Mean Girls in 10 Minutes, Is Cady the real villain?

With the digital release of the highly anticipated Mean Girls: The Musical, fans of the iconic film are revisiting the original 2004 comedy in a new light. One intriguing perspective that has gained traction is the idea that Cady Heron, the new student idolized for taking down the Plastics clique, may have actually been the true villain all along. Her ruthless tactics and willingness to employ the same cruel behavior she initially condemned raises questions about her moral high ground.
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Mean Girls follows Cady (Lindsay Lohan) as a formerly home-schooled teen who attends a public high school for the first time. There, she gets taken under the wing of two outsiders, Janis and Damian, who clue her in to the school's harsh social hierarchy ruled by the infamous Plastics trio of Regina, Gretchen, and Karen. Though first appalled by their mean-girl behavior, Cady soon lets her desire for popularity corrupt her. She infiltrates the Plastics while simultaneously plotting an elaborate revenge scheme, manipulating people's lives and relationships in the process. As the stakes escalate, Cady's own actions become just as toxic as those she originally condemned, culminating in a brutal all-out social war.
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[@JesusLopez-wk6tt]

No one literally NO ONE in this movie is innocent

[@GeorgiaAndrea]

Except for Karen.. but then again, she’s all over her cousin.

[@zero-wy6gs]

such is life, my friend, no one is perfect

[@duongnhdn]

Kevin G is innocent in my book

[@iseegoodandbad6758]

I feel sorry for karen.

[@_.moon._.x_.7]

Teah

[@balmainbarbie_8730]

i don't like how everyone blames a single character for everything😭the point on mean girls is that ALL the girls are mean to some capacity 😭Regina is a bully that uses her power when she feels threatened ,cady becomes a mean girl,janis is just as manipulative as regina etc.They're all victims and active participants in each others misery for eg. Regina's homophobia causes her to humiliate janis(her previous best friend)in front of everyone and janis comes up with the idea to try and ruin regina's life.

[@mik6sa]

frr😭😭

[@juliaziegler102]

WHYYY IS THIS SO TRUE-😭😭

[@woo1238]

She isn't homophobic she just misheard lebanese as lesbian.

[@II-gg5my]

@@woo1238 yes and then she ostracized her because of that lol..

[@balmainbarbie_8730]

@@woo1238 will y'all stop with this baseless rumour 😭😭😭she literally sais in the movie that she thinks she's a lesbian bc janis was jealous that she was hanging out with kyle 😭😭😭😭😭

[@squiggles519]

It’s called Mean Girls not Mean Girl. Yes, Cady was mean but it wasn’t just her, everyone was a villian to some extent.

[@franciscoibarra6290]

nice pfp

[@StreamHypeBoyByNewJeans]

Not true. Karen isn't. Shush

[@artkids513]

@@StreamHypeBoyByNewJeans fr we love Karen

[@jh_creationn]

Karen was the sweetest even in deleted scenes

[@zaya9365]

Damian and Janice are the real villains tbh

[@prettygirlreema]

ikr

[@zaya9365]

@@prettygirlreema yes, they lied to her, used her for personal vendetta, mocked her behind her back, pushed her to get revenge when she was at her worst, and then they got mad when she changed. I wouldn’t want them to be my friends tbh.

[@billynyk]

But they ended up ok 👌 Damian is fr my spirit animal

[@ShiraMashila]

I thought so too

[@chriserotica]

not damian "shes fabulous but shes evil" so she still likes regina the slightest

[@aandb9506]

Nah Janice is the real villain. She used Cady to do her dirty work and mess up Regina’s life. Cady was brain washed and didn’t know how people in a school are socially.

[@oooh19]

She was homeschooled not brainwashed

[@zhongli939]

@@oooh19 she was brainwashed bc she waa home schooled. Shes never been to school so she did what they wanted bc she didnt no any better

[@AImaniaX]

True she did the whole plot!

[@Februarys]

Nah even Janis calls this out. That after they succeed with the plan, Cady kept going after Regina alone. Janis even saying "we dont have anything planed though?" "AARON STILL DOESNT WANT YOU! SO WHY ARE YOU STILL MESSING WITH REGINA?!?"

[@thestar8404]

I think Cady became attached to the cycle of becoming mean because you can see in the beginning scenes how naive and kinder her character is. I would say for Regina since she was used to being the center of attention and at top she always had a very mean side to her but at least at the end she did change for the better.

[@ThomasJr]

7:59 I like how Regina spits out the bars not in her beautiful Mercedes, but on the ground

[@Biancalovestosew98]

Let’s basically say any character in this iconic movie is the real villain

[@oooh19]

The way Regina treated Gretchen had nothing to do with Janis Damien or Cady so it was her own undoing by having Cady stand next to her in the talent show

[@zzenseii]

Janice/janis was the real villain, she was so obssessed with getting revenge on regina and used cady for her "revenge" and blamed cady for it when things got out of hand. Yes regina was mean, but its just like she symbolizes the stereotype of a "mean girl", while janis symbolizes that not only girls like regina are capable of doing horrible things to people.

