History YMMV / JosieAndThePussycats2001

** Tara Reid and Breckin Meyer being in the same movie -- back in the early 80s, they were both involved in the CBS game show ''Series/ChildsPlay'' (Tara appeared in pre-taped footage during the main game, while Breckin appeared in person for the bonus game).

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film, [[TurnOfTheMillennium made in 2001]], takes place in a world where {{boy band}}s and {{girl group}}s are the biggest things in pop music, the major labels wield near-supreme control over what becomes popular, Creator/{{MTV}} is still thought of as a music network first (and even features the show ''Total Request Live'', complete with Carson Daly still hosting), and everyone gets their music from brick-and-mortar record stores. File-sharing isn't even mentioned, despite the fact that Napster was at the peak of its popularity and infamy when the film came out. Additionally, some of the brands [[ProductPlacement featured]] ''very heavily'' in the film have faded out of relevance, such as [=MovieFone=] and America Online, both of which faded into irrelevance later in the decade with the rise of the Internet and cable [=ISPs=], respectively, as well as the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, which had just been discontinued a week before the film's premiere (the movie was filmed early enough that the [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8HUrem_gPg0/VZeanSHMrII/AAAAAAAAG8M/hudhM_rmHaM/s1600/sega-dreamcast-box.png original packaging for the DC]] is visible as opposed to the [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QeEtI9lptVo/VZealkVJxtI/AAAAAAAAG8E/XzYdwQ1jgKo/s1600/box.png later variant]]). It also predicted that bubblegum teen pop would be swept aside by PopPunk in the early 2000s. While the titular band's outfits and videos are reminiscent of Music/DestinysChild and early Music/BritneySpears, the actual music sounds more like Music/AvrilLavigne or Music/GoodCharlotte. This only further dates it to the early 2000s, the era in which that wave of pop-punk was at its height.

** Du Jour means friendship!

* MemeticMutation: Josie and the Pussycats is the Best Movie Ever [[spoiler: [[SubliminalSeduction Join the Army]]]]!

* LesYay:

* WTHCastingAgency: An unfortunate aspect that is hit by all three lead actresses: while Josie, Melody and Valerie in the cartoon were seen as a upbeat leader, the ditzy blonde and the brainy problem-solver, Creator/RachaelLeighCook, Creator/TaraReid and Creator/RosarioDawson's portrayals are more stylized as being [[DullSurprise dour/disinterested]], [[TheStoner a burnout]] and [[SassyBlackWoman having a chip on their shoulder]], respectively.

** [[Film/WarOfTheWorlds Tom Cruise's whiny son]] plays a recurring Josie fan.

** The idea of a BoyBand's manager being secretly a criminal became a lot less of a joke in 2006 when Lou Pearlman, the producer who developed the Music/BackstreetBoys and Music/{{NSYNC}} among many other [=Y2K=]-era boy bands, {{girl group}}s, and {{teen idol}}s,[[note]]In addition to the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, Pearlman managed the boy bands [[Series/MakingTheBand O-Town]], Music/{{LFO}}, Take 5, Natural, Marshall Dyllon (which he co-created with Music/KennyRogers), [=US5=], and C-Note, the girl groups Solid [=HarmoniE=] and Innosense (which briefly had Music/BritneySpears as an early member), the solo act Music/AaronCarter, the Orlando rap duo Smilez & Southstar, and [[Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock Jordan Knight]]'s solo career.[[/note]] was found to be running a {{Ponzi}} scheme, having used his reputation in the music industry as the "boy band mogul" to do so. In 2008, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison, and he would eventually die there in 2016. What's more, with the exception of [=US5=] and Marshall Dyllon, all of the acts signed to his label eventually sued him for misrepresentation and fraud at one point or another. A bit less cartoonishly villainous than Fiona's EvilPlan, but still.

* HilariousInHindsight: The movie was ''dead-on'' in predicting [[PopularityPolynomial the fall]] of {{boy band}}s and the rise of [[PopPunk pop-punk]] in the early TurnOfTheMillennium.

** The Pussycats depressed that [=DuJour=] had a record deal and they didn't. Since TechnologyMarchesOn with computers and recording software, streaming services like SoundCloud and TuneCore, video sharing sites like Website/YouTube, staying an indie artist became more popular than the quest for a record deal.

** The idea of a BoyBand's manager being secretly a criminal became a lot less of a joke in 2006 when Lou Pearlman, the producer who developed the Music/BackstreetBoys and Music/{{NSYNC}} among many other [=Y2K=]-era boy bands, {{girl group}}s, and {{teen idol}}s,[[note]]In addition to the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, Pearlman managed the boy bands [[Series/MakingTheBand O-Town]], Music/{{LFO}}, Take 5, Natural, Marshall Dyllon (which he co-created with Music/KennyRogers), [=US5=], and C-Note, the girl groups Solid [=HarmoniE=] and Innosense (which briefly had Music/BritneySpears as an early member), the solo act Music/AaronCarter, the Orlando rap duo Smilez & Southstar, and [[Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock Jordan Knight]]'s solo career.[[/note]] was found to be running a {{Ponzi}} scheme, having used his reputation in the music industry to do so. In 2008, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison, and he would eventually die there in 2016. What's more, with the exception of [=US5=] and Marshall Dyllon, all of the acts signed to his label eventually sued him for misrepresentation and fraud at one point or another. A bit less cartoonishly villainous than Fiona's EvilPlan, but still.

