History Main / UmbrellaOfTogetherness

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* ''ThreeTimes'': A boy and a girl stand under the same umbrella under the rain, and they tenderly join hands.
* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ParapluiePoster.jpg Les Parapluies de Cherbourg]]'' (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg).
* ''EasterParade'' has the song "A Fella with an Umbrella," as Johnny falls in love with Hannah while they walk in the rain under the umbrella from a fruit cart, completing the film's LoveDodecahedron.

* Damon and Elena, in an episode of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''.
* A standard of many Korean {{Soap Opera}}s, usually between the [[OfficialCouple Canon Couple]].
** ''Seriies/PlayfulKiss''
** ''Series/TwinkleTwinkle''
** ''Series/{{Big}}''

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor and River in the short "The Rain Gods".

* The Japanese song "Ai Ai Gasa" from [=TegoMass.=]

* ''KatawaShoujo'': Hisao and Rin do this together in her route, fitting with the games {{Animesque}} tone.

** [[MinionShipping Zuko and Mai]] on [[BeachEpisode the beach]] -- one gets the impression they were going for the "[[EmoTeen emos]] hate sunlight" image.
** Much earlier, the Gaang was given an umbrella from a man that was told by a FortuneTeller that it will rain. Since Sokka is caught up in ArbitrarySkepticism, Katara and Aang are the only ones using it come rainfall.

* In Japan couples often do this because it gives them an excuse to get close to each other without making a scene in public.

* ''{{Persona 4}}:'' ''[[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]'' has Kanji getting flustered over the idea of doing this with [[spoiler: Naoto]]. Just to their right, Yu and Yosuke [[HoYay don't seem to have a problem with it]].

** Motoki offers an umbrella to Makoto, resulting in her developing a severe crush on him. It's platonic--unless you listen to some fangirls--when Makoto and Shinozaki are under his umbrella, right after her first love breaks her heart. It's so platonic, that Makoto ''herself'' dispells Usagi's squeals about them being in love when asked. She says that [[PlatonicLifePartners their friendship is actually more serious than any love she could have with a boyfriend.]]

* Anime/WeddingPeach: The love angels think Yanagiba has a girlfriend because of this trope. Later when they try to stage it themselves, Yousuke comes (with an umbrella) to pick him up instead.

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* Played with in CodeGeass for [[spoiler: Lelouch and Shirley's]] FirstKiss. While going to meet her, he sees her standing in the rain and tries to hold the umbrella over her, but a combination of the shocking thing she tells him plus his surprise when she embraces him causes him to drop the umbrella, so they end up kissing in the rain.
* Happens off-screen between Yukari and Kouichi in Literature/{{Another}}. [[spoiler: Not that it matters a lot, since said umbrella ends up giving Yukari an ''ImpromptuTracheotomy'' few afterwards.]]

* ''[[InvokedTrope Invoked]]'' in LightNovel/{{Campione}}, when [[LoveInterest Erica]] snaps her umbrella in half while it was raining.

* In ''Manga/{{Sachiare}}'', Sachiko and Tomoharu's height difference makes it difficult for both to keep dry under one umbrella... so he picks her up and carries her. [[SweetDreamsFuel Every chapter is lethally adorable like that]].
* Plot point in ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun''. Mii indicates her love by drawing one with Kuro's name, but he crosses it out.

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'':
** Usagi and Mamoru share an umbrella at least once. Usagi once unduly flips out over Mamoru offering an older lady his umbrella out of kindness at one point.
** This trope is used early in the original manga, except the umbrella both foreshadowed the two of them becoming a couple ''and'' saved them from a nasty fall.
** Motoki offers an umbrella to Makoto, resulting in her developing a severe crush on him.
** It's platonic--unless you listen to some fangirls--when Makoto and Shinozaki are under his umbrella, right after her first love breaks her heart. It's so platonic, that Makoto ''herself'' dispells Usagi's squeals about them being in love when asked. She says that [[PlatonicLifePartners their friendship is actually more serious than any love she could have with a boyfriend.]]

* When Manga/HayateTheCombatButler is kicked out of the Sanzenin mansion, and is left sitting in the falling snow, Hinagiku shields him with hers while they talk and invites him to warm up at her place.

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* Non-romantic (or [[ShipTease is]] [[HoYay it]]?) example: ''{{Durarara}}'' has a flashback with {{Berserker}} Shizuo Heiwajima standing in the rain by the jail after being set up for a crime, feeling and looking completely alone. Off screen, we hear a voice calling his name. It's a very close friend he lost contact with, who then holds his umbrella up over Shizuo's head as they walk off together. This is the anime version of Tom Tanaka's defining character moment, as he's been there for Shizuo ever since.
* In ''SasamiMagicalGirlsClub'', Anri fantasizes about sharing an umbrella [[LesYay with Tsukasa]].
* Anime/WeddingPeach: The love angels think Yanagiba has a girlfriend because of this trope. Later when they try to stage it themselves, Yousuke comes (with an umbrella) [[{{Hoyay}} to pick him up instead.]]
* The intro of ''Anime/OkusamaWaMahouShoujo'' ends with almost but not quite showing Ureshiko and Kagura under one umbrella.

