Line #84 Main/FridgeSadness


1	So, you've just finished watching the new movie, ''Puppy Boy and the Mischievous Miss Meow''. Then as you're walking out of the cinema, you realize; Miss Meow decided to move to Earth at the end, but what about her family? They don't have spaceships, so they can't move with her. That's actually really sad.
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3	Congratulations, you've just experienced Fridge Sadness.
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5	Fridge Sadness is when you realize something about a work after experiencing it that makes the story sadder. This can be achieved via thinking deeply about the implications, looking at real-life events happening either now, or in the time period the media takes place in, or just wondering WhatCouldHaveBeen.
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7	Types of Fridge Sadness include:
8	* '''The Not-So Happy Ending''': The ending seems happy, until you think through all of its implications and realize that it might not have been as happy as it was presented. In other words, a more subtle variation of an EsotericHappyEnding.
9	* '''The Backstory Implications''': A character's backstory is revealed, and once you think about it, it becomes much worse than initially implied. This is common with backstories that start with something bad happening to the character as a child.
10	* '''The Past Installment Sadness''': You've finished watching a sequel or spinoff, and after you're done, you suddenly think "Aw, man, it would have been so sweet if Bob from the first movie was here to see that". This often happens with characters who have died in previous installments.
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12	What sets Fridge Sadness apart from FridgeHorror is that while Fridge Horror usually pertains to things that send chills down your spine or make you feel icky, Fridge Sadness makes it a little harder to watch the movie without feeling a little crushed.
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14	Not to be confused with someone being sad because there's nothing (or something undesirable) in their fridge.
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16	!!Media with Fridge Sadness moments include:
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18	[[foldercontrol]]
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20	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
21	* ''Fridge/CaseClosed''
22	* ''Fridge/DeliciousInDungeon''
23	* ''Fridge/{{Free}}''
24	* ''Fridge/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''
25	* ''Fridge/SamuraiDeeperKyo''
26	* ''Fridge/{{Toriko}}''
27	* ''Fridge/{{Trigun}}''
28	* ''Fridge/TweenyWitches''
29	* ''Fridge/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun''
30	[[/folder]]
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32	[[folder:Comic Books]]
33	* ''Fridge/BeastsOfBurden''
34	* ''ComicBook/AmericanBornChinese'': Chin-Kee's blatant view of white women as objects for procreation is bad enough of a stereotype. It likely hurts worse in-universe because [[spoiler:Jin/Danny {{has a t\|ype}}hing for all-American ladies]].
35	[[/folder]]
36
37	[[folder:Fan Works]]
38	* ''Fridge/AbraxasHrodvitnon''
39	* ''Fridge/{{Innocent}}''
40	* ''Fridge/JauneArcLordOfHunger''
41	* ''Fanfic/MaternalInstinctMLP'': Why does Chrysalis keep her distance from Pupa and bury herself in her work? She's lost so many children already, it's likely that she's (subconsciously or otherwise) afraid of getting attached to Pupa and then losing her too. Not to mention Pupa's many illnesses mean that her dying early is a strong possibility.''
42	* ''Fridge/RoommatesMemoirsOfTheHairlessApe''
43	[[/folder]]
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45	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
46	* ''Fridge/TheBlackCauldron''
47	* ''Fridge/BrotherBear''
48	* ''Fridge/ChickenRun''
49	* ''Fridge/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime''
50	* ''Fridge/TheCroods''
51	* ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseBatmanDeathInTheFamily'': In the "Batman dies" path, Joker just... stops being Joker. He disguises himself to look normal and goes to a therapist. He doesn't even go after the new Batman. Bruce's relentless crusade to clean up Gotham is also what's filling up whole graveyards and the only way for Bruce to end Joker's evil without breaking his code is to just stop being Batman, to stop trying to avenge his parents' deaths.
52	* ''Fridge/DespicableMe3''
53	* ''Fridge/{{Encanto}}''
54	* ''Fridge/TheFoxAndTheHound''
55	* ''Fridge/ScoobyDooCampScare''
56	* ''Fridge/TurningRed''
57	[[/folder]]
58
59	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
60	* ''Film/Beast2022'': Besides being short for her name, you could wonder if Meredith decided to go by "Mere", a French word for "Mother", because she had to [[PromotionToParent fulfill a motherly role for her younger sister]] after their mom died.
