Formed in 2007 by SM Entertainment, Girls' Generation, often abbreviated as SNSD (short for the romanization of their Korean name, So Nyuh Shi Dae) is a popular KoreanGirl Group with nine members. The group was initially seen, and to some extent still is seen up to today as something of afemale answer to label-mates Super Junior, but has since gone on to become a unique and equally respected group in their own right.The group is composed of: leader Taeyeon, vocalists Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany and youngest (a.k.a. "maknae") Seohyun; dancers Yuri, Hyoyeon, Sooyoung and Yoona.SNSD began to achieve widespread fame and appeal in 2009 after the release of their first mini-album and its leading single, "Gee". "Gee" has since gone on to become the group's most memorable and most lauded song, which was hailed as the "K-Pop Song of The Decade" by Melon (a Korean music website and award-giving body). "Gee" used to hold the distinction of being the longest-running #1 ranked song on Music Bank, one of Korea's most popular music chart shows, but it was recently passed by Psy, whose song "Gangnam Style" dominated Music Bank for ten consecutive weeks.The girls are especially beloved among their fans due to their adorkable natures when not performing and the copious amounts of Fanservice that they dish out. They are also well known for the Les Yay that the members often seem to be indulging in; the fans of course, enjoy all this and do a little indulging of their own in the form of the sheer amount of Slash Fic they churn out featuring the girls.
Accidental Athlete - Jessica, who is known to hate walking (and a lot of other physical activities). She does quite well in basketball, table tennis, vertical jumps and running. See her in action here.
Probably subverted by the fact that she was a very skilled member in her school's soccer team. SME made her quit the team because she might get injured.
Accidental Pervert - Yuri in Hello Baby when she is taking pictures of Kyungsan while the other members are giving him a bath.
Yoona lifting Tiffany's skirt onstage.
Seohyun bought pajamas for Yoona that were so revealing that Yoona was reluctant to wear them.
Action Girl - Yuri. She's the one who's always working out here and there, and she's also known for her fabulous abs.
She learned judo and wrestling for a month, and she had a wrestling match with Korean announcer Choi Hee. Yuri won, 2-1.
What Could Have Been - She was offered a role in an action / Martial Arts movie but the role was declined due to schedule conflicts.
Adorkable - All the girls have their little quirks, but Taeyeon is the most notable. She's not called the "Dorky Kid Leader" for nothing, after all.
Aerith and Bob - Taeyeon, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona & Seohyun.
Subverted with Sunny whose real name is Lee Soon-Kyu.
Double-subverted with Jessica, as she has a Korean name, and subverted and played straight with Tiffany. Her actual given name is Stephanie (she reportedly picked "Tiffany" as her stage name in honor of her mother) and, like Jessica, she has a Korean name as well. Neither really like their Korean names, however, and don't use them often.
Always Someone Better - Yuri's talent is supposedly mimicking voices. When some of SNSD's members (Taeyeon, Yuri, Seohyun, Sunny and Sooyoung) were on the TV show Happy Together, Yuri jokingly said that Sooyoung "stole" her talent (voice impressions) so the hosts made Yuri and Sooyoung have a voice mimicking contest, and Sooyoung did all of the impressions better.
Ambiguously Brown - Sooyoung. She is presumably pure Korean but some people have stated that she somewhat looks / looked foreign, especially during her days as a trainee in SM.
American Accents - Jessica and Tiffany were both born and raised in California and both have very clear Californian accents when speaking in English. Observe!
Animal Motif - A rabbit for Jessica when she was in Running Man's "Animal Kingdom" episode (#141).
Animate Inanimate Object - The video for Gee! has them portray a display of clothing store mannequins that come to life after closing time to adore the store clerk from afar.
Art Evolution - Taeyeon◊. Check out her instagram account (@taeyeon_ss), she usually posts a lot of drawings there.
Ascended Extra - Hyoyeon started out as a silhouette dancer for BoA.
Asexuality - Seohyun prefers sweet potatoes and Keroro to male company.
Except for those times she's shipped with Kyuhyun. Notable because their performance in "S.E.O.U.L." is adorable.
Or that time when she was in a virtual marriage with Yonghwa - for real.
Asian and Nerdy - Taeyeon. Oh, and she's also good at math. She even said that if she didn't become a member of SNSD, she would have probably became a math teacher.
She also moved to Kuwait a year before the Gulf War began, and as such is afraid of fireworks and other such noises because they remind her of gunshots. Not that you'd notice, what with her fearlessly bungee jumping and all.
