History Main / BattleAmongstTheFlames

This will always be extremely guilty of HollywoodFire. As long as you don't touch the fire, you'll be fine. Also, you won't tend to see smoke inhalation affect the combatants much, even though [[http://www.emedicinehealth.com/smoke_inhalation/article_em.htm smoke inhalation is the most common killer in real fires.]] May overlap with FauxSymbolism if the idea is that two are battling each other to the death in {{Hell}}.

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

* 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.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:

* Franchise/StarWars:

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Buffy battles Angelus in a burning warehouse in the episode "Passion".

Yes, it seems that, in many instances of fiction, the epic battle between good and evil occurs during a wildfire of some sort. These fires are often caused by explosions, random lightning hitting a tree, or by the hero/villain him/herself. In either case, it makes the battle itself more dramatic and more exciting to the viewer.

* The {{final battle}} of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', in which Link battles Ganon as a wall of flames surround the battlefield.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', a part of the game takes place in a burning house, but is otherwise a filler event to provide a reason for exposition on the TownWithADarkSecret. The battle background is later reused for the battle with the BonusBoss of the Gameboy Advance remake, Kaiser Dragon.

* ''Literature/{{Kane}}'': In "Cold Light" [[VillainProtagonist Kane]] lures two of [[KnightTemplar Lord Gaethaa]]'s men, Jan and Mollyl, into an abandoned warehouse and closes the doors behind them to cut them off from the rest of their group. Jan, not being the brightest, throws his torch at his enemy--straight into a mound of old, dust-covered textiles and the fire spreads rapidly.

** In the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime version]], the battle between Mustang and Anime!Pride takes place in a burning building, though Mustang is deliberately exploiting the fire to his advantage.

** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'': The first boss fight takes place in a burning building.

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' references a fight between Nick Fury and Lucius Malfoy at Malfoy Manor at the end of the First Wizarding War on several occasions, during which Fury set Malfoy Manor on fire. ''[[UpToEleven With napalm]]''. The fight ended with Fury missing an eye, Malfoy losing his wand and being left to die in the flames. He survives, but gains a permanent limp which necessitates the use of his ClassyCane/[[SwordCane Wand Cane]] in later life.

* In ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' big part of battle between titular character and his rival and [[spoiler:[[LongLostRelative brother]]]] Starjun happened inside [[UptoEleven metal-melting flaming tornado]], courtesy of Starjun's [[PlayingwithFire pyrokinetic powers]]. Luckily, Toriko's body can ''regenerate faster, than fire can burn it''.
* ''Anime/VariableGeo'' ends with the long awaited showdown between [[spoiler: [[FriendlyRivalry Yuka and Satomi]]]], which takes place [[RooftopConfrontation atop the Jahana research facility]] as it burns down around them. The match begins after a brief dialog, [[LeftHanging then immediately cuts to the end credits.]]

* ''[esternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' has the climactic Battle of Pride Rock (also started by lightning), which provides the page image.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 The Jungle Book]]'' had a variant, during [[DramaticThunder the climactic battle in a thunderstorm]], a bolt of lightning strikes a tree and sets it on fire, and since Shere Khan is afraid of fire, it becomes useful when they tie a burning branch to Shere Khan's tail that sends him running for the hills.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The Lion King]]'' has the climactic Battle of Pride Rock (also started by lightning), which provides the page image.
* ''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.

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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', a part of the game takes place in a burning house, but is otherwise a filler event to provide a reason for exposition on the TownWithADarkSecret. The battle background is later reused for the battle with the BonusBoss of the Gameboy Advance remake, Kaiser Dragon.
* The last two stages of ''VideoGame/TouhouChireidenSubterraneanAnimism'' took place in ''(former) Hell''. In which the flame is still as hot as the core of the sun.
** Of course, that temperature might be due to the fact that they're fueled by '''nuclear fusion''' at this point.

