History WesternAnimation / TotallySpies

** In "Super Sweet Cupcake Company", Mandy's HeelFaceBrainwashing from the titular cupcakes causes her to become [[GenkiGirl extremely energetic]], but despite the default Mandy having [[HateSink no redeeming qualities]], they think the brainwashed Many is too overbearing and prefer her acting like a {{jerkass}}.

* WeWantOurJerkBack: In one episode, Sam saves Mandy's hair from getting messed up in an Art class they were taking. While it was a PetTheDog moment for Mandy to be grateful, Mandy becomes more clingy towards Sam and always declares that her and Sam are best buddies, much to the latter's chagrin. The episode just ends with Mandy's memories wiped (due to Mandy finding out about Sam, Clover and Alex being spies and her wanting to tell everyone at their high school) and her being a jerk again.

* DarkerandEdgier: More danger-proned missions than other girl-aimed works.

** When the spies get trapped in a jack-in-the-box type, airtight container, Mandy enters the room that they're trapped in and expressed BondVillainStupidity right after the main antagonist of the episode does, explaining directly to the spies that she's been spying on them, establishing that she has no chance of success in her assignment as of now. When she leaves the scene cackling arrogantly, Alexandra uses one of the magnetic gadgets to turn the box's crank from inside and open it up, releasing them from suffocation. Mandy, after the spies' fight with the antagonist of the episode, returns her intel about who Clover, Sam and Alex really are: undercover spies. [[CassandraTruth The phrasing she uses on the Deans isn't believable]], and although she could prove herself correct with the photographic evidence she has, [[AvertedTrope she instead has the evidence denied by the Deans on two wavelengths: the idea of the characters being undercover spies is completely unbelievable (even though it would explain them occasionally disappearing from somewhere without any traces except for their simultaneous shocked screams, but the Deans never consider connecting the two), and they never even LOOK at the photographs, even after Mandy explicitly shows that she has developed captures]].

* PantyShot: Madison in First Brat

* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: In "The Granny", the titular villain smacks a ruler on a bank clerk's hands to immobilize her. It works.

** The spies' roles were a little more "detective"-esque, often involving collecting vital information by speaking to eyewitnesses and gathering clues.

** There was no recurring plot threads.

* AshFace: Happens to Sam in the episode "Alex Quits" when she trips into an electric fence.

In January 2022, six years after the last season, Thomas Astruc (yes [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug that Thomas Astruc]]), one of the original writers for the series, [[https://twitter.com/thecartooncrave/status/1480048066740826112 announced]] the show would be returning ''again'' with a new season in the works. A new writing staff is taking over for this one.

In January 2022, six years after the last season, Thomas Astruc, one of the original writers for the series, [[https://twitter.com/thecartooncrave/status/1480048066740826112 announced]] the show would be returning ''again'' with a new season in the works. A new writing staff is taking over for this one.

* GrowingMusclesSequence: In "The Incredible Bulk", the villain's plot revolves around health snacks that bulk up rival bodybuilders to the point their bodies explode.

*** In season 5, [[TheBusCameBack Jazz Hands]] got an entire arc (one of the four in total) about him wanting to turn everyone on planet in mimes with special machine and bombs.

* OffModel: Mostly just in the first two seasons of the show (especially the first season), but became less and less common in the third season onwards.

* BleachedUnderpants: The theme song is an edited version of "Here We Go" by Moonbaby (later covered by Girls Aloud) with some lyrics changed to suit the show. The original is kind of risque... which might explain Cartoon Network airing an instrumental version as a theme, as to avoid children looking up the full song...

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** The {{Animesque}} tendencies were toned down over time; by season 4, the only aspects that remained were the hair highlights and the action lines. Though it made a minor comeback in season 6 in the form of [[SuperDeformed chibis.]]

* CatGirl: Clover got turned into one in the season one episode "Wild Style" after the evil fashion designer Helga Von Guggen injected her with a serum. Alex likewise had this happen to her in season 6 after being scratched by the cat-obsessed professor Feline Dion, who turned herself into a cat girl.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mindy and Britney are completely absent from Season 6 and no explanation is given for either. Mindy's absence is especially jarring as she was in nearly every episode of the 5th season.

* GrandFinale: The end of the 5th season; ''Totally Dunzo'', was very much this, with [[spoiler: WOOHP being bought out and then shut down, and all of the villains becoming good]]. 5 Years later, the show was brought back with a [[BroadStrokes soft-reboot]] Season 6 with the girls still being spies but in college and most of the past criminals/villains being around doing evil stuff, seemingly ignoring the events of ''Totally Dunzo''.

** The next season finale has Mandy being stuck in a GorgeousPeriodDress, plus a TapOnTheHead equals Marie Antoinette coming back to life.

** The girls' mothers don't know about them being spies despite learning this in the season 4 finale which also had them become reserve spies.

** Every time Mandy sees the girls in their spy suits (which is a lot in season 6), she will make some sort of comment on them.

* StatusQuoIsGod: The show would usually flip back to status quo whenever Clover, Alex or Sam got a boyfriend. Clover's longest relationship was a long-distance relationship with a fellow WOOHP agent who was reassigned to WOOHP's Australian division, afterwhich he was never seen or mentioned again until they officially broke up in season 6, and while they were together Clover still fawned over and flirted with other guys like usual.

** Clover's longest relationship was her long-distance relationship with fellow WOOHP agent Blaine, who was [[ReassignedToAntarctica Reassigned to Australia]]. He officially broke up with her in season 6.

* HypocriticalHumor: In "Evil Heiress Much?", Sam, despite herself being a rich Beverly Hills girl who loves shopping and lived in a BigFancyHouse before moving to the beach house, despises the extravagant lifestyle of the world's richest people [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence for no apparent reason other than]] [[CompressedVice because the plot says so]], who later becomes the victims in her mission. After saving them, she asks them for a private island and a yacht to go to said private island in return.

!!''Totally Spies!'' provides examples of:

->"''Here we go, we're getiin' out on the road 'till we stop\\

Here we go, here we go, here we go!''"
-->- Theme song from seasons 1 and 2 sung by Moonbaby

We're Totally Spies, so we'll get on with the show!\\

The show is notable for being one of the first Western-made animated series to employ selected JapaneseVisualArtsTropes, such as CrossPoppingVeins and the SweatDrop, under the assumption viewers were already familiar with them, as opposed to employing them to [[{{Animesque}} evoke the anime style]] like ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. In fact, the shows' creators have mentioned that ''[[LightNovel/DirtyPair The Dirty Pair]]'', which was massively popular in France in their youth, was a [[{{Pastiche}} big]] [[SincerestFormOfFlattery influence]] on the show.

In short: ''Series/CharliesAngels'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Anime/SailorMoon''. Or perhaps more appropriately, ''Series/TheOC'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''LightNovel/DirtyPair''.

-->- Theme song sung by Moonbaby

-->- '''Theme song''' sung by Moonbaby

->'''Clover:''' Finally, an evil villain who isn't bitter about being dissed or something.
->'''Jerry:''' It says here that the Lady Dragon left the video game industry several years ago because they refused to make some of her more eccentric games.
->'''Clover:''' Figures.
-->-- '''[[Recap/TotallySpiesS1E20GameGirls "Game Girls"]]'''