History Main / PlayingWithFire

** Notably, fire is also the most commonly resisted damage type, leading it to being shunned by dedicated powergamers in 3rd edition in favor of [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic damage]].

Contrast with the natural foil, AnIcePerson, MakingASplash (with which it combines for boiling or steam), and ShockAndAwe (which can be perceived as this trope plus BlowYouAway). When it appears alongside MakingASplash and BlowYouAway, that's FireWaterWind. Compare KillItWithFire, and HavingABlast. May overlap with MagmaMan (which could be perceived as a combination of this trope and DishingOutDirt). If you're caught in a literal firefight with these people, you should probably KillItWithWater. Frequently shown [[SmugSuper (off)]] via FingerSnapLighter and BlastingTime. Expect them to sneer at anyone using a FauxFlame. See FieryStoic for a PowerStereotypeFlip and SacredFlames for another twist.

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* In Literature/DeadWest, the Porcelain Doctor has this, paired with HealingHands and a couple of other PsychicPowers. At the time the story begins, this power starts to [[PowerIncontinence overflow]], making him running a constant fever. This particular gift comes in handy for [[HealItWithFire field operations]] after clashes with the shamblers.
* ''{{Literature/Deviant}}'': Alpha and Flare both represent this trope -- Alpha is a calokinetic who heats things up enough to set them aflame and is crazy to boot; Flare, meanwhile, can absorb and unleash solar energy as blasts of flame.

* Oddly enough for a {{Mons}} setting, WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}} has only two of these: [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/smoldron.htm Smoldron]]and [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/thermalunk.htm Thermalunk]]. Presumably because of the fact that most monsters can use these powers via PsychicPowers.

* ''WebVideo/NightmareTime:'' Spitfire is a teenager with fire-based superpowers, using fireballs, flaming kicks, and smoke to beat her opponents in the ring.

* [[Literature/TheSaints Marcus]] is the only mage seen using fire so far, wielding it when [[BigDamnHeroes he rescued the group]] from a mob of [[OurGhostsAreDifferent feral ghosts]].
* ''Website/SCPFoundation''

* The [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]] is often associated with fire, whether causing it or just being attracted to it. There's also [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin TheArsonist]] of Blog/DreamsInDarkness.

* In the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', Fireball. And Sparkler, after she gets her power gauntlets in the first Ayla story.

* There's several subspecies with this power in ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', though some of the more notable characters are Tahu, Vakama, and Jaller. More often than not, they're TheLeader of their group.

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* In ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'', Asuka possesses fire powers.

* [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Sam]]]] as part of the ''Fanfic/FacingTheFutureSeries''.

* Haeten from ''Fanfic/HardBeingPure'' is a pyrokinetic. Astrex also uses a weak flame spell to good effect.
* In Fanfic/KeepersOfTheElements, Izzy gains this as her Element.
* [[SupportingProtagonist Nathaniel Augustine']] psychic powers manifest this way in ''Fanfic/TheLegacyOfTheBloodRavens''.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': 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.

* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime'':

* Embers from Webcomic/IronGate has been this ever since the Fey enchanted/cursed her with fire powers as a child.

* Any magic user, even normal mages, in ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' can do this, but fire manipulation is [[LadyOfBlackMagic Olga's]] speciality.

* in wwe smackDown Scarlet used one in the match in in 2022. this one was strange compared to the ones above because they use special effects, this makes the live footage on smackDown just showed her back and then weirdly angled front shot. but then after the commercial break they showed a recap which included special effects and use the word fireball to describe it.

** Lots of kaiju. [[MultipleHeadCase Pandon]], [[FeatheredFiend Birdon]], [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Golza]], [[ThePhoenix Litra]], [[GaiasVengeance Zambolar]], [[PantheraAwesome Gorah]], [[HitodamaLight Femigon]], [[MagmaMan Grangon, Demaaga, Giralen, Sodom]], [[BigCreepyCrawlies Enzan]], [[FlamingSword Firemons]], [[ChestBlaster Geel]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Fire-Draco]], [[LongList etc.]]

%%* Azazel and Uriel can use this element in ''Literature/AesirCrossWars''.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation''

*** Harry Thorson is also a prodigy, if not even more so than Dresden -- by the age of 14, he's wielding the kind of laser-like beams of energy and high-end temperature manipulation that Dresden didn't master until he was in his mid thirties. It's implied that he gets this from his mother, and that both relate to [[spoiler: their connection to the Phoenix Force, which his mother eventually merged with]]. As the sequel demonstrates, he ''can'' use other elements when he has to, and he's a skilled air mage and a very powerful telekinetic, but he leans quite heavily on his more intuitive fire magic -- which, as is occasionally noted, risks making him predictable. As is also noted, however, he's so ridiculously powerful and good with it that it generally doesn't matter.

* In his wilder and younger days, Wrestling/MickFoley was known to do some fire-based stunts, including what he himself calls the incredibly stupid innovation of the Fire Chair -- a metal folding chair wrapped in a flaming, gas-soaked rag, and used as a club. He swore off this gimmick after nearly killing Wrestling/TerryFunk with it, but has played with fire from time to time since, most notably in his Wrestling/WrestleMania match with Wrestling/{{Edge}}.