Find some school spirit with some of the best promposals of 2016

Prom 2016 means bigger budgets, bigger explosions and bigger promposals
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Yes, yes 1,000 times yes!

With the promise of streamers, boutonnieres, DJs and dancing, teens are ready to get gussied up for prom-- and they also just need a date. 


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Lucky for them, they are a creative bunch who can find delightful ways to ask for a partner. Lucky for us, they share them all on social media. 

Instagram provided Mashable with some of the platform's most popular prom data.

And spolier: they really were all "Yes's."

The cheer-off proposal 


The aca-proposal


The Sadie Hawkins/Dance recital proposal



The Marvel proposal


The dudes serenading proposal


The specialized serenade proposal  


The Thespian proposal 


The 'Best Actor/Actress' proposal 


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Diana was a part of the web culture editorial team at Mashable. She is originally from Kent, Ohio, and a native of the AIM chatroom. Her interests include any movie with Jodie Foster and trying to play it cool in front of celebrities (4-legged or otherwise). Get inside her head on Twitter, at @drrtydiana.

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