* In YumekuiMerry there is such an umbrella drawn on the wall of the old playground, with Yumeji and Isana names.

* Pretty much the point of ''Anime/TheGardenOfWords''. A high school student is walking through a park in the rain when he comes across an older woman sheltering under a gazebo. As it's the start of the rainy season, this happens regularly over the next few months. By the time summer happens, they keep hoping for rain so they'll have an excuse to keep meeting each other.

** [[GenreSavvy Tenma]] tried to invoke this trope between herself and Kurasuma in the first manga volume.

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* In the 10th ending credits to {{Naruto}} Shippudden ([[BeachEpisode the beach ending]]), we see at the end that Sakura and Sasuke's names are written under the umbrella symbol...only to be washed away by a passing wave.

* Keichii and Belldandy do this once in ''Manga/AhMyGoddess''.
* Tsuda and Shino from ''SeitokaiYakuindomo'' walk home this way once. They're aware that they look like a couple doing that, and so is the school CameraFiend not far behind them.
* SchoolRumble used this 3 times to ship Harima and Eri.
** When Harima offered to walk Eri home after her father left her in the rain.
** When someone drew an umbrella sketch with their names under it after the sports fest. [[BerserkButton Unfortunately for Harima]]...
** When Harima got a flash of inspiration for a manga and used Eri's umbrella to scratch it on the ground (it was a dud) trashing it in the process and he was forced to walk her home.
** [[GenreSavvy Tenma]] tried to invoke this between herself and Kurasuma in the first manga volume.

* You can actually ''hear'' Captain Wentworth's heart break in ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}'' when he offers to walk Anne home in the rain with his umbrella, and the for-once-oblivious heroine innocently says she already has an escort!

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* In Takahata's ''OnlyYesterday'' when [[spoiler: Teako decides to stay at the farm instead of going back to city, followed by ghost-like (yet charming) visions of herself and her classmates. She meets with Toshio, and as they walk side by side, the children construct a wooden 'together umbrella' and follow them with it, to assure the audience that the two will get together and have a happy future]]
* In the ending credits of ''GakuenAlice'', [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Hotaru and Mikan share an umbrella]].
** And in the manga, [[spoiler:Mikan's parents have one in the Special Abilities room. Cue everybody from Special Abilities and some not getting their names added to the umbrella, with Mikan (unknowingly) writing herself as the child of her actual parents.]]
* Also used in ''MidoriDays'', perhaps as not-so-subtle foreshadowing that Midori's feelings would not go unrequited for long.
* In ''{{Doraemon}}'': Nobita and Shizuka share an umbrella.
* Appears in ''SamuraiChamploo'', when in one episode Jin's GirlOfTheWeek ends up sharing her umbrella with him when he gets stuck in a heavy downpour without one.
** And it is somewhat implied that [[spoiler: he'll come back for her when her mandatory time on the island has ended]], so there's hope for the "togetherness" part yet.
* In ''FiveCentimetersPerSecond'', the umbrella symbol shows up on a chalkboard with Akari and Takaki's names under it. When they see it, Akari looks embarassed while Takaki hastily erases it, implying that some other kids had drawn it.
* Played straight in the ''FruitsBasket'' anime, where we have a scene where Yuki offers his umbrella to Tohru on the way home from school, much to Kyo's dismay.
** Also played with in the manga, where Tohru offers her umbrella to Kyo, since (as the Cat) he's utterly miserable in the rain. He gets flustered and angry, [[CanNotSpitItOut and turns her down]].
* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': Briefly glimpsed in Ikari's dream world, drawn on a door in a school.

* Done once in a {{Inuyasha}} episode. Miroku's hat had broken and he was left in the rain. Kagomi gave Sango her spare umbrella and Sango shared the umbrella with Miroku.
* In the 10th ending credits to {{Naruto}} Shippudden ([[BeachEpisode the beach ending]]), we see at the end that Sakura and Sasuke's names are written under the umbrella symbol...only to be washed away by a passing wave. [[ShipToShipCombat Make of that what you will.]]

** Te "carving one's names on a tree, under an umbrella-shaped symbol" version is used several times, especially by Kuno (to Ranma's annoyance, [[WhenTreesAttack especially when the tree took it seriously]],) but Genma and Nodoka did this too when they were dating.

