| 1 | [[quoteright:300:[[Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dan_mcninja_6058.jpg]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[BlatantLies That certainly won't ever be used against him]].]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ->''"I don't know the scientific explanation, but fire made it good."'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Flaming Moe's]]" |
| 6 | |
| 7 | If one encounters writer's block, there is always the option of setting something on fire. Therefore, the Incendiary Exponent combines the RuleOfCool and a ManOnFire according to the following principle: |
| 8 | |
| 9 | ''The perceived badassery of any given action will increase tenfold if the action is performed while on fire.'' |
| 10 | |
| 11 | The exact reason for this is uncertain. Maybe because being on fire is very, very painful, it's assumed that quite a lot of HeroicResolve is required to overcome it. Maybe it is due to the association of fire with [[HotBlooded hot blood]]. Maybe [[PlayingWithFire colours and lights from fire are delightful]], especially [[ArrowsOnFire when moving]] and [[WhileRomeBurns when it's dark]]. Maybe it's just because it [[RuleOfCool looks really damn cool]]. Whatever it is, the chances are that being set on fire for your big moment will result in a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Doesn't really apply to persons who are normally WreathedInFlames anyway, like [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Human Torch]]. When the enhanced coolness comes from walking ''out'' of a fire, it's OutOfTheInferno. See also FlamingSword, and the entire [[ThisIndexIsOnFire fire-related index]]. Just be careful about InfernalRetaliation. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Compare AwesomenessIsVolatile. Also, see LavaAddsAwesome. If fire doesn't feel right but you still have writer's block, try ChandlersLaw. If that doesn't work, do both at once and [[StuffBlowingUp blow something up]]. Or [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon set a gun on fire]]. |
| 16 | ---- |
| 17 | !!Examples |
| 18 | |
| 19 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 20 | |
| 21 | [[folder:Advertisements]] |
| 22 | * Dairy Queen doesn't just have rainbows - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VtH5xdbMtU it has rainbows on fire.]] |
| 23 | [[/folder]] |
| 24 | |
| 25 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 26 | * ''Anime/{{Daltanious}}'': Daltanious' NewPowersAsThePlotDemands have the robot switch from using Sigma Energy to Hyperspace Energy so that it can use flame attacks as well as it's regular ones. This even extends to it's CoolSword, the Flame Sword. |
| 27 | * ''Anime/{{Redline}}'' has a particularly impressive example, when JP and Sonoshee have [[spoiler: Frisbee and the Old Man detonate their engine remotely,]] which somehow leads to them going even faster, and being little more than strapped to a hunk of metal propelled by a continuous explosion. |
| 28 | * ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': |
| 29 | ** [[spoiler:Lordgenome calmly fights a mecha while his head is on fire. Using his fists. And he was not set on fire by any conventional means, but by sheer [[AwesomenessIsVolatile awesomeness]].]] |
| 30 | ** In the second movie, he walks out into SPACE (aka where fire is impossible) with his crotch and arms ablaze. |
| 31 | ** Also worth mentioning is Kamina and Simon's [[ManOnFire MAN ON FIRE]] [[CallingYourAttacks BLAZING CHARIOT KICK!]] in which the Gurren Lagann jumps onto the Dai-Gunzan, somehow getting hit by only one blast, which only serves to set it on fire. Then it hits Viral feetfirst, [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping him]] |
| 32 | * ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': |
| 33 | ** Akane tries to assist Ranma in his training by wearing flammable padding on her arms (as his training required the opponent to emit a hot aura while he kept a cool one). But then, she's Akane, and her gi under the padding ''also'' catches fire... |
| 34 | ** Saffron, the Phoenix Emperor, is constantly shrouded in flames. [[PlayingWithFire Naturally]]. At one point, his flame aura becomes so intense as to become a Sun-like sphere of radiance. |
| 35 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': |
| 36 | ** Sanji has one in the Thriller Bark arc. Upon learning that Absalom is going to try to marry Nami, Sanji explodes in [[BurningWithAnger flames of anger]] for no apparent reason and sets off to kill Absalom... which quickly becomes a CurbStompBattle. |
| 37 | --->'''Sanji:''' I'm so full of anger I'm about to explode!\ |
| 38 | '''Zombies:''' HE DID! |
| 39 | ** Zoro [[InfernalRetaliation attacked someone after getting lit on fire]] ''years'' earlier... [[ComicBookTime to us]]. |
| 40 | ** [[ScaledUp Boa Marigold]] combines this with PrehensileHair when she fights. Unfortunately, while Mari can light herself up with no ill effect, her older sister Sandersonia only has the Prehensile Hair. So, when Luffy knocks the two of them into each other... |
| 41 | * Meito Anizawa, a.k.a. Anime Tenchou, former mascot of the anime/manga store Animate. Don't believe us? Check out the image under HotBlooded. Features in both ''Manga/LuckyStar'' and an {{O|riginalVideoAnimation}}VA by Creator/StudioGainax. |
| 42 | * Subverted in the first-season ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/PokemonS1E36TheBridgeBikeGang The Bridge Bike Gang]]". A Golem owned by the leader of the titular bike gang is lit on fire by Ash's Charmander. The Golem tries to retaliate, but it ends up burning the other members of the gang in a rather comical fashion. Humiliated, the leader recalls his Golem...and then the Poké Ball he returned it into [[strike:lights on fire]] glows red-hot from the flaming Golem's heat! |
| 43 | * Most [[FusionDance unisons]] in ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' only involve a shot of the Unison Device being absorbed into their user. The unison between [[PlayingWithFire Signum]] and [[spoiler: [[PlayingWithFire Agito]]]] however, starts with the both of them being engulfed in fire. |
| 44 | * In the final episode of ''New Manga/GetterRobo'', the protagonists win their BeamOWar by getting so HotBlooded that their hair, eyebrows and oversized [[HotbloodedSideburns sideburns]] inexplicably ''[[RuleOfCool turn into]]'' fire. |
| 45 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 46 | ** In a flashback, [[spoiler:Nagato]] has his legs set on fire from a bomb while [[spoiler:rescuing Konan]], but it's put out by [[BattleInTheRain the rain]] shortly thereafter and horribly damages his legs. |
| 47 | ** Sasuke does one with the [[spoiler:Amaterasu]], creating a RingOfFire for protection. In defiance of the first quote up there [[spoiler:the Raikage]] ''punches him anyway'' and has his arm on fire [[LifeOrLimbDecision when he cuts it off to avoid the rest of him getting burned up]]. |
| 48 | * [[LargeHam Jack Atlas]] from ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' has his hand catch fire when he [[spoiler: synchros the Crimson Devil with his Red Demon's Dragon]] as a part of using the Burning Soul ability. It's a miracle his cards don't catch on fire. |
| 49 | * The Flame Regalia, a set of back wheels for [[RollerbladeGood A-Ts]] in ''Manga/AirGear'' allows its user to spit flames from them. |
| 50 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': |
| 51 | ** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'', [[BigBad Dio Brando]] can nullify his greatest weakness, [[ThePowerOfTheSun Hamon]], by flash-freezing the limbs of anyone who touches him. [[TheHero Jonathan Joestar]] gets past this by ''lighting his fist on fire'' so his Hamon can get through. |
| 52 | ** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'', Jolyne Cujoh lights herself on fire to combat Rikiel's [[FightingSpirit Stand]], which allows him to control heat-draining creatures called Rods. Despite being a desperation move that no one thought would work, the sheer badass nature of the maneuver meant that it did. That is until Rikiel ''also'' lights himself on fire in order to figure out the flaw in Jolyne's plan, which he does. |
| 53 | * In ''Manga/ChainsawMan'', during the fight against PsychoForHire "Santa Claus", the titular hero sets himself on fire to take advantage of it being WeakenedByTheLight. |
| 54 | * ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': |
| 55 | ** In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', Biyomon's evolved forms, Birdramon and Garudamon, both count. Birdramon is ''constantly on fire'', so to travel, Sora generally has to dangle from one of her legs. Garudamon, while not constantly on fire, has an attack that briefly encases her in flames, so Sora generally tends to get a ride with another Digidestined while Garudamon's in battle, like Izzy and [=MegaKabuterimon=]. |
| 56 | ** ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' has [=ShineGreymon=] [[SuperMode Burst Mode]], who sports wings, a sword and a shield consisting solely of fire. Inevitably, he ends up being [[SpotlightStealingSquad the one shafted with most of the victories and crowning moments of awesome]] from his appearance onward and certainly appears far more frequently than any other Burst Mode partner Digimon, not that that was too much of a change from the rest of the series up to that point. Similarly, [=BanchoLeomon=] Burst Mode is pretty much normal [=BanchoLeomon=] set on fire, but unlike [=ShineGreymon=] he appears for only less than thirty seconds. |
| 57 | * ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'': '''This hand of mine is [[CallingYourAttacks BURNING RED]]! [[LargeHam Its loud roar tells me to grasp victory!]]''' |
| 58 | * In ''Manga/SoulEater'', Tezca [[ThePowerOfTheSun focuses sunlight into a beam]] that he shoots into [[spoiler:Justin]], burning the cloak on his shoulder and setting half of his face on fire. Not only does he survive, but his face is also ''still'' on fire days later, with no apparent ill-effects. |
| 59 | * In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', The Titans' body temperatures are shown to be extraordinarily high, to the point that a deep cut will send gushes of steam spewing from the wound. However when [[spoiler:Eren, in his titan form]] fights [[spoiler:Annie]] in the middle of the city, he becomes so [[UnstoppableRage incredibly pissed]] that he bursts into flames from rage. |
| 60 | * In ''Manga/FairyTail'', for Natsu a typical meal is usually something like a chicken leg, a plate of spaghetti, and a drink; only everything is ''on fire''. Even the drink. With regards to the drink, maybe it's not so impossible if we consider one of those [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flaming_cocktails.jpg flaming cocktails]]. |
| 61 | * ''Manga/SazanEyes'': Hyoma Prince Galga uses the absimilation powers of his people and his mastery of [[PlayingWithFire Agni Maya, the Fire God Magic]] to not only merge with a gigantic demonic statue but also to turn himself on fire, becoming an untoucheable "solid mass of flames". |
| 62 | [[/folder]] |
| 63 | |
| 64 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 65 | * ComicBook/WonderWoman's "flaming BreastPlate" moment in ''New Frontier Classified''. Even more awesome because [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation it's on fire and has tits]]. |
