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S Club 7 were a pop band that formed at the end of the 90s, following in the footsteps of mixed groups like ''{{Steps}}'' and ''Hear Say'', and went on to achieve worldwide success. Their first single "Bring It All Back" brought them instant popularity and they were heavily marketed as "the next big thing" for kids with a TV show (similar in style to The Monkees) as well as various TV specials.

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S Club 7 were a pop band that formed at the end of the 90s, following in the footsteps of mixed groups like ''{{Steps}}'' and ''Hear Say'', Say'' (though ''Hear Say'' came later), and went on to achieve worldwide success. Their first single "Bring It All Back" brought them instant popularity and they were heavily marketed as "the next big thing" for kids with a TV show (similar in style to The Monkees) as well as various TV specials.
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* Tina Barrett - the dancer of the group and the one who really nobody knows what happened to. Known to have choreographed many of the band's routines.

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* Tina Barrett - the dancer of the group and the one who really nobody knows what happened to. Known to have choreographed many of the band's routines. Attempted a solo comeback in 2012 that was only promoted in [[FanService men's mags]].
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* ShoutOut: See the AffectionateParody example above. Also Tina's codename in the movie is [[ReservoirDogs Mr Black]].

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* ShoutOut: See the AffectionateParody example above. Also Tina's codename in the movie is [[ReservoirDogs [[Film/ReservoirDogs Mr Black]].

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* Jo O'Meara - FaceOfTheBand, though they did like to push equality. She took lead vocals more often than any of the others and was widely regarded as the best singer. She attempted to go solo after the band split but a huge racism scandal on Celebrity Big Brother ruined her reputation and she suffered a mental breakdown. Right now she has shaken off the controversy and is a mother.

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* Jo O'Meara - FaceOfTheBand, though they did like to push equality. She took lead vocals more often than any of the others and was widely regarded as the best singer. She attempted to go solo after the band split but a huge racism scandal on Celebrity Big Brother ruined her reputation and she suffered a mental breakdown. Right now she has shaken off the controversy and is a mother.



** Jon's clone happily jumps into the shower with Bradley (and the girls), freaking Bradley out. The real Jon is also quite hesitant to shower with everyone else. Comes across as HilariousInHindsight now that it's known Jon is gay in real life.



* BizarroEpisode: The one episode of ''Miami 7'' where the band gets sent back in time to the 1970s.



* FridgeLogic: The band are in Spain during ''Viva S Club'' yet are never shown having to use any Spanish or even having learned it.
** Not entirely unbelievable. Spain does have a large number of British ex-pats floating around, and it's entirely possible they settled into a Chinatown-like English speaking bubble.



* GrowingTheBeard: Each new album moved away from the bubblegum pop sound of ''S Club'' with ''7'' featuring a lot more R&B type songs, ''Sunshine'' getting very mature and ''Seeing Double'' perhaps [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids a little too much so]].



* HoYay: Spike, the thirteen-year-old billionaire says he'll help Bradley beat the game for the price of a hug (he means from Hannah). Paul hugs him first.

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* BoyishShortHair: Jo had short hair from ''LA 7'' onwards which is probably why she was portrayed as the {{Tomboy}}. Hannah also had short hair for ''Hollywood 7'' but this was never commented on.



* HoYay: Spike, the thirteen-year-old billionaire says he'll help Bradley beat the game for the price of a hug (he means from Hannah). Paul hugs him first.



* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Despite showering with their fellow bandmembers' clones, Rachel is more interested in them not having bellybuttons. Tina likewise when she spies on the clones showering.



* ShoutOut: See the AffectionateParody example above.

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* ShoutOut: See the AffectionateParody example above. Also Tina's codename in the movie is [[ReservoirDogs Mr Black]].


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* TakeThat: The movie has quite a few, a lot of them directed at the Spice Girls who were also managed by Simon Fuller before firing him.
--> "We could manage ourselves, and so loads of solo projects that no one's gonna buy"
--> "You could marry a footballer, Rach. And have loads of babies with really silly names"
** When they're in the room with all the celebrity clones, we get yet another SpiceGirls TakeThat and an Ozzy Osbourne one.
--> '''Rachel:''' Is that Posh Spice over there eating a steak-and-kidney pie?
--> '''Hannah:''' [[HollywoodThin Well that proves she's not the real thing]]
--> '''Tina:''' And Ozzy Osbourne! I can't believe they cloned Ozzy Osbourne.
--> '''Bradley Clone:''' No, that's the real one. Victor never cloned him. He's a mad scientist but [[EvenEvilHasStandards he's not insane]].
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* HairFlip: Jo during "S Club Party" - "We got Jo, she's got the flow"
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* {{Irony}}: Hannah spends an episode trying to attract the attentions of a lifeguard, all her attempts failing. The one thing she doesn't try is the one that gets him to notice her - she nearly drowns when a jet ski knocks her off her lie-low.

