nuke the fridge

== English == === Etymology === From a scene in the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), where the main character survives a nuclear detonation by hiding in a lead-lined refrigerator. === Verb === nuke the fridge (third-person singular simple present nukes the fridge, present participle nuking the fridge, simple past and past participle nuked the fridge) (idiomatic, slang, of a film) To suddenly include a strange or illogical event, often leading to radical and often disappointing changes to the narrative of the film. === See also ===