History Music / NSync

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: A male version. For a brief while, Joey had fire engine red hair, while Justin and Lance were blond and Chris and JC were brunet.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s: Some media outlets have aptly described them as Backstreet's weirder brother, thanks to their music videos and quirky sense of humor in interviews and public appearances. Plus, songs like "Space Cowboy" and "Digital Getdown", and their tendency to look like {{Rummage Sale Reject}}s didn't help with the perception that they were on a bit on the oddball side.

* AscendedMeme: The infamous "It's Gonna Be May" meme has been [[https://instagram.com/p/2JxEpVw_Hj/ performed]] by JC.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s: Some media outlets have aptly described them as Backstreet's weirder brother, thanks to their music videos and quirky sense of humor in interviews and public appearances. Plus, songs like "Space Cowboy" and "Digital Getdown", and their tendency to look like {{Rummage Sale Reject}}s also helped convince people that they were on the oddball side.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s: Some media outlets have aptly described them as Backstreet's weirder brother, thanks to their music videos and quirky sense of humor in interviews and public appearances. Plus, having songs like "Space Cowboy" and "Digital Getdown" didn't help making people think they were on the quirky side.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s: Some media outlets have aptly described them as Backstreet's weirder brother, thanks to their music videos and quirky sense of humor in interviews and public appearances.

*** '''The Cute One''' - Justin

*** '''The Heartthrob''' - JC

*** '''The Shy One''' - Lance

** While obviously not on the same level as Justin's career, JC was a judge on ''America's Best Dance Crew'' and does production work, Joey found success as a television host, Lance has a popular drive-time radio show on [=SiriusXM=]'s [=OutQ=] channel and also hosts the weekend countdown on their [[TurnOfTheMillennium Pop2K]] station and is heavily involved with the gay community as well as other political causes, and Chris owns a production and recording studio and also voiced recurring character Chip Skylark on ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''.

** The second version of "I Want You Back" falls under the Limited Palette style, with only the band's dance sequence filmed in color while the rest of the video is in black and white.

*** During one of JC's intros, Chris jabs a long reedy skewer at Lance, who grabs it and pretends to break it over his knee. The boys are seen fiddling with the skewers in various ways, mostly using them to poke at each other.

* IntercourseWithYou: "Digital Get Down"

-->'''Buzzfeed''': [''upon seeing on one of the group's outfits''] Sweet Baby Lord Jesus. Pray for them.

** Upon reflecting one of their past [[http://poptartsandfedoras.tumblr.com/post/104425218070 get ups]]: (It's especially funny when JC apparently told him he looked like "a giant shit".)

** Joey's sole motivation to appear in the Creator/SciFiChannel movie ''Jersey Shore Shark Attack'' as an exaggerated version of himself? He wanted to be eaten by a shark. Same thing for Chris's appearance in ''Sharknado 3''.

** Lance poked fun as his failed attempt at space on an episode of ''Review with Forrest [=MacNeil=]'' and he appeared on a sketch on ''Series/TheTonightShow'' riffing on his own name. His and Joey's entire television careers after the band are essentially AdamWesting with some SelfDeprecation thrown in.

Now has a [[Characters/{{NSYNC}} Character Sheet]].

* FriendlyRivalry: With Music/BackstreetBoys. It's their ''fans'' that hate each other.

* SelfDeprecation: A large part of their charm was that they were far more self-aware than their peers about their boy band image and were absolutely not afraid to make fools of themselves and mock their own images.

** JC parodied himself on an episode of ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo''.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s: Some media outlets have aptly described them as Backstreet's weirder brother.

* BoyBand: One of the biggest ones in American history, rivaled only by Music/BackstreetBoys. It's generally accepted that when making lists and ranking boy bands, they're in the top 5 with Backstreet, [[Music/MichaelJackson The Jackson 5]], Boyz II Men (or Music/TheBeatles if you want to back further), and Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock.

* BoyBand: One of the biggest ones in American history, rivaled only by Music/BackstreetBoys. It's generally accepted that when making lists and ranking boy bands, they're in the top 5 with Backstreet, [[Music/MichaelJackson The Jackson 5]], Boyz II Men, and Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock.

* HomeBase: Orlando, Florida was where the group called home. More specifically, a majority of the group's business dealings and tour rehearsals were done at the WEG (Wright Entertainment Group) Compound. Although they no longer live there, having relocated to Los Angeles and Nashville, they refer to the city to as their hometown.

