History Main / AnIcePerson

** In general, the Bufu line of skills, which is a common element in the series alongside [[PlayingWithFire Agi]] and [[ShockAndAwe Zio]] spells. The most powerful skill of this element is Niflheim.

** Bobby Drake, aka ComicBook/{{Iceman}}, from ''Comicbook/XMen''. That's just how he started out -- turns out, he's an Omega-level mutant (that means his full potential is ''Phoenix-class!'') with complete control over moisture. When ComicBook/EmmaFrost (who is a psychic and normally has nothing to do with ice despite the name and the white outfit) took his body over, she did things with his powers that he could never do on his own... but he's learning bit by bit.

* ''Film/XMen'':

* ''Maplestory'' Aran from Maplestory who is a mixture of an Ice magician, and a Warrior, also any Ice/Lightning Mage specializing in Ice.

* The ''Pokemon'' fanfic epic ''Pokemon Master'' gave this ability to Misty, among other water trainers.

* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' had a villain based on this once: Isis ("Icy") Vanderchill. Unlike others, her goal is to ''warm up'', as [[BlessedWithSuck her "powers" of cold are both involuntary and harmful to her]].

* Ilke in ''Literature/{{Phenomena}}'', she was given some of the spirit of a Frost spirit and can use most powers related to frost, like ice and snow.
* In ''Literature/TheSingerOfAllSongs'', there are several kinds of chantments (magic songs). The Daughters of Taris, an all-female religious order, can sing the chantments of ice, and they protect their territory with a giant ice wall. Instead of combining with water (indeed, it's noted that the ability to swim isn't particularly common among them), the High Priestess also bears and passes on the knowledge of the chantments of ice that invoke darkness, the opposite of the chantments of fire which also have power over light.
* "Literature/TheSnowQueen." She seems to be a member of TheFairFolk, with similarly inscrutable motives; she rules a race of creatures who resemble snowflakes, and lives far north of our heroine.
* Blizzard in ''Literature/TalesOfAnMazingGirl'' can create ice with his gun. He is of course named after the video Game company, Activision/Blizzard.

* The Clayr of the ''Literature/OldKingdom'' trilogy, though primarily a clan of [[OneGenderRace all female]] clairvoyants, use ice to amplify their Sight, hence why they live in a Glacier. When away from the glacier, they use spells to create a screen of ice on which they project their Sight, so as to show others.
* The ''Jaz Parks'' series has Vayl, a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire of [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a particular type]] called a Wraith, who have the power to produce cold temperatures. He later [[PowerCopying gains the ability]] to form superhard ice armor, in the manner of [[ComicBook/XMen Iceman]].

* [[PlayingWithFire Firecrafters]] in ''Literature/CodexAlera'' can do this by using their furies to ''remove'' heat from something instead of adding it. We first see this demonstrated by [[SmugSnake Kalarus Brencis Minoris]], who thinks it's funny to push [[TheCallPutMeOnHold the obvious bully-target]] into a fountain and freeze the water around him.
* The Groke ("Mårran" in the original) in ''Literature/TheMoomins'' stories is a hag-like being who is ice cold. [[WalkingWasteland She freezes the ground she walks on and kills the plants with frost]]; if she stays too long, [[TouchOfDeath nothing ever grows there again]]. She cannot create ice directly, but once, when she need to take a sea trip, she wades out on the beach and lets the water freeze into an icefloe, giving her a makeshift boat. The one time we get to see things from her perspective, we learn [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold she longs for heat, light, and company and is not cold or dark by choice]].
* The winter court in the ''Literature/WickedLovely'' series. Specifically, Beira the winter queen and Donia the winter girl. [[spoiler: Donia later becomes the next winter queen after Beira's death. Her icy nature is caused by bitterness about being forced to become the winter girl, and thus not being able to be with her [[StarCrossedLovers love]], Keenan, the summer king - their very natures are incompatible, although it is implied that, after Beira's death, they at least try. I would imagine it would be painful; Keenan would end up covered in frostbite and Donia in burns.]]

