History WesternAnimation / Elemental2023

** During an argument with Ember, Wade points out how he thought Ember figured out what she wanted to do with her life, but she's too afraid to follow her heart out of fear of disappointing others.

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The film follows Ember Lumen (Creator/LeahLewis). A resident from Firetown who believes she's destined to take over her father's shop, but has a tendency to lose her temper in fiery outbursts. Literally. Set to prove that she can control her temper and take over the shop so he can retire, dad gives her an opportunity to run the shop by herself on a sale day. Unfortunately, as the rush of customers proves overwhelming, she hides herself in the basement to let her emotions out and her flames cause the pipes to burst.

-->[[spoiler:Wade: ''It's too hot in here.'']]

* TheGroundIsLava: Inverted. For fire elements, it is water that is deadly to them. Ember has to hop across furniture when dealing with the flooded basement, and also when visiting Wade's family.

* AmbiguouslyGay: During the montage date scene of Ember and Wade falling in love, several of the characters who hug in the background look fairly similar to each other, presenting the possibility that they're the same gender. However, there's no way to confirm for sure due to their androgyny.

* {{Fictionary}}: The fire elementals have their own language called "Firish", where several phrases are spoken occasionally and untranslated. A few of them have translations such as "Ashfa" for "father". It's an [[https://dedalvs.com/work/elemental/misc/fire_language.pdf actual]] {{Conlang}}.

* {{Fictionary}}: The fire elementals have their own language called "Firish", where several phrases are spoken occasionally and untranslated. A few of them have translations such as "Ashfa" for "father". It's an actual {{Conlang}} https://dedalvs.com/work/elemental/misc/

** Ember has a [[JustForPun fiery]] personality and Wade has a flexible personality, which are common portrayals of fire and water users in media.

->'''Wade''': They said you couldn't go in there. Why does anyone get to tell you what you can do in your life?

* {{Fictionary}}: The fire elementals have their own language called "Firish", where several phrases are spoken occasionally and untranslated. A few of them have translations such as "Ashfa" for "father".

* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: Wade and Ember are able to walk through a chain link fence, the former just slipping through and latter melting through it as she passes. Wade even asks why [[LampshadeHanging anyone bothers to use them]], to which Ember responds with "Eh, who knows".

'''Wade:''' ''[Embarrassed]'' MOM!\\

-->'''Ember:'''Oh, flame! It's my mom!

** Ember when she finds out a flash flood is heading for Fire Town.
** Wade when he sees the smoke and hears the sirens and suspects Ember is in danger.
--->'''Wade:''' ''(Worried)'' Ember!

->'''Wade''': They once said you didn't belong here. Since when does anyone tell you what you can or can't do?

-->'''Ember:'''Mom, it's O.K., he's just a friend.\\
'''Cinder:'''SI-(catches breath after running a lot)-SILENCE! I can SMELL you from over there! Ugh! you stink!\\
'''Ember:'''What are you talking about?\\
'''Cinder:'''You know what I'm talking about.\\

-->'''Ember:''' Oh, no no no no no no no!

-->'''Wade:''' You're so hot.
-->'''Ember:''' ''(deeply offended)'' Excuse me?!
-->'''Wade:''' ''(OhCrap face)'' No! I mean, like, you're smoking! No! I didn't mean it like that...
-->'''Ember:''' Are you done yet?
-->'''Wade:''' ''(sweating)'' Yes, please!

-->'''Ember:''' ''(To Wade)'' Oh! That's my dad! You gotta go!

-->'''Wade:''' ''(Worried)'' Ember!

--->'''Ember:''' Oh no. Oh, no, no, no, no.

* PoseOfSupplication: This is a part of the fire people's culture. It even has a name: the Bà Ksô, translating from Firish as the big bow. It's the highest form of respect one can give. [[spoiler:Bernie did this to his father as he and Cinder prepared to leave the Fire Land, but his father was so [[DisappointedInYou disappointed in Bernie's decision to leave]] that he didn't return it. A scar that Bernie carries to the present day]].

->'''Ember''': Elements don't mix.

The film follows Ember Lumen (Creator/LeahLewis). A resident from Firetown who believes she's destined to take over her father's shop, but has a tendency to lose her temper in fiery outbursts. Literally. Set to prove that she can control her temper and take over the shop so he can retire, dad gives her an opportunity to run the shop by herself on a sale day. Unfortunately, as the rush of customers prove to be too much to handle, she hides herself in the basement to let her emotions out and her flames cause the pipes to burst.

* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: Wade and Ember are able to walk through a chain link fence, the latter melting through it as she passes. Wade even asks why [[LampshadeHanging anyone bothers to use them]], to which Ember responds with "Eh, who knows".

* ConvectionSchmonvection: Zig-zagged. Fire people are shown to naturally generate light and heat. Ember causes sand to melt and liquid to evaporate just with physical contact. On the other hand, she's able to hold a paper pamphlet just fine until she intentionally chooses to incinerate it. In general, if and when the reality of her being applies either comes down to RuleOfDrama or RuleOfFunny.

* DoubleEntendre: When Wade calls Ember 'Hot' meaning to say she has a high degree of heat since she's fire and 'Smoking' meaning to say she has smoke since she's fire. But Ember takes it as meaning she's attractive.
-->'''Wade:''' You're so hot.
-->'''Ember:''' ''(deeply offended)'' Excuse me?!
-->'''Wade:''' ''(OhCrap face)'' No! I mean, like, you're smoking! No! I didn't mean it like that...
-->'''Ember:''' Are you done yet?
-->'''Wade:''' ''(Sweating)'' Yes, please!

* Red Oni, Blue Oni: Ember is fiery and hot-headed.(and her fire is red)in contrast to Wade's calm and go with the flow persona.(and his water is blue)