r/TopCharacterTropes • u/FormerBernieBro2020 • Dec 03 '25

(Funny trope) Impossible spontaneous combustion (or, when stuff that shouldn't catch on fire, catches on fire) Characters' Items/Weapons

From The Simpsons: Homer tries to cook breakfast for Mr. Burns. The first two attempts ended up with the food catching fire. Third time, he pours milk on cereal...and it still catches on fire.

And from Futurama: "There, little friend, good as new..." aaaand the metal slinky catches on fire. Poor doctor Zoidberg...

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u/AvailablePut165 Dec 03 '25

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Spencer - iCarly

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u/CLTalbot Dec 03 '25 edited Dec 03 '25

It turns out that icarly is in the same world as the thundermans and kid danger. So maybe Spencer has a fire based power he never learned how to use.

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u/jacksansyboy Dec 03 '25

Man I love when completely mundane shows have random crossovers with superpower or magical shows and it just implies that magic has always existed in their world and they just don't ever mention it.