To suddenly include a strange or illogical event, often leading to radical and often disappointing changes to the narrative of the film.
Origin
From a scene in the 2008 film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, where the main character survives a nuclear detonation by hiding in a lead-lined refrigerator.
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