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1'''Basic Trope''': A character has ice- and/or snow-based powers.
2* '''Straight''': MagicalGirlWarrior [[MeaningfulName Yuki]] has the innate ability to freeze objects, whether through touch, frost breath, or a freeze beam. However, [[ElementalRockPaperScissors she is susceptible to fire-based attacks]].
3* '''Exaggerated''':
4** Yuki can freeze over ''a whole star'' without even breaking a sweat.
5** She's literally made of ice, and can freeze anything just by touching it.
6** Yuki can conjure millions of giant icebergs to rain death upon all.
7* '''Downplayed''':
8** Yuki can cool down hot matter to about room temperature.
9** Yuki leaves a small amount of frost when she touches a certain thing.
10* '''Justified''': Yuki was granted magical powers, or she is of a particular species (e.g. [[HumanoidAlien alien]], mutant, ice dragon, [[{{Youkai}} yuki-onna]]) for whom such abilities are natural.
11* '''Inverted''': [[MeaningfulName Kaji]] can [[PlayingWithFire set objects on fire]] at will.
12* '''Subverted''':
13** Yuki says she's going to freeze the food, but places it in the freezer.
14** Alternatively, Yuki wears blue, lives in an IcePalace in the GrimUpNorth... and her power is [[PlayingWithFire burning things.]]
15* '''Double Subverted''':
16** Which is powered by her own ice powers.
17** But she also has ice powers in addition to fire.
18* '''Parodied''': Yuki and her LoveInterest are making out, and [[TongueOnTheFlagpole his tongue gets stuck to her.]]
19* '''Zig Zagged''': Yuki freezes matter by absorbing heat - [[PlayingWithFire which she can then project]]
20* '''Averted''': Nobody has snow or ice powers whatsoever.
21* '''Enforced''': "We've got someone with [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and someone with [[ShockAndAwe lightning]], so [[FireIceLightning lets give Yuki ice]]."
22* '''Lampshaded''': "That's pretty [[{{Pun}} cool]], but can you [[HypocriticalHumor chill out]] on all the puns?"
23* '''Invoked''': Yuki injects herself with a SuperSerum that gives her the ability to manipulate ice.
24* '''Exploited''':
25** The bad guys arm themselves with flamethrowers and Molotov cocktails because they know about Yuki.
26** A bad guy makes a big show of living in a snowy palace surrounded by ice and polar bears, and then breaks out the water powers when the fire-based heroes show up.
27* '''Defied''': [[PlayingWithFire Fire mage]] Kaji goes around hunting and killing anyone with ice abilities.
28* '''Discussed''': "I think the coolest power to have would be ice, especially since we've moved to Florida."
29* '''Conversed''': "How is it that whenever Yuki freezes someone, [[HarmlessFreezing they don't suffer from frostbite or any other adverse effects]]? [[FridgeLogic This show makes no sense if you think hard enough]]."
30* '''Implied''': Everywhere Yuki goes, things start freezing over. She's never seen consciously using that gift, though.
31* '''Deconstructed''': Anything that Yuki touches freezes, and that includes ''people''. She isolates herself from her loved ones out of fear that she'll hurt them.
32* '''Reconstructed''': She finds a way to control her powers, such as wearing [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 specialized gloves]] to counteract the freezing touch.
33* '''Played For Laughs''': Yuki becomes a face for a company producing freezers.
34* '''Played For Drama''': People assume that PersonalityPowers is in effect and think Yuki is an IceQueen, so she has a hard time making friends.
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