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13
14	->''“Fire at your fingertips!”''
15	-->-- '''Incinerate! plasmid advert''', ''VideoGame/BioShock1''
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17	One of the fun ways of PlayingWithFire is to [[CouldntFindALighter 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 [[ClickHello 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]].
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19	A few other variations apart from the finger snap and palm up are when one or both hands are held overhead and an EnergyBall is hovering over them, and the "crucifixion", which has the energy shot to the sides in a shower.
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21	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 {{friction\|Burn}}. If they can spread the flames to their entire body, they are WreathedInFlames. This has nothing to do with FingerExtinguisher.
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23	SubTrope of BadassFingersnap.
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25	!!Examples:
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29	[[folder:Advertising]]
30	* British Gas had a series of adverts years ago, featuring the finger-click into a thumbs up. The flame, naturally, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCfdczwRN2I was blue.]]
31	** Parodied on ''Series/SpittingImage'' in a sketch where UsefulNotes/JohnMajor is advertising a gas cooker. His first finger-click does nothing. His second sets fire to the kitchen.
32	** Also parodied in a ''Series/ScotchAndWry'' sketch. Rikki Fulton says the catchphrase, does the lighter snap, and after a {{beat}}, clutches his thumb in pain.
33	* Sofia Vergara did a [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible variation]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmiZwE6w6o4 this commercial for Xfinity,]] except it's more "striking a finger match" than finger snap lighter.
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36	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
37	* Recca does this a few times near the beginning of ''Manga/FlameOfRecca''.
38	* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Colonel Mustang wears [[TrickedOutGloves gloves]] that spark when he snaps his fingers. Then he uses the alchemic circles woven into said gloves to decompose water in the air into hydrogen and oxygen then reignite as needed to turn the tiny spark into an inferno. While Mustang himself doesn't smoke, his squadmate Havoc does and will sometimes ask him for a light.
39	* Alberto the Shockwave from ''Anime/GiantRobo'' likes to light his cigars this way.
40	* Mikoto Suoh, the Red King in ''Anime/{{K}}'' does this, for himself and for [[spoiler:the Blue King, when they have a discussion in the end]].
41	* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', Setsuna simply created a tongue of flame at the end of her finger tip. A true example would be Negi blinding her by combining his snap with light magic while he was under the effects of the world tree.
42	* A non-fire example in ''Anime/OnePiece''. Members of the [[BeastMan Mink Tribe Race]] are capable of generating [[ShockAndAwe electricity]] through their bodies; Pedro the Jaguar Mink lights his cigarettes by generating a current of electricity between his thumb and index finger.
43	* Early in the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime, Sailor Mars' first attack conjures flames from her index fingers.
44	* Manga/{{Toriko}} lights his [[SmokingIsCool cigar tree branch]] this way. No, he doesn't have fire or any other supernatural powers besides absurd strength. Yes, he's that awesome.
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47	[[folder:Comic Books]]
48	* Jenny Sparks of ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' does this fairly often in her mini-series and in the comic proper. Jenny Quantum starts when she starts smoking after her PlotRelevantAgeUp.
49	* In ''ComicBook/DarkmanVsArmyOfDarkness'', after possessed Julie resurrects Darkman's arch nemesis Durant, she lights his cigar by snapping her fingers.
50	* Although he doesn't smoke, the Human Torch of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' is prone to this, and literally lights someone else's cigarette -- to their great surprise -- this way.
51	* In an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Grimjack}}'', Crane, a ConMan is contemplating the collapse of his latest scam when he asks a stranger in an alley for a light. The stranger is [[MeaningfulName Lord Chaos]] from the sister comic, ''Warp''.
52	* Liz Sherman of ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{BPRD}}'' is a pyrokinetic and lights her smokes this way.
53	* ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'''s parody of ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', "Harry Plodder's Gotta Retire", 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.
54	* In ''ComicBook/TheRedStar'', the soldiers consider it good luck for a sorceress to light their cigarettes this way.
55	* Lucifer lights cigarettes this way in ''ComicBook/TheWickedAndTheDivine''. She's now the trope picture. Laura manages to do it once making her wonder if she's one of the Pantheon.
56	* {{Inverted\|Trope}} with Pyro in the ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics, who can control fire but not create it. In his first appearance in ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast'', he pranks the Blob when the latter strikes a match to light his cigar, turning the tiny flame into fiery "monster".
