Five Ways Katy Perry Can Outdo Her Infamous Elmo Boobies Bounce on "Saturday Night Live"

Buzz + zooms. That's two.

October 12, 2013

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On September 25, 2010, pop star Katy Perry changed eyeballs forever. Poking fun at her attention-grabbing bosoms, which upset jealous, humorless parents and got her duet with Elmo removed from an episode of Sesame Street, the Saturday Night Live musical guest appeared in a sketch as a recently "developed" girl wearing a tight-fitting Elmo shirt tailored to accentuate her cleavage. And then she bounced. Man, did she bounce. The sensational footage naturally transformed into gifs and slow-motion video odes to Perry's fun breast-liciousness. Despite subsequently hosting SNL, on December 10, 2011, the "Elmo Bounce" is still her defining moment on the show.

Tonight, Perry returns to SNL as the musical guest for host Bruce Willis. Is it possible for her to eclipse that magical moment when childhood met chest (again)? We think so. There's no guarantee that she'll take our advice, but these are five ways Katy Perry can outdo her infamous Elmo boobies bounce on Saturday Night Live.

Written by Justin Monroe (@40yardsplash)

5. Twerk on Bruce Willis.

Remember when Miley Cyrus twerked on Robin Thicke at the MTV VMAs and the Internet exploded in excitement and outrage? Well, Perry is a little further removed from her innocent Christian rock beginnings than Miley was from her Hannah Montana child stardom, but imagine if the 28-year-old singer gyrated on 58-year-old Willis (whose daughter Rumer is only three years younger than her) while screaming for the aging action hero to "Die hard!" It's safe to say the Internet would react like this.

4. Diss Kendrick and/or Drake.

It's not like you need to be directly involved to insert yourself into a rap battle or beef, right? Even when an artist is clearly not dissing you, it's perfectly acceptable in the shit-talking democracy of social media to have their name on your tongue and use their fame to boost your own, right?

Perry doesn't need Drake or Kendrick to increase her visibility—she's got way more likes and followers than both of them combined—but we'd love to see how the beef-hungry rap world reacted if the straight-up pop star told Drizzy how ridiculous he looks acting hard and Kendrick to focus on making another great album instead of following the 50 Cent blueprint for maintaining relevancy. One thing's for sure: Papoose would have something to say about it.

3. Do the "Big Bird Bounce."

Follow the logic: If bouncing up and down in an Elmo face T-shirt cut to his bulbous orange nose gives us quality television like this, it would be exponentially more entrancing if she performed a sketch while on a trampoline in a junior small tee cut to Big Bird's Diggler-esque beak. Jim Henson, king.

2. Have a wardrobe malfunction.

Katy Perry isn't new to revealing costumes—skin-tight cotton is why we're here in the first place, right?—but she must use the world's most reliable tape because, after all her many cleavage-popping outfits, there are only shadowy hints of nip slips online. And as we all know, the only thing bigger than the Super Bowl in this country is a nipple slip. If Perry's trying to one-up the Elmo Bounce it may be time to walk the tightrope without a harness and let things fall where they may.

1. Perform "Roar" in nothing but tiger body paint.

According to Katy's hit single, she's "got the eye of the tiger." Why not the stripes? And why not apply them with body paint? Sure, it's a thin line between Cats homage and public indecency, but that's how you make an audience roar.