A seemingly ordinary day in January becomes subtly stranger for the citizens of ''Roleplay/InkCity'' when something... ''shifts''. While everything looks the same, save for the recent snowfalls adding plenty of white to the landscape, many of its residents briefly feel quite odd. [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Dot]] asks if anyone else [[TastesLikePurple just tasted purple]]; while nobody else appears to have experienced that, they generally agree that ''something's'' different now.

Still, the momentary oddity is swiftly forgotten, as everyone goes about their normal business. New arrivals show up from the Well, just like always. [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinkie Pie]] delivers cupcakes to everyone, including some very confused [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Decepticons]]. [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Tigger]] discovers that Christopher Robin recently arrived, and the pair have a happy reunion... while [[Franchise/AceAttorney Kay]] starts to realize some of her friends may have gone home without her.

But it just keeps getting colder. And colder. And colder... Until just two days later, a sudden snowstorm sweeps in, catching many residents by surprise and away from their homes, forcing them to take shelter wherever they can find it.

[[VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame Marty McFly]]'s got a particularly rough time of it. Having just arrived in Ink City on the day everything ''shifted'', he finds himself with a half-buried [[CoolCar DeLorean]] and his newly acquired stalker [[WesternAnimation/AeonFlux Trevor]] showing up to play TheCavalry. With no other options, he's forced to accept the dubious honor of being invited back to the MadScientist's compound to wait out the storm... and try to ensure his host doesn't get his hands on anything he can use.

Most of the residents are luckier. [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Bumblebee]] was escorting [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Wasp]] to their base when the storms hit, but are fortunate enough to meet up with [[WesternAnimation/RegularShow Don]] and get invited back to [[Franchise/AceAttorney Edgeworth's Mansion]]. [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} Yosuke]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite his Zorua Kyoko]] wind up at [[WesternAnimation/VeggieTales Larry the Cucumber's]] , while [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells Aisling]] and [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Blurr]] are invited to stay with VideoGame/ProfessorLayton. Despite his distrust of all the other residents, [[WesternAnimation/{{Nine}} One]] can't bring himself to turn Kay away when she shows up. [[{{Youkai}} Ava]] also sneaks into [[VideoGame/Persona4 Souji's]] place to find food, while Teddie crashes with [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Shiro]]. [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Optimus Prime]] gives a hitchhiking [[VideoGame/HalfLife Freeman]] a ride, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] invites [[WesternAnimation/RegularShow Mordecai]] to crash at the library with her and Spike, and [[WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy Ren]] ends up at VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'s. Webcomic/{{Digger}} and Elias find themselves staying at [[Webcomic/ErfWorld the Tower of Efdup]], and [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]], having left her own tower, stumbles across E. Nigma's humble abode.

As the storms continue, those concerned citizens who can withstand the cold venture out to find anyone who might be stranded and need help. [[WesternAnimation/ArthurChristmas Arthur]] helps [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]] break through the ice and carries her to [[Webcomic/OneOverZero Petitus']] place. Kat finds [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash]] struggling through the snow with Pikachu and transports him to Shiro's Pokemon Center, while Legato and Rock find Ichigo keeping her garden warm and carry her back home.

[[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Dot]], meanwhile, has to deal with her brothers [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Rigby]] going progressively stir-crazy. Three Warners and a raccoon trained in the art of toon antics do ''not'' do well inside for long periods of time.

In the middle of all this, new arrivals still crawl out of the well. Among them is [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Swindle]], who soon discovers this world's 'Cons are not like the ones back home, and responds to Blurr's less than friendly welcome by trapping him in the well. [[VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition York]] also arrives... And [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Hades]] responds to finding himself spat out into a snowstorm by forcibly defrosting the area around the well.

After just over a week of snow, ice and gloom, the weather takes a shift towards surprisingly warm, and everything starts melting away, letting everyone who couldn't handle the cold return to their homes. Really, [[Franchise/KungFuPanda Tai Lung]] thinks they were all just overreacting...

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!!!This Event includes examples of:

* BigDamnHeroes
* BrutalHonesty: Ichigo doesn't even think twice before telling Dot she'd been out in the snowstorm without even realizing how bad it was getting. This earns her a FacePalm.
* CabinFever
* ContemplateOurNavels: A few citizens spend the time indoors thinking a lot. Lune, in particular, is eventually driven to ask the city what exactly makes someone a monster.
* ImplausibleDeniability: Caught elbow-deep in the [=DeLorean=], Trevor claims that he just 'lost a lens' in there. Marty doesn't buy it.
* InsistentTerminology: Marty repeatedly tells Trevor that the [=DeLorean=] is not ''his'' car, but belongs to a friend.
* InterfaceScrew: In-universe: Blurr's distress signals are scrambled by the Ink Well so that they come out completely backwards.
* NoSell: Being a snow leopard, Tai Lung isn't affected by the weather at all and finds the others' reactions "cute".
* OrcusOnHisThrone: [[Toys/{{Bionicle}} Makuta]] muses to himself that he ''could'' send out a lightning storm to melt the snow, but is more amused to just sit and let everyone else struggle through it.
* PaintingTheMedium: The voice in Ren's head, which normally speaks in red, temporarily switches over to purple after the shift. Judging from their reaction, this wasn't intentional.
* [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Real Life Influences The Plot]]: While the snowstorm event was already planned, and the city moves just ''before'' everything gets blanketed, the timing was fortitious.
* RelationshipValues: Souji unintentionally creates The Tower Social Link with Ava, despite already ''having'' that one back home.
* SkewedPriorities: Nevermind being stranded in a storm, Ren's first instinct upon spotting Legato is to bean him with a snowball!
* SnowedIn
* TastesLikePurple: Dot did, at least!
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Discussed when Ichigo confides to Legato how she wishes she had powers over more than strawberries. Legato reassures her that HeartIsAnAwesomePower.