History Main / HarmlessFreezing

* Zig-zagged in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''. One of the superpowered trio in "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS1E8Heroes Heroes]]" freezes multiple people to no apparent ill effect. Averted with Mr. Freeze in "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS1E7Meltdown Meltdown]]", who actually kills several people by freezing them, and only fails to kill Derek Powers because he's living radiation. His cold gun from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' also shows up when it is used against Inque. Even though she survives, being a BlobMonster, it still significantly damages her form, and it only takes the one shot to put her out for the count. A later attempt to freeze her fails when she compresses herself into a ball, keeping the majority of her body mass safe from harm.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E12TheTrialOfTheMonarch The Trial of the Monarch]]", a Guild team freezes everyone in a courtroom for a matter of minutes, and when they thaw, they're not even aware anything happened.

** The Wood Frog, a common sight in most of North America, can freeze solid, every winter, with no ill effects. When it gets cold, they convert all of the water in their bodies to sucrose. Since sucrose doesn't expand when freezing (unlike water), there's no damage to the frog itself, and it's therefore free to thaw and get back to being watery.

** The tardigrade can survive this and ''so'' many other things.

* In ''MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle'', one of the status effects that weapons can inflict is Freeze, which freezes the character's head in a block of ice and prevents them from using their techniques for one turn - however, like all status effects, it can be cured with a Team Jump if the hero who jumps has the Cleansing Jump skill unlocked.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' has a Frozen status, which stops the character until a long time has passed, battle ends, or the character is affected by a fire-elemental attack. When thawed, the character will attempt to complete the command given before being frozen.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' has the Frozen status effect which results in a OneHitKill if the frozen character then receives a physical attack. They can be thawed out with a fire-based attack too.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXVI'', The Cold Snap ability is a dodge that can also freeze enemies, but this does no damage.
* Toyed with in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles'' the sub-series. The blizzard spells temporarily encase a character with ice, doing minor additional damage until it shatters.

* ''VideoGame/LostOdyssey'' has the villainous [[spoiler:Gongora]] horrifically avert the hell out of this trope by freezing [[spoiler:the nation of Gohtza. The people who freeze, die.]]

* In the ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' DLC "Mothership Zeta," you can craft cryogenic grenades from the supercold fluid TheGreys use to preserve specimens for transit. They freeze enemies for about 30 seconds, but said enemies thaw out none the worse for wear.
* In ''VideoGame/HaloWars,'' Dr. Anders' "Cryo Bomb" SupportPower harmlessly freezes enemies, with the sole exception of air units, which drop and smash on the ground

* [[{{Literature/Slayers}} Lina's]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Van Rehl/Van Rail]] and [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs Hayate's]] [[GratuitousGerman Atem des Eis]] in ''VideoGame/MagicalBattleArena'', which does damage when the spell hits, but none while their target is frozen. There's also the Freeze Arrow spell of the ''{{Literature/Slayers}}'' characters, which they use to encase their target in ice for their {{Desperation Attack}}s but deals no damage on its own.

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Castle}}'', Beckett and Castle get locked in a refrigerated container. While they are not encased in ice, they do estimate the temperature as 'below freezing'. They do not become all cold and stiff, instead they sit on the ground, shiver dramatically, get frosted eyebrows and slowly lose consciousness. Some time later (we don't know how long), they are rescued, diagnosed with mild hypothermia, and just rush back to the case. No, you know, frostbite or any damage to their toes or fingers...