Tropescilloscope: Man on Fire

People burn very easily. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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More Tropes Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Loophole Abuse Dirty Coward Honor Before Reason Eureka Moment Spared by the Adaptation Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism The Un-Reveal Ascended Extra As Long as It Sounds Foreign Boom, Headshot! Not What It Looks Like Vomit Indiscretion Shot Dirty Old Man Our Zombies Are Different Plot Hole Public Domain Feature Films Agony of the Feet Half the Man He Used to Be Eldritch Abomination Mr. Exposition Eagleland Dogged Nice Guy All for Nothing Cool Guns Deconstruction Guile Hero Tagline Book-Ends Beauty Is Never Tarnished Naïve Newcomer Running Gag Determinator Leave the Camera Running Good Is Not Nice Stock Footage Heterosexual Life-Partners Bloody Hilarious Psycho for Hire Science Fiction Films Central Theme Distracted by the Sexy Catapult Nightmare Anachronism Stew Visual Pun Heel Realization Even Evil Has Standards Slashed Throat Man on Fire Kill It with Fire Together in Death Older Than They Look Bloodless Carnage Despair Event Horizon My Beloved Smother I Want My Beloved to Be Happy What Happened to the Mouse? The Sociopath Action Survivor Tempting Fate Pragmatic Villainy Celebrity Paradox Ghost Fiction Soft Glass No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Butt-Monkey Big Eater "Well Done, Son!" Guy Disguised in Drag Early-Bird Cameo Dull Surprise Chekhov's Skill Manly Tears Sinister Minister Did Not Get the Girl Intergenerational Friendship Smug Snake Vacation Films Spiteful Spit Ambiguous Disorder Heroes Want Redheads Happily Married Took a Level in Jerkass The Load Totally Radical Daylight Horror Once More, with Clarity! Politically Incorrect Villain Pretty in Mink Disappeared Dad War Is Hell Bolivian Army Ending Only in It for the Money Department of Redundancy Department Psychopathic Manchild Diabolus ex Machina Manchild Artistic License – Military The Remake Does This Remind You of Anything? Parental Abandonment Jump Scare Only Known by Their Nickname Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Unusually Uninteresting Sight Throwing Your Sword Always Works Those Wacky Nazis Roaring Rampage of Revenge The Cameo He Knows Too Much Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Camp Gay Victoria's Secret Compartment Your Cheating Heart Dutch Angle Red Shirt Kill 'em All I Need a Freaking Drink The Casanova Driven to Suicide Ship Tease Genre Savvy Mama Bear Curb-Stomp Battle Big "NO!" The Stinger Wham Shot The Bad Guy Wins Immune to Bullets Rule of Cool Crucified Hero Shot Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Air-Vent Passageway Peek-a-Boo Corpse One Steve Limit Police are Useless Call-Back And the Adventure Continues Madness Mantra The Hero Dies Foil Meet Cute Index of Film Westerns Setting Update Exactly What It Says on the Tin Loads and Loads of Characters Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Recycled IN SPACE! Improbable Weapon User I Did What I Had to Do Wicked Cultured Wretched Hive Idiot Ball Black Comedy Only a Flesh Wound Hypocritical Humor Russian Films Bury Your Gays From Nobody to Nightmare Anyone Can Die Bad Boss Drives Like Crazy What the Hell, Hero? Five-Man Band Evil Plan Chewing the Scenery Amoral Attorney Spanner in the Works Ax-Crazy Neck Lift Parental Neglect Would Hurt a Child Nice Hat The Mole Gold Digger Badass Longcoat Abusive Parents Death of a Child Even Evil Has Loved Ones Dissonant Serenity Blood from the Mouth For Want of a Nail Enemy Mine Homage Well-Intentioned Extremist Fourth Date Marriage Bring My Brown Pants Cool Old Guy True Companions Ungrateful Bastard Historical-Domain Character Mighty Whitey Badass in a Nice Suit Blackmail The Dragon Say My Name Imagine Spot Getting Crap Past the Radar Car Fu Twist Ending Instant Death Bullet Animal Title Index Real Life The Voiceless Fire-Forged Friends NO INDOOR VOICE Brick Joke Only Sane Man Hate Sink Flashback Black Comedy Rape Affectionate Parody Improbable Aiming Skills Antagonist Title Those Two Guys How We Got Here Double Entendre Naked People Are Funny Light Is Not Good Facial Horror The Vamp Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Mugging the Monster Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality As the Good Book Says... Big Damn Heroes Your Head A-Splode Bunny-Ears Lawyer The '80s A Father to His Men Eiffel Tower Effect Adaptation Dye-Job Captain Ersatz Bilingual Bonus Killed Mid-Sentence Sequel Hook The Big