The 'Schoolgirl Spilling Her Lunch' meme, often captioned with 'Arigatou Obama-san,' is a surrealist evolution of the classic 'Thanks Obama' trope from the early 2010s. It typically features an anime-style schoolgirl (often 3D-rendered or taken from stock assets) tripping and losing her meal in a dramatic fashion, while an image of Barack Obama is either edited into the background or blamed for the clumsy mishap. The meme originated in niche internet circles like 4chan and Tumblr, blending American political satire with otaku culture to create a bizarre form of absurdist humor. It is primarily used to mock the tendency to blame external, unrelated forces for one's own minor inconveniences or failures.