Basic Trope: The sky turns red, signifying a bad time is on the horizon.
- Straight: The sky turns red as soon as the villain achieves his final form.
- Exaggerated: The sky turns a stark red. This ain't no scarlet or vermillion. The end is nigh.
- Downplayed:
- The clouds take on a slight reddish hue as a bad time approaches.
- The sky turns red before an Anti-Hero arrives.
- Justified: In this world, evil is red.
- Inverted: The sky turns green. This is good.
- Subverted: The sky slowly transitions from its normal blue to purple and then magenta... but then it stays there.
- Double Subverted: …Then it goes to red.
- Parodied: The sky turns red, signifying a raid of fire trucks.
- Zig Zagged: The sky is a random color each time you see it, so its morality is very unpredictable.
- Averted:
- The sky does not turn red to signify approaching bad things.
- The sky turns red for reasons unrelated to the negativity of coming events.
- Enforced: The creators want to make the Big Bad or apocalyptic threat more ominous.
- Lampshaded: "Of course evil is the color of a fire hydrant."
- Invoked: The villain speaks the magic word, bathing the sky in vermillion.
- Exploited: The villain uses a spell to turn the sky red in order to intimidate the heroes into surrendering (he's really quite a weak villain).
- Defied: The sky just doesn't feel like turning red today.
- Discussed: "When he achieved his final form, the sky turned red. I took it as a sign of impending doom."
- Conversed: "Bob, look! The sky turned red! This fight scene is about to get interesting!"
- Implied: The characters are indoors, but the faint light shining through the closed curtains takes on a slight reddish hue when bad times are approaching.
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