Continuity mistake: Cady breaks up her Spring Fling tiara that she receives. On stage, she breaks it up into many pieces and throws them out into the crowds; it is clear that the amount we see being thrown into the crowds is a major amount of pieces - almost too much from just one tiara. However then when she leaves the stage, we see her holding approximately half of the tiara still. This would not be possible from the aforementioned amount that Cady has already snapped off and thrown into the crowd. (01:25:15)
Mean Girls (2004)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Mark Waters, Mark S. Waters
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Lizzy Caplan, Lacey Chabert, Jonathan Bennett, Neil Flynn, Tim Meadows, Daniel Franzese
Regina uses her burn book to get her "friends" into trouble at school, then throws around xeroxed pages of the book around the hallways, leading to a massive catfight of everyone at school. The principal sees this, and has all the junior girls go to the gym to have a re-edcuation. It's here that they they apologize to the each other for something they may have said about them. Janis gets up onto the stage and tells Regina that she's sorry she had Cady pretend to be her friend, so that they could ruin her life by making her friends hate her, making her a big fat-ass and having her boyfriend break up with her. Regina then runs out of school, while Cady follows her trying to say she's sorry, and they have a big argument in the middle of the street before Regina is hit by a school bus. Cady participates in a math contest against another school and her school wins. She heads back to school with the math team and Ms. Norbuty and Cady ends up becoming the Spring Fling queen. She apologizes to everyone about the burn book and gives a speech about how everyone is equal and that winning a crown at a school dance is no big deal. Cady gives pieces of the crown to different girls. The following school year, Janis hooks up with the captain of the math team and The Plastics break up. Regina's injuries have healed and she channels her rage by playing sports, Gretchen starts hanging out with the two girls who slept with the gym teacher and Karen uses her breast "talents" as a weather reporter. Cady and her friend Damian spot some junior Plastics at school and Cady imagines them being run over by a school bus.
Adam
More mistakes in Mean Girls
Regina: I know she's kind of socially retarded and weird, but she's my friend... So, just promise me you won't make fun of her! (00:01:00)
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Question: After Cady sends a candy cane note to herself, pretending that it came from Regina, Gretchen says that Regina does not even like Cady very much. So why is Regina still allowing Cady to associate with The Plastics? As the "queen bee", she could probably decide to ban Cady from the group.
Answer: I think Regina secretly felt threatened by Cady. Janice and Damien comment about Cady being "a regulation hottie." She is attractive and has the "exotic" appeal of being a new student, plus she is new to traditional school in general, having spent many years in Africa. Regina guessed that Cady would have this exotic appeal. Pretending to be her friend was better than competing with her. It's a "keep your friends close and your enemies closer" tactic.
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Answer: Regina enjoys manipulating people, and she views Cady as a relatively easy person to manipulate, finding her more useful/amusing to keep in their circle. It's a running theme of the film that the friendships between all of the Plastics is very tenuous, because of the catty, manipulative nature of the girls.
Purple_Girl
Also, if Regina tried to ban Cady, people might think she was threatened by Cady. Better to keep Cady around and attack her in subtle, manipulative ways.