[@melrose1777]

Coach carter is the real villain

[@thegradgeee88]

i love the character of Karen since i can relate to her being weird, and semi mean

[@oooh19]

Karen wasn’t even mean really she was too dumb to be capable of being mean she was kinda ignorant

[@XavierDonaldCalibur]

​@@oooh19Karen was very pretty. I could see sometime in 9th or 8th Grade when Regina was forming her inner circle, that Regina saw Karen as a threat for her looks and a potential rival and got close to her to bring her down. Dictatorships do this. They coopt members of the opposition and potential threats. I do admit, Regina should've constantly have purged her inner circle by changing up rules.

[@erinpilla]

I am sure 10 years later their prefrontal cortexes have developed and they're all ashamed of their behavior lol

[@oooh19]

Nope some people are just terrible people

[@MimikyuCookie]

@@oooh19you sound bitter

[@kaveenasingsandcosplays3441]

Janis and Regina are the real villains.

[@deejaytrizay]

Best video...no no no...best piece of film history EVER! This is single handedly the best thing ever even put together! Better than: the moon landing, landing rockets upright, better than ANY movie EVER, better than the ending of any war...etc etc.

[@vixen8583]

No you’re right

[@deejaytrizay]

@@vixen8583 ty

[@kayleighmarshall8651]

I am team karen

[@kaveenasingsandcosplays3441]

@Viktor Tronin they mean karen smith

[@kaveenasingsandcosplays3441]

Yeees

[@chrishill9197]

@Viktor Tronin They are literally nothing alike...

[@chrishill9197]

@Viktor Tronin Your delusion is over 9000!!!

[@chrishill9197]

@Viktor Tronin The fact that you're making such a terrible comparison shows that you are yet another NPC troll who isn't worth bothering with. Ok bye.

[@helpmereach45ksubswithoutvideo]

These videos is the thing we need

[@filmsensei]

This is stupid. Clear agenda on the part of the narrator. "Are you Team Regina or Team Cady? It's Regina, right?" Everyone's villainous and unhappy with themselves in this movie, LOL.

[@francinefernandez2792]

ALWAYS team regina, she raised me fr

[@jonathanstrine3993]

Booooooooooo

[@noraafrica3555]

She is MOTHER

[@moonescentpearl]

right

[@Bodysnatchers-fiends]

Regina George is the *Queen Bee 🐝* Cady Heron -> Cady Horne(t). *What is a Hornet?* Murder Hornets hunt down Queen Bees to infiltrate and destroy beehives!

[@evegreenification]

Sorry to hear

[@Angel-dz8tp]

I liked a lot! Greetings from Cuba

[@emmawebsdale6363]

No. Regina is. She is the queen bee and those kinds of characters that make out with their ex to hurt you and then rub their flirty moments in their face are downright pure evil.

[@Emuotoriii9]

Fun fact: Cady was jealous of Regina and want everything that she had

[@dandylion2279]

Cady is def not the real villain lol

[@arabbit.-9740]

The only character that didn’t do anything wrong? Karen.

[@aldcbizarre]

I’m team Kady fr

[@gossipIluvUihate]

They were all villains

[@ibrahimzaman921]

I don't know how i landed up here, but it was nice 😅

[@pierluigisalerni5175]

Beautiful film and beautiful girls

[@evegreenification]

The problem is 90% Regina. If she had just made the choice to join the lacrosse team at the beginning of high school none of this would have happened. The other 10% of blame belongs to Gretchen (5%) and 5% all the people who look up to those girls simply for their beauty.

[@xxxiamjsservn]

Regina raised me. So I am team Regina. She's a real baddie ahahahaha

[@kaveenasingsandcosplays3441]

You can like her, but she was the absolute worst. It all started with her bullying Janis.

[@user-Dollette]

@@kaveenasingsandcosplays3441 Yes but they were all bullies. Everyone was a victim and abuser

[@clarasland9739]

0:01 that face 😂😂

[@playgroundboy907]

Team Regina

[@MsClaudiaDuran]

Regina George is to teen girls what Tyler Durden is to college boys.

[@Simcandoit]

Team Regina. She's the MOTHER!

[@darkdragon9443]

I know 1 thing if someone is that mean in college or high school they probably have sad pathetic life now

[@strivingforsuccess88]

I don't really understand. Why do you guys like Regina so much?

[@kaveenasingsandcosplays3441]

Probably bc they think she's fun to watch, but she's a horrible person. A lot of ppl always praise the bullies in movies, shows, and sometimes even books while hating on the protagonist.

