The 'Balse' (or 'Barusu') meme originates from the 1986 Studio Ghibli film Castle in the Sky, where it serves as the 'Spell of Destruction.' In the movie's climax, the protagonists Sheeta and Pazu recite the word together to destroy the floating fortress of Laputa. In real-world internet culture, the meme became a massive phenomenon in Japan; whenever the movie is broadcast on television, thousands of fans tweet the word 'Balse' simultaneously. This ritual has famously broken Twitter's world record for tweets per second multiple times. In meme culture, it is used to signify the ultimate 'reset button,' the total destruction of a thread, or a dramatic exit from a digital situation.