On Wednesdays, we get inspired. Below is a selection of 50 Mean Girls quotes from the 2000s-defining teen comedy movie.
What Mean Girls character do you identify with the most?
Released in 2004, Mean Girls is a teen comedy written by comedian and SNL-alum Tina Fey. The movie stars a hilarious ensemble cast including Lindsey Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Lacey Chabert, and Amy Poehler.
The story of Mean Girls surrounds a homeschooled teenager from Africa during her first year of high school in the United States. The movie has become a pop-culture phenomenon, inspiring everything from Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” music video to President Barack Obama’s viral tweet.
Below are fifty hilarious quotes from Cady, Regina George, and the gang that prove how quotable the movie is to this day.
We also have a compilation of The Outsiders quotes from the unforgettable coming-of-age novel. Be sure to read those as well.
Memorable Mean Girls Quotes
1. “But you’re, like, really pretty. So you agree? You think you’re really pretty?” — Regina George (Rachel McAdams)
2. “Get in loser, we’re going shopping.” — Regina George (Rachel McAdams)
3. “She’s not even that good-looking if you really look at her.” — Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan)
4. “It’s not my fault you’re, like, in love with me or something!” — Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan)
5. “Make sure you check out her mom’s boob job. They’re hard as rocks!” – Gretchen Weiners (Lacey Chabert)
6. “On Wednesdays we wear pink!” – Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried)
7. “She made out with a hot dog.” – Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried)
8. “So if you’re from Africa, why are you white?” – Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried)
9. “Raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimized by Regina George.” – Ms. Norbury (Tina Fey)
10. “I’m not a regular mom, I’m a cool mom!” – Mrs. George (Amy Poehler)
Mean Girls quotes from Regina George
11. “Stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen. It’s not going to happen!” — Regina George (Rachel McAdams)
12. “Is butter a carb?” — Regina George (Rachel McAdams)
13. “Oh my God, I love your skirt! Where did you get it? That is the ugliest effing skirt I’ve ever seen.” — Regina George (Rachel McAdams)
14. “Boo, you whore!” — Regina George (Rachel McAdams)
15. “I like “invented” her, you know what I mean?” — Regina George (Rachel McAdams)
16. “I gave him everything! I was half a virgin when I met him.” — Regina George (Rachel McAdams)
17. “I love her. She’s like a Martian!” — Regina George (Rachel McAdams)
18. “Whatever, I’m getting cheese fries.” — Regina George (Rachel McAdams)
19. “They say that you’re a homeschooled jungle freak, that’s a less hot version of me!” — Regina George (Rachel McAdams)
Mean Girls quotes from Cady Heron
20. “It’s October 3.” — Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan)
21. “The limit does not exist.” — Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan)
22. “Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” — Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan)
23. “Half the people in this room are mad at me, and the other half only like me because they think I pushed somebody in front a bus, so that’s not good.” — Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan)
24. “Calling somebody else fat won’t make you any skinnier. Calling someone stupid doesn’t make you any smarter.” — Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan)
25. “You’re the one who made me like this so you could use me for your eighth-grade revenge!” — Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan)
26. “Grool… I meant to say cool and then I started to say great.” — Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan)
27. “The weird thing about hanging out with Regina was that I could hate her, and at the same time, I still wanted her to like me.” — Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan)
28. “I used to think there was just fat and skinny. But apparently, there are lots of things that can be wrong on your body.” — Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan)
Mean Girls quotes from Gretchen Weiners
29. “Irregardless, ex-boyfriends are just off-limits to friends. I mean that’s just like the rules of feminism.” – Gretchen Weiners (Lacey Chabert)
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30. “I mean no offense, but how could she send you a candy cane? She doesn’t even like you that much. Maybe she feels weird around me because I’m the only person who knows about her nose job. Oh my god, pretend you didn’t hear that.” – Gretchen Weiners (Lacey Chabert)
31. “Did you know she cheats on Aaron? Yes, every Thursday he thinks she’s doing SAT prep but really she’s hooking up with Shane Oman in the projection room above the auditorium. And I never told anyone because I was SUCH a good friend.” – Gretchen Weiners (Lacey Chabert)
Mean Girls quotes from Karen Smith