61	* ''Fridge/BoBurnhamInside''
62	* ''Film/DancinItsOn'': As sweet as Jen and Ken's reunion is, Jen doesn't actually live there; she's only there for the summer. The two will probably have to part for a while when summer ends and Jen goes back to her hometown for school.
63	* ''Fridge/TheDarkCrystal''
64	* ''Fridge/DeadwaterFell''
65	* ''Fridge/DonnieDarko''
66	* ''Fridge/DragMeToHell''
67	* ''Fridge/FiftyFirstDates''
68	* ''Fridge/{{Friends}}''
69	* ''Fridge/Godzilla2014''
70	* ''Fridge/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''
71	* ''Fridge/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas2000''
72	* ''Fridge/ALeagueOfTheirOwn''
73	* ''Fridge/LoveActually''
74	* ''Fridge/MurderOnTheOrientExpress2017''
75	* ''Fridge/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles''
76	* ''Fridge/{{Sunshine}}''
77	[[/folder]]
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79	[[folder:Literature]]
80	* ''Fridge/CaptainUnderpants''
81	* ''Fridge/ChildrenOfTheRedKing''
82	* ''The Chronicles of Narnia:''
83	** ''Fridge/TheSilverChair''
84	* ''Fridge/AChristmasCarol''
85	* ''Fridge/{{Goosebumps}}''
86	* ''Fridge/HarryPotter''
87	* ''Literature/MalgudiDays'': "The Blind Dog" has a prime example of this. To summarize the plot: a dog gets adopted by a blind beggar and looks after him when his caretaker dies; however, the beggar keeps getting more and more abusive of the dog. At the end, he remarks that the dog needed him to survive and would have starved on its own. But, as the descriptions show, it was actually healthy on its own and starving ''under the beggar's control'', to the point where its ribs were visible. The fridge aspect: how could the '''blind''' beggar, who could '''have ''easily'' found out the dog's true condition by touching''' it, not have known this? [[{{Tearjerker}} He hadn't stroked or petted the dog after he had become reliant on it]]. KickTheDog much?
88	** And there's also the DoubleMeaningTitle.
89	* ''Fridge/ThePictureOfDorianGray''
90	* ''Fridge/RunningOutOfTime''
91	* ''Fridge/TheStepfordWives''
92	* ''Fridge/VorkosiganSaga''
93	[[/folder]]
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95	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
96	* ''Fridge/AgentsOfSHIELD''
97	* ''Series/{{Bunkd}}'': In the season 5 finale, Finn and Matteo were worried that they would have to get used to another counselor since Noah was going to Australia to film a movie and were used to Parker and didn't want him to leave either. Both either figured out they could stay or decided to do so for the next summer. Season 6 takes place in a new camp without Finn and Matteo but with not only Noah and Parker, but also Lou and their best friend Destiny. Imagine how they felt when getting to the camp and not seeing their inner circle for the past three years (Destiny and Lou) or two years (Noah).
98	* ''Fridge/FullerHouse''
99	* ''Fridge/GilmoreGirls''
100	* ''Fridge/HouseOfTheDragon''
101	* ''Series/FreddysNightmares'': Cosidering that the first segment of “It’s a Miserable Life” ends with the revelation that [[spoiler: Bryan is dreaming this while dying after getting fatally shot by a robber at work]], his father is going to feel a lot of guilt and sorrow considering [[spoiler: [[ItsAllMyFault he made him work the night shift]] after the original worker called in sick.]]
102	* ''Fridge/TheMandalorian''
103	* ''Fridge/{{NCIS}}''
104	* ''Fridge/PowerRangersNinjaSteel''
105	* ''Fridge/SchittsCreek''
106	* ''Fridge/SesameStreet''
107	* ''Fridge/ThisIsUs''
108	* ''Fridge/{{Yellowjackets}}''
109	[[/folder]]
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111	[[folder:Theatre]]
112	* ''Fridge/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals''
113	[[/folder]]
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115	[[folder:Video Games]]
116	* ''Fridge/AWayOut''
117	* ''VideoGame/{{BETADCIU}}'': The end of "[=SpookEDD=]" shows [[spoiler:Skid and Pump either knocked out or dead from a missle by Tord. One can only wonder how their families would react to this...]]
