"Nuking the fridge"

No doubt you've heard the phrase "Jumping the Shark", which describes the point at which a TV show does something so preposterous that it loses all credibility.


"Nuking the fridge" is the term used when a movie does the same.

It comes from the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, where Indiana hides in a refrigerator to escape a nuclear detonation. The refrigerator, hit by the blast, is hurled high into the sky. The town is demolished, yet Indiana emerges from the refrigerator unscathed.


http://www.nukingthefridge.com/