%%* Battlefield 5-10 in ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion''.
* ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice'' battles the Jabberwock on flaming floorboards similar to her own house when it burned down.
* The final battle between Mario/Luigi and Bowser at the end of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' takes place inside the Sun!
** The final boss against Cackletta in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', which takes place in [[spoiler: Bowletta's stomach,]] is on fire.
** In the climax of ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'', Luigi fights [[spoiler: King Boo]] on the roof of the mansion, except it's surrounded by flames.
* The recurring Incident at Honno-ji stage in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' frequently involves fighting UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga in the midst of the burning temple. In the anime, Kojuro and Mitsuhide are the ones who fight there, and the heat and smoke actually make Ranmaru faint.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' you fight the boss of the [[LethalLavaLand volcano level]] while he and you literally stand in the lava. You both are inside giant robots, so it's okay.
* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2: Mask of the Betrayer'' has an interesting example in the Ashenwood, where the creature you're battling is the ''source'' of the flames (some sort of fire elemental that is stuck in place and has caused a forest fire).
* For the very first stage of the ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' arcade game, April's Foot-infested apartment building is on fire.
* ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}''
** ''VideoGame/Uncharted3DrakesDeception'' sees Nate and Sully shooting their way out of a house that has been set on fire.
** The final battle of ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'' is a sword duel with Rafe in the burning treasure hold of Avery's ship, set ablaze by one of Avery's many booby traps.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3V6fCfGKUk The final boss battle]] of the arcade ShootEmUp ''Air Gallet''.
* The Night Vision scene in the final stage of ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers'' prior to the FinalBoss battle.
* In ''VideoGame/HardCorpsUprising'', near the end of Stage 7, you pursue [[TheDragon Leviathan]] on a stairway when his grenades set the whole Capital Tower Building on fire.
* The final battle of ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3'' against Omega [[spoiler:Zero]] takes place in the lab where Zero was awakened in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero1'' WreathedInFlames.
* The final battle of ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' against [[spoiler:Senator Armstrong]] amidst the burning wreckage of [[spoiler:Metal Gear Excelsus]].
* While the background of the battles in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' resembles the location where the battle takes place. The final battle against [[spoiler:[[BigBad Ly]][[OmnicidalManiac san]][[KnightOfCerebus dre]]]], however, takes place in [[spoiler:Team Flare's secret underground base]], yet the backdrop for the battle appears to be a field of fire or the inside of a sun.
** Also the room of the fire boss of the Elite Four, Malva. You end up battling between two pillars of flame.
* The second part of the final battle against [[spoiler: Deathshead]] in ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'' is this, where you fight him in a basement set on fire. The fire grows bigger the more you damage him.
* The climactic battle in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' takes place in a Vault full of lava.
* The final boss battle of ''VideoGame/MitsurugiKamuiHikae'' takes place a ruined shrine on fire.
* In the original Xbox game ''{{VideoGame/Mechassault}}'' there's a mission where you take the recently captured assault-class mech Ragnarok into battle to stop the Word of Blake from ending the world. (the level is set on a active volcano with lava flowing as if it were a creek).
* Not exactly an epic battle, but more like a fight for survival. In ''{{VideoGame/The Last of Us}}'', Ellie is forced to fight for survival [[spoiler: against David inside an abandoned burning restaurant. Throughout the three stages in which you have to have Ellie sneak up on and attack David, the condition of the fire noticeably continues to spread. Joel arrives in time to get Ellie out before it became impossible to escape. David is the closest thing to a boss fight in the game, and he purposefully locks Ellie in the building, despite the fire.]]
* In ''{{VideoGame/Rise of the Tomb Raider}}'', Lara is introduced to a class of Trinity soldiers called ‘Fireflies’. Their specialty? [[spoiler: Using a flamethrower. She is promptly initiated into a fight, trapped in a ring of burning buildings with this soldier. Hit the pack on their back just right and they end up roasting instead of Lara.]]

* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar II: Retribution'' has one battle take place on a planet currently going Exterminatus. While the fire and lava present no danger, you do have to dodge orbital lance blasts.
* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' has the [[spoiler:Camp Ichigaya]] dungeon, which is on fire as the angels, demons, and humans use it as their battleground.
* In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', [[spoiler:if you go for Dutch's money, then the knife fight with Micah Bell can become this, as there is a wall of fire in the forest.]]
* Most battles in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' take place against a featureless black backdrop. The battle with [[spoiler:Asgore]] is notable for having an orange glow with sparks rising from the bottom of the screen, which is probably intended to invoke this. {{Justified}} since [[spoiler:Asgore]] fights [[PlayingWithFire using powerful fire magic]].
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': The final chapter of the Crimson Flower route has [[spoiler:Rhea/Seiros ordering the Knights of Seiros to set fire to Fhirdiad, the capital of the Kingdom of Faerghus, just so they can slow the Empire's advance and kill Edelgard and Byleth in vengeance. The Black Eagle Strike Force faces off against {{the remnant}}s of both Faerghus' army and the Knights of Seiros, as well as Rhea/Seiros in her [[ScaledUp true form]], a [[DragonsAreDivine divine dragon]] known as the Immaculate One, all while the kingdom capital is engulfed in flames.]]
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'': The [[{{Yakuza}} Ronin]] storyline ends with the Boss fighting Ronin ''oyabun'' Kazuo Akuji on the deck of a Chinese junk which got set on fire at some point. Before the Boss shows up, Kazuo was fighting elderly Chinese gangster Mr. Wong on that same junk. [[spoiler:The Boss ultimately wins and pins Kazuo to the floor by sticking his own katana through his body, making sure he can't escape before the burning boat explodes.]]
* The final boss battle against the Kraken in ''[[VideoGame/MetalSlug Metal Slug 7/XX]]'' takes place in a volcano.
* If a ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' game includes [[FireAndBrimstoneHell the Netherrealm]] as a playable stage, then any fights that take place on that stage become this.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the final battle between Aang and Ozai. Justified in that [[spoiler:he had been busy firebombing the place before being interrupted.]] Also, any Agni Kai (fire duel), but particularly the [[MagicMeteor comet-enhanced]] fight between [[CainAndAbel Zuko and Azula]], which torched a fair portion of the royal compound.
* {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Dumbbell Indemnity". Moe accidentally started a fire in his bar and Homer enters the bar out for revenge. The two start a fight in the burning bar but quickly succumb to smoke inhalation and pass out before they can even hit each other. Barney has to save them (and the booze...booze first).

* ''Anime/SpacePirateMito'': During the first half, Aoi, Mito's son, keeps having flashes of a memory involving his mother fighting Ranban while flames swirled around them.

* In ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', Kenshiro and Shin have their final battle at the top of Shin's tower, standing high above the burning city of Southern Cross.
** Jagi also detonates a tank of fuel at a heliport on top of a building where he and Kenshiro fight, in an attempt to burn Kenshiro to death. He didn't expect Kenshiro to ''punch his way through the floor until it collapses inwards''.
* The [[NightOfTheLivingMooks Mariage]] from ''AudioPlay/StrikersSoundStageX'' of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' set every place they attack on fire. This naturally culminated in a final battle in the burning [[spoiler:[[AmusementPark Marine Garden]]]] where the Forwards and [[SiblingTeam N2R]] unit had to fight them while suppressing the fire and rescuing any survivors at the same time.

