Quotes / Man on Fire

"Rory knows claret^note bloodshed is imminent, but he doesn't want to miss the end of the game; so, calm as a coma, he stands and picks up a fire extinguisher and he walks straight past the jam rolls^note arseholes who are ready for action, then he plonks it outside the entrance. He then orders an Aristotle^note bottle of the most ping pong^note strong, regarding alcohol tiddly^note drink in the nuclear sub^note pub and switches back to his footer^note football. 'That's fucking it,' says the guy. 'That's fucking what?' says Rory. Rory gobs out^note spits a mouthful of booze covering Fatty; he then flicks a flaming match into his bird's nest^note chest and the geezer's lit up like a leaky gas pipe. Rory, unfazed, turned back to his game. His team's won too. Four-nil."

— A Yardie, Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels

"Fire, fire, fire! I! Am! On! Fire! The burning! The burning!"

— The Soldier after getting set on fire, Team Fortress 2

"I appear to have burst into flames."

— The Spy in the same situation, Team Fortress 2

"Speaking of movies, you ever see Man on Fire?"

— Stan to Roger before setting him on fire, American Dad!

"I was having some cookies and milk...and they exploded."
"Why that is a lovely shade of—FIRE!!!
"When that fire hits your ass, that will sober your ass up quick!"
"Fire is inspirational. They should use it in The Olympics. Because I ran the hundred yard dash in 4.3."
"When you are on fire and running down the street, people will get out of your way—except for one old drunk, and he's going, 'Hey, buddy, can I get a light? Just a little off the sleeve, okay?'."

— Richard Pryor

"Ohmygodimonfire!"

— Tom, Decline of Video Gaming

"I have been baptized twice. Once in water. Once in flame."

— Joshua Graham, AKA The Burned Man, Fallout: New Vegas

"Oh god, now I'm burning. That's much worse than other things burning! Oh god, why's it keep chasing me!?!"

— Caboose, Red vs. Blue

"I was to see that sight again, but once was enough. Flames were coming from a human being; his body was slowly withering and shriveling up, his head blackening and charring. In the air was the smell of burning human flesh; human beings burn surprisingly quickly. Behind me I could hear the sobbing of the Vietnamese who were now gathering. I was too shocked to cry, too confused to take notes or ask questions, too bewildered to even think ... As he burned he never moved a muscle, never uttered a sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him."

— David Halberstam, on witnessing the infamous Self-Immolation of Thich Quang Duc in 1963

Burgh: ...okay. Look. This is getting kind of embarrassing for me here. I don't wanna get Aced two times in a row on one day. So... GO, VOLCARONA! HEAT WAVE!
(Burgh releases said Firemoth, which immediately aims a Heat Wave at Eos the second it leaves the ball. Oh, what do you know, you now have an Ferreon running around with its fur on fire.)
Eos: <Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~>
(Eos changes direction-)
Eos: <Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~>
Imca: Whoa now girl, hold still...
(Imca chases after her, while occasionally trying to hit her with Icy Wind. This goes on for about 3 minutes, until Eos faints.)
Eos: <D-Do I still get my cookie?> @_@
Imca: ... Poor Eos... :c

— We Are Our Avatars

Driller Killer: Come on baby, light my fire.

Courtney: That I will.

— Slumber Party Massacre II

"I'm a real spy. I once drove a car off a freeway, on top of a train, while I was on fire. Not the car — I was on fire."

— Spy

Shinji saw a man setting himself on fire to get dozens of spiders off of him.

—Children of an Elder God, chapter 1

"Goo-waaah!! Help! I'm on fire! Somebody! Help! In the time it's taken me to say this, my whole body's been covered in flames! Don't you think this is just too much?! I blame the game programmers! I'll remember this! GRRR!!"

— Wario, Wario Land 4 instruction manual

Dr. McNinja: You — lit — yourself — on fire. Why did you light yourself on fire.
Dan McNinja: Huh? Seriously? Because. They can't grab me if I'm on fire.
(Beat)
Dr. McNinja: How long have you been on fire?

— The Adventures of Dr. McNinja

Goron: You... you're a Hylian, aren't you? You better put on some armor or else you'll—
Link (burning): I KNOW! JUST SHUT UP AND GIVE ME ARMOR!!

— ''How to get to Goron City

Red Mage: Uh. I'm burning alive.
Black Mage: Yeah, fire'll do that. On the bright side, you won't have to worry about it for long.
Red Mage: Oh, so it'll stop itself?
Black Mage: Yeah... All fires do eventually. Heh.

— 8-Bit Theater, "Mo' Like COMBUSTIBLE MAGE"

Fray: But he set himself on fire!

Urkonn: Centuries of useless, obsessive waiting. Makes a human—

Fray: He set himself on fire!

Urkonn: Maybe he was cold.

— Fray

Yo Pryor!
I Doubtfire makes a good shampoo
Left you running down the street like
Oh no!

—Robin Williams (played by EpicLloyd) to Richard Pryor (played by ZEALE), Epic Rap Battles of History

"This is just the beginning."

— Frank Castle burning the Big Bad alive in Punisher: War Zone

"Attention! Please step away from the burning policeman! Thank you for your cooperation."

—Police officers being ignited, Destroy All Humans! (and its remake)

For a single, shimmering instant, he is beautiful to behold— like a man and a star made one. Then he is gone— consumed by his own flames. The light fades. Only the stench of cauterized flesh remains.

— The Phantom Zone

"No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around the world as that one◊."

— John F. Kennedy speaking about the photograph of Thích Quảng Đức's self-immolation

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