History Main / BattleAmongstTheFlames

* In ''VideoGame/KunioTachiNoBanka'', the last battle with Sabu at his mansion starts as the building catches on fire, with Kunio and Riki having to dodge the falling debris and avoiding Sabu's gunshots.

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* When Franchise/SpiderMan had his first full fight with the Hobgolin, it was in a burning warehouse.

* In ''ComicBook/BakerStreet'' #5, the climactic confrontation between Sharon and Davenport takes place in the Baskervilles theatre, which is burring down around them as a result of a fire Davenport accidentally started.

* ''Film/{{Rampant}}'': The final battle between Lee Chung and Kim Ja-joon takes place on the roof of the burning palace.
* ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' has Captain Kirk and Commander Kruge, a very determined Klingon warrior, duking it out in this fashion during the film's climax as [[spoiler: the Genesis planet rapidly decays around them.]] The source of the flames? '''''From the ocean of lava now rapidly growing around the two.'''''
** Apparently, Kruge never heard the aforementioned Klingon proverb, or just doesn't care. Kirk even calls him out on it.

* The battle between Godzilla and Monster X/Keizer Ghidorah in ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' features a brief scene where both monsters stand amongst the flaming buildings of where Tokyo once stood and shot energy blasts at one another.

* In ''[[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', when Indiana Jones and Marion fight against Major Toht and his henchman inside a burning bar in Nepal.
* Franchise/StarWars:
** The climactic lightsaber duel between Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' -- lava, of course, but it fits.
** There's also a Franchise/StarWarsLegends comic where [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/1021418.html Vader fights a resurrected Darth Maul]]. Lava is involved.
** ''Film/TheLastJedi'' has Finn and Captain Phasma's duel in the hanger bay of a heavily damaged First Order ship, which is burning and falling apart around them. [[spoiler: There's also Rey and [[TheStarscream Kylo Ren]] versus Snoke's {{Praetorian Guard}}s in his throne room as its wall hangings burn from being ignited by the fighting.]]
* The climax of ''Film/{{Backdraft}}'': the fire [[spoiler:proves far more dangerous than the villain ever was.]]
* Spider-Man battles Green Goblin in a burning building in his [[Film/SpiderMan1 first movie]]. Since he wanted to meet Spider-Man, it's implied Gobby was the one who set the place on fire to begin with.
* The fight in the hotel at the climax of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''.
%%* The climactic fistfight in ''Film/ThePowerOfOne''.
* Happens twice in ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}'': once when Jack and his allies fight Darkness' Mooks in the hellish kitchen, and again when they battle the Big Bad Darkness himself at the climax (Darkness provides most of the flames).
%%* The final battle of ''Film/NinjaAssassin''
* ''Film/TomYumGoong'': The battle at the temple against the Capoeira guy and the Wushu guy.
** Inexplicably, this same fight scene took place in knee deep water.
* The final fight at the end of ''Film/IronMonkey''. On top of wooden poles, no less.
* The climax of ''Film/TheWolfman2010'' has [[spoiler:Lawrence fighting his father in their burning home, with both of them as werewolves]].
* ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' has the combatants second fight begin within a burning cabin.

* The climax of the first ''Film/WrongTurn'' film starts with Chris partially setting the villains' shack on fire when he crashes a car on to it. Then it's time to kick ass and save the girl.
* The final fight between Creator/JetLi and Jet Li in ''Film/TheOne'' takes place in an [[AbandonedWarehouse abandoned factory]]. One of the machines is damaged, and it starts throwing sparks all over the place. While not specifically fire, they still look cool, especially when time slows down. Quite possibly the only reason to go see the movie.
* The final confrontation between Captain Miller and Doctor Weir in ''Film/EventHorizon'' occurs in the titular ship's engine room, which Weir and/or the [[EldritchAbomination ship itself]] set on fire to further mess with Miller (who BackStory involves losing a crew member to a fire).
* The Literature/SherlockHolmes movie ''Film/AStudyInTerror'' features a climactic fight between Holmes and [[spoiler: Lord Carfax, alias UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper]] in a burning building.
* Tommy in the end of ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives'' has to lure Jason Voorhees into the Crystal Lake in order to trap him there. While Jason approaches, he pours gasoline into the water around his boat and sets it alight to up his chances.
* The FinalBattle in ''Film/{{Predators}}'', done so on purpose by the protagonists to mess with the titular hunters' sensors.

