Line #42 FanFic/Unfrozen


1	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10978513/1/Unfrozen Unfrozen]]'' is a completed ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' fic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2734141/ SovereignGFC]] that asks what would happen if Anna and Elsa ended up in [[RealLife our world]] shortly after the film's release in 2013.
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3	'''This page contains unmarked spoilers for both the fic and the source material. Read at your own risk.'''
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6	!!Contains examples of:
7	* BrickJoke: Liz/Sasha and the car--they did in fact "Take car, drive to Florida." Anna gets to see a plane and experience flight.
8	* BrokenPedestal: Elsa is saddened when Defictionalized!Arendelle appears, thinking that Liz and Sasha (who have been helpful up to this point) deceived her.
9	* BurnTheWitch: Weselton's reaction to Elsa continues to be hostile.
10	* CelebrityParadox: Subverted. Defictionalized!Anna is specifically noted to "sound like Creator/KristenBell" in-universe (implying that Bell does in fact still exist) and she even reads about her own part in the actual ''Frozen'' film on Sasha's smartphone. She is naturally creeped out by this.
11	* CharacterCatchphrase: Anna likes to use the word "stinker." She uses it precisely once in the movie, but several times here.
12	* ChildrenAreSpecial: Downplayed example--it's the love of children that brought Elsa and Anna here in the first place.
13	* CurbStompBattle: Averted. Weselton's hired goons turn tail and run when they cross paths with a [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks US carrier battle group]]. If they hadn't though, it's likely this would have resulted.
14	%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* CoincidentalBroadcast: Several times throughout the story, though considering how unusual actual magic appearing would be, it [[FridgeLogic makes sense]] the news would not shut up about it.
15	* DeathGlare: Defictionalized!Anna gets one for asking if she can have a go at operating the "horseless carriage" (SUV).
16	* DoingInTheWizard: Downplayed but subverted. After Elsa arrives, many theorists try to accomplish this to no avail--her powers are firmly magical and cannot be explained by science circa 2013. The fact that this is the case is repeatedly lampshaded, leading to the eventual acceptance that Defictionalized!Elsa really ''is'' magical.
17	* DopeSlap: One of the non-Elsa cast members does this to herself upon seeing Defictionalized!Elsa and then shortly thereafter seeing her Elsa-playing coworker's things all neatly arranged as said coworker isn't even at work yet.
18	* EverytownAmerica: Where Liz and Sasha Jamison hail from, heavily implied to be somewhere in the Midwest or heartland due to travel time from their home to Florida.
19	* FailedASpotCheck: Parents at "Frozen: As Real as It Gets" insist on carrying their gadgetry past signs that say "NO TECHNOLOGY PAST THIS POINT." Predictably, like everything else that got too close to whatever magic caused this, said gadgets disappear.
20	* FishOutOfTemporalWater: ''Frozen'' takes place [[WordOfGod somewhere in the 1840s]], so when Elsa and Anna experience TimeTravel that brings them to 2013, things are a little different. Women wear trousers (pants)! Carriages don't need horses anymore (cars)! Paintings move (movie/video)! Reactions to these things vary. The Defense Minister of Norway exploits this trope with Hans--and even lampshades the notion of a villain "straight out of a Disney movie," thinking a good show of force might dissuade him from whatever attack he is trying to plan without actually having to fire a shot.
21	%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* TheFutureIsShocking:
22	* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Extremely downplayed, G-ified example. Liz pulls up all sorts of ''Frozen''-related internet content, which includes the popular [[invoked]][[IncestSubtext ElsAnna ship]]. While the sisters are slightly embarrassed (Elsa's reaction is basically LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain), the caption on the photo ("Love will thaw") gives Elsa the idea that it might have been love that brought them here in the first place.
23	* IBelieveThatYouBelieveIt: The Orlando Chief of Police says this almost verbatim to Defictionalized!Elsa regarding her insistence that a) Arendelle exists and b) she is not from his world.
24	* ImageMacro: The work references image macros placing blame for the real "polar vortex" on Elsa--which in this universe, may have been the actual reason...
25	* {{Irony}}: The only record of a gathering focusing on peace and love is obtained by military technology from a distance.
26	* LamePunReaction: One cast member plays Belle and is notorious for filing complaints about things. The supervisor calls this the "Belle ringing." She gives off sarcastic laughs whenever this IncrediblyLamePun is made (it happens exactly once).
27	* LampshadeHanging: Repeatedly regarding Defictionalized!Elsa's magic. It leads to an in-universe acceptance of her powers as people begin to realize that no other explanation seems to work. The Chief of Police repeatedly notes he is probably breaking procedure with various actions he's taking in attempts to aid Defictionalized!Elsa/Anna, but he rationalizes it in-universe.
28	* [[invoked]]LifeImitatesArt: The whole point of this fanfic--the PowerOfLove somehow made real what was fictional.
29	* MistakenForAnImposter: Defictionalized!Elsa and Defictionalized!Anna get this at first when ordinary people think they are just cosplayers.
30	* {{Nanomachines}}: Discussed as a reason for Defictionalized!Elsa's powers, but dismissed.
