwed the law of gravity]].
** Fan Artists love to parody this - usually by Seto getting blown off his own [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld Zeppelin]] because of his longcoat!
** Just Kaiba? ''Every character on the entire show has a DramaticWind whipping around their waist.'' Even if they aren't wearing a longcoat, the jacket will do so if it goes more than an inch below the waist.
* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', commonly seen in aforementioned anime in the form of an emblazoned cape worn by Kamina or [[FanNickname Captain Garlock]] for dramatic flair; alternately, in the form of the flag of the Great Gurren-dan. Notable for the fact this has even been shown to occur in space; or at the very least, the upper stratosphere.
* A side effect of using any level of spirit power in ''{{Bleach}}'' seems to be to summon a small gale to [[BattleAura surround the fighters]].
* Parodied in ''ExcelSaga'' when Pedro faces off against Gomez: the wind blows a tumbleweed past... then three tumbleweeds... then a small army of them.
* This accounts for most of the animation budget used in ''{{Dragonball}}'' anime adaptions, which have many sweeping shots of people standing dramatically... with nothing but their hair and cloaks animated.
* Done often in MagicalGirl series when spells are cast, {{mons}}ters are summoned, etc.
** Funnily enough, ''SailorMoon'' is the first one to lampshade this. In one episode, Serena/Usagi stands looking forlornly out on a windy autumn day, only to spoil the moment by sneezing and having her mother show up to admonish her that she'd catch her death of cold on such a windy day.
* A DramaticWind blows in right before Natsuki's "Marilyn Monroe moment" in episode 4 of ''{{Mai-HiME}}''. Cue stunned looks from Mai, Mikoto and Takeda, followed by one of the reddest full-face {{Luminescent Blush}}es in anime.
* In the last episode of the first season of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', a strong wind suddenly blows Fate's long hair upward, underlining the [[{{Squee}} most emotional and romantic moment]] during her private talk with Nanoha on the bridge [[spoiler:("Call my name")]]. That's some great timing by the weather gods.
* ''{{Naruto}}'' uses Dramatic Wind almost all the time, usually with accompanying windswept leaves for added effect.
* The ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'' Brigade-movie "The Adventures Of Mikuru Asahina" used this with Yuki's introduction.
-->'''Kyon:''' "Yuki Nagato stands here dramatically... Although we don't really know why."
* ''TheSlayers'' has a spell, Diem Claw, the ''sole use of which'' is to make the user's cape billow dramatically even when there's no wind.
* Characters in RurouniKenshin are said to be able to summon their ''own'' Dramatic Wind by virtue of their BattleAura; one sign that [[KidSamurai Yahiko]] TookALevelInBadass is that he manages to make a conveniently floating leaf break as it passes him.
* Parodied in ''MahoujinGuruGuru'' , where Raid has monsters with fans specifically to produce this effect.
* In ''{{Princess Mononoke}}'', when Ashitaka learns about the history of [[AdventureTown Irontown]], the wind ruffles his hair. And he's inside a ''bar''.
* An egregious example can be found in ''Shattered Angels'' where Kyoshiro and Kuu stand face to face with one another but the wind blows at both characters in different (opposite) directions even though they are only standing a few paces apart.
* In ''{{Rahxephon}}'' it seems to follow the mysterious Reika around wherever she goes.
* ''FushigiYuugi'', just before Miaka finally gets to talk to Tamahome for the first time. Complete with [[BishieSparkle sparkles]]!
** Happens again at the end of the series. Complete with [[CherryBlossoms symbolism]]!
* Space inside of a [[ShakuganNoShana Fuzetsu]] seems to always be very windy, especially during standoffs. [[FridgeLogic Though you'd think that a sealed space would have no wind at all, unless a spell was used...]]

