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7 [[caption-width-right:276:Come in and warm yourself by this roaring ice cube...]]
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9->''"Now it's just you, me, and fire so cold it burns."''
10-->--'''Ultimate Big Chill''', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien''
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12Fire is hot--[[RhymesOnADime except when it's not]]. Sometimes, one of the special properties of [[MagicFire magical]] or [[FauxFlame illusory fire]] is that it doesn't burn things, although, oddly enough, it may still require fuel. Sometimes, the non-burning property only applies to certain classes of objects, such as fire which doesn't burn people but will burn anything else, or fire which only burns living organisms. Typically the fire in question will be [[TechnicolorFire pale blue]] to indicate that it's cold rather than hot (although blue fire in real life is hotter than normal orange/yellow fire).
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14Sometimes, the flames will actually be cold (in varying intensities), and not just not hot (scientifically a flame that's cold wouldn't be flame, but rather a cryogenic vapor that's luminescent, causing it to look like flame).
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16See also ConvectionSchmonvection, for when fires supposedly ''are'' hot, but don't quite behave like it. This can be a property of SacredFlames, at least when it comes to dealing with the faithful, though they can just be cool to begin with. Compare FauxFlame, which looks and might even act like fire, but isn't.
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24* ''Manga/{{Ayashimon}}'': The BigBad Doppo Akari is a powerful hitorima Ayashimon who produces flames that instead of burning the victim, they absorb their heat and freeze them.
25* ''Manga/DGrayMan'': One of the Akuma in the Rewinding Town arc's QuirkyMinibossSquad has the Ice Fire power, giving it the ability to produce cold flames that can freeze just about anything that isn't organic.
26* One variety of mushi featured in ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}'' feeds off human body heat by appearing to its victims as an open flame. If a person huddles close to it for warmth, it saps their heat from them until they freeze to death. Interestingly, these mushi - called "''kagebi''," meaning "shadow fire" - can also be used to boil water and cook food, which if then ingested cause internal frostbite.
27* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', WordOfGod states that Marco's blue phoenix flames do not burn or produce heat like normal flames, instead they are what allow him to [[HealingFactor heal]].
28* When a [[LimitedUseMagicalDevice magic scroll]] is used in ''[[Literature/Overlord2012 Overlord]]'', it bursts into heatless flames.
29* In ''Manga/WitchHatAtelier'', cold flames that don't go out but produce light were a magical invention proposed to the council evaluating such devices before they're made publically available. They denied it, on the reasoning that children might play with it and learn that fire is harmless and can be touched.
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33* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': The Jason Macendale Jack O'Lantern (who later became Hobgoblin) has flames all over his helmet, yet doesn't get burned due to the fire being a variant called "stage fire," which is used in theatrical productions to simulate flame. He also has an air supply within the helmet -- separate from the fire's air supply -- that helps keep the helmet cool.
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37* ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVIITheStoneOfColdFire'': the subtitle refers to a comet seen crashing by Littlefoot. A few characters believe it to be a legendary "Stone of Cold Fire" that would grant their finders special powers. When found, it just turns out to be a mere rock, though, as much as meteorites can be called mere.
38* ''WesternAnimation/SecretMagicControlAgency'': In the pastry shop that Gretel and Hansel investigate, Hansel begins to feel chilly and sits in front of the fire to warm up. He quickly realizes that the fire isn't producing any heat, and is the same as the cold fire he uses for his stage magic.
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42* ''Literature/AChorusOfDragons'': Demons consume heat and produce cold, and thus when they create fire they do so in the form of cold blue flames.
43* ''Literature/ColdfireTrilogy'': The AntiVillain developed his own version of fire magic that burns cold rather than hot. As an undead, it's the only way he can safely wield fire.
44* ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'': The minor Outer Gods Aphoom-Zhah and Tulzscha from are both {{Elemental Embodiment}}s of this sort. The former is a [[TechnicolorFire gray flame]] that consumes heat rather than emitting it, whilst the latter is comprised of "{{sickly green|Glow}}" flames that "radiate the clamminess of death and corruption" and leave a "noxious, venomous verdigris" wherever they touch. Aphoom-Zhah literally freezes whatever it touches, though Tulzscha is implied to be more of a poison or radiation elemental.
45* ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising'': Hawkin summons nine large magical freezing cold flames that represent the power of the Dark and the spells of the Deep Cold.
