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* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'': The Space Pirate Homeworld has acidic rain, so Samus has to spend a good amount of time finding a special device that protects her (which is not this trope). However, after she does all that, she is called outside to meet with her superior, Admiral Dane, a normal human with no protection equipped; this confidence is because it is not raining around Dane, as he's being covered by the GFS ''Olympus'', an Aries-class transport, hanging directly above his head. There's a reason the man is highly-revered among fans in a universe that contains [[ShroudedInMyth Samus Aran]].

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* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'': The Space Pirate Homeworld has acidic rain, so Samus has to spend a good amount of time finding a special device that protects her (which is not this trope). However, after she does all that, she is called outside to meet with her superior, Admiral Dane, a normal human with no protection equipped; this confidence is because it is not raining around Dane, as he's being covered by the GFS ''Olympus'', an Aries-class transport, transport hanging directly above his head. There's a reason the man is highly-revered among fans in a universe that contains [[ShroudedInMyth Samus Aran]].
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* In ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', Sasaki comes across Totoro, waiting for his bus in the rain, using a large leaf as a sort of rain hat. Seeing it periodically dripping onto his nose, she offers him her extra umbrella instead.

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* In ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', Sasaki Satsuki comes across Totoro, waiting for his bus in the rain, using a large leaf as a sort of rain hat. Seeing it periodically dripping onto his nose, she offers him her extra umbrella instead.


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* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfFilmSeries'': One of the trailers for the ninth movie shows Paddi, shrunken to the size of an insect, using a leaf as an umbrella to shield him - as well as some ants who go under the umbrella beside him - from the rain.
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I intend to move this to the name Flower Angel soon, as the series' name was changed from Flower Fairy.


* In Season 1 episode 21 of ''Animation/FlowerFairy'', Kukuru is left alone in the rain and uses a leaf suited to his plush toy-like size as a makeshift umbrella.

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* In Season 1 episode 21 of ''Animation/FlowerFairy'', ''Animation/FlowerAngel'', Kukuru is left alone in the rain and uses a leaf suited to his plush toy-like size as a makeshift umbrella.
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* [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} Gwen Tennyson]] makes her own out of her [[PureEnergy glowing pink energy shields]].

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* [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': Gwen Tennyson]] Tennyson makes her own out of her [[PureEnergy glowing pink energy shields]].
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* In ''Animation/CatchTeenieping'', Jureuping (known as [[PunnyName Weeping]] in the English dub) carries a leaf umbrella that allows her to cast her sadness magic.

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* In an advert for Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes, a guy walking into the rain with a laptop and a box of cornflakes put the cornflakes into his laptop case to keep them dry, and then ''used the laptop'' as an Improvised Umbrella.



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* In an advert for Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes, a guy walking into the rain with a laptop and a box of cornflakes put the cornflakes into his laptop case to keep them dry, and then ''used the laptop'' as an Improvised Umbrella.
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* One television ad from TheNineties had a series of people out on a city street finding themselves caught in a sudden rainstorm and having to improvise cover. The first and third men used a freshly dry-cleaned suit and a work briefcase, which the voice-over narrator describes as "too flimsy" and "too boxy", respectively; the second woman elects to wait out the storm in a side alley, which the voice-over notes has "good cover" but "limits mobility". The fourth woman uses the advertised product, a raincoat that folds small enough into a handbag.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer locks himself out of the house during a thunderstorm in a flashback in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E17HomerAtTheBat Homer at the Bat]]", so he decides to use a large piece of sheet metal to shield himself from the rain while he runs for cover under the tallest tree he could find.
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* In one Sunday strip of ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'', Elly finds herself stranded at a department store in a rain shower with no jacket. Thinking quickly, she fashions a rain jacket and hat out of garbage bags -- only to find that by the time she finishes her project the rain has already stopped.

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* In one Sunday strip of ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'', Elly finds herself stranded at a department store in a rain shower with no jacket. Thinking quickly, she fashions a rain jacket and hat out of garbage bags -- only to find that by the time she finishes her project project, the rain has already stopped.



* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Sigrun is shown using a metal sheet as one in Chapter 15. The trope occurs surprisingly little, considering the comic's frequent bad weather and the fact that only half the crew members have a hood as part of their outfit.

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* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Sigrun is shown using a metal sheet as one in Chapter 15. The trope occurs surprisingly little, considering the comic's frequent bad weather and the fact that only half the crew members have a hood as part of their outfit.outfits.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Towards the end of the GrandFinale, Eda, King and Raine can be seen using a giant leaf to protect themselves from the boiling rain. This stands in sharp contrast to the [[spoiler:Titan-infused Luz]] who is immune to the rain by this point, and [[spoiler:what is left of Emperor Belos]] who is disintegrating with each drop.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Towards the end of the GrandFinale, Eda, King King, and Raine can be seen using a giant leaf to protect themselves from the boiling rain. This stands in sharp contrast to the [[spoiler:Titan-infused Luz]] who is immune to the rain by this point, and [[spoiler:what is left of Emperor Belos]] who is disintegrating with each drop.



* Some rainforest animals, such as orangutans, have been known to use large leaves to shield themselves from the regular downpours.

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* Some rainforest animals, such as orangutans, have been known to use large leaves to shield themselves from the regular downpours.
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** Brock's infamous [[{{Pun}} "Drying Pan"]] from ''Anime/PokemonMewtwoReturns''.

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** Brock's infamous In ''Anime/PokemonMewtwoReturns'', Brock uses a frying pan as an umbrella when the gang is caught in a storm (a [[{{Pun}} "Drying Pan"]] from ''Anime/PokemonMewtwoReturns''."drying pan"]], as he calls it).

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