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Not to be confused with the [[Man On Fire (Film)|Denzel Washington film of the same name]], which ''doesn't'' feature a literal man on fire. Or with the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Human Torch]]. Or with ''Burning Man''. Or... you get the idea.
For the self-destructive version, see [[Self
Compare with [[Playing With Fire]], [[Wreathed in Flames]], and [[Infernal Retaliation]].
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** Engineers can get the Transporter Malfunction debuff "YOU ARE ON FIRE!!!"
* ''[[Odium]]'' has lighting the monsters on fire (they burn and receive damage for three turns) as one of the most helpful and damaging combat maneouvers. You can begin doing it very quickly, since you find a flamethrower a few combats into the game. There are also [[Molotov Cocktail|Molotov Cocktails]] and a napalm launcher which ignites foes in a large rectangular radius, as well as leaving flames that ignite anyone who passes through. You can also make a foe flammable by tossing a bottle of gas or alcohol at him, though it requires you to actually set him on fire by using matches or a firearm on them.
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World|Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game]]'' feature [[Mook|mooks]] who run around on fire inside a restaurant level. The restaurant also includes giant grills that [[Convection, Schmonvection|set players and mooks alike on fire when stepped on]].
* ''[[Purple (Video Game)|Purple]]'' features enemies who look like standard onion-head NPCs, except their head is on fire and they can attack and hurt you. Later, there's a (stronger) ''freezing'' head variation.
* ''[[Overlord]]'s'' red minions can do this to enemies, some of which have the courtesy to [[Kill It With Fire|die panicked shrieking deaths]]. Explosives thrown or planted by enemies can hit each other for similar effect.
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== Real Life ==
* Perhaps the most famous was [
* Richard Pryor set himself on fire while freebasing and literally did run down the street while ablaze in 1980. In his next big special, he [[Take That Us|made jokes about it]].
* Has happened more than once in [[Formula One]] and other racing sports. Some fuel sprinkles here, then it catched heat, and BOOM. Jos Verstappen's case is the most recent, but Niki Lauda and ''specially'' [[Tear Jerker|poor Riccardo Paletti]] take the cake.
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** The protests in Libya developed into a full-blown revolution, which, as of this writing, is close to overthrowing the Libyan government. Given its efficacy in Vietnam in the 60s, and the fact that it resulted in regime change in three countries this year, this makes the present trope seem a very effective form of protest.
** At least one video has emerged of protestors accidentally setting themselves ablaze with poor Molotov throws.
* Actually happened in the Vietnam era in the USA. [
* Self-immolation also happened in protests against the Chinese government's suppression of Falun Gong.
* Several people committed a suicide by self-immolation as a protest against Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia: [
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