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[[folder: {{Film}} ]]

* In the Hindi movie ''Kabhi Khushi, Kabhi Gham'', houses are incredibly drafty: even a small apartment seems to have high-powered fans running constantly off screen. And once the music numbers start, every conceivable thing (hair, clothes, paper, curtains, etc.) begins roiling like a poorly-built suspension bridge. Fortunately, the look is [[RuleOfCool too awesome]] to annoy the audience.
* In ''TheMummy'', nearly every important discovery about Imhotep is accompanied by an omnious gust of wind. This is later [[LampshadeHanging given a lampshade]] when, just before the book that will release Imhotep upon the world is opened, a gust of wind blows - and one of the characters, unsettled, remarks that it does that a ''lot'' around there.
* {{Batman}} in most incarnations has a cape solely for Dramatic Wind and also to provide an intimidating shadow. In the ''DarkKnightTrilogy'' they changed that by making the cape into a firm glider to prevent hard landings. So now the Dramatic Wind is just an added bonus.
* When Elizabeth falls in the water in ''TheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', there is a dramatic change in wind direction, apparently triggered by the pulse the medallion sent out.
* Used many times in ''LordoftheRings''. For example, when Saruman is casting a weather spell from atop Orthanc, his wizard robes billow around him dramatically.
** Funny, ThisTroper always thought that was just from altitude. Wind gets faster the higher up you go, and if you're standing on top of a bloody huge tower you're gonna get hit with a DramaticWind.
* In ''Face/Off'' some wind blows just in time to blow Castor Troy's BadassLongcoat as he exits his vehicle in dramatic fashion. This is the scene that introduces his character in the flesh (not counting a flashback sequence).
*In {{Final Destination}}, whenever Death is around an ominous wind blows, even indoors.

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[[folder: {{Literature}} ]]

* Parodied in Terry Pratchett's ''{{Discworld}}'' book ''A Hat Full of Sky'', where a young witch purchases an expensive cloak designed to blow and flutter dramatically in even the lightest of breezes.
** Pratchett also did something similar in his pre-Discworld novel ''Strata''. A character's cape is mentioned as having small electrical charges pulsed through it every few seconds, keeping it in a state of permanent dramatic flutter.
** Susan gets DramaticWind in ''Thief of Time,'' when using her [[spoiler: Death voice]] to get Lobsang's attention. Of course, being who she is, she can alter reality to suit herself.
* Also parodied in ''Life, The Universe and Everything'', the third ''[[Literature/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy]]'' novel. Ford Prefect makes a portentous announcement: "He gazed keenly into the distance and looked as if he would quite like the wind to blow his hair back dramatically at that point, but the wind was busy fooling around with some leaves a little way off."
*Averted, unfortunately, for poor Schmendrick the Magician in ''TheLastUnicorn''. He has no convenient wind to billow his cloak, so he has to swirl it around manually to get the desired effect.
*Parodied in the third ''ArtemisFowl'', The Eternity Code. [[spoiler: As Artemis and crew arrive in Chicago]] John Spiro's coat blows dramatically in the downdraft. The narrator remarks that "it was all very cinematic."

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[[folder: {{Tabletop Games}} ]]

* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' has a magical item called the Cloak of Billowing, whose sole property is that, yes, it billows ominously in a nonexistent wind.
** [=DND=] also has a Weapon of Legacy called the Desert Wind. When the wielder grasps the hilt, it summons a gust of warm, dry DramaticWind for him and him alone.
* Parodied (of course) in ''Paranoia'', where antagonist Botman employs strategically placed fans (not to mention an entire special effects crew) in an attempt to look impressive.

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[[folder: {{Video Games}} ]]

