History Main / FreezeRay

** "The Iceman". The title {{Villain}} has an Ice-Ray Projector that can be used to create a wall of ice between the Ghost Planet and its sun as well as encasing Space Ghost in ice.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'' MIB agents often use the Icer, a freeze ray which is frequently used to non-lethally subdue and capture enemies. Special notice should go to the fact that it can freeze fire.

** On the cover of ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[http://superdickery.com/images/stories/bondage/277_4_162.jpg #162]], Minister Blizzard has frozen Steve Trevor with his freeze ray gun and is about to do the same to Franchise/WonderWoman.

Note that coldness [[ArtisticLicensePhysics doesn't quite work that way]]; coldness isn't energy, but rather lack of it (from the point of view of our environment's parameters). As such, you can't transfer coldness; you make things cold by transferring heat away from them. But, [[MST3KMantra it isn't really worth getting into]] ''heated'' debates over the mechanics of the FreezeRay. So what if it's another example of writers giving [[NoConservationOfEnergy Conservation of Energy]] the cold shoulder? They've been getting along just fine over the years thanks in part to the {{Rule of|Cool}} [[HurricaneOfPuns Cool]].

* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Warehouse 23''. The Greys (space aliens) have a FreezeRay device that can fire a beam of focused cold at the target, freezing it solid and coating it with ice.

* ''VideoGame/WarFrontTurningPoint'': an earlier example. The [[RedsWithRockets Soviet Union]], with their can deploy air-dropped [[SovietSuperscience freeze bombs]] and "[[FreezeRay Ice Spitter]]" Tanks in advance of an attack force; the metaphor used in-game is ''"canned Siberian weather"''. Frozen units recover after a time, but are very vulnerable to damage and immobile.

Real world physics experiments which require extreme cold near absolute zero use [[FrickinLaserBeams lasers]] to perform 'atom trapping', slowly punting the target with photons to stop it bouncing around uncontrollably. If your target isn't a blob of already-supercold gas comprising a few dozen atoms though, you'll find this technique less than useful.

* On the cover of ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[http://superdickery.com/images/stories/bondage/277_4_162.jpg #162]], Minister Blizzard has frozen Steve Trevor with his freeze ray gun and is about to do the same to Franchise/WonderWoman.
** Wonder Woman actually has ''two'' rogues with this gimmick. There's the aforementioned Minister Blizzard and then there is Byrna Brilyant(the Blue Snowman) who uses variety of weapons with freezing abilities.

* Mister Freeze (again) from ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.

** Reappears in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''. Once, Bruce himself uses an old freeze gun, which he keeps as a memento, to against Inque. The second time, Inque learns to destroy the gun first. In another episode, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Derek Powers]] clones Freeze and implants the villain's memories into the clone. When Freeze has a relapse of his condition, he dons an upgraded suit, which has built-in freeze rays.

* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', [[Creator/WentworthMiller Leonard Snart]] gets his hands on a "cold gun" created by Cisco in case Barry turned out to be evil, figuring that a gun that slows down molecules is the only real weapon that can stop someone with SuperSpeed. Snart (whom Cisco dubs "Captain Cold") learns to use the gun quite effectively both against the cops and Barry. He gives Barry a SadisticChoice, when the latter corners him on a train: Barry can either chase down the bad guy, or save a train full of people that's about to be derailed by the cold gun. Naturally, Barry chooses the latter, but Snart doesn't run away and nearly kills Barry. Cisco tricks Snart by threatening him with the prototype cold gun (it's actually a vacuum cleaner with some LED strips attached).
** His counterpart from the 1990 series had the {{BFG}} version.

* Mr. Freeze(again) in the 1960's ''Series/{{Batman}}'' show.

* A staple of Dr. Eggman's winter-themed weapons in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' games.

* A staple of Dr. Eggman's winter-themed weapons in ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games.

* ''Film/SuburbanCommando'' has a freeze weapon that two hoods find and use to rob a bank. It's the source of the MemeticMutation "I WAS FROZEN TODAY!"

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' not only has [[AbnormalAmmo Cryo Ammunition]], but the appropriately named M-622 Avalanche heavy weapon from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' is essentially a hand held ice ''cannon''.

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* Gru from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' wields a freeze ray he invented, making for a comical opening scene of him cutting in line at the coffee shop by casually zapping people while[[CallingYourAttacks shouting "Freeze ray!!"]] Conveniently, the HarmlessFreezing effect allows him to be a villain without actually killing anyone.
* The Prequel ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' shows a much younger Dr. Nefario demonstrating the gun to an audience (and freezing his own hand) in Villain-Con, which implies Gru actually got the gun (or perhaps stole it) from him.

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* ''Film/{{Predator 2}}''. Peter Keys' team had "nitrogen guns" (liquid nitrogen backpacks attached to sprayers), which they planned to use to freeze (and thereby capture) the Predator.
* There are some examples from the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' series, tanks that shoot freeze rays, the [[Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah Super X-3]] has freeze missiles and beams, and [[Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla Kiryu]] had a Absolute Zero cannon [[ChestBlaster in his chest]]. They are the few weapons to actually ''work'' on Kaiju.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' not only has [[AbnormalAmmunition Cryo Ammunition]], but the appropriately named M-622 Avalanche heavy weapon from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' is essentially a hand held ice ''cannon''.

* A few ''SuperSentai''[=/=]''PowerRangers'' weapons have had this.

A SubTrope of ImpossiblyCoolWeapon and RayGun.

* Gru from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' wields a freeze ray he invented, making for a comical opening scene of him cutting in line at the coffee shop by casually zapping people while shouting "Freeze ray!!" Conveniently, the HarmlessFreezing effect allows him to be a villain without actually killing anyone.

* Mr. Freeze in the 1960's ''Series/{{Batman}}'' show.

* In the first stage of ''VideoGame/InTheHunt'', you submarine had to navigate a series of icebergs with these attached. They [[HarmlessFreezing couldn't kill you]], but they would make your character temporarily immobilized. Interestingly enough, they could do this to enemy subs too.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' has the appropriately named Cryocopters and later Cryo Legionnaires. There is also superweapon version Cryoshot/Cryoblast/Cryogeddon. These are [[HarmlessFreezing mostly harmless]], but frozen objects will [[LiterallyShatteredLives shatter]] if hit with the slightest damage, and for air units (done by cryo legionnaires garrissoned in a multigunner turret/IFV) the result is not something to laugh at since they will immediately come crashing down when frozen.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' not only has Cryo Ammunition, but the appropriately named M-622 Avalanche heavy weapon from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' is essentially a hand held ice ''cannon''.

* In ''Videogame/{{Overwatch}}'', Mei's main weapon is an ice gun that fires off a freezing spray that freezes enemies solid as well as fire icicles and create a wall of ice.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Space 1889}}'' has freeze ray as a possible invention.