History Main / MolotovCocktail

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "Left for Dead", the murderer attempts to kill one victim by firebombing her house with a Molotov cocktail. The attempt fails, but only just, and the victim is hospitalized.

* ''Pickle Pete'' has molotov cocktails as some of the earliest unlockable weapons beyond the basics that Pete can start with. And it's one of his best weapons. While it's got a slow rate of attack, it actually a fairly quick projectile with respectable damage in a game where your enemies are constantly moving and it hits a large radius too. Great against mobs and bosses alike, it not only causes continuous burning damage to enemies it also burns the ground they're standing on so anyone moving there will be burning immediately.

* ''Videogame/AloneInTheDark2008'' emphasizes improvised fire-based weapons, like aerosol can flamethrowers and Molotovs.

* Zeke, a kind of a {{Mook}} in ''VideoGame/BatmanDoom'' who looks like a fat trucker with a big beard, uses these. In the PC version, the Molotovs they throw are actually pretty harmless due to their short range - as long as you keep your distance and don't walk into a fresh Molotov still burning on the ground (they disappear after about a second), you're safe. In the original Mac version they instead create a much larger and more dangerous grid of flames.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'': Molotov cocktails appear in the series as a type of grenade, subject to all the uselessness of that class of weapon. These were supposed to appear in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', but due to engine limitations, they weren't implemented. ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' reintroduces the Molotov as 'fire bombs' with the ''Honest Hearts'' add-on, where they behave strangely; they don't explode on impact, much like regular hand grenades, and apparently they deal plasma damage, gooifying {{Mooks}} on death, instead of incinerating them with fire damage like they should. ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' brings them back, where they serve as cheaper alternatives to grenades.
* ''VideoGame/FarCry2'' has possibly the most effective ones seen in a video game. If the wind is going when you throw one... your enemies will be greeted by a literal firewall, due to the fact that the game features very realistic fire propagation. In dry, grassy Savannah areas, they're great, but in lush jungle areas, or immediately after rainfall they're next to useless. Good as a distraction, while you sneak somewhere since the enemy AI is programmed to respond to fire as a greater immediate threat than you are.

** The weapon of choice for the Firelake Bloods in Season 7's "Jacob's Ladder", commonly used to [[JuryAndWitnessTampering intimidate witnesses]] after one of their own was arrested by Walker and Trivette.

* Appears in ''VideoGame/Postal2'', where it can be sometimes found in the hands of [[AcceptableTargets Al Qaeda-like terrorists]].

* Shows up in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/NightWatch'' by Creator/TerryPratchett: after Vimes and some of his men search the SecretPolice headquarters, they put a couple Molotov cocktails through the windows of the building.

** Brock is also seen throwing a molotov in a flashback. But, being Brock, [[RatedMForManly he uses an entire can of gasoline.]]

* ''VideoGame/ProjectZomboid'': One of the weapons you can craft in the game.