32. “I’m kind of psychic. I have a fifth sense… It’s like I have ESPN or something. My breasts can tell when it’s gonna rain.” – Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried)
33. “Gretchen, I’m sorry I laughed at you that time you got diarrhea at Barnes & Noble. And I’m sorry for telling everyone about it. And I’m sorry for repeating it now.” – Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried)
34. “I can stick my whole fist in my mouth! Wanna see?” – Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried)
35. “I’m a mouse. Duh.” – Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried)
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Mean Girls quotes from others
36. “Cause she’s a life ruiner. She ruins people’s lives.” – Janis Ian (Lizzy Caplan)
37. “That’s why her hair is so big, it’s full of secrets.” – Damian Leigh (Daniel Franzese)
38. “Oh, I love seeing teachers outside of school. It’s like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs.” – Janis Ian (Lizzy Caplan)
39. “I saw Cady Heron wearing army pants and flip-flops, so I bought army pants and flip-flops.” – Bethany Byrd (Stefanie Drummond)
40. “You smell like a baby….” – Janis Ian (Lizzy Caplan)
41. “You’re a regulation hottie.” – Janis Ian (Lizzy Caplan)
42. “Did you see nipple? It only counts if you saw a nipple!” – Jason (Daniel DeSanto)
Other memorable Mean Girls quotes
43. “You can’t join Mathletes, it’s social suicide!” – Damian Leigh (Daniel Franzese)
44. “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.” – Janis Ian (Lizzy Caplan)
45. “Oh, hi. Did you wanna buy some drugs?” – Ms. Norbury (Tina Fey)
46. “God! See, at least me and Regina George know we’re mean! You try to act so innocent like, ‘Oh, I used to live in Africa with all the little birdies, and the little monkeys.’. – Janis Ian (Lizzy Caplan)
47. “There are two kinds of evil people in this world. Those who do evil things and those who see evil things and don’t try to stop it.” – Janis Ian (Lizzy Caplan)
48. “She’s totally rich because her dad invented Toaster Strudel.” – Damian Leigh (Daniel Franzese)
49. “One time, she punched me in the face. It was awesome.” – Bethany Byrd (Stefanie Drummond)
50. “I know having a boyfriend might seem like the only thing important to you right now, but you don’t have to dumb yourself down in order for a guy to like you.” – Ms. Norbury (Tina Fey)
Funny Mean Girls Quotes from The Movie
51. “I’m sorry that people are so jealous of me. But I can’t help it that I’m popular.” – Gretchen Wieners (Lacey Chabert)
52. “Grool. I meant to say great but then I started to say cool.” – Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan)
53. “That is so fetch!” – Gretchen Wieners (Lacey Chabert)
54. “So that’s against the rules, and you can’t sit with us.” – Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried)
55. “I can’t go to Taco Bell. I’m on an all-carb diet. God, Karen, you are so stupid!” – Regina George (Rachel McAdams)
56. “I can put my whole fist in my mouth! Wanna see?” – Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried)
57. “She doesn’t even go here!” – Damian Leigh (Daniel Franzese)
58. “I know I may seem like I was being a b*tch, but that’s only because I was acting like a b*tch.” – Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan)
59. “Oh my god, Karen, you can’t just ask people why they’re white!” – Gretchen Weiners (Lacey Chabert)
60. “I want my pink shirt back!” – Damian Leigh (Daniel Franzese)
More Funny Mean Girls Quotes and Sayings
61. “Oh my God, Danny DeVito, I love your work!” — Damian Leigh
62. “I’m not like a regular mom, I’m a cool mom!” — Mrs. George
63. “Four for you, Glenn Coco! You go, Glenn Coco!” — Damian Leigh
64. “You wanna do something fun? Wanna go to Taco Bell?” — Karen Smith
65. “Why should Caesar get to stomp around like a giant, while the rest of us try not to get smushed under his big feet? What’s so great about Caesar? Hm? Brutus is just as cute as Caesar. Brutus is just as smart as Caesar. People totally like Brutus just as much as they like Caesar. And when did it become okay for one person to be the boss of everybody, huh? Because that’s not what Rome is about. We should totally just stab Caesar!” — Gretchen Wieners
66. “I can’t go out tonight. *fake coughs* “I’m sick.” — Karen Smith
67. “Your mom’s chest hair!” — Janis Ian
68. “My Nana takes her wig off when she is drunk.” — Damian Leigh
69. “Your face smells like peppermint!” — Aaron Samuels
70. “Your Nana and I have that in common.” — Ms. Norbury
What’s the most memorable scene from Mean Girls?
Although Mean Girls will have you overflowing with laughter, there are also some key lessons embedded into the movie. As a teenager, you may have wondered how it would be like to be one of the “popular kids”, as Cady did.
As shown in Mean Girls, being popular is not all it’s cracked up to be. What’s more important is maintaining the quality friendships around you, and growing into the person that you were meant to be.
What’s your favorite Mean Girls quote we featured above? Are you still trying to make fetch happen? Let us know in the comment’s section below.