Badass Bookworm - Seohyun may look like your typical gentle and innocent maknae, however, she is stronger than most of the members (and she might be at par with strongest member Yoona).
Bifauxnen - This◊ photoshoot had some of them posing as men. Cue fangirl swooning. Top (left to right): Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sunny. Bottom (left to right): Sooyoung, Jessica, Tiffany.
After her new haircut, Sunny looks a bit too boyish sometimes◊.
Tiffany herself revealed to 1st Look Magazine that she received lots of love for her epicene charms during SNSD's early days.
Big Eater - Sooyoung, who once stated that she ate a medium-sized pizza all by herself in one sitting. The skinniest member of the group is also nicknamed Shikshin (food goddess).
While filming the TV show Unstoppable Marriage, Yuri followed Sooyoung's eating schedule: eating 7 times a day. After that, Yuri gained 5 kilograms. Sooyoung, on the other hand, did not.
Although the members claim that Yoona's now the biggest eater.
The whole of the group could be said about them, since the first thing they thought when chastised for eating 1500 calories a day is best summed up as "Only 1500 a meal?"
Their manager said that their food bills are higher than Super Junior's.
If there's something Tiffany wants to eat, she absolutely must have it.
Blatant Lies - Every time the girls use mistranslations of advanced Korean terms to trick Jessica and Tiffany who aren't very well-acquainted with Korean terms.
A notable example: When Tiffany asked the girls what "Sachultang" (a healthy albeit controversial soup made with dog meat) is, Sooyoung told her that it was a soup with four iron bars in it. note
"Sa" = four, "Chul" = iron, and "Tang" = soup in Korean, hence, "Sachultang" = four iron soup. "Sachul" actually means four seasons.
Taeyeon: When [Sooyoung] was in elementary, she shaved off iron from a pole and ate it.
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead - With a few exceptions, whether through Dye Hard or wigs, all their looks for their performances have featured exactly one blonde girl with the remaining eight in varying shades of brunette or redhead. Became Jessica's◊ trademark for a while.
And if you wish to apply this trope to a single member, we have Sunny, who always dyes her hair/wears wigs. As of now, her hair had been blonde, and brown, and red, and pink, and green, and purple, and...
Breakout Star - Yoona. She appeared in four dramas, and has won six awards (five from the same drama).
Breakup Song - Type 5 for Run Devil Run, Type 4 for Mistake, Time Machine, and Lost in Love.
But Not Too Foreign - Jessica and Tiffany were born and raised in California.
Cake in the Face - Jessica caked Sunny during a radio show. However, Jessica herself also got caked during her 2010 birthday celebration (which was held during a concert).
Cannot Tell a Joke - Jessica described herself as this. She said that when the other members tell a joke, it's funny; but when she's the one who tells the joke... it isn't.
She jokes that the reason for that is the "Sica Effect", which she described as a state where the atmosphere suddenly turns cold at her presence or whenever she speaks.
Captain Obvious - Seohyun. During an episode of Hello Baby, the girls were eating and wondered what they should do when they were finished. Seohyun immediately replied, "We should clean up." (What the other girls were actually talking about were the activities they were planning later in the day.)
Afterwards, Yuri related an anecdote about a lady asking Seohyun who made their meals in the dormitory; Seohyun answered, "The rice cooker."
Yoona had a good Captain Obvious moment in Hello Baby, when she and Jessica pranked the members by putting too much salt and vinegar on their food.
The Cheerleader - A non evil/bitchy example in Tiffany, who was a cheerleader when she was in middle school and when she was attending Korea's Kenta Kent Foreign School.
Chekhov's Gun - This◊ pic has been around the web for a while; it was rumored to be from a music video of a song that was supposed to be released instead of Gee in 2008. Fast-forward four years and it's revealed to be Dancing Queen, a Translated Cover Version of Duffy's "Mercy" which was officially released by SM Entertainment as a digital single and is also included in their fourth album.
Cliff Hanger - In the end of the Oh! music video, the girls' house got wrecked by their evil counterparts. The second part of the story is in the Run Devil Run music video.
Cloudcuckoolander - Jessica. Look at her in variety shows - she usually looks like she's spacing out, with a blank expression on her face. However, it's just that her facial expressions are... blank. There's more to her than meets the eye - and she wants to "melt" her "Ice Princess" image. As Yuri states it, "Jessica, you are a warm ice".
"People say that I look like I live without any worries. But that's just how I look on the outside. On the inside, I think a lot." - Jessica
The Coats Are Off - In the "Paparazzi" music video and in Tiffany's "Umbrella" solo stage in the Into The New World tour.
