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[[caption-width-right:280:Be sure to [[MinidressOfPower dress warmly]] when you're about to deliver [[KillItWithIce 0 degrees of hurt]].]]

->''"Born of cold and winter air\\
And mountain rain combining\\
This icy force both foul and fair\\
Has a frozen heart worth mining"''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', "Frozen Heart"

Tropes involving ice, cold, snow, and winter.

Name comes from a line in ''Film/SuburbanCommando''.

Contrast HeatIndex and ThisIndexIsOnFire.

Not to be confused with RuleOfCool, Administrivia/LockedPages, or the Disney franchise ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}''.
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!!Examples:
[floatboxright:
Related:
+ ChristmasTropes
+ InstantIndexJustAddWater
+ PrecipitationIndex
+ ThisIndexBlows
]

[[index]]
* BlueMeansCold: The colour blue is associated with low temperatures.
* BrainFreeze: Cold and frozen food cause headaches.
* BravingTheBlizzard: The heroes have to survive being stuck in a blizzard.
* CatchYourDeathOfCold: Going out in the cold makes you sick.
* ChillOfUndeath: TheUndead are associated with ice and cold.
* ColdCash: Hiding valuables in a fridge or freezer.
* ColdSnap: Will usually have snow, but more like the dangerous blizzard kind of snow.
* ColdTouchSurprise: Someone puts their cold hands on another character to tease, flirt with, or startle them.
* ACrackInTheIce: The best sign that the ice sheet is about to fall apart.
* CryoPrison: Incarcerating criminals [[HumanPopsicle inside a block of ice]].
* CryoSickness: Being thawed out from suspended animation sucks big time.
* DangerThinIce: Walking on thin ice brings risk of falling in and freezing to death.
* DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas: In fiction, Christmas almost always has snow.
* EerieArcticResearchStation: A remote lab in an icy cold location as a tension-filled setting.
* EndlessWinter: The snow isn't going away.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: Negative alignment = negative temperatures.
* ExposedToTheElements: Not dressing warmly, but somehow not affected by the cold.
* FailuresOnIce: Ice is like a banana peel.
* FireIceLightning: Part of a trio of ElementalPowers.
* FireIceDuo: A fire person and ice person working together.
* FireWaterJuxtaposition: In instances where heat visually contrasts with cold.
* FirstSnow: Character hasn't experienced snow before, and may not even know what it is.
* FlashFreezingCoolant: Coolant in a given device will freeze anything it's spilled on.
* FreezeRay: A RayGun with ice abilities.
* FreezeSneeze: Cold temperatures set off the sinuses.
* FrictionlessIce: Instead of falling on ice, video games treat it like a car with faulty brakes.
* FrigidWaterIsHarmless: The harm caused by submersion in very cold water being downplayed or ignored entirely.
* FrozenBodyFluids: When it is so cold, your body fluids freeze solid mid-stream.
* FrozenFoePlatform: Freezing video game enemies to use as platforms.
* GhostlyChill: It's deathly cold, literally.
* GlacialApocalypse: A devastating, global ice age.
* GrimUpNorth: It's cold and dangerous in the northern regions.
* HailfirePeaks: Fire and ice in the same level.
* HairTriggerAvalanche: Snow, loosely packed on a slope, can be set off by sufficient sound.
* HarmlessFreezing: Being frozen solid won't shatter your cells, but just be a form of short cryostasis.
* HibernationMigrationSituation: An animal has to hibernate or migrate for the winter, causing drama.
* HighUpIceUp: High altitudes cause freezing.
* HumanPopsicle: When stasis is done by being trapped in ice.
* HumanSnowball: A snowball gathers up people as it rolls.
* HumanSnowman: Snow falls on a person in the shape of a snowman.
* IceBreaker: Being frozen solid makes something brittle in fiction.
* IceCrystals: When ice is shaped into formations resembling crystal.
* IceMagicIsWater: When elemental magic makes ice and water interchangeable.
* IcePalace: Why stop at an igloo? Make a whole mansion or castle from that ice!
* AnIcePerson: You have ice powers.
* AnIceSuit: A suit that's ice themed, whether to protect from the ice, or just be symbolic.
* IcyBlueEyes: If you're from a cold place, you're bound to have these.
* ImColdSoCold: A stock phrase, as characters may feel cold when they are near death.
* InstantIceJustAddCold: When being cold creates ice, even if there isn't enough water or humidity for it.
* JackFrost: The AnthropomorphicPersonification of ice, snow, and winter.
* KillItWithIce: Various ways ice can be weaponized.
* LetThereBeSnow: Ask for snow, a supernatural person will make it happen.
* LiterallyShatteredLives: Being made solid, and therefore brittle, can happen to people due to freezing.
* LockedInAFreezer: Stuck in a room that can cause you to freeze to death.
* MammothsMeanIceAge: If pachyderms are growing hair, it's not a warm setting. Worse, you're likely in the Ice Age.
* MonsterInTheIce: Large, monstrous things frozen inside glaciers or icebergs.
* MountaintopHealthcare: Freezing cold temperatures and high altitudes are the perfect setting for a state-of-the-art medical facility, for some reason.
* MysteriousAntarctica: It's still not fully explored, so who knows what is in those sub zero lands?
* TheOldNorthWind: When that cold, strong gust from the North is given a physical form (and oftentimes, a harsh personality to go with it.)
* PolarBearsAndPenguins: Having polar bears and penguins in the same place.
* PolarPenguins: Penguins are used as a visual shorthand for cold climates.
* PolarMadness: Too much time in the ice can drive people insane...
* PrettyInMink: A stylish fur is the most luxurious way to stay warm in the cold.
* SizableSnowflakes: Real life snowflakes are measured in millimeters.
* SkiResortEpisode: The main characters visit a ski-resort and [[ExcusePlot go skiing for nearly the entire episode.]]
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: An ice-themed level in a game, often with slippery ice.
* SledDogsThroughTheSnow: In the arctic, sled dogs are used as a form of transportation.
* SnowballFight: Weaponizing snow, but for fun.
* SnowedIn: Snow is packed around your building, vehicle, etc., and you are stuck for a while.
* {{Snowlems}}: Sentient, animated snowmen.
* SnowMeansCold: Snow as a visual shorthand for cold temperatures.
* SnowMeansDeath: Snow as symbolism for death.
* SnowMeansLove: Snow as symbolism for romance.
* SnowySleighBells: If it's snowing and the scene is happy, the music will likely have sleigh bells.
* SpaceIsCold: In fiction, exposure to space can cause instant freezing.
* SpringIsLate: Winter is taking longer than usual.
* ThermalDissonance: Something is hotter or colder than it should be.
* ThermostatTamperTantrum: A character who doesn't like other people changing the thermostat.
* TongueOnTheFlagpole: Put your unprotected skin on something ice cold. We dare you.
* TragicIceCharacter: Characters associated with ice and snow tend to be tragic.
* WhiteTailedReindeer: Reindeer drawn looking more like generic deer than real reindeer.
* WinterOfStarvation: Characters become desperate for food during the winter, and may be driven to doing immoral things to survive.
* WinterRoyalLady: An ice-themed queen or princess uses a fitting title.
* WintryAuroralSky: Icy settings often have aurora-laced skies, even if they are not in polar latitudes.
* YellowSnow: Someone likely peed on the snow.
* YouMustBeCold: Someone put his/her jacket over their peers to protect them from the cold environment, to show that they're a good person underneath.
* {{Yukionna}}: A female {{youkai}} with ice powers.
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