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10	->''"Now that it's raining more than ever, \
11	Know that we'll still have each other. \
12	You can stand under my umbrella. \
13	You can stand under my umbrella."''
14	-->-- '''Music/{{Rihanna}}''', "Umbrella"
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16	Back in the day, it was not seen as kosher for a young woman to be seen in public with a man who was not a family member. One exception was during a rainy day when a man could offer to share his umbrella with a young maiden in the street if she hadn't one herself.
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18	It is a romantic image in media all over the world--but it doesn't ''quite'' have the iconic "oomph" in the West that it does in Japan, where this trope is known as ''aiaigasa'' (相合い傘). The word literally means "sharing an umbrella", but it is also a {{Pun}} for "love-love umbrella" (愛愛傘). The Japanese equivalent of the "Alice [arrow through heart] Bob" [[SweetieGraffiti love graffiti]] is drawing the pair's names standing under an umbrella. This one is rooted in Shinto weddings, where newlyweds are [[https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6079/6122380971_6a1719bf9b_b.jpg officiated under a red parasol]].
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20	Compare ParasolOfPrettiness, OldFashionedRowboatDate. See also RomanticRain.
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23	!!Examples:
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28	%% * Keichii and Belldandy do this once in ''Manga/AhMyGoddess''.
29	* A romantic scene with an umbrella happens off-screen between Yukari and Kouichi in ''Literature/{{Another}}''. Not that it matters a lot, since said umbrella ends up giving Yukari [[spoiler:an ImpromptuTracheotomy few moments afterwards.]]
30	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
31	** Orhime hugging Riruka on the cover of chapter 451 under an umbrella.
32	** At the end of the "Everything but the Rain" flashback arc, Ryuuken walks out into the GrayRainOfDepression, [[HeroicBSOD fully intending]] never to return home again. His NinjaMaid Kanae, who has been {{ShipTease}}d with him throughout the arc, [[YouAreNotAlone coaxes him]] to come back with her. Under the umbrella she's holding. She is unsurprisingly later confirmed to be Uryuu's MissingMom.
33	* ''[[InvokedTrope Invoked]]'' in ''Literature/{{Campione}}'', when Erica snaps her umbrella in half while it was raining so that she has a chance to share an umbrella with her special someone.
34	* ''Anime/CandyBoy'':
35	** It has a whole episode devoted to Kanade setting up sharing an umbrella for her and Yukino.
36	** Yuki is really excited about the idea of sharing an umbrella with Kanade. It's both hilarious and heartwarming.
37	* Plot point in ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun''. Mii indicates her love by drawing an umbrella with Kuro's name, but he crosses it out.
38	* Played with in ''Franchise/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.
39	* In ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'', socially inept Nobita and his love interest Shizuka share an umbrella once. There is also a gadget that invokes this trope; when a guest enters under the umbrella, he becomes very affectionate to the user.
40	* In ''Manga/DreamEaterMerry'', there is an umbrella drawn on the wall of the old playground, with Yumeji and Isana's names.
41	* Non-romantic (or [[ShipTease is it]]?) example: ''Literature/{{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.
42	* In ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'', the umbrella symbol shows up on a chalkboard with Akari and Takaki's names under it. When they see it, Akari looks embarrassed while Takaki hastily erases it, implying that some other kids had drawn it.
43	* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'':
44	** In the 2001 anime, we have a scene where Yuki offers his umbrella to Tohru on the way home from school, much to Kyo's dismay.
45	** In the manga and 2019 anime, 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]].
46	* ''Manga/GakuenAlice'':
47	** In the ending credits, Hotaru and Mikan share an umbrella implying PseudoRomanticFriendship.
48	** In the manga, Mikan's parents have the umbrella scene 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.
49	* In ''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.
50	* In ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime'', 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 is implied to have subconscious feelings for Makoto.
51	* Hanako and Alice walk back to the hotel together under an umbrella at the end of Volume 1 of ''Manga/GoodbyeMyRoseGarden''. This is especially notable in that, being a maid and noblewoman in Victorian England, Hanako should be holding the umbrella for Alice, but Alice insists that they share. When the rain starts picking up, the two end up running, clasping hands on the umbrella and laughing together.