Combat Stilettos - Almost all of their choreography is done in high heels. Oh! is the only notable exception.
There's also Into the New World.
"I Got A Boy" will also be an exception, in order to show off a new side of their dance abilities.
Comeback Tomorrow - When Yuri is in an argument with a person, she goes to her room and writes a list of comebacks for later use on a piece of paper. When the person she's arguing with has an unexpected answer, she excuses herself, goes back to her room, and writes more comebacks.
Confession Cam - Implemented in Girls Go To School and Hello Baby, where it was frequented by Yoona and Yuri in the latter.
Cool and Unusual Punishment - When Yuri first gets the "Worst Mom" title in Hello Baby, her punishment? A water-rafting ride.
Costume Porn - The members of Girls' Generation wear some incredible themed outfits in many of their videos. Mod/60's style in the video for Hoot, or the Yellow and Black Taxi short skirts and vests in Mr Taxi, the bad girl outfits in Run Devil Run, the intro for The Boys, motorcycle gang clothing in Bad Girl, the Naval and Army style uniforms in Genie, etc. Girls' Generation have a lot to choose from in their wardrobe and are very detailed and distinctive, but still manage to tie into the overall theme.
“Usually, Tiffany is the funniest member. If Tiffany can do it the way she would with us, then her sense of humor would be funny on TV, but that’s not the case” - Sooyoung
The other members are already immune to her "aegyo" (cuteness).
She is known as the "fake maknae". At first glance, people would mistake her as the youngest member of the group.
However, it was revealed that she isn't overly cutesy in real life. Yuri reveals on Happy Together that “Normally, Sunny lacks expression on her face and has no strength but whenever a guy appears, all of a sudden expressions start to come out”.
Cute but Troubled - Believe it or not, Taeyeon. She is quoted as saying “After my schedule is finished and I return home, I feel lonely and empty inside, and I don’t know what to do about it”, causing some fans to wonder if she might be suffering from depression.
Sunny: I wish Taeyeon would stop [getting wrapped up in her] depression. I’d like it if you would stop listening to sad music and putting yourself in a corner when you already don’t feel good. When you’re feeling down, come to me.
Also, Tiffany. Yuri was quoted as saying that "Tiffany has a hurt heart because she's too harsh on herself. I wish you wouldn't be like that." (An alternate translation: "I wish you'd be a little more weak. In public you act in a stately manner to take the pressure off. You don't need to stick it out, take it easy.")
And Yoona. Though she tends to be rather tight-lipped about her personal life, she's known to be a prominent member of "The Milk Club"- Super Junior leader LeeTeuk's support group for depressed idols. Taeyeon is also a member.
A Day in the Limelight - Basically the point of their show MTV Lifestyle, in which each member gets to be in the limelight for an episode. However, most of them brought along a companion / companions with them. Three of the members' (Sooyoung, Hyoyeon, Taeyeon) episodes featured the whole group, and Sooyoung and Taeyeon's were extended to 2 episodes.
Deadpan Snarker - Yoona occasionally shows signs of being this, but it's all in the name of good fun.
Delayed Reaction - Jessica is usually a few seconds behind the rest when reacting to jokes.
Determinator - Surprisingly, Seohyun. Episode 64 of Running Man showed her competitive side, which was almost too extreme to the point where she would've eliminated her partner Yoo Jae-suk if given the opportunity.
Tiffany definitely counts. She moved to Korea at age 15 (despite her father's protests) to pursue a career in the music industry, despite not knowing a single person in Korea or even speaking the language well. Being raised primarily in the U.S, Tiffany wasn't accustomed to the Korean traditions and was often called 'rude' by their standards, especially with no one to teach her any better, she had to learn through being insulted and ridiculed.
Rumor has it that the other members refer to her as "Miyoung" when her face is makeup-free, and after she puts on makeup, other members would call her "Tiffany".
Double Entendre - The entirety of the song Reflection from their second Japanese album. If you thought the Gratuitous English lyrics weren't suggestive enough, search for the Japanese lyrics and you'll find out that the innuendos in there are anything but subtle.
Dress Rehearsal Video - Practically all of the videos to their album-leading singles feature cuts of the girls in full costume, performing the steps to their given song on a soundstage. On some singles, they digitally release videos composed solely of them performing the dance without any interruptions.
They even play instruments (er, some of them) in their self-titled song.
Felony Misdemeanor - For all the attention they drummed up, they do little more than trash the apartment belonging to the girls' cheerleader personas in Oh!, and whatever damage they do is fixed in a Fast Forward Gag. See here.
