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* '''Inverted''': Burning the body won’t stop it from rising again, so the corpse has to be frozen instead.
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* '''Deconstructed'': Someone accidentally burns down their house burning a body.

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* '''Deconstructed'': '''Deconstructed''': Someone accidentally burns down their house burning a body.

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* '''Deconstructed'': Someone accidentally burns down their house burning a body.
* '''Reconstructed''': A wizard or scientist invents a quick-burning, small flame that will burn bodies and swiftly burn out.



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* '''Parodied''': A vampire is sneaking up on Bob. Bob inadvertently picks that exact moment to light up a bong and the vampire runs away screaming.

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A vampire is sneaking up on Bob. Bob inadvertently picks that exact moment to light up a bong and the vampire runs away screaming.

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** [[StealthPun Those who were terminated from their job for misconduct or poor performance cannot be raised unlike those terminated for pure financial reasons.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Fire makes some forms of resurrection impossible, others harder, and some actually easier. A phoenix for instance can resurrect a corpse up to a week old - or indefinitely if it was cremated before then although it prevents necromancy without infernal influence.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"KillItWithFire and get necromancy proofing thrown in for free!"

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* '''Exploited''': In the exaggerated example, a seance is interrupted when a person immolates the ghost's physical body to banish them and prevent them from passing on their secrets.

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In the exaggerated example, a seance is interrupted when a person immolates the ghost's physical body to banish them and prevent them from passing on their secrets.secrets.
** In a ZombieApocalypse, it becomes standard fare to carry around a means of self-immolation in case of impending death. This cuts down the spread of zombies, making them easier to wipe out.



* '''Implied''': In a universe in which DeathIsCheap, a character is killed by fire and never makes a subsequent appearance.



%%* '''Implied''': In a universe in which [[DeathIsCheap death is cheap]], a character is killed by fire and never makes a subsequent appearance.
%%* '''Deconstructed'': In a zombie apocalypse, it becomes standard fare to carry around a means of self-immolation in case of impending death. This cuts down the spread of zombies, making them easier to wipe out.

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%%* '''Implied''': In a universe in which [[DeathIsCheap death is cheap]], a character is killed by fire and never makes a subsequent appearance.
%%* '''Deconstructed'': In a zombie apocalypse, it becomes standard fare to carry around a means of self-immolation in case of impending death. This cuts down the spread of zombies, making them easier to wipe out.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "I hope they wanted a cremation, because

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* '''Lampshaded''': "I hope they wanted a cremation, because ???
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"I hope they wanted a cremation, because



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???In the exaggerated example, a seance is interrupted when a person immolates the ghost's physical body to banish them and prevent them from passing on their secrets.



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In a universe in which [[DeathIsCheap death is cheap]], a character is killed by fire and never makes a subsequent appearance.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???Cremation prevents even speaking to the dead's spirit. With their body burned they have no tie to this world.
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* '''Defied''': ???The necromancer raises undead fire elementals, knowing that most people use fire to kill the undead, knowing that using fire on ''his'' undead will strengthen them.
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* '''Downplayed''': Cremation reduces the number of bodies that will rise but won't prevent it altogether.

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* '''Downplayed''': Cremation reduces the number of bodies odds that a body will rise but won't prevent it altogether.
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'''Basic Trope''': Cremation prevents resurrection and {{necromancy}}.
* '''Straight''': Cremation prevents corpses from rising as zombies.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': Cremation reduces the number of bodies that will rise but won't prevent it altogether.
* '''Justified''':
** Resurrection or necromancy requires there to still be a body present, and incinerating the corpse is simply the most readily available method of disposal.
** The zombies are {{Technically Living Zombie}}s that spread by spores. High heat destroys the spores or renders them nonviable.
* '''Inverted''': Cremation makes resurrection and necromancy ''easier''.
* '''Subverted''': Bob burns the corpse to keep it from rising again. Five minutes later it turns into an undead anyway.
* '''Double Subverted''': The undead then takes two steps and collapses into a pile of ash.
* '''Parodied''': A vampire is sneaking up on Bob. Bob inadvertently picks that exact moment to light up a bong and the vampire runs away screaming.
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* '''Averted''': Fire has no effect on whether or not a creature will return from the dead.
* '''Enforced''': The special effects team was feeling under-appreciated so the producer found them a justification for that flamethrower they wanted to build.
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* '''Invoked''': The necromancer makes his intelligent undead weak to fire as a way of ensuring he has control over them.
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* '''Discussed''':
--> '''Alice:''' Hey, Bob, what's with the flamethrower?\\
'''Bob:''' It's so I can burn people's corpses so they won't come back as zombies.
* '''Conversed''': "You know how in zombie movies they always burn dead bodies so they won't come back as zombies?"
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob wanted to be buried on the family plot, but thanks to the ZombieApocalypse Alice has to cremate him instead and gets very distraught over not being able to fulfill his wishes.
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Quick! Get the flamethrower before they link back to FireKeepsItDead! ... Too late.
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