How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Mean Girls.
Quote #1
CADY: Hi, I don't know if anyone told you about me. I'm a new student here. My name is Cady Heron.
KRISTEN: Talk to me again and I'll kick your ass.
Welcome back to America, Cady. This is literally first interaction with another North Shore student that we see, and it's a doozy that sets the social tone.
Quote #2
CADY: Where's the back building?
JANIS: It burned down in 1987.
CADY: Won't we get in some sort of trouble for this?
JANIS: Why would we get you into trouble? We're your friends.
CADY (V-O): I know it's wrong to skip class, but Janis said we were friends, and I was in no position to pass up friends. I guess I'll never know what I missed on that first day of health class.
We can't blame Cady for wanting to avoid eating lunch in a bathroom stall for the next four years straight. High school is a hot mess of tribalism, and when Janis and Damian invite Cady to join theirs, she can't pass it up.
Quote #3
CADY: Who are The Plastics?
DAMIAN: They're teen royalty. If North Shore was US Weekly, they would always be on the cover.
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JANIS: And evil takes a human form in Regina George. Don't be fooled, because she may seem like your typical selfish, back-stabbing, slut-faced ho-bag, but in reality, she is so much more than that.
DAMIAN: She's the queen bee, the star. Those other two are just her little workers.
Janis and Damian do a good job here of explaining The Plastics' place at the top of North Shore's class system to Cady. Regina rules all, and Gretchen and Karen are her loyal henchwomen.