31	%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* NarrativeProfanityFilter: Sasha's reaction to finding out Hans has been brought to her reality too. Anna doesn't disagree.
32	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: There are, of course, RealLife persons in the position of [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStates President of the United States]], Chief of Police in Orlando, and Prime Minister of UsefulNotes/{{Norway}}, but they were written without any direct reference to the actual person holding that position.
33	* NotInKansasAnymore: Aside from being an actual chapter title, this happens to Elsa and Anna, being FishOutOfTemporalWater.
34	* NoOntologicalInertia: Apparently, whatever brought Elsa and Anna to our world has a gigantic "Undo" button. Zig-zagged, in that while all remnents of the celebration disappear, anything that's vanished because of the magic thus far fails to ''reappear''.
35	* NoSell: Taser + Defictionalized!Elsa = failure.
36	* PlausibleDeniability: Why Weselton wasn't banned from trading with Arendelle during King Agdar's reign even though there were plenty of anecdotes suggesting unscrupulous behavior.
37	* PlotIrrelevantVillain: Downplayed example--none of the Princess cast members like Rafe Reynolds, but aside from being mentioned in that context he never actually makes an appearance.
38	* PracticalEffects: People think that's what Defictionalized!Elsa is doing at first. Disney World denies it several times.
39	* PragmaticVillainy: Hans, prior to his crossing over into RealLife, doesn't want to utterly destroy Arendelle despite having the ability to do so since it would leave him out war spoils.
40	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Orlando Chief of Police tries to be helpful to Defictionalized!Elsa and Defictionalized!Anna despite thinking them strange.
41	* RockBeatsLaser: Exploited, though not intentionally. The Weselton/Southern Isles pirates take advantage of the fact that [[ShownTheirWork modern radar doesn't do well against cloth and wood]]. However, their attacks get [[OneManArmy stopped]] [[AnIcePerson cold]] anyway.
42	* ScoobyDooHoax: Bethany Clayton, a [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney World!Elsa]], suggests Defictionalized!Elsa's ice is just this, saying "Call the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}."
43	* SelfDeprecation: InUniverse and on a meta level, Liz/Sasha's mom hopes they don't "spend an entire day in line for that crazy ''Frozen'' thing."
44	* ShoutOut: Even though this is a ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}'' fanfic, it still has Shout Outs to the work itself, often in the form of chapter titles taking after lines from the film.
45	* ShownTheirWork: F-15 jet fighters only have a seat for a pilot. But F-15 Strike Eagles? Two seats!
46	* SitcomArchNemesis: How the other Disney Princess cast members view those cast members who portray Elsa--mainly because Elsa gets all the attention.
47	%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* {{Squee}}: Chelsea regarding Defictionalized!Elsa and all children at "Frozen: As Real as It Gets."
48	* StopWorshippingMe: Defictionalized!Elsa does this out of fear that she might hurt innocents accidentally. She's half-right; her magic ''does'' send some people onto their bottoms but no one is seriously injured.
49	* TakeThat: Liz takes a swipe at Defictionalized!Anna's quick engagement to Hans, noting she wouldn't want a bad influence on her ''own'' younger sister. PlayedForLaughs--[[DontExplainTheJoke Anna takes offense because, well, she was younger then, and Sasha takes offense because she doesn't think she would be one to fall for those things]]. Unnamed Norwegian characters have a dig at their childrens' obsession with ''Frozen'' as well.
50	* {{Technobabble}}: InUniverse, describing everyday items circa 2013 like internal combustion engines or smartphones to Defictionalized!Anna can sound like this to her. She doesn't care.
51	* TheWatson: Defictionalized!Anna takes on this role, since she indeed wonders what insert-normal-2013-technology-here is at every opportunity. Creates a lot of reversed AsYouKnow--the ''audience'' knows what smartphones, cars, and planes are but Defictionalized!Anna does not, so the {{Exposition}} serves for her benefit in-universe. Somewhat PlayedForLaughs.
52	* ThisIsReality: Amber Gordon, manager of The Old Trunk, discusses the trope with Defictionalized!Anna--basically, you're not supposed to exist because in our reality you're fictional. Defictionalized!Elsa also gets this treatment from a prison guard--"Sure you haven't been watching too many Disney movies?" when the former asks how to get to Arendelle. Also a chapter title.
53	* UnfazedEveryman: Downplayed, but a growing number of people begin to accept that Defictionalized!Elsa may actually be supernaturally-powered and it doesn't really bother or confuse them. Chelsea, the daughter of the Orlando Chief of Police, has absolutely no problem with Elsa being magical.
54	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Played with. Defictionalized!Elsa's ice and snow are hardly ignored, but it remains isolated enough to not merit categorization in MundaneFantastic but it's too frequent for MagicRealism. Outright subverted when Defictionalized!Anna catches attention in a random diner--she sticks out ''and people notice.''
55	%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* VillainyFreeVillain:
56	* WickedWitch: How the Duke of Weselton presents Elsa to his people to justify attacking Arendelle.
57	* WouldHurtAChild: The pirates hired by Weselton/Southern Isles clearly believe in this, though with [[FriendToAllChildren Elsa]] around this is a [[BerserkButton bad idea]].

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