The VMAs highlights in GIFs

The VMAs this year were best captured live, but we have the next best thing: watching the highlights in GIFs!

The VMAs were definitely memorable this year, and while you get spammed with all the latest gossip and updates, we thought we should compile some of the most epic moments of the night in GIF form.

Lady Gaga performed. And maybe burped on stage.

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Taylor Swift kept it classy when One Direction came on stage.

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But Taylor does have a soft spot for *NSYNC (vastly an understatement).

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Oh, right, BTW, *NSYNC made a comeback onstage,
and did the dance we all love them for.

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But as awesome as that was, let’s not forget the travesty that was… Mileyzilla!

Her tongue made more appearances than the Moonman award trophies.

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Then she twerked on Robin Thicke, who could be as old as her dad.

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And the Smith kids reacted just as terrified as did their dad.

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Just kidding! They were actually just chewing gum during Gaga’s performance (close your mouths!).

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Oh, and Drake was jamming hardcore to Miley’s performance.

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Hard to fathom, given she humped a foam finger.

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And did this to someone’s butt.

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So, Rihanna was like so over it and Miley.

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And Katy Perry’s single “ROAR” may have won over fans, but it got lost among the other dramatic performances.

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