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59	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
60	* In one ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' strip, Brian says his wizard character is holding a prepped fireball in his hand as he "negotiates" for a map. The map's owner points out that this is a laughable bluff, since unleashing it would destroy the map, (not to mention the inn and the adventuring party themselves). Unfortunately for both him and the players, Teflon Billy doesn't bluff, and doesn't like being laughed at.
61	-->'''Bob:''' On the plus side, we don't really ''need'' the map now.
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64	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
65	* The demon Chernabog does this a few different ways in the "Night on Bald Mountain" sequence of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' while demonstrating his profane powers.
66	* Hades on ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' does both the finger snap (to light a cigar) and the crucifixion (when he learns that Hercules is still alive).
67	* Yubaba from ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' lights a cigarette this way while coolly threatening to roast Chihiro's parents-turned-to-pigs for her bathhouse guests' dinner.
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70	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
71	* In ''Film/SevenFacesOfDrLao'', Dr. Lao lights his pipe with a flame off of his thumb; due to it being windy, it takes him a couple of attempts to get it to work.
72	* Variation: In ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'', newly deceased Adam and Barbara get the first impression something is wrong when Barbara's fingertips ignite when she holds her hands too close to a fire. After a {{beat}}, she blows them out like birthday candles.
73	* In ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'', Egg does something similar to this when he lets a magical energy bolt play between his hands.
74	* ''Film/DoubleIndemnity'' features a variation sans magic. Walter Neff uses the "strike-anywhere" matches that were common in the forties, and lights them with his thumbnail in a gesture that resembles a finger snap.
75	* In ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', Johnny discovers that he can light a flame over his hand by snapping his fingers, and repeatedly snaps to put it out and light it again.
76	* The Judge from ''Film/FullContact'', in his first scene, uses his fingers to light a cigarette to impress a female store attendant. Right before stabbing her. Have we mentioned he's FauxAffablyEvil?
77	* At the beginning of ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'', Gandalf lights his pipe with a small flame he makes appear in his hand. He later uses the same effect toward the climax to set pinecones on fire, throwing them at the wargs.
78	* ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' ends with the Flash and Superman challenging each other to a race to the Pacific, with the Flash snapping his fingers and using static electricity to set off firecrackers heralding the race's start.
79	* Colwyn, a prince in the land of ''Film/{{Krull}}'', gains the power to throw fire from his hand after reuniting with Princess Lyssa. It begins as a small flame when he holds his hand upright.
80	* The Fire Gang from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' can light their fingers by striking them like matches.
81	* In ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'', the protagonist Larry Daley [[BadassFingersnap is really fond of snapping his fingers]], up to the point that he even invented the Snapper, an electric switch which is similar to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clapper the Clapper]], but responds to the sound of finger-snapping.
82	* The Devil is fond of this one in ''[[Film/OhGod Oh God! You Devil]]''.
83	* In ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', Warren does this to light a candle during a date with Layla.
84	* Harley Quinn asks Diablo if he's ever done this for a girl in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', saying how romantic it would be, but Diablo has no interest, as [[spoiler:he accidentally burned the only people he ever loved to death]].
85	* In ''Film/Warlock1989'', the titular character does this a couple of times--from generating a green flame to heat up some food to creating red flames while performing a magical ritual.
86	* Done by Creator/LaurelAndHardy in ''Film/WayOutWest'' (1937; probably the {{Trope Maker\|s}}). 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 then reacts with horrified alarm.
87	* {{Inverted\|Trope}} by Pyro in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''. He can control but not conjure flames, so he always keeps an actual cigarette lighter handy.
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90	[[folder:Literature]]
91	[[AC:Examples by author:]]
92	* This trope is used by both Valentin Ivashchenko and Iar Elterrus in their respective fantasy settings -- almost every mage will light a cigar, a pipe or a bonfire in this manner. As the MagicAIsMagicA rule prohibits some mages from casting fire spells, e.g., sea-wizards (limited to water and weather magic) and necromancers, any mage pulling this off is about to mess with specialization.
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94	* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Creating a small flame in his hand is one of Harry Dresden's nastier spells, which he uses to terrorize people whom he feels deserve it. He also has a spell for igniting the candles and/or fireplace in his apartment, which he activates with the incantation "[[CanisLatinicus Flicum Bicus]]".
