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* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Wildfire is a highly flammable alchemical substance that, when set aflame, burns with a green fire that can consume almost anything and is extremely difficult to put out. It cannot be quenched with water, partly because it floats. Small quantities can be smothered with sand, but with large blazes the only thing that can be done is to wait however many hours it takes for it to burn itself out.
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* Wildfire from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is unquenchable by water, lights anything used to smother it on fire, and burns brilliant green. It was used in [[spoiler: the battle of the Blackwater]] and was essentially the only reason [[spoiler:Tyrion]] won. Its production is a secret well-guarded by the Alchemists' Guild, but there are strong implications that some sort of magic is involved. Storage is extremely dangerous, and it's eventually revealed that the {{Pyromaniac}} former "Mad King" [[TheCaligula Aerys II]] [[spoiler:had thousands of pots of it buried in secret throughout the city in order to burn the whole place down if it was captured, and that this discovery was the reason Jaime Lannister killed him before he could give the order.]] FridgeHorror comes into play when you realize that there is a real chemical that can do this without magic and is every bit as dangerous: chlorine trifluoride.
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* Wildfire from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is unquenchable by water, partly because it floats, lights anything most things used to smother it on fire, and burns brilliant green.green. Small amounts may be smothered with sand, but large amounts can only be left to burn out by itself. It was used in [[spoiler: the battle of the Blackwater]] and was essentially the only reason [[spoiler:Tyrion]] won. Its production is a secret well-guarded by the Alchemists' Guild, but there are strong implications that some sort of magic is involved. Storage is extremely dangerous, and it's eventually revealed that the {{Pyromaniac}} former "Mad King" [[TheCaligula Aerys II]] [[spoiler:had thousands of pots of it buried in secret throughout the city in order to burn the whole place down if it was captured, and that this discovery was the reason Jaime Lannister killed him before he could give the order.]] FridgeHorror comes into play when you realize that there is a real chemical that can do this without magic and is every bit as dangerous: chlorine trifluoride.
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* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/YoungRobinHood'' had a bad guy planning to destroy a fleet of ships with a dinghy loaded with several barrels of Greek fire. When Robin got a little too close, the baddie had him tied up and loaded in the dinghy as well.
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* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/YoungRobinHood'' had a bad guy planning to destroy a fleet of ships with a dinghy loaded with several barrels of Greek fire. When Robin got a little too close, the baddie had him tied up and loaded in the dinghy as well.
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* Flamethrowers, {{molotov cocktail}}s, and the infamous napalm fit this trope all too well.
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* Flamethrowers, {{molotov cocktail}}s, and the infamous napalm fit this trope all too well.use fuel like gasoline combined with fuel sources that make fires that burn longer, spread more widely, and adhere to targets to make fires that much harder to put out and treat.
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* As a Class D fire category material, magnesium cannot be snuffed out by water-- in fact, the hydrogen in the water intensifies the chemical reaction. Once ignited, the metal will continue to burn until fully depleted, even after being deprived of an oxygen source. This makes magnesium a fairly standard fuel source for flares used by deep sea divers.
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* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Wildfire is a highly flammable alchemical substance that, when set aflame, burns with a green fire that can consume almost anything and is extremely difficult to put out. It cannot be quenched with water, partly because it floats. Small quantities can be smothered with sand, but with large blazes the only thing that can be done is to wait however many hours it takes for it to burn itself out.
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* The first two issues of DC Comics' ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' series of the 1980s has Ted Kord dealing with the Incendiary Man who uses this to burn down his target buildings, all for the sake of getting even with the city of Chicago's fire department for failing to notice him when he was trapped in a burning building.
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** The first two issuesof DC Comics' ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' series of the 1980s has Ted Kord dealing with the Incendiary Man who uses this to burn down his target buildings, all for the sake of getting even with the city of Chicago's fire department for failing to notice him when he was trapped in a burning building.building.
** Blue Beetle and ComicBook/{{Superman}} villain Firefist is the man who re-discovered Greek Fire and used it for crime.
** The first two issues
** Blue Beetle and ComicBook/{{Superman}} villain Firefist is the man who re-discovered Greek Fire and used it for crime.
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* "Literature/TheManWhoCameEarly": Mentioned. When Gerald Samsson, an American soldier stationed in Iceland who has been sent back to the Viking Era, tells he has a weapon which can shoot burning projectiles, his host believes him because he has seen and heard of Greek Fire.
-->''"I have it from Filif Eriksson, who served in the guard down there, and he is a steady fellow when not drunk. He has also seen the Greek fire used, it burns on water."''
-->''"I have it from Filif Eriksson, who served in the guard down there, and he is a steady fellow when not drunk. He has also seen the Greek fire used, it burns on water."''
