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Basic Trope: Someone is born during a storm.

  • Straight: A flashback showing Zephyr's birth shows that he was born in a thunderstorm with strong winds.
  • Exaggerated:
    • Zephyr was born in an F5 tornado.
    • Everyone was born in some sort of storm.
  • Downplayed: Zephyr was born on a very windy day.
  • Justified:
    • Truth in Television
    • Zephyr was born in the spring or summer, when storms are most likely to occur.
    • Zephyr's mother has the ability to change the weather, and was suffering Power Incontinence as a result of labor pains.
  • Inverted:
    • Zephyr was born on a bright, sunny day.
    • Zephyr dies during a thunderstorm.
  • Subverted: Although a storm is happening when Zephyr's mom goes into labor, it stops before Zephyr is actually born.
  • Double Subverted: And then it continues.
  • Parodied: Anytime anyone gives birth, a storm randomly comes out of nowhere.
  • Zig-Zagged: Some people were born during a storm, and some weren't.
  • Averted:
    • Nobody is born during a storm.
    • Zephyr was born during fair weather.
  • Enforced:
    • To add drama to Zephyr's birth scene.
    • To explain Zephyr's Meaningful Name.
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: Zephyr's parents can control the weather, and they decide that a storm is the perfect setting for the birth of their child.
  • Exploited: Zephyr is named after the storm that he was born in.
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: "I wonder why so many characters were born during a storm."
  • Implied: Zephyr is stated to have been born on May 6, 2003, the same day that a strong thunderstorm went over his town.

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