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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