History Main / BattleInTheRain

* Obviously, it has rained during fights and battles at many times in history. Unlike in fiction, however, it ''has'' affected the participants, especially because rain can screw up equipment, turn the landscape to mud and generally annoy people.

* In WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}, [[spoiler:the blowout of the mounting tension between Leo and Raph and the subsequent no-holds-barred fight between the two brothers takes place in the rain. It aptly echoes the sadness of the scene -- that in the end, in spite of everything, this fight has become necessary.]]

* In keeping with the series' attitude of fulfilling as many tropes as possible, the (very) short film ''ScottPilgrim vs the Animation'' from Creator/AdultSwim has the main battle take place in sudden rainfall.

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* The final showdown between Neo and Agent Smith at the climax of ''Film/TheMatrix Revolutions''. (Of course, that was because Smith made it rain. Smith loves the rain.) By the way, very few people know that this is an homage to the [[KoreanMovies South Korean Movie]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowhere_to_Hide_(1999_film) 'Nowhere to Hide'(1999)]]'s finale, where the cop and the murderer fights in the rain.

* In the 5th season ''Series/Highlander'' episode, "Duende".

* The cheesiest battle in an already cheesy movie in ''DOA: DeadOrAlive'' was done by two bikini-clad fighters, on a beach, in the rain. Fanservice much?

* In the first season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', one MonsterOfTheWeek is a weather-controlling chimera named Goatan. Halfway through the fight, he conjured up a snowstorm, which persists through the rest of the battle, until he's defeated by the Megazord.

* In ''GingaNagareboshiGin'', Gin and his owner Daisuke fight against a bear who gives Gin his signature battle scars on his head. The rain stops once John and Hidetoshi arrive to check up on them.

* In ''StarWarsCloneWars'', it conveniently starts to rain during a faceoff between Anakin Skywalker and Asajj Ventress. Cue a dramatic pause where they both stand still while raindrops hit their lightsabers and turn into wisps of steam.

** But the brief upward eyeroll of the Rider directly behind Theoden as the rain starts is priceless.

* The majority of the Virmire mission in ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' is almost a subversion; it takes place in a lightly misting rain that's hard to see if you aren't looking closely, and once the climactic second half of the mission begins, it ''stops'' raining.

** And in ''KOF: KYO'', it also rains when [[spoiler. Orochi Iori beats Kyo around a month before KOF 97, while the New Face Team and Chizuru (the latter, through her MagicMirror) watch over them.]]

* In a {{Flashback}} scene in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' during the DOMA Arc, Mai met and dueled Valon (and lost) during a rainstorm, driving the point home that she had crossed the DespairEventHorizon at that point and was willing to believe anything she told him.

** And the final showdown between Firestar and Tigerstar arrives just as a storm arrives. Once [[spoilerFirestar finally kills Tigerstar's ghost before he dies]], the rain arrives.

* A variation of this is seen in two films by Kihachi Okamoto, ''Samurai Assassin'' and ''The Sword [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom of Doom]]'', both of which feature important battle scenes that take place during snowstorms.

* In the 20th chapter of ''FanFic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar'', Rainbow Dash fights [[spoiler: Gilda]] during a rainstorm.

* In the ''Manga/DragonBallZ'' TV special the History of Trunks, Future Gohan's final showdown with androids #17 and #18 takes place in the rain.