History Trivia / SClub7

* HostilityOnTheSet: The reason Paul stopped appearing with the 'S Club 3' - Bradley, Jo and later Tina - was because of tensions within the group. He also had some with Hannah, having taken a few potshots at her on Twitter after falling out with her during the 2015 reunion. They all however reunited together in 2023, all on good terms again, Paul and Hannah specifically having a "clear the air" talk before announcing the reunion.

** Anything relating to the band in the US, essentially, since nobody knows (or knew) who they are, and it didn't help the TV show first aired on [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family Channel]] or that every original show that aired on the former network would now be owned by Disney, which has no interest in airing or rerunning any of said programming.

* TropeNamers: NoPartyLikeADonnerParty is based on the chorus for "S Club Party" ("There ain't no party like an S Club Party").

* HostilityOnTheSet: The reason Paul stopped appearing with the 'S Club 3' - Bradley, Jo and later Tina - was because of tensions within the group. They all however reunited together in 2023, all on good terms again.

** Hannah doesn't hate her time in the group so much as she doesn't consider herself a singer, and would rather focus on acting.

** Paul has been quite outspoken about how financially exploited the group were; despite making Simon Fuller billions for the use of their likenesses, they received barely any royalties from all the tie-in merchandise.

* HostilityOnTheSet: The reason Paul stopped appearing with the 'S Club 3' - Bradley, Jo and later Tina - was because of tensions within the group.

** The movie has a couple of {{Take That}}s to the Music/SpiceGirls, who were managed by Simon Fuller. He came up with the idea for S Club 7 the day after the Spice Girls fired him.
*** Speaking of whom, the Spice Girls fired Simon Fuller because he was overworking and over-exposing them, especially during the chaotic production of Film/SpiceWorld. The members of S Club 7 would similarly quit after being exhausted from filming their TV show in America and being repeatedly forced to fly back to the UK for concerts.

* DawsonCasting: Geoff Stults who plays Sam - the boy who wants Rachel to go to his ''high school'' prom - was twenty-two.

* CreatorCameo: For the sequence in the ''Seeing Double'' movie when the band are shooting a music video for their song "Dance", the director of the video is played by the film's actual director Nigel Dick. [[UpToEleven Who also directed some of S Club's other music videos]].

* RomanceOnTheSet: Hannah and Paul got together in 2001, when the group had been together for two years. They stayed together for five years.

** Anything relating to the band in the US, essentially, since nobody knows (or knew) who they are, and it didn't help the TV show aired on the rather-unpopular [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family Channel]], and pretty much every original show aired on the network would now be owned by Disney, which has no interest in airing or rerunning any of said programming.

* OldShame: For Bradley it was the video for "You're My Number One". He recalls the stylist turning up with a couple of outfits for everyone else but only the one for him. Also due to the video's TroubledProduction, there wasn't time to braid his hair - so he had to wear a hat for the whole video.

* UnderminedByReality: The show's happy-go-lucky nature gets a little tarnished when you hear the band members mention how they were worked like dogs the entire time, and how they were always tired and jet-lagged from shuttling back and forth from the US (where the show filmed) to the UK (where they were performing concerts).

* CreatorBacklash: Jo O'Meara has spoken up on how much she disliked some of the songs they sang, other members of the group have called their music "kiddish" among other things. Jon eventually said he was sick of hearing "Reach" everywhere.

* TropeNamers: ThereAintNoPartyLikeADonnerParty is based on the chorus for "S Club Party" ("There ain't no party like an S Club Party").

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The TV series dates itself to the early 2000s.
** They're a struggling group trying to make it in America - not marketing themselves online, through [=YouTube=], [=MySpace=] or Facebook. In ''Miami 7'' the plot is started by Howard tricking them into thinking they'll be working in a luxury hotel when it's really a dump. [[TropeBreaker A quick Google search could have told them that these days]].
** Entire episodes revolve around the gang getting stranded or separated from each other, which wouldn't be possible these days, as seven twenty-somethings would most certainly have some cell phones. Not to mention the ''Boyfriends & Birthdays'' special, where they have to stop at a payphone for Rachel to talk to her boyfriend.
** An episode of ''LA 7'' has Paul trying to make a movie for them to star in. The joke is that he shoots it on a cheap camcorder, resulting in some StylisticSuck. These days that idea would be much more sensible, and home technology has improved to the extent that many just-starting-out bands shoot their own music videos themselves.
** ''LA 7'' also seems to embody the [=Y2K=] Era the most in terms of the fashions; BareYourMidriff, baggy pants, leather jackets, tank tops on multiple members. Jon and Paul have SpikyHair, Hannah has chunky highlights, all the girls have shoulder-length layers, and Joni has a holdover from 90s PowerHair.
** The movie ''Seeing Double'' also has as its plot a mad scientist trying to clone the pop stars of the world. S Club in particular have their clones trotted out on stage while the real ones are stranded in Barcelona. Such a thing would be harder to pull off in the days of smart phones and social media, and the group could have exposed the fakery much sooner. The movie also name drops the notable pop stars of the day that Victor Gaughan clones. A few have endured over time - Music/BritneySpears, Music/RobbieWilliams, Music/{{Eminem}} - but it also features Gareth Gates (runner-up on the first season of ''Pop Idol'') and a clone of Music/MichaelJackson (who passed away in 2009)[[note]]Victor Gaughan does have DNA of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean though, so this wouldn't be too glaring.[[/note]]. There's also a reference to a clone of Victoria Beckham, who was still sort of releasing music then, but by the end of the decade was better known as an entrepreneur.
** TheMovie also has a TakeThat to Tom Green, as ''Film/FreddyGotFingered'' had just been released.
--> '''Bradley:''' But Tom Green isn't dead.
--> '''Victor:''' A man can dream, can't he?
** In the movie, it turns out the clones have been made from DNA found on memorabilia purchased on the internet. Tina seems surprised that their old belongings could be sold on the internet, further placing the story to a time where online shopping was not as mainstream among twentysomethings.

** The movie ''Seeing Double'' also has as its plot a mad scientist trying to clone the pop stars of the world. S Club in particular have their clones trotted out on stage while the real ones are stranded in Barcelona. Such a thing would be harder to pull off in the days of smart phones and social media, and the group could have exposed the fakery much sooner. The movie also name drops the notable pop stars of the day that Victor Gaughan clones. A few have endured over time - Music/BritneySpears, Music/RobbieWilliams, Music/{{Eminem}} - but it also features Gareth Gates (runner-up on the first season of ''Pop Idol'') and a clone of Music/MichaelJackson (who passed away in 2009).