The Weeknd's halftime show was full of bandaged dancers and the memes flooded in

At least The Weeknd's countless backup dancers were wearing relatively COVID-safe costumes during the Super Bowl LV halftime show.

Their mouths and noses were entirely covered, oddly enough, by bandages — which also neatly covered what looked like KN95 masks. The bandages, according to an interview the Weeknd gave to Variety, are intended to be a symbol about the superficial nature of beauty in Hollywood.

That was kind of hard to parse from just the halftime show, however, and soon enough the fashion choice from Sunday's performance was quickly turned into memes and jokes.

Certainly an interesting fashion choice. Credit: Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images

There were superhero jokes.

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And mentions of CTE, a huge concussion-related problem in football.

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The somewhat obvious jokes about face masks.

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There were pretty apt comparisons to jock straps.

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Folks noticed the look was seriously similar to the people from the movie Us.

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And if the internet has taught us anything it's that literally everything is a SpongeBob meme waiting to happen.

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And yes, I even got in on the action with my own dumb joke referencing a deep-cut from The Office.

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The halftime show, overall, though was fun and entertaining enough, considering a large portion of the audience was made up of cardboard cutouts.