History Main / HollywoodTorches

** Zig-Zagged in ''VideoGame/VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'', the default Torch along with the Follower Torch never run out of fuel, not even water can extinguish them. However, both the Cleric's Candlestick and Scholar'sCandlestick's weapon skill only lights up your candlestick for a set amount of time.

+* Averted in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'', your torch can run out of fuel, get extinguished by water, or set you on fire if you get drenched by oil. The only way you can get more fuel is to loot torches from corpses or enemies. Although you can light up your torch as many times as you want with a bonfire or lit fireplace, or simply squeeze a Flame Butterfly.

* ''Series/DoctorWho''. In "The Name of the Doctor", the catacombs under the Doctor's tomb have burning torches [[BattleTrophy made from Dalek eye stalks]].

* WebVideo/{{Lindybeige}} has a whole video series called [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM5bKwQUA08ye59tygnx8vG8JbFwJ4_Pj Lindybeige about Torches]] nitpicking apart the inaccurate ways that movies use fire and torches. They randomly stick torches and braziers on walls and depict them burning even during the daytime, despite the fact that real torches burn out, produce a lot of smoke, are expensive, and by no means a good way of lighting an interior. He even notices a scene in ''Series/TheLastKingdom'' where they [[SpecialEffectsFailure failed to conceal]] the gas pipe that was feeding a wall torch.

* WebVideo/{{Lindybeige}} as a whole video series called [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM5bKwQUA08ye59tygnx8vG8JbFwJ4_Pj Lindybeige about Torches]] nitpicking apart the inaccurate ways that movies use fire and torches. They randomly stick torches and braziers on walls and depict them burning even during the daytime, despite the fact that real torches burn out, produce a lot of smoke, are expensive, and by no means a good way of lighting an interior. He even notices a scene in ''Series/TheLastKingdom'' where they [[SpecialEffectsFailure failed to conceal]] the gas pipe that was feeding a wall torch.

* ''TabletopGame/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''.

* ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans'' (1981). Some appear in Calibos' encampment and in Medusa's lair.

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

* During the ''Danger Island'' segments on ''TheBananaSplits'' show.

* Given a sort of in-universe ShoutOut in ReadyPlayerOne. Much of the action takes place in a full-immersion world where one would not be surprised to find torches in various places. However, when the heroes go to one of the creators' houses IRL, dude has ''actual torches'' in his house. Heroes are impressed. One wonders what his insurance premiums must be.

* ''Film/{{Legend}}''. Both the goblins and Jack have one at some point.

* Both versions of ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead'' have Ben constructing a hasty torch from a table leg, cloth, and lighter fluid. Unlike most examples they produce copious amounts of smoke as they burn. Rather than being used for illumination, they're used to keep the zombies at bay as they fear fire.

* Averted in one [[Literature/ForgottenRealms Drizzt]] novel where Cattie-brie is told that there's no way she could carry enough torches or lamp oil to light her way in the Underdark long enough for her to reach Menzoberranzan, so she is provided with a magical artifact that lets her see in the dark instead.

* ''The Arabian Knights'' segment on ''TheBananaSplits'' show, episode "The Royal Visitor". Used by several characters inside a pyramid.

* ''ScoobyDoo Where Are You''. Shaggy finds and uses one in episode "Spooky Space Kook".

* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' TOS episode "The House of Seven Gargoyles". They appear on the walls of Professor Ericson's castle.

* 1960's ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series:

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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 [[NuclearCandle 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. In some cases they can provide enough light to cast their own shadow, despite this being physically impossible.

* For the horror movie variant, use the arm or leg ripped off a dried-out skeleton, wrapped with a scrap of cloth (or, worse, ''[[YouHaveToBurnTheWeb cobwebs]]''). Naturally, this is just as bright and long-lasting as any other Hollywood Torch; never mind that dry bone isn't flammable at sub-crematorium temperatures.

* Lampshaded by SciFiDebris in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfeJHq3mZGo&feature=channel_page "The Andorian Incident"]] citing it as impossible to enter a dark cavern without one, even though a propane lamp would be more efficient.

* ''Film/NationalTreasure'' is pretty blatant about this. The final scene of the first movie serves as a slight variation, where several troughs full of gunpowder are able to light up an entire cave, illuminating everything evenly, not producing smoke, and continuing to burn or far longer than chemically possible.
** There's no reason to believe that was gunpowder in the troughs. It likely was gunpowder used to light it, but it could have been just about any flammable substance.

* ''Franchise/IndianaJones''

* 1960's ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''

* In many RolePlayingGames, torches, once lit, burn until they are actively extinguished by the player (or the plot).
** Averted in TheDarkEye: torches are used as a measure of light intensity, in the sequence firefly, candle, torch, camp fire and so on.

* Played straight in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games...except when the player tries to light a hand-held stick, and it burns right through after a few seconds.
** Many other games also [[ZigZaggedTrope zigzag]] this trope as well. Some torches you light will go out after a short amount of time if the quest is to light many torches very quickly. However, the minute they are all lit, the torches will never go out.
* 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 [[AWizardDidIt magic]], given that you obtain it in an eldritch cave and burns green.

** In ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}'' itself, the torch item is basically a superior lantern that will never go out on you. [[spoiler: Although it does become somewhat less desirable when you come across rooms filled with highly flammable gas.]] It's also made of precious materials, so the Thief might steal it at any moment.
*** ''VideoGame/ZorkZero'' uses and averts it; there are several torches kept near the kitchen that burn forever, but go out soon after you remove them from their holders. The only way to do any underground exploring is with a magic candle.
*** ''VideoGame/ZorkGrandInquisitor'' [[MythologyGag references]] the torches from Zork Zero with a pair of standard torches that talk with distinct personalities and quirks: the Bickering Torch is argumentative and uncooperative, while the Flickering Torch is nervous and tends to go out at random times.

* Aside from lighting a limited range, ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' torches play this straight. They burn indefinitely, and the smoke is purely cosmetic, posing no risk of fire, suffocation, or smoke discoloration. Torchlight can even be used to help crops grow.
** As of Beta 1.8, you can find torches in ''abandoned flooded mineshafts'' that still burn nicely.
** Keep in mind it's one of the AcceptableBreaksFromReality, as it was originally planned for torches to go out and for lasting light fixtures to be more complicated, with all existing torches planned on being converted to the new item on patch.
*** The joke Version 2.0 previews created for AprilFoolsDay 2013 implemented the torches burning out as one of the many "features". Each torch would go out after a random, ''short'' amount of time and could be relighted with Flint and Steel or taken down and replaced.

* Appear a couple of times in ''TheGoldenVoyageOfSinbad'', including when the Vizier and Sinbad are in the map room and while Sinbad's sailors are fighting the animated figurehead on the ship.
* ''NationalTreasure'' is pretty blatant about this. The final scene of the first movie serves as a slight variation, where several troughs full of gunpowder are able to light up an entire cave, illuminating everything evenly, not producing smoke, and continuing to burn or far longer than chemically possible.

->''A guy like you should think about going electric. Seriously.''

* In ''NeverwinterNights'', torches give off smoke and provide a rather limited amount of light, but never burn out. Their limitations are quickly rendered obsolete either by light spells or, if you're not a caster, various rings and other items that emit more light and don't require you to hold them in your hand.

* Aside from lighting a limited range, ''{{Minecraft}}'' torches play this straight. They burn indefinitely, and the smoke is purely cosmetic, posing no risk of fire, suffocation, or smoke discoloration. Torchlight can even be used to help crops grow.