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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: In the end, when Terry admits Bruce was right about Mr. Freeze, Bruce points out they were ''both'' right (that vengeance may be in Mr. Freeze's nature, but there's also still good in him).
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: In the end, when Terry admits Bruce was right about Mr. Freeze, Bruce points out they were ''both'' right (that vengeance may be in Mr. Freeze's nature, but there's also still good in him).
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* SurroundedByIdiots: Powers says this about his employees when they give him a warm blanket "in case (he's) cold" after escaping from Batman and Freeze while in full [[ILoveNuclearPower Blight-mode]].
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* SurroundedByIdiots: Powers says this about his employees when they give him a warm blanket "in case (he's) cold" after escaping from Batman and Freeze while in full [[ILoveNuclearPower [[WalkingWasteland Blight-mode]].
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* EtTuBrute: Freeze is betrayed by Dr. Lake, who, without warning, turns up the heat in his chamber to perform a biopsy on him to see why his body is breaking down.
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* FamousLastWords: "Believe me, you're the only one who cares."
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* LimbSensationFascination: Mister Freeze has his consciousness transferred from a [[BrainInAJar Head In A Jar]] to a cloned body. After the completion of this process, he walks to the window, puts his hand to it, and says "cold" (it's winter) with a look of absolute joy on his face. He has been numb to the sensation for decades.
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* LimbSensationFascination: Mister Freeze has his consciousness transferred from a [[BrainInAJar Head In A Jar]] to a cloned body. After the completion of this process, he walks to the window, window (looking out on Gotham in winter), puts his hand to it, and says "cold" (it's winter) with a look of absolute joy on his face. He has face. It's been numb decades since he was able to the sensation for decades.feel anything, especially that.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Both Terry and Bruce mourn Freeze's death in the end. Bruce even changes his mind about Freeze, at least to the extent of believing that sincerely ''tried'' to reform before being pushed too far.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Freeze returns for one more go round]]
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* SuddenlyShouting: Powers after burning through yet another artificial skin.
-->'''Powers''': It's useless. It barely lasts a day anymore. ''What do I PAY YOU PEOPLE FOR?!''
-->'''Powers''': It's useless. It barely lasts a day anymore. ''What do I PAY YOU PEOPLE FOR?!''
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Freeze in his first scene. Since he's basically been nothing but a disembodied head for decades, it's not surprising.
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* VillainsDyingGrace: As the building collapses around him, Freeze throws up an ice barrier to stop Batman from risking his own life to save him.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Terry shows Freeze kindness earlier; as such even when Freeze goes on a rampage he gives Terry the chance to leave
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* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: "Believe me, you're the only one who cares."
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* ChronicVillainy: Despite his best efforts to change, Fries' deteriorating condition and betrayal by his doctors causes him to revert back to his old ways.
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* BackportedDevelopment: When Mr. Freeze was cloned, he was depicted as still being bald despite having hair when we see a pre-Freeze Victor Fries in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''--though considering the clone later redeveloped the condition, maybe it was a sign of CloneDegeneration.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Victor Fries is saved by Batman from an assassination attempt, the assassin turns out to be one of the many people Victor hurt years ago as Mr. Freeze, and Victor has no idea who the man is. Then again, the man is around 50 years older than he was when Victor was Mr. Freeze, so it's doubtful Victor would be able to recognize the man even if the list of people whose lives he ruined was smaller. But at any rate, Victor's list of lives he's ruined is apparently large enough for him to immediately believe this story despite not remembering him or having any proof, and he simply lets the man go, [[TheAtoner feeling he's caused the old, miserable man enough pain in the past without making him spend the rest of his life in jail for an act of understandable rage]].
* ChronicVillainy: Despite his best efforts to change,Fries' Fries's deteriorating condition and betrayal by his doctors causes him to revert back to his old ways.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Victor Fries is saved by Batman from an assassination attempt, the assassin turns out to be one of the many people Victor hurt years ago as Mr. Freeze, and Victor has no idea who the man is. Then again, the man is around 50 years older than he was when Victor was Mr. Freeze, so it's doubtful Victor would be able to recognize the man even if the list of people whose lives he ruined was smaller. But at any rate, Victor's list of lives he's ruined is apparently large enough for him to immediately believe this story despite not remembering him or having any proof, and he simply lets the man go, [[TheAtoner feeling he's caused the old, miserable man enough pain in the past without making him spend the rest of his life in jail for an act of understandable rage]].
