History YMMV / TotallySpies

** In “The Incredible Bulk” when Alex was told she might be stuck as a {{Amazonian Beauty}} for a while longer due the bars not being intended for woman to consume, it could’ve opened an interesting plot twist. As when Alex’s bodybuilder boyfriend (who she saved from getting gruesomely killed from those bulky bars), promptly dumped her due to disliking girls who are stronger him, this could’ve motivated Alex to stay muscular through actual training and perhaps residual effects of the bulky bars being permanent. Which might’ve been really handy, as a brawnier Alex could’ve dealt with situations that require some extra strength and acted as some character development. Heck this subplot could’ve come back to show the jerk who dumped her that stronger women are pretty awesome.

* CommonKnowledge: This show is [[MemeticMutation memetically infamous]] for being a "fetish show", when in reality it was a lot closer to your run-of-the-mill episodic action comedy; much of the "fetish" content is typical scenarios and tropes found in plenty of other cartoons and media.

** In “The Incredible Bulk” when Alex was told she might be stuck as a {{AmazonianBeauty}} for a while longer due the bars not being intended for woman to consume, it could’ve opened an interesting plot twist. As when Alex’s bodybuilder boyfriend (who she saved from getting gruesomely killed from those bulky bars), promptly dumped her due to disliking girls who are stronger him, this could’ve motivated Alex to stay muscular through actual training and perhaps residual effects of the bulky bars being permanent. Which might’ve been really handy, as a brawnier Alex could’ve dealt with situations that require some extra strength and acted as some character development. Heck this subplot could’ve come back to show the jerk who dumped her that stronger women are pretty awesome.

** In “The Incredible Bulk” when the main villain was about to have a robotic drone force feed all three girls his bulky bars to make them addicted brutes to his bars till they exploded. Had the robot been faster or the girls not swift enough, all three of them would’ve ate them and bulked up into brawny spies, yet perhaps through willpower fight their newfound aggression to fight the mad Bodybuilder villain and been able to equally fight against him and his musclebound goons. Yet it may have also been likely they’d lose control of themselves and would’ve gone completely berserk if they didn’t get a cure or consumed too many bars to fight evenly.
** Yet when Alex in canon was told she might be stuck as a {{AmazonianBeauty}} for a while longer due the bars not being intended for woman to consume, it could’ve opened an interesting plot twist. As when Alex’s bodybuilder boyfriend who she saved from getting killed, promptly dumped her due to disliking girls who are stronger him, this could’ve motivated Alex to stay muscular through actual training and perhaps residual effects of the bulky bars being permanent. Which might’ve been really handy, as a brawnier Alex could’ve dealt with situations that require some extra strength. Heck this subplot could’ve come back to show the jerk who dumped her that stronger women are pretty awesome.

** Yet when Alex in canon was told she might be stuck as a AmazonianBeauty for a while longer due the bars not being intended for woman to consume, it could’ve opened an interesting plot twist. As when Alex’s bodybuilder boyfriend who she saved from getting killed, promptly dumped her due to disliking girls who are stronger him, this could’ve motivated Alex to stay muscular through actual training and perhaps residual effects of the bulky bars being permanent. Which might’ve been really handy, as a brawnier Alex could’ve dealt with situations that require some extra strength. Heck this subplot could’ve come back to show the chauvinistic jerk who dumped her that stronger women are pretty awesome.

** Yet when Alex in canon was told she might be stuck as a {{AmazonianBeauty}} for a while longer due the bars not being intended for woman to consume, it could’ve opened an interesting plot twist. As when Alex’s bodybuilder boyfriend who she saved from getting killed, promptly dumped her due to disliking girls who are stronger him, this could’ve motivated Alex to stay muscular through actual training and perhaps residual effects of the bulky bars being permanent. Which might’ve been really handy, as a brawnier Alex could’ve dealt with situations that require some extra strength. Heck this subplot could’ve come back to show the chauvinistic jerk who dumped her that stronger women are pretty awesome.

