Rewatchables Reference

• The talent show Jingle Bell Rock performance – iconic and completely took over that song. A little too sexy for a high school function.
• The sabotage montage – though Aaron Samuels never questions what's going on after chasing the purse thief.
• The four-way phone call.
• The 'watch where you're going fat ass' lunch scene followed by Lohan realizing she's the new queen bee.
• The burn book blowout, everyone fighting, and Tim Meadows yelling 'Step away from the underage girls!'
• Janis Ian's confession and Regina getting hit by the bus.
• Bill picks the burn book blowout through the gym scene. Amanda picks the first lunch scene with the Plastics. Juliet picks the pink shirt hallway walk.

• Regina George – an all-time great high school villain. Diabolical but you want to root for her in a weird way.
• The cast: Lohan at her peak, young Rachel McAdams, early Lizzy Caplan, Tina Fey, barely-on-SNL Amy Poehler, Tim Meadows, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert.
• The homeschooling jokes – a great gimmick that sets up the outsider premise perfectly.
• The movie becoming one of the earliest meme-specific films with massive internet afterlife.
• The 'old boyfriends are off-limits to friends, that's just the rules of feminism' quote.
• Janis Ian's goth look – people actually started dressing like her a few years later.
• The whole movie has aged really well. Other than no cell phones, it could come out right now.

• Four-way phone calls – nobody does this anymore, it feels like it's from a hundred years ago.
• The soundtrack isn't good enough. Should have captured the alternative rock scene. They underestimate the tastes of young women and make it sound like a deodorant commercial.
• Aaron Samuels' (Jonathan Bennett) IMDb – nothing else happened for him.
• Coach Carr and the underage girls plotline – they make a joke of it but it's uncomfortable.
• Samantha Ronson's 'Built This Way' playing throughout – Lohan ended up dating Ronson a year later, which throws you off.
• The Africa references treating the entire continent as a singular jungle place.
• Katie dumbing herself down to win over Aaron Samuels – never sat right with Bill.

• Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams originally auditioned for the opposite roles.
• James Franco was considered for Aaron Samuels – would have been a darker, different energy that changes the movie.
• Elisha Cuthbert lost the part of Regina George.

• Kevin G – rips his shirt in half after the mathletes win, tries to take up space in a movie where the men don't really exist.
• Damien – a little too much with the candy cane deliveries and the talent show.
• Bill nominates Amy Poehler's cool mom performance – 'maybe reel it in about 10%.' Amanda and Juliet strongly disagree.

• Tim Meadows – every scene he's in is really funny. Does a lot with a little and sells probably the worst-written character in the movie.
• Also considered: Amy Poehler and Amanda Seyfried.

• 'Mean Girls' Day was adopted as October 3rd and is a major internet phenomenon.
• Original title was 'Homeschooled.'
• Tim Meadows broke his hand before filming – that's why his character has the carpal tunnel cast.
• Amy Poehler was 7 years older than Rachel McAdams when playing her mother.
• To get from R to PG-13: 'is your cherry popped' became 'is your muffin buttered.'
• Amanda Seyfried: 'I just graduated high school. It was terrifying. Lacey Chabert was my angel. She took me in and we'd hang out in her trailer and listen to Dido.'
• There was a direct-to-video sequel, 'Mean Girls' 2, that premiered on ABC Family in January 2011.
• Lindsay Lohan pitched a sequel idea to Tina Fey and wrote a treatment for it.
• The 'Mean Girls' Broadway musical opened to great reviews.
• 'Cocktail' wiener in Amy Poehler's bra to get the Chihuahua to bite.

• Lindsay Lohan – undeniable, maybe the most obvious Apex Mountain they've ever done on the podcast.
• Tina Fey – debatable since 30 Rock plus the Sarah Palin impression on SNL might be higher.
• Not Apex Mountain for Rachel McAdams – 'The Notebook' and 'Wedding Crashers' trilogy gave her more career power.
• Not Apex Mountain for Lacey Chabert – that's Party of Five.

Damien (Daniel Franzese) – he is just Damien from 'Mean Girls'. People see him and immediately go 'Damien!'

• Regina George falling for the Kälteen bar trick – she would have every calorie count memorized. Bill's wife's biggest issue with the movie.
• Katie winning prom queen after the burn book debacle – she started the whole thing, so why would people vote for her? (It's a rejection vote of Regina.)
• Kevin G and Janis Ian thrown together at the end makes no sense.
• Tina Fey and Tim Meadows together at the end – not workplace appropriate.
• Katie's speech at the prom sucks – feels imported from a bad Hallmark movie.
• The tiara breaking too easily.
• The bus going way too fast through a school crosswalk.

Could work, 100%, but only if done to the standard of the original movie. If it's another basic Netflix/ABC Family teen show, they'd pass.

• Did Regina George become an All-American lacrosse player in college? (Yes – they debate Duke vs. Northwestern.)
• Did Katie and Aaron Samuels break up at Halloween or Thanksgiving? (Thanksgiving, at Gretchen's house.)

• Bill says Rachel McAdams – comes out of nowhere, creates an all-time character, and it launches a career.
• But Lindsay Lohan's talent was once-in-a-generation – Roger Ebert compared her to Jodie Foster. Her downfall is one of the great Hollywood tragedies, comparable to a star athlete who gets hurt.