* The final battle of ''Film/TheSwordOfDoom'' takes place in a burning teahouse, though by the film's end it hasn't gotten beyond very smoky.
* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': Steve's first fight with the ComicBook/RedSkull takes place on a catwalk on the upper level of one of HYDRA's factory bases, which has already partially exploded from its SelfDestructMechanism.
* In ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'', Wade's first fight with Ajax (FRANCIS!) after he escapes the oxygen chamber is this, as the escape was facilitated by an explosion that set the whole facility on fire.
* The final fight with Jack Travis in ''Film/LethalWeapon3''.
* During the climax of ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', the cargo plane that Spidey was trying to stop [[BigBad the Vulture]] from hijacking crashes on Coney Island. The remainder of the FinalBattle then plays out amongst the flaming wreckage.

* In ''Film/MysteryOfTheWaxMuseum'', Joe and Ivan start fighting each other as Ivan's first wax museum burns down around them.

* In ''Film/HardTarget'', the final showdown between Chance Bordeaux and Fouchon, Van Cleaf and the hunters turns into a battle amongst the flames due to old Mardi Gras parade floats apparently being MadeOfExplodium.

* The final showdown between Valerie and [[spoiler: Teddy]] in ''Film/{{Copshop}}'' occurs as the police station is burning down.

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* The Franchise/SherlockHolmes movie ''Film/AStudyInTerror'' features a climactic fight between Holmes and [[spoiler: Lord Carfax, alias UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper]] in a burning building.

* ''Animation/BoBoiBoyGalaxy'': One episode takes place on a volcanic planet, and the volcano gets agitated to erupt by [[PlayingWithFire BoBoiBoy Fire's]] attacks on the opposing team. Everyone just manages to escape the planet in time before the volcano erupts.

* The climactic battle against the leader of the Ronin in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' is a sword-fight on a burning ship.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The Lion King]]'' has the climactic Battle of Pride Rock, which provides the page image.

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* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The Lion King]]'': The climactic Battle of Pride Rock.

* In ''ComicBook/BakerStreet'' #5, the climatic confrontation between Sharon and Davenport takes place in the Baskervilles theatre, which is burring down around them as a result of a fire Davenport accidentally started.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The Lion King]]'': The climatic Battle of Pride Rock.

* The climatic battle in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' takes place in a Vault full of lava.

* In ''FanFic/QueenOfShadows'', the [[BigBadassBattleSequence Battle of Awaji]] starts with the [[ImAHumanitarian Gani]] burning down the town outside the castle, as a terror tactic.

* Done to more or less [[BookEnds bookend]] the conflict between Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando in [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood]]. Jonathan's first brawl with Dio after the latter becomes a vampire occurs in the Joestar mansion, which Jonathan set aflame to potentially burn Dio to death. Since vampires regenerate too quickly to be killed conventionally, Jonathan hoped that the fire would outspeed Dio's rate of regeneration. [[spoiler: At the end of the part, Jonathan sets fire to the boat he's on with the same goal in mind, since at this point Dio has been reduced to a talking head that's trying to [[GrandTheftMe take Jonathan's body for himself]]; the latter fight is much shorter and is rather one-sided.]]

* Done to more or less [[BookEnds bookend]] the conflict between Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando in [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood]]. Jonathan's first brawl with Dio after the latter becomes a vampire occurs in the Joestar mansion, which Jonathan set aflame to potentially burn Dio to death. Since vampires regenerate too quickly to be killed conventionally, Jonathan hoped that the fire would outspeed Dio's rate of regeneration. At the end of the series, Jonathan sets fire to the boat he's on with the same goal in mind, since at this point Dio has been reduced to a talking head that's trying to take Jonathan's body for himself; the latter fight is much shorter and is rather one-sided.

