Nuking the fridge refers to the moment in a film series when it becomes apparent that a certain installment is not as good as a previous installments, due to ridiculous or low quality storylines, events or characters.
Originating from the film "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" where Harrison Ford's character survives a nuclear detonation by getting into a fridge, and is then blown hundreds of feet, only to hit the ground, and then emerges safely.
The absurdity of this event in the film to be the best example of the lower quality of this installment in the series, and thus the phrase was coined.
The phrase is also a reference to the phrase "jump the shark", which has the same meaning, only applied to a television series instead of a film series.
Originating from the film "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" where Harrison Ford's character survives a nuclear detonation by getting into a fridge, and is then blown hundreds of feet, only to hit the ground, and then emerges safely.
The absurdity of this event in the film to be the best example of the lower quality of this installment in the series, and thus the phrase was coined.
The phrase is also a reference to the phrase "jump the shark", which has the same meaning, only applied to a television series instead of a film series.
"Star Wars really nuked the fridge when Jar Jar Binks was introduced."
"Indiana Jones 4 nuked the fridge when they nuked the fridge."
"Indiana Jones 4 nuked the fridge when they nuked the fridge."
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To engage in a sexual activity in which the male covers the female in her own fecal matter, after ramming his penis into her ass.
by Christopher Joseph Dobbs October 22, 2003
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Get the Nukemaggedon mug.Nukecel is a portmentau of Nuke and Incel used to deride advocates of Nuclear Fission who mindlessly bleat out nonsense about renewable energy.
"Environmentalists killed off Nuclear Power because they're stupid."
"Actually Nukecel, Environmentalists were pushing for Nuclear Power as an alternative to Fossil Fuels since its inception, No nation actually wanted it because it was never profitable and now renewables are cheaper than all other power sources."
"The Germans made a huge mistake by shutting down their Nuclear Power Plants because of Fukushima. Now they're burning more coal."
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"Actually Nukecel, Environmentalists were pushing for Nuclear Power as an alternative to Fossil Fuels since its inception, No nation actually wanted it because it was never profitable and now renewables are cheaper than all other power sources."
"The Germans made a huge mistake by shutting down their Nuclear Power Plants because of Fukushima. Now they're burning more coal."
"That's a common Nukecel cliche, Extending the life of German Nuclear Power Plants would have taken money away from far cheaper and quickly scalable renewables. In fact in 2022 Germany decreased coal consumption and replaced it with renewables."
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