46* ''Literature/DaughtersOfTheMoon'': The Atrox, an ancient force of evil, empowers its trusted followers to create an ice-cold fire through a magical ritual. It [[ImmortalityInducer grants immortality]] to anyone who enters it at the Atrox's invitation, or [[LoyalPhlebotinum a horrible death to anyone else]].
47* ''Literature/DreamPark'': The [[ShowWithinAShow South Seas Treasure Game]] scenario includes a form of "reverse fire", that un-burns ashes and causes frostbite on contact, as a plot device.
48* ''Literature/TheGalacticConsul'': One novel is set on a planet whose native culture discovered a form of low-temperature plasma that doesn't burn if handled right (but is deadly otherwise) and adapted it into a weapon. The scientists are as baffled by its physics by the end of the novel as they are at the start.
49* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
50** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'':
51*** Hermione puts some non-burning magical fire in a jar to keep the trio warm in winter. Later she uses it to trick Snape into thinking his robes have caught fire and scoops it back into the jar when she's done. (In the film, the latter is changed to the regular kind of fire.)
52*** During the trials to reach the Stone, Snape's challenge has the entrance and exit blocked off by magical fire. Only by drinking the correct potion will it be safe for one to pass through them.
53** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'': The textbook Harry reads reveals that the spell to negate flames is called the Flame Freezing Charm, and reduces their effects to a mild tickling sensation. During the era of [[BurnTheWitch witch burnings]], witches and wizards would use this charm to survive their execution and subsequently fake their deaths. One witch, Wendelin the Weird, [[TooKinkyToTorture loved being "burned"]] and let herself be captured several times in various disguises.
54* ''Literature/TheNekropolisArchives'': The city of Nekropolis is surrounded by Phlegethon, a river of green fire which is cold rather than hot and burns the spirit rather than the flesh.
55* ''Literature/RiseOfTheLivingForge'': Arwin's [Soul Flame] is very real and very hot — but since it's part of his soul, it doesn't burn him. Even the items heated by it don't harm him; he can reach into the forge and shape red-hot metal with his bare hands. Anyone working with him doesn't have that luxury, though.
56* ''Literature/TheSagaOfHervorAndHeidrek'': When Hervor is looking for her father's gravemound in a haunted burial ground at night, there are ghostly "grave-fires" burning on the barrows. As it turns out, Hervor can go right through these fires without getting burned.
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60* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Captain Cold's gun fires a blue flame that reaches absolute zero. Initially, Cisco designed the weapon in mind to counter the Flash's SuperSpeed in case he ever went rogue. It's too bad that a janitor stole the gun and it had to fall into Captain Cold's hands of all people.
61* Nepol in ''Series/{{Galidor}}'' uses a campfire with blue flames to stay cool; as AnIcePerson from another dimension with different physics, his temperature senses are inverted.
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65* In the Literature/BookOfExodus, an angel of the Lord speaks to Moses from a bush that burns but is not consumed.
66* In UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}}, mainly UsefulNotes/{{Kabbalah}}, there are 4 types of flames that are differentiated by their capabilities:
67** Fire that consumes solids but does not vaporize water
68** Fire that does not consume solids but does vaporize water
69** Fire that consumes solids and that also consumes water
70** Fire that doesn't consume solids or vaporize water
71* Verse 21:69 in the Literature/TheQuran says: "O Fire! Become cool and safe for Abraham!"
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75* The magic system of ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica'' can modify or remove core aspects of things, altering fires to produce light but no heat or vice versa.
76* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
77** Module I4 ''Oasis of the White Palm'': In the Temple of Set, the {{PC}}s can find a brazier filled with [[TechnicolorFire violet flames]]. The flames don't give off heat and don't burn wood. However, if they touch living flesh, they burn it, causing serious damage.
78** The ''Continual Flame'' spell creates a permanent fire that doesn't burn or use oxygen and is used to make ''Everlasting Torches''.
79** Rimefire eidolons burn with icy blue fire, which deals equal parts ice and fire damage and can be thrown at a distance.
80** ''TabletopGame/{{Mystara}}'': The halfling Masters' racial artifact is blackflame: a dark-colored, frigid "fire" that burns inflammable substances and radiates shadow rather than light.
81** ''Blackfire'' and its nastier cousin ''Blightfire'' are powerful {{Necroman|cer}}tic effects that feed on the life force of the target rather than any physical substance, and cannot be extinguished by ordinary means.
82** Drow can create faerie fire, harmless flames that illuminate targets. Its usefulness varies with the setting, but in general it helps make targets easier to hit.