95	* Luke lights Astrid's cigarette this way in ''Literature/EightDaysOfLuke''.
96	* Archivist Lindhorst from ''The Golden Pot'' by Creator/ETAHoffmann once lights a few pipes this way.
97	* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'', when Lupin is first seen conscious, he's got a little fireball thing in his hand, as the Dementors have made all the lights in the train go out. It's apparently not much of a big deal, he's just a pretty good wizard... or rather, it wouldn't be a big deal if he had had his wand. He didn't, and that makes it much more impressive.
98	* Elliot does this for Quentin the first time they meet in ''Literature/TheMagicians''.
99	* ''Literature/MerryGentry'''s Doyle does this in ''Kiss of Shadows'', with his unearthly eat-you-alive-can't-be-put-out-by-water-green-flames-of-DEATH. He also has them float over his shoulders.
100	* At one point in ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'', an enraged Anton Gorodetskiy subconsciously forms a fireball in his hands while attempting to cook a bowl of rice. He winds up incinerating the bowl because he already had the spell readied.
101	* In ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant'', this is how [[ElementalPowers Elementals]] cast fireballs; they take the friction from the finger snap, add magic, then fireball.
102	* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': The Herdazian people have crystalline fingernails as a result of their being [[UnevenHybrid descended from humans and Parshendi]]. Many of them carry a piece of metal called a "sparkflicker" that allows them to use their nails as a flint-and-steel firelighter.
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105	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
106	* The mundane version (see Real Life) gets subverted as a RunningGag on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' -- hapless {{stage magician}} Gob tries to do it to impress people but always screws it up, usually just spraying them with lighter fluid.
107	-->'''Gob:''' ...But where did the lighter fluid come from?
108	* In ''Series/Charmed1998'', 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.
109	* Ted Sprague and Meredith Gordon from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' both do this. (Meredith does it so much that [[FanNickname fans nicknamed her "Flamepalm"]].)
110	* Grandpa does a variation of this on ''Series/TheMunsters''; he uses his index finger to light cigars.
111	* Referenced in the opening sequence of ''Series/ImprovHeavenAndHell''. One of the hosts (Canadian improv duo "The Devil's Advocates") demonstrates his ability to do this to light his cigarette; the other tries several times unsuccessfully, even going so far as to stick his hand in an open flame, only to finally succeed and set his whole arm alight. The first host grins at the camera and displays a small lighter hidden in his palm.
112	* Kryten the android lights a cigar with a flame from his index finger in the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIIBodyswap Bodyswap]]". This was apparently a difficult and uncomfortable trick for the actor 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.
113	* Somewhere in season two of ''Series/{{Roswell}}'', Michael provides a literal Finger Snap Lighter to prove to a discharged army veteran that he was one of the aliens he saved while still on active duty.
114	* A MonsterOfTheWeek in ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' does this using electricity powers to light his cigarette whilst holding the Kents hostage.
115	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'':
116	** In the final scene of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E23TheLastRitesOfJeffMyrtlebank The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank]]", the title character demonstrates this ability when he lights a match without striking it. He tells his fiancée Comfort Gatewood that it was just her imagination.
117	** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S4E9PrintersDevil Printer's Devil]]", Mr. Smith, being the Devil, has the ability to create fire. He snaps his fingers to light his cigar while Douglas Winter isn't looking.
118	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E24 The Last Defender of Camelot]]", Morgan le Fay snaps her fingers to light her cigarette after Lancelot refuses to do so, telling her that chivalry is dead.
119	* ''Series/TheXFiles'': The episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS01E12Fire Fire]]" has a pyrokinetic villain who sets fire on his fingers in order to impress two kids and mess around with a young woman at a bar.
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122	[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
123	* UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}: The ArchangelUriel is frequently depicted holding a flame in his left hand.
124	* Myth/HinduMythology: Shiva's top left hand as a symbol of cosmic destruction is depicted as doing this when Shiva is portrayed as Nataraja (Lord of Dance). Shiva Nataraja is also wreathed in an [[PowerGlows aura of flame]] for the same reason.
125	* In Myth/PacificMythology, 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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128	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
129	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has a cantrip named "Firefinger", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin making a little flame on the caster's fingertip]].
