History Main / EvilIsDeathlyCold

* Bonechill in ''Super PaperMario'' uses various ice-related powers. Oddly enough, his backstory seems to be largely based off of that of Satan in the aforementioned Dante's ''Inferno'', as that of a [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Nimbi]] who [[FallenAngel fell from grace]] and was imprisoned in one of the lowest levels of the Underwhere (the Mario-verse's version of the Underworld) in ice.

Can feature with a WinterRoyalLady or AnIcePerson, but does not have to; ice can also be an elemental power unrelated to good vs. evil. The key is whether the cold is used as an indicator of evil and [[ImColdSoCold death]]. It will more destructive than other elemental powers in this trope.

* Officer Matt Cordell of the ''ManiacCop'' film trilogy is described as feeling like ice, even through his clothing. At one point in the second movie a blind war veteran describes coming into contact with Cordell as being similar to an incident the war where he was trapped under a pile of mangled corpses.

* ''CodeBreaker'': Sakura, who is sensitive to people's scents and body heat, is shocked when she discovers [[spoiler:her friend Ogami's EvilTwin LightIsNotGood possible {{Darwinist}} brother]]'s body is "as cold as ceramic".

*** It's explained in [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental material]] that high elves, draenei, and undead all greatly prefer ice magic because it is very stable, precise, and easy to control, thus far more suitable to very long-lived beings than the far more unstable and difficult to control fire magic, which in turn is popular among humans, gnomes, blood elves, and the like.

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[[caption-width-right:309: When people say "When Hell Freezes Over", it just means they never read Dante.]]

* In {{Supernatural}}, [[ArchangelLucifer Lucifer]] shows this trope freezing a window at his touch, and states "... some people think I burn ''hot''. It's quite the opposite."

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* Similar to the Christian/Native Alaskan example, in the original Greek myth about Demeter and Persephone, Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and, while captive, ate seven pomegranate seeds, with the result that every year she had to stay in Hades one month for each seed she had eaten. In Greece and Italy, this is the explanation for their seven-month-long (and extremely hot) summers, but as the myth moved north and was compared to similar Norse myths, it became the explanation for seven-month-long (and extremely cold) winters instead.

* Christian missionaries to [[strike:Eskimos]] [[strike:Native Alaskans]] [[strike:Eskimos]] [[strike:Native Alaskans]] [[strike:Eskimos]] [[strike:[[EditWar Native Alaskans]]]] the people who originally lived in Alaska learned, very quickly, to speak of Hell as a very cold place.

* Bonechill in ''Super PaperMario'' uses various ice-related powers. Oddly enough, his backstory seems to be largely based off of that of Satan in the aforementioned Dante's ''Inferno'', as that of a [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Nimbi]] who [[Fallen Angel fell from grace]] and was imprisoned in one of the lowest levels of the Underwhere (the Mario-verse's version of the Underworld) in ice.

* [[{{Satan}} Bonechill]] in ''Super PaperMario'' uses various ice-related powers.

* ''DannyPhantom's'' [[SpiderSense ghost breath]] is explained by the fact that ghosts make the air around them very cold. If he can see his breath in an ordinarily warm place, there's ''definitely'' a ghost about.
** [[FridgeLogic Then shouldn't anyone be able to do that?]]
*** Eventually his "ghost breath" turns into ice-based powers. SoYeah.

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** In ''{{World of Warcraft}}'', the (now obsolete) Frozen Shadoweave armour set gives bonus to shadow and frost spells, and was a favorite of Warlocks, Shadow Priests, and Frost Mages.
** Many parts of Northrend (the domain of the aforementioned Lich King) are snowy. And Death Knights (who are creations of the Scourge, albeit prone to {{Heel Face Turn}}s) use ice-based attacks.
** The Scourge in ''WarcraftIII'' also featured the Lich hero (who could hurl ice blasts etc) and the Frost Wyrm. It's probably not coincidental that Arthas' cursed blade is named '''Frost'''mourne. Liches who were normal mages/warlocks/shamans/bloodmages etc. in life suddenly become highly attuned to the power of cold when they enter the service of the Lich King. Undead who don't server the Lich king apart from one lich in Outland, and the Knight of the Ebon Blade exhibit no evil is cold traits.
** On the opposite end of the temperature spectrum, there is demonic magic which often takes the form of fire (sometimes green, but we can safely assume green fire is just as hot). And the demons created the Lich King...