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* Malcolm stuffs a grenade into the fridge in an episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''. However, it does end up destroying the kitchen anyways.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' lampshades this trope in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0900.html Comic #900]] after playing it straight[[note]][[spoiler:Sarcophagi]] are typically made of stone, and thus sturdier than your average BombproofAppliance[[/note]].

* So does Adrian Monk in an episode of ''Series/{{Monk}}'' then opens up the fridge again to [[SuperOCD straighten the grenade]]. ''Series/MythBusters'' showed a clip of ''Monk'' and investigated the myth. They proved that the fridge offered some protection against the blast, but the front and back turn to deadly shrapnel.

* ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones'': Clary Fray hides in a fridge with the door closed over while a cooker explodes right next to the fridge.

* ''LethalWeapon2'': Riggs and Murtaugh use a bathtub. This specific case was [[JustForFun/TropesExaminedByTheMythBusters tested by the MythBusters]] and found to be a workable solution, though freezing the bomb's battery would likely give them a lot more than two seconds to get to safety.
* ''Bangkok Dangerous'': Nicholas Cage also used a bathtub.

* ''The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'': Clary Fray hides in a fridge with the door closed over while a cooker explodes right next to the fridge.
* ''Time And Tide'': Also a fridge.
* ''BrokenSaints'': Yet another fridge.

* ''Film/{{Stalingrad}}'': a Red Army soldier uses a bathtub as improvised portable armor to get past a German machine gun nest.

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

* AdolfHitler (along with most of the other people in the room) survived an assassination attempt by a bomb thanks to a solid oaken conference table leg in between.

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 ''Series/{{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 [[JustForPun on the table.]] For a similar fallacy, see ConcealmentEqualsCover.

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* ''LethalWeapon2'': Riggs and Murtaugh use a bathtub. This specific case was [[TropesExaminedByTheMythBusters tested by the MythBusters]] and found to be a workable solution, though freezing the bomb's battery would likely give them a lot more than two seconds to get to safety.

* Malcolm stuffs a grenade into the fridge in an episode of ''MalcolmInTheMiddle''. However, it does end up destroying the kitchen anyways.
* So does Adrian Monk in an episode of ''{{Monk}}'' then opens up the fridge again to [[SuperOCD straighten the grenade]]. ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' showed a clip of ''Series/{{Monk}}'' and investigated the myth. They proved that the fridge offered some protection against the blast, but the front and back turn to deadly shrapnel.

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

* In an episode of ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', a soldier is seen dragging a chimney-like device on a trolley. Unfortunately the bomb explodes seconds before it can be put inside.

* Subverted in one short story where a child during the ColdWar hears jetfighters flying low overhead and assumes that a nuclear war has started. He hides in an abandoned fridge and gets trapped there.

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}}'' as well, 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.

* Hiding in a bathtub worked for ''Film/ThePunisher'' in TheMovie as well.

* There are bombproof trashcans, designed to minimize the damage caused by a terrorist dropping a homemade explosive device into one by focusing the blast upwards, away from bystanders. They were a common sight in the UK during TheTroubles and are still a common sight at likely terrorist targets like sports stadiums or railway stations. Inverted by the modern approach, which involves doing away with trashcans altogether in favour of transparent plastic bags on a hook; in theory, anything that looks like it might be a bomb is easily noticeable and the area can be evacuated in the event of a suspicious item being spotted. How well this works has yet to be put to the test.

* There are bombproof trashcans, designed to minimise the damage caused by a terrorist dropping a homemade explosive device into one by focusing the blast upwards, away from bystanders. They were a common sight in the UK during TheTroubles and are still a common sight at likely terrorist targets like sports stadiums or railway stations. Inverted by the modern approach, which involves doing away with trashcans altogether in favour of transparent plastic bags on a hook; in theory, anything that looks like it might be a bomb is easily noticeable and the area can be evacuated in the event of a suspicious item being spotted. How well this works has yet to be put to the test.

* 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 near any fridge is a bad idea.]]

* So does Adrian Monk in an episode of ''{{Monk}}'' then opens up the fridge again to [[SuperOCD straighten the grenade]]. ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' showed a clip of ''{{Monk}}'' and investigated the myth. They proved that the fridge offered some protection against the blast, but the front and back turn to deadly shrapnel.

* In ''[[FXTheSeries F/X: The Series]]'', the good guys find the bomb ''inside'' the fridge, and stuff it in a cannon prop to direct the blast away from themselves.
* The ol' cast-iron bathtub is used again in ''{{Castle}}'', where it also serves as a [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]]: a seemingly [[{{Fanservice}} gratuitous]] {{shower scene}} establishes that Beckett is within diving distance of the tub.
* ''{{Spooks}}''. A briefcase bomb is delivered to the home of an SIS agent, but a malfunction in the security system prevents the family from leaving the house. In the end they take shelter in the bathtub and survive the CliffHanger explosion that apparently destroys the house.

* In an episode of ''StargateAtlantis'', a soldier is seen dragging a chimney-like device on a trolley. Unfortunately the bomb explodes seconds before it can be put inside.

* There are 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.
** 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. (Then hug the wall.)

* Hiding in a bathtub worked for ''ThePunisher'' in TheMovie as well.

* ''HeavyRain''. A bomb-analogue is about to go off in an apartment, and you can choose to hide in a fridge. It works. And you get a [[CosmeticAward trophy]] for doing it.

* ''[[LethalWeapon Lethal Weapon 2]]'': Riggs and Murtaugh use a bathtub. This specific case was [[TropesExaminedByTheMythBusters tested by the MythBusters]] and found to be a workable solution, though freezing the bomb's battery would likely give them a lot more than two seconds to get to safety.

* Sean Connery went the bathtub route to survive a pair of hand grenades in ''{{The Rock}}''.

* ''{{Eraser}}'': A fridge door was used to block the flechettes from a grenade. It worked... more or less. It was also used by the heroes to hide behind, as the X-ray scopes couldn't see through it.

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* ''IndianaJones'': Harrison Ford prefers using a fridge. Lead-lined [[RefugeInAudacity in case of nuclear blast.]]

* ''Webcomic/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

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 ''Series/{{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 [[JustForPun 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. 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 [[JustForPun on the table.]]

* So does Adrian Monk in an episode of ''{{Monk}}'' then opens up the fridge again to [[SuperOCD straighten the grenade]]. ''{{Mythbusters}}'' showed a clip of ''{{Monk}}'' and investigated the myth. They proved that the fridge offered some protection against the blast, but the front and back turn to deadly shrapnel.
* On one ''{{NCIS}}'', Gibbs survives a bomb blast that shredded the other person in the room because he was crouched down behind an industrial washing machine. Although he is seriously injured, the doctors conclude that the washer is the only thing that kept him from being killed.

* Inverted in {{Bones}}, where it's the bomb that's in the fridge instead of the heroes (Booth and Brennan)and it goes off when Booth opens the door.

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 [[IncrediblyLamePun on the table.]]

* In ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Batman once hid in a safe. Even the Riddler couldn't figure this stunt out and was nearly driven insane by it.
* Obligatory ''TheSimpsons'' example: when Homer buys illegal fireworks for the 4th of July, he accidentally shortens the fuse of an already-lit, massive one. He initially shoves it into the fridge, but then gasps, realising that the beer would be destroyed, so he moved it into the dishwasher, where it detonated.

** 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.

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