Akane, from Ranma ½ tries to assist Ranma in his training by wearing flammable padding on her arms (as his training required the opponent to emit a hot aura while he kept a cool one).Then it hits Viral feetfirst, curbstomping him Also worth mentioning is Kamina and Simon's Man on Fire BLAZING CHARIOT KICK! in which the Gurren Lagann jumps onto the Dai-Gunzan, somehow getting hit by only one blast, which only serves to set it on fire.In the second movie, he walks out into SPACE (aka where fire is impossible) with his crotch and arms ablaze.And he was not set on fire by any conventional means, but by sheer awesomeness. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Lordgenome calmly fights a mecha while his head is on fire.REDLINE has a particularly impressive example, when JP and Sonoshee have Frisbee and the Old Man detonate their engine remotely, which somehow leads to them going even faster, and being little more than strapped to a hunk of metal propelled by a continuous explosion.If that doesn't work, do both at once and blow something up. If fire doesn't feel right but you still have writer's block, try Chandler's Law. Just be careful about Infernal Retaliation.Ĭompare Awesomeness Is Volatile. See also Flaming Sword, and the entire fire-related index. When the enhanced coolness comes from walking out of a fire, it's Out of the Inferno. Whatever it is, the chances are that being set on fire for your big moment will result in a Moment of Awesome.ĭoesn't really apply to persons who are normally Wreathed in Flames anyway, like The Human Torch. Maybe it's just because it looks really damn cool. Maybe colours and lights from fire are delightful, especially when moving and when it's dark. Maybe it is due to the association of fire with hot blood. Maybe because being on fire is very, very painful, it's assumed that quite a lot of Heroic Resolve is required to overcome it. The perceived badassery of any given action will increase tenfold if the action is performed while on fire. Therefore, the Incendiary Exponent combines the Rule of Cool and a Man on Fire according to the following principle: If one encounters writer's block, there is always the option of setting something on fire. Homer Simpson, The Simpsons, "Flaming Moe's"
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