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This trope is a natural consequence of [[Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Death]], [[Grave Clouds]], and [[Snow Means Death]]. Helps explain why characters think they can get away with invoking [[Sand in My Eyes]]: it's just raindrops.
Subtrope of [[Gray Rain of Depression]]. This trope is the [[Sister Trope|sister]] and [[Averted Trope|direct opposite]] of [[
=== '''As a [[Death Trope]], all Spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware.''' ===
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== Literature ==
* Auden's poem about Mozart contains the lines "[[Did Not Do the Research|Had a pauper's funeral in the rain]]/ The like of whom we shall not see again."
* In his book ''The Big Movie Glossary'', Roger Ebert calls this trope "funeral weather" and notes that, when it occurs, the rain in question is rarely just a light sprinkling...[[When It Rains, It Pours|rather, it's Biblical downpours]].
** Justified in that it's really difficult to make light sprinklings show up on film.
* When [[Dave Barry]] went to temples and cathedrals in Europe, he was surprised at all of the people buried in the floor. He postulates that it must've been raining at all of the funerals, so the mourners decided to bury the deceased inside to stay dry.
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