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"It's a hundred floors. The only way in is through the roof."
John Garrett to Grant Ward[src]

The Fridge is a S.H.I.E.L.D. detainment and storage facility at a classified location. The structure is 100 stories tall and can only be accessed through the roof. Its contents were stolen and most of the prisoners were freed by John Garrett during the HYDRA Uprising.

History[]

Imprisonment of John Horton[]

"First time I came down here was to lock up Johnny Horton. Ever heard of him? Guy somehow gave himself these lion's paws for hands."
John Garrett to Grant Ward[src]

John Garrett arrested John Horton who replaced his hands with lion's paws, and took him to the Fridge to be imprisoned. This arrest was Garrett's first visit to the facility.[1]

Gravitonium[]

Fridge

The vault inside the Fridge

"Say it back to me."
"Deepest level of the Fridge, unmarked vault, no access granted."
"And no recorded entry. I don't want it listed. I don't want it flagged for the Slingshot. Anyone finds out, you're responsible and suffering."
Phil Coulson and Tyler[src]

Phil Coulson ordered that the cluster of Gravitonium confiscated from Ian Quinn's compound in Malta was stored in an unmarked vault at the deepest level of the Fridge. Tyler was given explicit orders to make sure that there was no access granted to the Gravitonium, and no recorded entry for it, even forbidding flagging it for the Slingshot. If these conditions would not be met, Coulson would personally blame Tyler, as this strict condition is what Franklin Hall would have wanted.

Tyler oversaw the closing of the vault that contained the Gravitonium, closing it and removing its reference. However, unbeknownst to anyone, Hall somehow survived the fall into the element, and tried to emerge from it.[2]

Imprisoning Suspects[]

"You are to immediately hand Ian Quinn over for transport to the Fridge."
John Garrett to Phil Coulson[src]

Phil Coulson and his team were tasked with apprehending and transporting many suspects or confirmed criminals to the Fridge, as it acted as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s main imprisonment and containment facility. One of those earliest suspects was Hannah Hutchins who was transported to the Fridge in order to study her seemingly telekinetic powers, until it was demonstrated that all events attributed to these powers had been performed by Tobias Ford.[3]

Notorious international criminal T. Vanchat was also eventually captured despite having been able to evade S.H.I.E.L.D., taken into custody inside the Bus and interrogated in order to discover his connection to the Centipede Project while being taken to the Fridge for detainment.

Ian Quinn who was one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most wanted fugitives since kidnapping Franklin Hall, was finally apprehended by Phil Coulson and his team. Coulson was ordered by S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters to hand over Quinn for interrogation and transport to the Fridge. However, Coulson wanted to keep him due to his role in shooting and almost killing Skye. Coulson was able to convince John Garrett to interrogate him inside Coulson's plane before traveling to the Fridge, in an effort to save Skye, handing Quinn to Garrett once she was finally saved.[4]

Clairvoyant Candidates[]

"Let's pack this freak off to the Fridge where he belongs."
"Agent Garrett, look at me. Do you believe you can confine me any more than this chair?"
John Garrett and Thomas Nash[src]

Thomas Nash, the main suspect of being the Clairvoyant during S.H.I.E.L.D.'s investigations of the leader of the Centipede Project, was located and apprehended in Pensacola, Florida. During the attempts to interrogate the disabled man on site, the computer that apparently spoke for Nash taunted every S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in the room, especially Phil Coulson.

Getting tired of the voice, John Garrett asked to quickly deliver Nash to the Fridge, though the computer told them that no prison could confine Nash more than his wheelchair, and continued to taunt Coulson with Skye's near-death, making Coulson so angry that he swore Nash would be imprisoned in a little box where nobody would hear him again.[5]

HYDRA Uprising[]

When HYDRA revealed itself to have been hidden within S.H.I.E.L.D. many of the organization's bases were attacked by HYDRA Operatives, the Fridge being one of them. During the battle between both teams, S.H.I.E.L.D. managed to get the upper hand and save the Fridge from falling into HYDRA's hands.[6] Among the HYDRA operatives that were left for dead during the battle on the Fridge was Yuri Zaikin, who survived and escaped the base.[7]

Arrest of John Garrett[]

"I'll head to the Fridge. At least that facility is secure."
"I don't need to remind you how imperative it is that it stays that way."
Victoria Hand and Phil Coulson[src]

Phil Coulson managed to discover that John Garrett was the actual identity of the Clairvoyant in the wake of the reveal of HYDRA's infiltration within S.H.I.E.L.D. Coulson defeated Garrett in a confrontation against HYDRA operatives at the Hub, and he was taken into custody and scheduled for transport to the Fridge.

Victoria Hand decided to transport Garrett to the Fridge herself in order to oversee his imprisonment and keep the facility under S.H.I.E.L.D.'s control. Grant Ward requested Hand to accompany her in order to see Garrett imprisoned, contending he felt betrayed after spending many years under his wing, a petition that Hand accepted. On route to the Fridge inside a S.H.I.E.L.D. Jump Jet, Hand realized that after all of Garrett's crimes, maybe he didn't even deserve to be imprisoned at the Ice Box of the Fridge. She suggested Ward shoot Garrett, as he already shot the Clairvoyant when he thought Thomas Nash was the man behind the Centipede Project.