* In ''SailorMoon'', Usagi and Mamoru do this at least once. Usagi also unduly flips out over Mamoru offering an older lady his umbrella out of kindness at one point.

** And later (chronologically but in an earlier episode) Motoki also offers an umbrella to Makoto, resulting in her developing a severe crush on him.
* In ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'', Haruhi walks Kyon home with the [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap-282742.png school umbrella]]. [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend They aren't a couple,]] [[{{Tsundere}} really.]]
* ''RanmaOneHalf'' has a magical umbrella which makes any two people who share it fall in love. (Is ''any'' item in that series ''not'' magical?).

** Another one had [[LovePotion female-Ranma]] cheerfully whacking Ryouga to the ground with it.
** Also, the "carving one's names on a tree, under an umbrella-shaped symbol" version is used several times, especially by Kuno (to Ranma's annoyance, [[WhenTreesAttack especially when the tree took it seriously]],) but Genma and Nodoka did this too when they were dating.

* Keiko, a previously [[FlatCharacter flat]] member of Nanami's GirlPosse in the Black Rose StoryArc of ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', more or less becomes the MonsterOfTheWeek after Nanami catches Keiko under an umbrella with Touga and reacts by throwing Keiko out of the group. Turns out that Keiko does have a crush on Touga, but Nanami's simply a ClingyJealousGirl with a BigBrotherAttraction. And Mikage uses it against everyone, pushing the lonely and troubled Keiko into becoming a Black Rose duelist.
* Played with in ''ThePrinceOfTennis'', where Kunimitsu Tezuka and Shuusuke Fuji ([[HoYay who are both male]]) [[ShipTease share a red umbrella]] [[SnowMeansLove under the snow]].
* Lucia and Hanon in ''MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' get caught in the rain under an umbrella, and although they really can't stand the implications, they haven't got a choice, since [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent getting wet will turn them into mermaids in the middle of the street]]. This doesn't stop Hanon from latching onto [[HotForTeacher her teacher]] at the first opportunity, leaving Lucia open to share her umbrella with Kaito.
* Asa's InstantFanclub in ''{{Shuffle}}'' is called Ai Ai Asa, playing off the word "aiaigasa" as well as the chant simply meaning "love love Asa".
* Sort of subverted in a bonus chapter in ''VampireKnight'': A teenage Juuri Kuran walks home from a human school in the rain even though Haruka showed up at her school with an umbrella. They both end up getting drenched since he shuts his umbrella when it is obvious she is too irritated with him for hiding all the umbrellas in their mansion earlier that day by storming ahead of Haruka in a huff. When Juuri asks why he did such a childish thing after ranting at him for several minutes, he simply replies, "I wanted to share an umbrella with you."
* The following examples are of the umbrella sketch:
** ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'' plays it straight.
** So does ''MyselfYourself''--used to imply {{Twincest}} nonetheless.
** ''Hakaima Sadamitsu'' has Yayoi/the Vulture using an old sketch in a wooden support beam to reveal her feelings to Sadamitsu. He's not amused when he finds it as the Vulture [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erased his memories of their childhood together]] when it possessed her; therefore, he doesn't know what the heck is going on.
* Similarly, ''CandyBoy'' has a whole episode devoted to Kanade setting up for one of this for her and Yukino.
* ''LightNovel/StrawberryPanic'' takes this trope to an absurd level--like most anything related to romance.

* Kyouka from ''KyouranKazokuNikki'' is probably one of the few people to pull off the Umbrella of Togetherness ''indoors''.
* ''XxxHolic'' has a situation where Watanuki doesn't want to walk under one with Doumeki (whom he's an UnknownRival of) because they're both guys and he has this trope in mind. This is just one of many HoYay moments between them. (It is a Creator/{{CLAMP}} manga after all...)
* In ''TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime'', [[spoiler: Makoto, Chiaki, and Kōsuke are all sharing a red umbrella in a flashback. Chiaki loves Makoto, Makoto loves Chiaki, and Kōsuke probably knows that Chiaki loves Mokoto but isn't interested in her himself.]] [[BittersweetEnding (although she doesn't realize it until it's too late.)]]
* Greece and Japan share an umbrella in ''AxisPowersHetalia''. Also, Japan's partner Italy uses the umbrella symbol in a poster, drawing himself and Germany underneath it without really understanding what it means.
* Occurs during one of Hosaka's [[ImagineSpot daydreams]] in ''{{Minami-ke}}''.