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** Jon's clone happily jumps into the shower with Bradley (and the girls), freaking Bradley out. The real Jon is also quite hesitant to shower with everyone else. Comes across as HilariousInHindsight now that it's known Jon is gay in real life.



** Jon - "Sunshine"

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** Jon - "Sunshine""Sunshine", "Someday, Somewhere"



* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Bradley apparently hooked up with a group of cheerleaders in an episode of ''LA 7''.



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Some episodes of ''Miami 7'' were a bit odd, specifically the one where they get sent back in time to the 1970s. They also frequently make lightning flash whenever they slap hands. There's also random moments in episodes where they do the haka to intimidate Howard and Jo gets carried off by a hurricane. The rest of the shows kept things to a more realistic sitcom formula.



** In an episode of ''LA 7'' Jon alludes to Jo making a rude joke about ''TheWizardOfOz''. He blushes when he talks about it.



* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Hannah towards the end. See Flanderization above.
* HighSchoolDance: Rachel must go to a prom with the manager's son in an episode of ''LA 7'' while Jo, Hannah and Tina all go with one guy.

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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Hannah towards the end. See Flanderization above.
* HighSchoolDance: Rachel must go to a prom with the manager's son in an episode of ''LA 7'' while Jo, Hannah and Tina all go with one guy.the same guy.
* HollywoodNerd: The band manager's son in ''LA 7''.


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* InformedAttractiveness: Rachel is definitely portrayed as "the pretty one" of the girls. Bradley is attracted to her clone in the movie, she frequently has men grabbing her ass, is a SerialRomeo and her blind date faints when he sees her for the first time.


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* JailBait: A male example - a thirteen-year-old who hits on Hannah. And she allows him when she finds out he's a billionaire.


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* {{Tsundere}}: Jo frequently. The most aggressive and fiery of the girls. Also has a sweet side that comes out around Bradley frequently.


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* UnwantedHarem: Sam in ''LA 7'' who takes Hannah, Jo and Tina to his prom all at once. He has a horrible time but ends up dancing with Rachel at the end.
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* HairOfGold: Jo and Hannah, of course. Jon is a rare male example.

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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The seven members of the band each got their own colour of the rainbow (Tina - red, Paul - orange, Hannah - yellow, Jon - green, Bradley - blue, Jo - indigo, Rachel - violet).


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* RainbowMotif: The seven members of the band each got their own colour of the rainbow (Tina - red, Paul - orange, Hannah - yellow, Jon - green, Bradley - blue, Jo - indigo, Rachel - violet).
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** Not entirely unbelievable. Spain does have a large number of British ex-pats floating around, and it's entirely possible they settled into a Chinatown-like English speaking bubble.
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* LovingYouIsLikeADrug: Shows up in the lyrics for "You're My Number One".

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* LovingYouIsLikeADrug: LoveIsADrug: Shows up in the lyrics for "You're My Number One".
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* ChekhovsGunman: Rachel's boyfriend is mentioned casually in a few episodes of ''Miami 7'' before being part of the major plot of the ''Boyfriend's and Birthdays'' TV special where he gives Rachel an ultimatum - leave the band or he breaks up with her.

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* ChekhovsGunman: Rachel's boyfriend is mentioned casually in a few episodes of ''Miami 7'' before being part of the major plot of the ''Boyfriend's ''Boyfriends and Birthdays'' TV special where he gives Rachel an ultimatum - leave the band or he breaks up with her.
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* Jo O'Meara - Face of the band, though they did like to push equality. She took lead vocals more often than any of the others and was widely regarded as the best singer. She attempted to go solo after the band split but a huge racism scandal on Celebrity Big Brother ruined her reputation and she suffered a mental breakdown. Right now she has shaken off the controversy and is a mother.
* Rachel Stevens - probably second in line to Jo and was heavily marketed as The Girl Next Door of the band. She took lead vocals quite often and went on to have a fairly successful solo career after the band split.

