January 23, 2011
Mean Girls 2 is a 2011 American teen comedy television film directed by Melanie Mayron and written by Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser, and Allison Schroeder. It is a sequel to the 2004 film Mean Girls. The film stars Meaghan Martin, Maiara Walsh, Jennifer Stone, Nicole Gale Anderson, Claire Holt, Diego Boneta, and Linden Ashby. Tim Meadows reprises his role as the principal Ron Duvall.
It premiered on January 23, 2011, on ABC Family, and was released on DVD on February 1 by Paramount Home Entertainment. It was the last film produced by Paramount Famous Productions, a direct-to-video entertainment division of Paramount Pictures. It received negative reviews from critics.
Storyline
Jo Mitchell attends North Shore High School in Ohio, hoping to attend Carnegie Mellon, her late mother's alma mater. On her first day, she encounters a clique called "The Plastics", composed of leader Mandi Weatherly, ditzy Chastity Meyer, and hypochondriac Hope Plotkin. Jo befriends Mandi's rival Abby Hanover and they become embroiled in a prank war.
Jo's father is a mechanic who rebuilds engines for NASCAR. As a result, she is a good mechanic and excels in shop class, where she falls in love with a boy named Tyler.
Jo gives Abby a ride home on her Vespa. She meets Abby's father, a successful entrepreneur, who offers to pay Jo's college tuition in exchange for friendship with Abby. Jo reluctantly accepts, motivated by her desire to attend Carnegie Mellon. Jo, Tyler, and Abby become close friends, along with a journalist named Quinn Shinn, who has become obsessed with the Plastics ever since she came to high school.
Tyler takes Jo on a date, borrowing Mandi's boyfriend Nick's convertible. Unknown to them, however, the car is bugged, which Mandi uses to humiliate her. Then Jo learns that Tyler is Mandi's stepbrother. Mandi escalates the prank war, first trying to sabotage her chances to get into Carnegie Mellon, then using artificial sweetener and coffee to ruin one of Jo's father's engines.
Jo confronts Mandi about going too far, only to learn she is focused on her narrow goal of being on top. So, when Jo and Abby realize she is about to throw her birthday party, Jo throws a rival party for Abby; Abby's party is "all invited", whereas Mandi's is "invite only".
The Plastics, seeing no one at Mandi's but hearing music at Abby's, puts ipecac on their pizza. Jo sees Hope paying for the pizza and notices it smells funny, so she stashes it away. The Plastics are disappointed to see that no one at Abby's party is sick. Mandi's boyfriend Nick comments on the lack of food, so Jo gives him a slice of the contaminated pizza. After Mandi kisses him, he vomits on her.
Jo, Abby, and Quinn, who had been helping them, start a new clique called the "Anti-Plastics" and play a series of pranks on Chastity and Hope. Jo campaigns against Mandi for Homecoming Queen, threatening Jo's relationship with Tyler as she's becoming like her nemesis.
Jo realizes what she's been doing is wrong, so Jo tries to return the money to Abby's father. Mandi overhears this and gets Quinn to turn against her and write about the bribe in the school paper, which nearly puts Jo and Abby's friendship at a breaking point.
Mandi and Nick steal the homecoming court charity money, which is to be donated to an animal shelter. She plants it in Jo's shed, then tips off Principal Duvall. Jo is expelled, but not before she finds Mandi and challenges her to a game of flag football. She refuses until she realizes she must win to remain popular.
When Tyler and Abby learn from Quinn that Jo was likely framed, they rekindle their friendship with her and enlist the tech-savvy Elliott to prove Jo's innocence. The Anti-Plastics beat the Plastics at flag football. Elliott finds images of Mandi and Nick planting the money and texts them to the whole student body. They are arrested, and Principal Duvall apologizes to Jo. At the Homecoming Dance, Abby and Elliott are crowned King and Queen, and Jo and Tyler kiss.
Jo and Abby attend Carnegie Mellon together while Tyler attends Penn State. Quinn takes over as leader of the Plastics. Mandi and Nick serve community service and are allowed to graduate, but lose their popularity.
Also See
- Mean Girls (2004)
- Mean Girls (2004) (Trailers)
- Mean Girls 2 (2011) (TV Spots)
- Mean Girls (2024)