| 66 | * In a ''ComicBook/JLA1997'' storyline, the League discovers that the White Martians they hypnotized into becoming normal people are waking up and remembering their alien heritage. Knowing their weakness to flame, Orion covers himself and Barda in gasoline from some destroyed cars, lights himself on fire, and [[InfernalRetaliation punches one out]]. |
| 67 | * In ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'', the [[ShapedLikeItself appropriately named]] Judge Fire is, indeed, on fire. |
| 68 | * To quote Cyclops on one of his many, many plans to deal with the altered Juggernaut in the ''ComicBook/XMen'' tie-in to ''ComicBook/FearItself'': |
| 69 | -->'''Plan 24:''' Hæmopyrokinetic Adam X deployed to attempt to incapacitate Juggernaut by igniting blood.\ |
| 70 | '''Result:''' Blood ignition a success, but worse than ineffective. For fifteen minutes Unstoppable Juggernaut is rendered an Unstoppable Juggernaut that ignites anything it touches. |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[folder:Fanfiction]] |
| 74 | * ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': |
| 75 | -->''"What is it?" Torian replied, watching Tiger with a worried expression. Not too worried though, since her flaming crown had disappeared the moment she had doubled over in pain.\ |
| 76 | "The enemy temple! It's on fire!" the voice shouted.\ |
| 77 | "Huh?" He involuntarily looked down, and then kept looking, his eyes growing wider and wider. Something underneath the waves was burning bright enough to make them shine like the setting sun. "I-I can see that." He looked up at Tiger, his expression begging for an explanation. "What are they burning?"\ |
| 78 | "The temple."\ |
| 79 | "Yes, you already told me that!"\ |
| 80 | "You don't understand! The stone is on fire! Underwater!"\ |
| 81 | Torian blinked. So did most of the youma.\ |
| 82 | "By all the dark gods, it just crashed and now the sand is burning too! Look at it!" another warlock shouted in the background.\ |
| 83 | "I think even the water is on fire," the first one muttered in a voice that bordered on religious rapture.\ |
| 84 | "Don't be silly," Tiger interrupted. "The water is too busy exploding to be on fire!"\ |
| 85 | "I... I stand corrected."'' |
| 86 | * In the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/NinTech'', Naruto is found by Sasuke in his room tinkering with a gadget... ''with his hair on fire.'' Then again, he is crazy, so what does he care? |
| 87 | * ''Fanfic/ForwardPeptuck'': |
| 88 | ** The crew is captured by an enemy crew of pirates. Salvation comes in the form of [[spoiler:Jayne drenching a coat in lighter fluid, throwing it on, setting himself on fire, and then rushing the enemy crew with his knife in hand]]. Probably the most awesome RefugeInAudacity moment in the entire story. This was, in fact, a ShoutOut to an example from ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''. In fact, the dialogue is almost identical, but with [[TheCaptain Mal]] as the titular Doctor and Jayne as Dan. |
| 89 | ** Much, much later on, we learn where Jayne got the idea: [[spoiler: One of the "six men came to kill me one time" did the same thing to Jayne when he used a gasoline bomb on him. It was the most righteously terrifying thing he'd ever seen.]] |
| 90 | * ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': [[spoiler:Vix-Lei winds up lighting her hammers on fire during the final stages of the battle with the Nightmare, thanks to one of the potions -- which is essentially ''napalm'' -- Rex got from Jeb.]] |
| 91 | * In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal, one of Johanna Smith-Rhodes' teaching specialties at the Assassins' Guild School is Exothermic Alchemy. A related discipline is Deployment of Devices. Basically, she teaches young Assassins about the exciting world of explosives and incendiaries. Starred graduates of her courses have been responsible for some spectacular incidences of arson. |
| 92 | [[/folder]] |
| 93 | |
| 94 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 95 | * This is why the weather in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', after Scar takes over the savanna, suddenly turns from drier-than-a-bone to thunderstorm -- to set up the final fight between Scar and Simba while the whole place is on fire. |
| 96 | * In his final fight with Shifu at the end of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'', Tai Lung knocks over a torch and lights his hands on fire. There's a slo-mo shot of him flying through the air with his forepaws wreathed in blue flames. |
| 97 | * At the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', Jack Skellington sets himself on fire, therefore having one of the most awesome entrances in Disney history. |
| 98 | * The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Monstrous Nightmare]] from ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' likes to set itself on fire as a combat technique. |
| 99 | * Simultaneously upheld and subverted in ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted''. Vitaly is so gruff and unwelcoming because [[spoiler:his act was jumping through physically impossibly small hoops (with olive oil as a lubricant). He became so wrapped up in the fame he decided to make it even more sensational by lighting the hoop on fire - al la circus animals leaping through flaming rings. Fire + Olive Oil = Flaming Tiger = Act/Career/Attitude going down (or up?) in flames. Only after Alex's (fireproof) conditioner is used to replace the olive oil is he able to restore the act and the Incendiary Exponent to its rightful power.]] |
| 100 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Frida Kahlo, while presenting the rehearsal of her show for Ernesto de la Cruz's Sunrise Spectacular to Miguel, gets the idea to have the stage props be on fire. [[spoiler:When we finally see the scene as presented at the Sunrise Spectacular, the "fire" is just red banners and orange lighting, complete with video footage on the monitors.]] |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 104 | * In ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' [[ImplacableMan Jason]] is lit on fire at a rave, but unfortunately for the people there [[NighInvulnerability doesn't slow him down in the slightest]] as he continues to kill people. |
| 105 | * Westley in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' is well aware of this trope. When the heroes have to [[StormingTheCastle storm the castle]] he has Fezzik (played by Wrestling/AndreTheGiant) climb on top a wheelbarrow and then sets the giant on fire. The image of a ten-foot tall floating man on fire claiming to be the Dread Pirate Roberts who leaves no survivors is enough to scare the sixty men guarding the gate. Fezzik at least has a holocaust cloak which supposedly prevents a person from burning to death and even then it doesn't make it pleasant. |
| 106 | * Overheard in [[http://www.teleport-city.com/movies/dvdjournal/2008/04/toofan.html this review]] of a Bollywood movie: |
| 107 | -->Shaitan Singh has escaped from prison, a feat he has accomplished in part by means of ''setting himself on fire'' (badass). To be honest, I'm not sure that the whole setting himself on fire part was all that necessary to his escape, but the shot of him emerging from his cell in slow motion, on fire, while shooting everyone in sight was definitely necessary to me being able to make it through the remaining hour of ''Toofan''. |
| 108 | * The protagonist of the martial arts movie ''Film/OngBak'' (played by Muay Thai expert Tony Jaa) kicks a {{mook}} in the head with his legs on fire. Jaa did his own stunts. |
| 109 | ** He also insisted on doing the take over and over again until he was sure it was right, despite having already suffered burns to his legs from prior takes. |
| 110 | * The final showdown in the Hong Kong WireFu movie ''Film/IronMonkey'' is a one-on-two fight on wooden poles, which are slowly burning. All three participants catch on fire at some point, and just for extra ridiculous badass credit they proceed to use said burning poles as ''hand-held weapons''. |
| 111 | * The title character of ''Film/TheTerminator'' is on fire when he punches through the windshield of the heroes' getaway car. Granted, he isn't human, but a literal killing machine, but it's still made of plenty of win. |
| 112 | ** There's also the famous close-up of the Terminator's endoskeleton. The Terminator itself isn't on fire, but the tanker trunk wreckage surrounding it still is, and the backdrop of fire from the burning gasoline as the Terminator glares into the camera is so pants-wettingly terrifying that it may as well be all most people remember about the first film. (Indeed, the [[BasedOnADream entire film was inspired]] by a nightmare Creator/JamesCameron had about a metal skeleton coming at him through fire.) |
| 113 | * A meta-example in ''Film/BigGame'' -- the "exploding Air Force One" scene is featured very prominently in all trailers and posters. |
| 114 | * In ''Film/Transformers2007'', for a brief moment after crashing through a bus and rollerskating towards Optimus Prime, [[DumbMuscle Bonecrusher]] is on fire. ([[MemeticMutation Which he hates]].) |
| 115 | * Near the end of ''Film/CrankHighVoltage'', Chev Chelios [[spoiler: walks in slow motion towards the camera while completely consumed in flames, and gives the audience the middle finger.]] |
| 116 | * In ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', Colonel Quaritch’s arm is set on fire when a missile explodes in his gunship's engine. He climbs into his mech and prepares to bail out. ''Then'' he puts out the flames. |
| 117 | * In ''Film/AVPAlienVsPredator'', one predator, upon being ignited via an improvised flamethrower, kills the human wielding it but does not otherwise react to being on fire. |
| 118 | * In ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', during Cobra's assault on the Joes, a random Viper gets set on fire in the background and continues as normal. He dies when he reappears because they stick a grenade in his neck guard. |
| 119 | * ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}'': The drone on Tower 49 [[spoiler: right after it gets reactivated by the Tet and vaporizes Victoria 49]] is briefly on fire for no reason other than looking pretty scary (and floating into the room through recently-shot curtains). |
| 120 | * In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'', at one point when Will is fighting Davy Jones' crew he sets his sword on fire by sticking it through a lamp. |
| 121 | * Red Rackham in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011'' makes his entrance with his [[BadassCape cape]] on fire, and he actually uses it as a weapon in his first battle with his adversary, Sir Francis Haddock. |
| 122 | * In ''Film/ManOfSteel'', [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Clark]] rescues workers from a blazing oil rig while he's on fire. Being [[NighInvulnerability invunerable]], being on fire doesn't faze him one bit. |
| 123 | * At the climax of ''Film/{{Anaconda}}'', the surviving protagonists try to kill the giant anaconda by blowing it up while it's in a factory chimney. The result? The chimney is blown up, leaving a burning anaconda that goes after them while it's still on fire. |