83** In 5e, the Transmuted Spell Metamagic can alter the elemental damage of a spell. This allows the user to turn fire spells into, among other things, ice spells.
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87* In ''VideoGame/{{Alchademy}}'', Flayme, an alchemist whose body is made of fire, states that he can control his flames so that they don't burn everything they touch.
88* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' multiplayer maps, fire is often present in small amounts (think burning wreckage) but entirely cosmetic. A player can stand next to or even ''in'' it and suffer no damage.
89* Subverted with the Frozen Flame in ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''. While there are many different in-universe ideas of what this thing is, most people simply think it's some kind of cold fire, or fire trapped in ice (That has special powers). It's actually [[spoiler:a fragment of Lavos that survived its destruction after the events of the [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger previous game]]]].
90* ''VideoGame/DareToDream'': The third episode has a pillar of blue fire that actually freezes water you hold close to it.
91* ''VideoGame/DontStarve'': The Reign of Giants DLC includes the craftable Endothermic Fire to cool down in the summer.
92* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' has "ghostflame", a white/pale blue flame that deals Magic damage instead of Fire and inflicts the Frostbite status effect.
93* In ''VideoGame/GodOfWar2018'' and its sequel ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok Ragnarok]]'', the item that upgrades the Leviathan Axe is the Frozen Flame. Its description even highlights its paradoxial nature, but in doing so reflects Kratos' character at this stage in his life: "The rage of fire and the temper of ice".
94* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
95** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfSeasons'': the miniboss Frypolar uses the same flame-based sprite as it does in its fiery one, but recolored blue and themed around ice and cold.
96** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' has a bottle item called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Blue Fire"]] that is described as a "cool flame". It has a counterpart in the form of Red Ice which only it can melt.
97** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'': A similar type of fire allows the [[BattleBoomerang boomerang]] to freeze water after being "burned" by it.
98* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne2'': The StylisticSuck episodes of the ''Captain Baseball Bat Boy'' [[ShowWithinAShow TV show]] involve him dodging "shards of frozen fire" at one point.
99* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': The Fire-type attack ''Will-O-Wisp'' doesn't do any damage, but it always inflicts a [[StatusEffects burn]] upon its target if it hits. It's also generally depicted as TechnicolorFire instead of normal fiery colors, and is more commonly associated with [[HitodamaLight Ghost-type Pokémon]] than it is with Fire-types.
100* ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon'': In one level, Spyro's fire breath will become cold and can freeze enemies.
101* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'':
102** You can make Ice Torches, which can be used to craft lamps, campfires, and chandeliers.
103** Certain items and enemies inflict the Frostburn debuff, which reduces health over time and cancels health regen; arrows with this effect are made with ice torches. Hardmode has a stronger version called Frostbite.
104* ''VideoGame/VermintideII'': When Sienna turns from [[PlayingWithFire Pyromancy]] to {{Necromanc|er}}y, her flames turn [[TechnicolorFire blue-green]] and cold, burning slower, longer, and inflicting a DamageIncreasingDebuff.
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108* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the fire summons created during the "New and Old Flames" storyline are made of solid fire that doesn't burn and can even be [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2011-05-06 grappled]] without harm.
109* In ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'', when a MagicMisfire explodes and [[http://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch05/ch05_03.html leaves behind]] cold flames, it's a sign that the BackgroundMagicField of the Khert has overloaded and is messing with reality. Although they're physically harmless, it's very bad news, since it means the fire's energy is discharging into the Khert instead.
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113* ''WebOriginal/SeldnacRae'': Every Seldnac has flames on top of their ears, but while they produce light, they do not produce heat and thus also do not burn anything.
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117* From ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'', Ultimate Big Chill can shoot out flames that turn into solid ice after burning for a few seconds.
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121* There are some flammable solutions in RealLife that ignite at very low temperatures and don't produce enough heat to burn other things unless exposed for a prolonged period. [[ViolationOfCommonSense One can use them to set a person on fire]] [[ImmediateSelfContradiction for a few minutes without burning them]].
122* Scientist have discovered an exoplanet with an atmospheric pressure so intense that it has lakes of ''boiling ice.''
123* Making a plasma that can freeze water is possible by ionizing an element such as Helium such that the electrons are hot, but the heavier atoms are cold and do not heat up its surroundings. [[https://youtube.com/shorts/LXoj5qQA1no?feature=share This video goes into further detail.]]
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