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* In ''Film/UniversalSoldierTheReturn'' Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme does this to Creator/MichaelJaiWhite after freezing him in a cryogenic facility.

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* In ''SaintSeiya'', foes hit with [[AnIcePerson Cygnus Hyoga]]'s Diamond Dust or [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Aurora Execution]] tend to fall to pieces unless they [[NominalImportance are recurring characters]]. His master, Aquarius Camus, can do the same.
* ''{{Negima}}'''s Evangeline A K [=McDowell=] has a few spells that fit this trope.

* In ''{{Bionicle}}'', alternate universe versions of Kopaka and Onua [[spoiler: kill Ahkmou by having the former [[AnIcePerson freeze him]] and the latter smash him to bits with his WolverineClaws.]]

* The ''Film/MortalKombat'' has Sub-Zero calmly freeze the muzzle of Sonya's Glock and snap it off with his bare hands.

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* The film ''Film/DemolitionMan'' ends with John Spartan kicking off the head of Creator/WesleySnipes character after being flash frozen with a suitable BondOneLiner.

* ''Series/MacGyver'' did this in one episode where he was locked in a freezer. However it worked because MacGyver had gotten water to freeze in the lock. Since water is one of the few chemical that expands when it freezes, it broke the lock as it froze.

* Sypha in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' has an ice spell that freezes enemies, who can then be shattered with her staff. It's the only way a [[NighInvulnerable Bloody Bones]] can be permanently killed.

* Sypha in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' has an ice spell that freezes enemies, who can then be shattered with her staff.

* In ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'', the [[ThePhoenix Phoenix]] [[PersonOfMassDestruction King]] [[PlayingWithFire Saffron]]'s only weakness is cold. When Ranma stabs his arm with the freezing weapon [[BladeOnAStick Gekkaja]], half of Saffron's body is frozen solid, and then his own weapon, the [[RingsOfDeath Kinjakan]], breaks through and shatters said arm, setting him free just before the Gekkaja could turn all of him into ice. Later, Ranma turns the Gekkaja on ''[[HarmlessFreezing himself]]'' to avoid death from Saffron's [[WaveMotionGun mountain-vaporizing heat ray]], and Saffron nearly breaks ''him'' in half with the Kinjakan. The battle finally ends when Ranma, still half-frozen, delivers an attack so unbelievably ''cold'' it breaks even the ice left on his fist and ''instantly'' freezes and shatters Saffron like so much glass.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}} 2'' any player character with an ice enchanted weapon or ice based spells could destroy enemies like this. Shattering an enemy like this leaves no corpse behind, which is helpful against Nihlathak or Regurgitators, but a hassle for Necromancers and Barbarians, who have skills that consume corpses.

** It is also mentioned by [=McDonagh=] in an Audio Log this is a major problem with living in a city under water where said water can "get colder than a witch's teet". He seems to have repeated told people they have to make sure their pipes stay warm or they will burst. One of the main obstacles at the beginning is finding the Fire Plasmid so you can get past a door that has been frozen over due to a pipe burst.

** It is also mentioned by McDonagh in an Audio Log this is a major problem with living in a city under water where said water can "get colder than a witch's teet". He seems to have repeated told people they have to make sure their pipes stay warm or they will burst. One of the main obstacles at the beginning is finding the Fire Plasmid so you can get past a door that has been frozen over due to a pipe burst.

* Getting hit by or killing a Frostie in ''{{Amorphous}}'' causes it to explode in an icy explosion. This freezes both you and any [[BlobMonster glooples]] caught in it. Getting touched by anything while frozen [[LiterallyShatteredLives kills you instantly]] (thankfully, you can do the same to glooples once you unfreeze).

* Subverted in ''KingOfTheHill'': Peggy tries to demonstrate the "make it brittle by dipping it in liquid nitrogen" part mentioned above on a rose, but apparently didn't hold the thing in long enough, as it easily bends when she tries to break it.

** This scene was parodied in ''HotShots Part Deux'' by President Benson freezing Saddam Hussein (and his little dog, too!) with, uh, a fire extinguisher. Wait, what?
*** TruthInTelevision, sort of. CO[[subscript:2]] fire extinguishers contain liquid carbon dioxide (kept liquid via high pressure), which smothers a fire by displacing oxygen, and discourages re-ignition via cooling. The cooling is due to both evaporative effects as the liquid reverts to gas as it leaves the nozzle, and by rapid expansion (the same physical effects are at the heart of air conditioners and refrigerators). The blast from a [=CO2=] fire extinguisher is so cold that the discharge is like a dry-ice snowblower, and users can suffer serious "cold burns" if they hold the wrong part of the fire extinguisher while it is in use.