stuffed into the fridge

A character in a story (more often female) that’s death or tragedy is used as a plot device to motivate the protagonist of a story. It originates from a Green Lantern comic, in which a villain leaves the body of Green Lantern’s girlfriend, Alexandra DeWitt, stuffed in a refrigerator for him to find.

Nerd during an argument: You could argue that uncle Ben was stuffed into the fridge.