How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Mean Girls.
Quote #4
EMMA: Regina George is flawless.
LEA: She has two Fendi purses and a silver Lexus.
TIM: I hear her hair's insured for $10,000.
AMBER: I hear she does car commercials in Japan.
KRISTEN: Her favorite movie is Varsity Blues.
GISELLE: One time, she met John Stamos on a plane.
JESSICA: And he told her she was pretty.
BETHANY: One time, she punched me in the face. It was awesome.
We told you Regina was the queen. Not only is she admired—and, okay, feared—by her classmates, that admiration is fueled almost entirely by rumors and speculation. Damian's US Weekly analogy earlier in the film was spot-on: Because Regina's at the top of social order, she's treated like a celebrity.
Quote #5
JANIS: Here. This map is gonna be your guide to North Shore. Now, where you sit is crucial because you got everybody there. You got your freshmen, ROTC guys, preps, JV jocks, Asian nerds, cool Asians, varsity jocks, unfriendly black hotties, girls who eat their feelings, girls who don't eat anything, desperate wannabes, burnouts, sexually active band geeks, the greatest people you'll ever meet, and the worst. Beware of The Plastics.
If you want to know how the cliques shake out at just about any high school in the developed world, all you need to do is take a stroll through the cafeteria. Like Janis says, everybody's there, making the cafeteria so much more than a palace of free pickles and cheese fries; it's the place to see and be seen.
Quote #6
CADY: I think I'm joining the Mathletes.
REGINA: No!
GRETCHEN: No, no.
REGINA: No, no. You cannot do that. That's social suicide. Damn, you are so lucky you have us to guide you.
North Shore societal norms are dictated by public opinion, even if the public doesn't always make the best choices and lacks the experience to differentiate between what's really valuable and what isn't. In other words, they're teenagers. They think wearing the right cargo pants is more important than being awesome at math.