History Main / IncendiaryExponent

* The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Monstrous Nightmare]] from ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' likes to set itself on fire as a combat technique.

* In his final fight with Shifu at the end of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', Tai Lung knocks over a torch and lights his hands on fire. There's a slo-mo shot of him flying through the air with his forepaws wreathed in blue flames.

Your move Jack! Your move! Either respond to me by this time next week with a more spectacular video than this or I will accept your graceless defeat.

Your move Jack! Your move! Either respond to me by this time next week with a more spectacular video than this or I will I will accept your graceless defeat.

--> '''John:''' If you really want to continue to trade shit-talking videos with increasingly high production elements, then consider your challenge accepted my friend. Because you have magnificent music under yours, well played. Well, I see your music choice and I raise you... FIRE.\\

--> '''John:''' If you really want to continue to trade shit-talking videos with increasingly high production elements, then consider your challenge accepted my friend. Because you have magnificent music under yours, well played. Well, I see your music choice and I raise you...FIRE.\\
''Gouts of flame erupt either side of John''\\

Your move Jack, your move!\\
Either respond to me by this time next week with a more spectacular video than this or I will I will accept your graceless defeat.

Your move Jack, your move!

* In ''{{Film/Transformers}}'', for a brief moment after crashing through a bus and rollerskating towards Optimus Prime, [[DumbMuscle Bonecrusher]] is on fire. ([[MemeticMutation Which he hates]].)

--> '''John:''' If you really want to continue to trade shit-talking videos with increasingly high production elements, then consider your challenge accepted my friend. Because you have magnificent music under yours, well played. Well, I see your music choice and I raise you...FIRE.
--> ''Gouts of flame erupt either side of John''
--> Your move Jack, your move!

-->Have you ever been to a lecture?
-->Was that lecture on ''fire''?

* Yukimura's special in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara X'' involves screaming loud enough to set his foot on fire and then kicking his opponent in the face with it.

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* In Film/ManOfSteel, [[Comicbook/{{Superman}} Clark]] rescues workers from a blazing oil rig while he's on fire. Being [[NighInvulnerability invunerable]], being on fire doesn't faze him one bit.

** [[FlamingSword Flaming Sword]]s.

* ''Videogame/Portal2''

* ''Videogame/AloneInTheDark2008'' gives the player the ability to set pretty much anything on fire. And shoot bullets that are on fire. In fact, said flaming bullets are [[KillItWithFire one of the game's best weapons]], and are never in short supply.
* In the Subspace Emissary of ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', R.O.B. makes his appearance in this manner [[spoiler: when the robes he wore as the Ancient Minister are burned off him]].

* In the survival horror MMORPG ''Videogame/DeadFrontier'', fire has the opposite effect on zombies that it does in [[BurnTheUndead most other zombie games and films]]. According to the lore of the game, setting boss zombies on fire with incendiary weaponry '''makes them stronger''', by causing their infected flesh to regenerate at an accelerated pace. The flesh heals faster than the flames can burn it, causing them to become even [[UnstoppableRage angrier]] and [[TurnsRed stronger]] than before.

* In the LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' "{{LetsPlay/Boatmurdered}}," a legendary engraver ex-mayor slaughtered four dwarves while on fire. Then he beat up a dwarf who came to stop him so hard '''that dwarf caught on fire'''... and then the fort [[TrashTheSet burned to the ground]] while the remaining inhabitants slaughtered each other in paroxysms of grief and rage until only the current ruler and a little girl were still alive. ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' [[strike:does not handle fire well]] handles fire perfectly.
** Dwarf Fortress: the only game in which the logic goes "[[TooDumbToLive I'm on fire. Man, I need a beer]]!"

** Dwarf Fortress fans being what they are, "being on fire" is considered a supremely dorfy (read: good) thing. The !! thrown around in discussions (like [[EarnYourFun !!Fun!!]]) is in reference to how the game shows that objects are on fire.
* In the Destruction Derby segment of ''Videogame/FullThrottle'', Ben (wearing an asbestos suit) gets lit on fire and ejected from his car as part of a distraction. You then have to provide further distraction by running around the derby ''on fire'', setting the stadium ablaze, so that the resultant inferno causes an evacuation.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' spends pretty much the entirety of ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings'' with a head cold ''and a flaming arrow lodged in his chest'', neither of which slow him down in the slightest.
* In ''Videogame/SonicChronicles'', party members can be equipped with Chao that give them elemental attack power. The element is displayed swirling around them, meaning... yes, that's right. [[ManOnFire You can set Sonic's entire body on fire this time]]. And if you consider the extreme boost to your ATK that said element provides, then yes, it's pretty badass.
* When Exdeath, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', imprisons Krile, the granddaughter of Galuf, in a slowly closing ring of fire, Galuf jumps right into the flames and, still ablaze, picks up and tosses Krile right out of the ring before it closes in on ''him''. He then shrugs off the flames and proceeds towards one of the most badass [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifices]] to date.