** In “The Incredible Bulk” when the main villain was about to have a robotic drone force feed all three girls his bulky bars to make them addicted brutes to his bars till they exploded. Had the robot been faster or the girls not swift enough, all three of them would’ve ate them and bulked up into brawny spies, yet perhaps through willpower fight their newfound aggression to fight the mad Bodybuilder villain and been able to equally fight against him and his musclebound goons. Yet it may have also been likely they lost control and would’ve gone completely berserk if they didn’t get a cure or consumed too many bars to fight evenly.
** Yet when Alex in canon was told she might be stuck as a {{AmazonianBeauty}} for a while longer due the bars not being intended for woman to consume, it could’ve opened an interesting plot twist. As when Alex’s bodybuilder boyfriend who she saved from getting killed, promptly dumped her due to disliking girls who are stronger him, this could’ve motivated Alex to stay muscular through actual training and perhaps residual effects of the bulky bars being permanent. Thus allowing the team to have a stronger teammate to help out on missions and this subplot could’ve come back to show the chauvinistic jerk who dumped her that stronger women are pretty awesome.

** Yet when Alex in canon was told she might be stuck as a {{AmazonianBeauty}} for a while longer due the bars not being intended for woman to consume, it could’ve opened an interesting plot twist. As when Alex’s bodybuilder boyfriend who she saved from getting killed, promptly dumped her due to disliking girls who are stronger him, this could’ve motivated Alex to stay muscular through actual training and perhaps residual effects of the bulky bars being permanent. Thus allowing the team to have a stronger teammate to help out on missions and this subplot could’ve come back to show the chauvinistic jerk who dumped her that [[AmazonianBeautystrongwomen]] are pretty awesome.

** Yet when Alex in canon was told she might be stuck as a {{AmazonianBeauty}} for a while longer due the bars not being intended for woman to consume, it could’ve opened an interesting plot twist. As when Alex’s bodybuilder boyfriend who she saved from getting killed, promptly dumped her due to disliking girls who are stronger him, this could’ve motivated Alex to stay muscular through actual training and perhaps residual effects of the bulky bars being permanent. Thus allowing the team to have a stronger teammate to help out on missions and this subplot could’ve come back to show the chauvinistic jerk who dumped her that [[AmazonianBeautystrong women]] are pretty awesome.

** Yet when Alex in canon was told she might be stuck as a {{AmazonianBeauty}} for a while longer due the bars not being intended for woman to consume, it could’ve opened an interesting plot twist. As when Alex’s bodybuilder boyfriend who she saved from getting killed, promptly dumped her due to disliking girls who are stronger him, this could’ve motivated Alex to stay muscular through actual training and perhaps residual effects of the bulky bars being permanent. Thus allowing the team to have a stronger teammate to help out on missions and this subplot could’ve come back to show the chauvinistic jerk who dumped her that [[stronger womanAmazonianBeauty]] are pretty awesome.

** Yet when Alex in canon was told she might be stuck as a {{AmazonianBeauty}} for a while longer due the bars not being intended for woman to consume, it could’ve opened an interesting plot twist. As when Alex’s bodybuilder boyfriend who she saved from getting killed, promptly dumped her due to disliking girls who are stronger him, this could’ve motivated Alex to stay muscular through actual training and perhaps residual effects of the bulky bars being permanent. Thus allowing the team to have a stronger teammate to help out on missions and this subplot could’ve come back to show the chauvinistic jerk who dumped her that [[stronger woman/AmazonianBeauty]] are pretty awesome.

** Yet when Alex in canon was told she might be stuck as a {{AmazonianBeauty}} for a while longer due the bars not being intended for woman to consume, it could’ve opened an interesting plot twist. As when Alex’s bodybuilder boyfriend who she saved from getting killed, promptly dumped her due to disliking girls who are stronger him, this could’ve motivated Alex to stay muscular through actual training and perhaps residual effects of the bulky bars being permanent. Thus allowing the team to have a stronger teammate to help out on missions and could’ve come back to the chauvinistic jerk who dumped her that {{stronger woman/AmazonianBeauty}} are pretty awesome.

* ToughActToFollow: The show's spin-off, ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingSpiez'', basically had no chance of topping it in terms of popularity.

* CompleteMonster: Helga Von Guggen is a {{greed}}y fashion designer who makes [[GenuineHumanHide "seamless" fur coats]] by kidnapping innocent people, injecting them with a serum that turns them into BeastFolk, then [[FlayedAlive skinning them alive]] in what appears to be a giant industrial crusher. She makes her debut having already done this to a boat with two hundred people on board, bragging about one of her coats, claiming that it's "genuine lawyer." She later designs a line of apparel that crushes people who wear them, with heavy implications that it manages to kill an innocent shopper [[KilledOffscreen off-screen]] in the opening minutes of the episode it was introduced.