52	* In ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'', Murai has a flashback of Fukada sharing her umbrella with him when he has a crush on her.
53	%% * ''Manga/HakaimaSadamitsu'' 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.
54	* In ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', Haruhi walks Kyon home with the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap-282742.png school umbrella]]. [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend They insist a little too much that they aren't a couple]].
55	* When Hayate of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' is kicked out of the Sanzenin mansion for three days, he's left sitting in the falling snow. Hinagiku finds him and shields him with her umbrella while they talk and she even invites him to warm up at her place.
56	* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
57	** Greece and Japan share an umbrella, implying the image of lovers.
58	** Japan's partner Italy uses the umbrella symbol in a poster, drawing himself and Germany underneath it without really understanding what it means.
59	* In ''Anime/HidamariSketch'', Yoshinoya-sensei is stuck due to rain, and the principal -- who seems old enough to be her grandfather -- offers to share an umbrella since they're going to the same place. Yoshinoya gets extremely flustered when Kuwahara-sensei encounters them and comments on it.
60	* The cover for chapter 23 of ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'' has a large drawing of an umbrella on chalkboard with Hori and Miyamura standing in front of it while holding hands. [[spoiler:Halfway through the chapter, [[RelationshipUpgrade they officially start dating]].]]
61	* In the "Hunterpedia" chibi segments of ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', there is an Ai Ai Gasa with [[HoYay Gon and Killua's names under it]] drawn on the whiteboard behind them.
62	* Done once in a ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' episode. Miroku's hat had broken and he was left in the rain. Kagome gave Sango her spare umbrella and Sango shared the umbrella with Miroku.
63	* In episode 25 of ''Anime/JewelpetSunshine'', after going out on a date with each other, Garnet and Dian go outside in the rain and shelter under an umbrella together. Diana appears under an umbrella of her own, still sad that [[spoiler:Dian broke up with her]].
64	* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'':
65	** This becomes the subject of one of Kaguya and Shirogane's many BattleOfWits. Both of them have umbrellas, both of them want to share, but neither of them wants to be the one to offer since they view that as a "loss". So they both pretend to not have one and try to prove that the other does.
66	** The first bonus chapter also features the traditional graffiti version, with Kaguya having drawn it in secret specifically to manipulate Shirogane.
67	* The third episode of ''Anime/KotouraSan'' opens with the graffiti version on a chalkboard after Manabe very forcefully and decisively [[LoveConfession declared that he liked Kotoura]] at the climax of the second episode. He sees it the next day when the two walk into class, and he gets upset... [[SayItWithHearts because his classmates forgot to put hearts all over it]]. His unabashed pride in being openly shipped with the object of his affection had all of the other boys in the class bowing to him with respect.
68	* Kyouka from ''Literature/KyouranKazokuNikki'' is probably one of the few people to pull off the Umbrella of Togetherness ''indoors''. That's how much she wants to share a romantic moment.
69	* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
70	** Hayate and Vita share an umbrella under the sun in the [[ComicBookAdaptation supplementary manga]]. And just to further drive up the LesYay of the moment, Hayate gently caresses the blushing Vita while they talk about how it would be wonderful if they could be together always.
71	** Nanoha and Yuuno walk home together in the snow under an umbrella at the end of ''A's''... and it was the last thing Yuuno would ever do before he was DemotedToExtra.
72	* A bonus comic in ''Manga/ManlyAppetitesMinegishiLovesOtsu'' shows Minegishi and Otsu squabbling over trying to get each other to use the umbrella. Tanaka watches this and weeps with jealousy.
73	* ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'' has the episode "Holding a Parasol". It ends with a picture of Yumi and Sachiko sharing an umbrella under the sun.
74	%% * ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' plays it straight.
75	* Lucia and Hanon in ''Manga/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 sharing her umbrella with Kaito.
76	* Such a scene appeared in ''Manga/MidoriDays'' as not-so-subtle foreshadowing that Midori's feelings would not go unrequited for long.
77	%% * Occurs during one of Hosaka's [[ImagineSpot daydreams]] in ''Manga/MinamiKe''.
