Connections
Followed by
Spin-off
References
Two characters fall into a passing trolley after not looking where they are going, similarly to the way Cady falls into a bin after not paying attention to where she is walking.
Movie Poster seen
referred to in rap by Kevin Gnapoor
Tim Meddows uses his famous catchphrase from when he was "The Ladies Man" on SNL
A guy in the lunchroom puts lunchmeat on his face and says "Baby Ruth" in the voice that Sloth uses in The Goonies.
Lindsay Lohan's character briefly mentions the movie.
The principal walks through with a bat and says, "I did not leave the South side for this!"
The scene in the cafeteria when Janis is putting the meat on Damian's face.
Rachel McAdams was told to partly model the character of Regina George after Alec Baldwin's performance in this movie.
Regina recrutes Cady, and Cady overthrows Regina.
After Janis makes a sarcastic remark about having a lesbian crush on Regina, she does the "Xena call" as she does the "trust fall" into the crowd of girls.
A girls says Varsity Blues is Regina's favorite movie
VHS case appears in one scene
"The girls have gone wild!"
Referenced in
Source material for "Mean Girls" was written by one of the interview subjects of "Rats & Bullies"
Is about the film
Referenced during the monologue
House tells Wilson that he will return his DVD player because "After all, how many times can you hit pause at the part where Lindsay Lohan wins the spelling bee? What is it about girls who can spell?" Wilson corrects him, saying "It's a math contest." House then retorts "What it is about girls who can count?"
Angela mentions the film's title in conversation with Leo.
mentioned during the monologue
Kevin mentions that he hasn't seen the movie.
Shanna calls Julia a "Mean Girl in a high school movie".
The movie is mentioned by Ari
The episode title is an homage to the film.
Mentioned by Claudia
Ellen says "17 Again" as good as this movie.
Included in a $500 question
mentioned in dialogue
Mentioned by Sonia Kruger when introducing Todd McKenney.
Director's Michael Mitchell's vision was to have this video follow one of his favorite films "Mean Girls" in terms of looks and visuals.
Reference in an $800 clue in the category "There's a Title in the Title"
Tatianna quotes a line from the film when speaking to Jujubee.
"This isn't totally lifted from Mean Girls."
Mentioned by Michael
Chris Pine says his high school was not divided into cliques like the school in the film
Episode title. Dr. Phil also mentions the film.
mentioned in dialogue
Title mentioned while introducing Amanda Seyfried
Referenced by Jimmy Fallon during the opening monologue
mentioned by Alo
Matt Braunger mentions the movie by name.
mentioned in dialogue
Jay mentions that Lizzy Caplan was in the film
April mentions the movie by name.
mentioned in dialogue
Jay mentions that Lindsay Lohan starred in the film
Matt mentions the movie by name.
Lauren mentions "Rachel McAdams, star of 'Mean Girls'."
Mentioned in dialogue
Features
Damien and Janis are watching it before Cady runs in after the Halloween party.
soundtrack heard
TV shows part of Real Cancun, when Kylie George (Nicole Crimi) dances nearby.
Featured in
excerpts from the movie in this episode
clips shown
clips are shown to illustrate the best prom scenes in movies
A clip is shown
Screenplay Cliché segment
a clip is shown in a montage of Amanda Seyfried films
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Spoofs
Regina has many of the same qualities as Heather Chandler.
Scene where the girls are attacking each other and red headed boy is phoning home to his mom.
A girl gets abruptly hit by a bus after getting in a heated argument with her boyfriend
The crazy bus driver that hit Regina
Spoofed in
Trey discribes the bus like Janis Ian did in Mean Girls
The episode is a spoof of the movie.
Lunch Room Scene
In the movie, Lebanese is mistaken for lesbian, and in the episode, lesbian is mistaken for Lebanese.
Jenna's "what if?" do-over sequence sees her joining the cheerleaders and becoming the most popular of the "Mean Girls", as Valerie puts it.