| 124 | [[/folder]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 127 | * Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': |
| 128 | ** In ''Literature/{{Thud}}'', [[spoiler:Commander Samuel Vimes fights several dwarves wielding flamethrowers, with only two axes and a sword, while on fire.]] |
| 129 | ** What's more awesome than a seven-foot-tall skeleton rushing into a burning building to save a small child? A seven-foot-tall skeleton walking ''out of the inferno, after the building has exploded, on fire, carrying said child.'' What's even more awesome than that? Said seven-foot-tall skeleton is [[AC:Death]], in the novel ''Literature/ReaperMan''. |
| 130 | * In Creator/LarryNiven's ''Literature/WorldOfPtavvs'', a character ''lights Pluto on fire'' with his rocket's exhaust. |
| 131 | * In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', the final installment to Creator/JKRowling's ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series, Neville is stuck in a body-bind curse with a flaming hat on his head. Once freed, he's ''still'' able to [[spoiler:take out the snake holding the last piece of Voldemort's soul.]] Any wonder he's become the Potterverse's [[Website/ChuckNorrisFacts Chuck Norris]] to the fans? |
| 132 | ** Crabbe also managed to accidentally destroy a Horcrux ([[HoistByHisOwnPetard and kill himself]]) when he unleashed magical Fiendfyre inside the Room of Requirement. |
| 133 | ** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', Dumbledore fends off the Inferi by surrounding them with a rope of magical fire. In the [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince movie adaptation]], he conjures a freaking '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZTeHYpGq9E firestorm.]]''''' |
| 134 | * Crowley, the [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire friendly demon]] from ''Literature/GoodOmens'', makes a good chunk of the trip between his offices in London and the site of Armageddon (a sleepy little town called Tadfield) with his vintage Bentley on fire, held together through '''[[HeroicResolve sheer force of will]]'''. |
| 135 | ** Including when he stops and asks for directions. The result is too hilarious to describe here. |
| 136 | * In ''Literature/TheShining'' by Creator/StephenKing, Dick Halloran reaches his Crowning Moment of Awesome when in desperation he sets his gasoline-soaked arm on fire and punches into the possessed hedge lion. |
| 137 | * Literature/TheBible has so many examples of this... |
| 138 | ** {{Flaming Sword}}s. |
| 139 | ** Fiery Chariots. |
| 140 | ** God's holiness being described as an "all-consuming fire" |
| 141 | ** Burnt offerings. |
| 142 | ** Burning bush. |
| 143 | ** Hell |
| 144 | ** Several judgments from Revelation. |
| 145 | ** Pillar of fire by night. |
| 146 | ** Fire and brimstone. |
| 147 | ** Burning hail. |
| 148 | ** And so on and so on... |
| 149 | * In the third ''Literature/EmpireFromTheAshes'' book, Stomald douses the "demon" Sandy (who has an invisible personal force field on) in holy oil. Sandy issues forth a booming laugh, uses a nearby torch to ''set herself on fire'', and then ''[[InfernalRetaliation keeps going]]'' toward Stomald, who has been terrified, laughing and ranting about Stomald's sinful nature. |
| 150 | * In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' series, this is basically why the outfits Cinna designs are so awesome. The dress [[spoiler:originally Katniss's wedding gown, bursting into flames and turning into a mockingjay dress]] in particular comes to mind. |
| 151 | ** Katniss isn't called the "girl on fire" for nothing. |
| 152 | * The ''Literature/{{Ramayana}}'' has the villainous Rakshavas set fire to Hanuman's tail. He escapes and leaps from building to building, setting the entire city on fire with his tail. |
| 153 | * The Fire Immortal Luo Xuan from ''Literature/FengshenYanyi'' is on fire when he takes his six-armed three-faced battle form. One of his magic tools is the Ten-Thousand Crows Urn, which summons a near-infinite amount of crows... which are on fire and burn anything they come across. |
| 154 | [[/folder]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[folder:Live Action TV]] |
| 157 | * The ''Series/{{CSI}}'' episode "The Theory of Everything" has a drunk man escape custody and wreak havoc all over the station, overpowering ''many'' police officers. When he's finally cornered, Brass orders a deputy to drop him with a stun gun, saying [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPv9ol_EC0U "Light him up!"]] When the pins strike the man, he ''flashes into flame'' in the most awesome manner possible. (Most of the rest of the episode is devoted to finding out why he caught fire from a taser hit, including a cameo from the ''Series/MythBusters'', who would later test that very myth on their show.) |
| 158 | * An episode of ''Series/TheTick2001'' features a dolphin show where the dolphin jumps through a ring and such, following which the announcers say "But can he do it... ON FIRE?" Soon the dolphin gains human intelligence and some henchmen and turns the tables on them. |
| 159 | * This is how Minbari decided caste dominance in ''Series/BabylonFive'', at least in the old days. More would be spoiling. [[spoiler: Never has deciding to become a priest been so badass.]] |
| 160 | * ''Series/TheDailyShow''/''Series/TheColbertReport'''s Indecision 2008 has a ManOnFire ''voting''. And then the booth [[StuffBlowingUp explodes]]. |
| 161 | * Duff of ''Series/AceOfCakes'' will put fireworks into a cake if given half an excuse. |
| 162 | * In ''Franchise/KamenRider'', a few Riders have decided an attack while on fire is a good idea. |
| 163 | ** Series/KamenRiderRyuki performs his [[FinishingMove Final Vent]] by having his BondCreature (an eastern dragon) launch him at his target with his fire. Ryuki then proceeds to deliver a Rider Kick while on fire. His EvilCounterpart Ryuga's Final Vent is pretty much the same, except with black fire. |
| 164 | ** Series/KamenRiderKiva has a variation of his Rider Kick where his dragon/castle Castle Doran propels him into his opponent for a flaming Rider Kick. |
| 165 | ** In ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'', this happens to [[spoiler: Double himself]] when [[spoiler: Shotaro executes a twin maximum drive to defeat the Weather Dopant.]] To quote [[Film/{{Se7en}} John Doe]], it didn't work. |
| 166 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' has a habit of doing this when he performs a FinishingMove in [=TaJaDor=] Combo. His Prominence Drop Rider Kick involves him turning his legs into a set of flaming talons and crushing the opponent with them while his Magna Blaze Giga Scan involves him being surrounded by a huge phoenix made of fire and flying through the opponent. |
| 167 | ** Series/KamenRiderWizard has his Flame Style, and Flame Dragon Style by extension, who's Rider Kick naturally involves his leg lightning on fire and him being on fire when delivering the actual kick. |
| 168 | * Jeremy Clarkson of ''Series/TopGear'' is a strong believer in this trope. He once outlined plans for an Olympic opening ceremony in which ''everything'' was on fire. Including the spectators. |
| 169 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': One of Gile's [[Awesome/BuffyTheVampireSlayer most awesome moments]] is when he [[BatterUp beats the crap out of Angelus with a bat]] that's on fire. |
| 170 | * ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' |
| 171 | ** Series/UltramanTaro has his Ultra Dynamite FinishingMove, which involves igniting into explosive flames, charging the opponent and triggering a massive explosion on impact. |
| 172 | ** Series/UltramanMebius has his own variation, which involves grabbing the opponent ''then'' lighting on fire, burning them severely for a few moments before triggering the explosion. |
| 173 | ** Series/UltramanOrb can perform the Stobium Dynamite technique in Burnmite form, as expected from a fusion of Taro and Mebius. It is normally performed the same way as Taro's Ultra Dynamite, but he can also launch the flames as a fireball attack. |
| 174 | ** ''Series/UltramanRB'' has Ultraman Orb Dark, an EvilKnockoff of Ultraman Orb who can perform the Dark Stobium Dynamite as his strongest FinishingMove. However, Rosso foresaw this attack during their rematch and used his Ground form's GravityMaster powers to hold him down, preventing him from triggering the explosion. |
| 175 | * At least one or two challenges per episode on the Spanish game show ''Series/ElGranJuegoDeLaOca'' involved either setting something on fire or putting a fire out. |
| 176 | * On ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' after disgraced FIFA executive Jack Warner responded to John giving him advice by buying more air time on Trinidadian television specifically to tell him off while scored to [[MundaneMadeAwesome excessively epic music]] (''Ash'' by The Secession), John answered with a video with the same music and, well... |
| 177 | --> '''John:''' If you really want to continue to trade shit-talking videos with increasingly high production elements, then consider your challenge accepted my friend. Because you have magnificent music under yours, well played. Well, I see your music choice and I raise you... FIRE!\ |
| 178 | ''Gouts of flame erupt either side of John with pyrotechnics setting off''\ |
| 179 | Your move, Jack! Your move! Either respond to me by this time next week with a more spectacular video than this or I will accept your graceless defeat. |
| 180 | * ''Series/IronChef'' provides lots of examples, since in any given battle there's a good chance that one of the chefs will either (a) intentionally set something on fire (as a flambé) or (b) unintentionally set something on fire (usually when the alcohol vapors rising from a hot pan to which booze has been added for flavoring touches the flames/heat from the powerful stoves in Kitchen Stadium). In the English dub of the original '90s Japanese edition, this was often accompanied by Fukui saying "Whoa, flamola!" |
| 181 | * ''Series/RobotWars'' has Nemesis and Diotoir, the robots of Team Nemesis, which were decorated with red and black polka-dotted fur that ended up catching fire in nearly every single fight they had - and the team were not above deliberately setting themselves on fire. It got to the point where ''they started putting food on Diotoir'' in order to cook it with their burning robot. |
| 182 | * A common challenge in the early rounds of ''Series/ForgedInFire'' is to make blades that can handle being slammed into hard objects, usually wood or metal. In later seasons, the judges will occasionally set fire to logs (without telling the smiths until after the blades are finished) before conducting this test. |
| 183 | * A Brazilian game show had [[https://globoplay.globo.com/v/2777292/ one of its contests]] featuring a person rolling a flaming ball up a ramp into a cage. It also led the show to be prematurely cancelled once two fans decided to imitate the game by playing football with a burning ball, and mishandling paint thinner to keep the flames going led to a fatal explosion. |
| 184 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS39E4FluxChapterFourVillageOfTheAngels Village of the Angels]]": Any [[BrownNote image]] of a [[HumanoidAbomination Weeping Angel]] becomes a Weeping Angel, so when an Angel illustration starts to manifest physically in the room, the Doctor tosses the paper into the fireplace. Cue the Angel manifesting again, now made of fire. |