78	* Invoked by Tohru in episode 6 of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' when she puts away her own umbrella so she can share with Kobayashi.
79	* ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'':
80	** Sakura thought she would share an umbrella with her crush in chapter 17 (animated as the first half of episode 9), but Nozaki is ObliviousToLove, and his attempts to replicate romantic moments as a manga reference just end up with both of them getting wet.
81	** Local {{Bifauxnen}} Kashima [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer flirts with the girls]] this way in the same chapter--and ends up completely surrounded by a 360-degree shell of umbrellas.
82	%% * ''Anime/MyselfYourself''. Used to imply {{Twincest}} nonetheless.
83	* In the 10th ending credits to ''Manga/{{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.
84	* Episode 2 of ''Anime/OjisanAndMarshmallow'' has Hige-san waiting under a store awning before trying to head in to work. Wakabayashi-san sees him and joins him for some quality time; eventually she decides he won't make a move, reveals she had an umbrella all along, and they walk off together. Both the waiting together and umbrella-sharing are part of an attempted RelationshipUpgrade.
85	* The intro of ''Anime/OkusamaWaMahouShoujo'' ends with almost but not quite showing Ureshiko (grown-up MagicalGirl and YamatoNadeshiko) and Kagura under one umbrella. Ureshiko grows farther away from her husband, and closer to Kagura.
86	* Takahata's ''Anime/OnlyYesterday'' when Teako [[spoiler:decides to stay at the farm instead of going back to the 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 [[spoiler:to assure the audience that the two will get together and have a happy future.]]
87	* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': Drawing of lovers' umbrella symbol is briefly glimpsed in Ikari's dream world, drawn on a door in a school.
88	* In the ninth episode of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', "The School of Hard Knocks", in the corner of Kaito's picture of Giselle, their names are written under the umbrella in kanji. 4Kids edited out the easter egg, obviously, because anything remotely Japanese or romantic is evil.
89	* Played with in ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', where Kunimitsu Tezuka and Shuusuke Fuji share a red umbrella [[SnowMeansLove under the snow]]. They're both guys, but the flashback is seen in the middle of two episodes [[ADayInThELimelight dedicated to their relationship]] ''and'' chock-full of HoYay-tastic ShipTease.
90	* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
91	** It has a magical umbrella that makes any two people who share it fall in love. (Is ''any'' item in that series ''not'' magical?).
92	** A "chapter title" illustration from the manga shows Ryoga and Akari standing happily under Ryoga's umbrella in a deliberate use of the trope.
93	** One chapter title one had [[LovePotion female-Ranma]] cheerfully whacking Ryouga to the ground with it.
94	** 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.
95	** The song "November Rain" from one of the albums is about a rather sad, subverted version of this trope. The entire reason why Ranma is singing the song is that he's heartbroken over his fiancée, Akane, ditching him under the umbrella they were sharing with each other. Since him hurting her feelings was what caused her to leave, he laments throughout the song over how [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he just can't seem to be tender with her]].
96	--->'''Ranma:''' Even rain that's about to freeze from cold is warmer than my heart. November rain, until my tears vanish, don't stop.
97	* Keiko, a previously [[FlatCharacter flat]] member of Nanami's GirlPosse in the Black Rose StoryArc of ''Anime/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.
98	* 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. It's adorable.
99	* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
100	** In TheNineties [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]] 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.
101	** This trope is used early in [[Manga/SailorMoon the original manga]], except the umbrella both foreshadowed the two of them becoming a couple ''and'' saved them from a nasty fall.
102	** In episode 29 of TheNineties anime, Motoki offers an umbrella to Makoto, resulting in her developing a severe crush on him.
103	** Makoto and Shinozaki also were under his umbrella in her backstory, right after her first love rejected her LoveConfession and ran away from her in shame afterwards. It's so platonic, that Makoto ''herself'' dispels 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.]]
104	* In one episode of ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'', Jin's GirlOfTheWeek ends up sharing her umbrella with him when he gets stuck in a heavy downpour without one. And it is implied that he'll come back for her [[spoiler:when her mandatory time on the island has ended]], so there's hope for the "togetherness" part.
