History Main / EvilIsBurningHot

* The [[MonstrousHumanoid Titans]] from ''AttackOnTitan'' have a low-key variant of this, being noted to possess an abnormally high body temperature. In particular, the Colossal Titan constantly emits clouds of steam from its body and is able to release pressurized blasts as a defensive mechanism, as well as [[spoiler: igniting his own body]] to injure anyone that gets close.

* Team Magma from the [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon's third generation]] has an affinity for fire, but they're only evil in ''Ruby'' and ''Emerald''. They are allies in ''Sapphire''.

* The [[HumanoidAmbomination Titans]] from ''AttackOnTitan'' have a low-key variant of this, being noted to possess an abnormally high body temperature. In particular, the Colossal Titan constantly emits clouds of steam from its body and is able to release pressurized blasts as a defensive mechanism, as well as [[spoiler: igniting his own body]] to injure anyone that gets close.

->''Some say the world will end in fire,\\
Some say in [[EvilIsDeathlyCold ice]].\\

I hold with those who favor fire...''
-->--'''Creator/RobertFrost''', "Fire and Ice"

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* In UsefulNotes/Islam, Iblis and, by extension, Satan, are Djinn made of fire. Hell has flames that burn so hot they're pitch black.

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* TheFlash has Heat Wave, who occasionally teamed up with CaptainCold to encompass ''both'' villainous temperature extremes.

* Pyro from Comicbook/{{X-Men}} is probably the most well-known comic book character whose power is control over fire, and he's almost always a villain. Same goes for the movie version in ''[[Film/{{X-Men}} X-2]]'' and ''X-Men: The Last Stand''.

From what I've tasted of desire\\

Some say in [[EvilDisDeathlyCold ice]].\\

Some say in ice.\\

I hold with those who favor fire.''

* Used to dramatic effect in Sephiroth's iconic UnflinchingWalk through fire in ''FinalFantasyVII''.

* The Fire Nation in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is the instigator of the war on the three other nations. It's gradually subverted in that some of them are actually decent people and actually allies of Aang and his friends.

* From ''FairyTail'', the villain Zancrow from Grimoire Hearts.

Fire is destructive, chaotic, and painful to touch. It has destroyed buildings, killed millions of people, and scarred others. Because of all the destruction and blood on fire's hands, it will often be associated with evil. Whether it's [[TechnicolorFire orange, red, blue, or green]], it's always going to be evil. The fire doesn't even have to be your ordinary campfire, it could be the [[{{Hellfire}} unholy fires]] of FireAndBrimstoneHell itself or a similarly evil variant.

* Utsuho Reiuji (aka Okuu), the BigBad of ''{{Touhou}}'''s ''Subterranean Animism'' throws giant suns at you...[[InSpace IN HELL]]!

* In ''AdventureTime'', this is supposedly a [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Racial Trait]] of Fire Elementals, [[CardCarryingVillain According to the Fire King]] at least.

* Willy Pete from ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'' is the only one in the series with fire related powers...His body burns hotter than the sun, and he can fill a room with flames that incinerate everyone in it upon entering. He's also [[CompleteMonster evil in its purest, most sadistic form.]]

* ''StargateSG1'' references how flames are typically associated with demonic influence in human mythology and suggests it's due to the influence of the [[NeglectfulPrecursors Ancients]] keeping the [[JerkassGods Ori]] at bay.

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* Saint Dane in ''ThePendragonAdventure''.

* Utsuho Reiuji (aka Okuu), the 6th stage boss of ''{{Touhou}}'''s ''Subterranean Animism'' throws giants suns at you...[[InSpace IN HELL]]!

-->Some say the world will end in fire,\\

I hold with those who favor fire.
-->--'''RobertFrost''', "Fire and Ice"

** ''Fantasia 2000'' has the Firebird, representing the natural chaos and destruction of a volcano.

* At the climax of ''TheLionKing'', fires caused by lightning set the stage for the battle against Scar. Scar also sings his VillainSong in a geothermically-active area with geysers, steaming vents, and lava.

* ''TheLordOfTheRings'':

* There's a powerful Dark Art spell in HarryPotter called "Fiendfire", which creates a wicked mass of demon-shaped flames.
* In MichaelMoorcock's ''The War Hound and the World's Pain'', Lucifer took the form of a human being covered in flames.

* In the Literature/FirebirdTrilogy, the evil within Firebird's mind manifests as black flames.