* ChronicVillainy: Despite his best efforts to change,
* CloneDegeneration: Mr. Freeze's clone body was still bald despite having hair before his accident in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. Considering that his condition later redeveloped, it might've been an early sign of the clone body degenerating.
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-->'''Batman'''(right after Freeze started his rampage): Oh... Freeze.
* LimbSensationFascination: Mister Freeze has his consciousness transferred from a [[BrainInAJar Head In A Jar]] to a cloned body. After the completion of this process, he walks to the window, puts his hand to it, and says "cold" (it's winter) with a look of absolute joy on his face. He has been numb to the sensation for decades.
-->'''Batman'''(right after Freeze started his rampage): Oh... Freeze.
* LimbSensationFascination: Mister Freeze has his consciousness transferred from a [[BrainInAJar Head In A Jar]] to a cloned body. After the completion of this process, he walks to the window, puts his hand to it, and says "cold" (it's winter) with a look of absolute joy on his face. He has been numb to the sensation for decades.
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-->'''Mr. Freeze:''' There might be some momentary discomfort.
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-->'''Blight:''' [[BadassBoast And behold, I shall be a blight upon the land, and everything I touch...shall wither and die!]]
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-->'''Blight:''' [[BadassBoast And behold, I shall be a blight upon the land, land,]] [[PreAsskickingOneLiner and everything I touch...shall wither and die!]]
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After burning through yet another artificial skin outfit, Derek Powers starts to become impatient over his doctors' inability to find a cure for his radioactive condition. One of them, Dr. Stephanie Lake, suggests an experimental procedure to transfer his mind into a new, healthy cloned body. To test the procedure, they perform it first on Mr. Freeze, whose head had been stored in Wayne-Powers for over 40 years. With a new body and a second chance at life, Victor Fries becomes [[TheAtoner an atoner]] and promises to spends his time righting the past wrongs and sufferings he caused to his victims. Terry becomes hopeful that Fries has truly changed for the better but Bruce is not convinced.
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-->'''Batman:''' (''sadly'') Oh Fries...
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* DeathSeeker / DrivenToSuicide: Freeze, after reverting back to his old form and being betrayed by Dr. Lake, sets out to destroy the entire facility that he had been cloned in, taking everyone else out with him.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Out of all his appearances in the DCAU, this featured Freeze's ''first onscreen murder'', albeit with a GoryDiscretionShot.
* DeathSeeker / DrivenToSuicide: Freeze, after reverting back to his old form and being betrayed by Dr. Lake, sets out to destroy the entire facility that he had been cloned in, taking everyone else out with him.
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-->'''Batman:''' (''sadly'') Oh Oh, Fries...
* DarkerAndEdgier: Out of all his appearances in theDCAU, {{DCAU}}, this featured Freeze's ''first onscreen murder'', albeit with a GoryDiscretionShot.
* DeathSeeker / DrivenToSuicide: Freeze, after reverting back to his old form and being betrayed by Dr. Lake, sets out to destroy the entire facility that he had been cloned in, [[TakingYouWithMe taking everyone else out withhim.him]].
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-->'''Freeze:''' Take a good look, doctor.Doctor. I've been like this for nearly fifty years and I haven't aged one day. I have become what many men have dreamed of: an of--an immortal. And yet, there hasn't been a day, an hour, a minute, I haven't thought about death. It obsesses me. Even now.
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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Freeze tries to reform and [[TheAtoner make up for the harm he did]], but goes back to his old vengeful ways when Dr. Lake turns up the heat in his chamber.
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* WeatherDissonance: The weather goes through some major shifts over a few days, from warm to cold enough for Freeze to feel comfortable after his new body begins reverting and back to warm enough for Powers to assume that Freeze must be dead if he hasn't found a refrigerated hiding place.
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* PetTheDog: In his first public appearance in his new body, Fries saves a little girl's cat from being hit by a train.
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* {{Pun}}: When Powers and Lake are surprised by Freeze's new suit, Freeze says "It's something I've kept in cold storage." See, [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnold]], ''[[Film/BatmanAndRobin that's]]'' an amusing ice pun.
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-->'''Terry:''' Just because he ran off doesn't mean he'll come back.
-->'''Bruce:''' He'll be back. Count on it. He lives for revenge.
-->'''Terry:''' Not the Victor Fries I met.
-->'''Bruce:''' What you met was a ghost.