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* Jo O'Meara - Face of the band, FaceOfTheBand, though they did like to push equality. She took lead vocals more often than any of the others and was widely regarded as the best singer. She attempted to go solo after the band split but a huge racism scandal on Celebrity Big Brother ruined her reputation and she suffered a mental breakdown. Right now she has shaken off the controversy and is a mother.
* Rachel Stevens RachelStevens - probably second in line to Jo and was heavily marketed as The Girl Next Door the GirlNextDoor of the band. She took lead vocals quite often and went on to have a fairly successful solo career after the band split.



* Tina Barrett - the dancer of the group and the one who really nobody knows what happened to. Known to have choreographed many of the band's routines.

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* Tina Barrett - the dancer of the group and the one who really nobody knows what happened to. Known to have choreographed many of the band's routines.



** The tv show made a couple of jokes about Rachel's chest.

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** The tv TV show made a couple of jokes about Rachel's chest.



* HairOfGold: Jon is a rare male example.

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* HairOfGold: Jo and Hannah, of course. Jon is a rare male example.



* TrueCompanions: The relationship between the band members was portrayed this way on the show. They all thought of each other like family, were always there for one another, and became deeply depressed in the episode where [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Paul left the band]]. The relationship between the band members in real life, however, [[UnderminedByReality was a completely different story]].

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* TrueCompanions: The relationship between the band members was portrayed this way on the show. They all thought of each other like family, were always there for one another, and became deeply depressed in the episode where [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Paul left the band]]. The relationship between the band members in real life, however, [[UnderminedByReality was a completely different story]]. Just not quite [[NiceCharacterMeanActor this way]].

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* ADayAtTheBizarro: The one episode of ''Miami 7'' where the band gets sent back in time to the 1970s.



* BizarroEpisode: The one episode of ''Miami 7'' where the band gets sent back in time to the 1970s.



* BottleFairy: Hannah towards the end. See Flanderization below.


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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Hannah towards the end. See Flanderization above.

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* TheLadette: Jo's character on the TV show

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* TheLadette: Jo's character on the TV showshow.
* LovingYouIsLikeADrug: Shows up in the lyrics for "You're My Number One".
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---> '''Judge:''' You exploited these people, worked them like dogs, tried to deceive the law and your shirt is just awful"

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---> '''Judge:''' You exploited these people, worked them like dogs, tried to deceive the law law, and your shirt is just awful"awful."

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* ActorAllusion: One episode of ''Hollywood 7'' had Paul and Hannah kiss, echoing their offscreen relationship.

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* ActorAllusion: One episode of ''Hollywood 7'' had Paul and Hannah kiss, echoing their offscreen relationship. Also in the episode of ''Viva S Club'' where Paul decides to leave, it's Hannah who finds out first and they have some close moments.



* CakeEater: In ''LA 7'' one of Joannie's friends has a much younger boyfriend so Joannie gets Paul to act as hers.
* CameraFiend: Paul and his video camera, especially in ''LA 7''.



** A man grabs Rachel's ass in the opening credits of the film.



* HurricaneOfPuns: When Jo and Rachel end up playing singing teeth in a toothpaste commercial, the rest of the band goes to town:
--> '''Jon:''' I don't know why you're upset. You both looked really polished.
--> '''Paul:''' What's the matter? Flost your sense of humour?
--> '''Hannah:''' Come on, we always have dinner together. You know the drill.
--> '''Bradley:''' (as they're going to bed) Don't forget to brush yourselves.



* SerialRomeo: Bradley.

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* SerialRomeo: Bradley. Rachel developed into one in ''LA 7'' and their landlady Joannie has quite the number of exes too.
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* CerebusSyndrome: Jo was always the tough cookie happy-go-lucky member of the group portrayed in the TV series. After the group split and the scandal on ''Celebrity Big Brother'' she began receiving death threats and was ostracised by most of her friends while her house was also in danger of being repossessed (that was actually the reason she went on Celebrity Big Brother in the first place). If you were an S Club fan then watching Jo's teary eyed GMTV interview where she broke down and apologised for her actions was especially jarring. [[IGotBetter She got better though]].

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* CerebusSyndrome: Jo was always the tough cookie happy-go-lucky member of the group portrayed in the TV series. After the group split and the scandal on ''Celebrity Big Brother'' she began receiving death threats and was ostracised by most of her friends while her house was also in danger of being repossessed (that was actually the reason she went on Celebrity Big Brother in the first place). If you were an S Club fan then watching Jo's teary eyed GMTV interview where she broke down and apologised for her actions was especially jarring. [[IGotBetter She got better though]].

