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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:~~Frozen Wide~~Frozen_castposter-645x908.jpg\|thumb\|350px]] {{quote\|''My power flurries through the air into the ground Line 7: ''I’m never going back, the past is in the past!}} '''''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." Released on November 27th, 2013, ''Frozen'' quickly became the highest grossing animated film -- and the fifth highest grossing film period -- of all time, on release. A series of children's books entitled ''[[Anna & Elsa]]'' was [[Spin-Off\|spun off]] from the movie and began being released in early 2015. A seven-minute-long short entitled ''[[Frozen Fever]]'' was released in 2015 as a mini-sequel, showing a little of what happens after Elsa learns to fully control her powers., followed Aby ~~feature-length~~a ~~sequel,~~Christmas ~~tentatively~~featurette entitled ''[[Olaf's Frozen 2Adventure]]'', isfocusing inon ~~the~~Olaf. ~~works~~A ~~with~~feature-length asequel ~~potential~~entitled ~~release~~''[[Frozen ~~date~~II]]'' was released in ofNovember ~~2018~~2019. Not to be confused with the 2010 drama/thriller film [[Frozen (film)\|of the same name]]. Line 25 ⟶ 27: * [[All Animals Are Dogs]]: Sven the Reindeer * [[All Trolls Are Different]]: The rock trolls are more like silicon-based [[Hobbits]] with a penchant for [[Shipper on Deck\|matchmaking]] and musical numbers than the usual hulking brutes that bear the name. * [[Anachronism Stew]]: About as much so as any other Disney "fairy tale" film. Medieval city, 18th century ships, fashions from across about six centuries, and a mention of fractals (a word coined in 1975) are just the beginning. * [[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. * [[Big Bad]]: Prince Hans of the Southern Isles. * [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]: The Duke of Weasel-Town ("[[Running Gag\|WESELTON!]]") and Hans become this. * [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: [[Large Ham\|The Duke of Weselton]]. The duke fancies himself a mastermind, planning to exploit Arendelle for its riches but is unable to hide his intentions. When Elsa runs away and causes the eternal winter, he tries to restore the kingdom [[Pragmatic Villainy\|for his own benefit]]. He sends Hans and [[Those Two Bad Guys\|his two bodyguards]] on a rescue mission to kill Elsa, but Prince Hans saves her. When Hans reveals that he is the actual Big Bad, it turns the Duke into a complete non-entity. * [[Characters As Device]]: Hans is the mirror from The Snow Queen in human form, always reflecting the emotions of people around them back at them. Even [http://imgur.com/gallery/fNQ0K confirmed] by [[Word of God]]. * [[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 <~~strike~~s>Weaseltown</~~strike~~s>Weselton, for sufficiently medieval values of "corporate" and "executive". * [[Crowd Song]]: "Fixer Upper", the trolls' "shipping song". * [[Death Trap]]: {{spoiler\|It's not a purpose-built machine, but locking Anna in a room to die is exactly this trope, right down to Hans walking off to execute his evil plan, assuming she'll die right on schedule.}} * [[Demoted to Extra]]: Gerda and Kai were the heroine and damsel in ''[[The Snow Queen]]''. * [[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. * [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: Practically the first line of the Duke of Weselton, after musing about how he'll use the occasion of Elsa's coronation to figure out how to exploit Arendelle's resources. * [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler\|Anna.}} * [[Dodgy Toupee]]: The Duke of Weselton, to the point of practically flapping in the wind. * [[Everything's Worse with Wolves]]: Especially below-zero ~~nighttime~~night-time rides on reindeer-drawn ice sleds. * [[Evil Costume Switch]]: Subverted. Elsa's transformation of her modest medieval garb to something out of a Hollywood movie is not an indication that she's become evil, but that she's finally begun to accept herself as she is. * {{spoiler\|[[Evil Redhead]]: Prince Hans is a lot more manipulative, devious, and nasty than he initially seems to be.}} * [[Extremely Short Timespan]]: Once we're out of the growing-up [[Montage]]/musical number, the main action seems to take place in the space of about 24-48 hours. * [[Fairy Tale]] * [["Falling in Love" Montage]]: Anna and Hans' duet. {{spoiler\|Except it's a subversion -- the entire duet is Hans manipulating Anna into thinking they've fallen in love in a grand fairy tale way when all he's doing is setting up his short route to the throne of Arendelle.}} * [[False Widow]]er: {{spoiler\|In order to seize the throne of Arendelle, Hans claims that he married Anna in the minutes before she died from her sister's attack, when in fact he has locked her away to die.}} * [[Finishing Each Other's Sentences]]: Played with in Hans' and Anna's duet: Line 59 ⟶ 67: * [[Gender Flip]]: Kristoff is based on The Robber Girl. * [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: While ''The Snow Queen'' is built around playing this trope straight, this story is a definite subversion. * [[Gorgeous Garment Generation]]: During the closing bars of "Let It Go", Elsa transforms her medieval outfit into a slinky, sparkly gown with a high slit that wouldn't be out of place on a Hollywood starlet at the Oscars. * [[Hate Sink]]: since this story almost is a case of [[No Antagonist]], the Duke of Weselton provides a handy dose of ineffective annoyance. * [[Heel Face Turn]]: Hans confesses and apologizes to Anna for trying to kill Elsa by saying that [[This Cannot Be!\|she froze her heart]]. * [[An Ice Person]]: Elsa, of course, as the Snow Queen of this tale. * [[I'm Taking Her Home with Me\|I'm Taking Them Home With Me]]: Gerda about Sven and Kristoff at the start of the film. * [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Hans Kristof Anna Sven. ** Olaf, with his body reassembled in the wrong order: "Man, am I out of shape." * [[Jerkass]]: The Duke of Weselton. * [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Applied to the young Anna by the rock trolls, making her forget Elsa's accidental attack on her. * [[Love At First Sight]]: Anna and Hans. {{spoiler\|It's a subversion, though -- Hans manipulates Anna into falling in love with him over the course of an evening, taking advantage of her complete ''starvation'' for affection and their accidental [[Meet Cute]], and then rush immediately into marriage as part of his plan to gain the throne of Arendelle.}} Everyone who hears about it tells her it's a bad idea to get married to a guy she just met. Line 87 ⟶ 96: * [[Raised by Natives\|Raised by Rock Trolls]]: Kristof. * [[Running Gag]]: "Weaseltown". * [[Shout-Out]]s: "Marshmallow", the giant snowman created by Elsa to defend herself, is a reference to [[Ghostbusters\|the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man]]. Olaf's dance with the seagulls is a shout-out to Bert's dance with the penguins in ''[[Mary Poppins]]''. The first "sand man" he passes in the same number is clearly inspired by the classic "Coppertone" girl ads. The map that falls out of the book in which the King looks for the location of the trolls is clearly inspired by the map of the Lonely Mountain found in ''[[The Hobbit]]''. ** There is a [[Brave\|Merida]] doll in Anna's bedroom. * [[Snowlems]]: Olaf is clearly Type I. Marshmallow is hard to categorize; created by Elsa to defend herself, it clearly has Type III aspects. But it doesn't seem to be inherently evil -- just protective of its creator. * [[Spoonerism]]: Half asleep on the big morning, Anna ends up pronouncing "coronation" as "conoration". Line 106 ⟶ 109: * [[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]]: {{spoiler\|Subverted by Hans, who is the youngest of thirteen brothers, and a charming but ruthless villain out to seize the throne of Arendelle for himself. 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