# Mean Girls

> 2004 film by Mark Waters

**Wikidata**: [Q631103](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q631103)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Girls)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/mean-girls

## Summary
Mean Girls is a 2004 American film directed by Mark Waters. It is classified as a teen film, romantic comedy, comedy film, and an LGBTQ-related film, and it features performers including Lindsay Lohan and Lacey Chabert.

## Key Facts
- Title (Wikipedia): Mean Girls
- Wikidata description: "2004 film by Mark Waters"
- Type: film (defined as a sequence of images that give the impression of movement, stored on film stock)
- Genres/classifications: teen film; romantic comedy; comedy film; LGBTQ-related film
- Director: Mark Waters
- Country of origin: United States (United States inception dates noted: 1776-07-04 with qualifier "declaration of independence"; 1784-05-12 marked preferred with qualifier "independence recognized by country from which it separated" and statement subject "Treaty of Paris (1783)")
- Principal performers referenced: Lindsay Lohan (American actress and singer) and Lacey Chabert (American actress)
- Lindsay Lohan metadata provided: occupations — , , , , , , ; citizenship — Q30; sitelink_count — 93
- Lacey Chabert metadata provided: occupations — , , , , ; citizenship — Q30; sitelink_count — 43
- Publication / release date entries provided: 2004-04-19T00:00:00Z; 2004-07-08T00:00:00Z; 2004-08-26T00:00:00Z; 2004 (unspecified day/month)
- Successor / related sequel: Mean Girls 2 (2011 teenage film directed by Melanie Mayron)
- Wikidata/Wikipedia metadata for this entry: sitelink_count — 59; wikipedia_title — Mean Girls

## FAQs
Q: What is Mean Girls?
A: Mean Girls is a 2004 American film directed by Mark Waters that is classified as a teen film, romantic comedy, comedy film, and an LGBTQ-related film.

Q: Who directed Mean Girls and when was it released?
A: The film was directed by Mark Waters. Release/publication dates recorded in the provided data include April 19, 2004; July 8, 2004; and August 26, 2004, plus a general 2004 entry.

Q: Which actors associated with Mean Girls are named in the source material?
A: The source references Lindsay Lohan (described as an American actress and singer) and Lacey Chabert (described as an American actress).

Q: What genres does Mean Girls belong to?
A: Mean Girls is listed under multiple genres: teen film, romantic comedy, comedy film, and LGBTQ-related film.

Q: Is there a sequel or related film?
A: Yes. The provided material lists Mean Girls 2 (2011), a teenage film directed by Melanie Mayron, as a successor/related work.

Q: Where was Mean Girls produced or attributed to?
A: The film is attributed to the United States.

## Why It Matters
Mean Girls is notable within the provided data as a 2004 American film that spans several overlapping genre classifications—teen film, romantic comedy, comedy film, and LGBTQ-related film—indicating a work positioned at the intersection of youth-oriented storytelling, romantic comedy conventions, comedic emphasis, and themes or relevance to LGBTQ topics. The film is directed by Mark Waters and is documented with multiple publication dates in 2004. It also connects to named performers Lindsay Lohan and Lacey Chabert, and the entry has continued relevance in the dataset through a later related title, Mean Girls 2 (2011) directed by Melanie Mayron. The combination of director, multiple genre tags, named performers, and a follow-up entry demonstrates the film's concrete place in the set of American films recorded for 2004.

## Notable For
- Being a 2004 film directed by Mark Waters (explicitly recorded in the wikidata description).
- Classified simultaneously as a teen film, romantic comedy, comedy film, and LGBTQ-related film.
- Featuring performers named in the provided material: Lindsay Lohan and Lacey Chabert.
- Having multiple documented publication/release date entries in 2004 (April 19; July 8; August 26; and a general 2004 entry).
- Having a recorded sequel/related work: Mean Girls 2 (2011) directed by Melanie Mayron.
- Presence in wikidata/wikipedia metadata: sitelink_count of 59 for the Mean Girls entry.

## Body

### Overview
- Mean Girls is recorded as a 2004 film.  
- The official wikidata description provided reads: "2004 film by Mark Waters."  
- The entry's Wikipedia title in the dataset is "Mean Girls."  
- The dataset lists a sitelink_count of 59 for this film entry.

### Genres and Classification
- The work is classified as a film. The supplied definition for film in the related material: "sequence of images that give the impression of movement, stored on film stock."  
- It is further categorized under multiple genre tags in the source material: teen film; romantic comedy; comedy film; and LGBTQ-related film.  
- Each genre tag appears as a distinct "Thing" or classification in the related material.

### Director and Creative Leadership
- Director: Mark Waters (explicit in the wikidata description and raw description).

### Principal Performers and Associated Metadata
- Lindsay Lohan is listed among the related people. The provided descriptor is "American actress and singer." Additional metadata provided for Lindsay Lohan in the source material: occupations — , , , , , , ; citizenship — Q30; sitelink_count — 93.  
- Lacey Chabert is listed among the related people. The provided descriptor is "American actress." Additional metadata for Lacey Chabert: occupations — , , , , ; citizenship — Q30; sitelink_count — 43.

### Release and Publication Dates
- The structured properties include multiple publication_date entries for Mean Girls:  
  - 2004-04-19T00:00:00Z  
  - 2004-07-08T00:00:00Z  
  - 2004-08-26T00:00:00Z  
  - A general 2004 date entry (2004-00-00T00:00:00Z) is also present in the data.

### Country of Origin / National Attribution
- Country: United States.  
- The provided material includes structured metadata for the United States entity with inception dates and qualifiers:  
  - 1776-07-04 with qualifier "declaration of independence" and statement subject "United States Declaration of Independence."  
  - 1784-05-12 marked preferred with qualifier "independence recognized by country from which it separated" and statement subject "Treaty of Paris (1783)."  
- The United States entity in the related material also shows a sitelink_count of 423.

### Sequels and Related Works
- The dataset lists Mean Girls 2 as a successor/related title. Mean Girls 2 is identified as a 2011 teenage film directed by Melanie Mayron. (Mean Girls 2 appears twice in the provided "Preceded/Succeeded by" material with identical descriptors.)

### Metadata and Identifiers
- sitelink_count for the Mean Girls entry: 59.  
- wikipedia_title for the entry: Mean Girls.  
- wikidata_description: "2004 film by Mark Waters."

### Related Types and Terms
- Related "Thing" entries provided include: film (class); teen film; romantic comedy; LGBTQ-related film; comedy film. Each is listed as a classification or related entity in the source material and establishes the film's multiple thematic and genre affiliations.

### Connections Summary
- Director: Mark Waters (from wikidata description).  
- Named performers in the source: Lindsay Lohan (American actress and singer) and Lacey Chabert (American actress).  
- Country association: United States (with listed inception metadata).  
- Sequel/related title: Mean Girls 2 (2011) directed by Melanie Mayron.  
- Multiple 2004 publication date entries are recorded for the film.

### Data Presence
- The entry has a nontrivial presence in the provided dataset as indicated by sitelink_count = 59.  
- Related person entries in the dataset have their own sitelink_count values: Lindsay Lohan (93), Lacey Chabert (43).

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