History Main / EvilIsDeathlyCold

* The dark Wizard Nekron is this in ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce''.

* In Chapter 2 of ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', [[spoiler:Noelle]] is capable of using the [=IceShock=] spell, which can freeze enemies solid. While Noelle herself isn't evil, [[spoiler:her ice magic can only be brought to its full potential in the chapter's alternate route, which requires the player to psychologically abuse her into becoming a living weapon with the help of the opportunistic manipulator Spamton. The route culminates in her freezing Berdly with the "fatal" spell [=SnowGrave=] before going on a rampage with her ice magic, allowing Spamton to take over the Cyber World]].

* Averted with Jack Frost and North/Santa Claus in ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'' who are associated with cold temperatures and winter but are good people. Invoked by Pitch when [[spoiler: tempting Jack to join him that cold and dark go well together.]]

[[ChillOfUndeath Very common]] for the {{Undead}}. Even ghosts leave [[GhostlyChill conspicuous cold spots where they wander]].

Very common for the {{Undead}}. Even ghosts leave [[GhostlyChill conspicuous cold spots where they wander]].

* A few of the Robot Masters ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' has tangled with are ice-themed. Some, such as [[VideoGame/MegaMan1 Ice Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan6 Blizzard Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan10 Chill Man]], and [[VideoGame/MegaMan11 Tundra Man]] are good robots reprogrammed into wreaking havoc by [[BigBad Dr. Wily]]. Others, such as [[VideoGame/MegaMan7 Freeze Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan8 Frost Man]], and [[VideoGame/MegaManAndBass Cold Man]] are Wily's loyal machines to begin with.

* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', [[ArchangelLucifer Lucifer]] shows this trope, freezing a window with his breath, and states "Sorry if it's a bit chilly. Most people think I burn ''hot''. It's actually quite the opposite."

** In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', this is a running theme with the names in Frieza's family: Lord Frieza/Freeza, King Cold, Cooler... Interestingly enough, it's all InNameOnly. None of them have any ice-related powers.

* In Creator/JamesThurber's ''Literature/The13Clocks'', the Duke is explicitly described as cold while his niece is warm. The title clocks are frozen, and the Duke has concluded that he has killed time. [[spoiler:In the end, his niece gets them to move again.]]

* In Creator/HPLovecraft's ''Literature/AtTheMountainsOfMadness'', a scientific expedition makes horrifying discoveries in Antarctica.

* In Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'':
** [[{{Satan}} Morgoth]] caused all the extreme natural phenomena that made life in such an inhospitable world impossible, including scorching heat and bitter cold during Creation, and the hell-fortresses he built (Utumno and Angband) are located in the far north, in extremes of freezing cold. After the heroes fail to defeat him in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears, his free reign results in the more temperate lands suffering terrible winters.
** The Barrow-wights in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. The entire scene emphasizes almost ''ad nauseum'' how cold they and their haunts are, both literally and figuratively. The touch of the wight that grabs Frodo is apparently so cold that it causes him to lose consciousness.
** When the Witch-king stabs Frodo with a magic knife, it's described as feeling "like a dart of poisoned ice," and the wound continues to feel as if frozen.
** Incidentally, ''The Lord of the Rings'' is one of those settings that uses both this trope and EvilIsBurningHot -- Sauron himself more often embodies the latter.

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* In ''TabletopGame/TheDarkEye'', the Netherhells, home of the forces of chaos that want to destroy the world, are proverbially cold.

** A line in the Book of Erotic Fantasy has a wizard commenting that having sex with a vampire was like having sex with 'ice covered in thick velvet'.

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* The North Wind, the evil ice spirit from the obscure spanish animated film ''The Legend of the North Wind'' serves as the titular main antagonist, with the pirate Athanasius serving as his [[TheDragon main human henchman]]. He plans to turn the world into a frosty wasteland after killing all the whales and the three Heroes.

* ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'' - evil is shown as cold throughout all the movies, but especially in ''Film/PoltergeistIII'', during Lara Flynn Boyle's shower sequence.

