Mean Girls

Whoever call back that a moving picture based on a parenting book would become such a cult smash ? Tina Fey , that ’s who . She adaptedQueen Bees and Wannabes , peppered the playscript with zanySaturday Night Livehumor and threw in a dash of her signature non - sequitur mirthful touch . It was the gross recipe for a hit . Mean Girlsdescended on cinemas on April 30 , 2004 . Fifteen years later , it ’s still   a standard of popular polish . There ’s even aMean GirlsDay — it ’s October 3rd .

Mean Girlscenters around Cady Heron , a teen who pass her   formative year   in Africa and has never been to a North American public school . Through her eyes , the witness sees gamey school for what it really is : adequate parts ridiculous and frightening . Cady is enroll into a plot of ground to overturn the school ’s cruel Queen Bee , Regina George . Along with Cady , we see that anyone has the ability to be a mean young lady , from the cold hard Plastics to the art freak .   The film has a solid anti - bullying message , but as uncool as it is to be a mean daughter , it ’s sure fun to speak like one . Mean Girlsis one of the most quotable movies of the twenty - first century .

“I’m Not Like A Regular Mom. I’m A Cool Mom.”

Some people are done with high school the minute they hurl their graduation exercise caps in the strain ; others playact like they ’ve never left . Amy Poehler is sales talk - perfect hapless as Mrs. George , Regina ’s mom , who substantiate the latter . She clings to her youth like a botoxed barnacle . As uproarious as she is desperate , Mrs. George pull in her ' coolheaded mom ' status by serving fluorescent mocktails to the Plastics — alcohol optional — and leave her youngest girl to mimic aGirls Gone Wildvideo .

Perhaps most notably , Mrs. George memorise the Plastics ' risqué stage dancing to " Jingle Bell Rock , " which she performs in the aisle at the Winter Talent Show . In Mrs. George ’s " nerveless mom " globe , she ’s forever xvi and happy hour is from four to six .

“That’s Why Her Hair Is So Big. It’s Full Of Secrets.”

Damian and Janis , the " artistry freaks " , pride themselves on being Cady ’s   North Shore gamy safari guide . This means familiarizing Cady with the local predators : the Plastics . Each Plastic get her own colorful comment and while Janis ' is dripping with vitriol , Damian ’s is   wry with the little hint of admiration . This verbal description of petite nosy-parker Gretchen Wieners is hand - down the most memorable .

Irony abounds inMean young woman . Damian and Janis detest the Plastics , but ca n’t stop haunt about them . On the flip side , Gretchen has everything — her fatheristhe discoverer of Toaster Strudel — but is unsafe and eternally paranoid it ’ll all be exact away . pick up dirt on anyone and everyone is like Gretchen ’s prophylactic vest . And if it gives her supermodel hair … bonus .

“Don’t Have Sex. Because You Will Get Pregnant And Die.”

Though the film ’s capable issue is predominantly the titular base miss , it ca n’t dissent taking a few potshots at the madness that is most gamy school sex activity - erectile dysfunction . The end of these programs seems to be daunt adolescent into not having sex . This ordinarily involves pregnancy horror story and graphic photograph .

entail Girlsdoesn’t have time for an entire full - length social class with Coach Carr — though it would be hysterical — so sex - erectile dysfunction is sum up up in this one iconic line . While Coach Carr may not bang how to spell " chlamydia " , he ’s hip to the fact that none of these panic tactics in reality work . He concludes the course by handing out condoms .

“We Should Totally Just Stab Caesar!”

In the world of the Plastics , or " Girl creation " , Cady enjoin us that all the fighting want to be sneaky . Girls are n’t reserve to articulate any feelings of malcontent with their Quaker , no matter how badly they ’re treat .   Gretchen relishes her position as Regina ’s primary madam - in - wait , but Regina ’s increasing nastiness start to take its price .

Of course , Gretchen ca n’t actually stand up for herself . That ’s why she takes her foiling out on her English report . In this lightly - obscure metaphor , Gretchen ’s the " just as cute " Brutus and Regina is the tyrannous Caesar . Only in Girl World would Caesar and Brutus have BFF necklaces .

