How Indiana Jones Survived ‘Nuking The Fridge’ [Infographic]

I is for Indiana Jones

In the fourth movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Indiana Jones survives the explosion of a atomic bomb by ducking in a refrigerator.

You’d think this kind of impossibility would be shrugged off in movies where people have their hearts torn out and skydive using lifeboats, but no.
Usually we can suspend disbelief because the plot and characters are engaging. This was not the case with The Crystal Skull. The plot and characters were so weak that we couldn’t help noticing it.

It became a Internet phrase meaning the point in a “movie series when it has passed its peak and crossed into the level of the absurd.”

While most believe its impossible to survive a atomic explosion in a fridge, writer George Lucas has said that he has scientific evidence that his odds of survival are “5050.”

Here’s the scene if you haven’t watched the film or don’t remember it.

Let’s take a closer look at the scene and see how Jones seems to defy physics and common sense to survive.

Credits

• Thanks to the gracious help of PhysicsForums.com for the education in nuclear physics and math corrections. Most notably DaveC426913, Hologram0110, Mech_Engineer, and Rive.
• “Alte Haas Grotesk” font by Yann Le Coroller

References

• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_National_Security_Site
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_56_(nuclear_test)
• http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Survive_a_Nuclear_Blast
• http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Science/Nuke.html
• http://wikihow.com/Survive-a-Nuclear-Attack
• http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/nuclearfaq.asp
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_nuclear_explosions
• http://www.slashfilm.com/george-lucas-insists-nuke-fridge-survive/
• http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Nwfaq/Nfaq5.html
• http://www.nationalterroralert.com/nuclear/

Do you think Indiana Jones survived “Nuking the Fridge?” Do you have a favorite Indiana Jones moment?

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