- Americans Hate Tingle: Out of the triple summer singles released in 2015, "Party" is the best received with the Korean public. International fans are vocal in their hate of the song, having compared it with a song for a doll commercial, preferring instead "You Think".
- Broken Base: "I Got A Boy." The changes in tempo and even style made it a polarizing song among the fanbase. Western music reviewers have appreciated the effort of trying to sound different.
- Cargo Ship: Jessica with air conditioners
, and her phone, which she even brought with her onstage during a live performance. - Covered Up: In the case of their self-titled song, if not for the popularity of the song itself, then for its association with the group.
- Epic Riff: The keyboard and guitar riffs in the self-titled song.
- Fandom Rivalry: Most notably with ELFs, Super Junior's fandom. Which is pretty ironic, as both groups are from the same company and support each other very much.
- Also between 2NE1 fans (Blackjacks) and Sones, as both groups are considered to be the top girl groups in Korea. Arguments mostly about the looks of the members of each group, and which group is more "talented". Just look at any of the comments in each of their music videos - it's enough to make you want to smack them all upside the head.
- There was the whole CARTEL incident, a.k.a Black Ocean 2008. Cassies (DBSK fans), ELFs (SJ fans) and TripleS (SS501 fans) turned off their lightsticks while SNSD was performing at the 2008 Dream Concert and... behaved badly. Suffice it to say that nobody was innocent - Sones apparently had a couple issues themselves - and that is all that we will say about that!
- Ever since Taeyeon and Baekhyun of EXO were revealed to be dating, it's Sones vs EXO-L.
- There's nearly always a fandom war between Sones and stans of any girl group (eg. A Pink, AOA) since unwanted comparisons to SNSD are often made.
- As of Jessica's forced removal from the group, there's Team Jessica vs. Team SM Entertainment, due to SM's habit of smearing their talents who they remove from groups or talents who leave like Han Geng, JYJ, Kris and Luhan from EXO; Team Jessica vs. Team OT8, due to Jessica's statement which stated the other members called a meeting and forced her to choose between her new company and being in the group and the rumor Dispatch note claimed from an dubious source who was close to the girls stating that Jessica left the group to get married on March of 2015 (didn't happen); Team Jessica vs. Team Taeyeon, due to the widespread speculation that Taeyeon, being the oldest and the leader of the group, had chosen to boot Jessica and that her and Jessica never got along at all.
- Fan Nickname: Too many to count in the ever-so growing 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 Taengsinote .
- Jessica: Sica, Ice Princess, Sergeant Sica, Maomao, Sleeping Beauty, Jessicat, Sexica, Gorjess
- Sunny: Aegyo Queen, Energy Pill, Danshin (shorty), SoonKyu, Sunny Bunny, DJ Soon, Ssun, Strong Sunny
- Tiffany: Fany Fany Tiffany, Manager Hwang, Jackson Hwang, DdilFany, Brighter Than Gems note , Brighter Than Mushrooms note , Miyoung, Rapper Hwang, DJ Hwang, Fang DJ note , Secretary Hwang, Ppanyang
- Hyoyeon: Dancing Queen, Kim-choding, Specialist HY, Dancing Machine, Hyorengi (Tiger), Kim Yeolsal note
- Yuri: Black Pearl, Yul, BK Yuri, Kkab Yul, Prankster Yul
- Sooyoung: Shikshin, Happy Princess, NaSoo (interrupter), DJ Syoung, Sooyoungie
- Yoona: Deer Yoona, Him Yoona note , Flounder, Nam Choding, Alligator Yoona, Yoong, Saseumi, Im-choding, Saebyuk, Goddess
- Seohyun: Maknae, Seororo, Seobaby, Seobot, Seolady, Gguk Gguk Ee note , Hyun, Joohyun, Angel Maknae, Innocent Seohyun, Milk Seo Joo, The youngest Princess, SEOnoop Dogg, Sweet Potato Princess.
- Group-wise, they're universally known as "Soshi", to the point where you could use that instead of the full group name and anyone would understand. Also, as the longest running group in the industry bar none and toxic stans' tendency to see any woman older than thirty as a grandma, Sones have started to playfully refer to them as "Hag Generation".
- For Taeyeon, we have: Kid Leader, Taeng, Ahjumma ("middle-aged lady", mainly because of her laugh
- Fanon Discontinuity: Catch Me If You Can is their most polarizing song yet. Even SONEs weren't particularly fond of it. Some tried to defend it saying it doesn't count as a "real" SNSD song because it's a Japanese release, not a Korean one, despite being released for both markets on the same day, and it implies their Japanese discography is not as good as their Korean one; even though most would say it's the opposite.
