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* Eric Draven of ''Film/TheCrow'' does this when he kills T-Bird, one of the leaders of Top Dollar's gang and the third target of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, using explosives and gasoline to turn T-Bird's own car into a bomb. When the car explodes, a trail of flames spreads across the pier in a pattern created by Draven's accelerant, creating the crow emblem. This is an interesting case in that the character does not really have an emblem in-universe. The emblem was used in marketing and the film's logo.

* VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate: One is shown at the end of the initial trailer for the game - its reflection in an [[{{Franchise/Splatoon}} inkling's]] eye being the confirmation that a new VideoGame/SuperSmashBros game was coming. The final DLC fighter reveal trailer for [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]] begins [[{{Main/Bookends}} in the same way.]]

[[caption-width-right:328:Um, that looks cool and everything, Franchise/{{Batman}}... but it might not have been a good idea.]]

** Johnny Storm a.k.a. The Human Torch frequently creates the Fantastic Four's emblem as a summons to the rest of the team when trouble arises.

---> '''Susan:''' "Reed's signal! It means come a-running, no matter what!"

* ''FanFic/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesOutOfTheShadows'': How the chapter "Return to New York" ends. When the Turtles return to the Krang-occupied New York and reunite with the Hamato Clan, Kasumi, and Splinter, they, at Mikey's suggestion, set a turtle shell-shaped fire on top of the Channel 6 building to let everyone know they, and the city's [[HopeBringer hope of beating Krang]], have returned. The writer confirms that the scene was inspired by the ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' example below.

* Eric Draven of ''Film/TheCrow'' did this when he killed T-Bird, one of the leaders of Top Dollar's gang and the third target of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, using explosives and gasoline to turn T-Bird's own car into a bomb. When the car explodes, a trail of flames spread across the pier in a pattern created by Draven's accelerant, creating the crow emblem. This is an interesting case in that the character did not really have an emblem in-universe. The emblem was used in marketing and the film's logo.
* In ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'', when the second Zorro sets off on his mission, the first Zorro (Anthony Hopkins) sets a fire along a hillside that creates the famous Zorro "Z" as a sign to the BigBad that he has returned. That scene compromised half of the movie's advertising campaign. The other half was [[{{Fanservice}} Antonio Banderas cutting Catherine Zeta-Jones' top off]].
* In ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'', the title hero apparently drew his famous "DD" emblem in gasoline and let it set at a crime scene, knowing that someone would flick a cigarette on the ground and set it off. Pretty impressive, given that he's blind.
* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', when Batman returns to Gotham, he sets a bat-shaped fire on top of a bridge to let everyone know he has returned.
** While it never occurs in the film, the poster for ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' has a bat-symbol engulfed in flames on the side of a building. Unlike most examples, its probably referencing the destruction brought by the Joker.
* The TitleSequence of the [[Film/VForVendetta film adaptation]] of ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' does this. V also forms his logo in fireworks explosions twice in the film, [[BookEnds near the beginning and at the end.]]

* In the music video Chamillionaire's "Ridin'" he's standing on a blacktop in front of a flaming version of his logo.
** In Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "White and Nerdy" parody, the flaming logo is of VideoGame/PacMan.

* In ''VideoGame/LegoBatman 2: DC Superheroes'', ComicBook/TheJoker does this with his face using TechnicolorScience chemicals ([[ColorContrast green and purple]], which is also his own color scheme) as a CallingCard. [[spoiler:this is later revealed to be a {{Foreshadowing}}, as Franchise/{{Batman}} uses the same exact chemicals on the whole city to [[{{Irony}} draw Joker's face]] in order [[GondorCallsForAid to call]] the WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague for [[BigDamnHeroes help]].]]

* ''Webcomic/TwistedTropes'': [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Gordon asks Batman]] how did he make a fiery logo appear on the wall. Batman says it's the interns, the [[DisposableIntern one of them]] catches on fire and falls down, and Batman [[VerbalBackpedaling backpedals]] that these are robots.

* {{Deconstructed}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''. While heading to Gargantua-2 using a rocket he stole from the Venture compound, the Monarch uses the rocket and some kerosene to leave a flaming version of his logo before he and 21 head off into space, [[spoiler:with the flames coming from the logo eventually spreading and causing [[TrashTheSet the entire compound to be burnt down]].]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOkH9xI4PQA Mocked]] on ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': Parodied when Daredevil visits the site hours earlier just so he can meticulously set up his "flaming Ds" with gasoline, however a homeless man points out that the gas will simply evaporate, so Daredevil settles on Sterno instead.

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A sub-trope of the ZorroMark and often seen in works featuring a SuperHero, this trope occurs when a character recreates their IconicLogo or ChestInsignia using fire. Often, this is in concert with a DynamicEntry. The BigBad believes the hero is dead, only to see a flame spreading in the distance, eventually creating the hero's emblem just before he flies through the window. Sometimes, it is actually used at the end of a ClimacticBattle where the hero sets the fire to reveal he is victorious. There are other variations but the effect is the same.

** The Nostalgia Critic had a field day pointing out how this is not the most obvious or safest calling card, even pointing out that when it's impossible to notice the gasoline on the floor, a subway rider waiting for a train while smoking would be in for a bad day if they dropped their joint.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOkH9xI4PQA Mocked]] on ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', where Daredevil visits the site hours earlier just so he can meticulously set up his "flaming Ds" with gasoline, however a homeless man points out that the gas will simply evaporate, so Daredevil settles on Sterno instead.

* {{Deconstructed}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''. While heading to Gargantua-2 using a rocket he stole from the Venture compound, the Monarch uses the rocket and some kerosene to leave a flaming version of his logo before he and 21 head off into space, [[spoiler:with the flames coming from the logo eventually spreading and causing [[WhamEpisode the entire compound to be burnt down]].]]

* In ''VideoGame/LegoBatman 2: DC Superheroes'', ComicBook/TheJoker does this with his face using TechnicolorScience chemicals ([[ColorContrast green and purple]], which is also his own color scheme) as a CallingCard. [[spoiler:this is later revealed to be a {{Foreshadowing}}, as Franchise/{{Batman}} uses the same exact chemicals [[UpToEleven on the whole city]] to [[{{Irony}} draw Joker's face]] in order [[GondorCallsForAid to call]] the WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague for [[BigDamnHeroes help]].]]

* In the {{Animated Film|s}} for ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame Lego Batman]]'', ComicBook/TheJoker does this with his face using TechnicolorScience chemicals ([[ColorContrast green and purple]], which is also his own color scheme) as a CallingCard. [[spoiler:this is later revealed to be a {{Foreshadowing}}, as Franchise/{{Batman}} uses the same exact chemicals [[UpToEleven on the whole city]] to [[{{Irony}} draw Joker's face]] in order [[GondorCallsForAid to call]] The WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague [[BigDamnHeroes for help]].]]

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A sub-trope of the ZorroMark and often seen in works featuring a SuperHero, this trope occurs when a character recreates his or her IconicLogo or ChestInsignia using fire. Often, this is in concert with a DynamicEntry. The BigBad believes the hero is dead, only to see a flame spreading in the distance, eventually creating the hero's emblem just before he flies through the window. Sometimes, it is actually used at the end of a ClimacticBattle where the hero sets the fire to reveal he is victorious. There are other variations but the effect is the same.

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