Guy Slap-Slap-Kiss Jerk Jock Stealth Pun Amusing Injuries She Cleans Up Nicely Knife Nut Annoying Younger Sibling Novelization The Brute Continuity Nod Bowdlerise 20 Minutes into the Future Eyepatch of Power No Name Given Toplessness from the Back Interrupted Suicide Love at First Sight Girl-on-Girl Is Hot British Films Death by Sex Horror Comedy Cat Scare Bi the Way Karmic Death Sexy Discretion Shot Crazy-Prepared Disney Villain Death The Reveal Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Left the Background Music On B-Movie Narrator Combat Pragmatist Deadpan Snarker Demoted to Extra Dwindling Party Gender Flip Brother–Sister Incest Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Room Full of Crazy A God Am I Jerkass Has a Point The Quiet One Wrong Genre Savvy The Mafia Men Are the Expendable Gender Grievous Bottley Harm Black Best Friend Guns Akimbo Award-Bait Song Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other The Bully Sequel Escalation Sole Survivor Contrived Coincidence An Aesop Asshole Victim Cool Old Lady Author Appeal Pyrrhic Victory Shirtless Scene Establishing Character Moment Informed Ability Badass Grandpa Thriller Curse Cut Short Bound and Gagged Belligerent Sexual Tension Artistic License – History Hollywood Darkness Pet the Dog Everyone Has Standards It's Personal A Date with Rosie Palms Outrun the Fireball Evil vs. Evil Darkest Hour Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" No OSHA Compliance Whole Plot Reference The Musical Bar Brawl Plucky Comic Relief Storming the Castle May–December Romance "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Not So Above It All All Just a Dream Obstructive Bureaucrat Vitriolic Best Buds Ripped from the Headlines Artistic License – Geography Off with His Head! Woman in White Failed a Spot Check Documentary What You Are in the Dark Fat Bastard Zombie Stories La Résistance Gorn Never Trust a Trailer The Oner Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Sci-Fi Horror Martial Arts Movie Dies Wide Open Jerk with a Heart of Gold Taking You with Me Decoy Protagonist Developing Doomed Characters Obfuscating Stupidity O.O.C. Is Serious Business Didn't Think This Through Wham Line Fanservice Extra Psychological Thriller Blatant Lies The Film of the Book Mythology Gag Serious Business Arch-Enemy The Power of Love Male Gaze Earn Your Happy Ending Improvised Weapon Card-Carrying Villain Rape as Drama Protagonist Title Title Drop Costume Porn Rule of Funny Star-Crossed Lovers Extremely Short Timespan Romantic False Lead Overprotective Dad Product Placement Time Skip Villainous Breakdown Action Genre "Shaggy Dog" Story Funny Background Event Covers Always Lie One-Man Army Bare Your Midriff Pragmatic Adaptation Adaptational Heroism German Films folderlabel Genre Throwback Gory Discretion Shot This Is Gonna Suck In the Back Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Armor-Piercing Question Double-Meaning Title Accidental Misnaming Alas, Poor Villain Noodle Incident The Hero Blood Knight Artistic License – Law Femme Fatale Daddy's Girl Eye Scream Scare Chord Laser-Guided Karma Humiliation Conga Sealed Evil in a Can In Medias Res The Starscream Posthumous Character Cat Fight Worthy Opponent Mercy Kill The '50s '80s Hair Villain with Good Publicity Yandere Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Parental Incest The '70s Hollywood Law Fake Shemp Dressing as the Enemy Not Quite Dead Gratuitous English Gainax Ending Rule of Symbolism Poor Communication Kills Dying Moment of Awesome Creator Cameo Beta Couple Canadian Movies Take That! Cool Car Dramedy Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Fate Worse than Death Cruel and Unusual Death The Ditz Frame-Up Bloodier and Gorier Heroic Sacrifice Laughing Mad Shown Their Work Not Even Bothering with the Accent Up to Eleven Morality Pet Framing Device Alpha Bitch Funny Foreigner Unusual Euphemism It Can Think No-Sell Fantasy Films Redshirt Army Romantic Comedy Children Are Innocent Foreshadowing You Killed My Father Villain Song Scenery Gorn Re-Cut Aside Glance Overly Long Gag Neck Snap Evil Laugh The Lancer The Faceless Unwitting Instigator of Doom Evil-Detecting Dog Random Events Plot Australian Movies Real Life Writes the Plot Film Noir Our Vampires Are Different Christmas Movies Index Freeze-Frame Bonus Hair-Trigger Temper Captain Obvious Extreme Doormat Stepford Smiler The Dog Bites Back Artistic License – Gun Safety Villain Ball Match Cut Every Car Is a Pinto Slasher Smile Love Triangle Authority Equals Asskicking Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Evil