Freeze-bomb
As the name suggests, these weapons freeze everything within 50 meters of the explosion. The effect lasts exactly 15 minutes.
They can be really fun if you time them well.
A freeze-bomb explodes two seconds after it has been thrown. So try to time it just as someone is pouring a glass of water or about to jump into a pool. When the freeze effects wear off it can be really funny.
Freeze-bombs might look simple, but they are in fact highly sophisticated devices. They don't actually involve temperature in any way. Rather they generate F-waves, which are a kind of radio-electromagnetic-micro-vector-wave-multiplier. When activated, the F-waves interact with localized atmospheric conditions to produce what scientists call the Photo-Stop-Effect. Everything freezes as if it's in a photograph. Otherwise described as an IPGE (Involuntary Pause-Game Effect).
The effect lasts exactly 15 minutes and is not at all dangerous in itself. Obviously it can result in a dangerous situation, so for example if you were watching someone juggle with fire-sticks, and then you throw a freeze-bomb, it's not guaranteed they'll catch the fire-sticks once they unfreeze.
If the pins of two freeze-bombs are pulled out simultaneously, the effect will last for 30 minutes (i.e. 2 x 15). The same goes for up to 12 freeze-bombs, i.e. the maximum freeze time due to simultaneous freeze-bomb activation is 180 minutes (i.e. 12 x 15), which is 3 hours (i.e. 180/60 = 3).
One quick piece of advice: If you have a freeze-bomb, never, ever, under any circumstances store it in your freezer. Vimm Lagaay once did that and things got complicated very quickly. The freezer froze, then the kitchen froze, and within forty seven seconds the entire house was encased in a block of ice. It took the fire department eighteen hours to dig the family out. Vimm's parents were not happy, and punished him by making him pay for the new freezer. He had to use his savings which he had accumulated over the previous five years (through working on weekends at the local wombat juice production-facility-factory plant thing). Vimm learnt his lesson the hard way.
First seen in Book 1, page 144
Research
e_freeze_bomb - absorbed ids e_freeze_bombsIn the printed almanac pages (11 cited)
Straight from the books
Facts
object_fact (15)
Freeze-bombs freeze everything within 50 meters of the explosion for exactly 15 minutes; they explode 2 seconds after being thrown.
As the name suggests, these weapons freeze everything within 50 meters of the explosion. The effect lasts exactly 15 minutes. A freeze-bomb explodes two seconds after it has been thrown. al1:c01:p096
Freeze-bombs freeze everything within 50m of the explosion.
these weapons freeze everything within 50m of the explosion. b01:c99:p199 b01:c06:p144
A freeze-bomb explodes two seconds after it has been thrown.
A freeze-bomb explodes two seconds after it's been thrown. b01:c99:p199
Freeze-bombs freeze everything within fifty metres of the explosion, and the effect lasts exactly fifteen minutes.
these weapons freeze everything within fifty metres of the explosion. The effect lasts exactly fifteen minutes. b02:c05:p115 b02:c99:p190
A freeze-bomb explodes two seconds after it has been thrown.
A freeze-bomb explodes two seconds after it's been thrown. b02:c99:p190
Freeze-bombs freeze everything within 50 metres of the explosion, and the effect lasts exactly 15 minutes.
these weapons freeze everything within 50 metres of the explosion. The effect lasts exactly 15 minutes. b05:c99:p229 b05:c06:p141
A freeze-bomb explodes 2 seconds after it has been thrown.
A freeze-bomb explodes 2 seconds after it's been thrown. b05:c99:p229
Freeze Bombs freeze everything within 50m of the explosion, and the effect lasts exactly fifteen minutes.
these weapons freeze everything within 50m of the explosion. The effect lasts exactly fifteen minutes. b09:c06:p137 b09:c99:p288
A freeze-bomb explodes two seconds after it has been thrown.
A freeze-bomb explodes two seconds after it's been thrown. b09:c99:p288
Freeze bombs freeze everything within 50 metres of the explosion, and the effect lasts exactly 15 minutes.
these weapons freeze everything within 50 metres of the explosion. The effect lasts exactly 15 minutes. b11:c99:p323
A freeze-bomb explodes 2 seconds after it's been thrown.
A freeze-bomb explodes 2 seconds after it's been thrown. b11:c99:p323
Freeze-bombs don't actually involve temperature; they generate F-waves, which interact with localized atmospheric conditions to produce the Photo-Stop-Effect.
They don't actually involve temperature in any way. Rather they generate F-waves, which are a kind of radio-electromagnetic-micro-vector-wave-multiplier. When activated, the F-waves interact with localized atmospheric concitions to produce what scientists call the Photo-Stop-Effect. b11:c99:p323
Freeze-bombs freeze everything within 50 meters of the explosion, and the effect lasts exactly 15 minutes.
