History ComicBook / Whiteout

* SpottingTheThread: Non-incriminating example. After meeting Pryce at Vostok, Carrie is originally suspicious of his story of being a UN investigator flown in to Antarctica. She also quite reasonably believes he could be the man who killed Mooney and attacked her, because the assailant was wearing a mask. But on the plane ride back, Pryce develops a nosebleed, and Carrie realizes that Pryce has not had time to acclimate to Antarctica's low humidity.

* BiTheWay: Carrie has heavy HomoeroticSubtext with Lily in the first book, and then sleeps with her male Russian ally in the second book. She was also married before the events of the first book.

* LesbianCop: Carrie. Not exclusively, however, as she sleeps with a man in ''Melt'', and she was married to another.

* ShovelStrike: When Cariie catches up with the murderer after he has killed Rubin, she brings him down with a blow from a shovel, and then hits him several times while he is on the ground for good measure.

* DeadFoorLeadfoot: The aviation equivalent. The Soviet pilot catches a stray bullet in the back of the head and slumps forward on the control yoke; putting the plane into a nosedive.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comic book, Carrie is somewhat heavyset and not particularly attractive. In the movie she's ''Creator/KateBeckinsale''. Yeah.

* {{Chickification}}: Greg Rucka mentioned that he did not like the film adaptation because they made Carrie weak, although as he said, "At least they got rid of the scene in the script where she hears someone following her and ''runs away'' -- what was she gonna do, call the cops?"

* {{Fanservice}}: In the film, there is a scene of Carrie taking off her clothes and [[ShowerScene taking a shower]]. Full showers are not allowed at [=McMurdo=] to conserve water.

* RightBehindMe: In the film, Carrie is attacked by the prisoner they are guarding who has somehow escaped from her partner. After a brutal fight she wins and rushes to check on her partner, only to find him on the radio announcing that the prisoner has just escaped and killed Carrie in the process.

* ShowerScene: Kate Beckinsale has one in TheMovie for purely {{fanservice}} reasons, even though "Hollywood showers" are not allowed at the South Pole due to water restrictions.

* ImStandingRightHere: In the film, Carrie is attacked by the prisoner they are guarding who has somehow escaped from her partner. After a brutal fight she wins and rushes to check on her partner, only to find him on the radio announcing that the prisoner has just escaped and killed Carrie in the process.

* RightInFrontOfMe: In the film, Carrie is attacked by the prisoner they are guarding who has somehow escaped from her partner. After a brutal fight she wins and rushes to check on her partner, only to find him on the radio announcing that the prisoner has just escaped and killed Carrie in the process.

* EerieArticResearchStation: The story follows USMarshal Carrie Stetko's investigation of a murder at [=McMurdo=] Station in Antarctica. The sequel, ''Whiteout: Melt'', deals with the theft of hidden nuclear weapons from an ex-Soviet base.

The first comic book written by novelist Creator/GregRucka and published by Creator/OniPress, ''Whiteout'' is the story of USMarshal Carrie Stetko's investigation of a murder in Antarctica. It lasted for four issues (July–November 1998). A sequel, "Whiteout: Melt" (September 1999–February 2000), deals with the theft of hidden nuclear weapons from an ex-Soviet base, and a film adaptation was released in the United States on September 11, 2009.

* BiTheWay: Carrie has heavy HomoeroticSubtext with Lily in the first book, and then sleeps with her male Russian ally in the second book.

* {{Chickification}}: Greg Rucka mentioned that he did not like the film adaptation because they made Carrie weak, although "At least they got rid of the scene in the script where she hears someone following her and ''runs away'' -- what was she gonna do, call the cops?"

* {{Fanservice}}: In the film, there is a scene of Carrie taking off her clothes and [[ShowerScene taking a shower]].

The first comic book written by novelist Creator/GregRucka, ''Whiteout'' is the story of USMarshal Carrie Stetko's investigation of a murder in Antarctica. It lasted for four issues (July–November 1998). A sequel, "Whiteout: Melt" (September 1999–February 2000), deals with the theft of hidden nuclear weapons from an ex-Soviet base, and a film adaptation was released in the United States on September 11, 2009.

* {{Fanservice}}: In the film, Carrie taking off her clothes and [[ShowerScene taking a shower]].

