Interestingly, in several storybooks and comics taking place after the film, Marshmallow's friendlier personality, shown at the end of the film, has apparently taken dominance. This possibly hints that while he represents her desire to be alone, he could also contain some aspects of her innocence.ĭespite being a highly competent minion, for the most part, Marshmallow still has some bumbling edges, as seen when chasing Kristoff and Anna, who was able to outsmart the snow beast rather easily.
However, at the end of the film, when returning to the ice palace, he is shown smiling and letting out a happy sigh after placing Elsa's discarded tiara on his head. He is incredibly devoted to her in this role and continued this even when he was injured. Because of this, he is extremely aggressive and territorial to intruders or others who try to enter the castle except for Elsa, whom he was made to protect. Just as Olaf represents Elsa's childlike persona, Marshmallow appears to represent Elsa's powerful desire to be left alone. However, the concept was kept so at least one Snowman Guard would be in the film, with Marshmallow taking that role. However, these snowmen were ultimately proven to be too successful, that they ultimately went out of control and started going on a rampage and purposely attacking anyone in their path, something Elsa was against. Originally, there was going to be more than one snowman similar to Marshmallow, with Olaf being the first member of this snowman army, but was rejected by Elsa because he wasn't threatening enough, very much like how one's first attempt at cooking food often tends to end in disaster, but later attempts become more and more successful (they make a brief appearance in the "Bad Elsa" deleted scene, where an originally villainous Elsa can be seen interrogating two of "Admiral Westergård" (an early version of Hans, the actual antagonist)'s guards). The menacing white beast doesn't say much, but he packs a powerful punch. He serves as a brute bodyguard charged with keeping intruders away from her ice palace. Background Official Description Marshmallow is an enormous icy snowman born from Elsa's powers.