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You definitely were in a Boy Band if, years and years after the fact, your fandom looks back on your early albums as an embarrassing phase, [[Guilty Pleasure]], [[So Bad It's Good]], or (if it's old enough) [[Camp]].

At least [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like|one wag]] has suggested that the real [[Ur Example|original Boy Band]] was [[Alvin and The Chipmunks]], both for the popularity among pre-teens and the squeaky music sound of both the real and cartoon bands.

 

 

* '''The Heartthrob / Sweet One:''' The unofficial [[Face of the Band]], and the one who was put there to draw the [[Squee]] of millions of adoring teenage girls (at least, the most [[Squee]]). Most likely a former model. Is most likely to appear [[Shirtless Scene|shirtless]] on the posters and in photo shoots. He is also the one most likely to have a successful solo career once the group disbands. If the band gets a movie, count on him to be the protagonist.

* '''The Bad Boy / Rebel:''' The one with a rougher edge to him. He's the one wearing the black shirt and jeans or leather jacket in those videos where they're not all wearing matching clothes. If he's ''really'' edgy, he may also have a tattoo. Put in to cater to those [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|girls who want bad boys]].

* McFly (named after the character from ''[[Back to The Future]]''), an early 2000 band, fitted the mould. They were considered a "sister"-group to the band ''Busted'' that, while a boy band, [[Power Trio|only had three members]] (one member was the older brother, the shy one and the cute one combined).

* LFO - A [[Power Trio]], though they weren't even half as popular as 98 Degrees. However, they ''did'' get the all-important [[New Kids on the Block|Joey McIntyre]] Elder Boy Band Statesman Seal of Approval; he had them as openers for some of his solo shows. (LFO supposedly stands for "[[Brain Bleach|Lyte Funky Ones]]".)

* O-Town might be seen as the beginning of the end of the U.S. Boy Band craze. While they did have a few hit songs to their name, they were put together on the reality show ''Making The Band,'' which shined a light on all the criticism of Boy Bands, especially the cry of being "generic." It was hard to argue that they were formulaic since you literally saw the group being put together by a group of record executives.

* [[Dong Bang Shin Ki]] is a Korean boyband that was vastly popular in Asia. They're especially popular in Japan, and have recorded four albums in Japanese. They even did one of the openings for [[One Piece]]! Recently they split up over money and contract issues, though three of the members that split off from their parent company are still going strong.

** Leave it to ''[[The Onion]]'' to [http://www.theonion.com/content/video/disney_lab_unveils_its_latest take this one on.]

** While it's pretty clear why some people would classify them as a boy band, they don't really fit the above criteria considering they are brothers (not formed by a label) and play several instruments, plus they are more like a boy-band-ish version of a typical pop rock band anyway.

* Rockapella was a college a capella group that was signed on to a PBS game show in order to cash in on the popularity f boys bands. The show was called [[Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?]].

* [[Big Time Rush]]: Known as a current day version of the Monkees and Sony Music and Nickelodeon's answer to the Jonas Brothers (and later, to Allstar Weekend).

* Unsurprisingly, [[Professional Wrestling]] got in on the act. WCW faction Three Count, consisting of Shannon Moore, Shane Helms and Evan Karagias, were a parody boy band. They even had a variation of the large, intimidating boss in enforcer/#1 fan Tank Abbot.

* Japanese [[Professional Wrestling]] promotion Toryumon X tried this. They cast Taiji Ishimori as a pop idol and identical twin brothers Shu and Kei Sato as his backup singers. Then they pushed the trio as the top faces of the promotion, even going so far as to have them actually release an album. Fans didn't take to them.

* ''[[The Replacements]]'' had Todd, Sheldon and the rest of the Boy's Choir become "Boy's Rock" when he replaced his choirmaster with a Large Intimidiating Boss in an episode fairly similar to the ''[[South Park]]'' and ''[[The Simpsons]]'' examples.

* Señor Senior Snr. and Señor Senior Jnr. kidnapped a group like this in ''[[Kim Possible]]''. They'd outlived their popularity (which lasted about a week) until the kidnapping put them back on top.

* ''[[The Middleman]]'' has an episode in which a boy band turns out to consist of aliens trying to get back to their home galaxy. The Middleman has apparently read this page, because he identifies all of them by role.

* The musical ''[[Altar Boyz]]!'' is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of boy bands and [[Christian Rock]].

* The ''[[Josie and the Pussycats (film)|Josie and The Pussycats]]'' [[The Movie|movie]] featured a boy band called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ica0S13BTh4&feature=related Dujour.] To make fun of the effeminate nature of many boy bands, their hit single was called "[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Backdoor Lover]]". When they find out that their record label is putting [[Subliminal Advertising]] into their music, their manager (who isn't a big burly dude, but is instead an evil Alan Cumming) tries to have them killed by causing their plane to crash. {{spoiler|They survive, having managed to safely land the plane on their own... only to find that they had landed in the parking lot of an arena hosting a [[Metallica]] concert.}}

* ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' created one out of the series [[People in Rubber Suits]] to sing the [[Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIUqtKZDJic No,] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TpzCAaK5no seriously.]

* ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'' and its prequel, ''[[Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories|Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]'' feature fictional boy bands on the Lips 106 radio station with hilarious names.

** One word: [[Vocaloid]]

* [[Mitch Benn]]'s Boy Band song: ''Twenty minutes have gone by/since I met these other guys/and we've already had a hit/and you're listening to it/and I'm sure you think it sh-/ould be number one already''

* Xbox snowboard game ''Amped 3'' had an [[Excuse Plot]] that included one snowboarder joining a French-themed boy band called Mengae a Brahs. Their hit, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqNllLkBCcY Bling 4 U], has a [[Subliminal Seduction]] twist.

* Internet parodist David Lehre's fictitious boy band Heat Street, featuring songs such as "Girl, Touch My Weiner."

* The crew of [[The Chaser's War on Everything]] dressed up as a parody of boy band and did a live song. The song started out normally with dancing and <s>singing</s> lipsyncing at a nice and steady pace. Then [[Hilarity Ensues|the music skips on a few words and starts to rewind and start over, then proceeding to speed up and slow down randomly.]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb_xdL2HT-Y/ Forcing the "boy band" to improvise quickly and beautifully.]

* The [[Korean Drama]] [[You Are Beautiful]], while not a parody, is basically about a made-up boyband.