History Main / FantasticLightSource

** A more common one from StarWars is [[LaserBlade the lightsaber]] itself.

** A more common one from StarWars is the lightsaber itself.

** A more common one from StarWars is the lightsaber.

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[[caption-width:350:Now that's a ''man's'' flashlight.]]

* TheStormlightArchive has glass spheres with gemstones in the center infused with the titular Stormlight used as lamps, they provide a steadier light then oil lamps or candles, and can be easily recharged by leaving the spheres out in a [[HostileWeather highstorm]].

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* The ant colony in ''[[{{ptitlecwml5w8p}} A Bug's Life]]'' uses fluorescent mushrooms as lighting.

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* The ant colony in ''ABugsLife'' uses fluorescent mushrooms as lighting.
* In ''{{Tangled}}'', Rapunzel uses her magic hair to find the way out of a flooded cave.
* On ''DespicableMe'', one of the Minions is used as a glow stick.

Sometimes you can expect luminescent flora and fungus in particular.

* ''[[* Occurs at the climax of ''[[TheChroniclesOfRiddick Pitch Black]]'' had the glowing worms found in a cave. The worms helped keep the light sensitive monsters at bay long enough to allow the survivors to make it to the shuttle at the end.

* ''[[{{Riddick}} Pitch Black]]'' had the glowing worms found in a cave. The worms helped keep the light sensitive monsters at bay long enough to allow the survivors to make it to the shuttle at the end.

* ''GodOfWar 3'': Kratos rips off Helios' head to use it as a lantern.

* Chapter 8 of ''[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force]]'' shows that mages in the setting have a spell that creates floating orbs of light that could serve as this when they need to work at night in places away from civilization, such as when [[spoiler:paramedics were carting away Signum after her battle against Cypha [[NearDeathExperience left her in critical condition]]]].

* Chapter 8 of ''[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force]]'' shows that mages in the setting have a spell that creates floating orbs of light that could serve as this when they need to work at night in places away from civilization, such as when [[spoiler:paramedics were carting away Signum's body [[NearDeathExperience after she was left in critical condition]] after her battle against Cypha]].

* In the Xen segments of ''{{Half-Life}}'', there are bio-luminescent stalks which retract and turn off when approached.

* In the StarWarsExpandedUniverse novel ''[[SplinterOfTheMindsEye Splinter of the Mind's Eye]]'', when Luke and Leia enter a series of caves, they discover it isn't totally dark due to a light-emitting fungus growing on the walls.

* In GrimFandango you meet a character who's fashioned a lantern out of luminescent coral and attached it to his scuba-suit. You use him to traverse the dark ocean floor by [[spoiler: getting Glottis to pick him up and carry him with you.]]

* In the StarWarsExpandedUniverse novel ''[[SplinterOfTheMindsEye Splinter of the Mind's Eye]]'', when Luke and Leia enter a series of caves, they discover it isn't totally dark due to a light-emitting fungus growing on the walls.

* In ''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'', a novel in the StarWarsExpandedUniverse, when Luke and Leia flee to the Coway cave complex they discover it isn't totally dark due to a light-emitting fungus growing on the walls.

* In ''[[RiftwarCycle Betrayal at Krondor]]'', there are spells and magic artifacts to generate light at nighttime or in dungeons. This is very useful in the Naptha Mines in chapter 4, where lighting a torch will cause the whole place to explode.

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