History Main / RefrigeratorAmbush

* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0'', there is a zombie hiding in a refrigerator in the dining car of the train. The zombie will pop out after you solve a few puzzles. Though interestingly you find a bottle of alcohol inside, heavily implying that before he became a zombie he had hid inside, drinking his terrors away.

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* ''Series/BreakingBad'': "Bullet Points" opens with Mike riding in the back of a Los Pollos Hermanos refrigerator truck transporting Gus Fring's meth. The truck is ambushed by cartel gunmen, who kill the driver and shoot up the truck with machine guns. They then break into the cargo area of the truck...and are promptly shot by Mike.

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* In real life, this is a prank that some people play on others without any malicious intent. As can be seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTGHelPaMEY these]] [[http://tinyurl.com/7gs9x3d two]] videos.

* Devo the Cursed attempts this to assassinate Polnareff during ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure: Stardust Crusaders''. Polnareff just calls him out to ask what kind of imbecile tries this ''while leaving the fridge's contents out in plain sight.''

* Inspector Clouseau's manservant, Cato, does this in ''Return of {{the Pink Panther}}''.

* The main character of ''Film/XXx: State of the Union'' does this as a way to hide from the thermal imaging cameras of a SWAT team he's ambushing.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''LightNovel/DenpaOnnaToSeishunOtoko'': Meme does this to surprise Makoto and get a funny reaction out of him.

* The Robot Devil does this in the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings".

Basically, the fridge is the perfect place to hide, if you don't mind the cold. It muffles any noises you make, and whoever you're waiting for is bound to show up sooner or later. And they're guaranteed not to expect you, at least not in there. Plus, hey, there's food if you get hungry!

This trope is very different from ItCameFromTheFridge, since that's about something that grew out of old and moldy food left in a fridge, while this is just someone hiding in the fridge. Similarly, it has nothing to do with being StuffedIntoTheFridge, which is involuntary. Also unrelated to FridgeLogic or FridgeHorror.

* Inspector Clouseau's manservant, Cato, did this in ''Return of {{the Pink Panther}}''.

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* PlayedForLaughs in ''LightNovel/DenpaOnnaToSeishunOtoko'': Meme does this to surprise Makoto and get a funny reaction out of him.
* Devo the Cursed attempts this to assassinate Polnareff during ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'''': Stardust Crusaders''. Polnareff just calls him out to ask what kind of imbecile tries this ''while leaving the fridge's contents out in plain sight.''

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* In real life, this is a prank that some people play on others without any malicious intent. As can be seen in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTGHelPaMEY these]] [[http://tinyurl.com/7gs9x3d two]] videos.

* Devo the Cursed attempts this to assassinate Polnareff during ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'''': Stardust Crusaders''. Polnareff just calls him to ask what kind of imbecile tries this ''while leaving the fridge's contents out in plain sight.''

* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0'', there is a zombie hiding in a refrigerator in the dining car of the train. The zombie will pop out after you solve a few puzzles.

** Rorschach actually pulls off an {{Inversion}}: he tricks Moloch into thinking he's in the fridge, then appears behind him as he opens it.

* The main character of ''{{XXX}}: State of the Union'' does this as a way to hide from the thermal imaging cameras of a SWAT team he's ambushing.

** Rorschach actually pulls off an [[Inversion]]: he tricks Moloch into thinking he's in the fridge, then appears behind him as he opens it.

** Similarly, in one of the later portions of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', a Ganado bursts out of an oven to try to take down Leon.

* Rorschach does this in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''.

* Rorschach does this in ''{{Watchmen}}''.

* In ''{{Resident Evil}} 0'', there is a zombie hiding in a refrigerator in the dining car of the train. The zombie will pop out after you solve a few puzzles.
** Similarly, in one of the later portions of ''Resident Evil 4'', a Ganado bursts out of an oven to try to take down Leon.

* The main character of ''XXX: State of the Union'' does this as a way to hide from the thermal imaging cameras of a SWAT team he's ambushing.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''DenpaOnnaToSeishunOtoko'': Meme does this to surprise Makoto and get a funny reaction out of him.

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* Rorshach does this in ''{{Watchmen}}''.

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* Inspector Clouseau's manservant, Cato, did this in ''Return of the Pink Panther''.
* The protagonist of ''XXX: State of the Union'' does this as a way to hide from the thermal imaging cameras of a SWAT he's ambushing.

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* PlayedForLaughs in ''DenpaOnnaToSeishunOtoko'', with Meme doing this to surprise Makoto and get a funny reaction out of him.

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* In real life, this is a prank that some people play on others without any malicious intent. As can be seen in the following [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTGHelPaMEY the]] [[http://tinyurl.com/7gs9x3d following]] videos.

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* In ''{{Resident Evil}} 0'', there is a zombie hiding in a refrigerator in the Dining Car of the train that will pop out after you finish a few puzzles.

* An [[AnIcePerson ice]] ghost will attack Luigi if he opens the fridge in the kitchen in ''Videogame/LuigisMansion''.

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* The Robot Devil does this in the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings".

This trope is very different from ItCameFromTheFridge, since that's about something that grew out of old and moldy food left in a fridge, while this is just someone hiding in the fridge. Similarly, it has nothing to do with being StuffedIntoTheFridge, which is involuntary. Also unrelated to FridgeLogic.

* Rorshach does this in Watchmen
* The robot Devil does this in the Futurama episode "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings."
* Inspector Clouseau's manservant, Cato, did this in Return of the Pink Panther.
* Played For Laughs in Denpa Onna To Seishun Otoko, with Meme doing this to surprise Makoto and get a funny reaction out of him.
* The protagonist in XXX: State of the Union does this as a way to hide from the thermal imaging cameras of a SWAT he's ambushing.
* In real life, this is a prank that some people play on others without any malicious intent. As can be seen in the following videos:
** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTGHelPaMEY
** http://tinyurl.com/7gs9x3d
* In Resident Evil 0, there is a zombie hiding in a refrigerator in the Dining Car of the train that will pop out after you finish a few puzzles.
** Similarly, in one of the later portions of Resident Evil 4, a Ganado bursts out of an oven to try to take down Leon.

* In real life, this is a prank that is sometimes pulled off, without any malicious intent. As can be seen in the following videos: