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* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' - Dan McNinja's superior reasoning ability leads him to conclude that the best way to avoid being caught by other ninjas is to set himself on fire (granted, the ninjas in question are actually teenagers on a "ninja drug", and therefore are rather reluctant to grab someone on fire). He does have the advantage of a fireproof ninja suit, though.

** In a later comic the [[Big Bad]] of the same arc (who ''doesn't'' need the drug for his ninja skills) admits that setting yourself on fire does prevent ninjas in general (himself included) from catching you... {{spoiler|[[You Have Failed Me...|after telling the ninjas who failed to catch Dan to set themselves on fire to prove otherwise]]}}.

** [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/12/12/episode-1203-maligned/ Also happened to Black Mage when he tried to equip a holy weapon:]

* In ''[[Cuanta Vida]]'', Bleu has done this once. [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|And guess what he is the most afraid of?]]

* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20110602051139/http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/323 this strip] of ''[[Loserz]]'', for no apparent reason.

* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', at least three dreamselves are killed by being set on fire: Kanaya's, {{spoiler|Aradia's}}, and Karkat's. Although in Karkat's case, it's not so much the fire that kills him as being right in front of a person causing a massive explosion powered by green fire.

 

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