High school, as Buffy the Vampire Slayer reminds us, can be hell.
Here are 27 movie mean girls to avoid as you go back to school.
Some are smart and conniving, some as dumb as a bag of hammers.
Some are literally evil, some just high school evil.
Join us as we count down the 27 meanest high school girls in the movies…
27.
Sample line: Ive got so many hickies people will think Im a leper.
Meanest moment:Parading acne-pitted Scorpion leader Leo around at the school dance under poor stupid Kenickies nose.
Though, on balance, we suppose there are worse things she could do.
More victim than real villain, shes a sadly satirical reflection of a fame-mad age.
Sample line: Im whats known as pre-famous.
My life is an audition for reality TV.
Meanest moment:Attempting to sabotage Troy and Gabriellas friendship for her own selfish ends.
Oh Sharpay, didnt you pay any attention to the lyrics of All in this Together?
Its a hilariously bizarre feel-good movie, with a brilliantly devious mean girl at its center.
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Sample line:Sandy, hi!
You look so rich!
I mean, great!
Sample line (Gibby):I dont think youre supposed to wear white jeans after 1983.
Meanest moment:The triosCarrie-inspired dog food at the prom plan.
Thankfully, this girl gets her just desserts, and Nick abandons her mid-seduction attempt.
Sample line:Do you like to wrestle?
Meanest moment:That would be a major spoiler, but suffice to say, its pretty cruel.
Meanest moment:How to decide?
Sample line:Transfer to Washington.
No one at Westerberg is going to let you play their reindeer games.
Meanest moment:Threatening to destroy Veronicas reputation for embarrassing her at a frat party.
She does get her comeuppance more or less the next morning though.
Cue backstabbing, social climbing and a whole load of bitching.
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Sample line:Boo, you whore.
She has cystitis maybe?)
and for the cardinal sin of plagiarizing cheerleading routines.
Spirit fingers at the ready people!
Sample line:(About her fellow high school graduands) God, what a bunch of retards.
Sample line:Apparently Im a bad influence on people.
Meanest moment:Lying remorselessly to the girl who loves her.
Worst of all, one of those boys is the Dude himself, Jeff Bridges.
Shame on you Jacy.
You name it, beautiful Jacy did it.
In short, were big fans.
Meanest moment:Organizing a Phelps-family style protest to harass Olive out of school.
Its a brilliant, uncomfortable, and nastily enjoyable performance.
Meanest moment:Returning to her home town to seduce her married ex-boyfriend.
I dont have a heart of gold and Idontgrow one later, OK?
There are other people a lot nicer coming up we call them losers.'
Meanest moment:Holding her brothers dead boyfriends ashes to ransom.
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Sample line:Tracy Turnblad is a human roach nest.
Meanest moment:Knocking Tracy out in a game of dodge ball.
Whichever it is, theres no denying shes mean.
You should get on with it.
Meanest moment:Using black magic to fake Sarahs suicide definitely puts Nancy on the naughty list.
Its Chris mean girl antics that spark the most famous prom queen coronation of them all.
Big mistake, Chris.
Meanest moment:The prom night bucket o blood plan, theres no doubt about it.
Shes cruel, manipulative and walks all over nerdy long-time pal Needy, played by Amanda Seyfried.
Its post-transformation that Jennifer goes from high school evil to actual evil.
Sample lineIm going to rip out your heart, eat it… and shit it out!
Meanest moment:Eating sensitive Goth boy Colin.
That was an act of pure evil.
Kathryn (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is a coke-snorting bulimic hypocrite majoring in manipulation.
Via a series of wagers made with her lascivious stepbrother, she blazes a destructive trail.
What makes her deserve the number one spot on this list?
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Sample line:I love you?
You are completely pussy-whipped.
Meanest moment:Revealing to recently reformed bad boy Sebastian she manipulated him into breaking his true loves heart.
Talk about cruel intentions.
This post originally appeared in August 2012 and was revised in July 2016.
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