* OlderThanPrint: While Christian Hell [[EvilIsBurningHot is usually hot]], Dante's ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' portrays the Ninth Circle of Hell (the lowest and innermost), for the worst evil, as the frozen lake of Cocytus. It's frozen because Satan, the giant trapped in the middle of it all, [[RedRightHand whose beauty has been twisted into hideous ugliness,]] is constantly beating all six of his wings, trying to get up to Heaven, and the resulting wind re-freezes the water (which itself is Satan's tears, as he is weeping and wishing he could undo his betrayal). [[SelfInflictedHell Of course, if he ever stopped trying to ascend, the ice would melt and he could be free.]][[note]]This leads to a fascinating Biblical HistoricalInJoke. As described by Revelation, Satan will eventually be freed as part of TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, implying that after a few thousand years, he finally figured it out; a joke that only gets funnier with age. Not to mention, AfterTheEnd, he'll be rid of the lake of ice...by being cast into a lake of fire.[[/note]] The sinners down there--guilty of treachery--are frozen solid, [[AndIMustScream conscious, with the amount of their bodies frozen increasing as the degree of treachery gets worse]]. There are four circles: Caina, for people who betrayed their families (in ice up to their necks), Antenora, for people who betrayed their countries (in ice up to their heads), Ptolomaea, for people who [[SacredHospitality betrayed their guests or hosts]] (only their faces out of the ice, and [[EyeScream their tears freeze over their eyes]]), and Judecca, for people who [[UngratefulBastard betrayed their benefactors]] (completely encased in ice and twisted into grotesque positions). The [[FireAndBrimstoneHell fire and brimstone levels]] are higher up, for sinners whose crimes are comparatively less severe ([[ValuesDissonance or are at least considered so for the time]]).

* The Others from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' are malevolent creatures in the North who are heavily associated with cold. The same goes with the [[OurZombiesAreDifferent wights]] that they create. In the R'hllor religion, a god called the Great Other is heavily associated with cold and is considered evil, though R'hllor at times seems no less destructive a force, and can easily come across as EvilIsBurningHot to those of other religious faiths.

** Also, the wizarding school Durmstrang - where Dark Arts are actually ''taught'' to students and former Death Eater Karkaroff is headmaster - is [[GrimUpNorth 'somewhere north']], based on their heavy cloaks and school clothes.

** Incidentally, ''The Lord of the Rings'' is one of those settings that uses both this trope and EvilIsBurningHot - Sauron himself more often embodies the latter.

* In ''Series/StrangerThings,'' [[EldritchLocation the Upside-Down]] is very cold, with bits of snow perpetually floating through the air. One of the signs of Will [[DemonicPossession being possessed]] in season two is that his body temperature is falling, and that he only wants to be in cold temperatures. [[spoiler:The others use this to their advantage, using heat to drive [[BigBad the Mind Flayer]] out of his body]].

* Subtle example in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': [[DarkMessiah Seymour]] passes as a perfectly decent, saintly public servant in subtropical Luca and the green forests surrounding the Moonflow river and his capital city of Guadosalam. We find out he is evil in the trip to Macalania--his temple, and frozen through and through.

* In ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'', a [[FreezeFrameBonus split-second]] thermal image shows that the [[AnimalisticAbomination Grimm]] flesh of [[spoiler:[[RedRightHand Cinder's replacement arm]]]] is ''far'' colder than that of a living creature.

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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': The realm of King Pluto, being under the ice of the planetiod, is so cold that if he did not put his victims through the odd ethreal process that leaves them weak phantoms they would quickly freeze to death before he had a chance to feed on them.

** The Dark Judges tend to attract cold. During Necropolis, a serial killer was looking for their base of operations for weeks until he realized that it was the coldest spot in the city.

* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': A group of escaped convicts from the prison planet Titan return to Mega-City One after they were transformed into hideous ice monsters on the DeathWorld of Enceladus. Their crashed ship actually radiated cold that threatened to turn the whole city into a [[EndlessWinter perpetual Siberia]].

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* The Frost Giants as depicted in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' all have ice-based powers and are all terribly sinister.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Mr. Freeze is a twist, in that he's a villain, and he's deathly cold, but in his case the cold is used to stave off death and without it Freeze would already be dead.