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10->''"We have flamethrowers. And what this indicates to me is that at some point someone said to himself, 'Gee, I'd sure like to set those people on fire over there, but I'm way too far away to get the job done. If only I had something to ''throw'' flame on them.' And it might have ended there, but he mentioned it to his friend--his friend who was ''good with tools''. And about a month later he came back, 'Hey, quite a concept!'"'' '''''FWOOOSH.'''''
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13Sometimes, you have an opponent, structure, device or other target which you have just got to [[KillItWithFire kill with FIRE]]. If you have to do this multiple times, you would wish you have an actual weapon which can burn things for you instead of rigging something on the spot all the time.
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15You will need the Fire Breathing Weapon; a gun-like weapon which creates fire. Pull the trigger and a gout of fire will appear, covering your target in burny goodness. Most games use a form of directional SplashDamage to implement this.
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17Of course this is not limited to the flamethrowers alone: various (directional) bombs, traps, [[ImprovisedWeapon improvised]] [[HomemadeFlamethrower weapons]] and even vehicle cannons can fall under this category. The common similarity between all the weapons here is they all use "KillItWithFire" as their main form of causing damage, and they are all "point and burn" weapons.
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19[[WeaponSpecialization Weapon of choice]] for the {{Pyromaniac}}. Sometimes [[MundaneUtility used]] for [[CouldntFindALighter lighting cigarettes]].
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21PS: If you use this weapon on your target, and [[IncendiaryExponent it stands up uninjured yet on fire]] and [[InfernalRetaliation quite pissed off...]] well, [[OhCrap it's nice knowing you]].
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23See also GreekFire, FlamingSword, AerosolFlamethrower, BoozeFlamethrower, MolotovCocktail, HomemadeFlamethrower, VideogameFlamethrowersSuck, and FlamethrowerBackfire. Compare PlayingWithFire, for people who make fire themselves or FlameSpewerObstacle where vents of flame acts as a hazard. If you were looking for literally breathing fire, that's BreathWeapon.
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31* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'': The character Claude "Torch" Weaver specializes in these.
32* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Early villain and weapon-maniac Don Krieg has, among his unnumerable arms, a powerful flamethrower hidden in the wristplates of his armor: it's compact but powerful enough to torch to ashes a huge piece of mast which Luffy threw at him like a javelin before it could hit him.
33* ''Manga/PumpkinScissors'': Hans, the last surviving member of his 908th Flamethrower Troop, still wields his unit's weapon and is permanently stuck inside his [[ClingyCostume flamer unit gear]]. He witnessed the rest of his unit die before his eyes when they removed their gear, and subsequently became [[{{Pyromaniac}} quite deranged]] as a result.
34* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', minor villain [[FatBastard Hyottoko]] has a primitive flamethrower built in his body: basically, he has a large bag of oil in his stomach, with the nozzle in his mouth and flint teeth, allowing him to [[BreathWeapon breathe fire]] at will. Kenshin easily beats his fiery breath by spinning his sword fast enough to create a wind current and deflect the flames.
35* In ''Anime/SailorMoon'', Eudial of the Witches 5 uses flame-throwers made from household appliances called ''Fire Busters''. They prove surprisingly powerful and can even overpower Sailor Moon's FinishingMove.
36* ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'': Burner the Fire Kishin carries a massive shield on his person that can generate a pillar of roaring flames at will.
37* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': [[AxCrazy Panik]] sets up his duel arena with flamethrowers that he uses against [[TheHero Yugi]] -- first to intimidate him, then to burn him to a crisp after Yugi beats him. It fails, and Panik gets [[MindRape mind-crushed]].
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41* ''Franchise/TheDCU'':
42** ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Firefly, a villain with a jetpack and a flamethrower.
43** ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth'': Kate Kane has flamethrower gloves that shoot fire from the palms.
44** ''ComicBook/CodeNameGravedigger'': In ''Men of War'' #4, Gravedigger grabs a flamethrower during a raid on a secret German weapons store. He fires it down the barrel of a tank's main gun just after the tank has fired, when he knows the breech will be open as they reload. This fills the cab with flame, cooking the crew and touching off the ammo.
45** ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': Heat Wave is a villain who carries two pistols that shoot fire.
46** ''ComicBook/MartianManhunter'': The Human Flame has a shirt that shoots fire.
47** ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Kara Zor-El has an enemy named Nightflame -- who made her only appearance in ''ComicBook/DemonSpawn'' story -- who has a sword that shoots fire like a flamethrower.
48** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanBlackAndGold'': The lady thief in "Golden Age" brings a torch to cut into the safe, and quickly turns to using it as a weapon when Wonder Woman intervenes.
49* In ''ComicBook/MissileMouse'', Blazing Bat uses a flamethrower as his preferred weapon.
50* In ''ComicBook/{{Silverblade}}'', one member of the CarnivalOfKillers Vermillion hires to kill Milestone wields a flamethrower.
51* ''ComicBook/XMen'' villain Pyro wears a suit that includes a pair of wrist-mounted flamethrowers because he can control fire but does not generate it.
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55* In ''ComicStrip/ScaryGary'', Leopold has a flamethrower. He occasionally uses it to "help" Gary do things like making toast when the toaster is busted, and claims it also does waffles. One of Leopold’s favorite phone apps is also a mini-flamethrower.
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59* ''Fanfic/BaitAndSwitchSTO'': During the away mission in chapter seven, Eleya's tricorder picks up traces of fuel from a flamethrower, and she later inadvertently sets off said flamethrower's fuel tank with a grenade. Near the end of the chapter, a Bajoran Militia captain describes the Orion slave-raiders as having given up trying to break into a building that some Militiamen had barricaded themselves into. Instead, they used the flamethrower to set it on fire.
60* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'':
61** Kyril possesses the Flamesprayer as an offhand weapon for setting crowds of foes ablaze during his killing spree in the Mercenary Compound of Ansur. It is also used to [[CruelAndUnusualDeath burn prisoners alive during interrogation]].
62** In Rad, Lily uses the Flamesprayer to hold back a horde of {{mutants}} and cook them alive.
63* The {{Space Marine}}s in ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager'' have atomic burners, specifically described as nuclear-powered flamethrowers, in homage to ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' and ''Limbo''.
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67* ''Film/TheABCsOfDeath'': In "S", Roxanne pulls a flamethrower from the trunk of her car and tries to barbecue the hooded man. It doesn't work.
68* ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'': This is an effective weapon against Xenomorphs, since fire is one of the few things they don't like. It also has the advantage of not splashing acid everywhere when burning them.
69* ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'': Anatoli Knyazev, a mercenary working for Lex Luthor, uses a flamethrower to burn several corpses in order to frame Superman (making him look like Superman did it with his EyeBeams). Later on in the movie, [[spoiler:Luthor kidnaps Superman's mother and orders Anatoli to BurnTheWitch if Superman doesn't fight Batman. Batman however comes to the rescue of Martha Kent, and Anatoli suffers a FlamethrowerBackfire after threatening to burn his hostage]].
70* ''Film/ABridgeTooFar'': A humorous scene involves a flamethrower team sneaking up to destroy a bunker on the Arnhem bridge, only to dive for cover when they [[StuffBlowingUp hit an ammunition dump instead]].
71* ''Film/TheBurning'': Cropsy whips out a makeshift flamethrower when he confronts Todd in his hideout.
72* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': Some of HYDRA's EliteMooks wear battlesuits that have both [[ArmCannon plasma cannons]] and flamethrowers on the arms. The flamethrowers turn out to be the one weapon that Cap can't duck or dodge.
73* ''Film/DealOfTheCentury'': An ArmsDealer is hassled by a road rage jerkass, so he takes a flamethrower out of his trunk and adds to the flames painted on the side of the man's muscle car.
74* ''Film/DontGoInTheHouse'': The {{Pyromaniac}} SerialKiller builds his own flamethrower to kill people with.
75* In ''Film/DraculaVsFrankenstein'', Dracula blasts Mike with fire shot out from his one-eyed demon-headed ring, burning him to ashes.
76* ''Film/DrNo'' deters the curious from going near his IslandBase with a "dragon", actually a flamethrower-equipped armored car.
77* In ''Film/{{Evidence}}'', the killer uses a welding torch as their weapon of choice.
78%%* ''Film/TheExterminator'': The weapon of choice.
79* ''Film/TheFivePeopleYouMeetInHeaven'': TheProtagonist was "the flamethrower guy" in his squad of soldiers. This becomes a significant plot point in the film. [[spoiler: he accidentally burned a child to death, [[TheAtoner which led to]] a career saving lives as a safety expert at an amusement park]].
80* In ''Film/HoboWithAShotgun'', Slick uses a flamethrower to [[WouldHurtAChild to torch a busload of school children]].
81* ''Film/IronMan1'': When Tony Stark makes the first power suit in captivity, using nothing but a box of missile parts, he mounts flamethrowers on each arm. They actually behave like real wartime flamethrowers, and are quite devastating to the terrorists' weapons stockpile.
82* ''Film/LethalWeapon4'': The armored assailant in the ActionPrologue uses a flamethrower along with an Uzi.
83* ''Film/LittleDeadRottingHood'': One of the rednecks shows up with one for the wolf hunt, apparently homemade using a grill propane tank for fuel. It turns out to be useful when the werewolves shake off bullet wounds.
84* ''Film/MadMax'':
85** In ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'', this is why Lord Humungus tries to BreakThemByTalking rather than trying to seize the oil-pumping station by force. TheApunkalypse gang of DesertBandits he commands have to rely on crossbow-like weapons because they have few bullets. Those inside the compound however have plenty of fuel for their flamethrowers and {{Molotov Cocktail}}s.
86** In ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', the People Eater owns his own refinery, so he also has 'flamers' among his mooks.
87* ''Film/MajorGromPlagueDoctor'': The vigilante Plague Doctor kills his victims with TrickedOutGloves that shoot flame. The fuel is held in a canister inserted in the gloves, apparently filled with AppliedPhlebotinum developed by his weapons corporation as they are far too small for actual flamethrowers.
88* ''Film/MenInBlack'': This is used by TheMenInBlack to create "evidence" of a [[GasLeakCoverup swamp gas explosion]].
89* ''Film/TheMonumentsMen'': The Nazis uses flamethrowers to torch an art depository in compliance with Hitler's [[TakingYouWithMe Nero Order]].
90* In ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'', a flashback reveals Rick learned how to use a flamethrower for his role in ''[[FilmWithinAFilm The 14 Fists of McCluskey]]''. When Cliff goes to fix the antenna, the flamethrower from the movie [[ChekhovsGun can be seen hanging in the toolshed]]. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, Rick grabs the flamethrower from the shed and uses it to torch Sadie after she crashes into his swimming pool.]]
91* In ''Film/PhantomOfTheMallEricsRevenge'', Eric uses a weed burner in a hardware store to turn Harv Posner into a ManOnFire. Posner then stumbles into a display of propane tanks, which explodes and sets fire to Eric. ([[NoOSHACompliance One does does have to question the practices of a hardware store that not only keeps fully fueled weed burners on the shop floor, but displays them next to filled propane tanks]].)
92* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'': Blackbeard's ''Queen Anne's Revenge'' has flamethrowers.
93* ''Film/TheRumDiary'' manages to feature a human example. Depp's character manages to fend off an angry mob (and accidentally set fire to a police officer) by drinking "470 proof alcohol" and breathing on a lighter. The results are as expected.
94* ''Film/TheRunningMan'': The Stalker known as Fireball uses this as his weapon of choice, and is HoistByHisOwnPetard when Ben Richards disconnects his fuel hose, then throws a road flare at his feet, sending [[MeaningfulName Fireball up in a ball of fire.]]
95* In ''Film/SilentNight2012'', the killer has a flamethrower at his disposal. [[spoiler:It is what his father used to kill his ex-wife, after all.]]
96* In ''Film/SirArthurConanDoylesSherlockHolmes'', the primary weapon on the BigBad's draconic SteamPunk flying machine is a flamethrower mounted in its mouth, with which he sets fire to large sections of London.
97* In ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', a flamethrower is among the movie-branded items that Yogurt has for sale.
98-->'''Yogurt:''' Spaceballs the '''FLAMETHROWER!'''\
99''[fires flamethrower, to everyone's astonishment]''\
100'''Yogurt:''' The kids love this one.
101* ''Film/SpaceMutiny'': During the big shootout, there's a man standing in the open, shooting bursts of flame which -- due to the extremely short range of his weapon -- don't hit any of the men armed with laser pistols who are shooting back (fortunately all of them were trained at the ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy).
102* ''Film/TheSpiritOfTheSword'': The Hell Fire Lord's preferred weapon is a snake-headed staff that breathes fire, which he used to incinerate several people throughout the film.
