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* ''Series/MacGyver1985'': "Good Knight, [=MacGyver=]" features a LiteralCliffhanger where Mac and Merlin end up dangling above a LavaPit in a cave in Scotland (a region not exactly famous for its volcanic activity).



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* A rather large mass of magma was recently detected beneath New England. It may only be about 50 million years before everyone there is screwed.

** This is somewhat subverted in that Scotland is historically a surprisingly volcanic region, although it has been dormant for some time.

* In ''Film/TheTimeMachine1960'', a [[WorldWarIII nuclear explosion]] causes a sudden volcanic eruption in 1966 London, making the traveller trapped inside a cave made of petrified lava for hundred of thousands of years.

Usually associated with caves and a CityOfAdventure but can show up in other "exotic" locales like an alien nest in deep space, or prehistoric times. This trope specifically applies Lava or Magma, and is not limited to New York, or even caves necessarily -- for instance, it could be in TheMountainsOfIllinois.

* Though not exactly lava, a fiery inferno does exist just beneath the ground in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania Centralia, Pennsylvania]]. The town sits right below a massive deposit of coal that was accidentally set on fire and has grown too big to put out. The ground often crumbles into the burning pits below, steam rises out from cracks, and most of the former residents fled to places where they won't get burned alive at any random time.

* In the original FDS version of ''SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'', World 1-2 had pits of water (if Mario/Luigi fell into these, he will drown) both at the very beginning and in the Warp Zone to World 4. However, in the SNES remake, the pit of water at the beginning is emptied out, and the pits of water in World 4's warp area are replaced with pits of lava.

* ''Series/MacGyver'': "Good Knight, [=MacGyver=]" features a LiteralCliffhanger where Mac and Merlin end up dangling above a LavaPit in a cave in Scotland (a region not exactly famous for its volcanic activity).

* In ''Film/TimeMachine1960'', a [[WorldWarIII nuclear explosion]] causes a sudden volcanic eruption in 1966 London, making the traveller trapped inside a cave made of petrified lava for hundred of thousands of years.

* Literally in the movie ''Film/Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Unsurprisingly]].

* Literally in the movie ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York]]''.

* The climax of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'''s second season finale is set about a kilometer under [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed a very San Francisco-like city]]. [[DiabolusExMachina Apropos of nothing]], Terra's [[DishingOutDirt Earth powers]] ''trigger a volcanic eruption'' capable of destroying the city, [[spoiler:which she suffers a SuperPowerMeltdown [[RedemptionEqualsDeath stopping]]]].

* The climax of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'''s second season finale is set about a kilometer under [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed a very San Francisco-like city]]. [[DiabolusExMachina Apropos of nothing]], Terra's [[DishingOutDirt Earth powers]] ''trigger a volcanic eruption'' capable of destroying the city, [[spoiler:which she suffers a SuperPowerMeltdown [[RedemptionEqualsDead stopping]]]].

* Featured into several episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'', particularly with the Technodrome. May have been prevalent in Dimension X as well.

* 200 million years ago this was RealLife. When North America tore away from Eurasia and Africa (eventually forming the Atlantic Ocean), lava oozed to the surface in the New York area (well, [[{{Joisey}} New Jersey]] to be precise), forming the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Palisades New Jersey Palisades]].

* In ''[[VideoGame/BatmanSunsoft Batman: Return of the Joker]]'' for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem, part of stage 3-2 involves sailing across a lava pit on a small piece of land. This stage is supposed to be some underground mine in or near Gotham City.

* ''Series/MacGyver'': "Good Knight, [=MacGyver=]" features a LiteralCliffhanger where Mac and Merlin end up dangling above a LavaPit in a cave in Scotland (a region not exactly famous for its volcanic activity). This is somewhat subverted in that Scotland is historically a surprisingly volcanic region.

* ''Series/MacGyver'': "Good Knight, [=MacGyver=]" features a LiteralCliffhanger where Mac and Merlin end up dangling above a LavaPit in a cave in Scotland (a region not exactly famous for its volcanic activity).

!How did the spelunkers miss these?[[labelnote:*]]They fell into the lava and died. Duh.[[/labelnote]]

* In ''ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'', the only liquid Link could encounter in a cave was Lava. There's even a lava cave on a beach, early on.

* Most of the final chapter of ''[[VideoGame/GabrielKnight Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers]]'' is set in a fairly modern-looking underground temple -- "hounfor" -- in UsefulNotes/NewOrleans (stated to be about 200 years old). When you destroy the Big Bad's power source, the temple starts falling apart, floor cracks and something glows at their bottom. The final scene shows one of the city landmarks partially covered with glowing lava seeping from the cracks in the ground. Yes, [[AWizardDidIt voodoo magic was involved]], but this isn't what you'd expect from a game that earlier [[ShownTheirWork went to great lengths to stay factually accurate]].

* The Demon Ruins and Lost Izalith in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' does this. Mind you, it is heavily hinted that all the lava comes from the flame of chaos.

* The Demon Ruins and Lost Izalith in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' does this. They Demon Ruins is at most 50 feet underground. mind you, it is heavily hinted that all the lava comes from the flame of chaos.

* And ''Film/Volcano'', set in Los Angeles.

** This could have been the effect of the aliens' energy beam on the Earth's crust.

* Part of stage 3 in ''Batman: Return of the Joker'' involves sailing across a lava pit on a small piece of land. This is in or near Gotham City.