* {{Fanservice}}: Carrie taking off her clothes and [[ShowerScene taking a shower]].

* IndyPloy: When Lily encounters a hostage crisis. See above.

* ButchLesbian: Carrie, though she still wears her hair in a feminine style, and she was married to a man in the past.

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets

* ButchLesbian: Carrie, though she still wears her hair in a feminine style, and she was married to a guy in the past.
* {{Chickification}}: Greg Rucka mentioned that he did not like the film adaptation because they made Carrie weak, although "At least they got rid of the scene in the script where she hears someone following her and ''runs away'' – what was she gonna do, call the cops?"
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Carrie killed a crook whose testimony would have been integral to a major trial, but she wasn't fired because she killed him in the course of saving her superior, who the guy had incapacitated. And her husband died of cancer just before their first anniversery.

* EmptyQuiver: ''Whiteout: Melt''
* ExecutiveMeddling: The film lost its [[LovelyAngels second female lead]] because executives feared that men would not go see a movie with two female leads. Carrie herself was [[{{Chickification}} turned into a much less dynamic character]] in order to give her male co-stars adequate supporting actions. Again, she's a ''U.S. Marshal''.

* {{Fingore}}: Carrie has to have her right index and middle fingers amputated due to frostbite-induced gangrene.

* LesbianCop: Carrie. Not exclusively, however, as she sleeps with a guy in ''Melt'', and she was married to a guy.

* ShowerScene: Kate Beckinsale has one in TheMovie for purely fanservice reasons, even though "Hollywood showers" are not allowed at the South Pole due to water restrictions.

* USMarshal: Carrie

* ButchLesbian: Carrie, though she still wears her hair in a feminine style.

* DarkAndTroubledPast

* ExecutiveMeddling: The film lost its [[LovelyAngels second female lead]] because executives feared that men would not go see a movie with two female leads. Carrie herself was [[{{Chickification}} turned into a much less dynamic character]] in order to give her male co-stars adequate supporting actions.

* {{Fingore}}

* HumanShield
* IndyPloy: When Lily encounters a hostage crisis.

* LesbianCop: Carrie. Not exclusively, however, as she sleeps with a guy in ''Melt''.

* RapeAsBackstory: Carrie was sent to Antarctica after she killed a suspect in her custody who had tried to rape her.

The first comic book written by novelist Creator/GregRucka, ''Whiteout'' is the story of USMarshal Carrie Stetko's investigation of a murder in Antarctica. It lasted for 4 issues (July-November, 1998). A sequel, "Whiteout: Melt" (September, 1999-February, 2000), deals with the theft of hidden nuclear weapons from an ex-Soviet base, and a film adaptation was released in the US on September 11, 2009.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comic book Carrie is somewhat heavyset and not particularly attractive. In the movie she's ''Kate Beckinsale''. Yeah.

* {{Chickification}}: Greg Rucka mentioned that he did not like the film adaptation because they made Carrie weak, although "At least they got rid of the scene in the script where she hears someone following her and ''runs away'' - what was she gonna do, call the cops?"

* DefrostingIceQueen / DeadpanSnarker: Carrie

* ExecutiveMeddling: The film lost its [[LovelyAngels second female lead]] because executives feared men would not go see a movie with two female leads. Carrie herself was [[{{Chickification}} turned into a much less dynamic character]] in order to give her male co-stars adequate supporting actions.
* FanService: Carrie taking off her clothes and [[ShowerScene taking a shower.]]

* IndyPloy: When Lily is faced with a hostage crisis.

* LovelyAngels: Carrie and Lily in the first ''Whiteout'', averted in the film adaptation.

* ShoutOut: Carrie drinks coffee out of a DykesToWatchOutFor mug.
* ShowerScene: Kate Beckinsale in TheMovie for purely fanservice reasons, even though "Hollywood showers" are not allowed at the South Pole due to water restrictions.

* TheyFightCrime: Despite its locale and the nuclear issues, both stories (and the film) are about a US Marshal investigating a murder and the surrounding conspiracy.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Lily and Carrie have [[LesYay a lot of tension between the two of them]], [[WordOfGay deliberately]], to reflect the same tension that often arises in {{Buddy Cop Show}}s. Thoroughly resolved without Lily in ''Melt''.

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