History Main / FlamingEmblem

** Before that, in the very early issues of the comic, Reed Richards used to have a ''gun'' that he would shoot into the sky, creating a large, flaming "4" to summon the rest of the team.

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* Johnny Storm a.k.a. The Human Torch frequently creates the Comicbook/FantasticFour's emblem as a summons to the rest of the team when trouble arises.

--> '''Susan:''' "Reed's signal! It means come a-running, no matter what!"

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%%* Lampshaded and explained in [[http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42084&p=1082651&#p1082651 this]] Atomic Think Tank post.
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* In ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'', when the second Zorro sets off on his mission, the first Zorro (Anthony Hopkins) sets a fire along a hillside that creates the famous Zorro "Z" as a sign to the BigBad that he has returned.

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%%* Lampshaded and explained in [[http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42084&p=1082651&#p1082651 this]] Atomic Think Tank post.
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[[AC: Comics]]

[[AC: Film]]
* In ''Film/ThePunisher2004'', after the title character kills an entire mob family, he purposefully sets off a chain of bombs around a parking lot that creates his skull emblem.
* Eric Draven of ''Film/TheCrow'' did this when he killed T-Bird, one of the leaders of Top Dollar's gang and the third target of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, using explosives and gasoline to turn T-Bird's own car into a bomb. When the car explodes, a trail of flames spread across the pier in a pattern created by Draven's accelerant, creating the crow emblem. This is an interesting case in that the character did not really have an emblem in-universe. The emblem was used in marketing and the film's logo.
* In ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'', when the second Zorro sets off on his mission, the first Zorro (Anthony Hopkins) sets a fire along a hillside that creates the famous Zorro "Z" as a sign to the BigBad that he has returned.
* In ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'', the title hero apparently drew his famous "DD" emblem in gasoline and let it set at a crime scene, knowing that someone would flick a cigarette on the ground and set it off. Pretty impressive, given that he's blind.

[[AC: Music]]
* In the music video Chamillionaire's "Ridin'" he's standing on a blacktop in front of a flaming version of his logo.
** In Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "White and Nerdy" parody, the flaming logo is of VideoGame/PacMan.

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%%* Lampshaded and explained in [[http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42084&p=1082651&#p1082651 this]] Atomic Think Tank post.

[[AC: Western Animation]]
* In the AnimatedFilm for ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame Lego Batman]]'', ComicBook/TheJoker does this with his face using TechnicolorScience chemicals ([[ColorContrast green and purple]], which is also his own color scheme) as a CallingCard. [[spoiler:this is later revealed to be a {{Foreshadowing}}, as Franchise/{{Batman}} uses the same exact chemicals [[UpToEleven on the whole city]] to [[{{Irony}} draw Joker's face]] in order [[GondorCallsForAid to call]] The WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague [[BigDamnHeroes for help]].]]

** In Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "White and Nerdy" parody, the flaming logo is of PacMan.

NotToBeConfusedWith ''Franchise/FireEmblem''.

[[caption-width-right:328:Um, that looks cool and everything, Franchise/{{Batman}}...but it might not have been a good idea.]]

* In the music video Chamillionaire's "Ridin'" he's standing on a blacktop in front a a flaming version of his logo.

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* Lampshaded and explained in [[http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42084&p=1082651&#p1082651 this]] Atomic Think Tank post.

* {{Deconstructed}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''. While heading to Gargantua-2 using a rocket he stole from the Venture compound, the Monarch uses the rocket and some kerosene to leave a flaming version of his logo before he and 21 head off into space, [[spoiler: with the flames coming from the logo eventually spreading and causing [[WhamEpisode the entire compound to be burnt down]].]]

* In the AnimatedFilm for ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame Lego Batman]]'', SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker does this with his face using TechnicolorScience chemicals ([[ColorContrast green and purple]], which is also his own color scheme) as a CallingCard. [[spoiler:this is later revealed to be a {{Foreshadowing}}, as Franchise/{{Batman}} uses the same exact chemicals [[UpToEleven on the whole city]] to [[{{Irony}} draw Joker's face]] in order [[GondorCallsForAid to call]] The WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague [[BigDamnHeroes for help]].]]

* {{Deconstructed}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''. While heading to Gargantua-2 using a rocket he stole from the Venture compound, the Monarch uses the rocket and some kerosine to leave a flaming version of his logo before he and 21 head off into space, [[spoiler: with the flames coming from the logo eventually spreading and causing [[WhamEpisode the entire compound to be burnt down]].]]