| 185 | -->'''Doctor:''' Brilliant! Made it worse. |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 189 | * Music/{{Rammstein}} has long since learned that if your audience doesn't understand your German, that's not a problem if the entire stage is on fire! Till Lindemann not only has a habit of setting himself on fire during live shows, but he even went for a certification in pyrotechnics just to have a better view of the shows. |
| 190 | * The codifier for this trope in music is likely Arthur Brown, who made his name by arriving on stage, ''on fire''. with walls of flame toward the sides of the stage, sometimes with a backing singer swinging a (presumably empty) petrol can around, then breaking into a song named... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOErZuzZpS8 Fire!]] |
| 191 | * Spoofed by Music/WeirdAlYankovic in "Perform This Way", a parody of "Born This Way" by Music/LadyGaga. |
| 192 | --> I'll wrap my small intestines round my neck and set fire to myself on stage." |
| 193 | * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPhBgRSj6YQ music video for "California" by Wax]] defines this. A guy running down the street? Lame and boring. A guy running down the street, ''on fire''? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTz_pVRnXMQ The greatest music video ever made.]] |
| 194 | [[/folder]] |
| 195 | |
| 196 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 197 | * The playfield and cabinet of ''[[Pinball/NoFearDangerousSports No Fear: Dangerous Sports]]'' are decorated with flames, just to make everything more EXTREME. |
| 198 | * The pinball machine Music/EltonJohn is playing in ''Pinball/CaptainFantasticAndTheBrownDirtCowboy'' is on fire... but he's too awesome to care. |
| 199 | * In Hankin's ''Pinball/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', just about everything is either exploding or on flames, including the clouds over Hoth. |
| 200 | * In the ''KISS'' pinball tables (both the [[Pinball/KissBally Bally original]] and the [[Pinball/KissStern Stern update]]), nearly everything is either [[StuffBlowingUp exploding]] or on fire. |
| 201 | * ''Pinball/{{Wizard}}!'' shows the background of the playfield and backglass covered in flames. |
| 202 | * ''Pinball/StrikerXtreme'' (and its Americanized remake, ''NFL'') include flaming arrowheads, logos on fire, and balls with fiery trails. Because it's ''XTREME!'' |
| 203 | * ''Pinball/EvelKnievel'' includes assorted flaming backgrounds, [[BurningRubber fiery bike trails]], and fireballs decorating the table. |
| 204 | * Almost everything on the ''Pinball/{{ACDC}}'' pinball playfield is on fire. |
| 205 | * In ''Pinball/{{Metallica}}'', nearly everything on the playfield is either surrounded by flames or on fire. |
| 206 | * In Creator/SegaPinball's ''Pinball/MaryShelleysFrankenstein,'' the resurrected Elizabeth is shown framed by fire on the playfield. |
| 207 | * Carried as far as it can reasonably go with Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''Pinball/Fire1987'' -- not only is everything in the game shown on fire, but the game also has a rotating color cylinder inside the cabinet to make the playfield and model buildings appear to be on fire. The "Champaign Edition" of the game uses a similar feature to depict animated flames in the backglass. |
| 208 | * The Super Pops animation in ''Pinball/{{Aerosmith}}'' depicts [[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Joey Kramer]] drumming to the point where he ends up wreathed in flames. |
| 209 | [[/folder]] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 212 | * On a 2009 Apache Army show, Jun Kasai beat Takashi Sasaki with a bat wrapped with barbed wire after lighting it on fire. |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 216 | * Several spells and a few feats in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' allow the user to light his weapon, his fists, or [[WreathedInFlames even his entire body on fire]]. These generally aren't especially effective, but damn if they don't look cool. |
| 217 | ** ''D&D'' 3 also has the rule that ordinary fire does only d6 damage per round -- fairly little to a high-level adventurer and easily negated by moderate energy resistance (never mind a host of creatures which are immune to fire, to begin with). It's entirely possible to cast Protection from Fire on an ally, cover him in cotton and oil, set him on fire and use him as a distraction. |
| 218 | ** A third-edition [[NatureHero druid]] can take a T. rex as an animal companion and cast a spell that [[WreathedInFlames engulfs its target in flames]] that [[InfernalRetaliation do not damage the target itself]]. It's not as effective as some of the other combinations available to high-level druids, but still. ''[[RuleOfCool Flaming T. rex]]''. |
| 219 | ** At level 14 the Totemist class from Magic of Incarnum can bind the Phoenix Belt soulmeld and set himself on fire for continuous Fast Healing 1. Yup, you can set yourself on fire to HEAL. Actually a decent idea in a grapple-focused build. |
| 220 | ** 4th edition updates the ordinary fire rule. It does ongoing, static damage. 5 per turn in some cases. Which is how much resistance to fire Tieflings have. Ideas are forming. |
| 221 | ** 2nd edition's rings of fire resistance gave perfect immunity to non-magical fire, this coupled with falling damage being capped at ten six-sided dice led to people eventually doing orbital insertions. Eventually ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' would address this and add a critical failure point on fire resistance leading to a sort of [[ChunkySalsaRule red hot chunky salsa rule]]. |
| 222 | ** The ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' has even more of fun with magical fires, such as [[DeadlyDisc Flamespin]], Darsson's Fiery Cube, Firestaff (sticks balls of fire to a staff's ends without burning it) and others. There are also fiery versions of existing spells from [[PlayingWithFire pyromancer]] Daltim. [[HelpingHands Bigby's Hands]] spells? He designed Daltim's Flaming Fist. 3e version of ''Shining South'' adds Daltim's Fiery Tentacles -- which, you guessed it, is just like old good Evard's Black Tentacles, but on fire. |
| 223 | * In ''TabletopGame/D20Modern'', a Tough Hero with the Energy Resistance (Fire) talent and a Constitution of 22 is immune to being on fire (being on fire deals 1D6 of fire damage, and the character described above has Fire Resistance 6). |
| 224 | ** In ''[[TabletopGame/D20Modern Urban Arcana]]'', a high-level character could use the Fortify incantation seed to grant someone an inherent resistance up to 5 to any element. It can apply to fire, and then, see above... |
| 225 | * In a similar example, the typical munchkin characters in ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' could take minimal damage from being on fire, and in a situation where they are fighting in the darkness against opponents who could see in the dark, the cost of being on fire was more than offset by the bonus the player received from the fire providing the light for them to see. |
| 226 | ** Speaking of ''Rifts'', at least two independent factions have each developed a PowerArmor that uses plasma and forcefields to make it appear to be on fire. |
| 227 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' example: the Ork Mekboy/biker/Warboss/raving lunatic Wazdakka Gutzmek once found himself up against an Imperial Warlord Titan, a HumongousMecha protected by powerful energy shields and armed with enough firepower to level entire cities. Undaunted, Wazdakka ''ramped his bike off a cliff and rammed the Titan with it'', overloading the energy shields and setting both him and his bike on fire. The bike continued on its trajectory and slammed into the Titan's head, whereupon Wazdakka, still on fire, proceeded to butcher the Titan's pilot and bridge crew. |
| 228 | ** "Since that day Wazdakka has treasured the still-flaming skulls of the Titan Princeps and his crew as a grisly reminder of his biggest ever kill." |
| 229 | ** ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' again - 2nd Edition this time. The rules for weapon effects and combat were horrendously in-depth, concentrating on having different effects on individual models in an ''army'' - however, this did mean that flame weapons could set infantry alight, who then ran around panicked whilst their squadmates tried to beat out the flames. Unless they were Frenzied, of course - in which case they charged screaming at the enemy, ignoring the fact that they were covered in burning chemicals. If you avoided rolling the "goes out" result, you could theoretically have a squad of insane, howling madmen, running across a battlefield and cutting down their enemies whilst all the time being human torches. |
| 230 | ** The fluff from those days also mentions the [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Flame_Falcons Flame Falcons]] Space Marine chapter. |
| 231 | ** 40k also has Doomrider, a Demon Prince of Slaanesh with [[Comicbook/GhostRider a flaming skull head who rides around on a motorcycle]]. His fan-made theme song sums it up nicely: |
| 232 | --->''[[SenseFreak Son of Slaanesh, full of desire]]\ |
| 233 | [[Creator/RichardPryor He does cocaine and his head is on fire]]!'' |
| 234 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution]]'', Chaos Sorcerers have the Coruscating Flame ability. It engulfs friendly units in flames dealing damage to anyone in the immediate vicinity. It is absolutely devastating against units with high model count. |
| 235 | * Some (read: the more powerful) Avestites in ''TabletopGame/FadingSuns'' can shroud their whole body in holy fire, from which they do not suffer damage themselves. Of course, the symbol of the Templar Avesti church ''is'' a flame, and their inquisitors use flame throwers... |
| 236 | * In ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'', there's a school of powers called Contract of Elements. You choose an element to master (in this case, fire) and at level 2 you can have Armour of Fire and at level five you can ''be'' [[WreathedInFlames fire]]! |
| 237 | * In ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'' this trope is mentioned in the section on Storytelling, along with HighAltitudeBattle. |
| 238 | -->For a location, the simplest thing to do is to imagine a fun place to have a fight[...] If there's not enough excitement inherent in the location, light the whole thing on fire. Or drop it from a great height. Something that is on fire and falling is more or less ideal. |
| 239 | * Characters in ''TabletopGame/{{Everway}}'' can have any power the GM accepts is reasonable and can assign a point cost to, and one of the example characters has a power called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Sweat Fire"]]. It's more useful for providing light than for dealing damage, but hey, you're still on fire! |
| 240 | * ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'': |
| 241 | ** An aggressive mage who knows the right spells in games using the standard magic system can set not just his weapons one fire but also his clothing -- intelligent fire that actively attacks people who strike at the wearer. And if that's not enough he can turn himself into nothing but fire! |