* The climactic final battle between Scar and Simba in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''.
* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', when Robin is fleeing/fighting the Sheriff in the burning tower. Unlike many Battles Amongst The Flames, Robin has the sense to try to get out of the way of the fire, though doing so by going ''up'' the tower isn't the most effective idea.

* Done to more or less [[BookEnds bookend]] the conflict between Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando in [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood]]. Jonathan's first brawl with Dio after the latter becomes a vampire occurs in the Joestar mansion, which Jonathan set aflame to potentially burn Dio to death. Since vampires regenerate too quickly to be killed conventionally, Jonathan hoped that the fire would outspeed Dio's rate of regeneration. At the end of the series, Jonathan sets fire to the boat he's on with the same goal in mind, since at this point Dio has been reduced to a talking head that's trying to take Jonathan's body for himself; the latter fight is much shorter and is rather one-sided.

* Done to more or less [[BookEnds bookend]] the conflict between Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood]]'': Jonathan's first brawl with Dio after the latter becomes a vampire occurs in the Joestar mansion, which Jonathan set aflame to potentially burn Dio to death. Since vampires regenerate too quickly to be killed conventionally, Jonathan hoped that the fire would outspeed Dio's rate of regeneration. At the end of the series, Jonathan sets fire to the boat he's on with the same goal in mind, since at this point Dio has been reduced to a talking head that's trying to take Jonathan's body for himself; the latter fight is much shorter and is rather one-sided.

* Done to more or less [[BookEnds bookend]] the conflict between Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando in ''JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood'': Jonathan's first brawl with Dio after the latter becomes a vampire occurs in the Joestar mansion, which Jonathan set aflame to potentially burn Dio to death. Since vampires regenerate too quickly to be killed conventionally, Jonathan hoped that the fire would outspeed Dio's rate of regeneration. At the end of the series, Jonathan sets fire to the boat he's on with the same goal in mind, since at this point Dio has been reduced to a talking head that's trying to take Jonathan's body for himself; the latter fight is much shorter and is rather one-sided.

* Done to more or less [[BookEnds bookend]] the conflict between Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood]]'': Jonathan's first brawl with Dio after the latter becomes a vampire occurs in the Joestar mansion, which Jonathan set aflame to potentially burn Dio to death. Since vampires regenerate too quickly to be killed conventionally, Jonathan hoped that the fire would outspeed Dio's rate of regeneration. At the end of the series, Jonathan sets fire to the boat he's on with the same goal in mind, since at this point Dio has been reduced to a talking head that's trying to take Jonathan's body for himself; the latter fight is much shorter and is rather one-sided.

* Done to more or less [[BookEnds bookend]] the conflict between Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Phantom Blood]]'': Jonathan's first brawl with Dio after the latter becomes a vampire occurs in the Joestar mansion, which Jonathan set aflame to potentially burn Dio to death. Since vampires regenerate too quickly to be killed conventionally, Jonathan hoped that the fire would outspeed Dio's rate of regeneration. At the end of the series, Jonathan sets fire to the boat he's on with the same goal in mind, since at this point Dio has been reduced to a talking head that's trying to take Jonathan's body for himself; the latter fight is much shorter and is rather one-sided.

* Fire-themed matches are rarely trotted out, not for the inherent danger, but rather the detriment to good showmanship. Kane has mentioned in the past that he found Inferno matches problematic because the fire surrounding the ring sucks all the oxygen from inside the ring, leading to difficulty breathing and this performing. And this is just in WWE. In Japan their “deathmatch”-style matches, such as the sort of shows put on by Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling (FMW), have actually injured the participants when they got too crazy with the idea (look up “Hellfire Deathmatch” for more details).