Expy - Hyoyeon, Jessica, Taeyeon, and Yoona have all been called "the next BoA" by netizens back when they were still trainees.
Family Business - Jessica's younger sister Krystal is a part of the group f(x), which is also under SM Entertainment. In addition, Sunny's uncle is the founder of SM Entertainment.
Each of the members' fanbases have their own nicknames.
Taeyeon has Taegangers,
Jessica has GorJess Spazzers,
Sunny has Sunshiners,
Tiffany has Fanytastics (or Fanyholics),
Hyoyeon has Hyohunnies,
Yuri has Yurisistables,
Sooyoung has Sooyoungsters,
Yoona has Yoonaddicts, and
Seohyun has Seomates.
Fan Nickname / In Universe Nickname - Too many to count - keep in mind that this is an incomplete list. They acknowledged some of these nicknames in the past, during events such as the ITNW concert and in the Korean TV show Come To Play.
For Taeyeon, we have: Kid Leader, Taeng, Ahjumma ("middle-aged lady", mainly because of her laugh), Umma (mother), ByunTae ("pervert"), Taengoo (goo means "9" in Korean, this is the reason why her jersey number on Oh! was 9), Taeng DJ, MungTaeng, Kkokkoma, Taeyeonnie, OST Queen, Leonardo Da Taengsi*
because of the drawings on her instagram account (which was lovingly dubbed as "Taengstagram")
Seohyun: Maknae, Seororo, Seobaby, Seobot, Gguk Gguk Ee *
a Korean term which means "doesn't get angry"
, Hyun, Joohyun, Angel Maknae, Innocent Seohyun, Milk Seo Joo, The youngest Princess, SEOnoop Dogg, Sweet Potato Princess
Fanservice - Hyoyeon costumes during her appearances on Dancing with the Stars.
Fan Disservice - The "Ugly Face-Off" on Horror Movie Factory. Comes with a side of Fanservice intermission numbers to help the viewers forget what they've just seen.
Felony Misdemeanor - Seohyun was blacklisted in an airport because of tomatoes.
Flanderization - Look up "Sooyoung" in a thesaurus and the first thing that's gonna come up is the word "food". Just kidding, but hey, you get the point.
There's a similar case with "Taeyeon" and "butt"...
Forgetful Jones - Tiffany, who was born in California, was asked by an emcee where she (Tiffany) was born. Tiffany replied with: "LA! (beat) Ah, San Francisco. (laughs) Sorry."
In an interview, she was asked what her Korean name was and she said "Pani". note
"Pani" is another way to spell "Fany". Her actual Korean name is Miyoung
Funny Background Event - Judging from fan accounts, the girls do funny stuff when the cameras aren't focused on them during live events, such as concerts and the like.
The "X-Files" (footage w/c were edited out) from Hello Baby has lots of funny background events.
Keep your eyes peeled every time they're on camera. Sometimes, you wouldn't know where to look, since they goof off a lot, especially back in the day.
Gamer Chick - Sunny is the most well-known example, the other members were once startled late at night because of the sounds in the game Sunny is playing in their dorm. Yoona and Taeyeon who plays StarCraft counts as well.
Game Show Appearance - Sunny, Yoona and Taeyeon in 1 vs. 100 (the Korean version). Also in their numerous guest appearances in the variety-slash-game show Star Golden Bell.
Genki Girl - Tiffany during her early days as an SM trainee, described as a "very bubbly girl".
Giant Poofy Sleeves - The video for "Kissing You" include a few relatively minor examples.
Girl Group - One of the most popular Korean examples.
Possibly the best example recently, considering their explosion in popularity all over the world.
Girliness Upgrade - Suuuure, they were already girly to begin with... but as time passes by, they show less of their Adorkable sides in exchange for more ladylike behaviour, mainly because of the fact that SM does NOT like how the members (specifically, Sooyoung and Yuri) were acting like goofballs because they're supposed to be dainty teen idols.
Gratuitous English - Most of their album-leading singles have at least a couple of English words peppered here and there; sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Perhaps the worst offender would have to be Genie, with the line "I'm Genie for your wish/dream/world" being repeated in the chorus. This was unfortunately still not corrected in the Japanese Translated Cover Version.
Mostly averted with their single "The Boys". The Korean version has the typical English sprinkled in with the girls rapping. Then there's an English version. The English itself is quite impressive.
Jessica and Tiffany randomly breaking out in English in concerts and in TV shows.
