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The phrase that names this trope was coined by Activist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Epton Bill Epton], who was said to have been the first person since the Red Scare of 1919 to be convicted of criminal anarchy. Supposedly for saying those three words.
We would like to apologize to any readers who now have ''Disco Inferno'' [[Ear Worm|stuck in their heads]], and inform those that didn't that [[
Compare [[Burn the Witch]] and [[Fiery Coverup]]. See also [[Kill It With Fire]].
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== Anime ==
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** Around the same time, {{spoiler|Starbuck}} burns {{spoiler|her own corpse}} on a pyre.
* Slightly subverted in ''[[Lost]]'', when Kate burns Joanna's passport. She purposely burns only the picture, so that she can pass herself off as Joanna when they are rescued. We get a lingering shot of the picture burning.
* ''[[Oz]]''. When Kareem Said finds himself [[Where Da White Women At?|falling in love with Tricia Ross]], he burns a picture of her in an attempt to kill that love. It doesn't work, and when knowledge of the affair becomes public knowledge among the black prison population he's ousted as head of the Muslims.
* ''[[Cracker]]''. Jane Penhaligon burns her clothes after she's been raped, causing Fitz (who's unaware of the reason) to quip that burning a bra is "a bit too [[The Sixties|Sixties]]."
* ''[[Spaced]]'': In a shot similar to the funerals of Qui-Gon and Darth Vader in ''[[Star Wars]]'', Tim burns all his Star Wars paraphernalia because he hates [[The Phantom Menace]] so much.
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* In one of ''[[Neuroticaly Yours|Foamy's Fan Mails]]'', Foamy [[Hair
{{quote| '''Foamy:''' ''"And what do we have here? It's a fucking pack of matches! Uuhhaaaaa..... Matches!!! Fire on a stick! Woo-hoo-hoo-hooooo!!!"''}}
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* In 2002, a Colorado forest ranger allegedly chose to burn some letters from an estranged husband despite a fire ban. The fire escaped the pit and resulted in the Hayman Fire, the largest forest fire in Colorado history.
* [[Truth in Television]]: Cryptographic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad one-time pads] for intelligence operatives were sometimes printed on highly flammable nitrocellulose, since it burns quickly and without leaving any residue.
** Spy planes have thermite igniters in case they are ever downed. Not for the crew to defend themselves with, but to burn computers and equipment that are classified. Nothing says [[Burn, Baby, Burn]] like Thermite.
** Also common practice with un-salvageable military vehicles on the battlefield, as described in [[Black Hawk Down]]. Accounts from Operation Iraqi Freedom identify M1A1 Abrams tanks as the most difficult to properly sanitize.
* In America, at least, once a homeowner has successfully paid off their mortgage in its entirety, it's customary to burn said document (this was demonstrated on [[MASH]]).
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