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Basic Trope: A character who can manipulate fire.

  • Played Straight: Bob can breathe fire and shoot fireballs.
  • Exaggerated: Bob can take on the very form of fire.
  • Justified: Bob is a dragon.
  • Inverted: Bob can stab foes with icicles or create tsunamis
  • Subverted: Bob appears to be able to shoot fireballs, but it's actually a flamethrower.
  • Double Subverted: But then he gains real fire control abilities.
  • Deconstructed: Bob has no control over his abilities, and so has to obtain special fire-proof clothing and other items and cannot get close to other people, resulting in depression. Further, his powers result in fires wherever he goes, making him unpopular.
  • Reconstructed: So Bob went to a school to learn how to control fire.
  • Parodied: Bob uses his ability to control fire for trivial purposes.
  • Averted: Bob has no magical powers.
  • Lampshaded: "...let's not have barbeque again..."
  • Enforced: "Fire is cool, and we want our hero to look cool, so let's give him the fire powers."
  • Invoked:Bob went to a school to learn how use fire.
  • Defied: Bob learns other abilities so he doesn't have to use fire.
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

Be careful! Playing with Fire can be dangerous.

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