Tropes
- Appease the Volcano God
Island natives try to stop eruptions by heaving human sacrifices into the volcano's crater. - Chekhov's Volcano
If a volcano is shown or mentioned in a story, it will inevitably erupt at some plot-critical point. - Climactic Volcano Backdrop
Adding an erupting or smoldering volcano to a climactic scene for dramatic effect. - Convection, Schmonvection
Lava can only hurt you if you touch it, because molten rock certainly doesn't radiate extreme heat. - Lava Adds Awesome
Adding molten lava to something makes it more visually appealing. - Lava Is Boiling Kool-Aid
Lava is depicted as behaving like superheated red water, flowing far more quickly and fluidly than the real stuff does. - The Lava Caves of New York
Adding volcanism in places where by all rights there shouldn't be any. - Lava Pit
A pit or moat full of lava helps give a note of extra danger when characters have to cross or jump over a gap in the terrain. - Lava Pot Volcano
Volcanoes depicted as constantly active cauldrons of molten rock. - Lava Surfing
Surfing on lava. - Lethal Lava Land
The fire-themed video game level. - Living Lava
Living beings made out of the stuff. - Magma Man
Lava-themed Elemental Powers. - A Molten Date with Death
Death by immersion in or exposure to lava. - Plug the Volcano
An erupting volcano is silenced by plugging the crater with a large object. - Volcano Lair
Supervillains like making their lairs inside volcanoes.
