History Film / TheHuntsmanWintersWar

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!!''The Huntsman: Winter's War'' exhibits the following tropes:

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''The Huntsman: Winter's War'' is both a prequel and a sequel to the 2012 action fantasy ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'' and combines elements of both the German folktale of [[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]] and Andersen’s ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'', and was released in North America on April 22, 2016.

* {{Expy}}: Freya is very similar to Elsa from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''. Not only are both of them pale, [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds traumatized]], cryokinetic queens. They both have their powers fluctuate based on their emotional states, both build isolated ice castles for themselves to dwell in and both make a sacrifice for someone they love. For bonus points, Freya is also the name of a deity from Norse mythology, while Elsa rules Arendelle, which is the Disney's fictional counterpart of Norway. However this is more justified than most, as both films borrowed from the Creator/HansChristianAndersen story ''Literature/TheSnowQueen''. Freya is quite close to what Elsa was originally imagined as, before they decided to rewrite her into a misunderstood AntiVillain.

* BetaCouple: One of the dwarves trumpets out that dwarf maidens are notorically bad tempered, and he prefers not to. The party promptly runs into the nets of a pair of them. Bitchily ever after.

* BrokenBird: Freya is violently temperamental a megalomaniac. She's also traumatized, sensitive and shows signs of severe anxiety, and seems to genuinely care for the children she steals.

* HamToHamCombat: Their first scenes together are subdued but by the climax, Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt hold nothing back in seeing who can chew the most scenery.

** Colin Morgan [[{{Series/Merlin}} once again]] has an ill-fated romance with a woman called Freya.

Decades before she came to Snow White’s kingdom, the evil Queen Ravenna (Creator/CharlizeTheron) had a sister named Freya (Creator/EmilyBlunt) who fell in love with a man of Ravenna’s court. She became pregnant by him, but one night she found that her beloved had murdered their daughter. Her great despair caused Freya’s magical powers to emerge and she became the Ice Queen. Seeking her own kingdom she went to the north, were one by one the once fertile realms are turned into the GrimUpNorth by Freya’s power.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: Freya rides a polar bear.

* {{Expy}}: Freya is very similar to Elsa from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''. Not only are both of them pale, [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds traumatized]], cryokinetic queens. They both have their powers fluctuate based on their emotional states, both build isolated ice castles for themselves to dwell in and both make a sacrifice for someone they love. For bonus points, Freya is also the name of a deity from Norse mythology, while Elsa rules Arendelle, which is the Disney's fictional counterpart of Norway. However this is more justified than most, as both films borrowed from the Hans Christian Anderson story ''Literature/TheSnowQueen''. Freya is quite close to what Elsa was originally imagined as, before they decided to rewrite her into a misunderstood AntiVillain.

* {{Expy}}: Freya is very similar to Elsa from Frozen. Not only are both of them pale, [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds traumatized]], cryokinetic queens. They both have their powers fluctuate based on their emotional states, both build isolated ice castles for themselves to dwell in and both make a sacrifice for someone they love. For bonus points, Freya is also the name of a deity from Norse mythology, while Elsa rules Arendelle, which is the Disney's fictional counterpart of Norway. However this is more justified than most, as both films borrowed from the Hans Christian Anderson story ''Literature/TheSnowQueen''. Freya is quite close to what Elsa was originally imagined as, before they decided to rewrite her into a misunderstood AntiVillain.

* ChewingTheScenery: Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt leave no set undevored.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: The Huntsman’s name is revealed to be Eric, after being unnamed in both the previous movie and the source material.

* TheUnfairSex: {{Subverted.}} Freya doesn't discriminate between the genders in her army. The rule is merely that no one may fall in love. It seems as though it was an inversion - killing Sara and merely throwing Eric out. But she only made Eric think Sara died, and made Sara think Eric had run off and left her.

* BrokenBird: Freya is violently temperamental a megalomaniac. She's also traumatised, sensitive and shows signs of severe anxiety, and seems to genuinely care for the children she steals.
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Ravenna]] and [[spoiler: Freya]] when the latter realises that the former was responsible for [[spoiler: murdering her daughter and framing her lover, as well as continually undermining her authority and attempting to kill her Huntsmen]].

* ChekhovsGun: Sara claims "I never miss" when shooting an arrow. [[spoiler: She shoots an arrow at Eric, but hits the pendant around his neck. Eric remembers the line and realises she was faking his death]].
* ChewingTheScenery: Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt leave no set undevoured.

* CreepyRavens: Ravenna’s theme of ravens continues in this movie, [[spoiler:only this time they’re gold raven]].
* ContinuitySnarl: Several points of Eric's backstory and the way his wife's death is depicted on screen directly contradict what was shown in the previous movie. In the first film, Finn told Eric that he had raped and murdered his wife and judging from [[HeroicSecondWind Eric's reaction]], Eric appeared to believe him. In this film, Eric, thanks to Freya's illusion, seems to believe that his wife was directly murdered on the spot by Tull, not leaving much room for Finn's involvement. In the end, all of this was more than likely the result of Kristen Stewart having an affair with the previous director and subsequently [[RealLifeWritesThePlot getting written out with the writers having no choice but to go in a completely different direction in the sequel]].

* {{Expy}}: Freya is very similar to Elsa from Frozen. Not only are both of them pale, [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds traumatized]], cryokinetic queens, they both have their powers fluctuate based on their emotional states, both build isolated ice castles for themselves to dwell in and both make a sacrifice for someone they love. For bonus points, Freya is also the name of a deity from Norse mythology, while Elsa rules Arendelle, which is the Disney's fictional counterpart of Norway. However this is more justified than most, as both films borrowed from the Hans Christian Anderson story ''Literature/TheSnowQueen''. Freya is quite close to what Elsa was originally imagined as, before they decided to rewrite her into a misunderstood AntiVillain.

* LighterAndSofter: The first film was straightforward DarkFantasy with very little humour. This one is a bit more tongue-in-cheek, has a bit more comic relief and is closer to HeroicFantasy. Eric notably is more of a wisecracker than the humourless brooder he was in the first film.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The narration and one of the magic mirror birds have a hints of this.]]

* TheUnfairSex: Subverted. Freya doesn't discriminate between the genders in her army. The rule is merely that no one may fall in love. It seems as though it was an inversion - killing Sara and merely throwing Eric out. But she only made Eric think Sara died, and made Sara think Eric had run off and left her.

** Freya becomes evil after her lover betrays her and kills their child. [[spoiler: Turns out this was invoked by Ravenna]].

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Queen Freya has embarked in a quest to conquer the world and destroy all love, but this is born out of the loss of her child and the betrayal of the man she loved.

* LoveIsAWeakness: Freya becomes a firm believer that love is the source of all the world’s problems after the man she loved murders their daughter. It's implied that Ravenna feels this way too.

* ContinuitySnarl: Several points of Eric's backstory and the way his wife's death is depicted on screen directly contradict what was shown in the previous movie.

* MeaningfulName: Freya is named for the [[NorseMythology Norse goddess]] of fertility and black magic.

* {{Badass}}: Every single one of the Huntsmen is an elite warrior.

* HijackedByGanon: While Freya is hyped throughout the film as the BigBad, when she gets hold of the mirror, she releases Ravenna's soul, who promptly takes over her army and [[DemotedToDragon makes Freya play second fiddle]].

* AHorseByADifferentColor: Freya rides a polar bear.