Cold Flames: Difference between revisions

 

[[Hellfire]] is an inversion; fire which is even more dangerous.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Shippo and his father in ''[[Inuyasha|Inu Yasha]]'' can use foxfire. In that series it also has defensive properties, having protected Kagome and Shippo in the page image from a deadly attack.

* One variety of mushi featured in ''[[Mushishi]]'' feeds off human body heat by appearing to its victims as an open flame. If a person huddles close to it for warmth, it saps their heat from them until they freeze to death.

* Becomes a plot point in ''[[Ao no Exorcist]]'' when Rin is trying to control his blue [[Hellfire]] so that [[Friendly Fireproof|it only burns what he wants it to]]. He eventually succeeds. Interestingly, {{spoiler|Rin and Yukio appear to be invulnerable to each others' flames}}.

 

== Film ==

* Sheikh Suleiman in the 2009 ''[[Clash of the Titans]]'' could heal wounds with his flames as well as burn enemies.

 

== Literature ==

* In ''Quest for the Fallen Star'', [[Sentient Cosmic Force|Earthpower]] manifests itself as green flames (or [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|yellow ones]], if [[Eldritch Abomination|Ill-creatures]] are using it). Subverted in that these can actually set stuff on fire.

* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "Gods of the North", Ymir uses this.

* Mages who can control Fire in [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s ''[[Elemental Masters]]'' books can call up illusory fire as well as the real thing.

 

* In ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'', [[Evil Counterpart]] Ryuga's [[Finishing Move]] has his [[Bond Creatures|Contract Monster]] launch a blast of black flames that freezes the enemy's legs to the ground, holding them in place so Ryuga can deliver a flying kick to them.

 

* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: The burning bush in ''[[The Bible]]''.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* The ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' [[Tabletop RPG]] classifies this as a Class 1 ectoplasmic manifestation.

* In ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'', making illusory fire is one of the favored tricks of the Ravnos clan.

 

== Video Games ==

* Will o' Wisp is an attack in ''[[Pokémon]]'', which causes the [[Standard Status Effect|burn status]] and nothing else. No other attack does that as its main effect, only as a side effect.

** And in ''[[Super Smash Bros.|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', Lucario's Aura looks a lot like blue flames emanating from his hands ([[Metal Gear Solid|Snake]] actually calls it blue fire.)

* Will O'Wisps are medium-level enemies in ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''.

* In ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' you have the [[Combination Attack|Triple Tech]] Frost Arc/Arc Impulse, with Crono Frog and Marle, it involves Marle [[An Ice Person|the ice mage]] causing Crono's sword to burn with a weird coloured flame. Said flame is from the Ice2 spell.

 

* A creature made of this shows up in a late 2010 story arc in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]''. Justin and Elliot note his lack of actual heat.

* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', Antimony Carver primarily uses her [[Green Lantern Ring|blinker stone]] to produce flames like this, even being capable of starting fires that provide heat and light while being undetectable to electronic sensors. {{spoiler|Possibly also a power of the fire elementals that Annie is apparently descended from}}.

 

== Web Original ==

* ''[[How to Kill a Mockingbird]]'': The mockingbirds are all constantly on cold fire, represented as blue flames.

* The girl at [[Super-Hero School|Whateley Academy]] in the [[Whateley Universe]] even calls herself Foxfire and has a fox kit familiar.

 

== Western Animation ==

{{quote|'''Scientist:''' Look - the marshmallows aren't even roasting. They remain at a comfortable 68 degrees.

'''Tick:''' Egad man, what's the point?! }}

 

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