No surprise: the internet loved Lady Gaga's Super Bowl halftime show

Gaga came to win.
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Laura Vitto
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Despite the massive pressure that comes with headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, Lady Gaga came to win.

Gaga's near-perfect halftime performance -- featuring everything from subversive political statements to inadvertent Spongebob Squarepants references -- blew the internet's collective mind.

She even made an unexpected football catch to close out her performance, which is more than we can say for other folks at Sunday's game.

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Laura Vitto was Mashable's Deputy Culture Editor.

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