105	* In episode 2 of ''Anime/SamuraiFlamenco'', Masayoshi sees Goto walking in the rain. He gets out of the Taxi to join him, and they share Goto's umbrella. Neither of them makes a big deal out of the romantic implications at the time, but the scene foreshadows [[spoiler:their [[MaybeEverAfter developing relationship]] and Masayoshi's [[WackyMarriageProposal proposal.]]]]
106	* In ''Anime/SasamiMagicalGirlsClub'', Anri fantasizes about sharing an umbrella with stoic, aloof girl Tsukasa. (Anri has feelings for her.)
107	* ''Manga/SchoolRumble'':
108	** The kickoff point of Harima and Eri's relationship. Harima offered to walk Eri home after her father [[WhenYouComingHomeDad left her standing in the rain]].
109	** Someone drew an umbrella sketch with Eri's and Harima's names under it after the sports fest.
110	** 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 again.
111	** [[GenreSavvy Tenma]] tried to invoke this trope between herself and emotionless Karasuma in the first manga volume, offering him to share an umbrella.
112	%% * Asa's InstantFanclub in ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'' is called Ai Ai Asa, playing off the word "aiaigasa" as well as the chant simply meaning "love love Asa".
113	* Tsuda and Shino from ''Manga/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.
114	* ''Manga/{{Spriggan}}'' shows this is how Yu Ominae befriended Rie Yamabishi [[AdaptationExpansion at the orphanage as children while living in America]]. Both of them are lonely and refuse to mix with other children, with Rie sitting under a tree crying all the time. She's doing so even when it's pouring rain, [[LonelyTogether so Yu brings her an umbrella]].
115	%% * ''Literature/StrawberryPanic'' takes this trope to an absurd level--like most anything related to romance.
116	* In a bonus chapter of ''Manga/VampireKnight'', 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."
117	* In a ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' omake, Miza is caught while drawing one with Naki's name. She tries to deny it, but [[ShipperOnDeck Shousei]] pledges his full support for her intentions toward his boss.
118	* ''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.
119	* ''Anime/TheWindRises''. Jiro has a MeetCute with Naoko as an adult when the sun umbrella she's using for shade while painting blows loose in a gust of wind and hits him in the face. Later when they meet face-to-face, they get CaughtInTheRain walking back to their hotel and the umbrella becomes this trope.
120	* ''Manga/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 moments between them. (It is a Creator/{{CLAMP}} manga after all...)
121	* Invoked in ''Manga/YouAreTotallyInLoveWithMeArentYou''. Mako pretends to forget her umbrella at home so she could walk home with Sayaka. Sayaka obviously saw through this, but plays along and they both walk home using Mako's umbrella.
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125	* [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/6c/78/d8/6c78d81d88dd9139445697c82dc70832.jpg Painting]] ''Little Red Umbrella'' (''The Lovers'') by Josef Manes, a Czech artist from the 19th century. The lovers take it a bit too far as they are lying on the ground, which would not be considered very proper. It's a hot summer and the sky looks as if there was a storm coming.
126	* French etching called [[http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a610/JanaToNth/Le-Bon-Genre-1No40_zps63388d86.jpg "Le Parapluie Officieux" No 40]], from the ''Le Bon Genre'' series published in the 1820s, show two lovers sheltering under an umbrella in the rain. Through the umbrella, you can see a chaperone.
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130	* ''Animation/FlowerAngel'': It is shown in Season 1 episode 20 that the [[HowDadMetMom first interaction An'an's mother and father ever had with each other]] was in the park during a rainy day. Her mother Lily happens to be out in the rain while her father Xiamu is looking for plant seeds; he sees Lily, who happily obliges to come with him under his umbrella.
131	* In the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'', Lan Wangji shields Wei Wuxian with an umbrella while it rains in Empathy, and Wei Wuxian makes sure the umbrella evenly covers both men by adjusting the cane. As this scene follows Xue Yang's mockery of Xiao Xingchen's heroic acts hurting others and Wei Wuxian's pained reaction to it, the umbrella can be seen as symbolic for Lan Wangji being willing to support him throughout his hardships and Wei Wuxian having an equal desire to protect him.
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135	* ''ComicBook/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 a normal umbrella would prove too small to keep both partners dry.
