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In the second ad of The Real Cost's "Little Lungs in a Great Big World" anti-smoking campaign, the main character (a pair of claymation lungs stunted from smoking at a young age, in a world of other lungs) tries to blow out the candles on his birthday cake, but collapses from the effort and is set on fire when he falls on it.

When the Energizer Bunny shows up and gets the camera to work, the man in the rabbit costume gets blinded by the camera's flash and backs into a tiki torch, which sets his costume on fire.

In an ad for Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries that takes place at a Luau, one couple's camera stops working, and a man working for the Supervolt battery company dressed in a rabbit costume tries unsuccessfully to get it to work.A lot.Īlso, due to the risk of death associated with being on fire, be prepared for unmarked spoilers. NOTE: the folks here at TV Tropes do not condone setting yourself on fire. See also Kill It with Fire and Incendiary Exponent. For the version that seemingly happens without any kind of external ignition source, see Spontaneous Human Combustion.Ĭompare with Playing with Fire, Wreathed in Flames (the superpower version of this), and Infernal Retaliation. Or with Burning Man.įor the self-destructive version, see Self-Immolation. Not to be confused with the Denzel Washington film of the same name, which doesn't feature a literal man on fire. (This has some Truth in Television in that most amounts of fire don't kill quickly, and burning is one of the more painful ways to get hurt.) For added drama or humor (depending on whether the trope is Played for Horror or Played for Laughs), they might alternatively make a run for the nearest balcony to flip over, whereupon they scream as they fall to their death a few metres below. The lit victim will always run around in a screaming panic, just causing the flames to get bigger. Rarely will the character even attempt to "stop, drop and roll", a safety technique often taught to kindergartners. Generally, this can happen for one of two very different reasons: A man on fire can be portrayed as particularly scary via a scene of someone burning to death due to the primal and visceral nature of such a death (particularly compared to an inanimate object being set on fire), or it can be portrayed as absurd and hilarious with a scene of someone frantically running around while on fire, possibly accompanied by Amusing Injuries in the case of the latter scenario (but not so much with the former). Thus ensuring steady work (and a lot of money) for stuntmen.

The human body is unexpectedly flammable, resulting in characters, particularly Spear Carriers, Red Shirts, Evil Minions, and Dragons being engulfed in flames and walking or running around the scene.