- "Shiver and freeze beneath the storm of my almighty power"
- ― Esdeath (Akame ga Kill)
- "Freeze in hell, Batman!"
- ― Victor Fries, Batman and Robin (Movie)
The ability to reduce the kinetic energy of atoms, thereby lowering the temperature. Sub-power of Cold Manipulation, Ice Manipulation and Thermal Manipulation. Variation of Energy Generation. Opposite to Heat Generation. Not to be confused with Water Solidification.
Also Called
- Cold Generation
- Flash Freezing
- Temperature Reduction
Capabilities
The user can reduce the kinetic energy of atoms meaning they effectively make things colder, ranging from slightly chilly levels to absolute zero.
Applications
Variations
Associations
- Absolute Zero Inducement
- Cold Air Manipulation
- Cold Energy Manipulation
- Cold Manipulation
- Cold Weather Manipulation
- Cryo-Phasing
- Cryogenic Blood
- Cryokinetic Combat
- Ice Manipulation
- Solidification
- Thermal Manipulation
Limitations
- Generates only cold, not Ice.
- High temperatures like fire, magma, and heat negate/reduce this power.
- May have limited range, including touch only.
Known Users
Comics
- Mr. Freeze (DC Comics); via Freeze Ray
- Captain Cold (DC Comics); via Cold Gun
- Garth/Aqualad (DC Comics)
- Killer Frost (DC Comics)
- Ice (DC Comics)
- Polar Boy (DC Comics)
- Robert “Bobby” Drake/Iceman (Marvel Comics)
- Crystal (Marvel Comics)
Movies
- Frozone (The Incredibles)
- Jack Frost (Rise of the Guardians)
- Elsa (Frozen)
- The Bewilderbeast (How to Train Your Dragon)
- Abnermal (Garfield's Pet Force)
- An Shigeng (The Four)
- Freya (The Huntsman: Winter's War)
- Mr. Archer (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children)
- Stormela (Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie)
- Shawn Hanson (Shadow Falls)
- Ghosts (Shadow Falls)
- Highway Patrolman (Wind Chill)
Manga/Anime
- Uranus (Psyren); via Deep Freeze
- Cocytus (Overlord)
- Miyuki Shiba (Irregular at Magic High School)
- Dan Ah-An (God of High School)
- Nami Kusunoki (Alive: The Final Evolution)
- Hairadee (Bakugan)
- Akwimos (Bakugan)
- Hyssop (Dragon Ball Super)
- Eis Shenron (Dragon Ball GT)
- Omega Shenron (Dragon Ball GT)
- Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail)
- Silver Fullbuster (Fairy Tail)
- Ur (Fairy Tail)
- Lyon Vastia (Fairy Tail)
- Invel Yura (Fairy Tail)
- Witch (Edens Zero)
- Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach)
- Tōshirō Hitsugaya (Bleach)
- Kazuma (Konosuba)
- Wiz (Konosuba)
- Gandharva (Kubera)
- Users of bhavati varuna (Kubera)
- Isaac the Freezer (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Jeanne D' Arc (Hidan no Aria)
- Kuzann/Aokiji (One Piece); via the Hie Hie no Mi
- Brook (One Piece)
- Seiryu (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Touya (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Dio Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part I Phantom Blood)
- Pet Shop (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III Stardust Crusaders); via Horus
- Ghiaccio (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V Golden Wind/Vento Aureo); via White Album
- Horohoro and Kororo (Shaman King)
- Pino Graham and Badbh (Shaman King)
- Snow Queen (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
- Freeze (Corrector Yui)
- Reycom (Zatch Bell)
- Furigaro (Zatch Bell)
- Karudio (Zatch Bell)
- Vivian (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Gustaf (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Jericho (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Esdeath (Akame Ga Kill!)
- Irori (Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
- November 11 (Darker than Black)
- Shoto Todoroki (My Hero Academia)
- Geten (My Hero Academia)
- Mizore Shirayuki (Rosario + Vampire)
Live Television
- Wendy Beauchamp (Witches of East End)
- Donnie Gill (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Baphon (Angel & Faith)
- Eddie Hope (Angel: After the Fall)
- P. Bowen (Charmed)
- Ludlow (Charmed)
- Henry Mitchell Jr. (Charmed)
- Melosa (Di-Gata Defenders)
- Emma Gilbert (H2O: Just Add Water)
- Charlotte Watsford (H2O: Just Add Water)
- Tracy Strauss (Heroes)
- James Walker (Heroes)
- Francine/Frosta (Kidlat - Filipino Superhero TV-Series)
- Nieves (Los Protegidos)
- Lyla (Mako: Island of Secrets)
- Marvin Forman (Marvin Marvin)
- Lily (MisFits)
- Many Power Rangers & villains (Power Rangers series)
- Ghosts (The Sixth Sense)
- Frosta (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Various Ultramen & kaiju (Ultraman series)
- Alice Hartley (Nowhere Boys)
- Iceage Dopant (Kamen Rider W)
Cartoons
- Ice King (Adventure Time)
- Urgence Evergreen (Adventure Time)
- Patience St. Pim (Adventure Time)
- Waterbenders (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra)
- Zane (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Articguana (Ben 10)
- EyeGuy (Ben 10)
- Big Chill (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Abbey Bominable (Monster High)
- Frostbite (Danny Phantom)
- Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)
- Frozer (Miraculous Ladybug)
- Sapphire (Steven Universe)
- Icy (Winx Club)
- Cold Finger (SheZow)
- Hay Lin (W.I.T.C.H.)
