Flame

Bowser using his Fire Breath, a flame attack in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Mario throwing a Fireball, a flame attack, on Link as he is set on fire in Super Smash Bros.

There are various attacks in the Super Smash Bros. series that cause the flame effect. Targets hit by these attacks will momentarily be set on fire, flashing red and orange, and in Ultimate, will appear visibly scorched. Flame attacks have other effects:

• They thaw frozen characters.
• They cause Blast Boxes, Bombers, Link's Bombs and Remote Bombs, and Young Link and Toon Link's Bombs to detonate instantly (with the exception of the Hothead).
• They do no damage to Red Pikmin, which will not flinch.
• They deal 1.1x knockback to Ivysaur and 0.9x knockback to Squirtle in Brawl.
• They are strengthened by Flame Attack stickers and Fire & Explosion Attack ↑ spirits and resisted by Flame Resistance stickers and Fire/Explosion Resist ↑ spirits.
• They make Hotheads grow larger and make them more powerful.

Flame is by far the most common "elemental" attack in the Smash Bros. series, with over half of Brawl's roster having access to at least one.

The vast majority of explosive attacks use the flame effect.

The flame effect as demonstrated by Ness' PK Fire attack on Lucas.

List of flame attacks

By characters

Character	Move(s)	Games
Bowser	Fire Breath
	Fire Shot
	Fire Roar
	Flying Slam (explosion)
Bowser Jr.	Mechakoopa (explosion)
	Abandon Ship! (Clown Car explosion)
	Meteor Ejection (Clown Car explosion)
	Impatient Mechakoopa (explosion)
	Big Mechakoopa (explosion)
Captain Falcon	Forward smash
	Falcon Dive
	Falcon Kick
	Falcon Punch
	Raptor Boost
	Falcon Dash Punch
	Mighty Falcon Punch
	Heavy Raptor Boost
	Wind-up Raptor Boost
	Explosive Falcon Dive
Charizard	Flamethrower
	Forward tilt (sweetspot)
	Neutral air (sweetspot)
	Back air (sweetspot, second hit in Brawl)
	Down throw
	Fire Blast (in both Triple Finish and Mega Charizard X)
	Forward air
	Flare Blitz
	Blast Burn
Dark Samus	Missile
	Bomb
Diddy Kong	Rocketbarrel Boost
	Rocketbarrel Barrage (ending explosion)
	Peanut Popgun (overcharge explosion)
	Exploding Popgun (overcharge explosion)
	Jumbo Peanuts (overcharge explosion)
	Rocketbarrel Attack
	Rocketbarrel Kaboom
	Hyper Rocketbarrel
Donkey Kong	Hot Slap (flame pillars)
Dr. Mario	Ol' One-Two
Duck Hunt	Trick Shot (explosion)
	Wild Gunman (sombrero gunman)
	High-Explosive Shot
	Zigzag Shot
	Quick Draw Aces (sombrero gunman)
	Mega Gunman (sombrero gunman)
Falco	Fire Bird
	Landmaster shots
	Fast Fire Bird
	Distant Fire Bird
Fox	Fire Fox
	Landmaster shots
	Fox Burst (explosion)
Ganondorf	Volcano Kick (up-tilt)
Giga Bowser	Forward smash
	Pummel
	Forward throw
	Fire Breath
Greninja	Exploding Attack
Ike	Eruption
	Furious Eruption
Incineroar	Cross Chop
	Revenge
	Max Malicious Moonsault
Isabelle	Lloid Trap (explosion)
Jigglypuff	Rest
	Wakie Wakie
Ken	Shoryuken (heavy input)
	Shinryuken
King Dedede	Jet Hammer (hammer head when fully charged)
	Armored Jet Hammer (hammer head when fully charged)
	Dash Jet Hammer (hammer head when fully charged)
	Dedede Burst (ending explosion)
