--- title: Super Bowl 2017: Lady Gaga Halftime Show Memes description: Lady Gaga's epic Super Bowl halftime performance not only provided game time entertainment but endless fodder for memes. canonical: https://time.com/4661033/lady-gaga-super-bowl-memes-2017/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-06T16:20:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:11.015Z og:title: The Funniest Memes of Lady Gaga's Halftime Performance og:description: Her stunts were made for the Internet og:url: https://time.com/4661033/lady-gaga-super-bowl-memes-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd0f7551d81b65a5/6988b8e997cdff96d96af636/lady-gaga-super-bowl-2017-memes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Funniest Memes of Lady Gaga's Halftime Performance twitter:description: Her stunts were made for the Internet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd0f7551d81b65a5/6988b8e997cdff96d96af636/lady-gaga-super-bowl-2017-memes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Are the Most Hilarious Memes of Lady Gaga's Epic Super Bowl Halftime Performance > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 6, 2017 4:20 PM UTC  Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show at NRG Stadium on February 5, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show at NRG Stadium on February 5, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Kevin Mazur—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 6, 2017 4:20 PM UTC Lady Gaga’s epic [halftime performance](http://time.com/4660852/super-bowl-lady-gaga-halftime-show/) during Super Bowl LI not only provided some excellent game time entertainment but also endless fodder for memes. The Internet couldn’t get enough of Gaga and it’s not hard to see why, considering her grandiose entrance and mid-air, acrobatic feats. As expected many of [Gaga’s performance highlights](http://time.com/4660665/super-bowl-halftime-show-lady-gaga-flew/), especially her dramatic jumps, became instant memes, drawing parallels to everything in pop culture from Sponge Bob Squarepants to the Simpsons. See the best memes of Lady Gaga during the Super Bowl below. Many people noted the similarity between Gaga’s glam rock performance and a scene from Sponge Bob Squarepants. > [](https://twitter.com/SpeakComedy/status/828421602484355075) Some thought that her descent bore an uncanny similarity to wrestler Sting. > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fjasonjennings/status/828411857430011905) And others posited that her final jump was not unlike Natalie Portman’s in _Black Swan_. > [](https://twitter.com/mathewrodriguez/status/828414896387846146) Many emphatically insisted that the Simpsons had predicted exactly what the Lady Gaga halftime show would look like years earlier. > [](https://twitter.com/Sporf/status/828417286537101312) > [](https://twitter.com/%5FQLadyGaga/status/828433761121476609) Some felt that Lady Gaga’s acrobatic feats were apt metaphors for their interpersonal communication. > [](https://twitter.com/monielovex/status/828413517753618433) > [](https://twitter.com/FreddyAmazin/status/828415732014669824) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4661033/lady-gaga-super-bowl-memes-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4661033/lady-gaga-super-bowl-memes-2017/"},"headline":"Here Are the Most Hilarious Memes of Lady Gaga's Epic Super Bowl Halftime Performance","datePublished":"2017-02-06T16:20:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:11.015Z","description":"Her halftime performance was made for the Internet","url":"https://time.com/4661033/lady-gaga-super-bowl-memes-2017/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Internet","Music","Super Bowl","celebrity","Lady Gaga","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd0f7551d81b65a5/6988b8e997cdff96d96af636/lady-gaga-super-bowl-2017-memes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd0f7551d81b65a5/6988b8e997cdff96d96af636/lady-gaga-super-bowl-2017-memes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show","caption":"Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4661033/lady-gaga-super-bowl-memes-2017/","name":"Here Are the Most Hilarious Memes of Lady Gaga's Epic Super Bowl Halftime Performance"}}]}] ```