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Women In Refrigerators

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reason: see note at the end of the description; just because they died doesn't refrigerate them; jo+ellen died in a heroic sacrifice
22/Nov/09 at 08:30 AM by Tolkiendil 217.95.225.188
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* Played sort of straight in ''{{Supernatural}}'': The deaths of Jess and Mary served to spur Sam's and John's respective revenge hunting. However, [[spoiler:Jess's death was part of a four seasons long BatmanGambit.]] ''{{Supernatural}}'' later adds to the list characters Pamela Barnes and Ellen and Jo Harvelle to further progress the plot and motivate the boys [[spoiler: all of whom eventually die painful deaths for the sake of the boys]]. The de-posessed Meg Masters may also be considered to die a refrigerator death at the end of season one as she dies to show the boys how terrible the demons truly are. Bela Talbot is revealed to have been raped by her father as a child before being killed, and although her death does not motivate the lead characters it is intended to compel the audience.
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* Played sort of straight in ''{{Supernatural}}'': The deaths of Jess and Mary served to spur Sam's and John's respective revenge hunting. However, [[spoiler:Jess's death was part of a four seasons long BatmanGambit.]]
reason: none given
20/Nov/09 at 07:58 PM by Evilgoodguy 74.236.246.211
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** The monster only kills Elizabeth because [[RevengeByProxy Frankenstein destroys his mate]]. At this point he had already murdered Frankenstein's friend Henry and his 5 year old brother William.
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** The monster only kills Elizabeth because [[RevengeByProxy Victor destroys his mate]]. At this point he had already murdered Victor's friend Henry and his 5 year old brother William.
reason: none given
20/Nov/09 at 06:07 PM by MarkSutherland 94.193.93.216
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* Played sort of straight in ''{{Supernatural}}'': The deaths of Jess and Mary served to spur Sam's and John's respective revenge hunting. However, [[spoiler:Jess's death was part of a four seasons long BatmanGambit.]] ''{{Supernatural}}'' later adds to the list characters Pamela Barnes and Ellen and Jo Harvelle to further progress the plot and motivate the boys. The de-posessed Meg Masters may also be considered to die a refrigerator death at the end of season one as she dies to show the boys how terrible the demons truly are. Bela Talbot is revealed to have been raped by her father as a child before being killed, and although her death does not motivate the lead characters it is intended to compel the audience.
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* Played sort of straight in ''{{Supernatural}}'': The deaths of Jess and Mary served to spur Sam's and John's respective revenge hunting. However, [[spoiler:Jess's death was part of a four seasons long BatmanGambit.]] ''{{Supernatural}}'' later adds to the list characters Pamela Barnes and Ellen and Jo Harvelle to further progress the plot and motivate the boys [[spoiler: all of whom eventually die painful deaths for the sake of the boys]]. The de-posessed Meg Masters may also be considered to die a refrigerator death at the end of season one as she dies to show the boys how terrible the demons truly are. Bela Talbot is revealed to have been raped by her father as a child before being killed, and although her death does not motivate the lead characters it is intended to compel the audience.
reason: none given
20/Nov/09 at 12:36 PM by Laevatein 118.209.32.102
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** In the original ''MobileSuitGundam'', Lalah Sun's death serves to motivate ''both'' Amuro and Char, with each blaming the other for her death. From then on, ItsPersonal between them.
reason: Fleshed out the extent of the trope in Supernatural
20/Nov/09 at 12:09 PM by calicokat 24.99.27.116
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* Played sort of straight in ''{{Supernatural}}'': The deaths of Jess and Mary served to spur Sam's and John's respective revenge hunting. However, [[spoiler:Jess's death was part of a four seasons long BatmanGambit.]]
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* Played sort of straight in ''{{Supernatural}}'': The deaths of Jess and Mary served to spur Sam's and John's respective revenge hunting. However, [[spoiler:Jess's death was part of a four seasons long BatmanGambit.]] ''{{Supernatural}}'' later adds to the list characters Pamela Barnes and Ellen and Jo Harvelle to further progress the plot and motivate the boys. The de-posessed Meg Masters may also be considered to die a refrigerator death at the end of season one as she dies to show the boys how terrible the demons truly are. Bela Talbot is revealed to have been raped by her father as a child before being killed, and although her death does not motivate the lead characters it is intended to compel the audience.
reason: none given
18/Nov/09 at 09:10 AM by BraveDave88 136.176.21.164
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18/Nov/09 at 09:10 AM by BraveDave88 136.176.21.164
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[[folder: {{Web Original}}]]
*Pick a {{New Vindicators}} character who happens to be a woman, the odds are that she died or was horribly emotionally scarred as a result of this trope.
reason: none given
17/Nov/09 at 10:03 AM by kvn8907 69.80.162.58
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* Many fans consider ''TheDarkKnight'' the most spot-on depiction of Batman yet, and it certainly doesn't falter in this area, despite his back story ''already'' invoking a more genuine version of tragedy in regards to his parents. It's also possible that in doing this, ''TheDarkKnight'' is intentionally subverting other tropes: how many other superhero
''movies'' have [[spoiler:the love interest]] ''dying''? Dark Knight's example seems more legitimately horrifying than played-just-to-shock, especially considering the Joker's overall level of brutality in the movie (Remember Lau? He never got ''off'' that pile of money.)
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* Many fans consider ''TheDarkKnight'' the most spot-on depiction of Batman yet, and it certainly doesn't falter in this area, despite his back story ''already'' invoking a more genuine version of tragedy in regards to his parents. It's also possible that in doing this, ''TheDarkKnight'' is intentionally subverting other tropes: how many other superhero ''movies'' have [[spoiler:the love interest]] ''dying''? Dark Knight's example seems more legitimately horrifying than played-just-to-shock, especially considering the Joker's overall level of brutality in the movie (Remember Lau? He never got ''off'' that pile of money.)
reason: none given
16/Nov/09 at 08:12 PM by 66.245.138.109
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**This one's even admitted by the writers:
-->'''Ronald D. Moore:''' "I am happy to pass the buck on this one to Michael Piller. It was his idea to kill K'Ehleyr during the story break because it would be a great dramatic turn and would provide Worf with ample reason to go stick a bat'leth into Duras' guts."
reason: I understand that the trope is about females who die for no other reason than to give heroes a reason to fight. Harribel died because she was the last man standing, she had Outlived Her Usefulness not to motivate anyone.
15/Nov/09 at 02:26 PM by Anaheyla 71.51.35.45
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* Let's have a moment of silence for [[spoiler:[[DarkActionGirl 3rd Espada Tia Hallibel]]]] from ''{{Bleach}}''. [[spoiler:The only female member of the villain's QuirkyMinibossSquad... and also the only one to be pointlessly [[YouHaveFailedMe murdered by her own boss]] instead of at least getting an honorable death in combat.]]
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