Because in the Green Lantern comic it came from, the hero’s girlfriend got dismembered and stuffed in his fridge. Killing off female characters for the sake of easy drama is especially prevalent in superhero comics, extending way before this specific issue (see Gwen Stacy to start). But this incident is what prompted fantastic writer Gail Simone to coin the phenomenon’s comic-related incarnation.

BRB, gotta dig out the old Bonzi Buddy exe.