Trial by fire

• Trial by ordeal, by which the guilt or innocence of the accused is determined by subjecting them to a painful task

In music:

• ''Trial by fire", a song by The Brandos (written by Dave Kincaid)
• Trial By Fire: Greatest and Latest, an album by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
• Trial by Fire (Journey album), an album by Journey
• "Trial by Fire", a song by Satan from their album Court in the Act, later covered by Blind Guardian on Somewhere Far Beyond album.
• "Trial by Fire", a song by Testament from their album The New Order
• "Trial by Fire", a song by Jefferson Airplane from their album Long John Silver
• Trial by Fire (Yngwie Malmsteen album), an album by Yngwie J. Malmsteen
• "Trial by Fire", a song by KISS from their Asylum album

In television:

• "Trial by Fire", an episode of the 1960s TV series "The Fugitive"
• "Trial by Fire" (The Outer Limits), an episode of The Outer Limits
• "Trial By Fire" (The 4400), an episode of The 4400
• "Trial by Fire" (The A-Team), an episode of The A-Team
• "Trial by Fire" (Shark), an episode of Shark
• "Trial by Fire" (Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes), the series premiere of Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
• Trial by Fire (1995), a 1995 TV movie starring Keith Carradine
• Trial by Fire (2008), a 2008 TV movie starring Brooke Burns

In other fields:

• "Trial by Fire", a novel by THP Sgt. Lowell Russell
• Trial by Fire, a novel by Harold Coyle
• Trial by Fire (Gerry Spence), a book written by Gerry Spence.
• Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire, the second part of the Quest for Glory series of computer games