-->'''Terry:''' Just because he ran off doesn't mean he'll come back.
-->'''Bruce:''' He'll be back. Count on it. He lives for revenge.
-->'''Terry:''' Not the Victor Fries I met.
-->'''Bruce:''' What you met was a ghost.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Freeze in his first scene.
-->'''Freeze:''' Take a good look, doctor. I've been like this for nearly fifty years and I haven't aged one day. I have become what many men have dreamed of: an immortal. And yet, there hasn't been a day, an hour, a minute, I haven't thought about death. It obsesses me. Even now.
-->'''Freeze:''' Take a good look, doctor. I've been like this for nearly fifty years and I haven't aged one day. I have become what many men have dreamed of: an immortal. And yet, there hasn't been a day, an hour, a minute, I haven't thought about death. It obsesses me. Even now.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Fries gets attacked by an assassin whose family had been murdered by Freeze years ago.
* YouKilledMyFather: Fries gets attacked by an assassin whose family had been murdered by Freeze years ago.
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* TheAtoner: Fries genuinely seemed to want to make things better this time around. After being targeted in an assassination attempt by a man that he once wronged, he refuses to press charges against the man and instead decides to start a charity named in his late wife's honor to repay the victims that he had harmed in the past. Unfortunately, his new body soon begins breaking down and reverting back to its old state...
* ChronicVillainy: Despite his best efforts to change, Fries' deteriorating condition and betrayal by his doctors causes him to revert back to his old ways.
-->'''Batman:''' (''sadly'') Oh Fries...
* DeathSeeker / DrivenToSuicide: Freeze, after reverting back to his old form and being betrayed by Dr. Lake, sets out to destroy the entire facility that he had been cloned in, taking everyone else out with him.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The episode title can refer to either the return of Mr. Freeze or the debut of [[ILoveNuclearPower Blight]].
* FamousLastWords: "Believe me, you're the only one who cares."
* GoryDiscretionShot: Dr. Stephanie Lake's death. We only hear her scream in horrified pain as Mr. Freeze shoots her with his freeze gun.
* IronicEcho: While his mind is being transferred to his new body, Dr. Lake tells Fries, "Remember, there may be some momentary discomfort." He later uses the same line on her [[PreMortemOneLiner before he kills her]].
* ReformedButRejected: Bruce refuses to believe that Fries had truly reformed and completely rejected his old ways.
* VillainousRescue: Mr. Freeze saves Terry from Blight, although it was likely more motivated out of anger at Blight rather than for Terry's well-being.
* WalkingWasteland: Blight.
-->'''Blight:''' And behold, I shall be a Blight upon the land, and everything I touch... shall wither, and die.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Freeze, yet again. The poor guy just can't seem to catch a break.
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* TheAtoner: Fries genuinely seemed to want to make things better this time around. After being targeted in an assassination attempt by a man that he once wronged, he refuses to press charges against the man and instead decides to start a charity named in his late wife's honor to repay the victims that he had harmed in the past. Unfortunately, his new body soon begins breaking down and reverting back to its old state...
* ChronicVillainy: Despite his best efforts to change, Fries' deteriorating condition and betrayal by his doctors causes him to revert back to his old ways.
-->'''Batman:''' (''sadly'') Oh Fries...
* DeathSeeker / DrivenToSuicide: Freeze, after reverting back to his old form and being betrayed by Dr. Lake, sets out to destroy the entire facility that he had been cloned in, taking everyone else out with him.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The episode title can refer to either the return of Mr. Freeze or the debut of [[ILoveNuclearPower Blight]].
* FamousLastWords: "Believe me, you're the only one who cares."
* GoryDiscretionShot: Dr. Stephanie Lake's death. We only hear her scream in horrified pain as Mr. Freeze shoots her with his freeze gun.
* IronicEcho: While his mind is being transferred to his new body, Dr. Lake tells Fries, "Remember, there may be some momentary discomfort." He later uses the same line on her [[PreMortemOneLiner before he kills her]].
* ReformedButRejected: Bruce refuses to believe that Fries had truly reformed and completely rejected his old ways.
* VillainousRescue: Mr. Freeze saves Terry from Blight, although it was likely more motivated out of anger at Blight rather than for Terry's well-being.
* WalkingWasteland: Blight.
-->'''Blight:''' And behold, I shall be a Blight upon the land, and everything I touch... shall wither, and die.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Freeze, yet again. The poor guy just can't seem to catch a break.
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