Mr. Flame

Mr. Flame is the opposite of Mr. Freeze and Meta Knight arch-adversary.

Origin
Dr. Arnold Blaze Ph.D was a brilliant scientist who experiments with fire. As a child, he was fascinated with fire, so he began burning animals. His parents, horrified by his "hobby", sent him to a strict boarding school, where he was miserable and felt detached from humanity. In college, he met a woman named Layla, whom he fell in love with and ultimately married. Layla contracts a fatal fungus illness, so Arnold begins developing a flame ray in ScienceCorp in order to preserve her in pyro-stasis until a cure can be found. Arnold's boss, Tim Schlock decides to tell the mob about the gun, leading Meta Knight to create a team of specialists to help him do his job better. As Arnold puts Layla in suspended animation, Tim interrupts and tampers with the experiment, resulting in an explosion that kills Layla. Arnold survives, but the chemicals in the flame ray raises his body temperature to the point that he must wear a fireproof suit in order to survive. He swears revenge on those responsible for the death of his wife (whom he talks to often), and becomes Mr. Flame.