Tropescilloscope: Man on Fire

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

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For! Emphasis! Damsel in Distress The Vamp Foreshadowing Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? 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Dies Wide Open Unspoken Plan Guarantee Morality Pet Disappeared Dad Logo Joke Face Death with Dignity Sequel Hook The Mole Red Eyes, Take Warning Improbable Aiming Skills Despair Event Horizon Tap on the Head Index of Film Westerns Spared by the Adaptation The Atoner Visual Pun Irony Those Wacky Nazis Chewing the Scenery Deadpan Snarker Storming the Castle Match Cut Rich Bitch Posthumous Character Celebrity Paradox Gender Flip Arch-Enemy Have a Gay Old Time Television Movie Index Military and Warfare Films I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Plucky Comic Relief Didn't Think This Through Bloody Hilarious Once More, with Clarity! Costume Porn Kill 'em All Shower Scene My Beloved Smother The Hero Canadian Movies Older Than They Look Unwitting Instigator of Doom Affectionate Parody Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Bury Your Gays Historical Hero Upgrade Big Damn Heroes Big "NO!" Broken Pedestal Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Moment Killer Cool Old Guy Race Lift Blood from the Mouth