* The ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' anime begins with Saber and Gilgamesh fighting within the burning Fuyuki City.
* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'': Naturally, most battles against [[PlayingWithFire Team Magma]] turn into this, especially when it involves Mack of the Three Fires since his ability as a MasterOfIllusion requires a lot of trapped heat in the area so that his opponents would start hallucinating due to heat stroke.
* The fight between [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Kenshin]] (and company) and Shishio takes place amidst the fires of an oil refinery in Shishio's base. Of course, Shishio's motif is fire - when he unleashes his ki, it's commented that the flames rise in response.
* The finale of the first episode of ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' has Guts facing off against the Baron of Koka Castle as the village they are in is burning down.
* The final battle of ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' has the hero facing the BigBad in the hold of a burning ship. The flames are so hot that they melt the gold bars in the hold, ignoring the fact that the melting point of gold is 1064 degrees Celsius, which would easily be hot enough to rapidly reduce the wooden ship to ash and cook both fighters alive before they could exchange more than a few blows.
* The climax of Yukkii and Yuno's first battle against Seventh in ''Manga/FutureDiary'' takes place in a burning house.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', part of battle between Luffy and Doflamingo happens in flaming remains of the kings castle.
* In ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' big part of battle between titular character and his rival and [[spoiler:[[LongLostRelative brother]]]] Starjun happened inside [[UptoEleven metal-melting flaming tornado]], courtesy of Starjun's [[PlayingwithFire pyrokinetic powers]]. Luckily, Toriko's body can ''regenerate faster, than fire can burn it''.

* Franchise/FridayThe13th:

* This [[RunningGag tends to happen]] to [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]], no doubt due to his [[KillItWithFire choice in magic]] and [[DestructiveSavior battle style]].
* Occurs in A.L. Phillips's ''Literature/TheQuestOfTheUnaligned''. When Alaric and Laeshana have to fight through 500+ fire-spiders to get out of a cave, the walls are soon coated in the burning web that gives the spiders their name. Interestingly, ConvectionShmonvection is ''explicitly'' averted, as Alaric almost gets toasted from all the radiant heat before Laeshana uses her [[PlayingWithFire aesh-magic]] to put out the flaming webs.
* Sam Vimes manages to set one up in ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'' when he sets fire to a building before remembering he left a prisoner in there.
* In ''Literature/DarkLordTheRiseOfDarthVader'', Vader's duel against Roan Shryne on Kashyyyk continues even as the Empire is bombarding the planet from orbit, blasting huge holes in the forest-city of Kachirho and setting what's left on fire.
* At the climax of the second book of ''Literature/TheFallingKingdomsSeries'', Jonas's rebels have tracked Prince Magnus to a road camp. Shortly after they start their assault, a fire mysteriously breaks out; unwilling to give up the chance to capture or kill him, Jonas presses the attack, and ends up fighting the prince himself as the flames rage around them.
* In "[[Literature/{{Kane}} Cold Light"]] [[VillainProtagonist Kane]] lures two of [[KnightTemplar Lord Gaethaa]]'s men, Jan and Mollyl, into an abandoned warehouse and closes the doors behind them to cut them off from the rest of their group. Jan, not being the brightest, throws his torch at his enemy--straight into a mound of old, dust-covered textiles and the fire spreads rapidly.

* The second episode of ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' has a showdown between Kuuga and his opponent in a burning church.
* [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] battles Angelus in a burning warehouse in the episode "Passion".
* In the ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' episode, "Homeland", Duncan fights the Villain Of The Week in a ring of fire.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' Season 7 has the famous "Loot Train" battle between Daenerys Targaryen and her Dothraki horde vs. Jaime Lannister's army. Daenerys has a huge advantage on the battle, thanks to her dragon Drogon, who incinerates majority of the Lannister army while the Dothraki ambushes the rest during the confusion.
* ''Series/TheFBI'': At the climax of "The Divided Man", Erskine confronts a sabuetor in a fuel refinery. The sabuetor sets of detonator that ignites a set of fuel drums and Erskine fights him hand-to-hand surrounded by flames.

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* An inevitable consequence of having too many Fire Aspect Terrestrial TabletopGame/{{Exalted}} in one place. (Note: if the area contains enough wood, "too many" equals one.)

