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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E3IsMyVeryNatureThatOfADevil Is My Very Nature That of a Devil]]", after Daniel Molloy drops the 1973 cassette tapes of the first interview into a trash can, Louis de Pointe du Lac lights them on fire with his vampire abilities.

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In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E3IsMyVeryNatureThatOfADevil Is My Very Nature That of a Devil]]", after Daniel Molloy drops the 1973 cassette tapes of the first interview into a trash can, Louis de Pointe du Lac lights them on fire with his vampire abilities.abilities.
** [[https://twitter.com/aputazado/status/1778598288498770333 A Season 2 clip]] shown at the 2024 Creator/{{AMC}} Upfront event affirms that Armand possesses the fire gift because he can generate flames from the palm of his hand.
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A notable and possible technical term for this kind of elemental power is "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrokinesis pyrokinesis]]."

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A notable and possible technical term for this kind of elemental power is "[[https://en."'''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrokinesis pyrokinesis]].pyrokinesis]]'''."
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A notable and possible technical term for this kind of elemental power is "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrokinesis pyrokinesis]]."

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** Cinder is a fire-themed character, whose Semblance allows her to super-heat particles into a range of objects, allowing her to transform dust particles into obsidian weapons, evoking volcanic symbolism. [[spoiler:After gaining the Fall Maiden powers, Cinder heavily favours fire attacks, ranging from bursts of heat and force, enhancing her Semblance's ability to shape glass weaponry and projectiles, and using fireballs or full streams of fire in battle. Although she can use other elements, she rarely does. By Volume 8, she has learned how to combine wind and fire to produce super-heated, fire-coloured tornados.]]

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** [[Characters/RWBYCinderFall Cinder Fall]] is a fire-themed character, whose Semblance allows her to super-heat particles into a range of objects, allowing her to transform dust particles into obsidian weapons, evoking volcanic symbolism. [[spoiler:After gaining the Fall Maiden powers, Cinder heavily favours fire attacks, ranging from bursts of heat and force, enhancing her Semblance's ability to shape glass weaponry and projectiles, and using fireballs or full streams of fire in battle. Although she can use other elements, she rarely does. By Volume 8, she has learned how to combine wind and fire to produce super-heated, fire-coloured tornados.]]]]
** Among [[Characters/RWBYSalem Salem's]] many abilities is power over fire. She can shoot blasts of it from her hands, most notably using it to kill Ozma's first reincarnation.
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Though "playing with fire" is often a term used for TemptingFate or BullyingADragon this is not that trope.
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* ''Fanfic/CaveDancersPrettyCure'': Cure Crimson's main power is fire, which she shoots from her hands. [[MundaneUtility She primarily uses it to keep the caves warm.]]
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* ''Art/SevenVirtues'': There's a flame coming out of the "Charity's" fingers on her right hand. This is a symbol of the warmth and enlightenment she provides to others.
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* ''Fanfic/AlienSpeciesCrossoverReturnToLV426'': The story uses an unused concept from ''Film/{{Species}}'', that Sil would glow with red heat in her hybrid form, growing brighter and hotter the more threatened she felt. Lise possesses this ability, and uses it to good effect against the Xenomorphs.
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* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'': One of the spells [[WickedWitch The Wicked Witch of the West]] can cast is to shoot out fireballs, which she uses after Dorthy and the Scarecrow meet the Tin Man.

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* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'': One of the spells [[WickedWitch The Wicked Witch of the West]] can cast is to shoot out fireballs, which she uses after Dorthy Dorothy and the Scarecrow meet the Tin Man.
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* ''Series/Gladiators2024'': Played with in the opening credits and Gladiator profile screens, which present Fire as if she has superpowers, throwing a small fireball from her hands. Like the other titular Gladiators, she's a very competent athlete -- but she does not, in fact, have superpowers.
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* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' has a Goon Squad player called Wet-Fire (a parody of Klay Thompson), whose powers are a mix of fire and [[MakeASplash water]].

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* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' has a Goon Squad player called Wet-Fire (a parody of Klay Thompson), whose powers are a mix of fire and [[MakeASplash [[MakingASplash water]].
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* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' has a Goon Squad player called Wet-Fire (a parody of Klay Thompson), whose powers are a mix of fire and [[MakeASplash water]].
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* In ''Theatre/VillainsTonight'', since having Hades' hair and back on fire as in the film would be both dangerous and expensive, he has a staff that shoots fireballs at anyone unfortunate enough to suffer his wrath.
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E73ItsAGoodLife It's a Good Life]]", it is mentioned that Anthony set Teddy Reynolds on fire for thinking mean thoughts about him.

