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** (Of '''Exaggerated'''): If there's ''still'' no snow around past the midnight of the first March/September, it triggers an apocalypse.
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** Bob's calendar is fast.
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** … but not ''that'' fast.
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* '''Played for Horror''':Horror''': The [[EndlessWinter winter is not only deliberately endless]], but the first stage to a horrifying apocalypse.
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* '''Justified''':'''Justified''': Global warming is starting to take its toll on the Global Conveyor Belt.
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'''Basic Trope''': When spring arrives late (or, if you want to be technical, the beginning of spring still feels like winter), something is horribly wrong.
* '''Straight''': It's the beginning of spring, or should be, but there's still snow and there are no flowers blooming. It turns out that dark magic has stopped the seasons.
* '''Exaggerated''': Any snow still on the ground past the midnight of the first of March/September triggers an apocalypse.
* '''Downplayed''': The cold weather is the result of dark magic, but it's a [[PeeveGoblins mostly harmless spell that just slows the seasons down a little]].
* '''Justified''':
* '''Inverted''':
** The fact that there's still snow is seen as a good omen.
** Dark magic stops the seasons during spring, so when summer is meant to come, it doesn't heat up.
** It still feels like summer despite the fact that it should be autumn. As it turns out, dark magic has stopped the seasons.
* '''Subverted''':
** There's still snow even though it should be spring, and then the protagonists run into Alice, who seems to be [[AnIcePerson creating the snow]]. As it turns out, though, she's either just [[MindOverMatter controlling the snow that's already there via telekinesis]], or she created some of the snow but isn't responsible for the seasonal behaviour.
** Bob initially assumes that the seasons are stopped with dark magic, but Carol tells him that it's actually normal for the beginning of spring to still have snow.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** It was actually Alice's evil brother, Dave, who's stopped the seasons.
** ...But in ''this'' instance it ''is'' dark magic.
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''': The flowers aren't blooming and there's still snow, but it's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane hard to tell]] if it's just normal weather irregularity, dark magic, aliens, or what.
* '''Averted''': The seasons work normally.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why must any deviation from the normal seasonal pattern spell doom?"
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''': The reason the evil wizard stopped spring is because he has hayfever or a low tolerance for heat.
* '''Defied''': The good sorcerers make a more powerful spell to prevent the season-stopping ones.
* '''Implied''': Dave the wizard is seen with an evil grin, while Bob and Carol wonder why it's so cold.
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''':
* '''Played for Drama''': An animal had babies, and if the weather doesn't warm up soon, those baby animals may die.
* '''Played for Horror''':
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* '''Straight''': It's the beginning of spring, or should be, but there's still snow and there are no flowers blooming. It turns out that dark magic has stopped the seasons.
* '''Exaggerated''': Any snow still on the ground past the midnight of the first of March/September triggers an apocalypse.
* '''Downplayed''': The cold weather is the result of dark magic, but it's a [[PeeveGoblins mostly harmless spell that just slows the seasons down a little]].
* '''Justified''':
* '''Inverted''':
** The fact that there's still snow is seen as a good omen.
** Dark magic stops the seasons during spring, so when summer is meant to come, it doesn't heat up.
** It still feels like summer despite the fact that it should be autumn. As it turns out, dark magic has stopped the seasons.
* '''Subverted''':
** There's still snow even though it should be spring, and then the protagonists run into Alice, who seems to be [[AnIcePerson creating the snow]]. As it turns out, though, she's either just [[MindOverMatter controlling the snow that's already there via telekinesis]], or she created some of the snow but isn't responsible for the seasonal behaviour.
** Bob initially assumes that the seasons are stopped with dark magic, but Carol tells him that it's actually normal for the beginning of spring to still have snow.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** It was actually Alice's evil brother, Dave, who's stopped the seasons.
** ...But in ''this'' instance it ''is'' dark magic.
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''': The flowers aren't blooming and there's still snow, but it's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane hard to tell]] if it's just normal weather irregularity, dark magic, aliens, or what.
* '''Averted''': The seasons work normally.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why must any deviation from the normal seasonal pattern spell doom?"
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''': The reason the evil wizard stopped spring is because he has hayfever or a low tolerance for heat.
* '''Defied''': The good sorcerers make a more powerful spell to prevent the season-stopping ones.
* '''Implied''': Dave the wizard is seen with an evil grin, while Bob and Carol wonder why it's so cold.
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''':
* '''Played for Drama''': An animal had babies, and if the weather doesn't warm up soon, those baby animals may die.
* '''Played for Horror''':
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