The Plastics
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The Plastics are the popular, fashion-obsessed high school clique from the film "Mean Girls," known for their social power and manipulative behavior.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Plastics canonical | 14 |
| the Plastics | 2 |
| the Plastics (Mean Girls clique) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3760641 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Plastics Context triple: [Ms. Norbury, conflictsWithGroup, The Plastics]
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A.
The Red Krayola
The Red Krayola is an experimental rock band formed in the 1960s known for its avant-garde, psychedelic sound and influential role in underground music.
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B.
The Irons
The Irons is a popular nickname for West Ham United Football Club, a professional football team based in East London that competes in the English football league system.
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C.
The Spiders
The Spiders is the traditional nickname of Queen’s Park F.C., one of Scotland’s oldest football clubs known for its distinctive black-and-white hooped kits.
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D.
The Smeezingtons
The Smeezingtons were a songwriting and production team, best known for crafting pop and R&B hits with Bruno Mars and other major artists in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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E.
The Chemics
The Chemics is a traditional nickname for the Widnes Vikings, a professional rugby league club from Widnes, England, historically linked to the town’s chemical industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Plastics Target entity description: The Plastics are the popular, fashion-obsessed high school clique from the film "Mean Girls," known for their social power and manipulative behavior.
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A.
The Red Krayola
The Red Krayola is an experimental rock band formed in the 1960s known for its avant-garde, psychedelic sound and influential role in underground music.
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B.
The Irons
The Irons is a popular nickname for West Ham United Football Club, a professional football team based in East London that competes in the English football league system.
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C.
The Spiders
The Spiders is the traditional nickname of Queen’s Park F.C., one of Scotland’s oldest football clubs known for its distinctive black-and-white hooped kits.
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D.
The Smeezingtons
The Smeezingtons were a songwriting and production team, best known for crafting pop and R&B hits with Bruno Mars and other major artists in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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E.
The Chemics
The Chemics is a traditional nickname for the Widnes Vikings, a professional rugby league club from Widnes, England, historically linked to the town’s chemical industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character group
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fictional clique ⓘ high school clique ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | Mean Girls stage musical clique depiction ⓘ |
| antagonisticTo |
Cady Heron (later in film)
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linked to:
Cady Heron
Damian Leigh ⓘ Janis Ian ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Mean Girls
ⓘ
linked to:
Mean Girls (2004 film)
Mean Girls (2004 film) ⓘ Mean Girls (2024 musical film adaptation) ⓘ
linked to:
Mean Girls (musical)
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| associatedObject | Burn Book ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Tina Fey ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | iconic representation of mean girl cliques in popular culture ⓘ |
| dressCode |
no tank tops two days in a row
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only wear hair in a ponytail once a week ⓘ only wear jeans or track pants on Fridays ⓘ wear pink on Wednesdays ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | Evanston, Illinois ⓘ |
| genre |
high school film
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teen comedy ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Cady Heron
ⓘ
Gretchen Wieners ⓘ Karen Smith ⓘ Regina George ⓘ |
| hasMemberRole |
Cady Heron becomes the new leader temporarily
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Gretchen Wieners is the gossip ⓘ Karen Smith is the ditzy member ⓘ Regina George is the queen bee ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Rosalind Wiseman’s book Queen Bees and Wannabes
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linked to:
Queen Bees and Wannabes
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| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| memberCount | 4 ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | primary antagonistic clique ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fashion-consciousness
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manipulative behavior ⓘ popularity ⓘ social power ⓘ |
| originalLeader | Regina George ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | queen bees and wannabes ⓘ |
| rule |
on Wednesdays we wear pink
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you can’t sit with us if you break the rules ⓘ |
| schoolAttended | North Shore High School ⓘ |
| socialStatus | most popular girls at North Shore High School ⓘ |
| themeAssociated |
bullying
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female friendship dynamics ⓘ high school social hierarchy ⓘ peer pressure ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Plastics Description of subject: The Plastics are the popular, fashion-obsessed high school clique from the film "Mean Girls," known for their social power and manipulative behavior.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ms. Norbury in Mean Girls
subject linked to:
Karen Smith in Mean Girls
linked to: The Plastics
subject linked to:
Cady Heron – Lindsay Lohan
subject linked to:
Regina George – Rachel McAdams
subject linked to:
Gretchen Wieners – Lacey Chabert
subject linked to:
Aaron Samuels – Jonathan Bennett
linked to: The Plastics