Mr. Freeze

*If I'm no longer living,Batman,you are the one who iced me. Allow me to return the favor.*
―Victor Fries encountering Batman for the first time as Mr. Freeze.[src]
**Mister Freeze** is a petty criminal from Gotham City whose physiology was changed by accident which gave him cryokinesis powers. He is also one of the main antagonists in *The Batman*.

## Mr. Freeze

### Aliases

Walking Snowman (by PenguinIce Pop (by Penguin)
Boss Frost (by Firefly)
Mr. Frost (by Gray)
Dr. Frost (by 3027's Commissioener)

### Affiliation

Nora Fries (love interest)The Batman
Alfred Pennyworth
Penguin
Black Mask

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Clancy Brown (English)Tessho Genda (Japanese)
Antonio Esquivias (Spanish)
Jean Claude Sachot (French)
Mario Zucca (Italian)
Erich Rauker (German)
Miroslaw Zbrojewicz (Polish)
Stephan Karlsén (Swedish)

## Physical Appearance

Before becoming Mr. Freeze, Victor Fries was an average human being with short black hair, blue eyes and a medium build. After his mutation, Freeze's skin was turned white and his eyes were completely red.

Freeze's suit is mostly black with tubes and see-through panels that show parts of both his arms. Freeze's suit gives him a more muscular appearance. The top of his suit also is exposed and covered with ice where his head can be seen. Underneath the suit,Freeze only wears a pair of black shorts.

In 2027,Freeze's suit is much bigger and the ice on his head now resembles a glacier rather than an ice berg. The suit has also become more mechanical. Freeze became much skinnier and lost his lower half,now resorting on three spider-like legs. His face also got wrinkles. His appearance was changed into that of a man who had multiple mechanic "arms" from the lower half of his body and with no legs.

Victor Fries.Freeze without his "helmet'.Freeze without his suit.Freeze in the Arkham inmate uniform.Freeze in 2027.Freeze in 2027 without his suit.
## Personality

Mr. Freeze's personality is cold, aggressive, relaxed and calculating, and he seems to have an affinity for diamonds. His powers make him one of the Batman's greatest threats. This can be seen in his disregard of human life having no care for anyone but himself and probably his partner Nora. In a possible future, he tried to steal a diamond by causing the jet carrying it to crash, reasoning the diamond, the hardest element on Earth, would survive, without considering the life of the crew on the plane. He seems to have respect for James Gordon when he shook his head in respect after saving him from one of the Joining's robots. Freeze's greed and maliciousness made Bruce compare him to his parents' killer,Joe Chill.

## History

Victor Fries started out as nothing more than a simple thief. After a successful diamond heist,he was suddenly pursued by Batman, who chased him to a cryogenics laboratory. In an attempt to reclaim the diamonds he dropped, he fell into a freezing pod with a live exposed cable. Despite the Batman's attempt to help Victor, it proved futile, and Victor was presumed to be dead. However, Victor's body was electrocuted exactly the same time as the blood froze in his veins, mutating him into a bizarre quasi-undead being who could generate extreme cold around him. It didn't take him long to convince the scientist who revived him to build a suit to keep his powers under control.

Victor then became one of Gotham's most known criminals and went by the name Mr. Freeze. Freeze then attacked a ship and other locations around Gotham to steal the rarest diamonds. He encountered Batman yet again but instead of defeat, Freeze managed to escape and continue with his crime spree leaving Batman stuck in ice,causing Ethan Bennett and Ellen Yin to try and unmask him. After escaping, Batman then questioned if he should keep up his crime fighting career since he created criminals like Mr. Freeze. He soon released that it was Victor's own fault he ended up like this and stopped his plan to be emperor of Gotham using the Anti-Freeze Batsuit.

Mr. Freeze later worked with Firefly in their attempt to have the city snowed in a never ending winter. This soon failed when Firefly's recklessness angered Freeze,causing the two to fight. Batman then defeated the two to save Gotham.

