History Main / FingerSnapLighter

* Harley Quinn asks Diablo if he's ever done this for a girl in ''Film/SuicideSquad'', saying how romantic it would be but Diablo has no interest as [[spoiler: he accidentally burned the only people he ever loved to death.]]

* Done by Burgess Meredith in ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "Printer's Devil", where he plays the devil.

* In ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' demons do this ''a lot''. In fact, one episode with Barbas the fear demon had his powers amplified, then depowered without knowing it. His look of utter confusion at not being able to conjure up a fireball this way was priceless.

* In [[ScaryBlackMan Rodin's]] intro in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', he lights one of [[CaptainErsatz Enzo's]] cigars from a blue flame sprouted from his thumb.

* ''Franchise/MetalGear'':

* It's possible to do this by flicking your fingernail forcefully over a strike-anywhere match. Just be sure not get any burning phosphorous [[{{Fingore}} under your fingernail]] ...

** There's also "[[https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/produce-flame Produce Flame]]", a cantrip that conjures a mote of flame in the caster's hand. It effectively renders torches and tinderboxes obsolete and [[Fireballs you can even lob the mote like a baseball at enemies or flammable objects]]. Sadly, only [[{{Druid}} Druids]] can learn it normally.

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* In folklore of the Hawaiian Islands, the goddess Pele sometimes masquerades as a humble hitchhiker who only asks for a ride up the mountain, and asks for a cigarette. She then lights the cigarette with a snap of her fingers--and vanishes.
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has cantrip named "Firefinger", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin making a little flame on the caster's fingertip]].

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* Arcane casters are always drawn this way in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''--and in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' manuals, for that matter.
* ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'''s Richard has been known to do this.

* The Devil was fond of this one in ''[[OhGod Oh God! You Devil]]''.

* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] by Pyro in the [[Film/XMen X-Men movies]]. He can control but not conjure flames, so he always keeps an actual cigarette lighter handy.

* Creating a small flame in his hand is one of [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]]'s basic spells, which he activates with the incantation "[[CanisLatinicus Flicum Bicus]]".

* Lucifer lights cigarettes this way in ''ComicBook/TheWickedAndTheDivine''. Laura manages to do it once making her wonder if she's one of the Pantheon.

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[[caption-width-right:229:Now picture that... [[WreathedInFlames but everywhere]]!]]

This doesn't just apply to fire powers, but any hero or villain with [[PowerGlows energy- or light-emitting]] powers can use these poses or simply using [[FrictionBurn friction]]. If they can spread the flames to their entire body, they are WreathedInFlames.

* In the ''HeckleAndJeckle'' 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.

* Done by Burgess Meredith in ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "Printer's Devil", where he plays the devil.

* [[BadAss Jacques]] in ''Webcomic/{{Bibliography}}'' uses this as his usual method to light up his [[SmokingIsCool cigarettes]]... and to dispatch semi-sentient exploding fire familiars.
* In ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'', this technique is a staple of any sufficiently tough person of the fire element. Specifically done by Azurai and Cliff (although Azurai technically used his breath, but it was sufficiently BadAss to work).

* In ''MadMagazine'''s parody of ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' [[note]] Harry Plodder's Gotta Retire[[/note]] ends with Hagrid joking about how the [[DawsonCasting actors are getting older than the characters they're playing]] and a stubbly Harry lighting a cigarette with his wand.