History Main / BattleAmongstTheFlames

* The Battle of the Nile was fought at night, and most of the battle involved firing at muzzle flashes and silhouettes. At 9 o'clock the French flagship L'Orient caught fire, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luny_Thomas_Battle_Of_The_Nile_August_1st_1798_At_10pm.jpg illuminating the entire battlefield]]. An hour later L'Orient exploded, showering the entire area in burning debris in an explosion so huge all firing stopped for ten minutes while everyone stared in horror.

* In ''[[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', when Indiana Jones and Marion fight against Major Toht and his henchman inside a burning bar in Nepal.

** Apparently, Kruge never heard the aforementioned Klingon proverb, or just doesn't care. Kirk even calls him out on it.

* The first level of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDraculaX'' takes place in a blazing village, and the boss battle against Cerberus has blue flames in the background.

This will always be extremely guilty of HollywoodFire. As long as you don't touch the fire, you'll be fine. Also, you won't tend to see heat exhaustion or smoke inhalation affect the combatants much, even though [[http://www.emedicinehealth.com/smoke_inhalation/article_em.htm smoke inhalation is the most common killer in real fires.]] May overlap with FauxSymbolism if the idea is that two are battling each other to the death in {{Hell}}.

* Not exactly an epic battle, but more like a fight for survival. In ''{{VideoGame/The Last of Us}}'', Ellie is forced to fight for survival [[spoiler: against David inside an abandoned burning restaurant. Throughout the three stages in which you have to have Ellie sneak up on and attack David, the condition of the fire noticeably continues to spread. Joel arrives in time to get Ellie out before it became impossible to escape. David is the closest thing to a boss fight in the game, and he purposefully locks Ellie in the building, despite the fire.]]

* In the original Xbox game ''VideoGame/{{MechAssault}}'' there's a mission where you take the recently captured assault-class mech Ragnarok into battle to stop the Word of Blake from ending the world. (the level is set on a active volcano with lava flowing as if it were a creek).

* In ''Fanfic/AnEmpireOfIceAndFire'', the FinalBattle between Jon and the Night King plays out in the middle of an inferno created by the dragons. Daenerys takes a certain satisfaction in this, noting that up until now, every fight with the White Walkers has been in their element, but this last duel will be in the Targaryens'.

* In ''Fanfic/KarmaInRetrograde'', the story opens with Shouto's and Dabi's battle in the middle of a flaming warehouse that was set ablaze by their respective PlayingWithFire powers.
* In ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'', Simba and Hago share a pretty tense one in ''Friends to the End''. [[spoiler: Simba narrowly avoids being dragged into the flames by Hago, resulting in the wizard falling to his doom]].

* In ''Fanfic/PrehistoricEarth'', rescue team leader Drew bronco rides an arthropleura in the center of a RingOfFire that's been formed around a swamp clearing he and the massive arthropod are located in for the sake of ensuring it remains in ideal position to get sent through the time portal to the safety of the titular park and doesn't go wandering right into the flames surrounding it.
* Much like he did in ''Prehistoric Earth'', Drew bronco rides Melancholia the arthropleura in the middle of a swamp clearing surrounded by fire over the course of his efforts at getting her through the portal to the safety of the park in ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReimagined''.
* In ''FanFic/QueenOfShadows'', the [[BigBadassBattleSequence First Battle of Awaji]] starts with the [[ImAHumanitarian Gani]] burning down the town outside the castle, as a terror tactic.

[[caption-width-right:350:A [[JustForPun heated]] battle.]]

* The finale of the first episode of ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' has Guts facing off against the Baron of Koka Castle as the village they are in is burning down.

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', there is a forest fire during a fight between Ed and co. and Pride and Gluttony. [[spoiler:Pride started it to make sure his LivingShadow would have light to cast it]].
* In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' the battle between Mustang and Pride takes place in a burning building, though Mustang is deliberately exploiting the fire to his advantage.

* Done to more or less [[BookEnds bookend]] the conflict between Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood''. Jonathan's first brawl with Dio after the latter becomes a vampire occurs in the Joestar mansion, which Jonathan set aflame to potentially burn Dio to death. Since vampires regenerate too quickly to be killed conventionally, Jonathan hoped that the fire would outspeed Dio's rate of regeneration. [[spoiler: At the end of the part, Jonathan sets fire to the boat he's on with the same goal in mind, since at this point Dio has been reduced to a talking head that's trying to [[GrandTheftMe take Jonathan's body for himself]]; the latter fight is much shorter and is rather one-sided.]]

* The Night Vision scene in the final stage of ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers'' prior to the FinalBoss battle.

* In the original Xbox game ''{{VideoGame/Mechassault}}'' there's a mission where you take the recently captured assault-class mech Ragnarok into battle to stop the Word of Blake from ending the world. (the level is set on a active volcano with lava flowing as if it were a creek).

* In ''{{VideoGame/Rise of the Tomb Raider}}'', Lara is introduced to a class of Trinity soldiers called ‘Fireflies’. Their specialty? [[spoiler: Using a flamethrower. She is promptly initiated into a fight, trapped in a ring of burning buildings with this soldier. Hit the pack on their back just right and they end up roasting instead of Lara.]]

* The final battle between Mario/Luigi and Bowser at the end of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' takes place inside the Sun!
** The final boss against Cackletta in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', which takes place in [[spoiler: Bowletta's stomach,]] is on fire.
** In the climax of ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion1'', Luigi fights [[spoiler: King Boo]] on the roof of the mansion, except it's surrounded by flames.

* ''{{VideoGame/Turok}}'': When Turok fights Roland Kane, the BigBad and then after killing him, a Tyrannosaurus Rex. And this takes place in a fortress that had been burning down... and was in the middle of a volcanic landscape.

* ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy 3''. Tifa vs. Hitomi are teleported inside a large building and engage in battle. Near the beginning of the fight, they hit each other so hard that they set the building on fire, and the remainder of the fight occurs in the flames.

* Occurs in the episode "Lois Kills Stewie" in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In the [[TrailersAlwaysLie trailer]] for ''Cartoon Wars: Part II,'' the Creator/{{Fox}} studio is on fire when Kyle fights Cartman. In the actual episode, they fight, but it's not on fire. Given [[TakeThat the theme of the episode]], the trailer might have been WishFulfillment for Trey Parker.

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* Battles against Berial from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' take place in a small village/mining area field where the wooden buildings burn down as the battle rages due to the demon's attacks and spreading [[PlayingWithFire flames]].

* Battles against Berial from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' take place in a small village that burns down as the battle rages due to the demon's attacks and spreading [[PlayingWithFire flames]].

* Both battles against Berial from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' take place in a village that burns down as the battle rages.

Compare InfernalBackground, Climactic Volcano Backdrop, and BattleInTheRain which is like this, only... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin in the rain]]. If the rain's during a lightning storm, both may happen at the same time. Can also overlap with CollapsingLair.

Compare InfernalBackground, and BattleInTheRain which is like this, only... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin in the rain]]. If the rain's during a lightning storm, both may happen at the same time. Can also overlap with CollapsingLair.

* For the very first stage of the ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' arcade game, April's Foot-infested apartment building is on fire.

** In the climax of ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'', Luigi fights [[spoiler: King Boo]] on the roof of the mansion, except it's surrounded by flames.