History Headscratchers / MeanGirls

*** A lot of the things that Cady did in the situation could have turned people away from her. Backstabbing Regina whilst Regina's offering her friendship? Maybe people were worried that Cady might do that again. Turning Gretchen and Karen against Regina? Maybe people thought that if Cady were to join their friend group it would cause a similar situation. Being told that she 'made out with Regina's boyfriend and then convinced him to break up with her'? I can imagine a ''lot'' of girls wouldn't want her around their boyfriends. Yes Janis was the mastermind behind everything, but at the end of the day Cady still made the choice to go ahead with it - she had a level of responsibility in the situation.

*** Moments before Regina's hit by the bus, she screams that everyone says Cady is a 'homeschooled jungle freak who's a less hot version of her'. Whether or not that's fully true is unclear (it may be Regina being hyperbolic, or even just a lie to bring Cady down), but if the other students did gossip about Cady in that way, it's possible that they ''wanted'' Cady to be taken down a peg or two. When you combine Cady's role in the whole burn book saga and Regina's downfall (factoring in that a lot of rumours spread quickly that Cady pushed her in front of the bus) - they're given the reason they've been looking for to take her down. It’s even possible that the rumours about Cady pushing Regina were started and spread by the same students who were tired of Cady, to get her ostracised by the rest of the school.

** I guess it really boils down to "she could never think Cady was capable of doing that". Regina could have cross-checked Gretchen because the latter could have confused Kalteen Bars with a part of a healthy diet out of sheer idiocy, but with Cady the only explanation would have been a malicious intent, and Regina just didn't seem to even suspect it in her.

*** Note the way Regina reacts when she finds out the truth about the kalteen bars, and realises what Cady's was doing all along. It's possibly the most enraged we see her in the whole film. If Regina had any suspicions about Cady’s intentions, she wouldn’t have been so furious.

*** Note the way Regina reacts when she finds out the truth about the kalteen bars, and realises what Cady's was doing all along. It's possibly the most enraged we see her in the whole film. At least part of her reaction is going to be as a result of the fact that Cady (who Regina seemed to genuinely like) did that. If Regina had any reason to suspect any sort of ill intention from Cady she probably wouldn't have had such a huge reaction.

** In a deleted scene, Regina tells Cady that she had a dollhouse when she was younger; despite her not being interested in it, she threw it down the stairs to break it because she didn’t want anyone else to have it. Anything that’s ever been hers either has to stay hers, or no one else is allowed it.

** Does Aaron actually claim to be good at the subject during the film? By the point he’s tutoring Cady, all he knows is that her grades are worse than his, he doesn’t know that she’s failing on purpose. As far as he’s concerned, he’s just helping out a friend who he’s been lead to believe is doing worse than he is. His grades might not be great, but Cady’s bad ones are worse.

** Does Aaron actually claim to be good at the subject during the film? By the point he’s tutoring Cady, all he knows is that her grades are worse than his - he’s not claiming to be an expert at it, he’s just helping out someone who he thinks is worse.

* If Cady has Spanish on her class schedule then why does one of her teachers yell at her in German in the "dumb rules" montage?

** We only really know that his grades aren’t as good as Cady’s before she dumbs herself down, but it’s vague as to what his grades are actually like. If Aaron got an average grade (which might be enough to pass a test), it’s not going to look as good as Cady getting a high grade, but it doesn’t mean he’s failing the subject.

** We only really know that his grades aren’t as good as Cady’s before she dumbs herself down, but it’s vague as to what his grades are actually like. If Aaron got an average grade (which might be enough to pass a test), it’s not going to look as good as Cady getting a high grade.

*** Moments before Regina's hit by the bus, she screams that everyone says Cady is a 'homeschooled jungle freak who's a less hot version of her'. Whether or not that's fully true is unclear (it may be Regina being hyperbolic, or even just a lie to bring Cady down), but if the other students did gossip about Cady in that way, it's possible that they ''wanted'' Cady to be taken down a peg or two. When you combine Cady's role in the whole burn book saga and Regina's downfall (factoring in that a lot of rumours spread quickly that Cady pushed her in front of the bus) - they're given the reason they've been looking for to take her down.

*** Part of that could be due to Regina being hit by the bus. Since rumours quickly spread around that Cady pushed Regina, that may have given a lot of people a valid (in their minds at least) reason to feel that way - first she's plotting to ruin Regina's life, and then she attempts to murder her when the truth comes out, and all of this is for no real reason (remember, they didn’t know about the Cady/Aaron/Regina situation). Regina was widely disliked and maybe it was time she had a taste of her own medicine, but Cady (supposedly) pushing Regina in front of a bus? That goes way over the line of petty teenage revenge and into homicidal violence. Regardless of whatever she’d done to them, the other girls would never have wanted to see Regina get murdered.

*** Part of that could be due to Regina being hit by the bus. Since rumours quickly spread around that Cady pushed Regina, that may have given a lot of people a valid (in their minds at least) reason to feel that way - first she's plotting to ruin Regina's life, and then she attempts to murder her when the truth comes out, and all of this is for no real reason (remember, they didn’t about the Cady/Aaron/Regina situation). Regina was widely disliked and maybe it was time she had a taste of her own medicine, but Cady (supposedly) pushing Regina in front of a bus? That goes way over the line of petty teenage revenge and into homicidal violence. Regardless of whatever she’d done to them, the other girls would never have wanted to see Regina get murdered.

*** Part of that could be due to Regina being hit by the bus. Since rumours quickly spread around that Cady pushed Regina, that may have given a lot of people a valid (in their minds at least) reason to feel that way - first she's plotting to ruin Regina's life, and then she attempts to murder her when the truth comes out. Yes Regina was widely disliked and maybe the other girls liked seeing Janis giving her a taste of her own medicine, but they still wouldn’t want her to be murdered - Cady supposedly pushing her in front of a bus made her look straight up evil.

*** One factor could be that Cady was a new student in the school. After Janis and Damien, Regina was the next person to actively engage with Cady and be friendly towards her (and people are going to notice if Regina George of all people is being like that to a new student). Also, no one else knows about the whole Aaron situation, so they don’t necessarily even know that Regina’s done anything. Cady actively sabotaging Regina’s life whilst Regina is giving friendship looks a lot worse than Janis (who’s already on bad terms with Regina) doing anything.

*** Part of that could be due to Regina being hit by the bus. Since rumours quickly spread around that Cady pushed Regina, that may have given a lot of people a valid (in their minds at least) reason to feel that way - first she's plotting to ruin Regina's life, and then she attempts to murder her when the truth comes out. Even though Regina was widely disliked and maybe the other girls wanted to see her get a taste of her own medicine, they never wanted her dead.

*** She certainly did fish for ''a'' confession, but not necessarily ''the'' confession. As in, recall that ''everyone'' at school had something to be sorry for, and that was the entire point of the exercise. Cady, whereas, pretended to have done ''nothing'' wrong, which is, frankly speaking, rather improbable, drug rumor or not. Ms. Norbury didn't have to be fishing ''specifically'' for that particular confession to be disappointed in Cady not opening up and owning up to anything at all.