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* WrenchWench: Jo
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In the movie Hannah has red tips.

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* WrenchWench: Jo
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In the movie Hannah has red tips.
Jo.
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** The tv show made a couple of jokes about Rachel's chest.
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SillyLoveSongs: “You’re My Number One”, “Two In A Million”, “Natural”, “If It’s Love”, “Love Train”, “I’ll Keep Waiting”, “Cross My Heart”, “The Color Of Blue”, “I’ll Be There”, “Stand By You”, “Spiritual Love”, “Perfect Christmas”, “Show Me Your Colors”, “You”, “Stronger”, “Boy Like You”, “Sunshine”, “I Will Find You”, “Right Guy”, “Alive”, “Love Ain’t Gonna Wait For You”, “Straight From The Heart”, “Secret Love”, “The Greatest”, “Let Me Sleep”, “Rain”

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* SillyLoveSongs: “You’re My Number One”, “Two In A Million”, “Natural”, “If It’s Love”, “Love Train”, “I’ll Keep Waiting”, “Cross My Heart”, “The Color Of Blue”, “I’ll Be There”, “Stand By You”, “Spiritual Love”, “Perfect Christmas”, “Show Me Your Colors”, “You”, “Stronger”, “Boy Like You”, “Sunshine”, “I Will Find You”, “Right Guy”, “Alive”, “Love Ain’t Gonna Wait For You”, “Straight From The Heart”, “Secret Love”, “The Greatest”, “Let Me Sleep”, “Rain”
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* BreakupSong: "Hope For The Future", "I'll Keep Waiting", "All In Love Is Fair", "Cross My Heart", "Lately", "Someday, Someway", "Never Had A Dream Come True", "Have You Ever"


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SillyLoveSongs: “You’re My Number One”, “Two In A Million”, “Natural”, “If It’s Love”, “Love Train”, “I’ll Keep Waiting”, “Cross My Heart”, “The Color Of Blue”, “I’ll Be There”, “Stand By You”, “Spiritual Love”, “Perfect Christmas”, “Show Me Your Colors”, “You”, “Stronger”, “Boy Like You”, “Sunshine”, “I Will Find You”, “Right Guy”, “Alive”, “Love Ain’t Gonna Wait For You”, “Straight From The Heart”, “Secret Love”, “The Greatest”, “Let Me Sleep”, “Rain”
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*** This is all ignoring the fact that the shows four seasons took place in Miami, Los Angeles, and Barcelona, all of which have quite a bit of bikini weather.
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* IntercourseWithYou: "I'll Keep Waiting."
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** In America, they really wanted to push them as ballas singers, and it was "Two in A Million" and "Never Had A Dream Come True."

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** In America, they really wanted to push them as ballas ballad singers, and it was "Two in A Million" and "Never Had A Dream Come True."
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** In America, it was "Two in A Million" and "Never Had A Dream Come True."

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** In America, they really wanted to push them as ballas singers, and it was "Two in A Million" and "Never Had A Dream Come True."
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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: From the movie when the band are staking out where the clones are staying

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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: ComicallyMissingThePoint : From the movie when the band are staking out where the clones are staying
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** Bradley - "Spiritual Love," I'll Keep Waiting"


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* ShoppingMontage: In "Alligator."
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* GrowingTheBeard: Each new album moved away from the bubblegum pop sound of ''S Club'' with ''7'' featuring a lot more R&B type songs, ''Sunshine'' getting very mature and ''Seeing Double'' perhaps [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids a little too much so]].


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Howard from ''Miami 7''.


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** Jo doesn't appear in the shower scenes (see RealLifeWritesThePlot) and the other clones don't acknowledge this.


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** Jo was suffering back problems while the movie was being filmed so her role was rewritten to be less physical such as her walking out of the prison while the others run, scaring the guard dogs instead of legging it over the fence and sitting down in many of the scenes.


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* SheCleansUpNicely: The band would often be seen in casual clothes, not to mention a little dirty from all the work Howard put them through at the hotel, so it was quite a change whenever they all got dressed up to the nines.
* ShipTease: Jo and Bradley, Hannah and Paul (eventually became a couple in real life) and Jon and Tina.


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* WeWantOurJerkBack: Howard loses the band in a card game to another hotel owner who's even worse than he is. Needless to say the band are overjoyed when they're won back.

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