When a play, movie, or other visual art reaches a very emotion point, and someone kills the mood, typically by dropping something. Coined during Q-Artistry's 2014 run of Zurkis Grimm.
Did you hear what happened during The Wizard of Oz?

Yeah! I heard one lady decide to drop the can!
by panicedathedisco July 20, 2014
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