"I need my hairspray right now. N-O-W, now!" (Jessica)
And their "Oh My God"s. It's a staple amongst their shows.
Hotter and Sexier - Run Devil Run kicked off a change in style that saw the girls gradually become more and more like this in most of their succeeding releases, until it came to a head during...
Their 1st Japan Arena Tour. Honorable mentions go to Yoona's "pole dancing" and Sooyoung's "lap dance" intro for her performance of "Sway" (and the performance itself), but the cake has to go to Taeyeon and Tiffany's absolutely Stripperiffic outfits in their performance of Lady Marmalade.
And now, the release of their concept photos for the Mr. Taxi repackage album.
Their latest Japanese single "Flower Power" contains their first overtly "sexual" line: "Do you wanna be my lover?" and has them wearing◊ leather-esque outfits that have been described as "bondage-influenced".
Seohyun, who was usually a little more conservative than her fellow members even in sexier concepts, jumped headfirst into this territory with her teaser◊ pics◊ from their fourth album, I Got a Boy.
I Can Still Fight - Tiffany fell and injured her leg during a concert, but instead of immediately seeking medical help, she went on to perform. During Gee promotions, she injured her ankle but still performed on music shows with a cast on.
Sunny was also seen with a knee brace while performing.
Identical Stranger - Sooyoung will often look a lot like Miranda Cosgrove and vice versa in their photoshoots. Generally, it will be best seen in pictures with just their faces.
Krystal of f(x), a.k.a. Jessica's little sister who looks more like Yuri and Yoona◊.
SNSD has a couple of look-alikes in the Korean industry. The girl group Hello Venus has Yoonjo◊ who looks like Jessica and Yoo Ara◊ who looks like Yuri/Yoona. And then there's Jisook◊ from Rainbow who looks a lot like Taeyeon (this was even acknowledged in an episode of the Korean talk show Strong Heart).
I Know Your True Name - The girls are shown to refer to each other by their real names on occasion.
MC: *reading from fan questions* Sunny do you not like your given name? And could you show us your charms?
Sunny: *looking away and laughing*
MC: So I wonder what your real name is.
Sunny: *ignoring the question* I'll show you my charms.
MC: Why don't we ask the writer what her real name is?
Sunny: No! No! No! No!
Sooyoung: Hey Soonkyu!
Sunny: *while hitting Sooyoung* What's wrong with you?
Initiation Ceremony - When Yuri first came to SM Ent. as a trainee, Jessica, Hyoyeon and Sooyoung (who were in cool "unnie" poses) ordered Yuri to take her shoes off before entering the studio. When she entered the studio, everyone else were wearing shoes. It was just a prank, but awkward turtle Yuri was scared of them for a year because of that.
Not to mention that she talked to the three girls in honorifics even though they were the same age (and Sooyoung was actually younger, although they are considered the same age in Korean age).
Innocent Fanservice Girl - Sooyoung accidentally revealed in Come To Play that Jessica doesn't like wearing clothes immediately after showers.
...and they would coincidentally end up attending and graduating from the same high school in Seoul, Korea Kent Foreign School, during their trainee days.
A "protein shake"-like drink made from the Nagaimo Yam
. The other members don't like it... at all.
When Yuri became a part of a [bogus] SNSD leader election, she proclaimed that if she becomes the leader, she would make all the other members drink "ma" every morning. The other members refused with a look of disdain on their faces. (and yes, that includes Ms. Uptight Lifestyle Seohyun)
Sooyoung (to the baby): [If you don't come here], I'll pray that your hands and feet... will become... feet? Until it becomes the wooden floor? ...Dough?
Little Miss Badass - Tiffany explained on the now-defunct Korean TV Show Star Golden Bell how Yoona got the nickname "Power Yoona". It goes like this...
Host: Anyone want to share a story proving just how powerful Yoona is, really?
Tiffany: She said she had to carry a box when we were moving but she didn't just carry one. She carried all of the members' boxes. So we didn't even need to call a movers because Yoona did them all.
Host: (to Yoona) Can you carry beds too?
Yoona: Our room is shared among the 3 of us: Taeyeon, Sooyoung and myself. We didn't like how the beds were arranged before so we switched it around ourselves.
Host: So you moved the beds..?
Sooyoung: Yoona did it all by herself.
Yoona: NO!
Host: Sooyoung just proved it.
Yoona: In the studio [where] we practiced, we moved a couch from the 1st floor to the 3rd floor...
And here we have video footage of her breaking 6 PAIRS of chopsticks at once without breaking a sweat.