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139	* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' features a strip where Denise is muttering and cursing until it starts to rain, to which she squeals with delight. Peter comments on their newfound closeness; "Wow, good thing you brought this umbrella."
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143	* [[http://ninjacrow.tumblr.com/image/137920753042 This]] adorable ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' fanart of Steven and Connie under Steven's shield in a rainstorm.
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147	* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' has a scene where Miss Bianca and Bernard share an umbrella.
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151	* ''Film/ThreeTimes'': A boy and a girl stand under the same umbrella under the rain, and they tenderly join hands.
152	%% * ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ParapluiePoster.jpg Les Parapluies de Cherbourg]]'' (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg).
153	* ''Film/TheClassic'' has a variation. Ji-hye and Sang-min run together under his coat in the rain after they're both caught out in the rain with no umbrella. [[spoiler:Ji-hye later finds out Sang-min did have an umbrella but deliberately left it behind when he saw Ji-hye in the rain and went to join her, which is what leads to TheReveal of his feelings for her.]]
154	* ''Film/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.
155	* In ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}'', when David and Margaret have a date, it starts raining for the first time in Pleasantville (being the idealized '50s sitcom, it was always sunny there). Later David gives Margaret a red umbrella which he found among theatre props -- she doesn't know what it is at first, but she loves it. They later share a kiss, hiding under the umbrella and enjoying HappyRain.
156	* At the end of ''Film/TheArtOfWar'' (2000) the protagonists walk off arm in arm after faking their deaths and moving to a small French village. The romance of the scene is subverted when [[SinisterSurveillance an unknown man is shown taking their photograph]].
157	* Inverted in ''Film/MajorGromPlagueDoctor''. The title character isn't happy about being [[IWorkAlone forced to work with]] rookie cop Dubin. Dubin is holding an umbrella over Grom's head as they walk while rambling excitedly non-stop about their assigned case. When he finally stops, he looks up and finds Grom standing several yards behind him, scowling.
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161	* ''Literature/LittleWomen'': Jo and Professor Bhaer have their RelationshipUpgrade and FirstKiss under his umbrella during a muddy downpour.
162	* Anne Shirley is offered shelter under a handsome stranger's umbrella in ''[[Literature/AnneOfGreenGables Anne of the Island]]'', although the romance doesn't last.
163	* A ''platonic'' Umbrella of Togetherness (according to most is conjured by Tris for her and Sandry in the ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'' series.
164	* You can actually ''hear'' Captain Wentworth's heart breaking 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, which is her distant cousin Mr Elliot, her father's heir. What's worse, the ladies in Captain Wentworth's company immediately start gossiping about Anne and Mr Elliot as a soon-to-be-engaged couple.
165	* ''Literature/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.
166	* ''[[Literature/{{Psmith}} Leave it to Psmith]]'' uses an amusing variation as a MeetCute. Psmith dashes out of the [[SmokyGentlemensClub Drones Club]] with an umbrella for Eve and later refuses to let her return it. It takes her a while to figure out that [[spoiler:it wasn't his umbrella to begin with; he stole it for her]].
167	* In ''Literature/DaisyMiller'', after Winterbourne returns to the Pincio to look for Daisy, the sight of Daisy and Giovanelli cuddling under her parasol makes him turn right around.
168	* In the German novel ''Gottes Bodenpersonal: Eine unwahrscheinliche Liebesgeschichte'' (God's ground crew, an unlikely love story), the Christian preacher against the evils of prostitution offers to share his umbrella with a hooker. The offer is platonic.[[spoiler:The ensuing relationship is not.]] The hooker asks whether that wouldn't hurt his reputation, which he counters with an AsTheGoodBookSays.
169	* This is how the romance is kicked-off in ''Literature/TheAngelNextDoorSpoilsMeRotten'' when Amane Fujiyama shares his umbrella with Mahiru Shiina [[SchoolIdol the most beautiful girl in school]] after finding her sitting crying in the rain - he decides to give her it to stop her getting a cold, which is how she notices him. When she realises he lives next door to her, and he lives alone, she starts cooking and cleaning for him as a thank you for his kindness which causes them to grow closer.
