History WMG / MeanGirls

[[WMG: Cady Heron is [[StarWars Force sensitive]].]]
At the end of the movie Cady has to remember a math formula so her team can win but finds the memory when they were learning the formula was her [[FemaleGaze admiring Aaron.]] In order to win Cady decides to look [[UpToEleven through her memory of Aaron and take a look at the answer,]] an ability like that has to indicate some [[StarWars Force sensitivity!]]

Now technically one can argue that Cady's moral and character descent was [[CompletelyMissingThePoint the entire point of the film]] It can be essentially said that Janis by her own childish need for "7th Grade" Revenge ruins the chances of this alternate scenario ever happening (including becoming one of the clique herself and a better friend of Cady later on).

Now technically one can argue that Cady's moral and character decent was [[CompletelyMissingThePoint the entire point of the film]] It can be essentially said that Janis by her own childish need for "7th Grade" Revenge ruins the chances of this alternate scenario ever happening (including becoming one of the clique herself and a better friend of Cady later on).

[[WMG: The freshman GirlPosse that shows up at the very end of the first film is [[TheClique Massie and the Pretty Committee]].]]

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[[WMG: The freshman GirlPosse that shows up at the very end of the first film is [[TheClique Massie and the Pretty Committee]].]]

Enter: Cady.

Imagine if you will: two very close gal-pals in the 7th grade. One day, one of the two finds out about her Lebanese heritage. This gal never once hid a secret from her other friend, so she proudly tells her of her heritage. The friends, being a bit soft in the head and having rather unusual hearing, is led to believe that her friend wants out of the closet and, not knowing entirely better, she tells others of her dear friend's Lesbian identification. She tells these others not to tell and to act surprised when Janis comes out to them officially, but kids are vicious at this age and the rumor spreads. The Other realizes the error of her ways too late. Perhaps she tries to amend ways, but it does not matter at this stage. The damage is done and everyone shuns her close friend for a supposed orientation, inspite of the gals' best attempts to tell their peers otherwise. Little Regina believes that her former friend can forgive her and that they can remain friends in spite of the misunderstanding, but Janis refuses to do so—she is embittered by the wrongful bullying and tells Regina that she acted foolishly. They break off their friendship. Alone in Middle School, fearing social ostracization and longing for the stability of companionship (even a fake one), little Regina attempts to make friends with the meanest group of girls. She even goes along with the rumor and no longer acknowledges the mistake by joining in mocking her former friend, Janis, in spite of knowing better—not out of malice at first, but a desire to disown herself of guilt by somewhat unconvincingly telling herself that her friend was secretly a Lesbian all along. Janis, angry at her friend's betrayal, lashes out and the two former friends become enemies. As time goes by, Regina's guilt evaporates and she mocks her former friend with ease—but she never feels comfortable with the "friendships" that she does make, never truly trusting her cohorts. She becomes manipulative, harboring secrets and playing on the insecurities of her "friends" to expose if they should leave or betray her, secretly fearing that it would all be her fault. This skyrockets her to the top of the meanest girls. Janis, meanwhile, is a social drifter until she meets Damien—perhaps in detention or at the desolate wasteland that is lunchtime. He heard the rumors and, upon meeting her, brings them up. She corrects him. He believes her, and the two become the best of friends. Although, Janis too is uneasy with friendships and, although she is builds up a trust with Damien and believes that he would never hurt her, she fears opening up to a friend and having those secrets misunderstood and exploited yet again.

[[WMG: Regina spread the rumor about Janis being gay to hide the fact that she's gay.]]

[[WMG: The Debacle between Regina and Janis is based on a Sitcommy Misunderstanding that Ballooned over the Years)
Imagine if you will: two very close gal-pals in the 7th grade. One day, one of the two finds out about her Lebanese heritage. This gal never once hid a secret from her other friend, so she proudly tells her of her heritage. The friends, being a bit soft in the head and having rather unusual hearing, is led to believe that her friend wants out of the closet and, not knowing entirely better, she tells others of her dear friend's Lesbian identification. She tells these others not to tell and to act surprised when Janis comes out to them officially, but kids are vicious at this age and the rumor spreads. The Other realizes the error of her ways too late. Perhaps she tries to amend ways, but it does not matter at this stage. The damage is done and everyone shuns her close friend for a supposed orientation, inspite of the gals' best attempts to tell their peers otherwise. Little Regina believes that her former friend can forgive her and that they can remain friends in spite of the misunderstanding, but Janis refuses to do so—she is embittered by the wrongful bullying and tells Regina that she acted foolishly. They break off their friendship. Alone in Middle School, fearing social ostracization and longing for the stability of companionship (even a fake one), little Regina attempts to make friends with the meanest group of girls. She even goes along with the rumor and no longer acknowledges the mistake by joining in mocking her former friend, Janis, in spite of knowing better—not out of malice at first, but a desire to disown herself of guilt by somewhat unconvincingly telling herself that her friend was secretly a Lesbian all along. Janis, angry at her friend's betrayal, lashes out and the two former friends become enemies. As time goes by, Regina's guilt evaporates and she mocks her former friend with ease—but she never feels comfortable with the "friendships" that she does make, never truly trusting her cohorts. She becomes manipulative, harboring secrets and playing on the insecurities of her "friends" to expose if they should leave or betray her, secretly fearing that it would all be her fault. This skyrockets her to the top of the meanest girls. Janis, meanwhile, is a social drifter until she meets Damien—perhaps in detention or at the desolate wasteland that is lunchtime. He heard the rumors and, upon meeting her, brings them up. She corrects him. He believes her, and the two become the best of friends. Although, Janis too is uneasy with friendships and, although she is builds up a trust with Damien and believes that he would never hurt her, she fears opening up to a friend and having those secrets misunderstood and exploited yet again.