As the name suggests, these weapons freeze everything within 50 meters of the explosion. The effect lasts exactly 15 minutes. b13:c17:p313 b13:c99:p412
A freeze-bomb explodes two seconds after it has been thrown.
A freeze-bomb explodes two seconds after it has been thrown. b13:c99:p412
Freeze-bombs generate F-waves (a kind of radio-electromagnetic-micro-vector-wave-multiplier) that interact with localized atmospheric conditions to produce the Photo-Stop-Effect, also described as an IPGE (Involuntary Pause-Game Effect).
Rather they generate F-waves, which are a kind of radio-electromagnetic-micro-vector-wave-multiplier. When activated, the F-waves interact with localized atmospheric conditions to produce what scientists call the Photo-Stop-Effect. Everything freezes as if it's in a photograph. Otherwise described as an IPGE (Involuntary Pause-Game Effect). b13:c99:p412
world_rule (1)
If pins of multiple freeze-bombs are pulled simultaneously, the effect lasts 15 minutes per bomb up to a maximum of 12 bombs (180 minutes total).
If the pins of two freeze-bombs are pulled out simultaneously, the effect will last for 30 minutes (i.e. 2 x 15). The same goes for up to 12 freeze-bombs, i.e. the maximum freeze time due to simultaneous freeze-bomb activation is 180 minutes (i.e. 12 x 15), which is 3 hours al1:c01:p097
history (1)
Three freeze-bombs were used to freeze Ceiling-throw class, giving Dash, Rob and Greta 45 minutes to get to the castle.
I took three freeze-bombs out of my backpack and gave one to Greta and one to Rob. We removed the pins, and threw them. This froze the class and gave us 45 minutes to get back to the castle. b05:c06:p141 b05:c06:p142
numeric_fact (3)
The freeze effect of a freeze-bomb lasts exactly fifteen minutes.
The effect lasts exactly fifteen minutes. b01:c99:p199 b01:c06:p145
If the pins of two freeze bombs are pulled out simultaneously, the effect will last for 30 minutes; the maximum freeze time due to simultaneous activation is 180 minutes (12 freeze-bombs).
If the pins of two freeze bombs are pulled out simultaneously, the effect will last for 30 minutes (i.e. 2 x 15). The same goes for up to 12 freeze-bombs, i.e. the maximum freeze time due to simultaneous freeze-bomb activation is 180 minutes (i.e. 12 x 15), which is 3 hours (i.e. 180/60 = 3). b11:c99:p323
If the pins of two freeze-bombs are pulled simultaneously, the effect lasts 30 minutes; the maximum freeze time from simultaneous activation is 180 minutes (12 freeze-bombs).
If the pins of two freeze-bombs are pulled out simultaneously, the effect will last for 30 minutes (i.e. 2 x 15). The same goes for up to 12 freeze-bombs, i.e. the maximum freeze time due to simultaneous freeze-bomb activation is 180 minutes (i.e. 12 x 15), which is 3 hours b13:c99:p413
Relationships
Incoming
I pulled a freeze-bomb out of my backpack and activated it. b01:c06:p144
I pulled a freeze-bomb out of my backpack and activated it, b02:c05:p115
I took three freeze-bombs out of my backpack and gave one to Greta and one to Rob. We removed the pins, and threw them. b05:c06:p141
I took three freeze-bombs out of my backpack and gave one to Greta and one to Rob. We removed the pins, and threw them. b05:c06:p141
I took three freeze-bombs out of my backpack and gave one to Greta and one to Rob. We removed the pins, and threw them. b05:c06:p141
I extricated a freeze-bomb from my backpack and lobbed it. b09:c06:p137
I lobbed a freeze bomb onto the class. b11:c06:p119
extraction note Dash uses a freeze bomb during Elbow-Cornering class.From his backpack Rob took out a G-hook, Ellen a moustacherang, and Greta a cluster of freeze-bombs. b13:c17:p313
Continuity findings
- Freeze-bomb name form: Freeze Bomb / freeze-bomb / freeze bombs / Freeze Bombs variant
- Freeze-bomb range unit: '50m' / 'fifty metres' / '50 metres' / '50 meters' variant
- Freeze-bomb duration unit: 'fifteen minutes' / '15 minutes' variant
- Freeze-bomb detonation interval: 'two seconds' / '2 seconds' variant
- Freeze-bomb three-bomb use: 45 minutes freeze vs 15-minutes-per-bomb rule conflict
- Freeze-bomb used to freeze a class and slip away unnoticed recurring_element
- Freeze-bomb: recurring in-world weapon used across multiple books recurring_element
- al1 freeze-bomb rules entry overlaps b01/b05/b11/b13 glossary descriptions almanac_overlap