Mean Girls
Summary
" On Wednesdays , we jade pink"is an iconic line fromMean Girls , but it ’s not the only formula the Plastics have to follow . In the 2004 stripling clowning , Cady Heron , who has spent her entire life in Africa with her animal scientist parents , begins attending an American high school and becomes acquainted with the Plastics , a coterie of popular missy ruled by Regina George . When Cady sit at luncheon with the Plastics after being invited by Regina , she says via voiceover that sitting with the Plastics at tiffin was like"entering Girl World . And Girl World had a lot of rule . "
Regina reign over the Plastics with an iron fist , and her list of rules keepsGretchen Wieners and Karen Smithloyal to the queen bee . Regina ’s rules keep all the members of the Plastics under her ascendance , and Gretchen and Karen are willing to go along with them to continue a part of the pop crowd . As proven after inMean girl , the prescript turn out to be arbitrary , and a lot of them are quite trivial , jibe what the group is known for .
Whether the 2024 film adaptation of the Mean Girls stage musical exists in the same macrocosm as the original 2004 movie is a complicated question .
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1On Wednesday We Wear Pink
The Most Memorable Plastics Rule
When Cady is invited to sit down at luncheon with the Plastics , Karen tells her , " On Wednesdays , we wear pink . " Cady does n’t have any pink wear , so she borrow a shirt from Damian . It ’s an iconicMean Girlsline , but also typic of how cliquey the Plastics are ; they wear a certain colour on a certain day of the hebdomad to show how joined they are as a group . People can see the Plastics ' sole position by the colorthey choose to wear on a certain day of the week . It was one of many ways for them to stand out .
2Don’t Wear Tank Tops Two Days In A Row
The First Rule Cady Learns
A lot ofthe rules focus on wardrobe , which micturate sense because the Plastics are the democratic girls in school and always have to look " cool . " Hilariously , one of the endeavour to sabotage Regina , when Janis gets revenge by sneaking into the fille ' locker room and geld fix in Regina ’s cooler top , ends up lead to a novel manner style throughout the schooltime where students dilute holes in their cooler tops . It does n’t seem like the design is related to Regina ’s armoured combat vehicle top rule , though Regina likely would ’ve pulled it off two day in a run-in .
3Only Wear Hair In A Ponytail Once A Week
The Rules Also Relate To Hairstyles
Gretchen stress that members of the Plastics can only wear down their hair in a ponytail once a week . Noticing Cady ’s hair in a ponytail , Gretchen says,“So I guess you picked today . “The Plastics are occupy with not only restate wardrobe choice but also coif . This is another rule that help keep the Plastics stay in uniform and control in coming into court . Like many of the other rule , it ’s very silly , but Gretchen and Karen get laid that slipping up andwearing a ponytail more than once could jeopardize their placeat the Plastics ' lunch table .
4Jeans & Track Pants Can Only Be Worn On Fridays
Another Wardrobe Rule Related To Days Of The Week
Gretchen says if she wear out jeans on a day that was n’t Friday , she’d be storm to sit"with the fine art freaks . “Cady wears them on a Wednesday during her first lunch with the missy , but she ’s new , so Regina belike let it slide . afterwards , Regina is wear sweatpants to lunch because that ’s all that can fit her after gaining weightiness . Gretchen and Karen evidence her that since she ’s wearing sweatpants on a Monday , she ca n’t sit down with the Plastics at luncheon . The evil Reginasays that the rules are n’t real , upsetting those who come after them for so long .
With there now being three beggarly Girls flick , a clear hierarchy has emerged of which unity are worth the watch and which ones did n’t need to find .
5We Vote Before Letting Anyone Eat Lunch With Us
The Plastics Are An Exclusive Club
When Cady first encounters the Plastics in the schoolhouse cafeteria , they confer with each other before ask for her to eat luncheon with them for the rest of the workweek . Later , when she ’s sitting with the Plastics at luncheon , Gretchen explicate that they always vote before asking someone to sit with them because"you have to be considerate of the rest of the group . "
When Regina invites Cady to tiffin , she mentions that they do n’t do this very often , showing how exclusive the Plastics are . Regina would n’t let anyone in the group that she did n’t find acceptable , so it was a swelled batch that she appropriate Cady to join them at tiffin .
6Don’t Buy A Skirt Without Asking Friends If It Looks Good
A Show Of Comradery For The Plastics
After Gretchen say Cady about the Plastics voting before invite someone to dejeuner , she asks,“You would n’t grease one’s palms a skirt without asking your friends first if it depend unspoiled on you?“Cady , confused , replies,“I wouldn’t?“which Gretchen take as an concord . This is n’t an " official " rule implement by Regina , but it makes sense for the Plastics to follow this road map . Regina and the rest of the Plastics seem to be majorly obsessed with looks , so it lines up that they would want to O.K. any likely clothing purchase , lest they be seen committing a fashion faux dad .
7Don’t Wear Hoop Earrings - That’s Regina’s Thing
Regina Still Has To Stand Out From The Group
Gretchen tell Cady that Regina has forbidden her from wearing hoop earring because hoops are Regina’s"thing . “Later , as Cady begins transforming into more of a popular young lady , she can be seen wearing a duo of hoop earrings . At the destruction of the film , after the Plastics have disbanded , Gretchen is fag a pair of hoop earrings ( perhaps the ones that her parents capture her for Hanukkah ) now that she ’s no longer under Regina ’s control .
It ’s interesting to see that Cady is still allowed to wear them even whileultimate mean girl Reginaremains the leader of the Plastics . disregarding , this rule seems designed to make Regina more special because she ’s the only one in the radical who can bear these earrings , cementing herself as the pansy . In a group meant to be undivided , she still has to have her own matter .
8Ex-Boyfriends Are Off Limits
A Rule That Helps Drive The Plot
When Cady tells Karen and Gretchen that the cute guy in her concretion course of instruction that she ’s demolish onis Aaron Samuels , they shut it down , saying that Cady ca n’t like Aaron because he ’s Regina ’s ex - boyfriend , and X - boyfriends are off bound to friends . As Gretchen explains,“That ’s just , like , the rule of feminism!“Gretchen terminate up telling Regina , and she ’s seemingly o.k. with Cady ’s compaction , though she ends up summarise her relationship with Aaron , devastating Cady .
This rule actually serve move the plot forward as the Cady / Aaron / Regina love Triangulum is at the vanguard of the picture . It drives Cady to focus on sabotage Regina at every twist and in the end twist her into a Regina clone . At the end ofMean Girls , at the Spring Fling dance , Cady is able to be with Aaron without effect , no longer bind by the rule of the Plastics .