| 242 | ** According to a strict reading of the rules, the penalty for being on fire is less than the penalty for being blinded, making self-immolation an effective (for at least a brief time) alternative to being caught in total darkness. On the other hand, it would be reasonable to say that [[ObviousRulePatch a burning human is a lousy light source]]. |
| 243 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' features the Fire aspected Dragon-Blooded, who light themselves on fire as they expend Essence with their special ability Charms. |
| 244 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=240002 Guise of Fire.]] Not terribly useful, but funny as all get out. |
| 245 | [[/folder]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 248 | * ''VideoGame/Portal2'': |
| 249 | ** Cave Johnson's infamous WhenLifeGivesYouLemons-speech has an iconic example of this. |
| 250 | --->'''Cave:''' Make life RUE the day it thought it could give CAVE JOHNSON ''LEMONS''! Do you know who I am?! I'm the man who's gonna BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN! WITH THE LEMONS!\ |
| 251 | '''[=GLaDOS=]:''' [[AC: Oh, I like this guy!]]\ |
| 252 | '''Cave:''' I'm going to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that [[{{Metaphorgotten}} BURNS YOUR HOUSE DOWN]]!\ |
| 253 | '''[=GLaDOS=]:''' [[AC: BURN HIS HOUSE DOWN!]]\ |
| 254 | ''(Cave starts coughing violently)''\ |
| 255 | '''[=GLaDOS=]:''' [[AC: [[ComedicSociopathy Burning people! He says what we're all thinking!]]]] |
| 256 | ** In Chapter 9, [[spoiler: Wheatley]] invents [[BuffySpeak Mashy-Spike-Plates]] (which are really just wall panels with spikes welded to them). What makes them fit into this trope is [[spoiler: the fact that Wheatley would like them to shoot fire at you, moments before crushing you]]. |
| 257 | ** Right before commencing the final BossBattle, [[spoiler: FinalBoss Wheatley]] makes a schedule for the fight, leaving three minutes to kill you, one minute to take a break, and two minutes to find out how to shut down whatever's starting all the fires. |
| 258 | * ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark2008'' gives the player the ability to set pretty much anything on fire. And shoot bullets that are on fire. In fact, said flaming bullets are [[KillItWithFire one of the game's best weapons]], and are never in short supply. |
| 259 | * In the Subspace Emissary of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'', R.O.B. makes his appearance in this manner [[spoiler: when the robes he wore as the Ancient Minister are burned off him]]. |
| 260 | ** As well as any other character who consumes the Spicy Curry item. |
| 261 | * Karlach of ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'' isn't ''literally'' on fire (most of the time, anyways), but the [[{{Magitek}} Infernal Engine]] stuck in her heart makes her too hot to touch by anyone, makes her blood [[MyBloodRunsHot outright burn any vampire that tries to bite her]], and makes her burst into genuine flames when she's feeling any emotion that's too strong. |
| 262 | * In the survival horror MMORPG ''VideoGame/DeadFrontier'', fire has the opposite effect on zombies that it does in [[BurnTheUndead most other zombie games and films]]. According to the lore of the game, setting boss zombies on fire with incendiary weaponry '''makes them stronger''', by causing their infected flesh to regenerate at an accelerated pace. The flesh heals faster than the flames can burn it, causing them to become even [[UnstoppableRage angrier]] and [[TurnsRed stronger]] than before. |
| 263 | ** Sure enough, the flaming variants of boss zombies in the game have double the HP of their normal counterparts and do much greater damage. Also, they're twice as fast. |
| 264 | * In the LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' "{{Blog/Boatmurdered}}," a legendary engraver ex-mayor slaughtered four dwarves while on fire. Then he beat up a dwarf who came to stop him so hard '''that dwarf caught on fire'''... and then the fort [[TrashTheSet burned to the ground]] while the remaining inhabitants slaughtered each other in paroxysms of grief and rage until only the current ruler and a little girl were still alive. ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' [[strike:does not handle fire well]] handles fire perfectly. |
| 265 | ** ''Dwarf Fortress'': the only game in which the logic goes "[[TooDumbToLive I'm on fire. Man, I need a beer]]!" |
| 266 | ** 2012 updates have removed most issues with dwarven fires. At the very least, they actually realize now that being on fire is a ''bad thing'' and will leap into the nearest water available to put themselves out, as well as avoiding anything on fire. Still, if there's no water and they're ablaze already, things proceed [[HilarityEnsues as normal]]. |
| 267 | ** This can become literal "Incendiary Exponents", given that severed body parts are indicated by a squared sign. |
| 268 | ** War elephants, with their thick hides and high health, can survive being aflame for a long time unless they exacerbate it by spreading it to something more combustible. One of the few things that aren't better on fire is a barrel of booze. |
| 269 | ** ''Dwarf Fortress'' fans being what they are, "being on fire" is considered a supremely dorfy (read: good) thing. The !! thrown around in discussions (like [[EarnYourFun !!Fun!!]]) is in reference to how the game shows that objects are on fire. |
| 270 | * In the Destruction Derby segment of ''VideoGame/FullThrottle'', Ben (wearing an asbestos suit) gets lit on fire and ejected from his car as part of a distraction. You then have to provide further distraction by running around the derby ''on fire'', setting the stadium ablaze, so that the resultant inferno causes an evacuation. |
| 271 | * In PinchMode, ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''' Bad Girl spits out alcohol all over her bat. That's when the lighter comes out. |
| 272 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' spends pretty much the entirety of ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings'' with a head cold ''and a flaming arrow lodged in his chest'', neither of which slow him down in the slightest. |
| 273 | * In ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles'', party members can be equipped with Chao that give them elemental attack power. The element is displayed swirling around them, meaning... yes, that's right. [[ManOnFire You can set Sonic's entire body on fire this time]]. And if you consider the extreme boost to your ATK that said element provides, then yes, it's pretty badass. |
| 274 | * When Exdeath, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', imprisons Krile, the granddaughter of Galuf, in a slowly closing ring of fire, Galuf jumps right into the flames and, still ablaze, picks up and tosses Krile right out of the ring before it closes in on ''him''. He then shrugs off the flames and proceeds towards one of the most badass {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s to date. |
| 275 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has the memorable scene of Sephiroth razing Cloud's hometown of Nibelheim, which features the iconic imagery of Sephiroth [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9qMuCT54q4 walking away through the rising flames]]. |
| 276 | * In ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', getting pounced by a Hunter is scary and potentially frustrating. Getting pounced by a Hunter that's on fire? Straight into the land of awesome, my friend. |
| 277 | ** Reportedly, flaming hunters do more damage. |
| 278 | ** Even worse, a Tank on fire moves twice faster than a regular tank! |
| 279 | ** Or a Witch on fire as if her pissed off isn't scary enough. |
| 280 | ** And then there's the sequel that adds incendiary ammo where one fire bullet is all it takes to set zombies on fire, although special infected will have the fire be put out after a while unless you keep pumping them with fire bullets. [[RuleOfCool And yes, you can load the grenade launcher with incendiary ammo to light an entire horde of zombies on fire!]] |
| 281 | * [[SNKBoss Jinpachi Mishima]] from ''VideoGame/Tekken5: Dark Resurrection''. It kinda makes sense in context, since he's a demon and all. |
| 282 | * In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' at one point, you could travel back in time, get the caveman equivalent of [[strike:Santa Claus]] [[YouMeanXmas Uncle Crimbo]] to invent fire by rubbing two sticks together, and then ''wear it as a hat''. Of course, this all makes [[RuleOfFunny perfect sense]]. |
| 283 | * In the ''Wrath of the Lich King'' expansion of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the conclusion to a Howling Fjord quest line for Alliance characters dealing with harpoon launchers involves launching ''yourself'' from such a weapon, and flying through the air while ''surfing on a spear that is on fire.'' And you land right in town, smack in front of the quest giver who agrees that it was insane for you to do so... |
| 284 | ** Warlocks have the Hellfire spell to burn enemies around them... and themselves. It's actually known to be a useful trick in situations of certain doom since killing yourself with it doesn't damage your equipment. |
| 285 | ** In the Rage of the Firelands expansion, the reward for unlocking all the merchants and questgivers on the Molten Front is a Flameward Hippogryph, which has orange feathers and is on fire. |
| 286 | * The [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Source engine]] allows you to set things on fire and the fire can spread to other flammable things. The latest versions of the engine updated the flame effects to be quite pretty. |
| 287 | ** Garry's Mod gives you a Toolgun mode that sets anything you aim it at on fire. You can set things which are not flammable on fire with it, as well as other players. |
| 288 | ** An Addon for Wire Mod (which is itself an Addon for Garry's Mod) allows you to create Fire Field Generators that set everything in an area on fire. This includes Grenades, Missiles and Crossbow projectiles (which are superheated pieces of rebar). |
| 289 | * ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter''. Two words: ''Air Taser''. Hit someone with this, hold the button down and you've got yourself a flamin' Mook! |
| 290 | * ''VideoGame/PsiOpsTheMindgateConspiracy'' had a scene where one of the bosses sets two soldiers on fire to stall the hero, though it seemed rather ineffectual. |
| 291 | * ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': Kyo Kusanagi and his various clones love this trope; one of Kyo's [[LimitBreak supers]] involves lighting himself on fire, with anybody stupid enough to touch him going up as well. His clone K' has an attack where he creates a small explosion then ''kicks'' a fireball at the opponent, and Nameless' strongest attack has him rip off his PowerLimiter and engulf himself in flames. |
| 292 | * One of the minigames in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' lights you on fire, gives you a quad bike and tells you to follow a course through the city, all the while making cars explode and lighting pedestrians on fire (gaining you extra time for each ignition). Needless to say, HilarityEnsues. |
| 293 | %%zce* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': Two words: ''FALCON PUNCH!'' |