130	** 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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133	[[folder:Theater]]
134	* In ''Theatre/DamnYankees'', pulling a lit cigarette out of the air is the easiest trick the Devil can pull off, which rather annoys him, as he's trying to give up smoking.
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137	[[folder:Video Games]]
138	* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'': The head banker of Baldur's Gate's Counting House, [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Rakath Glitterbeard,]] lights his pipe this way in his introductory cut-scene.
139	* In [[ScaryBlackMan Rodin]]'s intro in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', he lights one of Enzo's cigars from a blue flame sprouted from his thumb.
140	* ''VideoGame/BioShock'':
141	** Used in adverts for the Incinerate! Plasmid in ''VideoGame/BioShock1''. In fact, both Jack and [[VideoGame/BioShock2 Subject Delta]] snap their fingers when you use the plasmid, so truth in advertising!
142	** In Part 1 of ''VideoGame/BioShockInfiniteBurialAtSea'', Booker [=DeWitt=] uses this ability to light up Elizabeth's cigarette.
143	* Bugs Bunny does this in ''VideoGame/BugsBunnyLostInTime''. Merlin the sorcerer doesn't seem very happy at being shown a trick he can't do himself.
144	* The default animation for the Flashfire power in ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'' has the character casually snapping their fingers to set a 10x10 foot area of ground on fire.
145	* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
146	** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' and its expansions have all the NPC mages adopt variants of this pose as their 'active' stance in the party menu.
147	** [[PlayerCharacter Mage Hawke]] of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' can use this in conversation to prove his/her magical ability.
148	* Celica of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem: Shadows of Valentia]]'' snaps her fingers to conjure the hovering ball of fire that follows her around as a torch for her DungeonCrawling.
149	* Glamrock Freddy in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' can do this in one of the endings.
150	* In the PlayableEpilogue of ''VideoGame/{{Helltaker}}'', Zdrada can be found attempting this trope.
151	* Axel does this occasionally in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', sometimes independently and sometimes as a part of summoning his weapon. The most notable example is in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Chain of Memories]]'' when [[IncendiaryExponent he does this to]] [[spoiler:poor Vexen]], who more or less explodes on contact (being [[spoiler:[[LogicalWeakness an ice-user]]]]). [[PreMortemOneLiner "You're off the hook."]] [[note]]"Goodbye." in ''Re:Chain of Memories''.[[/note]]
152	* Used as various intro and victory poses for Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', in both finger-snap (Kyo only) and open-palm flavors. Orochi Chris, Kyo's EvilCounterpart from the Orochi Team in ''[='97=]'', also performs an open palm variant with both hands for his intro, which is copied by Ash Crimson in his ''[[AlternateContinuity Maximum Impact]] [[UpdatedRerelease Regulation "A"]]'' pre-fight exchange with Kyo as a MythologyGag.
153	%%* Mario and Luigi in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga''.
154	* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
155	** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', Drebin lights Snake's last cigarette on the Missouri with his fingers. He was shown to be into stage magic earlier (making an apple disappear and replacing it with a grenade), so he most likely pulled it off with a lighter-cloth glove.
156	** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', Professor Galvez has a mechanical hand with a lighter in the thumb. Much later, he loses it, and Big Boss is seen using the hand as a cigar lighter since his regular lighter doesn't work.
157	* Sasha Nein can do this in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', utilizing his PsychicPowers to do so.
158	* In ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', Matsunaga Hisahide's fighting style is based completely around [[HavingABlast explosions]] and as such, he makes common use of this trope. The glove on his left hand is fitted with special claws that produce a spark when he snaps his fingers, igniting the gunpowder he throws about.
159	* Fan depictions of Fujiwara no Mokou from ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' often show her lighting cigarettes in this manner.
160	* Pyromancers in ''VideoGame/TreeOfSavior'' do this when casting Flare, which causes affected targets to explode into flames.
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163	[[folder:Web Animation]]
164	* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': In "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS2E2SeeingStars Seeing Stars]]", when Loona has trouble with her lighter, Octavia snaps her fingers to create a small flame to light her cigarette.
165	* Deimos in ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'' lights his cigarette by spontaneously creating a flame from his thumb. This was originally due to the creator not bothering to animate lighters at first though even after other characters are shown using lighters to smoke, Deimos retains this ability.