* In the AnimatedFilm for ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame Lego Batman]]'', SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker does this with his face using TechnicolorScience chemicals ([[ColorContrast green and purple]], which is also his own color scheme) as a CallingCard. [[spoiler:this is later revealed to be a {{Foreshadowing}}, as Franchise/{{Batman}} uses the same exact chemicals [[UpToEleven on the whole city]] to [[{{Irony}} draw Joker's face]] in order [[GondorCallsForAid to call]] The JusticeLeague [[BigDamnHeroes for help]].]]

** Mocked on ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', where Daredevil visits the site hours earlier just so he can meticulously set up his "flaming Ds".

* In the AnimatedFilm for ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame Lego Batman]]'', SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker does this with his face using TechnicolorScience chemicals ([[ColorContrast green and purple]], which is also his own color scheme) as a CallingCard. [[spoiler:this is later revealed to be a {{Foreshadowing}}, as {{Batman}} uses the same exact chemicals [[UpToEleven on the whole city]] to [[{{Irony}} draw Joker's face]] in order [[GondorCallsForAid to call]] The JusticeLeague [[BigDamnHeroes for help]].]]

* In the AnimatedFilm for ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame Lego Batman]]'', SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker does this with his face using TechnicolorScience chemicals ([[ColorContrast green and purple]], which is also his own color scheme) as a CallingCard. [[spoiler:this is later revealed to be a {{Foreshadowing}}, as {{Batman}} uses the same exact chemicals [[UpToEleven on the whole city]] to [[{{Irony}} draw Joker's face]] in order [[GondorCallsForAid to call]] The JusticeLeague [[BigDamnHeroes for help]].]]

* In ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'', the title hero apparently drew his famous "DD" emblem in gasoline and let it set at a crime scene, knowing that someone would flick a cigarette on the ground and set it off.

** While it never occurs in the film, the poster for ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' has a bat-symbol engulfed in flames on the side of a building.

* The TitleSequence of the [[Film/VForVendetta film adaptation]] of ComicBook/VForVendetta does this. V also forms his logo in fireworks explosions twice in the film, [[BookEnds near the beginning and at the end.]]

* In the AnimatedFilm for [[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame Lego Batman]], SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker does this with his face using TechnicolorScience chemicals ([[ColorContrast green and purple]], which is also his own color scheme) as a CallingCard. [[spoiler:this is later revealed to be a {{Foreshadowing}}, as {{Batman}} uses the same exact chemicals [[UpToEleven on the whole city]] to [[{{Irony}} draw Joker's face]] in order [[GondorCallsForAid to call]] The JusticeLeague [[BigDamnHeroes for help]].]]

* Lampshaded and explained in [[http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42084&p=1082651&hilit= Fantastic Four symbol#p1082651 this]] Atomic Think Tank post.

* In ''Film/ThePunisher'' (the Thomas Jane version), after the title character kills an entire mob family, he purposefully sets off a chain of bombs around a parking lot that creates his skull emblem.

** In WeirdAlYankovic's "White and Nerdy" parody, the flaming logo is of PacMan.

[[caption-width-right:328:Um, that looks cool and everything Franchise/{{Batman}} but it might not have been a good idea.]]

* in the AnimatedFilm for [[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame Lego Batman]], SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker does this with his face using TechnicolorScience chemicals ([[ColorContrast green and purple]], which is also his own color scheme) as a CallingCard. [[spoiler:this is later revealed to be a {{Foreshadowing}}, as {{Batman}} uses the same exact chemicals [[UpToEleven on the whole city]] to [[{{Irony}} draw Joker's face]] in order [[GondorCallsForAid to call]] The JusticeLeague [[BigDamnHeroes for help]].]]

* in the AnimatedFilm for [[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame Lego Batman]], TheJoker does this with his face using TechnicolorScience chemicals ([[ColorContrast green and purple]], which is also his own color scheme) as a CallingCard. [[spoiler:this is later revealed to be a {{Foreshadowing}}, as {{Batman}} uses the same exact chemicals [[UpToEleven on the whole city]] to [[{{Irony}} draw Joker's face]] in order [[GondorCallsForAid to call]] The JusticeLeague [[BigDamnHeroes for help]].]]

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* In ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'', the title hero apparently drew his famous "DD" emblem in gasoline and let it set at a crime scene, knowing that someone would flick a cigarette on the ground and set it off.