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See also [[Lightswitch Surprise]].

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* [[Phil Foglio]]'s ''[[What's New with Phil and Dixie]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428205220/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20070114 comic] in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' magazine #50 used this. Phil and Dixie were exploring the TSR dungeon in the dark and realized there was someone else with them. Phil lit a match, revealing that the other creature was actually a demon. Then the demon blew out the match...

* Happens in ''[[Airheads]]'' when station accountant Doug Beech is hiding in the janitor's closet. He accidentally spills some liquid on himself, and he lights his cigarette lighter to see what it is. When he sees it has a "Caution: flammable" sticker on its container, he panics.

 

* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'': Raoul and the Persian escape from the Phantom's [[Death Trap]] and find themselves in a pitch black cellar full of barrels. The Persian lights his lantern so they can open up a barrel and examine the contents... which turn out to be gunpowder. The Persian quickly throws his lantern away.

 

* A rare live-action example occurs in the final episode of the first season of ''[[Foyle's War]]''. During a German air raid on a British airfield, Foyle and his fighter-pilot son run to the nearest dugout that looks like shelter. In the darkness, Foyle's son flicks on his lighter, revealling that they are surrounded by barrels, having sought shelter in the airfield's fuel dump. Naturally, Foyle recommends that his son put the lighter out.

* ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' once had Barney while looking for a lost goat enter an dark shack. The highway department was using dynamite to build a new road near Mayberry. Fortunately when Barney lit the match he didn't light anything else.

Hadji: Forget I asked you! Let's get out of here! }}

 

* Once read on a mine exploration forum:

{{quote|If you can light a cig it's fine.

 

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