History Fridge / MeanGirls

* Regina's line referring to Gretchen's nomination for Spring Fling Queen, saying that "She's not even pretty." In the original script, Gretchen was intended to be average at best, ugly at worst - mostly desirable because of her expensive clothes and lavish lifestyle. When the obviously pretty Lacey Chabert was cast for the role, this line was left in, and rather than just a statement, it becomes an insight into Regina's character. She truly believes that she is the queen bee because she deserves it, because she is superior to Karen and Gretchen. YMMV on which girl is most attractive, but fans can all agree that each of them is gorgeous, and only Regina's inflated ego could have resulted in such a surprise at Gretchen's nomination.

** Or it was a result of Regina becoming threatened by Janis's popularity and wanting to take her down. Regina could have been depending on *others* having heard that Janis was Lebanese, and being able to easily convince them that they had heard "lesbian" instead.
* Minor but facepalm-worthy: "Fetch," which seems like such a random word, is probably short for "fetching," which ''would'' make sense in the contexts she uses it.

** Cady didn't spend her whole life in Africa, just all of her school years. She could have been five or six when she when over, so english isn't a problem. As for the accent, she could have picked that up from her parents.
*** As a Britain born OopNorth and raised in Spain for my schooling years, I can tell you people do tend to lose their original accent after a while. Just chalk it up to NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent.

** I noticed that when Ms Norbury asks who has felt victimised by Regina, the teachers and even Mr Duvall raise their hands too. So it might be that Regina is so effective as an AlphaBitch that even the teachers don't question her. As for the cut blouses, we only see them wearing the clothes like that for one afternoon - so maybe the teachers did forbid them. It's just that they didn't have replacement tops they could change into that day.

!! FridgeHorror
* Not exactly FridgeHorror, but if Janis choreographed the sexy Jingle Bell Rock dance when she was still friends with Regina, that means that she, Regina, and the other Plastics were no older than 12 or 13 years old when they started performing it at school talent shows (and presumably wearing the costumes).
** To be fair, those costumes probably covered more back then...
** A lot of girls do tend to copy dancing they see their favourite pop stars doing. Dance is a bit suggestive on its own, so while it's a bit icky, it's unfortunately TruthInTelevision. It's already a bit icky that these are sixteen-year-old girls performing this dance.

** A lot of girls do tend to copy dancing they see their favourite pop stars doing. Dance is a bit suggestive on its own, so while it's a bit icky, it's unfortunately TruthInTelevision. It's already a bit icky that these are sixteen-year-old girls performing this dance.

** To be fair, those costumes probably covered more back then...

** Another argument may have been that considering how almost every female in that scene was victimized by Regina George, so for them to hear all the bad thing that happened to Regina must have been very satisfying to condemn Janis for.

*** But English is a lingua franca in South Africa and other parts of the continent, a dialect that is very different from Midwestern American English. If Cady spoke to ''anyone'' other than her parents, it would rub off eventually. NotEvenBotheringWithAnAccent, I say.

** Plenty of kids with rich parents go to public schools. It might be because the parents do want to save money, (even if you're rich, a good private school can still be rather expensive) though sometimes the kid goes to public school for the general environment. More exposure to different types of people and whatnot.

*** But English is a lingua franca in South Africa and other parts of the continent, a dialect that is very different from Midwestern American English. If Cady spoke to ''anyone'' other than her parents, it would rub off eventually. Not Even Bothering, I say.

** Plenty of kids with rich parents go to public school. It might be because the parents do want to save money, (even if you're rich, a good private school is still expensive) though sometimes the kid goes to public school for the general environment. More exposure to different types of people and whatnot.
** In some areas of the country, public school is just as good as (and just as expensive as, due to a combination of taxes and books) private school.

** Cady didn't spend her whole life in Africa, just all of her School years. She could have been five or six when she when over, so english isn't a problem. As for the accent, she could have picked that up from her parents.

*** But English is a lingua franca in South Africa and other parts of the continent, although English with its own dialect, pronunciation, and grammar laws. If Cady spoke to ''anyone'' other than her parents, it would rub off. Not Even Bothering, I say.

* Not exactly FridgeHorror, but if Janis choreographed the sexy Jingle Bell Rock dance when she was still friends with Regina, that means that she, Regina, and the other Plastics were no older than 12 or 13 years old when they started performing it at school talent shows (and presumably wearing the costumes).

*** When she was in Africa she spoke the native language when talking to others. However she still spoke English with her parents at home. She learned how to speak English first and so she kept her accent from speaking with them.

*** As a Britain born OopNorth and raised in Spain for my schooling years, I can tell you people do tend to lose their original accent after a while. Just chalk it up to NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent.

** Cady didn't spend her whole life in Africa, just all of her School years. She could have been five or six when she when over, so english isn't a problem. As for the accent, she could have picked that up from her parents.

** It doesn't say Cady spent her whole life in Africa, just all of her School years. She could have been five or six when she when over, so english isn't a problem. As for the accent, she could have picked that up from her parents.

* Why does Cady speak English with a perfect American accent when she's spent her entire life in Africa?

** In some areas of the country, public school is just as good as (and just as expensive as, due to a combination of taxes and books) private school.

** In some areas of the country, public school is just as good as (and just as expensive as, due to taxes) private school.

** Plenty of kids with rich parents go to public school. It might be because the parents do want to save money, (even if you're rich, a good private school is still expensive) though sometimes the kid goes to public school for the general environment. More exposure to different types of people and whatnot.

Why would the inventor of Toaster Strudels need to put his daughter in public school? Surely the resident RichBitch would be just one of many in some ritzy private academy?