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E73ItsAGoodLife "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E8ItsAGoodLife It's a Good Life]]", it is mentioned that Anthony set Teddy Reynolds on fire for thinking mean thoughts about him.



** In "Gramma", it is mentioned that the title character used her powers to burn down several of her neighbors' houses.
** In "Dead Run", the demons who guard the condemned in {{Hell}} can light cigarettes by pressing them into the palms of their hands.
** A variation in "The Toys of Caliban". [[spoiler:Toby Ross is shown a picture of fire by his father Ernest and is able to start one with his mind as a result of his ability to [[YourMindMakesItReal manifest something after seeing a picture of it]]. As Ernest intended, the fire burns their house down and kills them both.]]

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** In "Gramma", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E18 Gramma]]", it is mentioned that the title character used her powers to burn down several of her neighbors' houses.
** In "Dead Run", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E19 Dead Run]]", the demons who guard the condemned in {{Hell}} can light cigarettes by pressing them into the palms of their hands.
** A variation in "The "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S2E5 The Toys of Caliban".Caliban]]". [[spoiler:Toby Ross is shown a picture of fire by his father Ernest and is able to start one with his mind as a result of his ability to [[YourMindMakesItReal manifest something after seeing a picture of it]]. As Ernest intended, the fire burns their house down and kills them both.]]
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* ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'': Whilst the first of the ElementalSuperpowers that Ranma Saotome unlocks is [[AnIcePerson ice]] KiManipulation, he quickly deduces that fire manipulation is the logical counterpart.
** Despite being the first on the crew to figure it out, Ranma initially struggles to actually use it, as his efforts produce such a layer of heat that he ends up burning himself before he conjures usable flames. He does eventually produce a fiery KameHameHadoken in the form of the Red Sun technique.
** Ukyo actually leapfrogs ahead of Ranma in using fire ki by channeling the spiritual heat through her metal battle spatula, allowing her to do everything from launching streams of fire by swinging the weapon to simply making it red hot for extra damage.
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People who are literally packing heat also tend to be fireproof and have a very high heat tolerance, as RequiredSecondaryPowers. But sometimes, they aren't and are, in fact, just as vulnerable to their own flames as everybody else. Similarly, such characters may be {{Glass Cannon}}s physically or emotionally owing to their element's reputation for extreme destruction and fragility.

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People who are literally packing heat also tend to [[ImmuneToFire be fireproof fireproof]] and have a very high heat tolerance, as RequiredSecondaryPowers. But sometimes, they aren't and are, in fact, just as [[BurnScarsBurningPowers vulnerable to their own flames flames]] as everybody else. Similarly, such characters may be {{Glass Cannon}}s physically or emotionally owing to their element's reputation for extreme destruction and fragility.
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* ''VisualNovel/TyrionCuthbertAttorneyOfTheArcane'': Fire Bolt is an evocation spell that creates a fire ball that can be aimed towards a target. [[spoiler:It's used by Aria in Case 5 when she needs to drain the oxygen from the Common Room so von Sanctus suffocates.]]
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* Dani in ''Series/{{Believe}}'', perhaps a physical manifestation of her anger as she has very powerful PsychicPowers.

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* Dani in ''Series/{{Believe}}'', ''Series/{{Believe|2014}}'', perhaps a physical manifestation of her anger as she has very powerful PsychicPowers.
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* In ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', Napalm from the hand-drawn comics has fire powers. [[spoiler: It is latter revealed that Bob is Napalm and that he is the grandson of Satan.]]
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* ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'' has ComicBook/JeanGrey and ComicBook/CarolDanvers, both of which are able to produce and manipulate cosmic fire.

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* ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'' has ComicBook/JeanGrey [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] and ComicBook/CarolDanvers, [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]], both of which are able to produce and manipulate cosmic fire.
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-> ''[[Music/TheDoors Come on baby light my fire...]]''

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-> ''[[Music/TheDoors Come on baby baby, light my fire...]]''
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* The titular character of ''Film/FireDragon'', who, contrary to her name, ''isn't'' a literal dragon but a Ming Dynasty swordswoman and assassin raised from birth to control fire using her ''chi'' alone, and as an adult can ignite anything she touches. A few of her onscreen kills becomes a ManOnFire. Incidentally, Fire Dragon has an adopted sister, Snow, and yes she's AnIcePerson.

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