170	* Lampshaded in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe''. When the faun Mr Tumnus suggests that Lucy takes his arm so he can hold the umbrella over both of them, the text states that Lucy finds herself walking arm-in-arm with the strange creature, as if they had known each other all their lives.
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174	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. In a platonic love version, Giles walks Willow to the taxi (so she can catch the plane back to the US) under his umbrella.
175	* Used straight-up for courtship in an episode of ''Series/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.
176	* In the 2009 BBC miniseries ''Film/{{Emma}}'', Mr Weston shares his umbrella with Miss Taylor (future Mrs Weston) when it starts raining after the Sunday mass. In the novel, he met Emma and Miss Taylor when they were walking and he gallantly borrowed two umbrellas for them from Farmer Mitchell's because it was drizzling.
177	* Used as a nice metaphor in the K-drama ''Series/TheEntertainer''. When the main character, Suk-Ho, briefly sees a therapist to work through guilt issues, he's asked by the therapist to draw himself. He sketches a dark, monochrome drawing of himself standing stoically in the pouring rain. The female lead later finds the drawing crumpled up in a drawer and, moved to offer Suk-Ho emotional protection, draws in a gaily colored bright green umbrella. Suk-Ho in turn finds the drawing some time afterward and is heartened by Geu-Rin's gesture of support. Eventually the trope becomes literal when Geu-Rin gives Suk-Ho an actual green umbrella, which he cherishes. When they finally start to come together as a couple, there's a moment when Gue-Rin is about to step out into a downpour--only for Suk-Ho to appear, the green umbrella shielding them both from the rain.
178	* ''Series/{{Forever\|2014}}'': Played with in "The Art of Murder" when Henry and Abigail are caught in the rain; instead of sharing one umbrella, Henry holds his coat spread out over their heads to provide improvised shelter and they dash for the museum entrance huddled under that.
179	* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' featured one of Isaac's precognitive paintings (used above) featuring Simone and Peter apparently embracing under an umbrella, which Isaac took to be a sign of their relationship. [[spoiler:He's right.]]
180	* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', The Mother's yellow umbrella is an arc symbol signifying the love of Ted's life. The Narrator -- older Ted -- made it clear that it had played a major role in their first encounter ("you know the short version [of how I met your mother], the one with the yellow umbrella"), and even before because the umbrella 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.]]
181	* A recurring flashback/dream of David Banner's in ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' is of himself catching up to [[TheLostLenore his late wife, Laura]], in the rain and squeezing under her umbrella with her while they both laugh.
182	* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. In "Provenance", our heroes have to go to a black-tie event. John Reese having rejected [[CrazyPrepared any umbrella that doesn't double as a weapon]], Harold Finch holds his own umbrella over him while walking from their taxi in the rain. It happens again while they're visiting the cinema in "Proteus". [[HomoeroticSubtext It's like the producers are trying to tell us something.]]
183	* ''Series/TheXFiles'' frequently made use of this trope. Comically so, on occasion--Mulder (David Duchovny) has quite a bit of height on Scully (Gillian Anderson), usually causing [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/21d0f38859a25901f7c17511d1dd877a/tumblr_nhkydi6zw41u78pf4o2_r1_250.gif this sort of scene.]] Definite ShipTease.
184	%% * Damon and Elena, in an episode of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''.
185	%% * A standard of many Korean {{Soap Opera}}s, usually between the [[OfficialCouple Canon Couple]].
186	%% ** ''Series/PlayfulKiss''
187	%% ** ''Series/TwinkleTwinkle''
188	%% ** ''Series/{{Big}}''
189	%% * ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor and River in the short "The Rain Gods".
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191
192	[[folder:Music and Music Videos]]
193	* In "Bus Stop" by Music/TheHollies, the main characters continue to share an umbrella even on sunny days, leading others to stare "as if we were both quite insane".
194	-->Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say\
195	Please share my umbrella\
196	Bus stop, bus go, she stays, love grows\
197	Under my umbrella
198	* Music/{{Rihanna}}'s single "Umbrella" makes obvious use of this image.
199	-->You can stand under my umbrella, my umbrella, -ella, -ella...