166	* The smoking demon from the ''WebAnimation/SockSeries'' doesn't have fingers, but the way it uses the tip of its tail to light a cigarette with is pretty evocative of someone using their thumb like a lighter.
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169	[[folder:Webcomics]]
170	* Jacques in ''Webcomic/{{Bibliography}}'' uses this as his usual method to light up his [[SmokingIsCool cigarettes]]... and to dispatch semi-sentient exploding fire familiars.
171	* ''WebComic/KillSixBillionDemons'': In "Wielder of Names", Cio lifts up a match meant to light a cigarette, and another devil, Dhuutholmel, announces his sudden appearance behind her by touching the match with his claws to light it. She seems to be expecting this.
172	%%* ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'''s Richard has been known to do this.
173	%%* Arcane casters are always drawn this way in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' -- and in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' manuals, for that matter.
174	* ''Webcomic/{{Overside}}'': The One Electronic (and possibly his brothers) has a power to make sparks with a snap of his fingers. In combat, it comes across more as ShockAndAwe, but he mostly uses this power to light fires.
175	* 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).
176	* Danny does this in ''Webcomic/Sorcery101''. When [[LampshadeHanging it's pointed out that it would be easier to use a lighter]], he more or less responds "Yeah, but it looks cool".
177	* When Mischief of ''Webcomic/UnknownLands'' [[http://unknownlands.thecomicseries.com/comics/80/ lights Vard's cig with a snap.]] Vard puts it out and gets a new one. ('''''Warning:''' linked page is safe, but comic is NSFW.'')
178	* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Duane lights Stockyard's pipe with a flick [[https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch09/ch09_17.html of two fingers.]]
179	* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-48/ Mao does this]] to light a cigarette he was given by Grace, and [[SmokingIsNotCool immediately starts coughing ungraciously]].
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182	[[folder:Western Animation]]
183	* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the firebenders do this ''all the time''. Iroh uses it to light some incense candles. In trailers for ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', he is seen doing something similar with fire on the back of his hand.
184	* Igor is shown doing this once in ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula''.
185	* ''God'' does this as a ''bar trick'' in a CutawayGag in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', but His aim is off and He winds up burning his new lady friend.
186	* Bender from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' is often seen doing this.
187	* In the ''WesternAnimation/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.
188	* Shego of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' is pulling this pose on the DarkActionGirl page picture.
189	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
190	** In "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS1E1WelcomeToRepublicCity Welcome to Republic City]]", the Firebender of a PowerTrio of gangsters pulls this to back up [[ShameIfSomethingHappened his boss's threat]] against a shopkeeper who was behind on his protection money.
191	** In "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS1E4TheVoiceInTheNight The Voice in the Night]]", after Korra challenges Amon to a duel and [[spoiler:is ambushed]], she uses a ball of fire in her palm to verify that [[spoiler:Amon did not take her bending away]].
192	** When Korra is kidnapped by [[spoiler:Tarrlok, who frames]] the Equalists, Mako pins a {{Mook\|s}} to the wall and lights his hand while demanding to know where she is.
193	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
194	** In "Knight-mare Hare", WesternAnimation/BugsBunny does the flaming thumb trick for a wizard, who tries in vain to do it. (This joke is repeated in ''VideoGame/BugsBunnyLostInTime''; see the Video Games folder above.)
195	** In the intro to ''The Bugs and Daffy Show'', WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck's increasingly desperate attempts to get the audience's attention eventually include frustratedly walking onto the stage as a magician, making a hoop appear, bringing up a lit [[FeatherFingers thumb]] to set it on fire, but before he does, gesturing at it while continuing to look at the audience, as if to say, "That's my thumb with the fire on it."
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198	[[folder:Real Life]]
199	* 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.
200	* 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 UsefulNotes/RichardFeynman noted, any hair on the back of your hands will act like wicks and prevent the water from properly cooling the flame.
201	* It's possible to do this by flicking your fingernail forcefully over a strike-anywhere match. Just be sure to not get any burning phosphorous [[{{Fingore}} under your fingernail]] ...
202	** In a similar way this can be done with wick-style lighters, such as the ones made by Zippo. In this case, the finger traveling downward with the snap, actually moves the flint wheel.
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