The new Mean Girls musical movie has a different ending than the OG film and fans will love it. There are some differences between the 2004 film and the new movie musical but one of the biggest is the ending. Everyone remembers the iconic ending of the 2004 Mean Girls, where the school is at peace, and everyone is friendly with each other. Even though something similar occurs in the new film, a huge memorable scene wasn’t recreated. Here’s a breakdown of the differences and the musical movie’s ending. Spoiler Warning: Spoilers for Mean Girls the musical movie follow.
It all starts with Regina George (Reneé Rapp) getting hit by a bus, which is followed by chaos at North Shore High. People speculate that Cady (Angourie Rice) was the one who pushed her, but as we all know, she didn’t. Cady realizes things have gotten way out of hand and tries to make amends with everyone, including Regina. She drops off flowers at Regina’s house, tells her mom (Jenna Fischer) about her bad grades, and even tells Principal Duvall (Tim Meadows) that she wrote the line about Ms. Norbury (Tina Fey) in the Burn Book.
After winning the state competition for the Mathletes, Cady goes to the Spring Fling and immediately makes up with Regina, who’s a little off due to the amount of painkillers she’s on. Cady makes a speech, this time while singing “I See Stars,” and shares the crown with multiple people, including the other Spring Fling Queen nominees. This is different from the OG movie because in the 2004 Mean Girls, it’s not until the end of the dance and back at school that peace is finally restored.
I should also mention that there’s no last bus scene, you know the one where a new group of Plastics almost get hit by a school bus? Though the OG film ended with this, there’s actually no scene back at North Shore High after the Spring Fling. While at the dance, Cady makes up with Regina and Janis (Auli’i Cravalho) and finally gets with Aaron (Christopher Briney).
The Plastics are seen dancing with the Mathletes and other students, and everyone is getting along, making it clear that all is right at North Shore High. The characters continue dancing as Janis and Damian (Jaquel Spivey) give a parting message to viewers before the credits roll and “Not My Fault,” the new track by Megan Thee Stallion and Reneé Rapp, plays.
Even though the Mean Girls musical movie ending is different for the original movie, I still liked it and definitely plan on watching this movie more than once. Regina expressed how she wanted to change, and it was still shown how everyone came together after intense chaos.
Like Rapp says on the track, “There’s enough for us all.”