200	* The song "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by Music/ThePolice plays with this trope; 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)! This bit was later quoted in "Seven Days" from lead singer Music/{{Sting}}'s 1993 solo album ''Ten Summoner's Tales''.
201	* French {{chanson}} 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".
202	%% * The Japanese song "Ai Ai Gasa" from [=TegoMass.=]
203	* The Hebrew song "Two of Us Together Under One Umbrella" ("Shneinu Yahad Tahat Mitria Ahat") by Naomi Shemer. The refrain, roughly translated:
204	-->Two of us together under one umbrella \
205	We're both skipping from one puddle to the next\
206	a Raining City has just this to say to us\
207	Life's a pretty thing, living life is great!
208	* Music/TaylorSwift's music video for "ME!" has a scene where she's dancing in strange colourful thick rain and her LoveInterest played by Brandon Urie comes to her with an umbrella which they share and dance off under. They share an umbrella in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqOfdv9i4sE the live version]] as well.
209	* "Love Song" by Music/{{NCT}} 127. A part of the first verse, roughly translated from Korean:
210	-->It's a relief that the umbrella that's heading towards you is a small one\
211	This situation is unexpected\
212	Right when our shoulders touch
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214
215	[[folder:Theater]]
216	* In TheMusical based on ''Little Women'', it doesn't happen ''quite'' so as in the book. Bhaer finds Jo at Amy's wedding, on a day riddled with 'sun showers'. He proposes to her with the analogy of sharing a 'small umbrella in the rain'.
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219	[[folder:Video Games]]
220	* ''VideoGame/RivalSchools: United By Fate'' features this moment in Kyoko's ending as her to-be fiancee Hideo offers her an umbrella.
221	* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', look closely at the blackboard in the classroom -- there's one of those Japanese umbrella diagrams. While the names are considerably lo-res, and thus almost unreadable, but if you get close to them a dialogue box will pop up with the text "Karane + Caw...".
222	* A scene in ''VideoGame/Persona4: [[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]'' has [[HoYay/Persona4 the MC and Yosuke]] sharing an UmbrellaOfTogetherness (after Yosuke [[SmittenTeenageGirl "forces himself"]] under the MC's umbrella). The trope already has explicit romantic connotations, but this is also the very same scene where Kanji gets extremely flustered over the idea of doing the same thing with [[spoiler: Naoto]], his long-time crush, and says that they [[https://kawaiiboushi.tumblr.com/post/65160560436/hmm "would be just like a couple"]] if they did so... Yosuke also gets [[CrazyJealousGuy rather defensive]] when Kanji [[https://youtu.be/NMk5Uap42UI?t=25 asks]] if he can [[TakeAThirdOption just share the MC's umbrella with him as well]].
223	* In the DatingSim ''VideoGame/AlwaysRememberMe'', the protagonist shares an umbrella with the ShrinkingViolet {{love interest}} that offers to walk her home when she's caught in the rain.
224	* In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioKart'' the title screen has a Love Umbrella with Mario's and Peach's names under it.
225	* In ''VideoGame/BravelySecond'', Yew and Magnolia share an amusing scene when Magnolia offers to share her umbrella with Yew, unaware of the implications while he blushes. Edea whispers the meaning to Magnolia, who then tries to pull Yew in more tightly.
226	* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': Heihachi's stage from the second game has an aiaigasa of his and his late wife, Kazumi, drawn on the floorboards of the temple. This bit is brought up in the trailer for the [[VideoGame/Tekken7 seventh game]], which introduces Kazumi for the first time.
227	* In ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'', one of Sonic's idle lines on Kronos Island [[DiscussedTrope mentions]] this trope (namely, expressing that he wished it was happening), but the trope itself doesn't actually appear in game. Given that it's Amy he mentions, this also serves as yet another Sonamy moment.
228	--> '''Sonic:''' [[ShipTease Wish we were sharing an umbrella, Amy...]]
229	** This line ''would'', however, later be referenced in ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'', where, in Pinball Carnival Zone, one can find a graffiti drawing of, indeed, Sonic and Amy sharing an umbrella.
230	* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'': Sebastian's 8-heart event ends with him offering to let the player character stand under an umbrella with him, which they accept.