[@kaveenasingsandcosplays3441]

I think Regina is fun to watch, but I hate her. I don't get how ppl like her but not Cady. Regina bullied Cady first.

[@strivingforsuccess88]

@@kaveenasingsandcosplays3441 Exactly! You're right. Both Cady and Regina are horrible people. How can people like the bullies? When did the world become like this?...

[@chrishill9197]

@@kaveenasingsandcosplays3441 Regina George is literally the Frieza of "Girl World." In fact, I remember a TFS comments section comparing them both once lmfao. 😂

[@natiman394]

Am team cady, she runs the whole story on her shoulder both by voice and acting, so she is the best for me !!!

[@user-zl9kw1ci8r]

電影劇情很棒👍👍

[@tayloralisonswift9544]

Lindsay was even the reason why this movie was a box office success and grossed more than 100 million dollars. Rachel was an unknown actress at that time while Lindsay was the biggest actor and she's at the top of the world, that's why they put her as Cady cause she deserved to be the main character and gave better performance more than Rachel did.

[@chikaenyiwafor1277]

Innocence died in this movie😂

[@user-xz7yp4wu9d]

Where can you watch the whole film

[@user-ms2ys8bq6y]

See what happens when you have no rooster

[@davidmagee5671]

I went on a double date with Dnaiel who plays Damien when I was in college in FL. He's super sweet

[@ThomasJr]

6:50 The right word is sabotaged, not kidnapped

[@alejandrolopez6626]

Team Regina 4 evaaar!

[@pxnkdxll]

It wasn’t Cady’s fault. That was Janice Ian’s.

[@josiahpurtee1156]

Lindsay Lohan

[@AlexaWortman-kc1jp]

I that movie lot most favorite Actors is Lucy cabert

[@abdullahjaber5801]

Yes

[@AP-ex6qz]

It’s borderline mentality to always need to label some characters as the villain and some as the hero, basically everyone is a mixture of both in equal quantities

[@oooh19]

So controlling of their friends ‘ not only hair and clothing but their other friendships

[@gisellelucariello6869]

Them cady

[@brettkimura]

So fetch 💋

[@Bodysnatchers-fiends]

Regina George is the *Queen Bee 🐝* Cady Heron -> Cady Horne(t). *What is a Hornet?* Murder Hornets hunt down Queen Bees to infiltrate and destroy beehives!

[@punnipur]

The only one who is not mean is Karen!

[@renny7057]

Everyone in this movie sucks, but Damian was the backbone of the entire film frfr. Mans is funny as fuck.

[@StreamHypeBoyByNewJeans]

No, Karen is. Shush

[@renny7057]

@@StreamHypeBoyByNewJeans Who are you.

[@oooh19]

“Don’t sit by him he farts a lot “

[@chrishill9197]

Hey look, it's Vegeta the Hedgehog!

[@Aalani-xw2sh]

Cady is the villain because she copy Regina and when Janice had a art show she never came and she could had said no to Janice and she broke up the girls friendship

[@morgz_freeman]

I feel like they're all villains. Janice wanted Cady to destroy the mean girl's lives. (Specifically Regina George.) Cady started acting like a mean girl and she knew that what she was doing was wrong. She was letting everyone control her and convince her to do stuff. And she was jealous of Regina and her boyfriend, Aaron Samuels. She was doing it for fun but then she started getting into it. Regina George is bad because she knew that Cady liked her ex-boyfriend and decided to kiss him right in front of her. Damian is the only one who isn't really bad. The movie is called Mean Girls, so he wouldn't have too much to do with it. Everyone learned their lesson. But I also like your points too! (:

[@sannifunacct.986]

Regina till the end never wore expossive dresses like Cady.

[@sanskritibarman4928]

That's the point she doesn't need to appeal to male gaze Bcoz of the power that she holds!

[@Heidibell20]

Team Cady❤

[@Rocknrollin_07]

I loveee cady 🥰🥰

[@Heidibell20]

@@Rocknrollin_07 me toooo! She is the best

[@kaveenasingsandcosplays3441]

Yeees

[@aliacar8659]

McDonald's.. na weinsinger gibt's schon gerne bald sind das ist schön bei Amazon ist der schönste blond

[@Amberwynn]

team regina

[@Simpforsloan]

What was in the bar

[@B0K0691]

No

[@ThomasJr]

Wow, it's funny that the narrator knocks Aaron Samuels character down so much . Why? Yes , he's dull, Shane Oman is hawtter.

[@GreysAholic]

Srsly all these characters are rude and the worst characters in their own way

[@kaveenasingsandcosplays3441]

Karen was the nicest and the only reason Cady did anything bad was bc of Janice

[@reevaangelsteenkamp4747]

👍🏻

[@bubblegumking01]

Team Regina forever

[@Bodysnatchers-fiends]

Regina George is the *Queen Bee 🐝* Cady Heron -> Cady Horne(t). *What is a Hornet?* Murder Hornets hunt down Queen Bees to infiltrate and destroy beehives!