Is Hammy Hooker with a Heart of Gold Names to Run Away from Really Fast Kubrick Stare Dual Wielding Red Oni, Blue Oni Expy Adaptation Expansion All There in the Manual Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Badass Boast The Lost Lenore She's Got Legs Off-into-the-Distance Ending Cold-Blooded Torture The '60s Fatal Flaw Expository Hairstyle Change Beware the Nice Ones Shut Up, Hannibal! Properly Paranoid Adaptational Villainy Never Found the Body Insult Backfire Very Loosely Based on a True Story All Men Are Perverts Casting Gag Adults Are Useless No Ending An Arm and a Leg Bald of Evil Moment Killer Mad Scientist Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Easily Forgiven Bittersweet Ending Big Fancy House Historical Villain Upgrade Take a Third Option Brainless Beauty Actually Pretty Funny Shell-Shocked Veteran Henpecked Husband Be Careful What You Wish For Tap on the Head Country Matters Redemption Equals Death Cloudcuckoolander Early Installment Weirdness Television Movie Index Manic Pixie Dream Girl Silence Is Golden Drill Sergeant Nasty Meaningful Echo Badass Bookworm Big Bad Duumvirate Kids Are Cruel Hoist by His Own Petard Parental Substitute Abhorrent Admirer Dirty Cop Hero Antagonist Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Animal Motifs Chase Scene Sassy Black Woman N-Word Privileges Red Right Hand Body Horror Married to the Job Black Dude Dies First Evil Brit Adorkable timeperiod Skewed Priorities Hell Is That Noise And Starring Genre Shift Suspiciously Specific Denial Serial Killer Final Girl Hong Kong Films Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome The Stoner Stylistic Suck Red Eyes, Take Warning Foregone Conclusion Italian Films Anti-Villain Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Destination Defenestration Stalker with a Crush Jitter Cam An Axe to Grind Grey and Gray Morality Major Injury Underreaction A Minor Kidroduction From Bad to Worse Fiery Redhead My God, What Have I Done? Taking the Bullet Anti-Hero Arc Words Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Break the Cutie Dumb Blonde Friend to All Children Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Anachronic Order Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Irony Made of Iron Sports Stories The Great Depression All Girls Want Bad Boys Soundtrack Dissonance Chekhov's Gunman Offscreen Moment of Awesome Jerkass Dark and Troubled Past Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Heel–Face Turn The Smart Guy Famous Last Words Race Lift Retirony Insistent Terminology Ambiguously Gay Fainting Not So Different The Alcoholic Hypocrite Arranged Marriage Shout-Out Pre-Mortem One-Liner Depraved Bisexual Heroic BSoD The Smurfette Principle Chekhov's Gun Sadistic Choice All There in the Script Accidental Murder Line-of-Sight Name Made of Explodium Wounded Gazelle Gambit Shipper on Deck Actor Allusion Bait-and-Switch Big Bad Superhero Breaking the Fourth Wall Death Glare My Greatest Failure Have a Gay Old Time Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Action Prologue Back from the Dead Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Darker and Edgier Historical In-Joke Batman Gambit I'm a Humanitarian The Cavalry Disney Death Film Series Fish out of Water Drowning My Sorrows Punny Name Handicapped Badass Danny Peary Cult Movies List Paper-Thin Disguise Four-Temperament Ensemble Stealth Hi/Bye Deliberate Values Dissonance You Have Failed Me Obviously Evil Scenery Porn Big-Bad Ensemble Motor Mouth Artistic License – Physics No Celebrities Were Harmed Flipping the Bird "Awesome McCool" Name Babies Ever After Historical Hero Upgrade Missing Mom Fun with Acronyms Word of God Epic Fail Those Two Bad Guys Woman Scorned Black and Gray Morality Catch-Phrase Reality Has No Subtitles Implacable Man Lighter and Softer Bullying a Dragon Maybe Ever After Broken Bird Hidden Depths Karma Houdini Mundane Made Awesome Rasputinian Death Hero of Another Story Important Haircut Betty and Veronica Military and Warfare Films The Place Suddenly SHOUTING! Bad "Bad Acting" Mind Screw Rousing Speech Took a Level in Badass Deus ex Machina Not So Stoic Cain and Abel Evil Is Petty Same Language Dub Gone Horribly Right Creepy Child Punch-Clock Villain Biopic Credits Gag As Himself The Chessmaster Reality Is Unrealistic Adaptation Name Change Rich Bitch Groin Attack Shower Scene Empathic Environment Riddle for the Ages Meaningful Name Mystery and Detective Films Monumental Damage Composite Character And I Must Scream Fingore Camera Abuse Male Frontal Nudity Leaning on the Fourth