History Main / FailuresOnIce

* While most video game characters can hold their own on their games' [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Slippy Slidey Ice Worlds]], {{Ristar}} has trouble keeping on his feet.

* Usagi in ''Anime/SailorMoon'' had a lot of trouble skating in one episode.

* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' has an episode where she and her class go to a skating rink. While Sakura is good at rollerskating (she does this to school everyday) she is not good at skating on ice. The episode involves her learning how to do it, which comes in very handy given there's a Clow Card at the loose on the rink...

* A serious version of this forms a plot point in ''DeathParade''. [[spoiler:Onna/Chiyuki was a professional figure skater who suffered a career-ending injury when her knee shattered in a fall. The depression that ensued afterwards caused her to reevaluate her relationships and goals in life: thinking that she didn't have any other direction, she committed suicide and ended up in the purgatory-esque bar where the story takes place.]]

* A serious version of this forms a plot point in ''DeathParade''. [[Onna/Chiyuki was a professional figure skater who suffered a career-ending injury when her knee shattered in a fall. The depression that ensued afterwards caused her to reevaluate her relationships and goals in life: thinking that she didn't have any other direction, she committed suicide and ended up in the purgatory-esque bar where the story takes place.]]

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* In ''CoolRunnings'' the Jamaican bobsledders have a hard time learning to walk on ice.

* On ''HappyDays'' the gang goes to a rollerskating rink, and Fonzie is very unsteady on his skates. He still tries to act cool though.
* In the ''SesameStreet'' special ''Big Bird's Birthday, or Let Me Eat Cake'' BB's birthday party takes place at a roller rink. Snuffy is scared of falling down, but Big Bird coaxes him onto the rink. Oscar the Grouch is there as well - [[JerkAss he likes watching people fall down.]]

* In the teaser trailer for Disney/{{Frozen}}, it seems that Sven has about as much luck on ice as Bambi. He even gets his tongue stuck to the ice at one point! Olaf the Snowlem isn't much better.

** Sis has done this, twice on covers. [[http://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/iss/400w/182/191821/875551.jpg Katy Keene #27]], and [[http://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/iss/600w/255/352551/7565331_1.jpg Pin-Up Parade #13]].

* Usagi in ''SailorMoon'' had a lot of trouble skating in one episode.

* ''RanmaOneHalf'' Ranma proves to be less than usually competent on skates, which naturally leads him into a bout of [[MartialArtsAndCrafts Martial Arts Couples Ice Skating]].

* Sis in ''ComicBook/KatyKeene'' has done this, twice on covers. [[http://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/iss/400w/182/191821/875551.jpg Katy Keene #27]], and [[http://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/iss/600w/255/352551/7565331_1.jpg Pin-Up Parade #13]].

* Manny and Diego, as with the above example, weren't wearing skates in ''IceAge'', but struggled to stay standing whilst on a frozen lake. Meanwhile, Sid glided effortlessly around them in figure-eight shapes, all whilst ''carrying the baby''.

NoRealLifeExamplesPlease The list would go on forever if we listed all RealLife examples.

* ''CardcaptorSakura'' has an episode where she and her class go to a skating rink. While Sakura is good at rollerskating (she does this to school everyday) she is not good at skating on ice. The episode involves her learning how to do it, which comes in very handy given there's a Clow Card at the loose on the rink...

* While most video game characters can hold their own on their games' [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Slippy Slidey Ice Worlds]], Ristar has trouble keeping on his feet.

* In ''TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', Tigger sees Rabbit ice skating and decides to try it himself. He starts of pretty well, but soon gets into an uncontrollable spin which leads to him crashing into, of course, [[ButtMonkey Rabbit]]. After this he decides Tiggers ''don't'' like ice skating.

* {{Bambi}}, even though he wasn't wearing skates, had a hard time on the ice, despite the fact that other animals were skating around just fine.

[[AC: WesternAnimation]]

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'''s second season has Caleb attempt to ice skate in order to win back Cornelia's heart after events from the season's first two episodes, competing with Taranee's older brother. However, events in the episode conspire to get the two back together and the episode ends with Cornelia aiding Caleb in ice skating.

* In the opening of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', Jay steps onto the skating rink at Rockefeller Center and the ice cracks, sending everyone else tumbling.

Compare EpicFail, and FrictionlessIce for the video game version of this trope. Contrast OnIce.

[[caption-width-right::320:[[IncrediblyLamePun Silly pun]], but [[TruthInTelevision so true.]]]]

[[ComicBook/KatyKeene http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/katy_and_sis_skate_2599.jpg]]
[[caption-width:320:Silly {{pun}}, but so true.]]

->We're slipping on the ice!
->Just slipping on the ice!
->For a fabulous pratfall
->Just follow this advice!
->Let your feet take a flip!
->I've broken my hip!
->We're slipping, and sliding, on the ice!
->-The Warner Siblings, "Slipping on the Ice" - ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''

* On ''HappyDays'' the gang goes to a rollerskating rink, and Fonzie is very unsteady on his skates. He still [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej5YcmYUrn8#t=5m35s tries]] to act cool though.

* In ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic,'' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Twilight tries to help score the ice]] [[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows so it will melt]], but is so terrible at it, that she quickly loses control, and crashes into Pinkie Pie and Spike, who all then end up as a pony snowman.