The tiresome “fridging” trope deservedly dealt with some renewed backlash earlier this year when the Deadpool 2 celebrated Valentine’s Day by killing Wade Wilson’s girlfriend, all to motivate the ...

While you may not be familiar with the term “fridging,” you have definitely seen it in action. In our story, the hero finds himself at a moment of crisis. Either he’s become complacent or he’s turned ...

The “Deadpool” movies might be meta, sarcastic and raunchy, but that doesn’t mean they’re not emotional, too. In fact, both “Deadpool” and “Deapdool 2” put protagonist Wade Wilson through the wringer ...

The main reason killing off a Foggy Nelson doesn’t qualify as fridging in the strictest sense is simply that most genre fiction centers around straight male characters. And thus, their loved ones who ...

Deadpool 2 is in theaters and has fans up in arms over a controversial death in the movie. The Ryan Reynold’s driven Deadpool sequel acts as the follow-up to one of the most provocative superhero ...

The writers of Deadpool 2 just admitted they don’t know what “fridging” is. In the grand scheme of things, that’s nowhere near as embarrassing as, say, not being able to name your local elected ...

Every superhero has his or her reasons for taking action, joining the fight, or taking the steps to becoming a good guy. Very often, however, those reasons come as the result of a tired, sexist trope ...

A truly shocking moment in Daredevil: Born Again’s first episode was the murder of his best friend Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson). Originally, Marvel did not even intend for Netflix Daredevil characters ...

From left to right: Amber Benson as Tara in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Maggie Gyllenhall as Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight, and Morena Baccarin in Deadpool, Twentieth Century Television/Warner ...