Cocktail Cinema: The most iconic scenes from ‘Mean Girls’ as cocktails

With the new Mean Girls movie coming out, and the original celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, we thought it would be the perfect time to reminisce. Which cocktail do you drink to get into the vibe of each iconic scene? You never asked, but girl, did we provide.

After Mean Girls was released in 2004, the world was never the same. It completely shifted the history of cinema into something much more fetch, and spawned iconic lines to quote for at least the next century. All we’re saying is that Tina Fey could do Avatar, but James Cameron couldn’t make Mean Girls.

So, if you want to get into the vibes of all the iconic scenes in Mean girls, we know which cocktail you should drink.

[Hero and featured image credit: Mean Girls (2004), Paramount Pictures]

Cocktail Cinema: The most iconic scenes from Mean Girls as cocktails

Not a regular mum but a cool mum: “Flower Power” from Find The Locker Room

Colourful, flowery, born in the ’60s — there’s no better cocktail that encapsulates the essence of Mrs George better than the “Flower Power” cocktail from Find The Locker Room. The cool mum is all for love and acceptance, which requires a whole lot when your daughter is Regina George, but if you’d have a little bit of alcohol, she’d prefer you do it in the house.

Wednesday shopping at the mall: “For a Cooler You” from Tropic City

From their new Tropicology menu, “For a Cooler You” is a tiki-style drink with Naked Malt whisky, an array of fruits, and salted maple syrup. If you want to feel what Cady Heron felt surrounded by the animals at the watering hole at the mall, this drink at Tropic City will take you to the rainforest and back.

Alternatively, the refreshing “So Fresh & So Clean” with Lillet blanc, Campari, and Monsoon jasmine tea could also work for this scene. We wouldn’t want Taylor Wedell to drink something too strong after her trip back from Planned Parenthood after all.

The Plastics’ talent show number: Eggnog from 4th Wall

We don’t know what magic is sprinkled into 4th Wall‘s Eggnog, but it has, on several occasions, Jingle Bell Rocked our world. It’s got a kick, it’s sweet, and has spice — something The Plastics were trying to channel until Jason was hit in the face by a boombox. If you feel more like Damien’s talent show with the Christina Aguilera song, we feel like it’s more of a Ramos Gin Fizz. Yes, you can also order that at 4th Wall.

Spring Fling dress tryout: Campari and Soda

Sometimes all you need is a refreshing glass of Campari and Soda. That way, you don’t have to head over to Sears to get a dress for the Spring Fling. A glass has only 120 calories, after all. Ask the bartender to throw in a lemon peel for the extra scent and colour. Being a Mean Girl is a whole vibe, even if it’s for a cocktail.

“The Ugliest Effing Skirt”: Harvey Wallbanger

Arguably, there’s no classic cocktail that represents 1970s America as well as the Harvey Wallbanger. Vodka, Galliano, and orange juice — it’s a guy in a leather jacket with a girl sitting cross-legged in her plaid skirt and shades, driving down Hollywood Boulevard in a convertible. Is it that the ugliest effing skirt we’ve ever seen? Yes. Are we interested? Also yes.

School riot incited by the Burn Book: “Chicken Dinner” from F*nkytown

They say revenge is best served cold, but we’d argue that it’s best served as calm and collected, like drinking the “Chicken Dinner” from F*nkytown. It’s actually a hot cocktail, and it tastes like having hot chicken soup — spiked, of course. Tasting it feels like you’re rewarding yourself for executing a genius plan, and seeing it served from a teapot is nothing but camp.

You also have the option to have the drink garnished with white truffle, which is honestly on brand for Regina George.

Mathletes Championship: “Green Coffee Grasshopper” from The Bamboo Bar

Chanel Adams’ Green Coffee Grasshopper puts a twist on the classic with pandan and coconut milk. It’s so easy to drink you’ll think the limit does not exist, and the absinthe represents our emotional state studying maths. The Bamboo Bar’s menu is also centred around versatility, which is what Cady Heron is all about.