History Main / HollywoodTorches

* Averted with torches used for puzzles in ''[[ApeEscape Ape Escape 2]]'', but they burnt out quickly; thus making the challenge.

* In ''QuestForGloryIV'', you obtain a torch near the beginning, and keep it, still lit, for the game's entirety. Justified in that the torch is almost certainly magic, given that you obtain it in an eldritch cave and burns green.

* In the fourth ''QuestForGlory'' game, you obtain a torch near the beginning, and keep it, still lit, for the game's entirety, despite the fact that the game is chronologically about a year or so in length (in game time).
** AWizardDidIt

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A Hollywood Torch is a piece of wood about a foot and a half long, the end of which burns brightly. It emits no significant smoke and never burns out. It tends to produce just enough light to fully illuminate a room, no matter the size, unless of course there's something horrible in a corner that we're not meant to see just yet.

* ''Series/Batman'' episode "The Bloody Tower". Lord Fogg has some of these in his dungeon.

* Subverted by the eponymous ''{{Castle}}'': When about to explore a secret passage way, his first thought is to jury-rig one of these out of a plunger, toilet paper and lighter fluid. His partner gives him the DopeSlap and tells him they're going to use the friggin' flashlights.

** ''DungeonsAndDragons'' actually has rules for torches and they give a pretty small amount of light. Which is why most people get Everburning Torches, or just cast Continual Flame. For those who cannot afford either, there is the low-level adventurer's two best friends: the bullseye lantern and the 1st-level spell ''light''.

* Averted in ''Prince Caspian'' where the Pevensie children try to make torches to explore the ruins of Cair Paravel. Held in the normal way, the torches get too hot to hold, and held upside-down the flame goes out, so they end up using Edmund's flashlight instead.

** It's not a horror movie, but ''IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' uses the "long bone plus rag" version in the scene where Indy and Dr. Schneider are exploring the flooded Venice catacomb. At least in this case, the quick and easy lighting of the torch is justified by the fact that the water was covered with a film of petroleum for Indy to dip the cloth into. Conveniently, this film of petroleum does not burst into flames as his walks near it with his glowing torch.
* ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. Appear during the Camelot, Castle Anthrax, Castle in the Swamp and Cave of Caerbannog sequences.

* ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. Appear during the Castle Anthrax, Castle in the Swamp and Cave of Caerbannog sequences.

* ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. Appear during the Castle Anthrax and Cave of Caerbannog sequences.

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* The torches on ''{{Lost}}'' will stay lit through just about anything, including torrential rain, and generally burn as brightly as the plot needs.

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** ''DungeonsAndDragons'' actually has rules for torches and they give a pretty small amount of light. Which is why most people get everburning torches, or just cast continual flame. For those who cannot afford either, there is the low-level adventurer's two best friends: the bullseye lantern and the 1st-level spell ''light''.

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** It's not a horror movie, but ''IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' uses the "long bone plus rag" version in the scene where Indy and Dr. Schneider are exploring the flooded Venice catacomb. At least in this case, the quick and easy lighting of the torch is justified by the fact that the water was covered with a film of petroleum for Indy to dip the cloth into.

* ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' - ''Prince Caspian'': Peter suggests making a torch to explore the castle ruin. Edmund points out that he has an electric torch (flashlight) in his bag.

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* Averted in {{Shadowgate}}. The torches eventually burn out and you have to light another one before that happens. In some versions, the background music changes slightly right before that happens. If you're not quick enough, you will end up in the dark, eventually tripping over something and die.

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