1 | '''Basic Trope''': Fire is effective at destroying undead. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Zombies burn easily. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': A zombie that withstood several SMG clips goes up like a firecracker when Alice throws a lit cigarette at it. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': |
5 | ** It ''does'' work, but it takes a lot of heat to the point where killing them with {{kinetic weapons|AreJustBetter}} is sometimes more efficient. |
6 | ** Ice and acid are also effective against zombies, but fire's easier to deploy and aim. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** The zombies were embalmed before burial. As a mixture of formaldehyde, methanol, ethanol, and several other chemicals, embalming fluid is highly flammable. |
9 | *** Embalming zombies is essentially a requirement if they are to be useful long-term as they rot too quickly otherwise. |
10 | ** Undead tissue has to be destroyed on the cellular level to prevent it being repurposed. |
11 | ** Necromancy is symbolically associated with darkness and cold. Fire, as the exact opposite, counteracts the magic that animates the undead. |
12 | * '''Inverted''': |
13 | ** Fire makes undead ''stronger''. |
14 | ** The most reliable way to keep a skeleton from PullingThemselvesTogether is to [[KillItWithIce freeze]] and [[LiterallyShatteredLives shatter]] them. |
15 | * '''Subverted''': Bob takes a flamethrower to a vampire, expecting it to burn rapidly. The vamp sarcastically says, "Ow, that really hurts." |
16 | * '''Double Subverted''': But when Alice gets out a gun loaded with incendiary rounds, the vamp catches fire rapidly. Turns out they're only invulnerable to fire ''on the outside''. |
17 | * '''Parodied''': |
18 | ** A vampire is stalking Bob. By pure coincidence Bob chooses that moment to light up a bong and the vampire runs away screaming and crying. |
19 | ** A vampire drops dead after a [[StealthPun particularly savage insult making fun of his fashion sense.]] |
20 | ** A vampire dies after losing his job. |
21 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Skeletons and mummies are vulnerable to fire, but not ghouls or vampires. The lich is vulnerable to fire, but sometimes casts "Resist Flame" on himself in combat. |
22 | * '''Averted''': Fire is no more effective at destroying undead than anything else, or is completely ineffective. |
23 | * '''Enforced''': The network wants more action, less cerebral character drama. Using this trope is an excuse to give Bob a flamethrower. |
24 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Did you just slay a vampire with a cigarette lighter? I thought you had to stake them." |
25 | * '''Invoked''': The {{necromancer}}s who created the zombies needed a way out if they were TurnedAgainstTheirMasters, so they made the zombies weak to fire and prepared fire spells. |
26 | * '''Exploited''': Alice loads her {{shotgun|sAreJustBetter}} with incendiary shells, knowing that zombies burn well. |
27 | * '''Defied''': A necromancer enchants his zombies with heat resistance spells. |
28 | * '''Discussed''': |
29 | --> '''Bob:''' Alice, why are you pouring lamp oil on the zombies?\ |
30 | '''Alice:''' I'm gonna light them on fire. |
31 | * '''Conversed''': "You know, they missed an opportunity to have AliceAndBob use that gas stove as an impromptu zombie barbecue." |
32 | * '''Deconstructed''': While it technically kills TheVirus it also spreads it everywhere meaning burning the undead is a very good way to [[ZombieInfectee infect everyone around them]] if they aren't wearing proper protection. |
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37 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
38 | %% |
39 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
40 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
41 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
42 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
43 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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