* [=ProtoMan=] from the ''MegaMan'' series of games is a repeat offender. His long scarf would rustle in the wind even if he was standing inside a building with no visible means of ventilation. The effect was done mostly to make him look cooler then he already was.
** This was noted in the ''Mega Man'' parody webcomic ''BobAndGeorge'', in which the titular Bob (a Protoman recolor) asks Protoman how their scarves blow around when there's no wind. Protoman replies, [[RuleOfCool "We're just that cool."]]
* The {{MMORPG}} ''CityOfHeroes'' is filled to the brim with examples. Once a character has a cape, it is ''always'' blowing in his or her very own personal wind whenever they are standing still - get five caped heroes together and each one's cape blows in a different direction.
**Certain powers in ''CityOfHeroes" actually generate their own wind, like [[PowerFloats "Hover."]] Most easily seen if you are in an outdoor leafy area, standing in a sea of shell casings from machine gun fire, or if someone around you has thrown the rose-petal emote from the Wedding Pack. Your hovering actually causes the debris to float up and away from you like it was caught in an updraft.
* Ryu's famous VictoryPose in the ''StreetFighter'' series shows him crossing his arms and disdainfully turning his back on his defeated foe. As he does so, the wind blows his headband and hair around, regardless of location.
** [[{{Fangirl}} Sakura]] also does this, but she's wearing a skirt. The result is inevitable.
* In the "Hard Rain" campaign from "[[Left 4 Dead 2]]", the rain and wind slowly pick up for half the trek across the terrain. In the second half, the wind rain and thunder suddenly pick up to hurricane forces, completely blocking most voice communication and limiting visibility to about five feet.
* ''[[MetalGear Solid Snake]]'''s notorious bandanna started off as an homage to Eighties {{Action Hero}}es, but evolved into a device to billow dramatically at convenient moments. The script for the second game even specifies this - "his bandanna streams behind him, ''even though there is no wind''." (This was arguably done to add a sense of unreality to the moment, which was right in the middle of a build-up to a GainaxEnding...)
* Extremely important in ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'', where Vincent Valentine's main thing is to stand around looking grim, explain things in a gravelly voice and have his cape blow dramatically.
** He does that a lot. The only thing stopping him in the original game was the fact that his cape was as stiff as a board.
* In ''{{Final Fantasy VIII}},'' wind apparently follows Rinoa and Irvine, but only Rinoa and Irvine, wherever they go. Why their hair and clothing are liable to flapping dramatically in the breeze, but not, say, Squall or Quistis's, is never addressed or explained.
** Squall's, too. Just take a look at some of the FMVs.
** Possibly justified by the fact that the hairstyles on both of them are longer and neither pinned up like Quistis' or hairsprayed to death like Selphie's, and therefore much more ''noticeable'' while in motion. Same goes for their clothes, which appear lighter, more flowing and less fitted.
* Ike summons up a little dramatic wind to flutter his cape when he taunts in ''[[SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.
**In Brawl's adventure mode, Captain Falcon's dramatic entrance consists of destroying a giant robot as well as most of Olimar's Pikmin as he lands. The awkward silence that follows is punctuated by leaves blowing gently by.
*** Probably also by [[CrowningMomentOfFunny the player laughing]].
* In ''Tales of the Abyss'' when Luke cuts his hair he lets a clump of it go and wind blows it away. It is extremely odd considering that they are inside a building, under the crust of the planet.
* Wielding a two-handed sword and a cape in ''{{RuneScape}}'' causes this even if you are in a dimension without air.
** This includes standing underwater.
* And who could forget the battle atop Riovanes Roof ([[LuckBasedMission starring Rafa the Idiot]]) in {{Final Fantasy Tactics}} when [[spoiler:Elmdor's]] cape flaps in the wind for no apparent reason, just because [[spoiler:he's [[CardCarryingVillain got one of those Zodiac Stones that are all the rave]].]]
* Tower Tycoon Palmer's [[http://archives.bulbagarden.net/w/upload/d/d8/PalmerPlatinum.gif new animated sprite]] in ''{{Pokemon}} Platinum''.
** As well as [[http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/1/18/PryceHGSS.gif Pryce's]] in ''[=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=]''
* Illustrated and parodied at the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq-TNllpIfg#t=01m55s end of the trailer]] for the new Ace Attorney game (starring Edgeworth).
* ''[[TheLegendOfZelda The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]'' has a ''lot'' of this, since its theme involves the wind anyway. In particular, Ganondorf sheds his typical armor for a kimono-like outfit with enormous sleeves that flap dramatically in the wind.
** The developers openly admitted that their main reason for setting TheWindWaker on an ocean, involving sailing, was, that they wanted to show of the DramaticWind-capabilities of the GameCube.
** Vaati from ''TheMinishCap'' ''always'' has some wind blowing around him, no matter what, even indoors. Maybe justified, since he calls himself the "Wind Mage".

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* Parodied on the web cartoon ''HomestarRunner''; Strong Bad's alter ego Stinko Man is an anime/''MegaMan''-styled character with blue hair that is always blowing in a nonexistent wind.
** Another of Strong Bad's personas, First Lieuteneral [[RecycledInSpace Space Captainface]], also gets a nice breeze whenever he appears. When appearing in person as Space Captainface, Strong Bad goes so far as to bring a fan with him, as seen in Career Day.
* Sailor Venus of, like, ''SailorMoonAbridged'' has "Revlon Wind", which, like, makes her look ''so'' totally hot, okay!

