My MacBook Pro has just started getting really warm for no apparent reason, any ideas why?

Should I use my Apple Care, or is there a quick fix?

you see what is running on your computer (because CPU usage is what makes the procesor(s) get hot) by opening the application "Activity Monitor" in the folder "/Applications/Utilities", then select the "CPU" tab (at the bottom) and sort the information in the top section by "%CPU":
This will show you what application is using the most CPU time and is the most likely candidate for why your machine is warming up.  You can also quit all applications, then reboot to see if that resolves the problem.

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                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x5cb31000
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