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{{quote|Some say the world will end in fire,<br />

Some say in ice.<br />

From what I've tasted of desire<br />

Fire is destructive, chaotic, and painful to touch. It has destroyed buildings, killed millions of people, and scarred others. Because of all the destruction and blood on fire's hands, it will often be associated with evil. Whether it's [[Technicolor Fire|orange, red, blue, or green]], it's always going to be evil. The fire doesn't even have to be your ordinary campfire, it could be the [[Hellfire|unholy fires]] of [[Fire and Brimstone Hell]] itself or a similarly evil variant.

This trope has many uses. Fire could be used to create the atmosphere for the [[Big Bad]]'s throne room or arena. A [[Volcano Lair]] or even a big fiery place with lots of volcanoes could be the [[Mordor|domain]] of the evil emperor. The villain may have [[Playing Withwith Fire|control over fire]], appear [[Wreathed in Flames]], or even be (literally) [[My Blood Runs Hot|hot blooded]] themselves. But, nonetheless, fire will be associated with evil.

Can occasionally overlap with [[Light Is Not Good]] since fire also produces light. [[Opposite Tropes|Contrast]] with [[Evil Is Deathly Cold]] and [[Holy Burns Evil]]. For a different kind of "hot", see [[Evil Is Sexy]].

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* Taken further by the villain Akainu from ''[[One Piece]]'', who's made of frigging [[Magma Man|magma]].

* Pyro from [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] is probably the most well-known comic book character whose power is control over fire, and he's almost always a villain. Same goes for the movie version in ''[[X-Men (Filmfilm)|X-2]]'' and ''X-Men: The Last Stand''.

* Willy Pete from ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]'' is the only one in the series with fire related powers... His body burns hotter than the sun, and he can fill a room with flame and incinerate everyone in it upon entering. He's also [[Complete Monster|evil in its purest, most sadistic form.]]

* Hades in ''[[Hercules (Disney1997 film)||Hercules]]'' has blue fire for hair (which takes on its usual reddish color when he's enraged), and he's the [[Big Bad]] and god of the underworld.

* ''[[Fantasia (Disney)|Fantasia]]'':

* Maleficent from ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' is often surrounded with eerie green flames. She even [[Scaled Up|becomes a dragon]] at the end of the film.

** The Balrogs, which had the ability to shroud themselves in fire and were armed with fiery whips. The Balrog of Moria used a flaming sword.

* There's a powerful Dark Art spell in [[Harry Potter]] called "Fiendfire", which creates a wicked mass of demon-shaped flames.

* In [[Michael Moorcock]]'s ''The War Hound and the World's Pain'', Lucifer took the form of a human being covered in flames.

* In the [[Firebird Trilogy (Literature)|Firebird Trilogy]], the evil within Firebird's mind manifests as black flames.

* In ''[[The Realms Trilogy (Literature)|The Realms Trilogy]]'', [[Satan|Ashar]] is the god of fire, and his minion Taws is a creature that has great fire-related powers.

* ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]'': With all the [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|demons, ghosts, sorcerors, evil priestesses, alchemists, elves, trolls, banshees and general baddies]] habiting the world (and underworld) it's expected for at least a few to be able to manipulate fire. [[Our Demons Are Different|Demons]] are often shown throwing streams or balls of fire at the sisters. Some demons can even teleport by turning into fire or flames. In one particular arc Phoebe basically has an unborn devil brewing in her stomach and she temporarily gains the ability to throw blue fire. Also, in the eighth season Christy, an agent of the [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]s had the ability of pyrokinesis, the ability to create fire.

* ''[[Stargate SG -1]]'' references how flames are typically associated with demonic influence in human mythology, and suggests it's due to the influence of the [[Neglectful Precursors|Ancients]] keeping the [[Jerkass Gods|Ori]] at bay.

* [[Satan]] and [[Hell]] are usually represented in pop culture as being associated with fire. [[The Divine Comedy]] is a notable aversion of this, since Satan is trapped in the ''coldest'' part of hell. In [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]], though, Satan is not really associated with fire, and only ends up in fire because God throws him into the Lake of Fire at the end of the world. He is actually associated thoroughly with air and light, [[Light Is Not Good|traditionally more "heavenly"]] elements, and in Revelation he vomits water.

* ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]''. The [[Chaotic Evil]] Balor demon can immolate (create flames around) itself. It was inspired by the balrog in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. And iconic Red dragons. Overall, though, it's more "[[Flaming Sword]] vs. [[Flaming Sword]]" and Kossuth himself isn't any more or less malevolent than other elemental lords.

* ''[[Hero Factory]]'': Fire Lord, the [[Big Bad]] of the second arc.

* ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'': Bowser's trademark ability is to breathe fire, and he's usually surrounded by flaming or flame-like objects like lava and stars in the main platformers.

* Team Magma from the [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (Video Game)|Pokémon's third generation]] has an affinity for fire, but they're only evil in ''Ruby'' and ''Emerald''. They are allies in ''Sapphire''.

* ''[[Street Fighter Alpha (Video Game)|Street Fighter Alpha]]'' - Typically seen during Akuma's win pose where dark flames appear on his shoulders. This doubles as his taunt in subsequent games.

* ''[[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Darkstalkers]]'' - Pyron is an evil being, said to be the physical embodiment of the sun. Like Inferno, he too is made of living flames.

* The overall villain of the Arson case desk ''[[LAL.A. Noire]]'' is {{spoiler|a former flamethrower who served under Cole in Vietnam. He brought his weapon home with him}}. While it might seem inevitable that the villain of that part of the game would be so inclined {{spoiler|he was essentially [[The Dragon]] (being made to burn down houses for profit), until the manipulations of his psychiatrist backfired and finally drove him into full on [[Axe Crazy]] territory and he suddenly burst in [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere|strangled the Doctor]] and kidnapped the [[Love Interest]]}}.

* The main enemy / [[Man Behind the Man]] of the ''[[War CraftWarcraft]]'' series is the [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Burning Legion]]. Also, many of its creatures are wreathed in flame; the Infernals spring to mind.

* Ganon uses flames as an attack in ''[[A Link to The Past]]''.

* In ''[[In FamousInfamous (Videovideo game Gameseries)|In Famous]] 2'', the evil end gives Cole fire powers.

* In ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 (Videovideo Gamegame)||Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]'', Iblis is a fire being that is one of the two main villains of the game.

* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' with the "master of fire". Damien as a [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]] is bad enough and then we have [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-08-26 this] dream. Not that it wasn't nasty enough as is, but [http://www.ookii.org/egs/uryuom/ as translated from Uryuomoco] -- {{spoiler|"Death. It Is Time For The End Of Man. This Master of Fire Shall Inherit The Earth. My Very Presence Eats Away At Your Flesh".}}

* The Fire Nation in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' is the instigator of the war on the three other nations. It's gradually subverted in that some of them are actually decent people and actually allies of Aang and his friends.

* [[Big Bad|Father]] from ''[[Codename Kids Next Door (Animation)|Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' liberally uses his fire powers.

** ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'' has the base of the Predicons on top of a lava flow, and Megatron's [[The Dragon|right-hand man]] is [[Pyromaniac]] Inferno.

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