History Main / SnowMeansDeath

* In ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'', the official fanbook [[WhatCouldHaveBeen features]] the executions for ''all'' of the kids in the game (some of which were used in the game itself). In one of these prospect executions, Byakuya Togami would've end up in a snowy place after being stoned by Monokuma and ended up DyingAlone in the snow as a result of a combination of his wounds and the exposure to the freezing cold.

* In ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'', the official fanbook [[WhatCouldHaveBeen features]] the executions for ''all'' of the kids in the game (some of which were used in the game itself). In one of these prospect executions, Byakuya Togami would've end up DyingAlone in the snow as a result of a combination to his wounds and the exposure to the freezing cold.

* In ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'', the official fanbook [[WhatCouldHaveBeen features]] the executions for ''all'' of the kids in the game (some of which were used in the game itself). In one of these, Byakuya Togami would've been DyingAlone in the snow as a result of a combination to his wounds and the exposure to the freezing cold.

* Jonathan Kent's funeral in ''{{Smallville}}''.
* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] by ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', in which Angel's First Evil-inspired attempt to kill himself is foiled by an inexplicable snowstorm in southern California.

* "South Side of the Sky" by {{Yes}}, about a party of mountain climbers that freeze to death.

** The {{Pokemon}} Froslass is based on this.

* Elise Deauxnim, best known as Misty Fey, Mia and Maya's mother, in the fifth case of ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney: Trials and Tribulations''.

* White Len, the "evil" counterpart to Len in ''MeltyBlood'' specifically makes her zone snow with her dream powers.
* The prologue of ''KatawaShoujo'' initially appears to be SnowMeansLove. The main character, Hisao, meets his [[HighSchoolSweethearts High School Sweetheart]] on a snowy day for a confession of love. Unknown to anyone, [[HeartTrauma he has cardiac arrythmia and the excitement brings on a heart attack]]. He barely survives, but his old life is over.

Not to be confused with SnowyScreenOfDeath,

* In ''GhostInTheShell:StandAloneComplex'', the flashback origin story of Kuze takes place in the Korean winter. Let's just say it sufficiently explains how he became the WhiteHairedPrettyBoy terrorist leader.

* In KareKano, the most severe beating that a tiny Soichirou Arima got from his [[AbusiveParents evil mother Ryouko]] was during a snowy and cold day. She later threw hoim out of the house and the poor kid was found bleeding severely in the snow-covered streets by his father Reiji, who immediately took him to safety and then decides to GiveHimANormalLife with his older uncle and aunt.
* In KimiNiTodoke, Ryu's mother died when he was young after her car crashed into an electric pole in a snowstorm. It goes on snowing for pretty much the whole chapter in which this takes place.

* The brutal, bloody final battle of ''KamenRiderKuuga'' happens on the snowy slopes of Mount Kuro.

* In MahouSentaiMagiranger, after Miyuki Ozu's supposed death, snow fell.

* In ''[[Videogame/Phantasmat Phantasmat: Crucible Peak]]'', the player finds themselves in a resort that was emptied due to an unforseen avalanche. It turns out that Otto, one of the people you meet in the game, caused the avalanche via explosion.

** Invoked again when Officer Takagi, while he's visiting an old friend's grave in the ''very'' snowy Hokkaido prefecture, is captured and put in a very cruel DeathTrap inside a construction site -- where he will either freeze to death, be blown up by a timebomb ''or'' be strangled in a makeshift gallow. He spends ''almost two days'' like this, and while [[BigDamnHeroes he's rescued in the nick of time]], he's said to have suffered frostbite and thus had to stay in the hospital for some days. [[WhatdoYouMeanitsNotSymbolic To make things even more anvilicious]], when Satou, Megure and Conan arrive to rescue Takagi in an helicopter, ''it actually begins to snow.''

* Almost happens in KareKano. The most severe beating that Soichirou got from his evil mother Ryouko was in a snowy day, and the poor kid was found bleeding severely in the snowy street by his father Reiji, who immediately took him to safety.

** Also ''weaponized'' in a filler case, where the [[DrivenByEnvy envious]] BodyDouble of a famous actress kills her boss via drugging her, putting her [[WhiteShirtOfDeath in a simple]] [[WomanInWhite white gown]] that offers no protection against the cold and burying her in the snow, thus causing her to die of hypothermia. The killer then impersonates her boss until it's time to discover the woman's body in the snow, trying to make everyone believe that she was DrivenToSuicide... Until Conan (through Kogoro) discovered her trick.
** Invoked again when Officer Takagi, while he's visiting an old friend's grave in Hokkaido, is captured and put in a very cruel DeathTrap inside a construction site -- where he will either freeze to death, will be blown up by a timebomb ''or'' will be strangled. He spends ''two days'' like this, and while he's rescued in the nick of time, he's said to have suffered frostbite and thus had to stay in the hospital for some days.

As beautiful as snow is, it also signifies winter, associated with the death of the year (in the northern hemisphere at least), the death of crops, and the death of the sun. [[SnowedIn Snow also covers the world with a blanket of white]], and in Eastern cultures, white is the color of death (as it was untill few hundred years ago in Slavic states as well).

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' the Normandy [SR1=] crashes onto the surface of an ice planet; in one of the DLC missions you can revisit the wreckage and walk through a chillingly beautiful snowscape littered with debris from the original Normandy while collecting the dogtags of soldiers lost in the crash and placing a memorial statue to commemorate the ship.

* In ''MassEffect2'' the Normandy [SR1=] crashes onto the surface of an ice planet; in one of the DLC missions you can revisit the wreckage and walk through a chillingly beautiful snowscape littered with debris from the original Normandy while collecting the dogtags of soldiers lost in the crash and placing a memorial statue to commemorate the ship.

** Invoked again when Officer Takagi is captured in Hokkaido and put in a very cruel DeathTrap inside a construction site -- where he will either freeze to death, will be blown up by a timebomb ''or'' will be strangled. He spends ''two days'' like this, but is rescued in the nick of time.

* As DetectiveConan is a series where people fall dead in almost every episode, there are ''many'' murder cases that happen in the snow, and where footprints and other signals happen to be totally ''vital'' as clues to reveal who killed the victim of the week. One of the most emblematic cases is The Ski Lodge Mystery, where a HotTeacher organizes a ski trip with her workmates... to murder two of them, in punishment for [[WouldHurtAChild having killed one of their students]] [[HeKnowstooMuch for knowing too much about their dirty deals]]. Both murders happen during a snowy night... And then Conan finds out and unmasks her through Ran. ([[BreakTheCutie Poor]], [[BrokenPedestal poor]] [[TearJerker/DetectiveConan little]] [[TheWoobie Ran]].)

* Used somewhat more literally in ''{{Mulan}}''. She uses a cannon to start an avalanche and wipe out the Hun army. Mostly.

* "The Blizzard" as sung by Jim Reeves makes explicit one reason why snow is often a death symbol among those who know it: "There's a blizzard coming on, how I'm wishing I was home, for my pony's lame, and he can hardly stand. Listen to that norther sigh, if we don't get home we'll die. But it's only seven miles to Mary Ann's."

* In ''ShutterIsland'' : [[WorldWarII Dachau]].

* Similarly, the broken heart of Literature/TheSnowQueen threatens to turn the world to ice in the third game of the ''DarkParables'' series.

* In ''KessenII'', if you beat the final stage of Liu Bei's scenario, Cao Cao is seen dying in the snow, with Diao Chan kneeling beside him. Though, there was never any snow on the battlefield before or after this sequence.