Mr. Freeze then rivaled Penguin in racing against each other to find and rob valuable treasure hidden under the sea. Freeze used Alfred for locating the treasure. Once they arrived,both villains began to fight each other for the treasure. The fight was broken up by Batman. The ship then started to collapse due to the water pressure,so Batman,Alfred,and Ewan escaped,while the villains continued fighting. The water broke in and swept them like a tidal wave. The villains were then sent to the police,as Freeze told Penguin to shut up.

Freeze was soon captured by Rumor in his attempt to kill him alongside all of Gotham's criminals. When Freeze was released, he tried to freeze Batman but accidentally froze most of the criminals,and then Batman openned the cell he is standing on, causing him to fall down. He and the others got arrested alongside Rumor after the battle was over.

Freeze alongside other criminals such as Penguin, Bane and Joker later fought The Joining after Arkham got attacked, as well as assisting the police in their battle. When robot tried to attack James Gordon,he used his ice powers to save Gordon and they both finshed the alien off. He and Gordon later shared a mutual respect for each other,causing Joker to laugh insanely about it.

Freeze was eventually hired by Lex Luthor alongside Bane, Black Mask and the second Clayface to kill Superman. Freeze attempted to stop Superman from breathing by freezing him. However,Batman and Robin arrived and defeated him alongside the other villains.

He later made his final appearance as a cameo in Arkham Asylum,being taken to his cell as Batman, Robin and Green Arrow searched for Hugo Strange.

### Possible Future

In 2027,Freeze lost his lower half and used spider legs as a replacement,built a new suit,and went under the alias Freeze 2.0. He was freezing an airport as well as an airplane that was trying to land. Batman tried to stop him,but his age was hindering him. Oracle called Nightwing,who helped the pilot get out of the plane. The plane then crashed,and Freeze revealed he did so for a crystal that was powerful enough to activate his machine,which would keep Gotham in winter forever. Freeze successfully used his device. Batman then used the crystal to pierce Freeze's armor and injected him with a thermal dart. Freeze was still not giving up,so Batman ordered the Batwing to crash land on him. Freeze retreated to an unknown location,freezing himself in hopes that someone would wake him up in a time with no Batman.

A millenia later,Freeze was woken up by an unknown assailant. He was terrorizing the city freely,believing that nobody can stop him. He was then met by none other than the Batman. Freeze was as angry as confused and tried to finish him,but Batman was appearing simulataneously in different location. Batman then shot Freeze with multiple thermal darts. Freeze saw multiple Batmen before falling unconscious. It was revealed the GCPD used holograms to scare Freeze. Freeze was then arrested and watched closely by the cops.

## Powers and Abilities

Mr. Freeze, as a result of his accident, generates extreme cold around him. But with the special technology in his cryogenic suit he is able to control his powers and shoot ice blasts from his hands at will, and project ice-waves around him. He often uses these abilities to create bridges at high areas and paths across the water. He also has created winter-wonderlands and several icebergs with his powers alone. He possesses a special heat rod, which he deemed the vibrating pick, that allows him to heat and shatter any ice he creates. Using this device, he can freeze enemies then shatter them to pieces.

### Powers

* **Unique Physiology**
	+ **Cryokinesis**: Mr Freeze is able to fire ice blasts direcly from his hands.

### Weaknesses

* **Vulnerability to Heat:** Freeze can be weakened or knocked out with extreme heat.
	+ **Technological Reliability:** Freeze needs his suit in order to control his powers.
* **Vulnerability to Batman's Anti-Freeze Serum:** In 2027,Batman made a special serum in a dart that once inserted,can overheat Freeze;s body.
* **Missing Limbs**: Prior to 2027 Freeze lost the lower half of his body,due to withering away from his physiology.

### Equipment

* **Life Preserving Suit**
* **Melting Screwdrive:** A device Freeze uses to shatter objects or persons encased in ice.