* Music/{{Rihanna}}'s single "Umbrella" (quoted above) makes obvious use of this image.
* A much earlier example is "Bus Stop" by Music/TheHollies.
--> "Bus stop, wet day, she's there I say\\

Under my umbrella"
** The main characters continue to share an umbrella even on sunny days, leading others to stare "as if we were both quite insane".
* The song ''Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic'' by Music/ThePolice plays with this; the singer has a crush on a girl he knows, but CannotSpitItOut. As he says in the song, ''"It's a big enough umbrella / But its always me that ends up getting wet!"'' (He gives his umbrella to the girl, instead of sharing it.)
* French folk singer Music/GeorgesBrassens had a song called ''Un P'tit Coin d'Parapluie'' ("a little piece of umbrella") about a boy who shares his umbrella with a girl, and whose chorus went: "A little piece of umbrella/For a piece of heaven/She sure looked like an angel".
* The Japanese song ''Ai Ai Gasa'' from [=TegoMass.=]

--> "Two of us together under one umbrella \\

Life's a pretty thing, living life is great!"\\

* Kyouka from ''KyouranKazokuNikki'' is probably one of the few people to pull off the TogetherUmbrella ''indoors''.

** [[http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/157/130762148744.jpg Orhime hugging Riruka on the cover of chapter 451]] [[UmbrellaofTogetherness under an umbrella]].

* A ''platonic'' TogetherUmbrella (according to [[{{Shipping}} most]]) is conjured by Tris for her and Sandry in the ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'' series.

It is a romantic image in media all over the world -- but it doesn't ''quite'' have the iconic "oomph" to Westerners that it does in Japan. The Japanese equivalent of the 'John [arrow through heart] Jane' love graffiti is drawing the pair's names standing under an umbrella.

* ''LittleWomen'': Jo and Professor Bhaer have their RelationshipUpgrade and FirstKiss under his umbrella during a muddy downpour.
** In TheMusical, it doesn't happen ''quite'' so - Bhaer finds Jo at Amy's wedding, on a day riddled with 'sun showers.' He proposes to her with the analogy of sharing a "[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming small umbrella in the rain]]."

* You can actually ''hear'' Captain Wentworth's heart break in ''{{Persuasion}}'' when he offers to walk Anne home in the rain with his umbrella, and the for-once-oblivious heroine innocently says she already has an escort!
* ''AgnesGrey'': Rosalie Murray thinks she has Mr. Weston wrapped around her finger as securely as every man in town, but Agnes is the one who he walks to the carriage with his umbrella. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Awww...]]

* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', The Mother's yellow umbrella is an arc symbol signifying the love of Ted's life and narrator Ted made it clear that had it played a major role in their first encouter ("you know the short version [of how I met your mother], the one with the yellow umbrella"), and even before because the umrella had got lost. [[spoiler:Ted meets Tracy the Mother at the train station when it's raining. He comes to talk to her and she encourages him to cover under her umbrella with her. It's an example of MeetCute when they playfully argue over whose umbrella it really is.]]

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* ''TheXFiles'' frequently made use of this trope. Comically so, on occasion--David Duchovny has quite a bit of height on Gillian Anderson. Definite ShipTease.
* Used straight-up for courtship in an episode of ''TheCommish''. A police officer is advised to take his GirlOfTheWeek to the park. When we see them there it's raining, only it's not a problem as they're both having a picnic under a pair of joined umbrellas.
* Damon and Elena, in an episode of ''TheVampireDiaries''.

** ''PlayfulKiss''
** ''TwinkleTwinkle''
** ''Big''

* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] and River in the short ''The Rain Gods''.

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*** Another one had [[LovePotion female-Ranma]] cheerfully whacking Ryouga to the ground with it.

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** [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] and River in the short ''The Rain Gods''.

** At the end of the "Everything but the Rain" flashback arc, [[spoiler: Ryuuken walks out into the GrayRainOfDepression, [[HeroicBSOD fully intending]] never to return home again. Katagiri, who has been {{ShipTease}}d with him throughout the arc, [[YouAreNotAlone coaxes him to come back with her]]. Under the umbrella she's holding. After that, no one was very surprised when they were [[TheyDo confirmed to marry later]].]]
* Non-romantic (or [[ShipTease is]] [[HoYay it]]?) example: ''{{Durarara}}'' has a flashback with {{Berserker}} Shizuo Heiwajima standing in the rain by the jail after being set up for a crime, feeling and looking completely alone. Off screen, we hear a voice calling his name. It's a very close friend he lost contact with, who then holds his umbrella up over Shizuo's head as they walk off together. This is the anime version of Tom's defining character moment, as he's been there for Shizuo ever since.

* Happens off-screen between Yukari and Kouichi in Literature/{{Another}}. [[spoiler: Not that it matters a lot, since said umbrella ends up giving Yukari an ''ImpromptuTracheotomy''.]]

* ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' has quite a few examples. It eventually reached the point where Archie and Jughead invented a special umbrella, resembling two standard models attached to the same handle, in case just one would prove too small to keep both partners dry.

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