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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. Usually, after the incident, the said villain becomes the hero's "greatest enemy" (e.g. Spider-Man/ Green Goblin, Daredevil/ Bullseye, etc.) | |||
| 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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