Instant Ice, Just Add Cold: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"Brrrr! It's cold! I better keep moving or I else I'll freeze to square!"''|'''Stinkoman''', ''[[Homestar Runner|Stinkoman 20X6]]''}}

* Cold-oriented Saints in ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' have this effect on their foes. [[Calling Your Attacks|Diamond Dust, Aurora Thunder, and Aurora Execution]] all freeze their targets into solid ice ([[Literally Shattered Lives|which then shatters, often doing the same to the victim]].) When Cygnus Hyoga's master, Aquarius Camus, froze him in an "[[Human Popsicle|ice coffin]]," this took the shape of a huge, perfect cube.

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Admiral Aokiji's power allows him to turn into ice, which he uses to freeze huge bodies of water at his leisure. Of course, this is one of the [[Widget Series|least outrageous breaks from reality the series demonstrates.]]

 

 

== Comics -- Books ==

 

 

== Films -- Animation ==

* [[Justified]] in ''[[The Incredibles]]'': Frozone uses whatever moisture is in the air, as well as his own body moisture, to make ice. Therefore, his powers are much weaker when most of the moisture in the air has already evaporated.

'''Lucius:''' There IS no moisture in this air! }}

 

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* In ''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol]]'', Rizzo ends up encased in ice after falling into a bucket of water that had a thin crust of ice on top of it.

 

* The Freeze Ray and Magic in ''[[Scribblenauts]]'' do this. It apparently cushions the fall of an asteroid.

** Also, if you put something into a refrigerator or freezer, it is encased in an ice cube when it is removed.

* Happens often in fighting games. Characters like Kula Diamond (''[[The King of Fighters]]'') and Rimururu (''[[Samurai Shodown]]'') can produce large amounts of ice instantly and out of pretty much nowhere.

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''

* Happens in the [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]] in ''[[Homestar Runner|Stinkoman 20X6]]'' if you stand still too long.

* [[Kirby]]'s various ice-related abilities tend to do this.

* Ice Man's Ice Slasher ability can do this to enemies in ''[[Mega Man Powered Up]]''. When Ice Man himself uses it, enemies are actually frozen into perfect cubes.

* One of the many ways to die in ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]''.

* [[Spyro the Dragon]]' temporary ice-breath power in [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World|Frozen Alters]] in ''Year Of The Dragon'', causes any enemy ([[Video Game Cruelty Potential|or ally, for that matter]]) to become frozen in a block of ice. It was also used in ''Enter The Dragonfly'', and standing on a squarley-frozen dragon was actually required for a couple of puzzles.

* Various Ice-type moves in ''[[Pokémon]]'' games invoke this trope, complete with animations or depictions of a block of ice encasing the target Pokemon.

* The ''Snowboard Kids'' franchise has a weapon you can shoot at your opponents to temporarily encase them in ice, bringing them to a complete stop for the moment.

** In ''[[Metroid Prime]]'', shooting a wall with the Ice Beam creates a small chunk of ice which shatters in a split-second.

 

 

== Web Comics ==

 

 

== Western Animation ==

* [[The Magic School Bus]]

** SpongeBob once got dumped into an icy cold lake by Sandy, who jumped in after him; both turned into ice cubes.

** Then there was the time he left the fridge open overnight. By morning his entire house, and everything in it, was encased in ice. To be fair, he is ''underwater''... which only raises more questions. How is the interior of the fridge not frozen already, then? Not to mention the interior of the entire house, as opposed to just the floors and walls?

** In ''Frigid Hare'', [[Bugs Bunny]] arrives in Antarctica and (thinking he's in Miami Beach) dives into the water, and the splash instantly freezes. Bugs then meets a little penguin whose tears turn into ice cubes.

** Another example: In ''Tom Turk and Daffy'', Daffy Duck throws a bucket full of water at Porky and the water freezes in mid-air in the exact shape of the bucket. Later, Daffy throws another bucketful of water over a river, creating an instant bridge of ice.

** Whenever Evangelyne uses an ice arrow, lots of ice form around the point of impact.

** Nausea encases Rubilax in ice with a magic potion in episode 7.

** The classic comic-relief-encased-in-a-square-block-of-ice happens to Sadlygrove (and Rubilax) in episode 17 after falling in a frozen lake. Adamaï melts the ice with his fire breath.

* In an episode of ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'', a ''snowman'' falls into arctic water and emerges encased in a block of ice.

* Happens to [[Donald Duck]] at the end of ''Donald's Snow Fight''.

 

 

== Real Life ==

 

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