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First, fill something to the nick of overfilling. It just doesn't matter what it is: a bag almost bulging with stuff; a cliff in its weight limit; an almost full elevator; a morbidly obese gourmand's stuffed stomach; you name it. When you've finished, add just a teeny, tiny bit more. Watch your recipient blow/crack/shatter instantly and/or loudly. This trope applies to situations where maximal capacity is reached, and even an infinitesimal quantity surpassing it causes effects far more massive than common sense could predict. Examples of Wafer-Thin Mint include:

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  • First, fill something to the nick of overfilling. It just doesn't matter what it is: a bag almost bulging with stuff; a cliff in its weight limit; an almost full elevator; a morbidly obese gourmand's stuffed stomach; you name it. When you've finished, add just a teeny, tiny bit more. Watch your recipient blow/crack/shatter instantly and/or loudly. This trope applies to situations where maximal capacity is reached, and even an infinitesimal quantity surpassing it causes effects far more massive than common sense could predict. Examples of Wafer-Thin Mint include:
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  • First, fill something to the nick of overfilling. It just doesn't matter what it is: a bag almost bulging with stuff; a cliff in its weight limit; an almost full elevator; a morbidly obese gourmand's stuffed stomach; you name it. When you've finished, add just a teeny, tiny bit more. Watch your recipient blow/crack/shatter instantly and/or loudly. This trope applies to situations where maximal capacity is reached, and even an infinitesimal quantity surpassing it causes effects far more massive than common sense could predict. Although the most common variation of this is when a group of people/stuff is at a ledge and a light feather/dust powder lands and it simply breaks apart instantly(and painfully), it's not only restricted to those cases. Also, it's not restricted to animation only, as the above example points out. Known in popular culture as "the last straw" or "the straw that broke the camel's back," which also has another meaning: the Rant-Inducing Slight. Compare Death of a Thousand Cuts, Critical Existence Failure and Critical Encumbrance Failure. Examples of Wafer-Thin Mint include:
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