- Fan-Preferred Couple: TaeNy (Taeyeon x Tiffany). Just try searching up SNSD fanfiction; chances are, at least half of them is TaeNynote . Even their own agency seems to know how popular it is and makes use of it (Lost in Love duet anyone?). It has been utterly sunk as of the revelation that Taeyeon was dating EXO's Baekhyun and Tiffany dating 2PM's Nickhun for a time. Reaction has been... mixed to negative.
- There is also the SunByung couple (Sunny x Hyomin of T-ARA), popularized during Invincible Youth's run. Every now and then a news article will spring up showing the girls are still very close, and the shippers come out of hibernation.
- Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Hyoyeon enjoys a lot more popularity in the west, and member Sooyoung is particularly beloved in Japan. In Korea, the usual top favourites are Taeyeon and Yoona, with Hyoyeon and Sooyoung ranking a lot lower in popularity (but still being intensely popular, being members of the National Girl Group).
- Even after her firing, Jessica is the most popular member in China, to the point she has more fans than all the other girls in SNSD together. It was number one in fancafe charts, until it was replaced by T-Ara, yet she still is the only one listed that is not in a group to score that high.
- Even after her firing, Jessica is the most popular member in China, to the point she has more fans than all the other girls in SNSD together. It was number one in fancafe charts, until it was replaced by T-Ara
- Harsher in Hindsight: During a segment of Star Golden Bell, one of the MCs had to guess whose mother was the woman who they had invited. One of the options was Tiffany. In fact, as soon as she appeared, the MC started to think that it had to be Tiffany's, since they really looked alike. All of this happened, of course, before it was revealed that Tiffany's mother passed away before her debut.
- Another Tiffany related one - she was/is the target of body shaming and mockery over her dance skills, but little did people know that she actually has scoliosis that used to be so bad that she almost didn't debut.
- Jessica's image as an "Ice Princess" on stage, i.e. not smiling all the time, seems to be result of health issues she has which have caused her to faint very often, according to those who know her in real-life and have worked with her.
- Sunny has been noted for "losing spark" among fans, but she has had chronic knee injuries that have seemingly gotten worse instead of better. She seems to be taking tons of painkillers that affect her on-stage performance, making her more drowsy.
- Memetic Mutation: "Gee" has become one within the StarCraft community due to the line "Gee gee gee gee, baby baby baby" resembling "GG"; short for good game, typed near or at the end of a match. G-Dragon of Big Bang also mentioned it in his song "Leaders": "My name is G-G-G baby baby baby GD GD baby baby", and then Aram of G.I. (Global Icon) had a part in their debut song that went "G - G - G - G.I.".
- After being sung at student protests, LGBT pride celebrations, "Me Too" marches, and demonstrations calling for the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye, fans have begun calling "Into the New World" the national anthem of South Korea.
- Pop-Culture Isolation: Despite being massively popular in Korea and even having multiple American members, they only have a relatively small cult following in the West, with their only US tour stops being on multi-group SMTOWN tours. By the time K-pop was starting to expand beyond its niche audience in the West, group activity was slowing down as multiple members were releasing side projects until the group went on hiatus for five years (2017-22), leaving newer groups like BTS to overshadow them. None of their full albums, not even their reunion album, made the Billboard 200.note
- She Really Can Act: Sooyoung. She's received multiple awards, been ranked at or near the top of several "Best Idol Actor/Actresses" lists, and has always been spoken of highly by her costars, who were surprised at how much they'd underestimated her.
- Shipping: The pairings are divided as follows: Royal (TaeNy, YulSic, YoonHyun, SooSun), Ace (JeTi, HyoYoung, SunYeon), Deuce/Full House (YulTi, YoonSic) and Dice (all other pairings). The members have playfully encouraged the ships with Les Yay Fanservice, but have gone on to pursue relationships outside the group. Many fans have not taken it well. A lot of fights over ships also happen.
- Signature Song: "Into the New World" is one of their most beloved songs within South Korea. Expect to see at least one new girl group to cover it at any given year-end ceremony. Close behind is "Gee", which shot them to international fame. Also see Memetic Mutation. "Genie" may also count, seeing as how it was the song that cemented their status as a top girl group.
- Testosterone Brigade: The group as a whole has been known to bring the boys out, but Yoona gets a special mention for having actually been dubbed the Nation's Ideal Type.
- Vindicated by History: "I Got A Boy" was very divisive upon release, being considered awful by many K-pop reviewers and Sones alike. A decade later it's now recognized as a trailblazing and influential song for its numerous changes in tempo and style, as well as its embrace of noisy synthesizers in its up-tempo sections. It is often referred to as the "Bohemian Rhapsody" of K-pop.
- WTH, Costuming Department?: During their early days, Hyoyeon ALWAYS got stuck with the grotesque hairstyles◊.
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