Gallery: Why Mean Girls Has Obsessed the Internet for a Decade

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    Make Benghazi Happen

    This image, referencing *Mean Girls*' classic "stop trying to make 'fetch' happen" line, popped in response to the controversy surrounding the Obama administration's response to the Benghazi attack.
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    Mean Girls of Panem

    *The Hunger Games* has just one of the many fan communities that has incorporated *Mean Girls* into its fandom.
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    Mean Girls of Westeros

    *Game of Thrones* fans have gotten in on the action too.
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    Mean Mad Men

    Even *Mad Men* fans are into *Mean Girls*.
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    Jennifer Lawrence

    Jennifer Lawrence referenced the film in her 2013 People's Choice Award acceptance speech.
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    SheDoesn'tEvenGoHere

    *Mean Girls* offers an almost limitless supply of reaction GIFs like this one.
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    White House Making Fetch Happen

    Even the White House social media team references the movie.
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