History Main / GrayRainOfDepression

* {{Justified}} and PlayedForDrama with Reginella in the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse: her psychic powers are so immense that, if out of control, can ''control the weather on planetary scale'', so when the combination of [[StarCrossedLovers her doomed romance with Donald]] and [[LaserGuidedAmnesia both of them erasing the memories of each other]] in the attempt to help her concentrating on her duties as queen of her world her depression, made worse by not knowing ''why'', started causing incessant rains that were threatening to flood the entire planet.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/TheGoodies Rule - OK?'' As the economy spirals downward, the Goodies are awarded [=OBEs=] at a Royal Garden Party because they're the only ones making money. It's raining buckets because all the other guests are in despair over the country's economic woes, until the Goodies are forced to leave the grounds of Buckingham Palace by rowboat.

* RuleOfFunny in ''Series/TheGoodies Rule - OK?'' As the economy spirals downward, the Goodies are awarded [=OBEs=] at a Royal garden party. As the other guests despair over the country's economic woes, a GrayRainOfDepression starts pouring until the Goodies are forced to leave the grounds of Buckingham Palace by rowboat.

* RuleOfFunny in ''Series/TheGoodies Rule - OK?'' As the economy spirals downward, the Goodies are awarded OBEs at a Royal garden party. But as the other guests despair over the country's economic woes, a GrayRainOfDepression starts pouring, until the Goodies are forced to leave the grounds of Buckingham Palace by rowboat.

** In "Dear Mrs. Kennedy" it's raining buckets on the Queen's estate, so her groundskeeper suggests she go back to the Palace. As she looks in the Land Rover's rear view mirror she suddenly realises she's getting older.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', despite his efforts, Katherine decides to breakup with Vincent, with the following scene has him walking around in the rain thinking back on their relationship.
* In ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'''s ending, in which [[spoiler: Zack dies before Cloud's eyes.]]

* The battle after [[spoiler: Emmeryn's HeroicSuicide]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', takes place in a heavy rainstorm.
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', the weather turns rainy when [[spoiler:Jeralt, Byleth's father, dies.]]

* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', it rains during [[spoiler: Rin Tezuka's second]] Bad Ending, when [[spoiler: she tells Hisao "ButNowIMustGo" and breaks up with him to take an art scholarship in Tokyo.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': Played with. "Beneath the Mask", a slow, quiet ballad where the singer laments their LossOfIdentity plays on any day it rains.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' - [[spoiler: After Jack buries Abigale.]]

* Kaori Yae, the BrokenBird of ''[[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Tokimeki Memorial 2]]'', has such a scene in the early stages of your relationship with her, if you meet her at the school's gates after school in rainy days.

** After Queen Elizabeth refuses permission for her sister Princess Margaret to marry a divorced man, Margaret is shown stepping off an airplane in the rain, her white umbrella lost in a sea of surrounding black umbrellas held by the journalists waiting for her.
** Queen Elizabeth unveils a statue to her father because the Queen Mother is too distraught to do so, even though it's been six years since the late King's death. Naturally it's raining.
** Journalists are shown taking photographs of the royal yacht as it sails, heedless of a downpour. On board Queen Elizabeth and her husband are having a domestic spat.

** Journalists are shown in the pouring rain taking photographs of the royal yacht Britannia as it sails. On board Queen Elizabeth and her husband are having a domestic spat.

** Stampy gets the opportunity to both {{lampshade|Hanging}} and [[ConversationalTroping converse about this]] in Episode 748, "Splendid Shipyard":

->''"The squall was relentless--it was almost like it was projecting my own feelings."''

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* ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow''. After a DeathMontage in which [[GroundhogDayLoop Rita keeps getting killed]], Cage is shown walking in the rain on a military base, not bothering with the ponchos the other soldiers are wearing.

* This happens in the 25th episode of ''Manga/DeathNote'', which has an unusually poetic kick to it overall. At a moment of high drama, it instantly becomes DramaticThunder.

* A frequent motif of Creator/AkiraKurosawa. When his protagonists are at their lowest point, you can be sure rain will follow. Totally reversed in ''Film/{{Ikiru}}''; the protagonist is so happy to have achieved his final goal that not even heavy rain nor snow can stop him from rejoicing in a swing.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}''. In "Oil and Water", After being rebuffed by the Council, Vi leaves while the rain is pouring outside while Caitlyn follows her, and the following sad scene of Vi rejecting Caitlyn's offer of help ([[LesbianSubtext and any possible relationship]] [[UptownGirl between them]]) is done while they both stand dejectedly in the rain, raindrops running down Caitlyn's cheeks like tears.