History YMMV / SpiceGirls

* SignatureSong: "Wannabe" is clearly this, as it was one of the biggest hits of TheNineties, and by far their biggest hit as a group. As for additional signature songs, "Say You'll Be There", "2 Become 1", "Who Do You Think You Are", "Spice Up Your Life", and "Stop" could all be argued as this. All of their singles, bar "Stop" (which peaked at #2) and their 2007 reunion single "Headlines" (#11), reached #1 on the UK charts, though "Stop" is probably more remembered than a few of their #1s.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuy_NvrErnM This]] advert for Walkers Crisps has the girls unsuccessfully hitting on footballer Gary Linekar. Victoria would have much better luck in that department when she met David Beckham.

* MemeticLoser: Victoria could occasionally veer into this, as she sang the least of the girls due to an incident where she couldn't be there for one of the earliest recording sessions - and thus her vocals had to be shared amongst the other girls. This has led to fans touting her as the one who couldn't sing, even though she had a musical theatre background and sang quite a few solos in the ''Spiceworld'' and ''Forever'' albums.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The song "Two Become One" is about sex pure and simple with the chorus going "I wanna make love to you baby" and the line "Be a little bit wiser, baby/Put it on, put it on" which could only be about a condom (not to mention this line is made to rhyme with "get it on, get it on"). Imagine a slumber party of 6-10 year old girls dancing around and singing those lyrics. Then there's "Holler" which contains lyrics about "fantasy rooms" and "start from the bottom and work your way up slowly". Then of course if you take the basic premise of five girls in Stripperiffic outfits posing provocatively, you may be alarmed at the fact that little girls looked up to them. It was nonetheless marketed to little girls with oodles of merchandising.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Part of the reason for the band's success is that their songs were enjoyed by people who would normally hate the idea of listening to manufactured pop groups. This is because of their extremely high production values, the varied harmonies and the way each single stands out. The fact the band wrote all their own songs and didn't release any covers as singles helped as well.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The song "Two Become One" is about sex pure and simple with the chorus going "I wanna make love to you baby" and the line "Be a little bit wiser, baby/Put it on, put it on" which could only be about a condom (not to mention this line is made to rhyme with "get it on, get it on"). Imagine a slumber party of 6-10 year old girls dancing around and singing those lyrics. Then there's "Holler" which contains lyrics about "fantasy rooms" and "start from the bottom and work your way up slowly". Then of course if you take the basic premise of five girls in Stripperiffic outfits posing provocatively, you may be alarmed at the fact that little girls looked up to them. It was nonetheless marketed to little girls with oodles of merchandising.

** In 2019, Mel B revealed on ''Piers Morgan's Life Stories'', that she and Geri had a one-night stand, much to the shock of Music/MelanieC, who was in the audience. Geri denied it and the revelation caused to tension to resurface for a while.

* FanCommunityNickname: Melanie B once dubbed the band's male fans as "Spice Boys".

** The chorus to "Wannabe" ("If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends") is used as part of a meme template, where the meme usually consists of replacing the "you gotta get with my friends" part. A promotional image of the Spice Girls holding inflatable globes is often used for this, with the song's lyrics being edited over the globes (and with the last globe being where the punchline is written). Alternatively, "If you wanna be my lover" is in a caption above the image, and each globe has a different thing written on it.

* LGBTFanbase: The girls have a huge gay male following.

** "Stop".

* MemeticLoser: Victoria could occasionally veer into this, as she sang the least of the girls due to an incident where she couldn't be there for one of the earliest recording sessions - and thus her vocals had to be shared amongst the other girls. This has led to fans touting her as the one who couldn't sing, even though she had a musical theatre background and sang quite a few solos in the ''Forever'' album.

* BrokenBase: The single "Holler" from the much maligned third album. Some call FanonDiscontinuity on it, as it's more R&B than their other albums, and others found the blatant sexuality of it [[{{Narm}} amusing rather than sexy]] - while also finding it to be too generic sounding. Others however find it nice and catchy, and consider it the best song off ''Forever''. Others also like it as one of the few songs where Victoria gets to sing more.

* FanonDiscontinuity: The album ''Forever.'' Many fans would rather that "Goodbye" had been their last single, given the title and the fact that Geri had left the band, "Goodbye" being a tribute to her. The band's lack of success with ''Forever'', the fact Geri is not on the album, and its generic style means it is an easy album to ignore. Music/MelanieC would later say that even though the Spice Girls went on to do this album after Geri left the band, the Spice Girls were never truly the Spice Girls without her, and the day she left was what really marked the end of the group.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Seriously, they were marketed to (and incredibly popular with) preteen girls, but most of their songs were very thinly veiled [[IntercourseWithYou metaphors for sex.]] The line "I really, really, really wanna zig-a-zig-ahh" in "Wannabe" is often thought to be a reference to some form of a sexual activity. They take it further in songs like "2 Become 1" ("Be a little bit wiser, baby. Put it on." - "It" being a condom, and ya know, the title of the song has enough sexual implication in and of itself.), "Naked", which is about a girl choosing to lose her virginity, and "Holler".

* LesYay: The girls did a lot of hugging and kissing of each other, even away from the cameras. The music video to their hit "Wannabe" even featured Geri squeezing Emma's butt.

* MemeticMutation: "Stop".

* EarWorm: Too many to count.

* LesYay: The girls did a lot of hugging and kissing of each other when they were in front of the cameras. Behind them, probably not so much. Also, they admit to catfighting on occasion. Even the music video to their hit, "Wannabe" featured Geri squeezing Emma's butt.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Part of the reason for the band's success is that their songs were enjoyed by people who would normally hate the idea of listening to manufactured pop groups. This is because of their extremely high production values, the varied harmonies and the general attempt to make each single stand out. The fact the band wrote all their own songs and didn't release any covers as singles helped as well.

* AngstWhatAngst: They all vehemently denied any tension within the group, of which there was so very, very much. Eventually, most of them fessed up and discussed it, but Emma remained all smiles.