Lyrical Dissonance - I Got A Boy has a hip-hop / dance beat. The lyrics, however, was described by the fandom as a stereotypical ''oppa saranghae'' song. note
Basically glorified girl talk, but the song at its core is essentially another love song.
In their earlier shows such as Factory Girl, the girls were usually seen wearing glasses.
Merchandise Driven - Their single, Chocolate Love, as seen being performed in the above photo, is a promotion for the LG Cyon Chocolate Phone. There's also their other CFs for water coolers, the LG Cookie and various other items.
The single Visual Dreams was made in promotion of Intel.
Nepotism - Sunny is the niece of Lee Sooman (founder of SM Entertainment).
What makes her fit into this trope perfectly is that she trained for only a few months before the formation of the group, compared to the other 8 members who trained for years.
Sunny has actually been in the entertainment industry LONGER than the other members. She was a trainee with two other agencies prior to joining SM Entertainment and Girls Generation.
Yes, Sunny had actually trained for 5 years in other agencies, and the woman who was at her audition had no idea that she was the niece of the founder. In fact, her training for 5 years means that she trained for a longer than period than Tiffany and Taeyeon, who had 'only' trained for 2 years.
New Sound Album - Their 2011 Self-Titled Album (not to be confused with the 2007 release of the same name) turned out to be this. Aside from the songs being recorded in Japanese, the album strays from the bubblegum dance-pop style common in previous releases and instead, has a generally more pronounced electronic and Synth Pop sound.
The Nicknamer - Sooyoung. Her nicknames for the girls:
Taeyeon: Taengie
Hyoyeon: Hyosukie
Yoona: Yoongie
Seohyun: Makdoongie (a cute way of saying maknae)
NO INDOOR VOICE - Seohyun stated that Tiffany’s voice is very loud, and if she were to get into a fight on the 1st floor, the people on the 6th floor could probably hear her.
The other members say that when Tiffany gets excited, her pitch becomes high like an ambulance siren.
A notable exception: during an episode of '"Horror Movie Factory"' in which Jessica and Tiffany filmed in a "haunted" school, Sooyoung told the sound director to lower the volume on Tiffany's mic. However, that was one heck of a mistake, because Tiffany isn't the one with the dolphin scream...
Tiffany is just naturally loud. Fans who were on the first floor during her 2012 birthday party said that her voice could be heard even though she was on the 2nd floor.
Sooyoung too. She and Tiffany are in a tie for first place as SNSD's loudest member.
There was a shouting contest on the 21st episode of Hello Baby in which they measured how loud the girls could shout. Sooyoung's scream was a whopping 108.3 decibels - that's almost as loud as a Turbo-fan aircraft at takeoff power at 200 ft.
Number Two - Sooyoung is known as SNSD's second leader.
Older Than She Looks - Sunny and Taeyeon (the 3rd eldest and the eldest in the group, respectively). This woman is 24 years old!
One Note Cook - With a little help, Jessica could cook Italian food very well, as seen in her MTV Lifestyle episode, and she showcases her cooking skills with her tuna fried rice. She is, however, also infamous for deep-frying ham, turning rice into porridge, and putting ketchup and sugar in kimchi fried rice (which, according to reports, actually tastes good).
One of Us - It was revealed that Seohyun has a stash of manga in their vehicle's trunk. She once tried to hide it from an interviewer.
One Steve Limit - Jessica's Korean name, Sooyeon, sounds very similar to Sooyoung's name (and perhaps Seohyun's as well).
Otaku - Seohyun is also known as a big Keroro fan... and she somehow managed to brainwash Taeyeon into liking Keroro as well.
Parrot Exposition - TaeTiSeo on former H.O.T. member Kangta's cooking show.
The Pete Best - Twelve different SM trainees were part of the various project groups leading up to the 9 member group. Most notable are Soyeon from T-ara and Chanmi from Coed School/5dolls.
Most of the time, the trope applies to Yuri, who places rats and fake bugs around the dorm. She once placed a Whoopee Cushion on maknae Seohyun's seat, too.
One of her most [in]famous feats of notoriety: tying the 8 other members' shoelaces together.
Product Placement - Early in the "I Got a Boy" video, for GiRL De Provence Perfume.
Promoted Fangirl - Tiffany. She was a big fan of Kim Hyun Joong (the leader) of SS 501 back when she was still a trainee (check out her pre-debut Q&A here). On an episode of the now-defuct Korean TV show Star Golden Bell, SNSD got to guest-star with the members of SS 501 themselves.
