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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'': Ash is a complete burn victim who is shown to have pyrokinesis.

* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'': Lunatic, a vigilante who kills criminals with his fire powers, has a burn scar on his face that he hides with makeup in his civilian identity, [[spoiler:judge Yuri Petrov]]. When he was a child, [[spoiler:Yuri awakened his fire powers to protect his mother from his abusive father, former superhero Mr. Legend. Yuri set Legend on fire, and as he burned to death Legend grabbed Yuri's face, leaving a hand-shaped burn scar]].

* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': Burnscar of the Slaughterhouse Nine is a pyrokinetic whose face is dotted with cigarette burns leading from her eyes to her jaw, which she's implied to have gotten before -- or as -- she [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening triggered]] as at the present time she's immune to flames as part of her RequiredSecondaryPowers.

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': During the first two episodes of season 9, the team deals with an arsonist who has a nasty burn scar on his right hand courtesy of his abusive mother, who (ironically) was a nurse in a burn unit. She had also repeatedly punished him by making him sit in the basement, where he would stare at the fire in a wood-burning stove for hours at a time. These things contributed to him becoming a fire bug.

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[[caption-width-right:350:If you [[PlayingWithFire play with fire]], you're liable to get burned.]]

* In the manga and ''Brotherhood'' anime of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Riza Hawkeye is not able to use flame alchemy herself but [[spoiler:had its method tattooed on her back by her father]]. At her own request, Roy Mustang burned her back [[spoiler:to disfigure the tattoo]] with a huge scar [[spoiler:so that no one else could ever learn its secrets]].

** [[spoiler: Sabo, the adopted brother of Luffy and Ace,]] gained a burn scar around his left eye as a child after surviving an explosion. Over a decade later he gains the power to control fire using [[spoiler: the Flame-Flame Fruit, which had previously been Ace's Devil Fruit before his death.]]

* ''Anime/TalesFromEarthsea'': Therru has a large burn scar across the left side of her face she gained after her parents burned her. Near the end of the film, she becomes a dragon and uses her fire to kill Cob.
* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'': Lunatic, a vigilante who kills criminals with his fire powers, has a burn scar on his face that he hides with makeup in his civilian identity, [[spoiler: judge Yuri Petrov]]. When he was a child, [[spoiler: Yuri awakened his fire powers to protect his mother from his abusive father, former superhero Mr. Legend. Yuri set Legend on fire, and as he burned to death Legend grabbed Yuri's face, leaving a hand-shaped burn scar.]]

* Flamer from ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' has fire powers and a body covered in scars.

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' fanfiction, it's electricity-based rather than fire-based powers, but otherwise this trope applies to [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX Vivienne and San]]'s first [[TwoBeingsOneBody hybridized]] form, which is covered in keloid-like scars.

* {{Downplayed}} in later volumes of ''Literature/TheAsteriskWar''. Julis is [[RequiredSecondaryPowers normally immune to her own flames]], so Ayato is surprised when she starts turning up with burns after training with Fan Xinglou. No mention of permanent scars yet, though.

* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': {{Downplayed}} with StudentCouncilPresident Alvin Godfrey. He specializes in casting fire spells with extreme power, but used to burn his own arms doing it until Clifton Morgan taught him how to control it properly.

* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': Burnscar of the Slaughterhouse Nine is a pyrokinetic whose face is dotted with cigarette burns leading from her eyes to her jaw, which she's implied to have gotten before - or as - she [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening triggered]] as at the present time she's immune to flames as part of her RequiredSecondaryPowers.

* ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'': Mick "Heat Wave" Rory is an arsonist and pyromaniac who specializes in the use of a flamethrower and has a number of self-inflicted burn scars. Additionally during season 3 of ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' he acquires the Fire Totem and gains actual fire superpowers.
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': During the first two episodes of season 9, the team dealt with an arsonist who had a nasty burn scar on his right hand, courtesy of his abusive mother who, ironically, was a nurse in a burn unit. She had also repeatedly punished him by making him sit in the basement, where he would stare at the fire in a wood-burning stove for hours at a time. These things contributed to him becoming a fire bug.

* ''TabletopGame/InNomine''. Belial is the Demon Prince of Fire and has great control over fire. His skin is covered in burn scars.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'': Firefly is a {{Pyromaniac}} armed with a flamethrower, and as you can tell once he wears a more skin-baring outfit in ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]'', the majority of his body is covered in third-degree burn scars.

* The Firemen in ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' are implied to be this. While you never see them outside of their suits, some of their voicelines indicate they're in extreme pain while unable to take the suits off. There's a good possibility that the suits they wear amplify the agony of the Devil's Kiss Vigor wracking their bodies [[AndIMustScream while keeping them alive through it all]] until someone finally [[MercyKill kills them in a hail of gunfire]].

** The [[SilentAntagonist silent]] assassin [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname known]] only as Combustion Man has a nearly unique firebending ability to cause [[StuffBlowingUp explosions]] with his mind. Unfortunately, the ability being so rare meant no one was around to teach him to control it, causing him to accidentally blow off his own [[AnArmAndALeg right arm and right leg]] when it first manifested.

** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Pyro in this universe has several burn scars as a result of [[HealItWithFire cauterization]].

** The [[SilentAntagonist silent]] [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname known]] only as [[FieryStoic Combustion]] [[ImplacableMan Man]] has a nearly unique fire bending ability to cause [[StuffBlowingUp explosions]] with his mind. Unfortunately, the ability being so rare meant no one was around to teach him to control it, causing him to accidentally blow off his own [[AnArmAndALeg right arm and right leg]] when it first manifested.

*** The [[SilentAntagonist silent]] [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname known]] only as [[FieryStoic Combustion]] [[ImplacableMan Man]] has a nearly unique fire bending ability to cause [[StuffBlowingUp explosions]] with his mind. Unfortunately, the ability being so rare meant no one was around to teach him to control it, causing him to accidentally blow off his own [[AnArmAndALeg right arm and right leg]] when it first manifested.

** Shoto Todoroki, someone who can use fire as part of their Quirk, carries a burn scar across his face thanks to his mother scalding his face with boiling water during a mental break.
** He isn't the only one, as Dabi is also shown to have an even worse scar to the point where [[FacialHorror staples are used to keep his face together]]. [[spoiler:His scars came about due to overexerting his [[{{Hellfire}} Quirk]].]]