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However in fairness to this it genuinely does appear that near the films end that Janis ''does'' realize what directly she had done to Cady and tries to make amends (in a small way), although she may never have realized exactly how much she destroyed as she unwittingly lost the possibility of future popularity, friends, and increased happiness not just her but the entire school ''[[YourMileageMayVary Might have]]'' gained in the process. Instead of the reconstruction from the social ruins that are shown at the end of the film.

[[WMG: Regina spread the rumor about Janis being gay to hide the fact that shes gay]]

If one stops to think about it if Janis had never even placed inside Cady's head the idea of posing as a [[TheLibby Plastic]] mainly/solely as a part of Janis's revenge scheme on Regina or (going further) if Cady had never met Janis (and through Janis) or Regina, Cady's entry into the American teen social ladder might have occurred much differently.

* It really is an interesting thought experiment to imagine how the plot would have played out if you take Janis out of the picture. Regina still notices Cady and invites her into the Plastics, and Cady jumps at the offer (remember, she was desperate to have friends, and even with Janis's opinion in mind she still thought Regina was sweet). Since she isn't reporting to Janis, she spends a lot more time with the Plastics (and isn't wary of their motives), so pretty soon she completely identifies with their values -- enough so that, after Regina steals Aaron at the Halloween party, she actually believes the "explanation" Gretchen gives her. Cady goes on to become Regina's second-in-command, while still dumbing herself down to get Aaron to tutor her. Grethen eventually cracks (even without the candy cane sabotage it was obviously just a matter of time) and reveals Regina's infidelity to Cady. Since Cady by this time is probably quite the schemer herself, she uses this to make them break up. Regina stays with Shane and Cady eventually gets together with Aaron (since Regina is still Queen Bee, Cady isn't pressured into throwing her party, and thus doesn't make her drunken confession to Aaron). Cady is nominated for Spring Fling Queen and wins, with Shane as King; Regina is definitely not okay with this. This much I can base on the plot of the movie -- how it goes on from there is much more speculative.

* It really is an interesting thought experiment to imagine how the plot would have played out if you take Janis out of the picture. Regina would still notices Cady and invites her into the Plastics, and Cady jumps at the offer (remember, she was desperate to have friends, and even with Janis's opinion in mind she still thought Regina was sweet). Since she isn't reporting to Janis, she spends a lot more time with the Plastics (and isn't wary of their motives), so pretty soon she completely identifies with their values -- enough so that, after Regina steals Aaron at the Halloween party, she actually believes the "explanation" Gretchen gives her. Cady goes on to become Regina's second-in-command, while still dumbing herself down to get Aaron to tutor her. Grethen eventually cracks (even without the candy cane sabotage it was obviously just a matter of time) and reveals Regina's infidelity to Cady. Since Cady by this time is probably quite the schemer herself, she uses this to make them break up. Regina stays with Shane and Cady eventually gets together with Aaron. Cady is nominated for Spring Fling Queen and wins, with Shane as King; Regina is definitely not okay with this. This much I can base on the plot of the movie -- how it goes on from there is much more speculative.

However in fairness to this it genuinely does appear that near the films end that Janis ''does'' realize what directly she had done to Cady and tries to make amends (in a small way), although she may never have realized exactly how much she destroyed as she unwittingly lost the possibility of future popularity, friends, and increased happiness not just her but the entire school ''[[YourMileageMayVary Might have]]'' gained in the process. Instead of the reconstruction from the social ruins that are shown at the end of the film.

* Gretchen joins the Kool Asians at the end of ''MeanGirls'', and is shown sucking up to them in broken Vietnamese. What does this do to her future educational prospects, given that she learned Vietnamese on her own in high school, as a social activity?

[[WMG: Janis Ruined Everything]]

Now technically one can argue that Cady's moral and character decent was [[CompletelyMissingThePoint the entire point of the film]] It can be essentially said that Janis by her own childish need for "7th Grade" Revenge ruins the chances of this ever happening (including becoming one of the clique herself and a better friend of Cady later on).

So Essentially Janis by her own childish need for "7th Grade" Revenge ruins the chances of this ever happening (including becoming one of the clique herself and a better friend of Cady later on). However in fairness to this it genuinely does appear that near the films end that Janis ''does'' realize what directly she had done to Cady, although she may never have realized exactly how much she destroyed as she unwittingly lost the possibility of future popularity, friends, and increased happiness not just her but the entire school ''[[YourMileageMayVary Might have]]'' gained in the process. Instead of the reconstruction from the social ruins that are shown at the end of the film.