[@MimikyuCookie]

Regina wrote this.

[@Angelo-he3ql]

Alyssa and my boyfriend lennard villain 😈😈

[@kimberlygroher3625]

and for me I do love Cady i do love her and me me&my family we are not Africans it’s not what we are cause it’s in my heritage sorry But I have to go with teamReginaGeorge

[@poppy2809]

Mean girls is kids version of euphoria 💀💀

[@EggR0llKing]

Mean Girls came first though...

[@sidranaqvi7130]

Please delete your comment about comparing the burn book to the bible.its blasphemous

[@leoxxxx9276]

janice is the real villian she using Cady for revenge and play the victim and blame game on Cady

[@summerrose8110]

Another Cady simp blind to Cady's racism.

[@hallahallahannah]

Yes Janis is the real mean girl...

[@abigailthasan8200]

Cady was the true mean girl in the movie. Yes, everybody was mean at some extent, which is the point; but Cady made the situation escalate. The whole movie is about how all girls are mean to each other, but Cady is definitely the true villan.

[@AImaniaX]

Yep 👍

[@KKelly-ng1ni]

No. Cady would have never gotten involved if it wasn't for Janice and Damian. They dragged her into their ugliness.

[@AImaniaX]

None of us realized it but yeah Cady, and her friends plotted evil things to do to Regina. They were in the wrong. Cady was jealous of Regina and mad she got back with her boyfriend. There are plenty of fish in the sea! Why did she have to be so terrible 😢 to Regina ugh.

[@KKelly-ng1ni]

Because Regina was terrible. I have no idea why she was so cruel and toxic.

[@jaiDream]

👍

[@halleluiatebeje4393]

GOD LOVES YOU! REPENT! SAVE YOUR SOUL! HELL IS REAL! IT IS NOT A JOKE OR PARTY! ❤❤❤❤

[@Jasmine-gt1dx]

So fetch

[@QueenBeeRegina]

Yes, she IS the real villain!

[@kaveenasingsandcosplays3441]

Bye Janis and Regina were the villains. Regina bullied Janis and Cady first, which then led to Janis manipulating Cady into thinking she was right in taking down Regina. At least Cady and Janis owned up to and took responsibility for everything they did. Regina did not. It took Regina getting hit by a bus to stop being a bully. Also, Cady has never been to a real school before. She had no idea what was right and wrong in a social situation. Plus, Regina completely deserved it.

[@summerrose8110]

​@@kaveenasingsandcosplays3441 Bullshit. Did Janis manipulate Cady to be a racist bigot on her first damn day? Or compare Africans to uncivilized savages in the mall scene? Janis does have accountability for hee actions and so does Regina, but THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY VILLIANS!!!!!!

[@woozywolf_]

EXACTLYYY​@@kaveenasingsandcosplays3441

[@aninhagabriela6721]

😭

[@aliacar8659]

Nägel sind dabei ist in der Felix betnis sein sollte in Essen in der Nähe sind Felix auch n. Veränderung braucht man nie Werte änder sind noch hongkon night Jazz nach Hongkong Nation Hongkong Werner Hongkong werde ich nicht haben. Another is and david's not Felix würde ich nicht haben. Nee ganzer nein der müssen nach Hause kommen werde ich nicht haben wenn ja nicht und Nuss Hongkong wer keine Zeit. Anna wollte noch Hongkong werde ich nicht haben na Adresse braucht man nicht bin David Sender Amazon Felix würde ich nicht haben werde neiglos Geheimnis in der Felix Nike da sind da braucht man nicht anessa montante. Eine weißen anhören nach Hongkong braucht man gar nicht werde Adresse auf. Erneutes in der Girls am Felix braucht man nicht Ernest eine montanten Energien montanten für dich nicht haben wir müssen noch Hongkong auch nicht. Gleich ne Felix würde ich nie haben würde noch Adresse ändern braucht man sowas nicht montanten nicht. Gar nicht in der Champions in der Felix. Damals in the devils nach Hongkong brauche ich auch nicht leicht deine Hongkong auch nicht Navis in japanische würde dich nie haben werde. in der Felix würde ich nie haben ne dich gar nicht wissen nach Hongkong auch nicht nächsten Felix auch nicht nur. Soll ich eine Holz eine x-mendünste gar nicht haben würde Amazon so. Ja wenn es in der Anderson der Felix auch nicht nee sondern nee erneut in der Hongkong gar nicht noch Adresse Gänse ist gar nicht unterwegs

[@ThomasJr]

9:26 Janis is very stylish and good looking. I doubt she'd be with an Indian guy like Kevin B Hahaha

[@dennydineva5755]

Team Regina

[@fmjjjjn7510]

Team Regina