->"It was a dark and stormy night when the ninjas attacked"
-->--'''Wanda''', ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents''

->"It was a '''Darke''' and stormy night."
-->--'''Darke''', ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' Prologue

->[[SubvertedTrope It wasn't a dark and stormy night]]. It should have been, but there's the weather for you. For every mad scientist who's had a convenient thunderstorm just on the night his Great Work is complete and lying on the slab, there have been dozens who've sat around aimlessly under the peaceful stars while [[TheIgor Igor]] clocks up the overtime.
-->--''Literature/GoodOmens''

->It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. Steeling himself for battle, Fyandor, the oldest and bravest of the lamps, proclaimed, "Nay, foul wind, this will not be the night of our extinguishment!"
-->-- Winner of the "find the most horrible follow-up sentence to the proverbial ''It was a dark and stormy night...'' sentence" Literature/LyttleLyttonContest of 2003, Entry not signed

->It was a dark and stormy night. The rain fell in cataracts; and drowsy citizens started, from dreams of the deluge, to gaze upon the boisterous sea, which foamed and bellowed for admittance into the proud towers and marble palaces. Who would have thought of passions so fierce in that calm water that slumbers all day long?
-->--"The Bargain Lost", Creator/EdgarAllanPoe

->It was a dark and stormy night...[[OnceAnEpisode Bowser kidnaps Peach.]] [[ExcusePlot And that's it.]]
-->--'''WebVideo/SomeCallMeJohnny''', "Johnny Vs. VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand''

->It was a stormy and dark night; vast clouds covered the heavens, concealing the stars; the moon would not rise till midnight. Occasionally, by the light of a flash of lightning which gleamed along the horizon, the road stretched itself before them, white and solitary; the flash extinct, all remained in darkness.
-->--''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', chapter LXV

->'''Captain Picard:''' "It was a dark and stormy night." It's not a promising beginning.\\
'''Counselor Troi:''' It may get better.
-->--'''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E12TheRoyale The Royale]]"
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