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{{quote|'''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Aang]]:''' I'm the Avatar, master [[Blow You Away|of]] [[Making a Splash|all]] [[Dishing Out Dirt|four]] [[Playing with Fire|elements]]!

 

In the past, it was thought that all of matter could be classified into easily viewable "elements" that one can observe with the naked eye. Thus, all of the world was made up of natural forces such as "earth, air, fire, water" et al. The discovery of the atom mostly disproved that, but the idea was so deeply rooted in mankind's mind, that it's still used in nearly every supernatural fictional setting (note that the classical elements actually correspond to a different scientific concept: the phases of matter, provided you count plasma as a fourth phase & not just as a subset of gas. Alternately, fire corresponds to ''energy,'' particularly the heat energy that moves matter from one state to another).

 

 

* ''[[Pokémon Master]]'' is based around this trope. [[Big Bad]] Giovanni unlocks something should not have been opened, humans start developing Pokemon powers and traits... and the result is NOT pretty.

* In ''[[Pretty Cure Perfume Preppy]]'', the [[Five-Man Band]] is comprised of Heart (Cure Rosa), Sound (Cure Vanilla), Lightning (Cure Jasmine), Air (Cure Tangerine), and Earth (Cure Cardamomo), though this changes a little with the power-up attacks. On the other hand, [[Dark Magical Girl]] Leather Ashes uses the elements of Darkness and Blood.

** Similarly, in ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Flash Fire]]'', Cures Ember and Glaicer wield the powers of fire and ice, respectively, and in ''[[Pretty Cure Full Color]]'', the main heroines wield the elements of Air (Cure Autumn), Ice (Cure Winter), Fire/Heat (Cure Summer), and Earth (Cure Spring).

** In ''[[Shining Pretty Cure]]'', the main heroines wield the four basic elements, and the upcoming Cure Diamond will wield light/energy. Basically, a bunch of ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' fanseries have this theme.

* What little is seen of the Warriors in ''[[Drunkard's Walk]]'' indicates that at least some of them possess elemental powers. For example, Wetter Hexe is explicitly an incarnated weather deity with powers to match, Shadowwalker is darkness and sound, and Silverbolt is Lightning.

 

** Well, sort of. {{spoiler|Leeloo}} is just the carrier. The titular fifth element is {{spoiler|''[[The Power of Love|luv]]''. Awww}}!

** By my understanding, the fifth element was LIFE. Perfect being and all, y'know?

* The ''[[Ghost Rider]]'' movie actually invokes this. Ghost Rider is Fire, just like in the comics, and he's pitted against three demons based on wind, water and earth. And who are they working for? '''Black[[Fridge Brilliance|heart.]]'''

* [[Thor (film)|Thor]] can naturally summon lightning and wind through the power of Mjolnir. Fire seems to be the specialty of The Destroyer and the Jotsuns, who live in an icy climate, uses ice powers.