	Dede-Rush (missiles)
Kirby	Dash attack
	Cook Kirby
	Hammer Flip (fully charged)
	Giant Hammer (fully charged)
Kirby (Copy Abilities)	Fireball
	Falcon Punch
	Chef (pan)
	Fire Breath
	Eruption
	Flamethrower
	Robo-Beam (close range)
	Flare Blade
	Hand Grenade
	Peanut Popgun (overcharge explosion)
	Shakunetsu Hadoken
	Trick Shot (explosion)
	Plasma Breath
Little Mac	Up smash (sweetspot)
	Flaming Straight Lunge
Link	Bomb
	Giant Bomb
	Meteor Bomb
Lucas	PK Fire
	PK Starstorm
Luigi	Fireball
	Fire Jump Punch (sweetspot)
	Green Missile
	Bouncing Fireball
	Floating Missile
	Quick Missile
	Fiery Jump Punch (sweetspot)
Mario	Fireball
	Forward smash (sweetspot)
	Mario Finale
	Fast Fireball
	Fire Orb
	Explosive Punch
	Scalding F.L.U.D.D.
Mega Man	Down smash
	Forward air
	Crash Bomber
	Mega Legends (trapping hit)
	Hyper Bomb
Mii Brawler	Exploding Side Kick
	Burning Dropkick
	Thrust Uppercut (explosion)
Mii Gunner	Jab (third hit)
	Up tilt
	Down tilt
	Dash attack
	Up smash
	Down smash
	Back aerial
	Down aerial (sweetspot)
	Floor attacks and trip attack
	Flame Pillar
	Gunner Missile
	Lunar Launch
	Grenade Launch
	Stealth Burst
	Cannon Uppercut (launch blast)
	Bomb Drop
	Cannon Jump Kick (launch blast)
Mii Swordfighter	Blurring Blade
Mr. Game & Watch	Forward smash (sweetspot)
	Chef (pan)
	Judge #6
	XXL Chef (pan)
	Short-Order Chef (pan)
	Forward aerial (bomb explosion)
Ness	PK Fire
	Down throw
	PK Starstorm
	PK Bonfire
	PK Fire Burst
Olimar	With a Red Pikmin, all Pikmin-based attacks (all smashes, all aerial attacks except neutral air, pummel, all throws, Pikmin Throw and customs)
	End of Day (take-off and crash land)
	Pikmin Chain (red Pikmin)
	Explosive Pluck
Pac-Man	On-Fire Hydrant
	Dire Hydrant
Palutena	Explosive Flame
	Celestial Firework
	Rocket Jump
Peach	Peach Bomber
	Flying Peach Bomber
Piranha Plant	Back air
Pit	Three Sacred Treasures (energy pillars)
Ridley	Forward smash
	Plasma Breath
R.O.B.	Up smash
	Neutral air
	Back air
	Down air
	Robo Beam (close range)
	Fire Gyro
Robin	Jab finisher (Fire Tome)
	Arcfire
	Arcfire+
	Fire Wall
	Pair Up (last hit)
Roy	Up smash
	Flare Blade
	Double-Edge Dance (last hits)
	Blazer
	Counter
	Critical Hit
	Down aerial
Ryu	Shakunetsu Hadoken
Samus	Up smash
	Forward air
	Bomb
	Down tilt
	Missile
	Forward smash (sweetspot)
	Relentless Missile
	Turbo Missile
	Slip Bomb
	Mega Bomb
	Up throw (blast)
Sheik	Vanish
	Burst Grenade
	Gravity Grenade
	Skimming Grenade
Simon	Holy Water
Snake	Forward smash
	Up smash (shell)
	Hand Grenade (explosion)
	Remote Missile
	C4
	Down smash
	Grenade Launcher
Sonic	Burning Spin Dash
Toon Link	Bomb
	Fire Bow
	Time Bomb
	Short-Fused Bomb
Villager	Up smash
	Lloid Rocket
	Liftoff Lloid
	Pushy Lloid
	Extreme Balloon Trip
Wii Fit Trainer	Volatile Breathing
Wolf	Landmaster (shot)
Young Link	Down aerial (above Young Link with the hilt of the sword)
	Fire Bow
	Bomb
Yoshi	Super Dragon (fireballs and fire breath)
Zelda	Up air
	Din's Fire
	Farore's Wind (hitbox upon reappearance)
	Nayru's Passion
	Din's Flare
	Din's Blaze
Zero Suit Samus	Plasma Whip (sweetspot)
	Forward smash (sweetspot of second hit)
	Plasma Dash