*** Any time they wave to the camera, Lance waves his foot at the camera as well.

* BoyBand: One of the biggest ones in American history, rivaled only by Music/BackstreetBoys. It's generally accepted that when making lists and ranking boy bands, they're in the top 5 with Backstreet, Music/TheJackson5, Boyz II Men, and Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock.

* BoyBand: Probably the biggest in US history, rivaled only by Music/BackstreetBoys. Though Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock aren't that far behind, and Music/OneDirection is catching up fast.

** See also SongOfSongTitles below.

** Interestingly, Chris and Justin, rather than JC and Justin, were the two members who recieved solo lines during the "Walk This Way" portion of their Super Bowl XXXV performance.

* HomeBase: Orlando, Florida was where the group called home. More specifically, a majority of the group's business dealings and tour rehearsals were done at the WEG (Wright Entertainment Group) Compound. While they no longer live in the city, having relocated to Los Angeles and Nashville, they refer to it to as their hometown.

* SelfDeprecation: A large part of their charm was that they were far more self-aware than their peers about their boy band image and were absolutely not afraid to make fools of themselves.

** Lance poked fun as his failed attempt at space on an episode of ''Review with Forrest [=MacNeil=]'' and he appeared on a sketch on ''Series/TheTonightShow'' riffing on his own name. His (as well as Joey's) entire television career after the band is essentially AdamWesting himself.

** They parodied themselves on the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and made a cameo on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' as a boy band named No Refund who sang in nothing but food innuendos. They even did one of TRL's infamous shout outs as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=173UFV-Pg1I&feature=youtu.be&t=1m45s No Refund]].

* FollowTheLeader: Originally created because Lou Pearlman wanted to duplicate his success with the Backstreet Boys.

** While obviously not on the same level as Justin's career, JC was a judge on ''America's Best Dance Crew'' and does production work, Joey found success as a television host, Lance has a popular drive-time radio show on [=SiriusXM=]'s [=OutQ=] channel and also hosts the weekend countdown on their [[TurnOfTheMillennium Pop2K]] station and is heavily involved with the gay community as well as other political causes, and Chris owns a production and recording studio.

** While obviously not on the same level as Justin's career, JC was a judge on ''America's Best Dance Crew'' and does production work, Joey found success as a television host, Lance has a popular drive-time radio show on [=SiriusXM=]'s [=OutQ=] channel and is heavily involved with the gay community as well as other political causes, and Chris owns a production and recording studio.

They were sent to Sweden to begin work on their first album. Their first single, "I Want You Back" was released on October 7, 1996 and they set off on a whirlwind tour of Europe. Their debut album, '''N Sync'', was released May 26, 1997 and reached number one in Germany by its second week. They released several other singles, such as "Tearin' Up My Heart", "Here We Go", and "For The Girl Who Has Everything", before getting the attention of [=Vincent DeGiorgio=], an A&R rep for RCA Records, the American subsidiary of BMG Entertainment. They were eventually signed to RCA and began retooling their album for the US market.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Justin's solo career and fame has eclipsed the band's, it does warrant a mention that they've sold over 25 million records, toured football stadiums, and that they were the first act ever to sell over 2 million albums in its first week with ''No Strings Attached''. Only Music/{{Adele}} managed to break that record and that was after ''fifteen years''.

** In "It's Gonna Be Me", Lance is seen yelling "That's my box!" when one of the GIJoe dolls pushes his toy box off the shelf.

** In "It's Gonna Be Me", Lance is seen yelling "That's my box!" when one of the GIJoe dolls pushes one of the band's boxes off the shelf. [[spoiler:The box is actually Justin's.]]

* DistractedByTheSexy: By a group of Barbie dolls in "It's Gonna Be Me". ItMakesSenseInContext.

** Music/FallOutBoy filmed a parody of "It's Gonna Be Me" for their song "Irresistible", and got Chris to cameo as a oddly enthusiastic factory worker that helps make the dolls, and Joey as one of the toy store workers who's quite amused by the bobblehead toys...but chucks them into the bargain bin anyway.

** Music/FallOutBoy filmed a parody of "It's Gonna Be Me" for their song "Irresistible", and got Chris to cameo as a oddly enthusiastic factory worker that helps make the dolls, and Joey as one of the toy store workers who's quite amused by the toys.