* [[SNKBoss Jinpachi Mishima]] from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 5: Dark Resurrection''. It kinda makes sense in context, since he's a demon and all.

* Two words: ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros FALCON PUNCH!]]''

* ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters2''

* All of the physical Fire-type attacks in the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} series involve the user hitting the target while on fire.

* ''WebComic/GirlGenius'':

* Subverted in ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'': Red Mage willingly lets himself be set on fire after casting about fifty resurrection spells on himself. This prevents him from being burned to death (well, he does die, but he is immediately resurrected, still ablaze). However, he admits that the process is extremely painful (saying that the resurrection spell is actually even more painful than the burning) and runs out of resurrection charges at the worst possible moment.

* Dan in ''WebComic/AnotherGamingComic'' is obsessed with fire and his standard attack is to cast fireball centred on himself.

* ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'', this happened when some monsters turned out to be less vulnerable to fire than expected. In the page comments, the author outright admitted having had it happen because the monsters weren't threatening enough on their own.

* Sankis' final rampage in ''LetsPlay/{{Boatmurdered}}'' made all the more incredible by the fact that they were ''on fire'' during the entirety of it.

* ''Series/IronChef'' provides lots of examples, since in any given battle there's a good chance that one of the chefs will either (a) intentionally set something on fire (as a flambé) or (b) unintentionally set something on fire (usually when the alcohol vapors rising from a hot pan to which booze has been added for flavoring touches the flames/heat from the powerful stoves in Kitchen Stadium). In the English dub of the original '90s Japanese edition, this was often accompanied by Fukui saying "[[CatchPhrase Whoa, flamola!]]"

-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Flaming Moe's"

Doesn't really apply to persons who are normally WreathedInFlames anyway, like [[Comicbook/FantasticFour The Human Torch]]. When the enhanced coolness comes from walking ''out'' of a fire, it's OutOfTheInferno. See also FlamingSword, and the entire [[ThisIndexIsOnFire fire-related index]]. Just be careful about InfernalRetaliation.

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' [[spoiler:Lordgenome calmly fights a mecha while his head is on fire. Using his fists. And he was not set on fire by any conventional means, but by sheer [[AwesomenessIsVolatile awesomeness]].]]

* Akane, from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' tries to assist Ranma in his training by wearing flammable padding on her arms (as his training required the opponent to emit a hot aura while he kept a cool one). But then, she's Akane, and her gi under the padding ''also'' catches fire...

** Sanji has one in the Thriller Bark arc. Upon learning that Absalom is going to try to marry Nami, Sanji explodes in flames of Anger for no apparent reason and sets off to kill Absalom... which quickly becomes a CurbStompBattle.
-->'''Sanji''': I'm so full of anger I'm about to explode!
-->'''Zombies''': HE DID!

* Meito Anizawa, aka Anime Tenchou, former mascot of the anime/manga store Animate. Don't believe us? Check out the image under HotBlooded. Features in both ''Anime/LuckyStar'' and an OVA by Gainax
* Subverted in the first-season ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' episode "The Bridge Bike Gang." A Golem owned by the leader of the titular bike gang is lit on fire by Ash's Charmander. The Golem tries to retaliate, but it ends up burning the other members of the gang in a rather comical fashion. Humiliated, the leader recalls his Golem...and then the Poké Ball he returned it into [[strike:lights on fire]] glows red-hot from the flaming Golem's heat!

* Recently in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Sasuke does one with the [[spoiler: Amaterasu]], creating a RingOfFire for protection. In defiance of the first quote up there [[spoiler:the Raikage]] ''punches him anyway'' and has his arm on fire [[LifeOrLimbDecision when he cuts it off to avoid the rest of him getting burned up]].
** A while earlier a flashback [[spoiler:Nagato]] had his legs set on fire from a bomb while [[spoiler:rescuing Konan]], but it was put out by [[BattleInTheRain the rain]] shortly thereafter and horribly damaged his legs.

** In ''Manga/PhantomBlood'', [[BigBad Dio Brando]] can nullify his greatest weakness, [[ThePowerOfTheSun Hamon]], by flash-freezing the limbs of anyone who touches him. [[TheHero Jonathan Joestar]] gets past this by ''lighting his fist on fire'' so his Hamon can get through.
** In ''Manga/StoneOcean'', Jolyne Cujoh lights herself on fire to combat Rikiel's [[FightingSpirit Stand]], which allows him to control heat-draining creatures called Rods. Despite being a desperation move that no one thought would work, the sheer badass nature of the maneuver meant that it did. That is until Rikiel ''also'' lights himself on fire in order to figure out the flaw in Jolyne's plan, which he does.