| 294 | * ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' boss Heat Man (shaped like a giant lighter, no less!) lights himself on fire and then charges at you between each of his fireball attacks. Before that, Fire Man had torches on his head and arms in the first game. |
| 295 | * Several enemies of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' universe, particularly Fire Keese ([[GoddamnedBats burning bats!]]) and Torch Slugs. |
| 296 | * ''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar'' features flaming penguins the special secret "after game" party at Club Vox, and a special gun (besides the normal flamethrower)that can set people on fire. |
| 297 | ** In the original ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' [[spoiler: Gunther Hermann]] attacks you with the near-unavoidable flamethrower. The simplest solution is to kill him while on fire, then put yourself out with a nearby extinguisher. |
| 298 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' brings us Oven Man, a soldier Ganados who stuffs himself in a gas oven, just so he can attack people while on fire. Of course, if you're quick enough to dodge his initial charge, he drops dead after 30 seconds. |
| 299 | * In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2008'', during the final battle with The Warrior, he flings himself into a lava pit and then emerges shortly afterward, ''on fire.'' Naturally, in this state, he is immune to all attacks, though his health bar drains steadily. |
| 300 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Lugaru}}'' you can do this at any time just by running into a fire. If you hit an enemy, it then lights them on fire. It's probably a good idea to roll on the ground and put it out quickly, though. |
| 301 | * There is a unique pair of gloves in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'', which has an item description describing a tavern brawler who lit his hands on fire, liked the intimidation it caused in his opponent, and spent the rest of his life trying to recreate the effect without the pain. |
| 302 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'' |
| 303 | ** One of the Husk types in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' is the "Abomination," a fast-moving Husk suicide bomber that happens to be on fire, to boot. |
| 304 | ** In the Citadel DLC for ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', this happens offscreen to former teammate Grunt - not in a combat situation, but because he stole a C-Sec hovercar after setting it on fire with a bottle of [[GargleBlaster ryncol]] (which can apparently serve as a MolotovCocktail even without lighting it first). This experience leaves him none the worse for wear. |
| 305 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'': When asked for combat advice, Drack inevitably defaults to suggesting setting it on fire. "Generally speaking, people don't like getting set on fire." Ryder cocks a brow at the "generally" and asks what the story is behind that. Drack replies that he was once fighting a rival group of mercenaries, and jumped at them wielding a flamethrower... only to see them all screaming and running in terror. Turned out he'd been doused in turian brandy at some point and had accidentally set himself on fire without realizing it. Getting charged by a yelling krogan who is also on fire was apparently too much for his foes to handle. Drack claims to be related to the legendary warlord Shiagur, whose DNA was also used to create the aforementioned Grunt. Shiagur and her descendents appear to be more fire-resistant than the average krogan. |
| 306 | * ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' gets bonus points for actually calling it incendiary. Marcus puts it best: |
| 307 | --> '''Marcus:''' Normal bullets not cool enough for you? Get a Maliwan and set some people on fire! |
| 308 | ** Not to mention all of the flaming enemies who play with this trope. |
| 309 | ** ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' has DLC character Krieg, who actually has a skill tree all about getting buffs when he's on fire. |
| 310 | * ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'' Azure Flame Kite certainly lives up to his name. He travels about as a flying ball of blue flame and is often seen wreathed in blue fire seemingly for no reason other than it makes him look incredibly badass. |
| 311 | ** Whenever someone activates "Beast Awakening", they appear to be surrounded by dark red flames for the duration of the attack. |
| 312 | * Yukimura's special in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasaraX'' involves screaming loud enough to set his foot on fire and then kicking his opponent in the face with it. |
| 313 | * In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', the second battle against [[GoldfishPoopGang Popple and Rookie]] has them attempting their own version of Mario and Luigi's Bros. Moves that combines this with FastballSpecial: Rookie sets Popple on fire, swings him around, and hurls him at the brothers. |
| 314 | * In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', the Goomba Storm special has Bowser bombarding the enemy with flaming Goombas. |
| 315 | ** Inverted with Midbus's OneWingedAngel form. Instead of being engulfed with fire, he becomes AnIcePerson. |
| 316 | * The Soldier in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' gains an [[CosmeticAward achievement]] for killing 20 opponents while on fire. |
| 317 | ** This is why Pyros are the best Spychecker. FriendlyFireproof is in effect, so trying to burn a bonafide teammate does no damage and doesn't ignite them. If a "teammate" lights on fire, they're an enemy Spy. |
| 318 | ** With the introduction of Unusual items, you can fight your enemies while wearing a flaming hat! |
| 319 | ** The Gun Mettle update introduced Decorated weapons, some of which may have a particle effect. The one labeled 'Hot' will cause the weapon to catch fire and emit sizzling embers all along its length. This means that you can now kill someone with a Flamethrower that is itself on fire. |
| 320 | * The ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' level boss for The Islands, the "Terrible Oni", is basically a mass of Basic Wood with a fire log emitter and a sword. What makes him scary? He's on fire. Which also means CollisionDamage to any Sackperson stupid enough to jump at him. He really becomes tame if you use the Delethalize Tool on him in Create Mode, or flood the level with water, which puts out flaming objects. Yup, the second-most-scary boss of Story Mode can be made wimpy with a few clicks of the Popit. |
| 321 | * ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters2'': |
| 322 | ** The game has a multi-player character named Crispin, which is a zombie constantly on fire. |
| 323 | ** 'There's also a multiplayer mode called Flame Tag, in which the person who's "it" is on fire. |
| 324 | * In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', if a mage uses the "Flaming Weapons" spell while Dog is in the party, Dog's entire body will catch on fire. That's right: you can have a ''[[RuleOfCool flaming war hound]]'' in your party. |
| 325 | ** One of the Fade shapeshifting forms in the [[ScrappyLevel Fade Dream]] is the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Burning Man"]]. You turn into a fireball throwing flaming zombie who is also immune to fire (letting you get past pesky flame barriers). |
| 326 | ** And if you thought Steel Golems were bad enough, in ''Awakening'' you get to fight an Inferno Golem. That's right you have to fight a giant Golem ''THAT'S ON FIRE''! |
| 327 | * In ''VideoGame/DeadToRights'', the BigBad Hennessey attacks with flaming fists for the second half of the final battle. Ironically, you defeat him by [[KillItWithFire knocking him into the furnace]]. |
| 328 | * In one mission of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories'', you have to remove crates of explosives from a burning warehouse, with the fire blocking one path after another, creating a sort of MobileMaze. |
| 329 | ** You get a "Flaming Insane Stunt Bonus" in the same game if you perform a jump in a vehicle that's on fire. |
| 330 | * ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': |
| 331 | ** In ''VideoGame/Halo3'' multiplayer, Creator/{{Bungie}} employees had access to a Spartan chest-piece which set their heads on fire. [[note]]This is a reference to an infamous PR quote prior to the second game's release ''VideoGame/Halo2'' is a lot like ''Halo'', only it’s ''Halo'' on fire, going 130 miles per hour through a hospital zone, being chased by helicopters and ninjas. And the ninjas are all on fire, too.”[[/note]] |
| 332 | ** ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' sets even more things on fire (perhaps to compensate for the lack of [[KillItWithFire fire-based weapons]]). The Legendary Edition armor effect sets the player's head on fire like the Bungie armor from ''Halo 3'', in Headhunter mode players collect flaming skulls from the dead, in Oddball mode, the "ball" is a flaming skull, and in Juggernaut mode, the juggernaut's entire body is set aflame. |
| 333 | ** ''Reach'' also has the "Eternal" armor effect (gained by downloading the Bungie app for iPod) set your helmet on fire. The fire is blue. It's pretty cool. |
| 334 | * ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' ''encourages'' this, as there is not only a powerset that makes you stronger and tougher by being on fire (Fire Armor) but another powerset that [[StatusBuff buffs your allies]] by ''setting them on fire''. (albeit there's also equivalents for [[ElementalPowers ice, energy and sound]]. The game covers all the bases.) |
| 335 | * ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' must set himself on fire in order to defeat [[NintendoHard certain bosses]]. |
| 336 | * ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'': The Spark + Fire power ''weaponizes'' the Incendiary Exponent by having Kirby set his own head on fire via static electricity and charge into the fray, killing the enemies he touches (except for the normally invincible ones). |
| 337 | * ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' introduces Mr. Dooter, a genie-like thing that juggles skulls. [[spoiler: Said skulls are on fire in EX mode.]] |
| 338 | * All of the physical Fire-type attacks in the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' series involve the user hitting the target while on fire. |
| 339 | * The second-to-last boss before [[BigBad Bowser]] in the game ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' is actually a fiery version of Dino Piranha, the game's first boss. |
| 340 | ** Also, the second-to-last boss of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' appears to be a fiery version of Gobblegut, the end boss of World 1. Since Gobblegut takes on the appearance of a big, green dragon, Fire Gobblegut will actually be both a dragon and ''TheDragon'' to Bowser! |
| 341 | * ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' plays with this with the flame thrower. It's best used against the little swarming fuckers. |
| 342 | * ''VideoGame/BioShock'' (''[[VideoGame/BioShock1 1]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/BioShock2 2]]'') played with this by giving you a plasmid that turns your hand into a flamethrower. |
