Snowlems: Difference between revisions

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See also [[Improvised Golems]].

== Advertising ==

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* Created by Giriko in ''[[Soul Eater]]'', they were used as the attack forces from [[Nebulous Evil Organisation|Aracnophobia]] during the battle for [[Ancient Artifact|"BREW"]].

* [[Digimon]] has had several different Snowlems, the most prominent being Frigimon.

* [[Ah My Goddess (Manga)|Urd]] created a Snowlem to assist her in a [[Snowball Fight]] with Skuld in the OAV.

* [[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Urd]] created a Snowlem to assist her in a [[Snowball Fight]] with Skuld in the OAV.

* A surprisingly good anime-only episode of ''[[Ranma ~~One Half~~ (Manga)|Ranma 1/2]]'' had both an uncontrollable snowlem and a friendly, but confused yuki-onna show up to cover the entire town in a blizzard. As it was made entirely of snow, it could regenerate any damage insantly. Its [[Achilles Heel|only weakness]] was [[Red Eyes Take Warning|the red gem it used as an]] "[[Go for The Eye|eye]]" --which, conveniently enough, was very vulnerable to Ryouga's Breaking Point technique. It still didn't stop until the yuki-onna used her flute to calm the monster down, at which point the eye became blue.

* A surprisingly good anime-only episode of ''[[Ranma ½ (Manga)|Ranma 1/2]]'' had both an uncontrollable snowlem and a friendly, but confused yuki-onna show up to cover the entire town in a blizzard. As it was made entirely of snow, it could regenerate any damage insantly. Its [[Achilles Heel|only weakness]] was [[Red Eyes Take Warning|the red gem it used as an]] "[[Go for The Eye|eye]]" --which, conveniently enough, was very vulnerable to Ryouga's Breaking Point technique. It still didn't stop until the yuki-onna used her flute to calm the monster down, at which point the eye became blue.

** In his introduction to the story, [[Everyone Calls Him Barkeep|Principal]] [[Cloudcuckoolander|Kuno]] disguised himself [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|as a living, Engrish-speaking snowman for some unfathomable reason]] and went around trying to trim his students' hair.

** In his introduction to the story, [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Principal]] [[Cloudcuckoolander|Kuno]] disguised himself [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|as a living, Engrish-speaking snowman for some unfathomable reason]] and went around trying to trim his students' hair.

== Comic Books ==

* ''The Snowman'' (see Western Animation) was originally a wordless graphic novel by [[Raymond Briggs]].

* The image at the top of the page comes from an issue of ''Strange Adventures'' called "[[media:invadersfromtheiceworldful.jpg|Invaders from the Ice World]]", which is a brain-breaking example of [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs]]?

* The image at the top of the page comes from an issue of ''Strange Adventures'' called "[[media:invadersfromtheiceworldful.jpg|Invaders from the Ice World]]", which is a brain-breaking example of [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?]]?

** Also, [[media:supermansnowman.jpg|this issue]] of ''Action Comics'' has Snow [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]] fighting what appears to be a Gentleman Snowman.

* Supes also battles a literal snow golem (Hebrew words on the forehead and everything) in a recent DC comics holiday special.

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** This was followed by ''Jack Frost 2: [[Ninja Pirate Robot Zombie|Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman]]'', a more humorous film, where Jack Frost is eventually defeated by ''a banana''.

* A bit lighter is ''[[Jack Frost 1998 (Film)|Jack Frost 1998]]'', where Michael Keaton has a car accident and wakes up as a snowman. Also notable for including three of Frank Zappa's four children. Woe to anyone who [[Similarly Named Works|intended to rent this film and rented the first one instead]]!!

* There was a 2005 made-for-video movie called ''The Legend of Frosty the Snowman'', a very, very loose sequel to the original [[Rankin Bass Productions]] ''[[Frosty the Snowman|Frosty]]''.

* There was a 2005 made-for-video movie called ''The Legend of Frosty the Snowman'', a very, very loose sequel to the original [[Rankin/Bass Productions]] ''[[Frosty the Snowman|Frosty]]''.

* A ''[[Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer|Rudolph]]''-[[Expy|style]] snowman has a bit part in ''[[Elf]]'' once Buddy (Will Ferrell) leaves the [[Christmas Elves]] behind.

* One of the creatures listed on the monster board in ''[[The Cabin in The Woods (Film)|The Cabin in The Woods]]'' is "Snowman".

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* Fozzie builds a snowman who comes to life in ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]''. They're briefly a double act, but the snowman retreats outside due to heat and heckling.

** ''[[~~Its~~ a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie|It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]'' featured Joe Snow (voiced by Mel Brooks), who was a parody of Sam the Snowman from ''[[Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer]]''. He claimed to be the narrator, but the camera crew said otherwise.

** ''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie|It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]'' featured Joe Snow (voiced by Mel Brooks), who was a parody of Sam the Snowman from ''[[Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer]]''. He claimed to be the narrator, but the camera crew said otherwise.

* The ''[[Pee-Wee's Playhouse]] Christmas Special'' featured an interesting case: Pee-wee builds a regular snowman, and Cowboy Curtis suggests that it'll come to life if they stare at it long enough. And it does, exclaiming, "Why don't you take a picture? It'll last longer!"

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* Regice is a [[Pokémon]] made entirely of Antarctic ice, and it's one of the Legendary Golems.

* ''[[Snow Bros (Video Game)|Snow Bros]].'', a 1990 arcade game, had two snowball-throwing snowmen as the heroes.

* ''[[Clay Fighter]]'' had Bad Mr. Frosty, a badass [[Anti Hero]] snowman.

* ''[[Clay Fighter]]'' had Bad Mr. Frosty, a badass [[Anti-Hero]] snowman.

* ''[[Super Mario 64 (Video Game)|Super Mario 64]]'' had some enemy snowmen in [[Slippy Slidey Ice World|Cool Cool Mountain]] and go under the name 'Mr. Blizzard'.

** They're also in other games, and [[Dummied Out|were meant to be included]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros Wii (Video Game)|New Super Mario Bros Wii]]''.

** ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' featured a snowman miniboss named Sorbetti, who for some reason always disguised himself as an icy planet.

* Games created with [http://www.sawbladesoftware.com/ Power Game Factory] can include living snowmen as enemies.

* The Adventure game ''[[Simon the Sorcerer]]'' had one of these as an obstacle. You get past him by [[Fire Breathing Diner|eating some mints]].

* The Adventure game ''[[Simon the Sorcerer]]'' had one of these as an obstacle. You get past him by [[Fire-Breathing Diner|eating some mints]].

* ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' featured a rather annoying variant in which the only way to defeat them was to knock off their stove-top hats with a difficult aerial maneuver.

** And they ''laughed'' at you the whole time. Jerks.