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7	->''"What happened to all the sadness and horror that used to traumatize children in the '80s? Where did we go wrong? Fortunately, the traumatizing moments are still there, just better hidden."''
8	-->-- '''[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19796_6-disturbing-unanswered-questions-from-childrens-movies.html Carl Hoff]]''' of {{Website/Cracked}}
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10	Fridge Horror is, simply put, when something becomes terrifying after the fact. Maybe you [[FridgeLogic thought about]] this or that plot point [[BellisariosMaxim a little too hard]], and suddenly you realize that [[AndIMustScream everyone was trapped in stasis forever]], or that the lovable child will grow up in a world where [[EverybodysDeadDave everyone around her is dead]]. This can be either [[FridgeBrilliance intentional]] or [[FridgeLogic unintentional]] by the author.
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12	Fridge Horror comes in two flavors:
13	* '''Frozen-By-Time:''' As a young one, you are too young to comprehend the NightmareFuel right before your eyes, but as an older person, you immediately wonder how you got through it unscarred.
14	* '''Quickthaw:''' The NightmareFuel isn't there until [[FridgeLogic you take a good, long, deep thought and think about it]].
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16	If you're looking for a trope about the scary things in people's fridges, then you should go to ItCameFromTheFridge. Or possibly StuffedInTheFridge. Compare {{Deconstruction}}, where the Real Life consequences of a trope reveals its flaws. Contrast FridgeBrilliance, the difference being that the realization is insightful rather than frightening (though the two can overlap). Contrast BackstoryHorror, when this is overt and WordOfGod. Also see OhCrap, the expression people will likely have after realizing such horror.
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18	It should also be noted that authors sometimes unwittingly inflict Fridge Horror on ''themselves'', when they realize the implications of whatever it is they wrote.
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20	In short, this trope [[AppliedMathematics can be best summed up]] as FridgeLogic + NightmareFuel.
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22	LetsMeetTheMeat is a common cause for this in adverts.
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24	When a work incorporates the Fridge Horror into canon, it's AscendedFridgeHorror. When a character in-story contemplates something that seemed innocuous and then realizes the horror, it's ExplainExplainOhCrap. In certain cooking shows with literal horrors in the fridge, that would be {{Squick}}.
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26	Compare PlayedForHorror (which sometimes can be a writer applying fridge horror to a trope).
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28	Contrast NightmareFuel, NightmareRetardant, FauxHorrific.
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30	Not to be confused with UnfortunateImplications, which is about something that is meant to be innocent coming off as more offensive than intended.
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33	!!Example subpages:
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35	[[index]]
36	* FridgeHorror/{{Advertising}}
37	* FridgeHorror/AnimeAndManga
38	* FridgeHorror/ComicBooks
39	* FridgeHorror/ComicStrips
40	* FridgeHorror/FanWorks
41	* [[FridgeHorror/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]]
42	* [[FridgeHorror/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
43	* FridgeHorror/{{Literature}}
44	* FridgeHorror/LiveActionTV
45	* FridgeHorror/{{Music}}
46	* FridgeHorror/PlayByPostGames
47	* FridgeHorror/{{Radio}}
48	* FridgeHorror/TabletopGames (merged Card Games and Tabletop [=RPGs=])
49	* FridgeHorror/{{Theatre}}
50	* FridgeHorror/ThemeParks
51	* FridgeHorror/{{Toys}}
52	* FridgeHorror/VideoGames
53	* FridgeHorror/{{Webcomics}}
54	* FridgeHorror/WebOriginal
55	* FridgeHorror/WesternAnimation
56	[[/index]]
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58	!!Other examples:
59	[[AC:AsianAnimation]]
60	* In ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'', Master Bread owns a "barber shop" where he decorates many foods, with a lot of them ending up going on display in a real-world store. The fact that they're potentially about to be purchased by a customer expecting to ''eat'' them is never brought up, which leaves the question of if any of the foods are aware.
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62	[[AC:ProfessionalWrestling]]
63	* Claire Lynch, which dominates discussions concerning [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]'s worst angle, becomes even worse when one stops to think about it. Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels and Wrestling/FrankieKazarian accuse Dixie Carter of having an affair with her employee, Wrestling/AJStyles. To put an end to the accusations Carter and Styles present a pregnant drunken crackhead, Claire Lynch, who they were secretly helping rehab. Undaunted, Daniels and Kazarian find "photographic evidence" proving Styles the father of Lynch's child, that of Styles half asleep with Lynch posing over him. Rather either A)argue it's not evidence of sex or B) get a paternity test to see, Styles challenges Daniels to a match with the stipulation he will just accept the child if he loses ''or'' take a paternity test if he wins. As illogical as that all is one little bit during the build up to the match made it all so much worse when Styles insisted he had no sexual attraction towards Lynch and could have only ended up in such a position if drugged. This basically means Styles was wagering the possibility of raising a child conceived by his rapist. TNA didn't drop the angle because anyone with authority realized or cared about these implications but because "Lynch" realized people might have found out [[WrestlingDoesntPay what her day job was]] and didn't want to be on television anymore.
64	[[noreallife]]

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