| 343 | * ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'''s DLC Honest Hearts has a flaming mutant bear called "The Ghost of She", which evidently can survive constantly being on fire. Or it may have been the stuff the village shaman [[MushroomSamba made you take]]. |
| 344 | * Speaking of flaming bears, Annie from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', an 8-year-old pyromancer, summons her teddy bear, Tibbers, for her ultimate ability. Except he's not actually a teddy bear, but a giant ferocious shadow bear Annie turned into a teddy bear. He's on fire, of course. |
| 345 | * In ''VideoGame/ClaDun'', stumbling into fire is one of the hazards of the dungeons, but while you're on fire, your weapon does fire damage! This is great against enemies weak to fire, but it's bad if you're fighting enemies ''made'' of fire. |
| 346 | * Ken in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Super Street Fighter II]]'' has a flaming Dragon Punch. |
| 347 | ** Fei Long has this for his vertical anti-air kick. |
| 348 | *** Ryu and Ken began it all though in the era of early versions of ''Street Fighter II'': Sometimes the graphical engine would fart and create a '''red-tinted''' Hadouken on release. Despite WordOfGod saying that this was merely a graphical glitch and had no game mechanic relevance, fans kept spreading ideas that it dealt more damage, or was slightly faster, or stunned the adversary for a slightly longer period. Come ''Super Street Fighter II'', the red-colored Hadouken [[AscendedGlitch was implemented]] as an actual signature skill of Ryu's (and Akuma's), the Shakunetsu (Scorching-Hot) Hadouken, with Ken's becoming his worldwide well-known Flaming Shoryuken. |
| 349 | * Certain opponents in the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' series will have flames flickering around them, denoting that they are a lot stronger than normal. Lu Bu typically fights you with this in effect at all times. |
| 350 | ** This also extends to the spin-offs, ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'', ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'' etc. |
| 351 | * ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' has "cloak" spells, which wreathe the caster in flame ([[FireIceLightning or frost or shock]]) for a time, dealing damage to everyone that's in melee range to the caster. |
| 352 | * Newgrounds hit ''[[VideoGame/DadSeries Dadgame]]'' makes beautiful use of this. By striking enemies and destroying objects, Dad's carnage meter rises. When it is over 100%, Dad becomes invincible and gains a new tornado attack. This new rampage form is referred to as 'Dad on fire' in the game's manual, and yes, he is on fire for the whole duration of the invincibility. AND SMILING THE WHOLE TIME. |
| 353 | * ''VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttackHeavyMetalEdition'' is basically the original ''VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttack'' set in FireAndBrimstoneHell. Naturally, it manages to increase the original's awesomeness by setting most of the game ablaze with hellfire, even the TearsOfBlood the Robot Unicorn sheds during the Game Over screens. And then crowning it all with Music/BlindGuardian. |
| 354 | * ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games such as ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' allow the player character the use of a flame whip or any other weapon imbued with the power of fire. |
| 355 | * Upon being set on fire, VideoGame/{{Wario}} becomes almost uncontrollable (save for jumping), but can break certain obstacles. |
| 356 | * A good deal of the altered artes throughout the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' are basically the original arte, but with fire. |
| 357 | * The life philosophy of Ignus from ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''. Being turned into a conduit to the elemental plane of fire was the best thing to ever happen to him. |
| 358 | * In ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'', Torchwood torches [[EdibleAmmunition peas]] that pass through it, turning them into {{fireballs}}. Torchwood's fire [[ElementalRockPaperScissors doesn't help frozen peas]]; they're simply unfreezed into normal, weaker peas. |
| 359 | * Magic archers in ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' have a skill where they light themselves on fire to deal fire damage to enemies that get too close and to badly burn and damage any large enemy they choose to cling to. The trope image quote "because they can't grab me if I'm on fire" seems to be how magic archer Arisen's see it too. |
| 360 | * ''VideoGame/PathOfExile'' has the Righteous Fire skill, which lights the user on fire to damage all nearby enemies and provides a massive boost to spell damage. Since the burning also hurts the user Righteous Fire builds tend to go for as much fire resistance and life regeneration as possible. There are also unique items like Mokou's Embrace and Eye of Innocence that give stat buffs while ignited. |
| 361 | * Take a Fire Shield with you to Oil Ocean Zone in ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' and you can turn all the oil in the stage into a raging inferno by jumping in. This can also happen if you destroy a Gohla badnik and one of the flames it was shielding itself with falls into an oil pool. |
| 362 | * ''VideoGame/MutantFootballLeague'': One Dirty Trick play, named [[ShoutOut Flame On!]], involves harmlessly igniting the running back, then having him go barreling through the defensive line, hopefully spreading it to as many opposing players as he can. While in this state, he cannot be tackled until the flames go out and deals huge chunks of damage to anyone dumb enough to try. That is, unless they're a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot BruiserBot]] or [[BigRedDevil Hellspawned Demon]], who are [[NoSell immune to fire]]. |
| 363 | * ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammer'': Certain elite units wield flaming weapons. In practice this makes them very effective against forest spirits and units with regeneration such as ghouls and trolls, which are [[KillItWithFire vulnerable to fire]], while also looking very impressive. |
| 364 | ** The Grail Guardians and Grail Knights, Bretonnia's highest tier of cavalry, wield {{Flaming Sword}}s and lances respectively. |
| 365 | ** The Regiments of Renown (unique, more powerful variants of regular units) versions of the Dragon Princes of Caledor and the Dwarf Warriors, the Fireborn and the Warriors of Dragonfire Pass, wield flaming lances and axes. |
| 366 | ** The Flaming Sword of Rhuin spell from the Lore of Fire does this in the in-game flavor, enshrouding allied weapons in fire, but in practice doesn't create any change in appearance -- it simply gives a damage buff. |
| 367 | [[/folder]] |
| 368 | |
| 369 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 370 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': |
| 371 | ** Gilgamesh Wulfenbach [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080514 received]] a hat as a gift that is, among many other things, on fire. |
| 372 | ** The Torchmen, the primary air defense system for Mechanicsburg, comprises a [[ZergRush swarm]] of flying clanks that have flaming lances and are themselves on fire. They're the reasons old airship sailors have rhymes about simply '''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080801 staying the hell away from Mechanicsburg.]]''' |
| 373 | * Subverted in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'': Red Mage willingly lets himself be set on fire after casting about fifty resurrection spells on himself. This prevents him from being burned to death (well, he does die, but he is immediately resurrected, still ablaze). However, he admits that the process is extremely painful (saying that the resurrection spell is actually even more painful than the burning) and runs out of resurrection charges at the worst possible moment. |
| 374 | ** Earlier, the team defeated a mob boss by flinging burning ninja corpses at him. |
| 375 | * Dan in ''Webcomic/AnotherGamingComic'' is obsessed with fire and his standard attack is to cast fireball centred on himself. |
| 376 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Vaarsuvius makes an enlightening demonstration of the proper use of a Fire Shield spell in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0638.html this strip.]] [[spoiler:It doesn't stop the mother dragon from swallowing him/her whole, but this ends up being a bad idea...]] |
| 377 | -->"Six attacks per round doesn't seem like such a good idea, does it?" |
| 378 | * Art in ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=593 pondered]] how one can return "a raisin-filled ball of foul-tasting hatred". Seems to be a natural solution, this. |
| 379 | * Mentioned in ''Webcomic/BoyMeetsBoy'': "On a related note, boss, 'fire ants' are ''not'' ants on fire." |
| 380 | * Neithe in ''Webcomic/GetMedieval'' '''loved''' the trebuchets assembled to besiege a castle held by the English. "The only way this could be any cooler is if we set the projectiles on FIRE!" On cue, she saw a soldier hold a torch to a projectile. "Hot DOG!" |
| 381 | * In ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'', [[TokenEvilTeammate Richard]] the [[BlackMagic Warlock]] wipes out the EvilEmpire soldiers guarding a portal that threatens the fledgling kingdom of Kethenica with invasion by [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/465 lighting the dragon he's currently riding on fire and raining fire down on the hapless troops below.]] |
| 382 | ** Richard is pretty much this personified. His solution to about 90% of the obstacles the group faces involves lighting it on fire. And that's when he's not doing it just for his own amusement in the first place. |
| 383 | * In ''Webcomic/BoxjamsDoodle'', whenever Boxjam is telling a story, and he can't think of a good ending, he just has everything suddenly catch fire. |
| 384 | * ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'', this happened when some monsters turned out to be less vulnerable to fire than expected. In the page comments, the author outright admitted having had it happen because the monsters weren't threatening enough on their own. |
| 385 | * ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': Antimony sets her hair on fire when accepting the post of Forest Medium. She can do this harmlessly because she's part fire elemental: her hair is just fine a panel later. She apparently did it just to look cool. |
| 386 | * In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', in the last part of the "New and Old Flames" storyline Dex [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2011-04-11 becomes]] WreathedInFlames before summoning multiple creatures. |
| 387 | [[/folder]] |
| 388 | |
| 389 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 390 | * Sankis' final rampage in ''Blog/{{Boatmurdered}}'' made all the more incredible by the fact that they were ''on fire'' during the entirety of it. |
| 391 | -> '''mariguana''': ''"Did I mention he is '''on fucking fire!?'''"'' |
| 392 | * ''WebAnimation/HowToKillAMockingbird'', a mock book report, has the following things on fire constantly: flying sharks, the sentient mockingbird deathships themselves (though it's "[[ConvectionSchmonvection cold fire]]"), [[Franchise/StarWars lightsabers]] [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks fired as artillery]] by the mockingbirds, and live {{bear|sAreBadNews}} ammunition. Some ninjas also morph into fireballs and volcanoes. Note that all of this fire survives [[BattleInTheRain rain]] and the void of [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace space]]. |
