History Main / ColdSnap

* ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress'' makes a point about how cold it is outside the train and the impossibility that the murderer could have escaped into the snow; the cold was turned into a motif during the ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' adaptation.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Winter Wrap-Up]]" revolves around the ponies of Ponyville [[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows cleaning up the ice and snow]] on the last day of winter (and Twilight Sparkle trying to find a place where she can help out).
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "The Blizzard" has the babies playing in the snow, playing at making an expedition to the North Pole to get Santa to fix Chuckie's favorite toy.

* The plot of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Homer the Heretic" is kicked off by Homer deciding to stay home from church due to a big snowstorm.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Episodes 69, 103, 104[[note]]Episodes 103 and 104 are a MultiPartEpisode[[/note]] and 105.
* The aptly named ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Snow." The episode itself didn't deal with the cold, but was the backdrop of Arnold's Grandpa trying to instill some responsibility in Arnold, but Arnold taking it a [[GoneHorriblyRight bit too far]] and Grandpa trying to fix it. It's also a sequel to the previous episode [[HeatWave "Heat"]] as the rain that ends that episode turns to snow at the beginning of this one.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'':
** In "Ice Princess", Molly learns that every four years, the ghost of a failed figure skater brings a huge ice storm to Brighton, and she sets out trying to pacify the spirit.
** In "Ready, Set, Snow!", Molly is determined to enjoy her first snow day in Brighton playing outside with her friends Libby and Scratch, who would rather spend the day relaxing indoors in the Danish tradition of ''hygge''.

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': A few episodes of ''Our Miss Brooks depend on winter weather for their humor.

* The ''Series/{{MASH}}'' episode "The Longjohn Flap", in which Hawkeye's coveted long underwear is traded through the camp.

** Zones with permanent or near-permanent cold/snow also exist (although it too is aesthetic or GameplayAndStorySegregation only): all of the Coerthas zones, including Ishgard/Empyreum. Old Sharlayan is also flurry-prone, but doesn't have a buildup of snow.

* The aptly named ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Snow." The episode itself didn't deal with the cold, but was the backdrop of Arnold's Grandpa trying to instill some responsibility in Arnold, but Arnold taking it a [[GoneHorriblyRight bit to far]] and Grandpa trying to fix it. It's also a sequel to the previous episode [[HeatWave "Heat"]] as the rain that ends that episode turns to snow at the beginning of this one.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'':
** In "Survival of the Idiots", Spongebob and Patrick end up locked in Sandy's tree dome while she's hibernating for winter. They not only have to deal with the cold, but with a cranky, sleep-walking Sandy.
** In "Snowball Effect", a freak snowstorm in Bikini Bottom leads to Patrick and Spongebob having a snowball fight and eventually dragging Squidward into it.

* The aptly named "WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Snow." The episode itself didn't deal with the cold, but was the backdrop of Arnold's Grandpa trying to instill some responsibility in Arnold, but Arnold taking it a [[GoneHorriblyRight bit to far]] and Grandpa trying to fix it. It's also a sequel to the previous episode [[HeatWave "Heat"]] as the rain that ends that episode turns to snow at the beginning of this one.

* In the climax of ''VideoGame/{{Frostpunk}}'''s scenario "A New Home", the final and deadliest challenge New London must face is [[BigStormEpisode a gigantic storm]], bringing the already cold temperatures of the setting to lows that cannot even be seen on Mars. In the final hours, the temperature reaches ''[[UpToEleven minus 150 degrees celsius]]''.

* If there's no mention of Christmas/holidays or it's not the central focus or even the side plot of the episode, it's this.

A ChristmasEpisode may also be this, but usually that trope has the pleasant form of DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas.

** In "Snow Day", Molly is determined to enjoy her first snow day in Brighton playing outside with her friends Libby and Scratch, who would rather spend the day relaxing indoors in the Danish tradition of ''hygge''.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Winter Wrap-Up]]".
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "The Blizzard".

* The ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episodes "Survival of the Idiots" and "Snowball Effect".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Homer the Heretic".

* The aptly name "WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Snow." The episode itself didn't deal with the cold, but was the backdrop of Arnold's Grandpa trying to instill some responsibility in Arnold, but Arnold taking it a [[GoneHorriblyRight bit to far]] and Grandpa trying to fix it. It's also a sequel to the previous episode [[HeatWave "Heat"]] as the rain that ends that episode turns to snow at the beginning of this one.