Man on Fire (trope): Difference between revisions

* In one of the ''[[Scary Movie]]'' sequels (either three or four), a flaming man appears in the background walking a flaming dog.

* In ''[[Anchorman]]'', the rival news crews get involved in a violent street brawl and right in the middle a man on fire staggers through the scene. [[Rule of Funny|It's funny]].

* ''[[Licence to Kill]]''- Sanchez is doused in petrol and set alight by [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]].

** ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]'' - Bond sets a villain ablaze by dousing him with high-proof liquor as he carries flaming shishkebabs as a weapon.

* In ''[[Kingdom of Heaven]]'', Balian kills his priest half-brother after he takes his dead wife's necklace and cuts her head off due to her being a suicide. Balian then stabs the guy with a sword he's working on, pushing the guy into a fire. The man then gets off the forge and runs around screaming before finally dying after having set the smithy on fire.

* In ''[[Waking Life]]'', a man ends his disgruntled rant on the human condition by dousing himself with gasoline and tossing a match onto himself, as stoically as a Buddhist monk. Two bystanders watch with mild curiosity on flames rendered by hand-painting the frames of the film.

* ''[[The Wicker Man]]''. The clue is in the title.

* ''The Blue and the Grey,'' a movie about the [[American Civil War]] usually shown in schools, has a Confederate soldier burning alive after his legs have been shot, begging his brother to shoot him. And is responsible for making a class of fifth graders throw up and have nightmares for the rest of <s>our</s> their lives.

* In [[CSI: NY]], "Sleight Out of Hand", there was a magician who set himself on fire as a magic trick. While the magician was performing his trick, a guy several blocks away burned to death from being set on fire.

** Later, Mac demonstrated the cooling gel used by stunt performers for 'burns' aka setting themselves on fire, slathering it on a sleeve that covered his arm and inviting Danny to set the arm on fire.

'''Danny''': Okay, but if you go up in flames, I get your office. }}

* Averted in an episode of ''[[Psych]]'', where Shawn and Gus pretend to be stuntmen in order to investigate a famous daredevil's entourage. They wonder what the special suits they have to wear for the new stunt they're testing are for, until someone pulls out a torch and ignites it. The boys panic and immediately call it quits.

* Sid Wilson of the band [[Slipknot]] has been known to ''set himself on fire'' during live shows. He's stopped doing this in recent years for fears of being arrested for attempted suicide. Yes, being arrested is his main fear for his human inferno act.

* Not a video, but the lyrics to [[The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets]]' "Kill the Chupacabra":

<big>ON FIRE!</big> }}

* Electric Six's album ''Fire'' has a Man on Fire...at the disco. Could be the hit single "Danger! High Voltage" and its constant refrain of "Fire in the disco!" Or it could be their [[Running Gag|inexplicable obsession with the word "fire."]]

* ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'': Red Mage. Twice. He ''very nearly'' [[Munchkin|found a way of actually using it to his benefit.]]

** [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 [http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/323 this strip] of ''[[Loserz]]'', for no apparent reason.

* In one episode of ''[[American Dad]]'', in order to create a diversion, Stan sets Roger in fire. [[Hilarity Ensues]] as Roger is repeatedly extinguished only to immediately combust again, even after being soaked in water.

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''

** Also, from the time Ned and Maude Flanders are performing a skit about fire safety and Ned catches on fire:

'''Ned''': It's not working! [[Broken Aesop|It just spreads the flames!]] }}

** Getting stuck in a tar pit and rescued by Stampy the elephant Barney Gumble thanks him as he lights a cigarette and due to being covered with tar he catches on fire. It doesn't seem to bother him much.

** Then there was the ridiculous Treehouse Of Horror parody of ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'', where Groundskeeper Willy walks into a PTA meeting engulfed in flames, then politely takes a seat when they brush him off.

* Mr. Krabs in ''The [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] Movie'':

** Yes, we're all aware that the show takes place ''underwater''. It's [[Rule of Funny]]. Moving on.

** Also in a deleted scene from "Just One Bite" Squidward gets doused in gasoline and set on fire by the Krusty Krab security system twice.