## Relationships

### Love Interests

#### Nora Fries

The status of their relationship is unknown,though it appears from photos before his accident that they were close.

### Enemies

#### Penguin

Despite them both having arctic gimmicks,they did not get along. Their greedy goals caused them to get in the other's way and fight one another. After Batman stopped them,Penguin kept ranting about Freeze,forcing him to finally tell him to shut up.

#### Firefly

*Fire & Ice* writer Joseph Kuhr describes them as polar opposites. They only teamed for personal benefits (Freeze needed a flier while Firefly needed money),however,their opposite personalities made the team up short lived and made them clash.

#### James Gordon

Despite him being a villain,Freeze seemed to have respect Gordon.

#### Alfred Pennyworth

Freeze was the only villain that was able to faze Alfred and break him from his calm and collected demeanor.

## Appearances

### *The Batman*

* Season 1
	+ *The Big Chill*
	+ *Topsy Turvy* (Mentioned)
	+ *Bird of Prey* (Mentioned)
	+ *The Rubberface of Comedy* (Cameo in a photo)
* Season 2
	+ *Fire & Ice*
* Season 3
	+ *The Icy Depths*
	+ *Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind* (Cameo in a photo)
* Season 4
	+ *Team Penguin* (Cameo in a photo)
	+ *Artifacts*
	+ *Rumors*
	+ *The Joining, Part 2* (Cameo)
* Season 5
	+ *The Batman/Superman Story Pt. 1*
	+ *Lost Heroes, Part One* (Cameo)

### *The Batman Strikes!*

* Issue 7: "Icestorm"
* Issue 16 "Hit and Run" (mentioned)
* Issue #21
* Issue 32 " How to Take Out a Room Full of Goons
* Issue 33 " Growth" (mentioned)
* Issue 39 " Hostile Takeover"
* Issue 40 "The Burning Question" (mentioned)
* Issue #48

## Trivia

* Freeze is one of the few characters to appear in all five seasons besides Joker,Penguin,Gordon,Batman,Alfred,and Mayor Grange.
* This version of Freeze can survive unharmed in normal temperatures without his suit, which merely acts as a container for his powers when he doesn't need to use them (he has no control over them otherwise). However, exposure to excess heat will knock him out and disable his powers long enough for him to be detained. And while his mutation causes his body to degrade like his DCAU counterpart, this Freeze has only lost everything below the waist while the DCAU version ended up as a disembodied head.
* This Mr. Freeze was not a scientist prior to his transformation, which was usually a result of his own research. His trademark containment suit is not of his own invention, but something he forced a scientist to create.
* Unlike the comics and other versions, who depend on a freeze gun, this Freeze has actual cyrokinetic powers.
* Freeze is both the first superpowered enemy Bruce battles and the very last before he retires as Batman.
* It is known that he did not make his suit, but it is not known if he created the suit in *Artifacts*.
* This is the first (and possibly only) post–DCAU version of Mr. Freeze not to incorporate Nora Fries or Ferris Boyle into his backstory. However, photos seen show him happily together with an unnamed woman, inferring the former's existence in the Matsudaverse.
* His mugshot photo's inmate number says 800B4 which can be read as "Booby"
* The tragic background of his wife first introduced in *Batman: The Animated Series* is not featured in the series,being more similar to his first appearances in the comics where he was a simple criminal with a marked theme. Thus,he's closer to his original comic portrayal, who also lacked any tragic history beyond simply suffering an accident that made him Mr. Freeze.
* The idea of Mr. Freeze shooting ice from his hands rather than using a ray would later be reused in *Batman: The Enemy Within*.
* Freeze was given the simple comic book inspired origin instead of the **BTAS** origin because the goal was to focus on the depth of how Freeze affected Batman personally,not the depth of Freeze.

## References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050805074021/http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=3740
2. ↑ https://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=8750