* ''Literature/TwilightDragon'' has Princess Atoli, who is specifically known as the Sorceress of Snow.
* In Creator/RobertEHoward's Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian story "''Literature/TheFrostGiantsDaughter''", the titular character wears nothing but a veil of gossamer on a snowfield, can run over snow without leaving tracks, and, when Conan catches her, is as cold as ice.
** Her dad, Ymir, who doesn't actually appear but rescues her and freezes Conan almost to death in the process.
* The villain of Caroline Cooney's ''Freeze Tag'' combines this oddly with TakenForGranite--her basic schtick is that if she touches you, she renders you frozen and immobile, apparently forever, [[AndIMustScream while fully conscious and aware]]. She never actually kills any of her victims and, at several points, undoes the effect just to toy with them. (This leads to part of the conflict over whether or not to kill her--if she can't be [[HeelFaceTurn redeemed]], a lot of people will stay frozen.)

* ''Literature/TrappedOnDraconica'': Zarracka can do this with her BreathWeapon.
** ''Literature/LegacyOfTheDragokin'': So can her nephew, Benji.
* Alexander Velitzyn, main character of J. M. Siderova's ''The Age of Ice'', conceived on a bed of ice is immune to cold and when in a state of high emotion his flesh becomes painfully cold to the touch. In time he learns to control this, being able to make ordinary ice diamond hard and to turn water to ice at will. Extreme, as in Arctic level, cold puts him into a state of suspended animation. After doing this once he stops aging, his story extending over 250 years. It is hinted that he may be an incarnation of Old Man Frost.

* In ''[[Literature/AfterTheGoldenAge Dreams of the Golden Age]]'', Teia has freezing-based superpowers.

* ''Literature/TheWizardOfLondon'': After her pact with the Ice Dragon, Lady Cordelia is basically a mage version of this. David is well on his way to becoming one as well.
* ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'':
** The [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Jaghut]] have powers connected to ice, cold and death -- possibly also giving them a limited control of time. They have their own Warren (Path of Magic) called Omtose Phellack, also known as the Hold of Ice, and are fond of calling down [[EndlessWinter ice ages]]. Elder God Mael calls ice 'the Jaghut answer to everything'.
** The Stormriders combine this with IceMagicIsWater. They are a mysterious people living in a deep ocean trench, only appearing during storms, sheathed in ice armour and riding hybrid-mounts made of water and ice. They may be connected to the Jaghut.
* ''Literature/SuperPowereds'' has Michael Clark, who can throw blue bolts that freeze anything they hit. He throws them by punching towards the target. He can also form an armor of ice to protect himself, regenerating it as it melts or takes damage. He's a bit of a bully and has a hard time coping with the fact that he's no longer the strongest of his peers ([[NormalFishInATinyPond as he was in his hometown]]). Ever since his first match with Vince, he holds a deep grudge towards him despite the fact that he won that fight. Michael convinces himself that Vince humiliated him by not [[EnergyAbsorbtion charging up]] before the fight and nearly beat him with what Michael considers a sucker punch. By Year 2 he is still under the mistaken assumption that he's better than Vince when, in fact, Vince has left him far behind and doesn't even consider beating Michael to be a challenge. It helps that while Michael's ice armor may provide some resistance against Vince's fire blasts, it does nothing to hinder an electrical blast and Michael didn't know that Vince could absorb and emit other kinds of energy.

* ''FanFic/MyLittleUnicorn'':

-->-- '''Heidar, Rimewind master''', [[http://www.magiccards.info/10e/en/84.html Flashfreeze]], ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''

May be used by BigfootSasquatchAndYeti, {{Snowlems}}, a WinterRoyalLady, a WomanInWhite, or even the IceQueen. People with these powers may also have AnIceSuit, a FreezeRay, and IcyBlueEyes, or be subject to ElementalBaggage. See also HumanPopsicle.

* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':

* The Ice-type in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. One of the best offensive types in the game, super-effective against Grass, Ground, Flying, and most importantly Dragon, and Ice-type moves (especially Ice Beam and Blizzard) can be learned by nearly all Water-type Pokemon and a large number of other Pokemon. Nearly all Ice attacks have a chance of freezing the opponent solid, completely immobilizing it (and in Gen 1 they couldn't defrost without an item, a trip to the Pokemon Center, or being hit with a Fire-based attack), and some lower the opponent's speed. Defensively, however, Ice is one of the worst types, resisting only itself and being weak to Fire, Rock, Fighting, and Steel. Ice-type Pokemon themselves [[GlassCannon tend to have either high attack or special attack and mediocre to good speed, but low defenses and HP]]. The only Ice-type Pokemon in the two highest tiers of the metagame is [[OlympusMons Kyurem and its Formes]].

* The WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fan animation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do6RDSwaWek Snowdrop]] has the title character.

The power to control ice, and create cold and frost at will. May be used as a trinity with [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] and [[ShockAndAwe Electricity]], hence FireIceLightning. Likely to be used as a contrast to fire -- if the hero prefers fire, his [[TheRival rival]], Archenemy or [[TheLancer Lancer]] will use ice. Sometimes the domain of evil or undead entities as EvilIsDeathlyCold. Goes [[IceMagicIsWater hand in hand]] with MakingASplash, and may be involved with [[BlowYouAway wind powers]] via cold air and snowstorms. In ElementalRockPaperScissors with fire, one will usually defeat the other, though which one varies. Ice is unlikely to be any stronger or weaker than other elements though for CompetitiveBalance, and thus HarmlessFreezing will be invoked. If you want to resort to this to kill an otherwise invulnerable entity, you're planning to KillItWithIce.

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** ROMHack ''RockmanNoConstancy'' turns Wood Man into this.

[[folder:Real Life]]
* Ice-nucleating bacteria, such as ''Pseudomonas syringae'', possess the ability to freeze water at warmer temperatures than normal, thereby damaging plants to feed on them. Scientists believe their ice nucleating proteins are an integral part of ice crystal formation in clouds.

** There was an obscure GoldenAge Creator/MarvelComics hero named Jack Frost with these powers. ComicBook/TheMightyThor eventually declared him to have been a diminutive [[Myth/NorseMythology frost giant.]]

* Snow Miser from ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'': Whatever he touches turns to snow in his clutch, and he prefers cold days that aren't over 40 degrees (Fahrenheit). [[/folder]]

* "Literature/TheSnowQueen".

* Jadis, the White Witch of Creator/CSLewis's ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'', causes unending winter and lives in an ice castle.

* Johnny Snow from ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' has a homemade FreezeRay.
** The Doctor's own [[TimeStandsStill Freeze Ray]], which doesn't have anything to do with ice or a lack of heat.

* Ice is a common weapon attribute in the [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Warr]][[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors iors]] franchise from Koei Tecmo. Depending on the game, it may or may not be intrinsic. Some of them seem to be more natural in creating ice out of nowhere without any assistance of weapons, such as [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Cao Pi]] and [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors Takatora Todo]] and [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors Lady Hayakawa]].

* Ice is a common weapon attribute in the [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Warr]][[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors iors]] franchise from Koei Tecmo. Depending on the game, it may or may not be intrinsic. Some of them seem to be more natural in creating ice out of nowhere without any assistance of weapons, such as [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Cao Pi]] and [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors Takatora Todo]]

* Mizore from ''LightNovel/RosarioToVampire'' fits within these bounds. Based on a snow woman from Japanese mythology, she has a variety of ice powers, including making her limbs (and hair) into ice, blizzard attacks, and ice clones. Her mother, Tsurara, as well.
** [[MeaningfulName Mizore means "sleet" and Tsurara means "icicle".]]

* In Disney's ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', literal ice queen Elsa could generate ice and snow as a young kid, but had a hard time controlling her powers. Her ice powers increase as she gets older so she can generate giant ice palaces and snow golems, but she still has difficulty controlling them, accidentally plunging her kingdom into a forever winter and completely freezing the fjord.

* ''[[Literature/ElementalMasters The Wizard of London]]'': After her pact with the Ice Dragon, Lady Cordelia is basically a mage version of this. David is well on his way to becoming one as well.