History Main / FingerSnapLighter

* Mario and Luigi in ''MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga''.

* Kryten the android lights a cigar with a flame from his index finger in the ''RedDwarf'' episode "Bodyswap". This was apparently a difficult and uncomfortable trick to achieve, involving pipes and cables running across the floor and up through the costume -- and not made any easier or more comfortable by the fact that the script called for him to be knee-deep in water at the time. The scene was then deleted from the finished episode, therefore making all the effort and suffering for nothing. To further add insult to injury, the footage has since gone missing and was unable to be included on the DVD.

* SlightlyDamned: This is a staple of any sufficiently tough person of the fire element. Specifically done by Azuri and Cliff (although Azuri technically used his breath, but that still works).

* DungeonsAndDragons has cantrip named "Firefinger", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin making a little flame on the caster's fingertip]].

* Yubaba from ''Spirited Away'' lights a cigarette this way while coolly threatening to roast Chihiro's parents-turned-to-pigs for her bathhouse guests' dinner.

* In an issue of {{Grimjack}}, Crane, a ConMan is comtemplating the collapse of his latest scam when he asks a stranger in an alley for a light. The stranger was [[MeaningfulName Lord Chaos]] from the sister comic, ''Warp''.
* [[FantasticFour The Human Torch]] is also prone to this, and literally lit someone else's cigarette - to their great surprise - this way.

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* Colwyn, a prince in the land of {{Krull}} gains the power to throw fire from his hand after reuniting with Princess Lyssa. It beings as a small flame when he holds his hand upright.
* Egg does something similar when he lets a magical energy bolt play between his hands in ''BigTroubleInLittleChina.''

* Done by LaurelAndHardy in ''Way Out West'' (1937; probably the TropeMaker). Stan ignites his thumb as if it were a cigarette lighter several times; each time, Ollie stares in disbelief and tries to copy him.
** And eventually it works for Ollie, who reacts with horrified alarm.

* Kryten the android lights a cigar with a flame from his index finger in the ''RedDwarf'' episode "Bodyswap". This was apparently a difficult and uncomfortable trick to achieve, involving pipes and cables running across the floor and up through the costume -- and not made any easier or more comfortable by the fact that the script called for him to be knee-deep in water at the time.
** The scene was then deleted from the finished episode, therefore making all the effort and suffering for nothing. To further add insult to injury, the footage has since gone missing and was unable to be included on the DVD.

* [[DungeonsAndDragons AD&D]] has cantrip named "Firefinger", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin making a little flame on the caster's fingertip]].

* Used as various intro and victory poses for [[KingOfFighters Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami]], in both finger-snap (Kyo only) and open-palm flavors.

* Axel does this occasionally in ''KingdomHearts'' sometimes independently and sometimes as a part of summoning his weapon.
** Most notably when [[spoiler: he does this to poor Vexen, who more or less explodes on contact (being an ice-user). "You're off the hook." *snap*]]
* Mario and Luigi in ''MarioAndLuigi SuperstarSaga''.

* Obligatory ''[[AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]]'' example: the firebenders do this ''all the time''.

* [[KimPossible Shego]] is pulling the pose you are thinking about on the DarkActionGirl picture.

* In the Heckle and Jeckle cartoon ''The Power Of Thought,'' Heckle and Jeckle demonstrate this to the bulldog cop in showing how anything is possible in a cartoon. When the cop tries it, his hand is caught on fire.
* Bender from {{Futurama}} is often seen doing this.

* LookingForGroup's Richard has been known to do this.

One fun way of PlayingWithFire is to coolly light your cigarette, cigar or pipe with a finger snap in an extravagant show of MundaneUtility. Of course, the power to hold flames in your hands can also be a potent intimidating gesture. Usually this is done by holding the palm open and facing up. Much like the Super Power equivalent of cocking the trigger on a gun, this is dangerous because it's just one step shy of firing it. Also, [[RuleOfCool it looks really cool]].

* Subverted by Maks Fray in the ''Labyrinths of Yecho'' (Лабиринты Ехо) series - lighting pipes is done pretty much with a thought, and a fingersnap done by capable mages produces a "death ball" - a simple and effective killing spell. In a further subversion, as the protagonist learns to cast said spell, his aversion to killing makes him cast [[spoiler: "total control balls" instead.]]

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* While impossible to do without equipment in real life, there exist hand apparatuses for doing this as part of a stage magic show ranging from a rig that fits on the hand to fake thumbs.
* Also a frequent magic trick is dipping one's hand in a precise mixture of alcohol and water and then lighting it on fire with a hidden spark. When done right, the water evaporates, keeping the hand cool. Although, as Richard Feynman noted, any hair on the back of your hands will act like wicks and prevent the water from properly cooling the flame.
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* ''FullmetalAlchemist's'' Colonel Mustang wears [[TrickedOutGloves gloves]] that spark when he snaps his fingers. Then he uses alchemy to turn the tiny spark into an inferno.

* Colwyn, a prince in the land of [[Krull]] gains the power to throw fire from his hand after reuniting with Princess Lyssa. It beings as a small flame when he holds his hand upright.