* From {{Franchise/Digimon}}:

* ''Manga/SazanEyes'', Hyoma Prince Galga uses the absimilation powers of his people and his mastery of [[PlayingWithFire Agni Maya, the Fire God Magic]] to not only merge with a gigantic demonic statue but also to turn himself on fire, becoming an untoucheable "solid mass of flames".

* Franchise/WonderWoman's recent "flaming BreastPlate" moment in ''New Frontier Classified''.
** Even more awesome because [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation it's on fire and has tits.]]
* In a ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeague JLA]]'' storyline, the League discovers that the White Martians they hypnotized into becoming normal people are waking up and remembering their alien heritage. Knowing their weakness to flame, Orion covers himself and Barda in gasoline from some destroyed cars, lights himself on fire, and [[InfernalRetaliation punches one out]].
* In ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'', the [[ShapedLikeItself appropriately-named]] Judge Fire is, indeed, on fire.
* To quote {{ComicBook/Cyclops}} on one of his many, many plans to deal with the altered Juggernaut in the ''Franchise/XMen'' tie-in to ''ComicBook/FearItself'':

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* ''FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi''
-->''“What is it?” Torian replied, watching Tiger with a worried expression. Not too worried though, since her flaming crown had disappeared the moment she had doubled over in pain. ''\\
''“The enemy temple! It's on fire!” the voice shouted.''\\
''“Huh?” He involuntarily looked down, and then kept looking, his eyes growing wider and wider. Something underneath the waves was burning bright enough to make them shine like the setting sun. “I- I can see that.” He looked up at Tiger, his expression begging for an explanation. “What are they burning?” ''\\
''“The temple.”''\\
''“Yes, you already told me that!” ''\\
''“You don't understand! The stone is on fire! Underwater!”''\\
''Torian blinked. So did most of the youma. ''\\
''“By all the dark gods, it just crashed and now the sand is burning too! Look at it!” another warlock shouted in the background.''\\
''“I think even the water is on fire,” the first one muttered in a voice that bordered on religious rapture.''\\
''“Don't be silly,” Tiger interrupted. “The water is too busy exploding to be on fire!” ''\\
''“I... I stand corrected.”''
* In the Naruto fanfiction Nin Tech, Naruto is found by Sasuke in his room tinkering with a gadget... ''with his hair on fire.''
** Then again he is crazy, so what does he care?
* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fanfic ''FanFic/{{Forward}}'', the crew is captured by an enemy crew of pirates. Salvation comes in the form of [[spoiler: Jayne drenching a coat in lighter fluid, throwing it on, setting himself on fire, and then rushing the enemy crew with his knife in hand.]] Probably the most awesome RefugeInAudacity moment in the entire story.
** This was, in fact, a ShoutOut to an example from ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''. In fact, the dialogue is almost identical, but with [[TheCaptain Mal]] as the titular Doctor and Jayne as Dan.

* ''FanFic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': [[spoiler: Vix-Lei winds up lighting her hammers on fire during the final stages of the battle with the Nightmare, thanks to one of the potions - which is essentially ''napalm'' - Rex got from Jeb.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' has the Dinobots, who all wield weapons (a sword, a club, and a mace-and-chain) that are capable of bursting into flame. In the case of Grimlock, who wields the flaming sword, it's also a feature of his toy. When he's mad or excited, he shoots flames out of his collars, ''setting his own head on fire''. As you may have gathered, Transformers ''loves'' this trope.

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''. How do you make BigOlEyebrows more fitting for the local EvilOverlord? Make them '''GREAT ''FLAMING'' EYEBROWS'''.

** In "Homer's Triple Bypass", an impatient Homer rams a truck hauling Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's birthplace off the road. In the DVDCommentary the episode's staff note that the house bursts into flames long before there's any reason for it to do so.
** The Flaming Homer (eventually called the Flaming Moe when Moe steals the idea) is a cocktail of different alcoholic beverages (and a bottle of cough syrup) which is then lit on fire. It's even explicitly explained that lighting it on fire is what makes it taste good instead of merely so-so.

-->'''[[Music/TPain Frylock]]:''' (''reading'') And the entire eastern seaboard exploded into flames. Explosions burst the world into flames, [[SerialEscalation and the flames shoot high into the night lighting much of the universe into flames]].

** In an episode, Bender gets a job on Calculon's show and wants to do a scene while on fire. Later, he lights himself on fire while on air.
--->'''Bender''': Try this, kids at home.\\

** In another episode, Bender starts a scene screaming and on fire [[RuleOfFunny for no apparent reason at all.]]