Man on Fire (trope): Difference between revisions

 

See also [[Kill It With Fire]] and [[Incendiary Exponent]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* In ''[[Billy Madison]]'' during pie baking part of the trialathlon competition between Billy and Eric, Eric set the pie and himself on fire with laughing results.

* The fate of the [[Apocalypse (Film)|Apocalypse]] film series [[The Dragon|Dragon]] Len Parker when he sees that God has supernaturally protected the believers who were put into the incinerator and decides that he will deal with them himself.

** ''[[Windtalkers (Film)|Windtalkers]]'' has the flamethrower-equipped member of [[The Squad]] die this way.

** Along with the examples above, the Omaha Beach scene of ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' features a soldier - and two of his buddies - who burned to death when his flamethrower was hit.

** One man was siphoning high-quality gasoline out of motorboats and selling it for a profit, only to meet his end when a static spark from his phone sets off the gas vapors that have accumulated in his esophagus.

** Another has two boys attempting to siphon gasoline out of a parking lot, only to be caught by the very irate driver, who douses one boy with gasoline and sets him on fire. The burning man crashes the party next to the parking lot and causes a panic before he dies.

* Happens frequently on ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' and ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', though usually the vampires are destroyed by this very quickly unless they have [[Plot Immunity]]. In one instance, Angel sets Drusilla and Darla on fire; they last long enough to break open a fire hydrant. Frequently lampshaded by Spike after his [[Badass Decay|himification]], as he was determined to travel during the day while hiding under blankets, jackets, and such, thus smoldering in the sun.

* Parodied in one sketch on the comedy-improv show ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'', where Wayne Brady played a "superhero" named Thinks Everybody's On Fire Man. At the end, his fellow hero [[Captain Obvious]] helpfully noted that he wasn't ''really'' on fire.

* In the first ''[[Command and Conquer]]'' game, any flame tank will turn an enemy soldier into a human torch in less than 1.98 seconds. And sometimes, it will ''run him over'' just to be sure.

** If the tank was destroyed just after shooting, the driver could manage to get out in time, but would ''still'' be killed by ''his own flame jet he fired seconds ago''. And if the tank was moving, he could also be ran over by ''the tank's exploding remains''. Sick.

** There's also the spraycan-plus-lighter Caleb uses as a makeshift flamethrower.

* In the video game ''[[Total Carnage]]'', setting fire to certain objects (e.g. vehicles) will turn nearby [[Mooks]] into burning men, who charge at you with flaming fists. You're not so lucky -- if your [[Made of Plasticine|superwussy plasticine muscleman]] touches ''anything'' even remotely flaming (like the burning men), you are ''instant cinders''.

* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|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:]

{{quote| '''Black Mage:''' [[Major Injury Underreaction|I appear to have come]] '''[[Major Injury Underreaction|aflame.]]'''}}

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

* In ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|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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