| 393 | * Subversion in WebVideo/AskANinja: One fan writes in, asking if the saying "[[MemeticMutation ninjas can't]] [[Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja catch you if you're]] '''[[IncendiaryExponent on fire!]]''''' is true. The Ninja's response? |
| 394 | -->'''Ninja:''' [[SarcasmMode Yes.]] ''(into recorder)'' Note to self, don't bother killing Robert, [[TooDumbToLive he's taking care of that one himself]]. |
| 395 | * Invoked during ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'''s description of the weapons in ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}''. |
| 396 | -->'''Yahtzee:''' As for the guns, I could mention the hugely satisfying [[FreudWasRight penis-extension gun]] that pins baddies to walls with entire trees, but all you really need to know is that there's a gun that shoots [[MemeticMutation shurikens and lightning]]. I ''wish'' I could make something like that up. It shoots ''[[AbnormalAmmo shurikens and lightning]]''! It could only be more awesome if it had tits and was on fire. |
| 397 | * ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy II'' has Tifa kicking the crap out of the ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' girls after having [[ConvectionSchmonvection run OVER LAVA]], her shoes on fire. |
| 398 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3mHcP9zwPg This Youtube Video]] takes this concept and runs with it spectacularly. |
| 399 | * In chapter 3 of ''Roleplay/NanQuest'', Nan fights the monstrous Padre while in a burning room. She knocks it into the fire... the only result of which is that now it's trying to kill her ''while on fire''. |
| 400 | * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6YvpZb1pOY second]] of the ''Banned University Of Lincoln Adverts'' |
| 401 | -->Have you ever been to a lecture?\ |
| 402 | Was that lecture on ''fire''? |
| 403 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWm3_zZoSZs Fireball tennis.]] Noted to be destructive and [[DontTryThisAtHome dangerous]] but [[RuleOfCool cool]] nonetheless. |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 407 | * ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': |
| 408 | ** The Dinobots all wield weapons (a sword, a club, and a mace-and-chain) that are capable of bursting into flame. In the case of Grimlock, who wields the flaming sword, it's also a feature of his toy. When he's mad or excited, he shoots flames out of his collars, ''setting his own head on fire''. As you may have gathered, Transformers ''loves'' this trope. |
| 409 | ** The Fallen is described as being ''perpetually'' on fire. |
| 410 | * Spyke from ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' started off as a guy who could grow bone spikes from his body. After being PutOnABus, he TookALevelInBadass when he came back with bone armor (which he couldn't turn off) and ''flaming quills'' that ''[[MadeOfExplodium explode]]''. |
| 411 | * ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': How do you make BigOlEyebrows more fitting for the local EvilOverlord? Make them '''GREAT ''FLAMING'' EYEBROWS'''. |
| 412 | * One episode of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' has a scene where Dexter's hair is on fire, made all the more hilarious by him running around in a circle screaming "MY HAIR IS ON FIRE! MY HAIR IS ON FIRE! MY HAIR IS ON FIRE!" |
| 413 | * RuleOfFunny means that nearly every material in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''' universe is ''extremely'' flammable and that this trope is often invoked. |
| 414 | ** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E11HomersTripleBypass Homer's Triple Bypass]]", an impatient Homer rams a truck hauling Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's birthplace off the road. In the DVDCommentary the episode's staff note that the house bursts into flames long before there's any reason for it to do so. |
| 415 | ** The Flaming Homer (eventually called the [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Flaming Moe]] when Moe steals the idea) is a cocktail of different alcoholic beverages (and a bottle of cough syrup) which is then lit on fire. It's even explicitly explained that lighting it on fire is what makes it taste good instead of merely so-so. |
| 416 | * Exaggerated in the ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' live-action episode. The water is [[http://video.adultswim.com/aqua-teen-hunger-force/infected-with-fire.html "infected with fire."]] |
| 417 | -->'''[[Music/TPain Frylock]]:''' ''[reading]'' And the entire eastern seaboard exploded into flames. Explosions burst the world into flames, [[SerialEscalation and the flames shoot high into the night lighting much of the universe into flames]]. |
| 418 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': |
| 419 | ** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E6BenderShouldNotBeAllowedOnTelevision Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television]]", Bender gets a job on Calculon's show and wants to do a scene while on fire. Later, he lights himself on fire while on air. |
| 420 | --->'''Bender:''' Try this, kids at home.\ |
| 421 | '''Caption:''' [[DontTryThisAtHome Don't try this, kids at home.]] |
| 422 | ** In another episode, Bender starts a scene screaming and on fire [[RuleOfFunny for no apparent reason at all]]. |
| 423 | [[/folder]] |
| 424 | |
| 425 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 426 | * On this very wiki, the icon of the music namespace is a music note. The icon for the SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic namespace is a flaming music note. |
| 427 | * The notorious pirate Blackbeard tied slow matches (the kind used in match-lock muskets) into his hair and beard before boarding a victimized ship or entering combat. He did it because it was as scary as hell. |
| 428 | * Flaming pudding! Who cares what it tastes like, it's on fire! |
| 429 | * Flaming Sambuca, the instigator for many a sloppy night. |
| 430 | * [[http://www.cracked.com/article/79_the-5-most-embarrassing-failures-in-history-terrorism_p2/ "I kicked a burning terrorist so hard in balls that I tore a tendon in my foot."]] |
| 431 | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_pigs_(ancient_military_weapon) Incendiary pigs!]] |
| 432 | * Priests of Mithra (the Persian sun-god, who was very popular in Rome) would impress new initiates by having them drugged up, and then appearing to them as the god in the middle of the night… the priest wearing a leather cap covered with flaming pitch. Yes, they set ''their own heads'' on fire. |
| 433 | * According to Creator/DaveBarry, strawberry pop-tarts will combust spectacularly if one sticks them into an old-fashioned pop-up toaster and prevents it from popping up. |
| 434 | ** British consumer watchdog programs investigate this claim and issued warnings that you can indeed do this if not careful. |
| 435 | ** Way back in 1994, Patrick Michaud (original author of the [=PmWiki=] engine) started an early Internet meme by testing Dave Barry's assertion [[http://www.pmichaud.com/toast/ and posting the results]]. |
| 436 | * [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17019_p2.html Audie Murphy takes on the Germans in a flaming M-10.]] |
| 437 | * Similar to the above, an airman by the name of Sergeant Maynard "Snuffy" Smith was serving as a gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress that was severely damaged and engulfed in flames during a bombing raid on the German submarine pens at St. Nazaire. The fire, which was beginning to engulf the plane's ammunition supply, had already burned holes through parts of the fuselage. Snuffy, rather than bailing out (as two of his crewmates chose to do), stayed aboard, splitting his time between fighting the fires, tossing burning boxes of .50 calibre ammunition out of the plane, tending to the wounds of another crewmate, and of course, using the machine guns to fend off the Luftwaffe fighter planes that were still trying to shoot the plane down. He became the first living airman to receive the Medal of Honor.[[note]] Though when it was time for the awards ceremony, they found that he was peeling potatoes as punishment for failing to show up for a briefing. Snuffy had a history of disciplinary and legal problems and would leave the Army as a private after getting busted down in rank ''after'' receiving the Medal of Honor.[[/note]] |
| 438 | * How many monster truck rallies/daredevil shows have advertised themselves with the prospect that something is going to be set on fire? |
| 439 | * This is the driving concept behind flambé, a flashy cooking technique that involves setting food aflame. |
| 440 | * During TheMiddleAges in Europe and even before, it was a common roofing technique to use thatch (for insulation) and tar (for waterproofing). Of course, this was in the age that people used torches and candles, so you can guess how well that panned out... |
| 441 | * Fire tornadoes. They have these in Southern California. What more can be said? [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's a tornado made out of freaking FIRE!]] They look exactly as pants-pissingly scary as the name would imply, and it's not an unfounded fear either, as they can be extremely deadly: one killed 38,000 in 15 minutes during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake in Japan (caused by the quake striking during lunchtime, destroying lit ovens and starting multiple fires that spread out of control). What makes them so dangerous is that with a big enough fire, there is so much hot air/smoke rising that it creates a low-pressure zone, pulling in cooler air from all around the fire. As anyone who has fanned a flame knows that more air means a more intense fire, which creates ''more'' heat which causes the air to rise faster, pulling in ''even more air'' to fan the fire with. Worth noting, those winds are also likely dragging in any loose flammable material (including any buildings or trees that were blown down or uprooted by the winds) to feed the flames. Most such fires are caused by naturally-occurring forest or bush fires covering large areas, but a few have happened in cities, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestorm#City_firestorms often as the result of massive air raids.]] |
| 442 | %% * What's scarier than GRU troops? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCuII8gJcSY GRU troops that are ON FIRE]]. |
| 443 | %%** Except these are signal corps academy cadets. Which may or may not make their NBC training routine cooler. |
| 444 | * Watching [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O34IMiNgFmo&feature=related things]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7ex3ejXnEo&feature=related being]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8o9DckXSgo&feature=relmfu chewed up]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JL77ECcOoQ&feature=relmfu by a giant shredder]] is fascinating and kind of hypnotic. When that thing is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A6yOk7Jt7c&feature=relmfu exploding lumps of metal]] it's ''amazing.'' |
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