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'''''Frozen''''' is [[Disney]]'s 53rd entry in its [[Disney Animated Canon|animated canon line-up]], very loosely inspired by [[Hans Christian Andersen]]'s longest [[Fairy Tale]] "[[The Snow Queen]]". It's animated in 3D using computer-generated imagery.
In the fictional Nordic kingdom of Arandelle, there are two princesses, Elsa and Anna. Elsa, the eldest, was born with the gift of controlling ice. However, after Elsa accidentally injures Anna while playing with her powers, their parents arrange for Anna to magically forget the incident while instructing Elsa against using her powers and keep an stern facade, with the girl does at the price of separating and alienating her from her younger sister. About a decade later, after their parents' death, Elsa is vow to get crown queen, but the increasing stress of the coronation and Anna's sudden engagement with one prince Hans make her slip and reveal publicly her ice powers, causing Elsa to flee in shame. Anna, not truly understanding the situation but determined to find her sister, ropes an ice dealer named Kristoff to help her. And they must be fast, before Elsa freezes the county and palace conspirators get a hold of the trone...
The movie has gotten a lot of attention as the source of the song "Let It Go", sung by [[Idina Menzel]]. The song made such an impact that, in the words of Co-Director Jennifer Lee, "the minute we heard the song the first time, I knew that I had to rewrite the whole movie."
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* [[Anti-Villain]]: Elsa, who is only "villainous" by accident and out of fear.
* [[Art Initiates Life]]: If Elsa sculpts a snowman with her powers, it ''will'' be alive.
* [[Artistic License]]: The extensive use of purple in 1840s Arendelle would imply that the kingdom is far wealthier considering the price of [[wikipedia:Tyrian purple|Tyrian purple]] at the time; such was the astronomical price of purple during those days that it never saw use in national flags and even members of royalty would sometimes balk at using something that's far more valuable than gold. Fast forward over a decade later and we got [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauveine Mauveine], the first synthetic purple dye which pretty much made the hue more accessible than sacrificing a thousand or so snails to get ''a gram's worth'' of purple.
* [[Award Bait Song]]: "Let It Go", which ended up winning the [[Oscar Bait|2014 Academy Award for Best Song]]. Its potential was understood from the moment it was first played for the production team: they rewrote the entire movie into a completely original story because it was entirely too positive and life-affirming to be a [[Villain Song]] and they didn't want to lose it.
* [[Awesome Anachronistic Apparel]]: Elsa's off-the-shoulder ice-blue gown is gorgeous and turns her into a sub-zero sex kitten, but is ''way'' too 20th-century for medieval Arendelle.
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* [[Closed Door Rapport]]: Anna and Elsa during the opening "growing up" [[Montage]]/musical number.
* [[Composite Character]]: Elsa is a composite of the Snow Queen and Kai.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: The Duke of <
* [[Crowd Song]]:
* [[Death Trap]]:
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Zigzagged: Gerda and Kai were the heroine and damsel in ''[[The Snow Queen]]'', but they were portrayed as castle staff; Elsa, Anna and some of the other principal characters were composites of Gerda, Kai and the Robber Girl from the original story.
* [[Development Hell]]: Oh my Lord. This film is over 70 years in the making! ''The Snow Queen'' got a place on the Disney production schedule -- as production #1092 -- a year or two after ''[[Snow White (Disney film)|Snow White]]'', but was shelved with no preproduction development work (that anyone can find in the Disney archives, at least). As far as ''this'' incarnation was concerned, Disney planned to produce it in the 90's as a hand-drawn feature. But they scrapped it during their change in management and their shift to CG features starting with ''[[Chicken Little]]'' and only just recently picked it up again.
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* [[Yellow Snow]]: To be avoided, according to Olaf.
* [[You Fail Biology Forever]]: The trolls dismissing head injuries as trivial and easy to fix compared to damage to the heart. Then again, this ''is'' a fairy tale, and this may be as much a metaphorical moral as a literal diagnosis.
* [[Youngest Child Wins]]:
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