103* ''Franchise/StarWars:''
104** In ''Episode II: Film/AttackOfTheClones'', Jango Fett attacks Mace Windu with a miniature flamethrower in his left gauntlet. Windu jumps away quick enough that the only damage is to his outer layer of robes, which he quickly shucks.
105** A specialist Stormtrooper uses a flamethrower in the attack on the Jakku village at the beginning of ''Episode VII: Film/TheForceAwakens''.
106* In ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'', Koopa uses a flamethrower in his final confrontation with the Mario Brothers as a stand-in for his game counterpart's fire breath.
107* In ''Film/{{Them}}'', two characters bring along flamethrowers while exploring a giant ant nest after gassing it. They're used on a live ant that survived in a caved-in chamber and also to destroy some eggs.
108* ''Film/TheThing1982'': For an Antarctic research station, the Americans seem to have an awful lot of flamethrowers lying around.
109* ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'': The Comedian gleefully used one in Vietnam, even [[CouldntFindALighter lighting his cigar with it]].
110* In ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes'', Bentley Bobster, the first victim of the FrightDeathTrap, hallucinates that the gas lights in his room have come alive and are shooting fireballs at him.
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114%%* One book about an arsonist starting forest fires around Los Angeles (title unknown) had the hero suffering from a fear of fire. A rather gruesome flashback scene shows this was caused by him accidentally burning alive his sergeant while being trained on the use of a flamethrower.%%This example has been commented out for not identifying the work from which it originates. Do not uncomment it without adding the work.
115* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'': When things start to look bad for the Lemures, their leader Goose arms himself with one.
116* In ''Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids'', flamethrowers turn out to be the most effective weapon against the eponymous killer plants, though since the crash of civilization it's increasingly difficult to find fuel. In Simon Clark's sequel, ''Literature/TheNightOfTheTriffids'', the protagonist's group have mitigated the problem by developing flamethrowers that run on triffid oil.
117* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
118** Rather literal example in ''Literature/GuardsGuards'' when Vimes tries using a small dragon as a weapon to defend himself and Sybil from an angry mob.
119** The Klatchian Fire Engine in ''Literature/MenAtArms'', although to Nobby's disappointment he doesn't get to try it in the field, after singing Sergeant Colon's eyebrows while testing if it still works.
120** Some deep-down dwarfs in ''Literature/{{Thud}}'' are armed with flamethrowers. One makes the mistake of leaving his weapon behind when fleeing down a tunnel from [[BattleButler Wilkins]]. Wilkins decides to fire it down the tunnel in case they're thinking about coming back.
121* In ''Literature/DreamPark'', [=WW2=]-vintage flamethrowers turn up in the South Seas Treasure Game, which is set in around 1950.
122* ''Literature/FengshenYanyi'':
123** The Immortals of Kunlun are in possession of two different magic feather fans that can generate massive masses of scorching hot blazes when swung: the Five Flames Seven Birds Fan used by the Elder Immortal of the South Pole and the Five Flames Divine Fire Fan bestowed to Yang Ren.
124** Taiyi Zhenren possess the magical Nine Dragons Divine Fire Coverlet, a magical trap which can turn anyone caught inside to ashes with the BreathWeapon of nine dragons.
125** Among his arsenal of fire-themed weapons, Luo Xuan has the Five Dragons Wheels (a couple of bladed wheels made of fire dragons that can spit fire as they fly across the air) and the Heaven-Illuminating Seal (which however is easily countered by Princess Longji's magic sword).
126* Rapier in ''[[Creator/MatthewReilly The Five Greatest Warriors]]'' uses a flamethrower at one point to incinerate several men who were ambushing his allies.
127* OlderThanFeudalism: In ''Literature/TheIliad'', the hero Diomedes (the one who stabbed Ares) is described as having a fire-breathing [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shield]].
128* ''Literature/{{Incarceron}}'' has firelocks, best described as fire-spitting rifles. In a world kept in a kind of [[MedievalStasis post-medieval stasis]].
129* ''Literature/{{Limbo|1952}}'' by Bernard Wolfe has [[RaygunGothic nuclear-powered]] flamethrowers!
130* In ''Literature/LoLoApolloImAfraidOfAmericans,'' Beetle uses a small flamethrower to light the bonfire at a Saturday evening church service, impressing the attending crowd. [[spoiler: He later uses it to murder Halloween Jack and torch the JTF camp, preventing Bob Dracula from radioing out for aid.]]
131* In Mark S. Geston's novel ''Literature/{{Lords of the Starship}}'', the book's entire TwistEnding is that [[spoiler:the gigantic Starship of the title, which takes over a century to build, is not meant to fly at all -- its rockets are actually humongous flamethrowers designed to incinerate millions of people]].
132* ''Most Secret'' by Creator/NevilShute is about a fishing boat during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII that is fitted out with a large flamethrower in a plan to destroy the German escort vessels keeping an eye on the French fishing fleet. The KillItWithFire trope is specifically lampshaded.
133* The blue boxes in ''Literature/RelicMaster'' are flamethrowers of some ilk, although they resemble [[StaticStunGun electrical weapons]] as much as incendiary ones.
134* The [[BrownNoteBeing Sackers]] in the Star Trek novel ''Literature/TheThreeMinuteUniverse'' used these to burn a couple of redshirts to a crisp for getting too close to one of their structures. Their natural weapon is fire and [[ImmuneToFire they are seemingly immune to all but the most raging of infernos anyway]], so this works well for them.
135* In John Marco's ''Literature/TyrantsAndKings'' series, the flame cannon is one of the pinnacles of technology from the steampunkish, Roman Empire expy Nar. These flame cannons are basically artillery-class flamethrowers that can be used at close range and they have so much range that they are also mounted on ironclad warships to battle wooden ships that use conventional black-powder cannons.
136* ''Literature/TheWarAgainstTheChtorr'': the preferred weapon of the protagonist against the Chtorran invaders, despite the fact that he had to burn alive the man who first taught him how to use it.
137* The grandaddies of 'em all: the Martians in ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds1898'' have tripods armed with a deadly heat beam which can set almost ''anything'' on fire, and if not, melt it.
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141* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': A flamethrower is shown among Gunn's anti-vampire street gang, and ''finally'' gets used on-screen several years later during a ProtectThisHouse scene.
142* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E22GraduationDayPart2 Graduation Day, Part 2]]", when the Mayor suddenly morphs into a giant student-eating snake demon while giving his Graduation Day speech, the students [[TrenchcoatWarfare whip off their graduation robes]] to reveal the usual arsenal of medieval anti-demon weaponry, plus several flamethrowers that make the Mayor back off from chomping on them until Buffy can lure him to his death. It's unclear why we didn't see them being used before; presumably, stakes and crossbows are BoringButPractical.
143* ''Series/ForeverKnight'': The [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villain of the Week]] in "The Fire Inside" [[KillThePoor torches homeless people with a flamethrower]]. Being a {{Vampire Detective|Series}}, Nick Knight is ImmuneToBullets but [[FaceYourFears afraid of fire]], which can kill him.
144* ''Series/Hunter1984'' has a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villain of the Week]] using a flamethrower to commit arson, and Hunter takes the case when a homeless person dies in one of his fires. Naturally the song played during the teaser was "Burning Down the House".
145* ''Series/ICarly'': One episode has Spencer shooting fire from a fire '''''[[EpicFail extinguisher]]'''''.
146* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': [[DemBones Rito Revolto]] has a flamethrower in his arsenal. He tried to destroy the Ninjazords with it, but it was punched off his arm by the Ninja Megazord.
147* ''Series/SweetHome2020'': Gil-seop uses a flamethrower to fend off the monsters in the garage.
148* ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'': In the episode "Trenches of Hell", soldiers retreat in panic when GasMaskMooks bearing flamethrowers come out of a cloud of poison gas.
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152* At the end of the video for Quarterflash's "Harden My Heart", a flame-thrower is used on the small building the lead singer emerges from, as it gets razed down.
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156* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' has the Flamer, which runs gas near the mech's fusion reactor to heat it up, then vents the gas at an enemy's face. The first version of the ''Mechwarrior'' RPG for the game has a personal flamer pistol, which, while having only a couple of "shots", is noted as being highly intimidating, especially to other mechwarriors who already live with the possibility of being baked to death by their own mechs.
157* ''TabletopGame/D20Modern'': Flamethrowers can force victims to roll around to put out the fire... but it's illegal, and can explode while you're wearing it. Use it with care!
158* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' has a slew of these: flamers and fusion guns from ''[[TabletopGame/GURPSUltraTech Ultra-Tech]]'', flamethrowers and {{aerosol flamethrower}}s in ''[[TabletopGame/GURPSHighTech High-Tech]]'', low-tech flamethrowers for [[ChurchMilitant clerics]] in ''Dungeon Fantasy'', heat rays in ''Spaceships'', the fire lance from ''Fantasy'', and the cheirosiphon and eruptor style weapons from ''Low-Tech''.
159* In ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'', flamethrowers and plasma generators are as unreliable as everything else in Alpha Complex. Do you risk trying to repair them, or just unstrap the power pack and try to OutrunTheFireball (and risk being fined for letting valuable Computer property be destroyed)?
160* In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'', the flamethrower is available to players and enemies alike. Although essentially just a conventional early 20th century weapon, more daring and suicidal individuals use Radium fuel, which burns hotter and faster, but is, well, radioactive and even more likely to leave a crater than a regular pack if shot.
161* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'':
162** [[RatMen The Skaven]] have Warpfire throwers, basically SteamPunk flamethrowers with mutagenic napalm, though like most Skaven technology they're rather unreliable and prone to [[StuffBlowingUp backfiring]].
163** The Dwarves have cannons designed to send flaming pitch arcing towards the enemy, while their Irondrake troops can choose a handheld version of this as their primary weapon.
164* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': The flamer is so ubiquitous that just about every race, even the super-advanced [[SpaceElves Eldar]], use some variant of it. In game terms, flamethrower-type weapons are useful because they 1) use a long teardrop-shaped template to resolve hits, meaning a well-placed burst can hit over a dozen models, and 2) they ignore the effects of cover, making them useful for clearing foes from bunkers or ruins.
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169** Doctor Octopus' tentacles have the added ability to produce fire in ''Ride/TheAmazingAdventuresOfSpiderMan''.
170** Owen Shaw threatens the riders with a flamethrower in ''Ride/FastAndFuriousSupercharged'' until he is stopped by Dom.
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174* ''Franchise/GIJoe'': The weapon of choice for Torch, one of the Dreadnoks, as well as Blowtorch and Charbroil on the Joes' side.
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178%%* ''VideoGame/AlienHallway'': The flamethrowers.
179* ''VideoGame/ArmyMen'': The series as a whole is about toys, mainly plastic soldiers. Oddly enough, these guys aren't afraid to use fire to kill one another. Just look at Scorch from the RTS game, and the uses of one in Sarge's Heroes.
180* ''VideoGame/Ashes2063'': Flamethrowers are a somewhat common sight. Cannibal Master mutants have a version that jets out balls of flaming napalm, and Warlords have a version that spews short-range but highly damaging clouds of fire. [[PlayerCharacter Scav]] has the Master Blaster, a human-sized model that can fire in both modes but requires periodic reloading; in ''Afterglow'', [[EliteMooks Mutant Destroyers]] carry the exact same model and are deadly with them.
181* ''VideoGame/BatmanDoom'': Batman can obtain an arm-fitted flamethrower that functions like the Plasma Rifle in ''Doom''. Meanwhile, the Flamethrower Dude enemies are armed with traditional flamethrowers. Both of these weapons have a quite limited range.
182%%* ''VideoGame/BattleTanx'': The Flamethrower powerup and the Inferno tank.
183* ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'' has the Undine, demonic weapons with both both KillItWithFire and KillItWithIce settings that are fueled by the rage and jealously from the soul of a jilted lover.
184* ''Videogame/{{Bloodborne}}'' has the Flamesprayer, a steampunk-ish device the size of a particularly large watering can that runs on your ammunition to produce large gouts of flame. It lacks the stopping power of a proper firearm, but compensates through sheer amounts of damage in a decent area. What's more, many of the more bestial enemies fear and are WeakToFire.
185* Flamethrowers in ''VideoGame/{{Bloodhound}}'' are an enemy-exclusive weapon (sadly), used by some human cultists to incinerate you. There's also one of the bosses, Punk the demon whose left arm is grafted with a flamethrower which he'll repeatedly use to turn his boss arena into a blazing inferno.
