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* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'': the mother of the two leads and the girlfriend of one of them are murdered by a demon in the very first episode, which motivates them to become demon hunters. | |||
* ''[[Lost (TV series)]]'': in the episode "The Shape of Things to Come": Alex is kidnapped and held hostage by men who are after her father, Ben; when he refuses to cooperate, they shoot her in the head in front of him. (They had already shot Alex's mother, randomly, in the jungle.) He then promises to retaliate by killing the daughter of these men's leader. | |||
=== Movies === | === Movies === | ||
Revision as of 22:57, 24 April 2008
"Women in refrigerators" is the name for a sexist trope prevalent within comics, but also present in other media, which was identified by Gail Simone, who coined the expression and compiled a list of "superheroines who have been either depowered, raped, or cut up and stuck in the refrigerator".
The Women in Refrigerators Syndrome describes the recurrent use of the murder (or other mistreatment) of female characters as a plot device to advance a male character's story.
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Women in Refrigerators
Actual examples of women in refrigerators (alive, dead, or in pieces).
Television
- Alienated episode 2x07, "The Arrival"
- The Collector episode 2x05, "The Tattoo Artist"
- Veronica Mars episode 1x22, "Leave It to Beaver"
Movies
- David Cronenberg's Rabid (1977) (poster image)
Comic Books
- Green Lantern #54 (1994) issue in which Alex DeWitt, the girlfriend of Green Lantern is dismembered and stuffed into a refrigerator. This incident inspired the list.
Women in Refrigerators Syndrome
Stories in which women aren't necessarily put in actual refrigerators, but where their deaths, suffering, or otherwise unpleasant fates are used as plot devices in a male character's storyline.
Books
Television
- Supernatural: the mother of the two leads and the girlfriend of one of them are murdered by a demon in the very first episode, which motivates them to become demon hunters.
- Lost (TV series): in the episode "The Shape of Things to Come": Alex is kidnapped and held hostage by men who are after her father, Ben; when he refuses to cooperate, they shoot her in the head in front of him. (They had already shot Alex's mother, randomly, in the jungle.) He then promises to retaliate by killing the daughter of these men's leader.