History Main / BurnTheOrphanage

* This ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' strip during the Playstation 2 shortage in its early days.

-->-- '''Richard''', '''WebComic/LookingForGroup'''

--> '''Cheryl''': Wahhh! Porridge! Waaah!
--> '''Pam''': *horrifed* Well... maybe she'll die.

* Literature/TheHouseOfSilk is a Sherlock Holmes story by Anthony Horowitz. In the story a criminal organization is using an orphanage as a front for their business. Holmes beats the bad guys, shuts down the orphanage (not sad), and returns home. But he is uneasy and leaves Watson at home. He returns to 221b Baker's Street hours later reeking of smoke.

* Literature/TheHouseOfSilk is a Sherlock Holmes story by Anthony Horowitz. In the story a criminal organization is using an orphanage as a front for their business. Holmes beats the bad guys, shuts down the orphanage (not sad), and returns home. But he is uneasy and leaves Watson at their place. He returns to 221b Baker's Street hours later reeking of smoke.

* Literature/TheHouseOfSilk is a Sherlock Holmes story by Anthony Horowitz. In the story a criminal organization is using an orphanage as a front for their business. Holmes beats the bad guys, naturally, and returns home. But he is uneasy and leaves Watson at their place. He returns to 221b Baker's Street hours later reeking of smoke. (The orphanage was closed down.)

* TheHouseOfSilk is a Sherlock Holmes story by Anthony Horowitz. In the story a criminal organization is using an orphanage as a front for their business. Holmes beats the bad guys, naturally, and returns home. But he is uneasy and leaves Watson at their place. He returns to 221b Baker's Street hours later reeking of smoke. (The orphanage was closed down.)

* TheHouseofSilk is a Sherlock Holmes story by Anthony Horowitz. In the story a criminal organization is using an orphanage as a front for their business. Holmes beats the bad guys, naturally, and returns home. But he is uneasy and leaves Watson at their place. He returns to 221b Baker's Street hours later reeking of smoke.

* In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AndTheStoryContinues'', [[spoiler:Mello orchestrates the detonation of his old home, Wammy's House, in an act of terrorism against Near. However, he evacuates the entire student body and staff before destroying the building, if only so he can hold them as hostages.]]

-->'''Buzz:''' You fiend!
-->'''Zurg:''' Heh-heh. [[BatmanGambit I knew that would get him]].

* The positive LetThePastBurn version appears in ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'', where the thought of doing so is the main thing keeping Tonker and Lofty ([[{{Pyromaniac}} especially Lofty]]) going.

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* The townsfolk in the TV movie ''Love Takes Wing''. On the one hand, they believed that the orphans were spreading cholera. On the other hand, they wanted to [[MoralEventHorizon burn down an orphanage]]. Somehow the town is portrayed as generally a nice place to live in the sequel.
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This is very, ''very'' rarely positive; the only way it can be is if it's an OrphanageOfFear, particularly if the fire-setter is someone who lived and suffered there, and if the character took pains to make sure that everyone gets out alive. Then again, such an act is sometimes used as a BloodbathVillainOrigin in which case the character may not be too concerned about who gets out alive (particularly if the [[KidsAreCruel other kids were cruel to them]]), and the [[EvilOrphanageLady management]] usually makes it so some of the orphans are unable to escape the fire.

-->'''Zurg:''' Heh-heh. I knew that would get him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Igor}}'', when Igor and his friends are looking for Eva, they follow her trail to a Home For Blind Orphans, where they hear yelling inside[[note]][[NotSoDire Actually for Eva]] ''[[NotSoDire playing]]'' [[NotSoDire with the orphans]][[/note]].

* Ratigan of ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'' drowned orphans and widows, possibly [[ForTheEvulz just for fun]].

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Peter Griffin tries to impress his manager in an attempt to get promoted, and does so by destroying a competitors billboard across the street - only for him to have wired the explosives wrong and ends up burning down the childrens hospital next door instead. He's horrified at first, but declares victory after the fire spreads to the billboard.

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Peter Griffin seeks to impress his boss with his organisational and management skills - only to blow up and burn down an orphanage/childrens' hospital...

-->-- Richard, '''WebComic/LookingForGroup'''

* In ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'', [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/4 Richard says]] "that orphanage [[TheDogShotFirst attacked me]]." Later made into a [[TheMerch t-shirt]] and web ad with flames in the background.

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* Creator/BobMonkhouse said he'd been typecast in his serious drama roles (using AssholeVictim Sylvester Le Vey from ''Series/JonathanCreek'' as an example) as "the sort of man who would keep his cocoa warm by burning down an orphanage".
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