186* ''VideoGame/BlowOut'' grants you a flamethrower early in the game, for incinerating large numbers of mutant bugs closely packed together. Be warned that for larger bugs who can absorb more damage than the regular ones, they'll continue attacking when set alight to invoke InfernalRetaliation.
187* In ''VideoGame/BrokenHelix'', there's a flamethrower [[spoiler:Reese]] gives you to clear out the laboratory's vents. It uses [[ArtisticLicensePhysics energy cells instead of gas canisters]].
188* ''VideoGame/BroodStar'': The Flamethrower primary weapon replaces the player ship's normal energy bullets with a continuous stream of blue-white fire. These flames do a lot of damage but fizzle out before traveling even half the length of the screen, forcing the player to get a bit closer to the onrushing HordeOfAlienLocusts than usual.
189* ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom'' has the Mancubus Flame Launcher and the Revenant's hellish shoulder missile launchers, the same used by Revenants and Mancubi after they've been blown to pieces. The Mancubus flame cannon and Revenant missile launcher shoots globs of fire to burn any demon and zombie it hits. ''Project Brutality'' allows the Mancubus flame launcher to act as a flamethrower. The M2 Heavy Plasma has a plasmathower SecondaryFire that Doomguy swings in a wide swath in front of him.
190* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWorldAtWar'' has a flamethrower with short range but unlimited ammo if it doesn't {{overheat|ing}}. It's potent at short-range like a real one but piss-poor anywhere else. While it is powerful in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'', it quickly loses potency as the rounds go on.
191* In ''VideoGame/ColdFear'', you can get your hands on a flamethrower later in the game. It works pretty well against most enemies, thought the invisible specimens and the Brutes won't be staggered by it. Furthermore, it's pretty much useless outside, as the rain and the strong winds will render it useless.
192* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'':
193** In the ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries Tiberium]]'' series, the Brotherhood of Nod often has infantry armed with these, among other weapons included in their arsenals. It should be noted that the realism of fire-based weaponry in the series tends to vary from game to game. Nod's love affair with flamethrowers has, several times, extended to flamethrower ''tanks''. In ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun Tiberian Sun]]'', this extended to the bizarrely improbable [[DrillTank Subterranean Flame Tank]].
194** Over in ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries Red Alert]]'', the Soviets have been known to use flamethrower turrets for base defense.
195** ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals Generals]]'' gives us [[RedChina the Chinese]], who love (nuclear) fire just as much. "Dragon" Flamethrower Tanks, fire-shelling artillery, fire-bombing [=MiGs=] and various nuclear weapons are all present in the game.
196* ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'':
197** The F weapon in ''VideoGame/ContraIIITheAlienWars'' and its Game Boy port, ''Contra: The Alien Wars''.
198** A flame-thrower is one of Iron's special weapons in ''VideoGame/ContraForce''.
199** The one in ''VideoGame/Contra4'' fires spinning fireballs (by twos in the back-view stages), and then upgrades to a gigantic one.
200* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'': Dingodile uses one of these to great effect.
201-->'''Dingodile:''' Break out the butter. I'm gonna make toast!
202* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': [[{{Deuteragonist}} Johnny Silverhand]]'s signature weapon is the Malorian Arms 3516 pistol, which comes with a short-range flamethrower to deal with enemies that got a bit too close. Though it's worth noting that this is its secondary function and the Malorian is primarily used for shooting.
203* In ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'', Chuck Greene (and later Frank West) can combine a plastic gasoline canister with a suspiciously familiar BrandX water gun to get a carbine-style flamethrower (no backpack tank), great for turning large groups of zombies into large piles of charred corpses.
204* ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' has a chemical one. It's the size of a fire extinguisher and for some reason can't work in a vacuum in [[VideoGame/DeadSpace1 the first game]].
205* ''Franchise/DeusExUniverse'': In [[VideoGame/DeusEx the first game]], short puffs work frighteningly well against common mooks and panics the ones that can last the burns but eats its rare ammo if put on full blast, takes up [[InventoryManagementPuzzle 4x2 spaces in your inventory]], and requires more skill in Heavy Weapons to be effective. ''[[VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar Invisible War]]'''s flamethrower has a napalm ball launcher as its SecondaryFire and acts much like its predecessor.
206* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', ''VideoGame/DoomIIHellOnEarth'', ''VideoGame/Doom3'', and ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' have the Mancubi with their arm-mounted flame launchers that spit fireballs with deadly accuracy.
207* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'': Zhang Jiao, leader of the Yellow Turbans, can shoot streams of fire and globes of flame out of his staff, often to deadly effect. Starting from the seventh game, the Shaman Rod weapon type (which includes Zhang Jiao's weapon of choice) can emit bursts of flame as part of its heavy attacks.
208* ''VideoGame/EverythingOrNothing'': Jaws uses a flamethrower during his final battle with Bond.
209* ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerStarResistance EXTRAPOWER Star Resistance]]'': The [=FireBoo=] who appear in Stage 4 have these for arms.
210* In ''VideoGame/{{Factorio}}'', the player can research and build Flamethrower Turrets and a personal, portable Flamethrower, while the Tank has one built in. It's even possible to set forests on fire, but as this generates tremendous amounts of pollution, it will generally trigger heavy biter attacks. The player is also NOT FriendlyFireProof.
211* ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'': Flamethrowers are a series staple. The ''Broken Steel'' add-on to ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' adds the Heavy Incinerator, which rapid-fires gobs of napalm over long distances, more like a real-life flamethrower. ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' adds the "Shishkebab", a Chinese officer's sword with a flamethrower mounted onto it. In terms of skills, they were categorized as [[{{BFG}} Big Guns]] until ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', which changed them to use the same Energy Weapons skill as the {{Slow Laser}}s.
212* ''VideoGame/FarCry5'' has Flamethrowers, of course, but also Incendiary rounds for shotguns, Incendiary arrows for bows, and Incendiary rockets for rocket launchers. And a blowtorch that can be used as a melee weapon if you don't mind the guaranteed InfernalRetaliation.
213* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', the Machinist class's level 70 ability lets them whip out a flamethrower and torch their enemies for up to 10 seconds.
214* ''VideoGame/FireShark'' has an extremely powerful one that burns everything in front of your plane at max level. Being so powerful it's the rarest weapon you can pick up.
215* ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' has these, mostly used by the Locust. Like other games you can shoot the fuel tank to kill the poor bastard holding it but the tank is fairly small and fits well on the back of a standard Locust, let alone a Boomer. The flames however are extremely potent against [[spoiler:the Sires]] in the second game and Maulers as the flames go around their [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Boomshield]].
216* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' had this until the HD Universe, save for ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoChinatownWars''. The flamethrower doesn't have tons of ammo but when it starts a fire it isn't easy to put out. In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' it is also one of the two weapons that can take out a [[TankGoodness Rhino]], the other being {{Molotov Cocktail}}s.
217* ''VideoGame/GrimDawn'': Inquisitors have access to one in the form of the Stone of Ignaffar, which will let them channel its Flames forward into a highly-damaging cone; essentially a magical flamethrower packed into a little stone.
218* ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' has Fire as one of its four basic shot types. Fire combinations boast high damage but have a rather limited range. Combinations include:
219** '''Basic Fire''' -- by itself, Fire creates a short-range flamethrower.
220** '''Fire + Fire''' -- a longer-range version of basic flamethrower.
221** '''Fire + Force''' -- large fireballs that explode on contact with enemies (or by letting go of the fire button).
222** '''Fire + Chaser''' -- Creates a rather slow homing fireball that will target one enemy at a time, but is also controllable using the d-pad.
223** '''Fire + Lightning''' -- a LaserBlade, the highest damage combination in the game, but with the shortest range of all the weapons.
224* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''[='s=] version is great against Flood or in enclosed spaces. It slows you down, though.
225* ''VideoGame/Interstate76'' has flamethrowers that theoretically bypass enemy armor to damage components directly, but they're really glitchy and have pathetic range.
226* ''VideoGame/JustBreed'' has one that's also a FlamingSword; every time you attack with it, it hits nearly half the battlefield with an absurdly massive area-effect cone of fire.
227* ''VideoGame/KeroBlaster'': Fire/Burner/Melter, the final weapon obtained in a normal playthrough, shoots a continuous stream of fire as long as you hold down the trigger button. It's got the worst range of all the weapons even at max level, and is also useless underwater, but it can destroy certain projectiles, deals damage pretty quickly, and gains an OrbitingParticleShield as the Melter. It's also the only weapon that can destroy ice obstacles.
228* ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'':
229** There's an entire class based around these: The Firebug. In addition to the usual Flamethrower, other weapons for the perk include the Caulk 'n' Burn, a [[HomemadeFlamethrower makeshift]] [[ImprovisedWeapon flamethrower]] made from a caulk gun; the Spitfire Flare Revolver, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin revolver that shoots flares]]; and the Microwave Gun, which fires a beam of microwaves that not only set enemies on fire, but also make them plump up and explode. While extremely good at mowing down hordes of weaker specimens, larger ones are unfazed by the flames.
230** There's also the Husk specimen, who has one of these [[ArmCannon in place of an arm]]. In the first game, it's only capable of launching exploding fireball projectiles, but the sequel adds the ability to spray a stream of flame. Both games avert UnusableEnemyEquipment by allowing the player to buy the Husk Cannon.
231* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'':
232** [[PlayerCharacter Joel]] can find a flamethrower in the university sequence of the "Fall" chapter. It's implied that the students made it themselves after the ZombieApocalypse broke out. It's a powerful weapon, but ammo for it is scarce. Use wisely.
233** ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'': [[spoiler:[[{{Deuteragonist}} Abby]] can find a flamethrower in an abandoned hotel. It's the [[EleventhHourSuperpower last weapon Abby can find, and also the most powerful; so much in fact, that it can't be upgraded.]] Unlike the flamethrower from the first game, this one was made professionally.]]
234* ''VideoGame/LastRites'' grants you a flamethrower early on, and it's one of the best weapon for wiping out entire ''walls'' of zombies. The downside is that it tends to run dry rather quickly.
235* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': The Fire Rod, a recurring item found in several games since ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', sends pillars of flame rolling towards enemies.
236* ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'': The TOZT-7 Backpack Napalm Unit is a flamethrower that deals high dmage at close range. It is effective against organic enemies but fully armoured ones are immune to it.
237* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has one for Shepard in Zaeed's DLC. While it's got excellent DPS, it doesn't cause enemies to flinch and is very short-ranged. The Blood Pack mercenaries also sometimes deploy vorcha troopers with flamethrowers. Like most Blood Pack weapons, it's exceptionally deadly up close and exceptionally vulnerable from far away. In the multiplayer of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', arm-mounted flamethrowers are the special weapons of Vorcha.
238* ''VideoGame/MechWarrior'': The Flamer appears in all versions. While it does minimal damage, it [[OverHeating heats up the enemy]] and can cause their battlemech to shut down. They are especially dangerous in ''Mechwarrior Living Legends'', where overheating can cause your vehicle to literally melt to death. Other incendiary weapons occasionally appear, such as Short Range Missile launchers in freeware re-release of ''Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries'' firing Inferno missiles, which temporarily lights enemies on fire with napalm.
239* ''Franchise/MegaMan'': [[VideoGame/MegaManX1 Fire Wave]] and [[VideoGame/MegaManAndBass Wave Burner]]. Both are short-range fire weapons that breathe fire that drains weapon energy when the fire button is held. It can also melt ice in both of the games they are in. However, the Wave Burner can be used underwater with it shooting waves instead of water.
240* ''VideoGame/MenOfValor'' has one of these. Mounted on an [=M48=] Patton tank, no less.
241* ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' flamethrowers belch a fairly short-ranged blast of flame that can torch multiple enemies. Especially handy against mummies, which require a lot of pistol rounds to take down. There's also the Big Flamethrower, which shoots a large fireball all the way across the screen.
242* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'':
243** One of Samus' common weapons for her ArmCannon is the Plasma Beam.
244** In ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' and the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.'' series, she also has an actual flamethrower.
245** ''VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus'': Automs have flame throwers of the sucky variety. They can't do much damage to Samus, especially not with the Varia suit, but are still best avoided.
246* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'':
247** [[CyberNinja Sektor]] has arm-mounted flamethrowers. In his [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 first appearance]] they were only used in his [[FinishingMove fatality]] but ever since ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon'' he can use them during matches as well.
248** [[VideoGame/MortalKombatX Kung Jin's]] bow has a dragon head decoration mounted on the top that breathes fire.
249* The ''VideoGame/NavalOps'' allows you to mount flamethrowers on your ship, and they are quite effective against the Habbakkuk boss, an aircraft carrier made of ice.
