How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Mean Girls.
Quote #4
REGINA: Get in, loser. We're going shopping.
CADY (V-O): Regina's like the Barbie doll I never had. I'd never seen anybody so glamorous.
That glamor is a huge part of Regina's appeal—to almost everybody. She's viewed by much of the North Shore student body as the feminine ideal because she's attractive, popular, rich, and hard-to-obtain. Even Damian concedes earlier in the movie that, "She's fabulous, but she's evil."
Quote #5
MRS. GEORGE: Just want you to know, if you need anything, don't be shy, okay? There are no rules in this house. I'm not like a regular mom. I'm a cool mom. Right, Regina?
REGINA: Please stop talking.
MRS. GEORGE: Okay.
Ironically, a "cool" mom is the thing Regina seems to need least. It seems like she could really use a positive female role model and a mom who's more interested in helping her grow into a adult instead of buying her stuff.
Quote #6
KAREN: God, my hips are huge!
GRETCHEN: Oh, please. I hate my calves.
REGINA: At least you guys can wear halters. I've got man shoulders.
CADY (V-O): I used to think there was just fat and skinny. Apparently, there's a lot of things that can be wrong on your body.
Cady's unique position as an outsider to American culture—and especially how it routinely teaches women to devalue themselves and each other—allows her to move through the North Shore student body. It makes the movie's plot possible.