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  • Fan Nickname: Each girl (excepting Nicole) had an unofficial nickname - see this video where each girl gets a feature/allusion to their nickname/"role" in the group.:
    • Carmit Bachar: "Foxy Doll"
    • Kimberly Wyatt: "Punky/Freaky/Flexi Doll"
    • Ashley Roberts: "Angel Doll"
    • Jessica Sutta: "Pin-Up Doll"
    • Melody Thornton: "Baby Doll"
  • Germans Love David Hasselhoff: The group are most popular in the United Kingdom.
  • Harsher in Hindsight:
    • Former member Kaya Jones (who left the group before they became famous) accused Robin Antin of pimping the members out (calling her "the den mother from hell"), and insinuated that this was the reason that Simone Battle committed suicide. She later alleged she had been "strongly encouraged" to have an abortion during her time in the group, with the moment she decided she was done was when she saw two very young girls in the audience during a show, and the shock of realizing how young they were, the overly sexual material the group was performing, and the emotional impact of losing her own child overwhelmed her.
      • Robin Antin issued a rapid rebuttal to Jones' claim, saying Jones was never an actual member of the group and simply looking for 15 minutes of fame by making false claims. Some fans would express their discomfort with how Jones would later join a pro-life advocacy group and become an ambassador for the National Diversity Coalition for Trump, saying she felt that her time in the group made her feel "tainted" and "sexually overly-perverse", giving her low self-esteem which "[lead] to promiscuity".
    • The last song off the first release of Doll Domination? Called "I'm Done". Pretty much sums up how the other girls felt by that point.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight: Carmit has said several times in interviews that while she has faith that there will be a Pussycat Dolls reunion, it will be without Nicole. This becomes funnier in hindsight as seven years later, the group would be reuniting and yes, it would be with Nicole, though without Melody.
  • Memetic Mutation: Comments about Nicole being the face of the band, especially jokes wondering what the other members even contributed to the band.
  • Overshadowed by Controversy: Or tragedy in this case, nowadays the only thing people remember about G.R.L. is the tragic suicide of Simone Battle and the group splitting nine months after her death. They have tried to reform twice, but have so far been overshadowed by Simone's death.
  • Signature Song: "Don't Cha" - so much so it's Covered Up the Tori Alamaze original, which was based on Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Swass."
  • What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: At one stage it was proposed that a line of dolls (yes, actual dolls) based on the group be released for the under-ten set for Christmas one year. Parental groups almost immediately shot that idea down.

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