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** Similarly, something you might include when digging a foxhole or some similar defensive fighting position is a Grenade Sump. It's a deep, narrow hole in the middle of your foxhole, working on the same principle as the bombproof trashcan. Bad guy tosses a grenade in your foxhole, you kick it into the hole and possibly get very religious very quickly.

* Inverted in {{Bones}}, where it's the bomb that's in the fridge instead of the heroes (Booth and Brennan)

* The ol' cast-iron bathtub is used again in ''{{Castle}}'', where it also serves as a [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]]. An seemingly [[{{Fanservice}} gratuitous]] {{shower scene}} establishes that Beckett was within diving distance of a makeshift bomb shelter.

* ''[[LethalWeapon Lethal Weapon 2]]'': Riggs and Murtaugh uses a bathtub.

* ''[[LethalWeapon Lethal Weapon 2]]'': Mel Gibson uses a bathtub.

* ''{{Eraser}}'': A fridge door was used to block a hyper-velocity Gauss Rifle, which can shoot through walls like they weren't there.
** To be fair, it wasn't used in the hope of cover, but in the hope of concealment from the rifles 'X-ray' scope.

A bomb is about to go off while the hero is indoors. Where does he find refuge? Usually, either the bathtub or the fridge. Think about it as a completely different kind of FridgeLogic. This has been tested by ''{{Mythbusters}}''. Even taking cover behind a wooden table at 5' will prevent instantaneous death from the pressure wave, though death by shrapnel or other injuries are still on the table.

* ''TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': A fridge survives an explosion that levels Doc's office, though no one was hiding inside it. The AltText for that page makes snarky reference to the IndianaJones example, above

* ''HeavyRain''. A bomb-analogue is about to go off in an apartment, and you can choose to hide in a fridge. It works.

A bomb is about to go off while the hero is indoors. Where does he find refuge? Usually, either the bathtub or the fridge. Think about it as a completely different kind of FridgeLogic. This has been tested by ''{{Mythbusters}}''. Even taking cover behind wooden table at 5' will prevent instantaneous death from the pressure wave, though death by shrapnel or other injuries are still on the table.

A bomb is about to go off while the hero is indoors. Where does he find refuge? Usually, either the bathtub or the fridge. Think about it as a completely different kind of FridgeLogic.

If the explosive device is small, such as a hand grenade, the hero can throw it in a fridge. This has been tried by ''{{Mythbusters}}'' and proved to be at least partially false: while the sides of the fridge offer some protection, the front and back will just turn into so much deadly shrapnel.

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* In ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Batman once hid in a safe. Even TheRiddler couldn't figure this stunt out and was nearly driven insane by it.

* In ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Batman once hid in a safe.

** Similarly, something you might include when digging a foxhole or some similar defensive fighting position is a Grenade Sump. It's a deep, narrow hole in the middle of your foxhole, workign on the same principle as the bombproof trashcan. Bad guy tosses a grenade in your foxhole, you kick it into the hole and possibly get very religious very quickly.

* In the 1980's, the US Air Force bought and installed a $7,000 coffee maker on a jet. The reason the coffee maker cost that much? It was designed to withstand a crash that would wipe out the whole crew. In addition, the Air Force also has over a hundred fax machines that are built to survive an atomic bomb blast.

* So does Adrian Monk in an episode of ''{{Monk}}'' then [[SuperOCD opens up the fridge again to straighten the grenade]]. ''{{Mythbusters}}'' showed a clip of ''{{Monk}}'' and investigated the myth. They proved a fridge offered some protection against the blast.

* Actually, there exist bombproof trashcans. Apparently to be placed in sports stadiums to minimize the damage caused by terrorists placing bombs in trashcans. These were common in Ireland during the Troubles. The design worked by focusing the blast upward, away from people, instead of trying to contain it.
* There are also blast-proof refrigerators, used for storing volatile chemicals that may blow up even when refrigerated. [[hottip:*:Also the electrical system does not produce sparks that would ignite flammable vapors inside the fridge. Storing flamables outside any frige is a bad idea.]]

Another option is if the explosive device is within reach and small enough (like a hand grenade), is for the hero to throw it in a fridge. This has been tried by ''{{Mythbusters}}'' and proved to be at least partially false: while the sides of the fridge offer some protection, the front and back will just turn into so much deadly shrapnel.

* ''Bangkok Dangerous'': So does Nicholas Cage.

** And then he was interviewed on the subject by [[HeyItsThatGuy Janitor]] from {{Scrubs}}. [[CompletelyMissingThePoint It was at this stage I could no longer take the film seriously]].

* ''TheEraser'': A fridge door was used to block a hyper-velocity Gauss Rifle (which was shooting through walls like the weren't there).

* So does Adrian Monk in an episode of ''{{Monk}}'' then [[SuperOCD opens up the fridge again to straighten the grenade]].
** The MythBusters did reference (and even show a clip of) {{Monk}}. They proved a simple bucket of water might be more effective, but indeed, the sides of the fridge offered some protection against the blast.

* The ol' cast-iron bathtub is used again in ''{{Castle}}'', where it also serves as a [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]]. What was otherwise a [[{{Fanservice}} wholly gratuitous]] {{shower scene}} becomes justified - or at least slightly less gratuitous - when you realise it was actually inserted to establish that Beckett was within diving distance of a makeshift bomb shelter.

* Actually, there exist bombproof trashcans. Apparently to be placed in sports stadiums to minimize the damage caused by terrorists placing bombs in trashcans.
** These are, or at least were, somewhat common in Ireland during the Troubles. The design worked by focusing the blast upward, away from people, instead of trying to contain it.
* There are also blast-proof refrigerators, used for storing volatile chemicals that may blow up even when refrigerated; [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] as on most of them a warning ''specifically'' states "Caution: only the interior is blast-proof" (i.e.: you couldn't survive an explosion by locking yourself in it).
** That's not a subversion. It means the electrical system cannot produce sparks that would ignite flammable vapors inside the fridge. Outside, well, all bets are off. You can store volatile flammable chemicals IN it, but NEAR it is a bad idea.
*** Also, even in the sense you thought it meant: does it really matter whether the interior or the exterior stops the blast? If you're inside it, both of them are between you and the bomb.
*** That said, getting inside is a very bad idea unless it's literally your only chance. Those types of fridges tend to have positive locking mechanisms (i.e., the door is not simply held closed by a magnetic strip the way a normal household refrigerator is; it's got a latch). Hope someone comes by soon afterward to let you out, or you'll suffocate in there; think about the implications of the warning for a moment and you'll realize such a fridge HAS to be air-tight.
*** Plus which, in order to make room for you to get in, you've probably had to toss all sorts of volatile and most likely flammable, extremely toxic, and/or highly reactive chemicals out into a room where there's about to be a big fireball. Won't that be fun?

** This seems a very silly idea and a waste of money - if the crew is dead, who's going to drink the coffee after a crash?
** The clean up crew?
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* The ol' cast-iron bathtub is used again in ''{{Castle}}'', where it also serves as a Chekhov's Gun. What was otherwise a wholly gratuitous shower scene becomes justified -- or at least slightly less gratuitous -- when you realise it was actually inserted to establish that Beckett was within diving distance of a makeshift bomb shelter.

* ''BangkokDangerous'': So does Nicholas Cage.

* ''TimeAndTide'': Also a fridge.