250* ''VideoGame/{{Postal}}'' has the Flamer flamethrower and Napalm Launcher. ''VideoGame/Postal2'' has the Naplam Launcher, a can of gas and matches, and a Can of Stynx [[AerosolFlamethrower aerosol deodorant spray]].
251* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' has a few of these:
252** The Pyrocitor from the first game is best for large groups in close range or tight clusters for the first few levels and little elsewhere.
253** Lava Gun from the [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando second]] and [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal third]] games shoots lava until the upgrade makes it shoot meteors. While the version is good for crowds the upgrade with a Lock-On mod lets it tear apart single foes. The third game's upgrade turns it into a liquid nitrogen thrower so it doesn't count.
254** ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters Size Matters]]'' has a terrible with poor range and no damage to compensate.
255** The [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction fifth game]]'s Pyro Blaster has a lot of damage, decent range that can be upgraded, and modest ammo consumption. The upgrade, the Incinerator, turns it into a twin-barrel plasmathrower.
256* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'': Tokugawa Ieyasu is armed with a special spear which hides a cannon: aside from cannonballs, it can also serves as a wide-ranged flamethrower to stun foes and make them collapse in flames. Of course, it's one of the only situations where the attack is always fire-elemental regardless of the weapon's attribute.
257* ''VideoGame/SevenSamurai20XX'':
258** OptionalBoss Karakuri Hanzo will fight you with a mechanical mecha made up of junk, with his most dangerous attack being a Koma-Inu statue that releases a burst of flames.
259** Klein, one of Zwei's minions/slaves, fights with a gigantic gauntlet shaped like a dragon's head: aside from randomly shooting gouts of flames, one of his most dangerous attacks has him grab Natoe within the maws and unleash a stream of fire on him.
260* ''VideoGame/ShadowrunReturns: Dragonfall - Director's Cut'' allows you to unlock Dragon's Breath rounds for Eiger that damage enemy armour.
261* ''VideoGame/{{Skylight}}'' has flamethrowers, which can deal a lot of damage against anyone afflicted with the Douse status effect.
262* ''VideoGame/SongsOfConquest'': The Artificers, the upgraded version of the Tinkerer, replaces their [[WrenchWhack wrenches]] for flamethrowers, which lets them deal damage to the target and any unit behind them.
263* ''VideoGame/SpiderTheVideoGame'' has flamethrowers that your character -- a sentient spider -- can obtain. The flames deal severe damage and kills most enemies on one hit, but the flamethrowers lack range compared to other weapons and have limited ammunition.
264* ''Franchise/StarCraft'':
265** ''VideoGame/StarCraftI'' has the Firebats, armored soldiers with twin flamethrowers on their arms. Really, ''really'' great against the Zerg. [[CripplingOverspecialization Not so great against anybody else, though...]]
266** ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' gives us a vehicular update with the Hellion.
267** Protoss Colossi, meanwhile, are known for their [[Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds1898 heat rays]].
268* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': The Bounty Hunter sports a wrist-mounted flamethrower [[WalkingArmory among their other weapons]]. Their [[PoweredArmor Powertech]] advanced class features a number of other flame-based weapons both single-target and [[HerdHittingAttack area-effect]]. This culminates in the Pyrotech specialization, which... well, [[{{Pyromaniac}} it's right there in the name]].
269* ''VideoGame/{{Strife}}'' has a flamethrower but due to the Doom Engine it acts as a napalm squirt gun.
270* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': The [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Fire Flower]] can be used to project flames in front of the player using it. Its very short range is offset by it doing a lot of little hits really fast.
271* ''VideoGame/TeamFortressClassic'': Long story short, [[VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck the flamethrower sucks]], with piss-poor damage and short range. Its only use is as a gimmicky weapon that blocks your target's vision, and that's about it.
272* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': [[{{Pyromaniac}} The Pyro]] has a short-ranged flamethrower as their primary weapon, along with some alternate flamethrowers with different stats. They are much more effective than in ''VideoGame/TeamFortressClassic'', but are generally still considered [[VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck one of the game's weaker weapons]] due to somewhat poor damage and the prevalence of options to extinguish afterburn. They're especially poor in competitive due to their low skill ceiling, leaving pyro with little chance against other classes of sufficient skill. They did however gain a major new use in the form of an alternate fire airblast, which can be used to [[AttackReflector reflect projectiles]], knock back enemies, and extinguish teammates; and are also very effective at checking for cloaked or disguised spies. The Pyro can also use a few [[FlareGun flare guns]], each with different effects and drawbacks.
273* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' has the Flamethrower, a Hardmode weapon that spews a cone of flame with [[OneHitPolykill enemy-piercing]] and [[ArmorPiercingAttack defense-piercing]] capabilities, that inflicts the [[DamageOverTime Hellfire debuff]] and uses slime gel as ammunition. In the Frost Moon event, you can get the Elf Melter, a more powerful version with ColdFlames that inflict Frostbite instead.
274* ''VideoGame/ThunderJaws'' have a flamethrower as a power-up which deals better damage than your default HarpoonGun, firing a continuous stream of flames capable of damaging multiple enemies in a row. And owing to GameplayAndStorySegregation, ''somehow'' the flamethrower can be used in ''underwater'' levels (the game's designers probably coded it as a functioning weapon without checking the environment) and against LivingLava enemies (which are already made of fire by default).
275* ''VideoGame/ToySoldiers'': The Chemical Thrower of the first game could be upgraded into a flamethrower, and in ''Toy Soldiers: Cold War'', it returned in the form of a AerosolFlamethrower.
276* One of the later weapons available in ''VideoGame/TurboOverkill'' is a ''double-barreled'' flamethrower, which blasts two parallel line of flames at enemies. Mooks turns into ManOnFire instantly, though larger enemies may attempt an InfernalRetaliation.
277* The first ''VideoGame/{{Ubersoldier}}'' has a [[UniqueEnemy lone]] flamethrower-wielding Nazi attacking you in the final stage. The sequel throws in maybe a dozen more of these.
278* The ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' series has both man-portable and vehicle-mounted flamethrowers. They're very good for taking out turrets, bunkers, and soldiers behind cover.
279* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', you can order a flamethrower from your FriendInTheBlackMarket, Mercurio, in the final plot arc. {{Discussed|Trope}} when he comments that he keeps getting requests from people who've been watching too many action movies, but {{Justified|Trope}} in that it's [[KillItWithFire devastatingly effective]] against late-game everything, especially undead.
280* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': There's the Flamethrower.
