Trope Talk: Fridging
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Published 2021-10-08
Don't think you know this one? Trust me, you do. And you don't like it. Today let's talk about fridging, aka why I got so butthurt about the MCU's grand finale!
Scheming Weasel, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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All Comments (21)
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I have a semi-headcanon that any death would have been ok for the soul stone, and Red Skull made up the loved one rule because he's just that much of a dick.
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funnily enough, the DOOM franchise makes fun of this trope with the main character's pet bunny as his only motivation for literally going to hell itself and going full genocide on demonkind
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The entire planet of Alderaan got fridged and Leia didn't even cared about it on her next scene.
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The best example of fridging is the tragic off-screen loss of Squidward's hopes and dreams.
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I’ll have you know that Krillin wasn’t fridged, he was freezered.
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I love the idea of having a hero where everyone thinks his wife is fridged but she’s actually super alive and he just misses her
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“Yeah ok, cripple the b*tch” not gonna lie that sentence hit me like a freight train
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Fridging gets even WORSE when, as Red said, the characters aren’t sad for long enough, but the villains are made out to be more evil because of it for the REST OF THE STORY.
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Kyle Rayner's girlfriend may not be alive but more people know her trope than they know anything about Kyle.
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Maes Hughes can indeed not be replaced by a pack of pokemon cards.
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I like that at the end of Full Metal Alchemist, Hiromu Arakawa still mentioned Nina, like she was never forgotten even what was sixty 25 minute anime episodes later.
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Regarding the fridging of Black Widow, I think one of the single best things about the Hawkeye show is the way it actually bothers to show how much Nat's death affects Clint, seeing as they were best friends. It's a bit late, and it'll never change the fact that Iron Man is still the only one that got a damn funeral (they couldn't at least make it a Tony+Nat event?), but I think it affords more weight to her death than just giving her a token solo movie after the fact.
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I laughed so hard during this when I imaged the Thanos scene but he was throwing a binder of pokemon cards off a cliff
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"It's a terrible day for rain." "What do you mean? It's not raining." "Yes, it is." "Oh... so it is."
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Lisa’s death is almost a criticism of fridging. Dracula is motivated to do what he does in that series, with little thought to Lisa, and her wishes. Alucard actually grieves for her, and fights for her and what she would’ve wanted. Once Dracula actually gives some thought to Lisa, he realizes how misguided he’s been.
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Character: What is my purpose? Author: You die to make another character feel bad. C: Oh... my god.
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We know Luke and Leia are twins because she didn't bring up Alderaan ever again. She's cracking wise in her very next scene ("Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?"/"Can someone get this walking carpet out of my way?")
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“Did I mention that I absolutely love my kids, that I’m only 3 weeks from being able to retire? Maybe that my son was born with an unnatural hair color, and that I like to wear my hair in a braid over my right shoulder? Ooooh, and I really don’t think we should ever leave this wonderful, completely idyllic town that we live in with all the people just always getting along and being the literal best?”
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“Well written character deaths…” shows Lisa Tepes her death was tragic not only for the family she left behind, but for the people she wanted to help. The fact that the charlatan healer was the one who accused her of witchcraft and that despite being on deaths doorstep she pleaded her husband to spare the people (which takes a huge degree of love and strength) proves that there is more to her character than “Dracula’s dead wife”.
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The worst part is when the characters only get angry and sad about it when it’s convenient. Like, they’ll be totally fine for 4 episodes and then suddenly extremely angsty