And when the host conducted a survey in which the members of SS 501 picked the most popular / their favorite SNSD member, they picked Tiffany. (That includes Mr. Kim Hyun Joong)
After that, Kim Hyun Joong stated that he looks up Tiffany on the internet. I'm quite sure that we all know that she fangirled after that.
Sunny also had a fangirl moment when her idol Lee Bumsoo (a famous Korean actor) became SNSD's acting teacher on Horror Movie Factory.
In MTV Lifestyle, we have Seohyun's own fangirl moment when she visited the Keroro dubbing studio. She even got to dub Keroro's voice!
Scully Box - The girls range in height from 155 cm (Sunny) to 170 cm (Sooyoung). While there's not much they can do about the massive differences whilst performing, photoshoots are another matter, and often result in the employment of these. See here and here◊.
Let's not forget SNSD's resident wordsmith, spokesperson, and megaphone Sooyoung, who fits this trope to a T when it comes to writing AND interviews. Her flair for words is definitely one, if not her most, renowned talents.
She once sent fanmail to Kangfull, a webcomic artist. Kangfull was impressed by how mature Sooyoung sounded like, so he made a comic for her.
She's Got Legs - All of them, especially the taller girls (Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun). Taeyeon and Sooyoung recently poked fun at this, posting pictures of the two of them posing◊ in the same chair. It's also◊ Sooyoung's◊ trademark◊.
Shipper on Deck - When Seohyun was fake-married to Jung Yonghwa of CN Blue for a television show, the other eight girls actively shipped them, referring to Yonghwa as "Seohyun's husband" every chance they got, even in other unrelated shows.
Silly Love Songs - "Kissing You", "Gee", "Oh"... most of the songs from their early days count.
Sleepwalking - Taeyeon. She once sleepwalked, went down the elevator, and went back up. She said she couldn’t remember a thing. (Her father said that he heard someone opening the door so he got up and found Taeyeon sleepwalking.)
She once lost her phone while sleeping, and it was found inside the refrigerator the next day. And of course, she doesn't remember this either.
Host: What are your wishes? [Let's start with] Jessica.
Jessica: I'm lacking sleep, so I wish for a medicine that would give me the effect of sleeping for ten hours from only sleeping for one [hour].
In an episode of Hello Baby, the guest daddy Gil sent Sooyoung and Tiffany to go the spa with the baby Kyungsan, and the other members who were left behind were assigned to cook dinner. Jessica didn't want to go to the spa, so she just stayed in the room (along with Yuri) to sleep.
Gil called them out immediately, but they (Jessica and Yuri) went under the blanket to hide from him. However, he (Gil) saw them and called them out again, but then, they... locked him out of the house. Hilarity Ensues.
She was once reported missing, but it turns out that she was in a bathroom, sleeping.
When SNSD flooded their dorm because they forgot to close the washing machine, everyone cleaned it up... except for Sica, who was still asleep.
She had been once thrown by the members in attempt to wake her up, but it didn't work - she was, of course, still asleep.
Smarter Than You Look - Sooyoung may act really, really goofy most of the time, but she's actually one of the smartest members of SNSD. Once she starts talking (in a serious manner), you'll forget that she's only in her early 20s.
Speak In Unison - The girls are synchronized in more ways than one - in dancing, singing, and introducing themselves.
Spoiled Sweet - According to accounts from various people they've worked with, despite their immense popularity, all of the girls tend to be very humble and polite to anyone they meet, up to and including getting coffee and sandwiches for staff during their variety shows. Tiffany and Sooyoung are especially famous for going out of their way to be kind to others despite their immense fame. Several of their Spoiled Sweet moments double as Crowning Moments of Heartwarming and are listed in the YMMV tab.
Stage Names - Tiffany for Stephanie Hwang (or Hwang Miyoung), Sunny for Lee Soonkyu, Seohyun for Seo Juhyun, and Jessica for Jung Sooyeon could count as well.
Statuesque Stunner - Much is made of Sooyoung being the tallest member of the group. Ironically, she doesn't even make the minimum height requirement (5'8'') for this trope.
Teen Idols - They want to shed their "idol" image and they now prefer to be called as "artists". (They're all in their 20s now) But, they couldn't shake off the "idol" label that easily, you know...
The Show Must Go On - Watch episode 9 of Factory Girl, in which they helped a girl confess her love to a guy*
the backstory is in the 8th episode
. They helped serenade the guy for the girl (with Seohyun playing the background music on the piano), and despite everything that arised during the event*
After a few moments, the cheesy love confession looked like it was straight out of a Koreanovela / Soap Opera
, Seohyun continued to play (and finish) her piano piece because she was told to do so.