118	* ''Fridge/DarkSoulsIII''
119	* ''Fridge/GhostTrick''
120	* ''Fridge/HaloReach''
121	* ''Fridge/HenryStickminSeries''
122	* ''VideoGame/HoloFunkPreSixPointZero'': In the 5.0 lore, Aloe has short hair in a concept sketch of a family photo that appears to have been taken just before things before went to hell; her brother's hair is longer, but is tied up to give the impression that it's only as short as hers. This [[CerebusRetcon implies]], together with another sketch showing that Aloe's brother later untied his hair [[spoiler:post-betrayal, as his unmasked concept sketches show]], that ''her'' long hair in the present is [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange at least partially because it's unkempt from Mamoru's death]] causing their home lives to become completely dysfunctional and eventually non-existent.
123	* ''Fridge/LifeIsStrange''
124	* ''Fridge/LonelyWolfTreat''
125	* ''Fridge/MarioAndLuigiPaperJam''
126	* ''VideoGame/{{Monolith}}'':
127	** [[spoiler: After clearing Hard difficulty for the first time, you are able to play as D-13 in Normal difficulty, and for each respective difficulty setting, D-13's and Null's runs are mechanically identical. This means that D-13 in Normal Difficulty, should you go far enough without being able to enter Nowhere, will effectively beat their best friend to Power Eternal and become a similar TragicMonster to what they fight in Hard difficulty.]]
128	** [[spoiler:The Sudden Death lethality renders you a OneHitPointWonder. With it enabled, it is possible for your HP to be reduced to zero in the mirror practice fight against D-13. Imagine if D-13 [[AccidentalMurder accidentally killed Null this way]] while sparring with them. Unlike the D-13 Hard difficulty ending, that death would have been '''[[AllForNothing for nothing]]'''.]]
129	* ''Fridge/{{Neopets}}''
130	* ''Fridge/{{Omori}}''
131	* ''Fridge/TalesOfXillia2''
132	[[/folder]]
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134	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
135	* ''Fridge/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''
136	[[/folder]]
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138	[[folder:Web Animation]]
139	* ''Fridge/AnimatorVsAnimation''
140	* ''Fridge/InanimateInsanity''
141	* ''Fridge/{{RWBY}}''
142	* ''Fridge/RWBYChibi''
143	* ''Fridge/TransformersWarForCybertron''
144	* ''Fridge/TurnaboutStorm''
145	[[/folder]]
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147	[[folder:Webcomics]]
148	* ''Webcomic/SurpriseTrilogy''
149	[[/folder]]
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151	[[folder:Web Original]]
152	* ''Fridge/{{Neopets}}''
153	[[/folder]]
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155	[[folder:Web Videos]]
156	* ''Fridge/TheLizzieBennetDiaries''
157	[[/folder]]
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159	[[folder:Western Animation]]
160	* ''Fridge/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''
161	* ''Fridge/TheCasagrandes''
162	* ''Fridge/{{Centaurworld}}''
163	* ''Fridge/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''
164	* ''Fridge/ClassOfTheTitans''
165	* ''Fridge/DuckTales2017S2E5StorkulesInDuckburg''
166	* ''Fridge/EdgarAndEllen''
167	* ''Fridge/ElenaOfAvalor''
168	* ''Fridge/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera''
169	* ''Fridge/FrostyTheSnowman''
170	* ''Fridge/TheFutureIsWild''
171	* ''Fridge/HeyArnold''
172	* ''Fridge/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous''
173	* ''Fridge/KikoRiki''
174	* ''Fridge/NatureCat''
175	* ''Fridge/TheOwlHouse''
176	* ''Fridge/Passengers2016''
177	* ''Fridge/ThePowerpuffGirls''
178	* ''Fridge/ReadyJetGo''
179	* ''Fridge/SchoolhouseRock''
180	* ''YMMV/SkullIsland2023''
181	* ''Fridge/SuperMonsters''
182	* ''Fridge/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo''
183	* ''Fridge/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''
184	* ''Fridge/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E10ThePhantomApprentice''
185	* ''Fridge/StarWarsResistance''
186	* ''Fridge/TransformersAnimated''
187	[[/folder]]

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