* ''DungeonsAndDragons''. The ChaoticEvil Balor demon can immolate (create flames around) itself. It was inspired by the balrog in ''TheLordOfTheRings''. And iconic Red dragons. Overall, though, it's more "FlamingSword vs. FlamingSword" and Kossuth himself isn't any more or less malevolent than other elemental lords.

* From ''FairyTail'' the villain Zancrow from Grimoire Hearts.

* Willy Pete from ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'' is the only one in the series with fire related powers... His body burns hotter than the sun, and he can fill a room with flame and incinerate everyone in it upon entering. He's also [[CompleteMonster evil in its purest, most sadistic form.]]

* Maleficent from ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' is often surrounded with eerie green flames. She even [[ScaledUp becomes a dragon]] at the end of the film.

* In ''ChroniclesOfTheEmergedWorld'' the Land of Fire is one of the first lands fallen under [[BigBad The Tyrant]] and is a very bad place to live in. Furthermore, both the [[CoDragons evil twins Sameion and Dameion]] and the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Black Dragons]] in general came from that land.

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'': With all the [[FantasyKitchenSink demons, ghosts, sorcerors, evil priestesses, alchemists, elves, trolls, banshees and general baddies]] habiting the world (and underworld) it's expected for at least a few to be able to manipulate fire. [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demons]] are often shown throwing streams or balls of fire at the sisters. Some demons can even teleport by turning into fire or flames. In one particular arc Phoebe basically has an unborn devil brewing in her stomach and she temporarily gains the ability to throw blue fire. Also, in the eighth season Christy, an agent of the {{Big Bad}}s had the ability of pyrokinesis, the ability to create fire.
* ''StargateSG1'' references how flames are typically associated with demonic influence in human mythology, and suggests it's due to the influence of the [[NeglectfulPrecursors Ancients]] keeping the [[JerkassGods Ori]] at bay.
* One episode of ''TheOuterLimits'' {{Revival}}, a group of scientists enter the mind of a patient who has bad memories of his dad trying to make him kill his girlfriend. The dad is surrounded by flames, along with everything else, while screaming at him.

* {{Satan}} and {{Hell}} are usually represented in pop culture as being associated with fire. TheDivineComedy is a notable aversion of this, since Satan is trapped in the ''coldest'' part of hell. In Literature/TheBible, though, Satan is not really associated with fire, and only ends up in fire because God throws him into the Lake of Fire at the end of the world. He is actually associated thoroughly with air and light, [[LightIsNotGood traditionally more "heavenly"]] elements, and in Revelation he vomits water.

** ''Al Qadim'' has Brotherhood of the True Flame, the society of evil fire elementalist wizards. They tend to fight for monopoly about as much as for superiority of their element, though.

* ''SoulCalibur II'' - the game's end boss, Inferno, is essentially Soul Edge come-to-life, as a being of living fire. The arena itself is an open field of flames.
* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' - Typically seen during Akuma's win pose where dark flames appear on his shoulders. This doubles as his taunt in subsequent games.

* The overall villain of the Arson case desk ''LANoire'' is [[spoiler: a former flamethrower who served under Cole in Vietnam. He brought his weapon home with him]]. While it might seem inevitable that the villain of that part of the game would be so inclined [[spoiler: he was essentially TheDragon (being made to burn down houses for profit), until the manipulations of his psychiatrist backfired and finally drove him into full on AxeCrazy territory and he suddenly burst in [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere strangled the Doctor]] and kidnapped the LoveInterest]].
* The main enemy / ManBehindTheMan of the ''{{Warcraft}}'' series is the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Burning Legion]]. Also, many of its creatures are wreathed in flame; the Infernals spring to mind.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' with the "master of fire". Damien as a SelfFulfillingProphecy is bad enough and then we have [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-08-26 this]] dream. Not that it wasn't nasty enough as is, but [[http://www.ookii.org/egs/uryuom/ as translated from Uryuomoco]] -- [[spoiler: "Death. It Is Time For The End Of Man. This Master of Fire Shall Inherit The Earth. My Very Presence Eats Away At Your Flesh".]]

** The Fallen is one of the original 13 transformers who turned on the others to serve [[GodOfEvil Unicron]]. Due to the unholy energies empowering him, he's constantly on fire.

* Hades in ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' has blue fire for hair, and he's the BigBad and god of the underworld.

* Willy Pete from ''{{Empowered}}'' is the only one in the series with fire related powers... His body burns hotter than the sun, and he can fill a room with flame and incinerate everyone in it upon entering. He's also [[CompleteMonster evil in its purest, most sadistic form.]]