** The idea of a BoyBand's manager being secretly a criminal became a lot less of a joke in 2006 when Lou Pearlman, the producer who developed the Music/BackstreetBoys and Music/{{NSYNC}} among many other [=Y2K=]-era boy bands and {{girl group}}s, was found to be running a {{Ponzi}} scheme, having used his reputation in the music industry to do so. In 2008, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison, and he would eventually die there in 2016. What's more, with the exception of [=US5=] and Marshall Dyllon, all of the bands he formed eventually sued him for misrepresentation and fraud at one point or another. A bit less cartoonishly villainous than Fiona's EvilPlan, but still.

* HarsherInHindsight: Seeing the Pussycats' private jet winging its' way towards New York, the (ad-covered) Twin Towers on full display. The movie was released only 5 months prior to 9/11 and in some markets like the UK and Ireland was still playing in cinemas at the time of the attack.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Just as Wyatt is about to talk to Josie after giving her and Mel (but not Val) an invitation to Fiona's party, we can see Mel is offering Val her invitation in the background.

** The Pussycats depressed that Du Jour had a record deal and they didn't. Since TechnologyMarchesOn with computers and recording software, streaming services like SoundCloud and TuneCore, video sharing sites like Website/YouTube, staying an indie artist became more popular than the quest for a record deal.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Du Jour managing to land their plane safely after Wyatt and the pilot bailed, subsequently surviving an assault by angry Metallica fans and attempting to first warn the Pussycats about the plot, and when that failed, confront Wyatt and Fiona directly. That's determination right there. Even if their attempt gets hobbled by their injuries, Josie takes the opportunity to untie her friends, fight with Fiona and cause the latter to smash the Megasound 8000, exposing Fiona's true nature and ruining the brainwashing scheme.]]

** The idea of a BoyBand's manager being secretly a criminal became a lot less of a joke in 2006 when Lou Pearlman, the producer who developed the Music/BackstreetBoys and Music/{{NSYNC}} among many other [=Y2K=]-era boy bands and {{girl group}}s, was found to be running a {{Ponzi}} scheme, having used his reputation in the music industry to do so. In 2008, he was sentenced and sent to prison, where he would eventually die. What's more, with the exception of [=US5=] and Marshall Dyllon, all of the bands he formed eventually sued him for misrepresentation and fraud at one point or another. A bit less cartoonishly villainous than Fiona's EvilPlan, but still.

* HarsherInHindsight: As noted on the Trivia page, Music/{{Aaliyah}} was offered the role of Valerie, but turned it down, while [[Music/{{TLC}} Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes]] read for the role. Both of them would die tragically within a year of the film's release, Aaliyah in a plane crash and Left Eye in a car crash, not unlike how Wyatt and Fiona [[spoiler:try to]] have [=DuJour=] killed in a plane crash and later try to have Valerie and Melody killed in a car crash.

* HarsherInHindsight: As noted on the Trivia page, Music/{{Aaliyah}} was offered the role of Valerie, but turned it down, while [[Music/{{TLC}} Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes]] read for the role. Both of them would die tragically within a year of the film's release, Aaliyah in a plane crash and Left Eye in a car crash, not unlike how Wyatt and Fiona have [=DuJour=] killed in a plane crash [[spoiler:(or try to, at any rate)]] and later try to have Valerie and Melody killed in a car crash.

* CryForTheDevil: The scene where Fiona meets the pussycats makes it rather obvious that she has a really hard time making actually connections with other people. She's also a total megalomaniacal, manipulative monster who's willing to brainwash kids and commit murder in cold blood.

** Also, the scene with the girls in Fiona's bedroom suggests she has a thing for Josie, calling her "pretty".

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film, [[TurnOfTheMillennium made in 2001]], takes place in a world where {{boy band}}s and {{girl group}}s are the biggest things in pop music, the major labels wield near-supreme control over what becomes popular, Creator/{{MTV}} is still thought of as a music network first (and even features the show ''Total Request Live'', complete with Carson Daly still hosting), and everyone gets their music from brick-and-mortar record stores. File-sharing isn't even mentioned, despite the fact that Napster was at the peak of its popularity and infamy when the film came out. Additionally, some of the brands [[ProductPlacement featured]] ''[[UpToEleven very heavily]]'' in the film have faded out of relevance, such as [=MovieFone=] and America Online, both of which faded into irrelevance later in the decade with the rise of the Internet and cable [=ISPs=], respectively, as well as the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, which had just been discontinued a week before the film's premiere (the movie was filmed early enough that the [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8HUrem_gPg0/VZeanSHMrII/AAAAAAAAG8M/hudhM_rmHaM/s1600/sega-dreamcast-box.png original packaging for the DC]] is visible as opposed to the [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QeEtI9lptVo/VZealkVJxtI/AAAAAAAAG8E/XzYdwQ1jgKo/s1600/box.png later variant]]). It also predicted that bubblegum teen pop would be swept aside by PopPunk in the early 2000s. While the titular band's outfits and videos are reminiscent of Music/DestinysChild and early Music/BritneySpears, the actual music sounds more like Music/AvrilLavigne or Music/GoodCharlotte. This only further dates it to the early 2000s, the era in which that wave of pop-punk was at its height.

** The Pussycats depressed that Du Jour had a record deal and they didn't. Since TechnologyMarchesOn with computers and recording software, streaming services like SoundCloud and TuneCore, video sharing sites like YouTube, staying an indie artist became more popular than the quest for a record deal.