Playing with Fire: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"Look into those flames, supplicant! Raise your head, look! Is that what you wish to hold, supplicant? Is the shaping of flames what stirs your heart? Know that flames can burn, and if you would learn their power, you must suffer their touch."''

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Pyro, an ''[[X-Men]]'' villain. His mutant power allows him to control fire, but, notably, not create it; in the comics and the third movie, he uses a specially designed harness to produce flame, but in his debut in the second movie, he used an ordinary lighter.

** The [[Ultimate Universe]] Pyro is not immune to fire and is horribly scarred all over his body.

* Johnny Storm (the second, but more famous Human Torch) from the ''[[Fantastic Four]]''. The ''original'' hothead.

== [[Literature]] ==

* Alison Cole from [[Hottie]]

** In the battle that cost him the Ring, Sauron's body was described as blackened from the immense heat he gave off and even set people who got too close to him on fire.

* Harry Dresden from ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' prefers fire evocations, with a minor in wind and force, except for a period where, after being horribly burned with a flamethrower, he actually became ''pyrophobic.'' There was also the time period where he had [[Spirit Advisor|a fallen angel living in his head]] that granted him access to [[Hellfire]]. The Hellfire has since been replaced with Soulfire, which is sort of Hellfire's opposite number. Instead of being like a really bad bank loan, with immediate payoffs but nasty costs later, it's more like an investment; the costs are immediate (using it dips into his actual specific soul, draining life force which may or may not grow back), but the gains are much greater and more constructive than the brute force of Hellfire.

* Pyromancy is one of the "legal" magical schools in ''[[Shadow Ops]]''. It is also one of the most powerful and destructive schools, though it lacks any of the other elemental schools' versatility. All a pyromancer can do is create flame in various amounts and generate mindless fire elementals, though their ability to do so makes them one of the more valued schools if only through sheer, literal firepower.

 

* Callisto in [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] is a [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428010235/http://i2.listal.com/image/947820/500full.jpg perfect] [http://www.xena.nu/callistogod.JPG example] of this trope, while {{spoiler|she was a god}}, at least.

* Claire's biological mother, Meredith, and her brother Flint in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]].'' Flint's flames are blue, and thus more powerful. Meredith's burn red; however, she has more control.

* Most demons in ''[[Charmed]]'' throw fireballs. Phoebe also had this power in her past life.

 

* Hephaestus from [[Greek Mythology]]. Sometimes, the three solar dieties (Hyperion, Helios, and Apollo) also are associated with Fire, if not with [[Light'Em Up|Light]].

* Surtr, Lord of the Fire Giants from [[Norse Mythology]]. Also, sometimes, Loki.

* The goddesses Sekhmet and Wadjet and various serpents of the Duat (underworld) in [[Egyptian Mythology]].

* Pele. [[I Thought It Meant|No, not the soccer player.]] The fire/volcano goddess of Hawaiian Mythology.

 

== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

** Ironically, fire is also the most commonly resisted damage type, leading it to being shunned by dedicated powergamers in 3rd edition in favor of [[Make Me Wanna Shout|sonic damage]].

* The Path of the Brilliant Flame fu path from ''[[Feng Shui]]'' essentially gives you fiery kung fu powers. And fire is one of the most common Blast powers that a sorcerer can use.

** Also, Chandra Nalaar, her disciple of sorts.

* The ''Firestarter'' Battlemech from [[BattleTech]] is dedicated to the role, mounting four fusion-powered flamethrowers.

== Toys ==

* There's several subspecies with this power in [[Bionicle]], though some of the more notable characters are Tahu, Vakama, and Jaller.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Yui's Black Fire ability in ''[[Battle Golfer Yui]]'' turns her golf ball into a fireball. Function-wise, it's a combination of the Kamaitachi, D. Marionette, and Aquahopper.

 

* Coffinshaker and Fred from ''[[What's Shakin']]''.

* Bob from ''[[Bob and George]]''.

* The Fire-Human, from ''[[Water Human]]''. He literally looks like he's made of fire and might, in fact, be just an [[Elemental Embodiment]]. His servants also have fire spells.

* The ''[[Anti Cliche and Mary Sue Elimination Society]]'''s Tash uses very powerful fire magic, first with a [[Magic Staff|staff]], then with a [[Cool Sword|sword]].

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

 

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