* GirlShowGhetto: Very much averted. The show was expected to only be watched by girls, and it was even [[AndYouThoughtItWouldFail predicted to fail]] due to the belief that girls wouldn't be interested in an action series. Yet despite having female main characters and being a heavily girly show, the viewership was nearly 50/50 between girls and boys worldwide. Not just for [[ParentService that reason]], though it probably helped. Especially notable is the sister series of ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' and the spinoff of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingSpiez'', which had male leads yet were much ''less'' successful than ''Totally Spies.''

*** In 2023 it was announced that none of the voice actors would be returning for season 7.

*** In 2023 it was announced that none of the original cast would be returning for season 7.

*** In 2023 it was announced that none of the original cast would be returing for season 7.

* EvilIsSexy: Geraldine Husk and Tim Scam are the most noticeable and recurring, but the series is definitely packing a few others as well. And of course, there's also Ariel, Milan Stilton, Shirley and Carla Wong (Lady Dragon).
** Although she’s not actually evil (yet) Mandy also counts.
** Whenever BrainwashedAndCrazy, Sam (and occasionally Clover and Alex and one time Britney) would count too.
** Arnold in “Super Nerd Much”.
** Captain Hayes, in his debut episode.
** Nadia in "Evil Gymnasts".
** Yuri from the movie.

* DesignatedVillain: Sometimes, Mandy gets unfair treatment when she hasn't actually done anything outwardly antagonistic to the Spies, this includes when she’s trying to be nice.

* FoeYayShipping: Sam and recurring villain Tim Scam also seems to be a popular ship among the fans, given that it takes up a good chunk of the Totally Spies archive on FF.net.

** Britney has simultaneously been lambasted by fans for being a Mary-Sue and praised for being ''[[Administravia/TropesAreTools likable]]'' Mary-Sue who gets HiddenDepths later on. The show itself can't quite decide whether or not Britney is a likeable character at times either during her return in season 5.

** Britney has simultaneously been lambasted by fans for being a Mary-Sue and praised for being ''[[Administravia/TropesAreTools likable]]'' Mary-Sue who gets HiddenDepths later on.

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Sam gets hit with this occasionally, from being shipped with [[LesYay Clover and Alex]], to being shipped with supporting characters like [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Brittany and Blaine]], and even paired with villains like [[FanPreferredCouple Tim Scam]] and [[FoeYayShipping Kyle Katz]].

*** A general one for Alex if the AlternativeCharacterInterpretation is correct; she has such low self-confidence that she automatically assumes that it's only a matter of time before Sam and Clover decide they'd rather have the more capable Britney and kick her to the curb. (Or Alex could be worried Jerry would fire her, with Sam, Clover and Brittany unable to change his mind).

** Britney has simultaneously been lambasted by fans for being a Mary-Sue and praised for being ''likable'' Mary-Sue who gets HiddenDepths later on.
** Blaine gets bashed for his SickeninglySweethearts relationship with Clover, though some fans do see him as the almost perfect match for Clover. If you don't ship her in one of her many [[HoYay Les Yay]] pairings.

** The girls' mothers were likely not meant to seem unbearable in “Totally Busted.” They were within their rights pull their daughters out of W.O.O.H.P. after all. But instead of listening to their daughters, point of view they just punish them throughout the three-parter. The girls had the spy life chosen for them by their boss, Jerry but the moms barely call him out preferring to punish the girls. During this, thanks to to a villain’s serum, Mandy and her friends turned into Spy Assassins. The girls HAVE to continue spying because Mandy and her friends are trying to KILL them. When Sam Alex and Clover are trying to figure out what’s going on, the moms tell their daughters they can’t hang out anymore. When the moms are later kidnapped by Mandy and girls go to save them (with no help from WOOHP). They get yelled at yet again! It’s only when the moms are back on the ground thanks to the girls using their jumpers as parachutes that their moms FINALLY let up. Even then the girls' mothers are never called out for how they acted or apologize to their kids.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Enough for [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation/TotallySpies its own article]].