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** In ''WesternAnimation/EgoTrip'', in the BadFuture where Mandark is [[TakeOverTheWorld Overlord of the earth]], he outlaws all forms of science to the public, including the creation of fire, [[DisproportionateRetribution which is an offense punishable by ionization]].
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* An early concept for ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' would have involved the search for a race of BenevolentPrecursors who taught humanity how to make fire. They'd end up being the Enterprise crew from the future.
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* ''Don't Let It Die'' is a cooperative game in which players control a group of cavemen trying to discover the secrets of fire, gathering food to feed themselves, resources to make tools, and fuel to keep the fire going while they study its secrets.
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* In ''ComicBook/TraggAndTheSkyGods'', Tragg and Lorn discover a tribe of man-apes. In saving one of the man-apes from a dinosaur, Tragg extinguishes a naturally occurring column of flame. Only after this act does he learn that the man-apes worship this flame as a god, as they lack the ability to make fire themselves. The man attempt to execute Tragg for his heresy. In escaping, Tragg reignites the lake of oil that was feeding the column of flame.
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** Another strip features caveman researchers fleeing from a burning laboratory. The caption reads "Fire is invented."
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* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': In ''The Cave-Girl of Steel'', Supergirl travels back in time and meets prehistoric humans, who she teaches to create fire and to use it to ward off an attacking sea serpent.
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->'''Newscaster:''' We'll be saying a big hello to all intelligent lifeforms everywhere and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys.
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Fire is ThePowerOfCreation (and creativity, passion, etc.)
The "discovery" of fire, or in reality the "discovery of how to use fire", is most likely the single most important discovery in human history. Without it, our warm-weather species would never have been able to survive in cold environments, easily digest meats, or ward off dangerous animals the way we do.
Naturally, fiction depicts humans (and other species) overcoming their natural fear of fire and learning to use fire it as an important turning point in their evolution. This usually occurs either after lightning strikes vegetation or as someone rubs flint and wood together.
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* ''Film/TheJungleBook2016''
** In ''The Jungle Book'' remake, the protagonist (a feral human)'s ComingOfAgeStory concludes when he uses fire to defeat the tiger Shere Khan.
** The secondary antagonist King Louie is an ape that believes that learning how to make fire will make him "rise up to the top of the food chain" and become as powerful as a human.
* ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'': The museum exhibits that come to life features a trio of cavemen trying to discover fire. Larry the night guard tosses them a cigarette lighter as a two, but they end up setting themselves on fire with it.
* In ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'', as part of the viral advertising a video of Peter Weyland's appearance in TED 2023 was posted online, and as expected of the symbolism spread throughout the film, Weyland spoke about how fire was "our (mankind's) first true piece of technology", and how humanity had evolved from worshipping the gods (that "overreacted a little" when Prometheus gave us fire) to "''[[AGodAmI we]]'' are the gods now".
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* In the backstory of ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', the discovery of the First Flame (and as a consequence, fire itself) empowered Gwyn to overthrow the dragons and usher in the Age of Fire. It's also implied that without the First Flame, fire itself cannot exist, and keeping the flame lit is what causes most of the drama of the series.
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* "When Mice Ruled the Earth" is a ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' short in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' where the duo travel back in time to key evolutionary moments in prehistoric mice. Their attempts to teach mice how to get food and make weapons fail, but succeed in teaching how to make fire before mankind could.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'': In the episode "Ugh", set in the prehistoric times, a lightning strikes a log in the middle of the episode, setting it on fire. Spongegar and Patar are initially confused with the fire, but they soon find a use for it: to grill things into tasty things. Then they fight over the fiery log so that they can own it by themselves, until the rain comes, putting out the fire.
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-->--''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''
Fire is ThePowerOfCreation (and creativity, passion, etc.)
The "discovery" of fire, or in reality the "discovery of how to use fire", is most likely the single most important discovery in human history. Without it, our warm-weather species would never have been able to survive in cold environments, easily digest meats, or ward off dangerous animals the way we do.
Naturally, fiction depicts humans (and other species) overcoming their natural fear of fire and learning to use fire it as an important turning point in their evolution. This usually occurs either after lightning strikes vegetation or as someone rubs flint and wood together.
Compare to InventingTheWheel.
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!!Examples:
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* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': In ''The Cave-Girl of Steel'', Supergirl travels back in time and meets prehistoric humans, who she teaches to create fire and to use it to ward off an attacking sea serpent.
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* ''Film/TheJungleBook2016''
** In ''The Jungle Book'' remake, the protagonist (a feral human)'s ComingOfAgeStory concludes when he uses fire to defeat the tiger Shere Khan.
** The secondary antagonist King Louie is an ape that believes that learning how to make fire will make him "rise up to the top of the food chain" and become as powerful as a human.
* ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'': The museum exhibits that come to life features a trio of cavemen trying to discover fire. Larry the night guard tosses them a cigarette lighter as a two, but they end up setting themselves on fire with it.
* In ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'', as part of the viral advertising a video of Peter Weyland's appearance in TED 2023 was posted online, and as expected of the symbolism spread throughout the film, Weyland spoke about how fire was "our (mankind's) first true piece of technology", and how humanity had evolved from worshipping the gods (that "overreacted a little" when Prometheus gave us fire) to "''[[AGodAmI we]]'' are the gods now".
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The very first adventure of [[Creator/WilliamHartnell The Doctor]], "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child]]", was about the Doctor, his granddaughter Susan and the teachers Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton goes to 100.000 BC and they are captured by a tribe of cavemen who want them to make fire for them.
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* Myth/ClassicalMythology has Prometheus who stole fire from the heavens as a gift to the humans.
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* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide:'' One comic had a caveman who claimed to have invented fire--but it's actually just a wooden cut-out of a campfire. The caption notes that he was exiled from the tribe over "[[{{Scandalgate}} the Firegate incident]]".
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* In ''TabletopGame/PrometheanTheCreated'', the "Divine Fire" Prometheus gave to humans is explicitly self-awareness and the ability to innovate and create, as well as study, learn from, and utilize the world around them. That Divine Fire, channeled through raw desire to create life, is what allows all Prometheans to be created.
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* ''Ride/EllensEnergyAdventure'': Ellen is taken back to prehistoric times, and we see a caveman (played by Michael Richards) whose stick is struck by lightning and catches fire
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'', the creature stage finishes with a {{cutscene}} (also a ShoutOut to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'') where the player's creature learns how to make fire and forms a tribe.
* In the backstory of ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', the discovery of the First Flame (and as a consequence, fire itself) empowered Gwyn to overthrow the dragons and usher in the Age of Fire. It's also implied that without the First Flame, fire itself cannot exist, and keeping the flame lit is what causes most of the drama of the series.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', one episode has Dexter consider the caveman who discovered fire to be so important that he tries to bring him into the present time, thinking that the meeting of the first inventor and the latest inventor will lead to something grand. HilarityEnsues.
* "When Mice Ruled the Earth" is a ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' short in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' where the duo travel back in time to key evolutionary moments in prehistoric mice. Their attempts to teach mice how to get food and make weapons fail, but succeed in teaching how to make fire before mankind could.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'': In the episode "Ugh", set in the prehistoric times, a lightning strikes a log in the middle of the episode, setting it on fire. Spongegar and Patar are initially confused with the fire, but they soon find a use for it: to grill things into tasty things. Then they fight over the fiery log so that they can own it by themselves, until the rain comes, putting out the fire.
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* Unlike in fiction, it's unlikely one person "discovered" how to use fire. It's theorized that this occured repeatedly, in several different areas, over the course of time.
