You Must Be Cold: Difference between revisions

** It also doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Jenny, the [[Love Interest]], as she's in [[Damsel in Distress|a pretty hopeless situation]] and still manages to give the villain a pretty big [[Parenthetical Swearing|damn you to Hell]]. Her response when the [[Big Bad]] offers the coat?

{{quote|'''Jenny:''' I'd rather freeze.}}

{{quote|'''Big Bad''': [smirk] "You know, I prefer you that way."}}

:::She then takes the coat.

== Videogames ==

* In ''[[Star Ocean the Second Story]]'', a Private Action in a snow town involves [[Ms. Fanservice]] Celine whining about being cold. Claude tells her she should have put on some clothes and she explains that she cannot use her magic if she covers up her runes (which are on her inner thighs).

* In [[Katawa Shoujo]], one of the earliest events in Shizune's route has Hisao putting his school jacket on her as they run errands in a very cold day. Namely, they had betted on carrying a very big box and Shizune lost, so she's carrying it all alone despite Hisao's protest; then it gets cold and Hisao decides to at least do something for her, and puts the jacket on her.

 

* In ''[[General Protection Fault]]'', Nick gives his coat to Ki while stepping out of their car to discuss their feelings for each other after his "date" with Trudy results in him confessing that he's in love with her. Later, in the "Rendezvous a Paris" arc, Fooker gives his coat to Sharon. In both cases, the female characters are wearing sleeveless dresses.

* After the restaurant explodes in "Not A Good Idea" in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', Torg gives Sasha his flannel to wear over her dress.

 

 

* In ''Rivers Edge'' Matt offers Clarissa his jacket because he thinks he's supposed to (the film is about detachment and alienation in teenagers), but she dismisses his attempt at by-the-book storytelling. The next cut she's wearing it.

* ''[[Star Wars]]'': Leia drapes a cloak around Luke's shoulders when he's recovering from the shock of Ben's [[My Death Is Just the Beginning|apparent]] death at Vader's hands. It's more a gesture of sympathy/comfort, but it still fits here. The irony that she just witnessed her entire home planet's destruction, while he lost a mentor he had known for all of three days, is pointed out in the ''[[Family Guy]]'' "Blue Harvest" parody.

 

 

== Literature ==

* In his book ''Couplehood'' Paul Reiser expresses great indignity that such a phenomenon must exist. In particular he's annoyed that some women refuse to take a coat with them when they leave the house, forcing the guy to give her his coat later. After all, he could see this coming and yet he's the one who ends up cold.

* In a rare male-on-male instance, In [[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|the first Harry Potter book]] in the hut on the rock, Hagrid gives Harry his jacket to keep warm in during the night.

 

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* An especially amusing example on ''[[Leverage]]''. Nate is actually being "judged" by a third party on how well he does on his date with Sophie, {{spoiler|with whom he's already the [[Official Couple]]}}. The third party almost knocks him down a few points for sitting Sophie in a chill, but [[Genre Savvy]] Nate invokes this trope by draping his coat around her shoulders. Once the third party is gone, Sophie quickly passes the coat to Nate, who immediately puts it back on.

* In the ''[[Friends]]'' episode "The One With The Proposal", Chandler and Monica are out on a date. Feeling cold (considering she's wearing a thin dress), Monica asks if she can borrow Chandler's jacket. Unknown to her, he has an engagement ring hidden in the pocket but of course can't tell her and makes up the excuse that if he gives her his jacket, ''he'' will be cold. Subverted in another episode, "The One Where They’re Up All Night", where the crew are all standing on the roof waiting for a comet to appear. Everyone wants to go home and Monica says that she and Chandler have to go because "Chandler's getting chilly." Chandler says "No I'm not." Joey says "Then why are you wearing Monica's jacket?" (Chandler is wearing a pink jacket with the hood up). Finally Chandler insists, "Because it's FLATTERING!"

* A variation occurs in the ''[[Firefly]]'' pilot, when River comes out of the [[Girl in a Box|cryo storage box]] naked and obviously freezing and shivering. Despite all the male characters present, the only person who gives River a coat -- or ''any'' clothing -- is [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold|Inara]].

** In their defense, none of the male characters had their jackets on hand.

* Parodied at one point in ''[[Eureka]]''; Carter and Allison enter a suddenly and mysteriously cold Cafe Diem, and Carter offers Allison the orange traffic vest he's wearing, as payback for a comment she made earlier. She's... less than impressed.

 

 

== Western Animation ==