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| '''Girlfriend-in-Refrigerator Syndrome''' is a term used to describe the use of a tragedy in the life of a female ] character as a ]. The term was coined by comics writer ] in ]. | |||
| The name comes from an incident in '']'' #54 (]), written by ], in which the title hero comes home to his apartment to find that his girlfriend, Alex DeWitt, had been killed by the villain ] and stuffed in a ]. Due to the obscured view of the fridge to appease the censors, it ironically served to fuel speculation that she had been dismembered beforehand. In ], Marz revisited this scene. Green Lantern found what he thought to be his mother's severed head in his oven; this was later revealed to be the head of a ]. | |||
| Most cases of "Girlfriend-in-Refrigerator" syndrome deal with a gruesome injury or murder at the hands of a ] usually as a personal tragedy to the male ] the victim is related to. In many cases, the incident helps cement the hatred between the hero and the villain responsible. | |||
| Many say the actual trend started when ], girlfriend of ], was killed by the ]. In fact, another name for the syndrome is "Gwen Stacy Syndrome" | |||
| The killing off of long-running characters is somewhat common in comic books and so are their predictable returns (see ]). Another example given is that second and third-string characters (and not first-grade leads) are typical targets to be killed off, and this just so happens to include many female heroines who are derived originally from male stars. | |||
| ==List of other well-known examples== | |||
| *Barbara Gordon, the ] ] was shot and paralysed by ] | |||
| *] murdered two love interests of ], first ], who eventually returned, and later ] | |||
| *] was severely injured when the mutant ] absorbed her mind, memories and powers, which caused years of hardship for both | |||
| *In the '']'' ], ] sacrificed herself to save the ], dying in ]’s arms. | |||
| *], a lover interest of ] was murdered by ] | |||
| *], the ]'s wife, was ]ed by the villain ] | |||
| *The ]’s ] was seemingly killed by the villain ] but later returned. | |||
| *], an X-Men ] and former love interest of both ] and ] was assassinated by ] | |||
| *]'s wife Nora fell terminally ill and, after being kept alive in (notably) a ], died when the device was destroyed. | |||
| *]'s wife, Sue, was killed recently in ], ironically by ]'s ex-wife ]. | |||
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