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[[File:oscarbonfire.jpg|link=Sesame Street|frame|[[Brought to You by The Letter "S"|Brought to you by the letter-]] ["Kill It With Fire|OH GOD IT BURNS IT BURNS"]] |
[[File:oscarbonfire.jpg|link=Sesame Street|frame|[[Brought to You by The Letter "S"|Brought to you by the letter-]] ["Kill It With Fire|OH GOD IT BURNS IT BURNS"]] |
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{{quote|''Bonfires burning bright,'' |
{{quote|''Bonfires burning bright,'' |
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''Pumpkin faces in the night.'' |
''Pumpkin faces in the night.'' |
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|The Misfits, "Halloween"}} |
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'''Trashcan Bonfire''': a [[Captain Obvious|bonfire in a trashcan]] or oil drum. Often [[Hobos|homeless people]] will be huddled around it for warmth. |
'''Trashcan Bonfire''': a [[Captain Obvious|bonfire in a trashcan]] or oil drum. Often [[Hobos|homeless people]] will be huddled around it for warmth. |
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{{examples}} |
{{examples}} |
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
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* Nana from ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' does one of these... with money. [[Justified Trope|Justified]], because she has [[No Social Skills]] because of her background. |
* Nana from ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' does one of these... with money. [[Justified Trope|Justified]], because she has [[No Social Skills]] because of her background. |
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** The second episode of ''[[Angel]]'' has a Trashcan Bonfire. The [[Monster of the Week]] tries to stick Angel's head in it, but ends up getting set on fire himself. |
** The second episode of ''[[Angel]]'' has a Trashcan Bonfire. The [[Monster of the Week]] tries to stick Angel's head in it, but ends up getting set on fire himself. |
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* ''America's Got Talent'': The 2008 contestant Flambeaux used one of these as part of his Top 40 performance. He later stated that it was a callback to the days he spent wandering the streets of New York. |
* ''America's Got Talent'': The 2008 contestant Flambeaux used one of these as part of his Top 40 performance. He later stated that it was a callback to the days he spent wandering the streets of New York. |
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* Not homeless, but characters on ''[[ |
* Not homeless, but characters on ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'' would be seen huddling around trashcan bonfires in mid-winter. |
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* ''[[Dark Angel]]'' featured this in parts of the city. |
* ''[[Dark Angel]]'' featured this in parts of the city. |
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* The ''[[Babylon 5]]'' episode "Chrysalis" has a scene with, in the background, a group of homeless people huddled around a futuristic equivalent, what looks like a large orange light bulb in a frame the shape and size of an oil drum. |
* The ''[[Babylon 5]]'' episode "Chrysalis" has a scene with, in the background, a group of homeless people huddled around a futuristic equivalent, what looks like a large orange light bulb in a frame the shape and size of an oil drum. |
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* Inexplicably built in ''[[Community]]'' episode [[Community/Recap/S1/E23 Modern Warfare|Modern Warfare]], even though the game has only been going for a few hours at this point. |
* Inexplicably built in ''[[Community]]'' episode [[Community/Recap/S1/E23 Modern Warfare|Modern Warfare]], even though the game has only been going for a few hours at this point. |
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* ''Hunter''. A drug dealer is killed by a [[Career Killer]], and at the end of the episode Hunter finds the man's fellow dealers commemorating his memory around a burning trashcan. They explain that this was the corner where the deceased made his first drug buy. |
* ''[[Hunter]]''. A drug dealer is killed by a [[Career Killer]], and at the end of the episode Hunter finds the man's fellow dealers commemorating his memory around a burning trashcan. They explain that this was the corner where the deceased made his first drug buy. |
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== MMORPGs == |
== MMORPGs == |
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