- Irma Lair (W.I.T.C.H.)
- Professor Sunshine (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
Video Games
- Player (Terraria)
- Frigimon (Digimon)
- IceDevimon (Digimon)
- Olga (Asura's Wrath)
- Christian Bateman (Criminal Case)
- Lucy Kuo (Infamous 2)
- Vermaak 88/"The Ice Gang" (Infamous 2)
- Cole MacGrath (Infamous 2)
- Vexen (Kingdom Hearts)
- Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep)
- Samus Aran (Metroid)
- Rundas (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)
- Cryomancers (Mortal Kombat)
- Bi Han/Sub-Zero
- Kuai Liang/Sub-Zero
- Frost
- Hydro (Mortal Kombat: Blood & Thunder)
- Ryu Hyabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
- Teddie (Persona 4)
- Chie Satonaka (Persona 4)
- Ice-shroom (Plants vs. Zombies)
- Snow Pea (Plants vs. Zombies)
- Winter Melon (Plants vs. Zombies)
- Slam Bam (Skylanders)
- Chill (Skylanders)
- Freeze Blade (Skylanders)
- King Pen (Skylanders)
- Blizzard (Primal Rage)
- Mario (Super Mario)
- Luigi (Super Mario)
- Giga Bowser (Super Smash Bros.)
- Freezard (The Legend of Zelda)
- Link (The Legend of Zelda)
- Cirno (Touhou Project)
- Queen of Ice (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Icicle (Valkyrie Crusade)
- The Dragonborn (Skyrim); via Ice form Shout
- Characters that can learn "PK Freeze" (Mother)
- Ana
- Paula
- Poo
- Kumatora
- Pokemon who can learn "Subzero Slammer", "Snow Powder" or "Freeze-Dry" (Pokemon)
- Glacius (Killer Instinct)
- Queen Vanessa (A Hat In Time)
Known Objects
- Snowball (Growtopia)
- Freeze Ray (Science Fiction)
- Freeze Guns (DC Comics)
- The Cold Gun (DC Comics)
- The Ice Beam (Metroid Series)
- The Spy-Cicle (Team Fortress 2)
- Cryolator (Fallout 4)
- Endothermic Blaster (Overwatch)
- Chilly Chilly Fruit/Hie Hie no Mi (One Piece)
- Liquid Nitrogen Gun (Ratchet & Clank 3)
- Freeze Mod (Ratchet & Clank Deadlocked)
- Nitro Reaper (Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction)
- CyroMine Glove (Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time)
Gallery
Esdeath (Akame Ga Kill!) uses Ice Storm Commander-in-Chief to create a winter blizzard that can freeze entire continent.
Esdeath (Akame Ga Kill!) using her Mahapadma to extend her ice abilities to freeze time and space. It's taxing nature allows her to do it only once a day.
Nami Kusunoki (Alive: The Final Evolution) forming ice claws by freezing atmospheric moisture.
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Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender) freezing stream.
Tōshirō Hitsugaya (Bleach) freezing Gerard Valkyrie and his energy bow solid.
November 11 (Darker than Black) can freeze any liquid, whether it is water, hot tea, or alcohol.
Captain Cold (DC Comics) using his ice power after becoming a metahuman.
Killer Frost (DC Comics)
Sapphire (Steven Universe) can drastically lower the temperature of her surroundings, even forming ice on the walls and freezing water.
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Tracy (Heroes) freezes an entire parking garage at Union Station.
Baphon (Angel & Faith) possesses a void in the center of his chest that freezes any material it comes into contact with.
Ludlow (Charmed) freezes Tyler.
Piper Halliwell (Charmed) uses her power to encase Leo Wyatt in ice.
Bomberman (Bomberman 64: The Second Attack) detonating a Ice Bomb.
Nieves (Los Protegidos) Can freeze anything using her hands.
Queen of Ice (Valkyrie Crusade) can freeze anything eternally.
Icicle (Valkyrie Crusade) is the angel of ice, and can freeze virtually anything, such as entire towns and could even accidently freeze the entire world solid.
Kumatora (Mother) uses PK Freeze.
After becoming a vampire, DIO Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part I Phantom Blood) gained various powers...
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...including the power to freeze people's bodies by touching them.
Mei (Overwatch) can turn things to ice with her freezing gun.
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With his Chilly Chilly Fruit/Hie Hie no Mi powers, Kuzan/Aokiji (One Piece) can use Ice Time to freeze a target...
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...and Ice Age to instantly freeze the ocean.
Brook (One Piece) can freeze enemies by combining his attacks with the cold air from the Underworld.
Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat) is infamous for his ability to freeze people.
Invel Yura (Fairy Tail) is considered the "Purest" Ice Mage as he doesn't create things out of ice, but simply freezes anything he wishes, even ice itself.
Shoto Todoroki (My Hero Academia) can drastically lower temperatures, and freeze anything he touches with the right side of his body.
Cirno, the Unnatural Chill (Touhou Project)...
... Ice Fairy of the Lake.
Dan Ah-An (God of High School) borrows the power from a war deity to manipulate ice and freeze objects.
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Elsa (Frozen) can use her powers to generate ice and freeze water.
Mizore Shirayuki (Rosario + Vampire) freezing multiple plant monsters.
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Crystal (Marvel Comics)
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Video
Heroes Powers - Freezing Cryokinesis (all scenes)
Tracy Strauss (Heroes)
Emma's powers
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Iceman (X-Men)
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