They Also Did - Taeyeon and Seohyun served as voice actresses (Taeyeon as Margo and Seohyun as Edith) in the Korean version of Despicable Me.
Title Track - Gee, Genie, Oh!, Hoot, The Boys, Twinkle, I Got A Boy
Translated Cover Version - Their forays into the J-Pop market were initially composed of these, with their first two singles being covers of Genie and Gee. Partially averted in their recent release Mr. Taxi/Run Devil Run, with Mr. Taxi being an original song. Further averted in their 2011Self-Titled Album; of the 8 tracks on the album which weren't released as singles, only the Japanese version of Hoot! is a cover.
Adaptation Distillation - The video for the Japanese cover of Gee has the girls simply portray clothing store employees, with Minho from SHI Nee (who plays the clerk in the original) as a customer instead of the Animate Inanimate Object example above.
The recent Japanese cover of Run Devil Run completely ignores the creation and actions of the Black SoShi as seen in videos for Oh! and the original Korean version of Run Devil Run, particularly because they hadn't released a Japanese cover to Oh! at that time.
Run Devil Run, in turn, was taken from a Ke$hademo that didn't make the cut, leading to the tune and the rights to it being sold to SM Entertainment.
Dutch singer Nathalie Makoma's I Just Wanna Dance is an English cover of Genie.
Demi Lovato's record company also happened to buy the rights of the tune that became "Born To Be a Lady". Demi's version is called Mistake (which coincidentally is the same title of another SNSD song, written by Yuri).
Two covers were included in the I Got A Boy album: Dancing Queen, a "cover" of Duffy's "Mercy" recorded in 2008, and Baby Maybe, which was originally a demo by British singer/songwriter Pixie Lott named What You Do. Yuri, Sooyoung, and Seohyun collaborated on the Korean lyrics for the latter.
Make that three covers if you count Talk Talk, which was originally recorded in Korean in 2008 but was released after the Japanese cover version, Boomerang, was released on the girls' second Japanese album in 2012.
I Got A Boy itself is a demo by Katy Tiz that didn't make the cut, like Ke$ha's Run Devil Run, but it was called "Shiner On You" and it was basically the opposite of I Got A Boy's "Oppa Saranghae" filled lyrics.
Van in Black - About 90% of the vans that the girls or any other celebrity that appears ride in is a black van.
Ventriloquism - One of SNSD's talents is being able to talk without moving their mouths (once demonstrated in an episode of Happy Together). They do this when they instruct each other on what to do next.
What Could Have Been - Prior to their debut, SNSD went through several line-up changes. SM planned to have 11 girls in the group, one of which was Soyeon of T-ara. The group would be A LOT different today had they gone through with this. Read more on the roster history here
During their time as trainees in SM, their group's name was "YeoDan Team". note
From 여자 단체(Yeoja Danche) which means "Female Group" - "Yeoja Danche team" literally translates to "Female Group Team"
The name "Super Girls" was preferred by the press and the netizens.
Who Wears Short Shorts? - SNSD wears short shorts. At least, since Gee came out, short shorts have been common in their costumes; of course, this is to show off their awesome legs.
Tiffany caught some flack for having her shorts be tooshort.
Seohyun wore short shorts for her promos for I Got A Boy.
once used the masks in an amusement park in Japan, and they disguised their voices by speaking in a manly voice and calling each other "John".
Sunny once shared a story about going to an amusement park with Hyoyeon, Jessica and Tiffany during one of their breaks. The girls went to an amusement park wearing scarfs. There were still some people who noticed them, so the 4 girls decided to buy raccoon masks sold by the amusement park. The girls were able to enjoy their rides with raccoon masks on.
But before going home, they wanted to ride a roller coaster. They waited in line for an hour, and in order to get on the ride, they had to take off their disguises. They did, and their candids leaked on the 'net the next day.
Woman of 20,000 Voices - a Fan Nickname given to Taeyeon during her tenure as a DJ on ChinChin Radio, due to the countless voice impressions she did.
Younger Than She Looks - "Don't tease me because I'm old", sings Tiffany, who was thought to be a 26-year-old by two random men. (She was 21.)
.The girls are especially beloved among their fans due to their adorkable natures when not performing and the copious amounts of Fanservice that they dish out. They are also well known for the Les Yay that the members often seem to be indulging in; the fans of course, enjoy all this and do a little indulging of their own in the form of the sheer amount of Slash Fic they churn out featuring the girls.
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