Line #4 PlayingWith/BurnTheUndead


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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