History Film / MeanGirls2024

* AttackBackfire: Similar to cutting holes in Regina's tank top in the original, here Janis tries to humiliate Regina by turning the football field sprinklers on while she is being crowned Homecoming Queen during "Revenge Party". But because BeautyIsNeverTarnished, her wet hair and [[YourMakeupIsRunning running make up]] end up becoming the latest trend around school.

* AttackBackfire: Similar to cutting holes in Regina's tank top in the original, here Janis tries to humiliate Regina by turning the football field sprinklers on while she is being crowned Homecoming Queen. But because BeautyIsNeverTarnished, her wet hair and [[YourMakeIsRunning running make up]] end up becoming the latest trend around school.

Once more, the film will follow Cady, the new girl in school, and her clash with the cool girls, the Plastics, lead by Regina George. When Cady manages to uncover Regina's "Burn Book", however, the high school social structure is thrown into chaos. The film was theatrically released on January 12, 2024, with the digital version released on February 20th of the same year.

** While everyone is posting memes about the talent show, one person uses a brief clip from WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender, which, as a Nickelodeon property, is also a Creator/{{Paramount}} property.

** The name 'Gretchen Wieners' seemed to fit a white Jewish girl as Gretchen was in the 2004 film [[note]]neither part of the name is explicitly Jewish but they are both of German/Central European origin which makes sense for a character who is presumably of European Jewish descent[[/note]] more than the 2024 version of the character who is Latina (and if she is still Jewish it is never mentioned onscreen.)

* ButtMonkey: Regina George, as usual.
* CampGay: Damian, possibly even more so than in the original.

** Downplayed with Regina, who, for the most part, is the same AlphaBitch she always was, and even gets a nasty new KickTheDog moment in her and Janis' backstory, but here, she's less inclined to use homophobic, ableist, or body-shaming language (though this could be an unintended side-effect of the movie's KinderAndCleaner approach). [[spoiler:She also reconciles with Cady and even Janis at the Spring Fling after [[BreakTheHaughty being hit by the bus]] (though she attributes this to being on a lot of painkillers).]]

* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: A few examples of this happen in the movie, Ms. Norbury and Mr. Duvall are in some kind of non-professional relationship here, exchanging "I love you"s and chore duty.

** Regina is also AmbiguouslyGay or perhaps AmbiguouslyBi in this film. [[WordOfSaintPaul Her actress Renee Rapp]] [[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/mean-girls-2024-renee-rapp-b2477522.html confirmed that she explicitly played the character as a lesbian who has no genuine interest in either Aaron or Shane]] [[https://betches.com/mean-girls-regina-george-is-a-lesbian-and-i-can-prove-it/ and that Regina was flirting with Cady in the "get in, loser" scene]].

** While she also gets some of [[AdaptationalNiceGuy the opposite treatment]], Regina's treatment of Janis in their backstory is made even ''worse'' here than it was in the original; after seemingly supporting her newly-out friend, Regina kissed Janis at a party to get a boy's attention, then roundly mocked her sexuality to the rest of the school, discarding a friend for her own gain.

---->'''Regina George''': Ew, no. Why is he by our table?\\
'''Kevin Ganatra''': [[ImStandingRightHere I can hear you by the way]].\\
'''Regina George''': Can you hear me now? ''[Whispers and waves]'' Bye.

---->'''Regina George''': Ew, no. Why doesn't he buy her a table?\\

* HazyFeelTurn: [[spoiler:At the Spring Fling, Regina, now in a neck brace and seemingly humbled by her injuries, reconciles with Cady and publicly refutes the rumor that Cady pushed her in front of a bus, and even seems to make peace with Janis during the dance. That said, Regina herself attributes the attitude change to the large number of painkillers she's taking, so whether she would fall back into her old habits after recovering is left up in the air, since TheStinger shows her and Karen about to give someone a makeover saying they can be really hot and change everything about them.]]

* CampGay: Damian, possibly even more so than in the orig

* DarkerAndEdgier: In "A Cautionary Tale" Janis tries to make the story they're telling this by claiming people died. Damian immediately shoots her down and says no one died.

* HazyFeelTurn: [[spoiler:At the Spring Fling, Regina, now in a neck brace and seemingly humbled by her injuries, reconciles with Cady and publicly refutes the rumor that Cady pushed her in front of a bus, and even seems to make peace with Janis during the dance. That said, Regina herself attributes the attitude change to the large number of painkillers she's taking, so whether she would fall back into her old habits after recovering is left up in the air, since TheStinger shows her with Karen giving someone a makeover saying they can be really hot and change everything.]]

* TheOner: The entire second half of "Sexy" is a single long shot from the cut back to Regina until Karen's "I'm a sexy mouse, duh."

* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: A few examples of this happen in the movie, Ms. Norbury and Mr. Duvall are in some kind of non-professional relationship here, exchanging "I love you"s and chore duty and because Gretchen dumps Jason in this version, Kevin ends up with her, since Janis is a lesbian in this version.

** Regina is also AmbiguouslyGay or perhaps AmbiguouslyBi in this film. She sings the line "Can a gay girl get an amen?" and [[WordOfSaintPaul her actress Renee Rapp]] [[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/mean-girls-2024-renee-rapp-b2477522.html confirmed that she explicitly played the character as a lesbian who has no genuine interest in either Aaron or Shane]] [[https://betches.com/mean-girls-regina-george-is-a-lesbian-and-i-can-prove-it/ and that Regina was flirting with Cady in the "get in, loser" scene]].