The 'Mikuru Beam' originates from the hit anime series 'The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya,' where the character Mikuru Asahina is forced to play a magical battle waitress in a student film. While she is supposed to be firing a laser from her eye, the 'beam' is actually just a low-budget special effect that the protagonist Haruhi accidentally manifests into reality. In meme culture, it is used to represent a sudden, overwhelming force—usually one that is cute, moe, or surprisingly destructive. Fans often edit the beam to target specific objects or use the template to mock over-the-top anime tropes, capturing the peak of the mid-2000s internet anime subculture.