By items

Item	Attack	Games
Assist Trophies	Bomberman: Bomb explosions
	Dr. Kawashima: Number explosions
	Infantry & Tanks: Bullets and missiles
	Jeff: Rockets
	Knuckle Joe: Smash Punch, Rising Break
	Nikki: Bullet Bill, dragon (flames)
	Rathalos: Fireballs
	Ray MK III: Missiles
	Tiki: Fire breath (dragon form)
	Wily Capsule: Fire projectiles
Banana Gun	Explosions
Blast Box
Bob-omb
Containers (Barrels, Crates, Capsules and Party Balls)	Explosion (occurs at random)
Fake Smash Ball	Explosion
Fire Bar	All swings and throws
Fire Flower	Fire stream and throws
Gooey Bomb	Explosion when attacked or after sticking into something
Hocotate Bomb	Impact on land
Home-Run Bat	Second hit of forward smash when used by Captain Falcon
Hothead	Throw and contact with it while sliding
Motion-Sensor Bomb	Explosion
Poké Ball Pokémon	Charizard: Flamethrower
	Charizard: Contact with body
	Clefairy: Explosion, Fire Spin
	Cyndaquil: Flamethrower
	Ditto: Transform (if the summoner possesses flame attacks)
	Electrode: Explosion (both by itself and when thrown)
	Entei: Fire Spin
	Fennekin: Incinerate
	Groudon: Overheat (contact with body)
	Ho-oh: Both Sacred Fire and contact with body
	Moltres: Fly (contact with body)
	Solgaleo: Sunsteel Strike
	Torchic: Fire Spin
	Vulpix: Fire Spin
Red Shell	Throw: only Red Shells by Koopa Troopas in Mushroom Kingdom
Smart Bomb	Explosion upon being attacked or thrown
Soccer Ball	Hit upon being struck by an attack with heavy knockback
Super Scope	Fully charged shot
Superspicy Curry	Spewed fireballs
X Bomb	Cross-shaped explosion

By enemies and bosses

Enemy/Boss	Attack(s)	Games
Banzai Bill	Explosion
Bombed	Head throw
Bonkers	Hammer Flip
Buckot	Bucket dump
Bumpety Bomb	Explosion
Chandelure	Fire Spin
Crazy Hand	Center of sandwich punch combo move
	Hits of applause combo move
	Vertical punch
	Start of jet flight
	Bomb rain
Dracula	Hellfire
	Dark Inferno
	Fire pillars
Duon	Fiery cut
Fire Primid	Fireballs and fire streams
Flame Chomp	Fireball shots and explosion
Galleom	Missiles
Gamyga	Lasers
Ganon	Fireballs
Glire	Fire burst
Jyk (flame variety)	Contact with body
Marx	Growing appendages
Master Hand	Second hit of kick attack
	Start of jet flight
	Vertical punch
	Center of sandwich punch combo move
Metal Face	Death explosion
Meta Ridley	Fireballs (all kinds)
Porky	Porky-Bots
Puppit	Lasers
Rathalos	Fireballs
Rayquaza	Explosion
Red Bubble	Contact
Ridley	Fireballs
Scope Primid	Fully charged shot
Tabuu	Bullet Rain (last hit)
	Explosive Teleport
	Ghost Projection
	Pinpoint Explosion
Yellow Devil	Death explosion

By stage hazards

Stage	Hazard	Games
75m	Fireball enemies
Bridge of Eldin	King Bulblin's bomb
Brinstar	Acid
Corneria	Arwing shots
Gerudo Valley	Koume's fire spell
The Great Cave Offensive	Danger Zones
Halberd	Combo Cannon (cannonball explosion)
Jungle Hijinxs	Barrel Cannons (explosion)
Kalos Pokémon League	Blazing Chamber fire pillars
Mario Bros.	Fireballs
Midgar	Ifrit (Hellfire)
Norfair	Lava
Orbital Gate Assault	Great Fox (exhaust), missiles (exhaust, explosion)
Planet Zebes	Acid
Princess Peach's Castle	Banzai Bill (explosion)
Saffron City	Charmander (contact, Flamethrower), Electrode (Explosion)
Unova Pokémon League	Reshiram (Fusion Flare, ground fires)
Stage Builder	Magma
Subspace Emissary stages	Lava
	Rocket exhaust traps