Deliberate mistake: When Cady is breaking the 'plastic' crown into bits and throwing the pieces to people in the crowd, it's not possible to have that many pieces from that one crown. She must give out at least 7 or 8 big chunks, which just doesn't truly reflect the size of the crown.
Mean Girls (2004)
1 deliberate mistake
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
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Cady is chasing Damien's car and talking to Janis, when Janis says 'he still doesn't want you' two extras in dark clothing walk up a pathway behind Cady. However when the shot cuts back to her, they have totally vanished. Even though they were wearing dark clothing, you'd still be able to have seen them, and there was not enough time between the different shots for them to have walked into the house.
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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.
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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.