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232
233	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
234	* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'': Hisao and Rin share an umbrella together in her route, fitting with the game's {{Animesque}} tone.
235	* In ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'', Riki and Kurugaya share an umbrella together while on their first date. At first, both of them try to play it cool and let their own shoulders get wet so the other is fully covered, but they soon realise it's silly and just walk together happily.
236	* In ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorialGirlsSide'''s DS version, the ending credits play while a blackboard is filled with various doodles. The last doodle to appear is an umbrella image of the heroine and [[MultipleEndings the chosen guy]].
237	* In ''VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari'', at some point the PlayerCharacter will find himself umbrella-less on a suddenly rainy day. Two girls will make offers to walk him home under her umbrella: the first is [[spoiler:his PatientChildhoodLoveInterest Mikae]] and the other is [[spoiler:GoodBadGirl Mayumi]]. The PC can only choose one of them, though, risking losing love points with one girl while increasing them with the other.
238	* Seizh of ''VisualNovel/UnderTheMoon'' is closely associated with rain, and sharing umbrellas comes up multiple times in his routes.
239	* During the Momoyo Route of ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously'', Yamato takes Momoyo out for a date in a bid to win her love. When it starts to rain, you have the option of buying one or two umbrellas. If you chose one, this trope ensues.
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241
242	[[folder:Webcomics]]
243	* ''Webcomic/RedString'' has Kazuo offering Karen his umbrella [[http://www.redstring.strawberrycomics.com/?p=337 here]]. Karen being (at this point in the plot) [[LoveTriangle the lead girl Miharu's romantic rival]] and Kazuo being the lead guy and fiance of Miharu.
244	* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'': Have you noticed how the kanji for "rain" [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-12-04 resembles an Umbrella of Togetherness]]?
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246
247	[[folder:Western Animation]]
248	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
249	** The Gaang was given an umbrella by 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.
250	** [[MinionShipping Zuko and Mai]] share a huge beach umbrella on [[BeachEpisode the beach]] -- one gets the impression they were going for the "[[EmoTeen emos]] hate sunlight" image.
251	* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' played this trope as a "love at first sight" kind of thing between Arnold and Helga as the first time she saw him, and ever felt that anyone ever saw '''her''', was when the rain stopped falling on her and she noticed Arnold holding an umbrella over her head.
252	* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'': A variation of this occurs in "The Past Car". One of [[spoiler:Amelia's]] memories shows [[spoiler: her]] and [[spoiler: her]] ChildhoodSweetheart taking shelter from the rain in a phone booth and laughing. Amusingly, Tulip, a logical and impatient 13-year-old, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint dismisses the memory as unhelpful]] when she sees it.
253	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In "Stoneheart," the second part of the [[WholeEpisodeFlashback Origins 2-parter]], we learn that this is how Marinette falls in love with Adrien. After he'd failed to make a good first impression on her, he offers her his umbrella when she's caught without one in the rain. Unfortunately for Marinette, however, he's already in love...[[LovesMyAlterEgo with her superhero identity]].
254	** [[spoiler: In season 4, this exact scene is recreated in ''Mr Pigeon 72'', except this time it's Marinette who offers this same umbrella. It happens after Marinette's newfound duties as a guardian estranged her from Adrien for a moment, and [[RuleOfSymbolism emphasize the fact that Marinette accepts her love for him once again.]] Furthermore, it seems to indicate the moment when Adrien starts to fall for Marinette.]]
255	** According to [[https://www.instagram.com/alya.ladyblogger/ Alya's instagram]], they also shared such a moment as Cat Noir and Ladybug [[https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b3/39/07/b339077bb2159fd702929e7044514cb2.jpg during a rainy patrol]].
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257
258	[[folder:Real Life]]
259	* In Japan couples often share an umbrella because it gives them an excuse to get close to each other without making a scene in public.
260	** One couple in Shibuya, Tokyo, was interviewed while sharing an umbrella during a snowstorm, resulting in [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/special-feeling-%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5%E3%81%AA%E6%B0%97%E5%88%86 an art meme]] called "Special Feeling" to sprout from it, stemming from the guy being openly affectionate and making his girlfriend embarassed.
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