* In ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirlsZero'', 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.
* In ''VideoGame/Tekken5'' (though not ''[[UpdatedRerelease Dark Resurrection]]''), the temple stage is this.

* The battle vs. [[FaceHeelTurn Sticky Fingaz]] in ''VideoGame/DefJamFightForNY'' takes place in a RingOfFire. Besides the usual conditions of victory (like stiff punching the opponent or hitting your FinishingMove on "Danger"), the match can also be won by tossing your foe into the flames.
* The final fight in ''VideoGame/SoulCaliburII'' takes place on an eternal field of fire. There's also a burning mansion stage in the third game, and a burning ''city quarter'' in the fifth.
* In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'', a battle amongst the flames is actually a ''bad'' idea: staying inside forces the opposing army [[FriendlyFireIndex (depending on who set the fire)]] down to [=3/4=] of their max health until they leave the area to try and heal up. In earlier iterations, these were scripted events; later on in the series, they became gameplay elements, allowing you to carry out your own fire attacks.
* The first level of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDraculaX'' takes place in a blazing village, and the boss battle against Cerberus has blue flames in the background.
* ''{{VideoGame/Turok}}'': When Turok fights Roland Kane, the BigBad and then after killing him, a Tyrannosaurus Rex. And this takes place in a fortress that had been burning down... and was in the middle of a volcanic landscape.

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge'': Any fights taking place in Magma Rock have a background of lava pits and burning puzzle pieces.
* Both battles against Berial from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' take place in a village that burns down as the battle rages.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 The Jungle Book]]'' had a variant, during [[DramaticThunder the climactic battle between Shere Khan in a thunderstorm]], a bolt of lightning strikes a tree and sets it on fire, and since Shere Khan is afraid of fire, it becomes useful when they tie a burning branch to Shere Khan's tail that sends him running for the hills.

%%* The final showdown between Tamahome and Nakago, as well as the one before that, in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''.

%%Needs context*''Anime/{{Monster}}'': Tenma vs. Roberto? Yes, please. Tenma vs. Roberto as everything around them is burning down?

* In ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'', Simba and Hago share a pretty tense one in ''Friends to the End''. [[spoiler: Simba narrowly avoids being dragged into the flames by Hago, resulting in the wizard falling to his doom.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' fic ''Fanfic/HomeIsWhereTheHauntIs'' features a fight in a burning house at its climax.

* ''The Season's Trilogy: Season Unending'' has a fight where Jon Dovahkiin has to rescue his family, whilst simultaneously fighting the Blades (who've just betrayed him and set said house on fire), and trying to avoid being burnt alive. Which admittedly was much easier seeing as he's mildly invincible to flames, being the Dragonborn. Still pretty awesome though.
* In ''FanFic/QueenOfShadows'', the [[BigBadassBattleSequence First Battle of Awaji]] starts with the [[ImAHumanitarian Gani]] burning down the town outside the castle, as a terror tactic.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBoilingPoint'''s climactic battle between Boscha and the Apex in Chapter 3 takes place in the burning hallways of Mana Academy. Unlike most examples, the flames are extinguished ''before'' the battle is over.
* In ''Fanfic/KarmaInRetrograde'', the story opens with Shouto's and Dabi's battle in the middle of a flaming warehouse that was set ablaze by their respective PlayingWithFire powers.

* ''Fanfic/PokemonHarmonyAndChaos'': This is invoked by Flash Sentry in one battle to give his Fire-Type, Viper, a HomeFieldAdvantage. During the Equestria League, Flash and Trixie face off in the first round, with the battlefield they face each other on being a Forest Field. When Viper battles Trixie's Hatterene, whose speed has been massively increased thanks to Trick Room, Flash has Viper set the entire field on fire with Flamethrower. This forces Hatterene to slow down to avoid any falling flaming debris, and getting too close to the flames causes her to get singed by them, while Viper has no such problems due to having an immunity to flames thanks to being a Fire-Type.