281* ''{{VideoGame/Warframe}}'' has a couple weapons that shoot fire. The Ignis is a standard flamethrower that can burn enemies up to 20 meters away. Its upgraded counterpart, the Ignis Wraith, has improved stats in nearly every area, including a range of 27 meters. And the Javlok is a gun-staff that shoots {{fireballs}} and can be thrown to create a fiery explosion at the point of impact.
282* ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000RogueTrader'': Flamers in all shapes and sizes are available to you and your party (and, of course, your enemies). There are also Melta weapons, like the Meltagun used by Arch-Militant Mort in the prologue - this gun works by projecting a beam of intense heat, defeating all but the very heaviest of armour and reducing most targets to ash and molten slag with the pull of a trigger.
283* ''VideoGame/WildcatGunMachine'' grants you a futuristic flamethrower in the later parts, when enemies starts relying on a ZergRush, for you to incinerate them by the dozens.
284* The Dragon hat in the Game Boy and Virtual Boy ''VideoGame/WarioLand''.
285* In ''VideoGame/{{WarWind}}'', flamethrower is one of the most powerful weapons in the game, used by a Tha'Roon infantry unit (Executioner) and mounted on the APCs used by the Marines.
286%%* ''VideoGame/{{Worms}}'', short range but damn does it hurt.
287* ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X3: Terran Conflict]]'' introduces the Plasma Burst Generator, which is a flamethrower powered by a nuclear fusion reactor. A favored weapon of the SpacePirates faction, the weapon is a thorough gamebreaker in the hands of the player due to SplashDamageAbuse against large targets.
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291* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': [[CoolTeacher Bartholomew Oobleck's]] weapon is [[MixAndMatchWeapon a thermos which transforms into a flamethrower]]. In "No Brakes", he performs a FastballSpecial with Ruby and Yang's dog Zwei by setting him on fire [[note]]Don't worry, the pooch is fire-proof.[[/note]] and launching him towards a Grimm.
292* ''WebAnimation/{{Shrapnel}}'': Brynn has wrist-mounted flamethrowers.
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296* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': While sparks seem to have a strong preference for creating death rays there are flamethrowers in the setting as well, for instance those in the Library's arsenal which are used in their fight against the Other in the Paris underground.
297* ''Webcomic/ScarletAndEmerald'': Fire in a Can. Technically, it more closely resembles a MolotovCocktail, but is used like a flamethrower: Scarlet ''dumps the fire out'', as if it were some kind of liquid.
298* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Having worked in a DemolitionsExpert unit specializing in burning down buildings before joining the expedition, Emil knows how to use a flamethrower and zig-zags between using that and a rifle for fighting trolls. When Onni summons a fire-based creature onto the battlefield in Chapter 13, Emil's flamethrower is used as an entry point.
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302* ''WebVideo/DoorMonster'': Ritchie/The Arsonist has one of these in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uam0KMyZh2E&index=3&list=PL0u5ZHidq4X4QhFAX9FzSiYJLRen74sLF The Guards Themselves]]''. Unsurprising, [[ExactlyWhatitSaysontheTin given his handle]].
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306* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': Inferno, a {{pyromaniac}} fire ant[[note]]he only transforms into a fire ant, but really believes he is one[[/note]] loves using his weapon to scorch enemies.
307* ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'': The 2006 revival features a villain named Flare in "Biker Mice Down Under", who uses flamethrowers built into his gloves.
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311* Flamethrowers were [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamethrower used in several wars as well as for commercial clearing of land.]] Plus, they're pretty much [[UrExample the first example of gunpowder being used for, well, guns]] instead of rockets. And they're [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17016_7-items-you-wont-believe-are-actually-legal.html unregulated in 40 US states]]. Though not really used against other humans so much nowadays for the most part, it still has its uses, such as against wasps and killer bees.
312* Probably one of the common examples when HomemadeFlamethrower and [[ImprovisedWeapon Improvised]] Fire Breathing Weapon, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQxUZZhnSdA SuperSoaker flamethrower]]
313* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkMWX9VP_Zk&feature=related The Dragon's Breath shotgun shell.]]
314* The earliest use of a flamethrower in war could be seen as far back as the Byzantine "GreekFire" (with simple pumps full of a flammable liquid), and it could be found even earlier in myth and legend.
315* Creator/FPSRussia [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9DkciMTsLI demonstrates]].
316* The inherent hazard of a military flamethrower and the reason why only insane men would volunteer to carry one is demonstrated by several incidents from [=WW2=].
317** Anthony Beevor relates, in his account of the battle of Stalingrad, that German assault engineers captured by the Russians could expect no mercy if they were operating flamethrowers, a weapon feared and loathed in urban combat. Red Army informal practice was to crucify them in view of German positions and to leave them to die horribly, as a visible deterrent.
318** Japanese defenders confronted by American engineers using the flamethrower would make them a priority target, seeking to penetrate and ignite the napalm fuel carried in tanks on the operator's back. However, the weapon was tactically worth the risk for the psychological power it held, since even the most fanatical Japanese defenders were prone to falling back at a blast on their position.
319** During the Rhine crossing in March 1945, a British self-propelled flamethrower had its tanks ruptured in a loading accident while getting it into an amphibious carrier: the resultant fireball was one of the British army's biggest losses on the day. In a related accident, several men were soaked in the fuel mixture used by British flamethrower tanks. While this did not ignite, they had to be rushed to the rear -- very carefully -- for extensive chemical decontamination and medical treatment. One man got it in the eyes and was blinded for life.
320* [[UsefulNotes To be noted]]: the usual image conveyed by a FireBreathingWeapon, as a large, cumbersome and very-short range Zippo lighter, is based on [[JustForFun/TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs film prop flamethrowers]], which, for the sake of safety, are fueled by propane gas. Military flamethrowers were always fed with liquid, sticky and oily fuels and gushed [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/German_Brennkommando-firing_Warsaw_1944.jpg gigantic]] [[http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3259/2439836260_7f1211a320.jpg jets]] of [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pPsuc9rvU4Y/S-nZaYfhbnI/AAAAAAAABlg/VqXK-eqXd_4/s1600/flamethrower.jpg flame,]] to obliterate everything combustible in their range (30-50 yards). In small spaces, they were the most frightening weapon imaginable. For reference, a military flamethrower like the US-made M2 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPQYK5ZMbWY looks like this,]] while a propane torch flamethrower looks [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=993nkdFshQU more like this,]]
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