Wall I Have Your Wife Ass Shove Papa Wolf Dark Reprise Determinator aka: The Determinator Kick the Dog Sanity Slippage Too Dumb to Live Crapsack World Big Brother Instinct Beard of Evil Spell My Name with an "S" Adapted Out Humans Are Bastards Dramatic Irony Unreliable Narrator The X of Y French Films The Stoic Domestic Abuse Retired Badass One-Word Title Nice Guy Kick the Son of a Bitch Precision F-Strike Fan Disservice Reality Ensues Refuge in Audacity As You Know He Who Fights Monsters The Chick Red Herring Small Name, Big Ego Demonic Possession Really Gets Around Translation Convention Would Hit a Girl Defiant to the End Lampshade Hanging Sir Swears-a-Lot Intrepid Reporter Calling the Old Man Out Malevolent Masked Men Knight Templar Deal with the Devil Get Out! Face–Heel Turn Make It Look Like an Accident Playing Gertrude Logo Joke The Alleged Car Faking the Dead Anguished Declaration of Love Ominous Latin Chanting Bond One-Liner Dropped a Bridge on Him Age Lift Call-Forward Token Minority Adult Fear Death Seeker The Ace Last-Name Basis Based on a True Story Broken Pedestal Green-Eyed Monster Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Canon Foreigner Bland-Name Product Dramatic Gun Cock Coming-of-Age Story Tranquil Fury Slasher Movie Mistaken for Gay Epic Movie Reasonable Authority Figure Ambiguous Ending You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Creative Closing Credits Due to the Dead Unspoken Plan Guarantee Disproportionate Retribution Attempted Rape Artistic License – Biology Pay Evil unto Evil Better to Die than Be Killed Put on a Bus Auto Erotica Bottomless Magazines BFG Cluster F-Bomb Freudian Excuse Defrosting Ice Queen Aluminum Christmas Trees Silent Movie Large Ham Bond Villain Stupidity Nothing Is Scarier In Name Only Horror Films Does Not Like Shoes After the End Break the Haughty Let's Get Dangerous! Here We Go Again! Damsel in Distress Shoot the Shaggy Dog Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Pimped-Out Dress Adaptational Attractiveness Comically Missing the Point Evil Counterpart Pretty Little Headshots Advertised Extra Non-Indicative Name The Dreaded Show Within a Show Not Using the "Z" Word Adaptation Distillation Needs Wiki Magic Love Mood Whiplash Cool Shades Mooks The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Music Stories I Just Shot Marvin in the Face The Atoner Death by Adaptation Japanese Films Drugs Are Bad Only One Name Cassandra Truth Bavarian Fire Drill Mr. Fanservice Apocalypse How Closed Circle Police Brutality Undying Loyalty Face Death with Dignity Brutal Honesty Conspicuous CG Berserk Button Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Corrupt Corporate Executive More Dakka Sacrificial Lion Retcon A.I. Is a Crapshoot Spiritual Successor Ironic Echo Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Downer Ending Unresolved Sexual Tension Exact Words Affably Evil Cowboy Cop Deliberately Monochrome Dark Is Not Evil Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Market-Based Title World of Ham Video Credits Vomit Discretion Shot Alliterative Name Film Noir Index Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Death by Irony Awesome, but Impractical Lock and Load Montage Gilligan Cut Chiaroscuro Evil Sounds Deep Ms. Fanservice MacGuffin Insane Troll Logic There Is No Kill Like Overkill Straight Gay For the Evulz Fantastic Racism Dark Action Girl You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Fatal Family Photo Offscreen Teleportation Author Avatar Rewatch Bonus Manipulative Bastard Trailers Always Spoil Animated Credits Opening Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Stuff Blowing Up Scary Black Man Leitmotif Crazy Jealous Guy Big Applesauce Faux Affably Evil Fanservice Oh, Crap! No Antagonist Never My Fault Suspiciously Similar Substitute Mexican Standoff Character Development Villain Protagonist Self-Deprecation Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun "The Reason You Suck" Speech Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? The Ghost Greater-Scope Villain Hope Spot Rule of Three Villain Opening Scene Smoking Is Cool Badass Normal Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Corpsing Training Montage Becoming the Mask Super Strength The '90s Broken Aesop It Will Never Catch On Almost Kiss It's All About Me Rated M for Manly Works Set in World War II The End... Or Is It? Race Against the Clock Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Reckless Gun Usage Truth in Television Meaningful Background Event Vampire Fiction Action Girl Revenge Adaptational Badass