Killing a TV show's or movie's main
villain in a rushed, unexpected way – without providing more context or consequences.
The term originates from Season 8 Episode 3 of Game of Thrones, where *spoiler alert* Arya Stark unexpectedly killed the show's main
villain, the Night King by dropping a dagger and stabbing him. The motivations of the big bad guy were
never fully explained.
Similar to jump the shark.
Game of Thrones dropped the dagger last
night when the Night King was killed off.
OR
The Mentalist really did
drop the dagger when Patrick Jane killed Red
John.