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[[folder: {{Webcomics}} ]]

* ''[[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-10-25 El Goonish Shive]]'' does {{Lampshade Hanging}}s on it in various places (e.g., "Badass Hair In The Wind effect with no wind is your friend"), and even has a Q&A episode featuring "hair manipulation fairies".
* Parodied in ''TsunamiChannel'''s ''Experimental Comic Kotone'', where the characters play with it to make [[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2002-01-10&comic=ExCoKo wind blow inside buildings]] and [[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2002-01-11&comic=ExCoKo lighting strike without clouds]]
* TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja lampshades this ''AWESOMELY'' in the Punch Dracula arc. A politician (who is secretly a ghost wizard) has a dude set up fans behind some flags, so the wave in the wind during his speech. {{These fans are used against him to make a tidal wave, where he is picked up in a submarine, where he promptly gets the undead shit beat out him by the McNinjas and Gordito. RuleOfCool}}
* At the execution scene in ''{{Goblins}}'', a pretty strong wind blows.
* Lady Noga, WickedWitch of ''SluggyFreelance'', manages this even [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20050919 in Timeless Space]].

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[[folder: {{Western Animation}} ]]

* [[OverlyLongGag Overdone]] in the ninja-themed ''Shuriken School''.
* Used occasionally in {{King of the Hill}}- whenever John Redcorn shares a Native American saying or story, it is accompanied by a breeze that moves through his hair.
* Parodied in an episode of ''{{Freakazoid}}'' - at one point, The Lobe was standing indoors making a rant with full dramatic wind. The camera then zoomed out to show a fan specially set up to achieve this effect.
* Robin and Raven of ''TeenTitans'' have their moments with this--{{justified}} as they're the only two members with a cape and cloak. Most notably was at the end of "The End" arc, which is a double-whammy: After saving both the world ''and'' Raven from the apocalypse, the two of them stand atop the tower [[CueTheSun in the morning sun]], and have a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome goddamn inspirational]] conversation as the wind blows:
-->'''Raven:''' How do you do it, Robin?
-->'''Robin:''' Do what?
-->'''Raven:''' Keep hoping. After everything that happened, everything I did, how did you still manage to hope it could all work out?
-->'''Robin:''' Because of you. You don't realize it, Raven, but you're actually the most hopeful person I've ever met. From the day you were born, they said you were evil--that you were created to do unspeakable things. But you wished for more. You dared to hope that you could be a hero.
-->'''Raven:''' I thought it was all over. And now... suddenly...
-->'''Robin:''' You have your whole life ahead of you. You can decide your own destiny.
* Disney's {{Pocahontas}}. And how.
* [[TinyToonAdventures Plucky Duck]] parodies it in "The Return of the Toxic Revenger", where he does his [[InTheNameOfTheMoon dramatic intro]], notices a lack of this trope and goes offscreen to turn on a giant fan. Him being an {{expy}} of Daffy Duck, of ''course'' it switches itself to maximum power and blows him away.
*Parodied in an eppisode of [[DannyPhantom Danny Phantom]] Where Danny is split into his "superhero" side and his "normal teen" side. The superhero side constantly has his hair and bedsheet cape blowing in a nonexistant wind.
* Lightly parodied in ''{{Undergrads}}'': when the hero's love interest shows up, there is a light breeze playing with her hair. They are indoors.
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[[folder: {{Real Life}} ]]

* During the Hong Kong handover ceremony and the 2008 Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, China had powerful fans blowing on their flag(s) to ensure that they flapped straight out with pride.
* The funeral service for Pope John Paul II.
* With the notable lack of wind, dramatic or otherwise, on the moon, the Apollo 11 astronauts had a crossbar in the flag to keep it out.

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* In ''ChipAndDaleRescueRangers'' fanfiction "Under The Bridge", ByronicHero Widget waited to go on deck until the (surfaced) submarine was going the right velocity to cause her cape to flap in the wind.
* Parodied in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5184649/2/Neon_Toppa_EVA_Lagann Neon Toppa EVA Lagann]], where after a hospital-gown clad Kamina makes an absurd speech, "The wind from the open window suddenly picked up, blowing the hem of his hospital gown dramatically. Unfortunately the garment was then blown upward, revealing…well…the reason why his backside was feeling drafty, and [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean making several spectators feel terribly inadequate.]]"

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