“One Time, She Punched Me In The Face. It Was Awesome!”

Damian says,“If North Shore was Us Weekly [ the Plastics ] would always be on the masking . “Inwardly , everyone loathes the Plastics but externally , the masses shaft for   their acknowledgement … in any signifier . For the wizard - gazers of North Shore , and Bethany in special , being physically assaulted by Regina George is preferred to being ignored by her .

Bethany is n’t the only one starstruck by the Plastics . scholarly person from every camp ( and even some instructor ) serve up about them as if they ’re Hollywood celebrities . These misuse admirer even nominate most of the Plastics for Spring Fling Queen . This eccentric of veneration is madden to the viewer , but that ’s what constitute it so satisfying when Regina gets clobbered by the bus . She lives , but turn out that karma is the ultimate Queen Bee .

“You Can’t Sit With Us!”

The ultimate social osculation of end . Nobody revere Regina more than Gretchen , but when Regina ’s knocked down a peg , Gretchen is speedy to confound her away like yesterday ’s cheese fries . This really scupper the lawful nature of the Plastics ' friendship — or lack thereof .

Regina puts on a few lbf. — she ’s sabotaged by Cady — and can only correspond into sweat pants . This is stringently against Girl World rules , which dictate sweatpants may only be worn on Fridays . Obviously , literal friends would be consent of each other no matter their weight or closet . This line is so laughable not just because of Gretchen ’s squeaking delivery , but because it hits the nail on the head of what it means to be a mean lady friend .

“That Is The Ugliest Effing Skirt I’ve Ever Seen.”

Why is Regina allowed to get off with her reign of terror for so long ? Because , on the exterior , she ’s sweeter than a Disney princess . She only permit her Cruella side out behind closed doors . Cady is initially snowed by Regina ’s externally pleasant demeanor … until she spends factual time with her .

At school , Regina compliments a girl on her bird . As soon as the lady friend is out of hearing , Regina verbalize thisbon motto Cady , making Cady recall a interchangeable fundamental interaction regarding her watchband . If Regina were a comic Koran scoundrel , her name would be Two - nerve . Wait , is that taken ?

“On Wednesdays, We Wear Pink.”

Of all the Girl World prescript , this is the most notorious . credibly because it ’s the most ludicrous of the bunch . It ’s promote into comedy Au when the non - girly Cady has to clamber to recover something pinkish to have on . She has to settle for swim in Damian ’s extra - large baby - pink Marco Polo . These rules just demonstrate that the Plastics are sheeple , like everybody else .

For the uneducated , the other rules are as follows:“You ca n’t wear a tank top two days in a row . you may only wear your hair in a ponytail once a hebdomad . We only wear jeans or track knickers on Fridays . “And do n’t even recollect about wearing a vest .

“That Is So Fetch.”

As desperate as Gretchen is to be a knockoff of Regina , there ’s also a small part of her that want to stand up apart from her authoritarian . That ’s why she invent the word"fetch " , take a firm stand it’s"like , slang , from England . “She try out to insert it into every conversation , with the subtlety of a dancing grizzly bear .

Regina quickly grows stock of"fetch"and rips into Gretchen , rudely decree that " get " will never find . But Gretchen would have the last laugh , as the term has been permanently solidified into the pop culture jargon . Her begetter may have made Toaster Strudel happen , but Gretchen made " bring " happen .

“Boo, You Whore.”

While the Plastics may treat their adore world with saccharine syrupiness , they do n’t always show each other that " respect " . When Karen ( poorly ) forge a cold to get out of spending prison term with Regina , Regina fires back with this precious stone . For Karen , it specially smarts because she just received confirmation that Regina has been calling her a slut behind her back .

Later in the movie , Ms. Norbury admonish the miss for calling each other humiliating , misgoynistic names . She ’s totally right , but her impregnable position is n’t enough to shut down this iconic stemma . It has since   engage on a life of its own .   People all over the universe cite it when friend say they ’re unavailable .   Who needs to rule North Shore High ? Regina George rules the world .

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