History Main / ClimacticVolcanoBackdrop

* The eponymous school of the ''Literature/HIVESeries'' is powered by [[spoiler: the heat generated from the volcano it is located in.]] In the climax of the second book, [[spoiler:Nigel and Franz have to take down Block, Tackle, and Colonel Francisco in the cavern where the lava can be accessed and throw a huge bomb into the lava to keep it from detonating.]]
* In the Literature/AgentPendergast novel ''Literature/BookOfTheDead'', [[spoiler:Constance]] and Diogenes have their final confrontation at the Sciara del Fuoco on Stromboli. Diogenes invokes the trope, as he leads the fight there so he can use the dangerous area (which he knows well) as an advantage.

* The [[spoiler: fire primordial-powered forge of Gauntlgrym]] serves as the fiery backdrop of several of the books in ''Literature/TheNeverwinterSaga'', most notably ''Gauntlgrym'' where [[spoiler: freeing the primordial]] causes the voldano to errupt and nearly [[spoiler: sweeb Neverwinter off the map]].

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]], naturally. Notable in that the climax takes place ''inside'' Mount Vesuvius. Oh, and [[spoiler:the Doctor has to make it erupt to save the world.]]

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighter4'' includes the Volcanic Rim stage. While it plays no role in the story, players can set up whatever climactic duel they wish. In Akuma's arcade mode, this stage serves as the setting for his rival battle against Ryu. Its background track also doubles as the second half of the base game's intro cinematic.

* [[LethalLavaLand Arachnia]] in ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'' has one in the background. [[spoiler: Bug pushes the BigBad into it [[ChekhovsVolcano after he defeats her]].]]

* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the battle of the Dai-Gunten took place with a background of erupting Volcanoes. Also, from the movie ''Lagann-Hen'', they manage to somehow, through sheer-hot-bloodedness, summon a galaxy-sized volcano [[RecycledINSPACE In Space!]]

* In the Franchise/MonsterVerse graphic novel ''Skull Island: The Birth of Kong'', Riccio's visions of Kong's parents -- [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane which might or might not have been hallucinogenic]] -- depict their fatal last stand against the Skullcrawlers as occurring amidst a volcanic eruption, with lava oozing and exploding all around them. When the parents are dead and the Skullcrawlers gone at the vision's end, the volcanism is gone.

* The climax of the Disney DirectToVideo film ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'' involves [[BigBad Jafar]] tearing up the ground to reveal a sea of magma underneath as an attempt to trap the heroes, but then the [[HeelFaceTurn now-reformed]] Iago [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath throws his lamp in the lava...]]
* The climax of ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook2'' is very similar, with Mowgli, Shanti, Ranjan, Baloo, and Bagheera luring [[Creator/TonyJay Shere]] [[KnightOfCerebus Khan]] into a volcano where they then throw him into the very bottom of said volcano and crush him with a stone tiger head (although he was still alive even after he was hit by [[SublimeRhyme said stone tiger head)]], [[FridgeHorror just in time for the vultures to arrive...]]

* The third act of ''Film/{{Eternals}}'' takes place on an isolated tropical island housing an erupting volcano. Sersi has to get close to the volcano because the plan is to [[spoiler:put Tiamut to sleep]], with both friends and foes following her.

* Lost Island Theme Park's supplementary Adventure Guide app encourages going through the park counter-clockwise to position the ''Volkanu: Quest for the Golden Idol'' dark ride as the climax of its story of assembling everything needed to defeat Volkanu and his lava minions within the park's volcano.

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighter4'' includes the Volcanic Rim stage. While it plays no role in the story, players can set up whatever climactic duel they wish. Its background track also doubles as the second half of the base game's intro cinematic.

* Every time the Stomach is shown in ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' and ''Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack,'' it's depicted as an [[DangerousWorkplace accident-prone]] geothermal power plant.

** The 3D Mario games carry on this tradition as well. ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' has you duking it out with Bowser on a chunk of land floating in the middle of a lava pool. The final battle in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' takes this UpToEleven, though, when the climactic fight takes place ''in the middle of a sun''.

May be some overlap with BattleAmongstTheFlames, LethalLavaLand and LavaAddsAwesome. Related to IncendiaryExponent and ChekhovsVolcano.

* The second stage of the fight with [[BigBad Mundus]] in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' involves him fighting you inside a volcano. Mundus stands waist-deep in lava, with Dante having to hop on rock platforms to get close enough to attack him. He'll also summon dragons made out of lava to fight you.

* [[LethalLavaLand Arachnia]] in ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}!'' has one in the background. [[spoiler: Bug pushes the BigBad into it [[ChekhovsVolcano after he defeats her]].]]

* The FinalBattle between Joseph Joestar and Cars in the ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' "Battle Tendency" arc happened on the top of an erupting volcano.

* The second-to-last level of the PC version of ''VideoGame/FarCry'' has you driving through a volcanic eruption, while the last level takes place in the BigBad's VolcanoLair.

* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the battle of the Dai-Gunten took place with a background of erupting Volcanoes. Also, from the movie ''Lagann-Hen'', they manage to somehow, through sheer-hot-bloodedness, summon a galaxy-sized volcano [[RecycledINSPACE In Space]]

* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the battle of the Dai-Gunten took place with a background of erupting Volcanoes. Also, from the movie ''Lagann-Hen'', they manage to somehow, through sheer-hot-bloodedness, summon a galaxy-sized volcano {{In Space}}

* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the battle of the Dai-Gunten took place with a background of erupting Volcanoes. Also, from the movie ''Lagann-Hen'', they manage to somehow, through sheer-hot-bloodedness, summon a galaxy-sized volcano {{In Space}}.