However, Ward was loyal to Garrett since even before joining S.H.I.E.L.D. and quickly shot the two guards that were guarding Garrett. Surprised, Hand had no time to react, and Ward killed her with two bullets in the stomach. Garrett was liberated and he took control of the Jump Jet, changing the course of the plane.[6]

Raid of the Fridge[]

"Once we hit the Fridge and grab all the fun toys tucked away inside, we'll be able to take any base we want."
John Garrett[src]

John Garrett and Grant Ward arrived at the Fridge with the intention of taking the base for HYDRA. Ward used his still intact cover as a loyal S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in order to pose as the person tasked with locking up Garrett, as Victoria Hand already contacted the Fridge to announce their arrival.

Ward approached the gates and introduced himself as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, demanding that the guards open the door. They refused, saying that they had specific orders to not let anyone in without Hand's presence. Ward excused himself saying that Hand was headed to a meeting with other high-ranking loyal agents, but the guards didn't believe him and wanted Ward to contact Hand. Ward warned them that Hand would get angry if they forced her to change course and return to the Fridge, but the guards insisted.

However, before Ward had the chance to contact anyone, a hostile S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicopter appeared, commanded by HYDRA operatives. It opened fire against the doors of the Fridge, forcing Ward to push Garrett to make him take cover. Ward returned fire with his handgun, but he was no match for the helicopter and demanded that the guards open the bulletproof doors. One of the guards opened the doors against protocol to save Ward's life, letting him and Garrett enter the facility. They descended through one of the elevators to a secure level.

Grant Ward Akimbo

Inside the elevator, one of the security guards wondered how HYDRA could know that Garrett was being taken to the facility. Garrett answered that they told them, right before Ward killed both guards with a shot to the head. As they outfitted themselves with gas masks to raid the facility, Ward asked Garrett why he didn't warn him about answering the guards, because they were heavily armed. Garrett said he couldn't resist the opportunity to say a good line.[1]

Slingshot Vault[]

"It's all here. Slingshot's a fake."
"We shot a lot of empty rockets into space. And maybe every once in a while they put a monkey in one for kicks. You really think Fury would give away all these goodies?"
John Garrett and Grant Ward[src]

John Garrett and Grant Ward managed to disable the guards inside the lower rooms of the Fridge, letting many other HYDRA operatives enter inside in order to defeat any remaining guard they could come across and to retrieve any stored artifact inside. Garrett reached a vault that contained all the technology that was supposed to have been sent to space in the Slingshot. Garrett revealed to Ward the true nature of the Slingshot facility, and how it sent dozens of empty rockets to space. Garrett ordered his men to retrieve an item they could, especially if it looked dangerous or alien.

Garrett went to retrieve the Peruvian 0-8-4 and demonstrated it by firing a shot to one of the walls. Ward continued searching the crates while other HYDRA operatives loaded them in their helicopter, and he found the Berserker Staff, a weapon that granted him superhuman strength in the past.[1]

Liberation of Prisoners[]

"You're welcome, gentlemen! Don't forget to follow your dreams. Ladies. This ought to keep Coulson busy a while."
John Garrett[src]

John Garrett went to liberate all the prisoners retained in the Fridge, using the Peruvian 0-8-4 to blast holes in the walls of the containment section, with the intention of keeping Phil Coulson busy for a while. He even advised Marcus Daniels to follow his dreams, knowing that he was imprisoned by Coulson while he used his powers to harass Audrey Nathan, who then became Coulson's girlfriend.[1]

Gravitonium[]

"Coulson told me there was a little something hidden down below."
"I hate to tell you, but this is the bottom floor. I've seen the blueprints with my own eyes."
Grant Ward and John Garrett[src]

Grant Ward searched the Fridge for an access point to the lower level, where Phil Coulson revealed the Gravitonium was stored without records. As he didn't find any, he borrowed the Peruvian 0-8-4 that John Garrett had been using in order to blast a hole through the floor to the level below.

P 193 Grant John

Garrett, unsure of this, said that he had witnessed the blueprints of the facility, and there was no lower level. To make it more interesting, Ward and Garrett established a bet, saying that the loser would buy the dinner for the winner, something that Ward was particularly happy about, being sick of the food he ate at the Bus. Ward shot the weapon to the floor, revealing the vault where the Gravitonium was stored, and HYDRA operatives took it to the helicopter in order to return to the Barbershop Headquarters in Cuba.[1]

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Ice Box[]

"And I'll find Agent Garrett the smallest, darkest cell in the Ice Box."
Victoria Hand[src]

The Ice Box is the special detention and containment area inside the Fridge.

Prisoners[]

Contained Items[]

Formerly[]

Appearances[]

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Trivia[]

References[]

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