Walmart's 'Mean Girls' Black Friday Ad Has a Part 2: Watch - The Messenger
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Walmart is continuing to promote its Black Friday deals with help from a good chunk of the original Mean Girls cast.

A week after the first ad was released, Lindsay Lohan, Lacey Chabert and Amanda Seyfried are back again in another Black Friday promotional spot that feeds the public's nostalgia for the cult classic film and brings attention to Walmart's Black Friday sale.

The first of Walmart's Mean Girls commercials premiered to Internet acclaim and featured appearances from Daniel Franzese and Rajiv Surendra, who also reprised their roles alongside three out of the four "Plastics." Rachel McAdams is still absent from this second ad, as are Lizzy Caplan and Jonathan Bennett.

In the first ad, we learn that Lohan's character Cady is a guidance counselor at the characters' alma mater North Shore High, while Seyfried's character Karen is a newscaster and Chabert's character Gretchen Wieners is an enthusiastic mom who's still very much proud to be a Strudel heiress.

The first spot revisited several iconic moments from the original film, like the "Jingle Bell Rock" sequence and the all-school brawl. It also paid homage to Missy Elliott's song "Pass That Dutch," a fundamental part of the film, as it was featured during its pivotal montage. The song's inclusion prompted a cameo from Elliott herself as North Shore High's new gym coach.

This time around, we get to know more about Gretchen's family, as the spot opens up in the Wieners family kitchen. Lohan can be heard in the voice-over on the spot's opening, filling us in on post-high school Gretchen's life, saying, "After high school, Gretchen formed her own clique — the Wieners household."

"Sweetie, it's Wednesday. You're wearing sweatpants," Gretchen tells her teen daughter, referencing the film's famous "On Wednesdays, we wear pink" line.

After hearing that Walmart's Black Friday deals had begun, Gretchen excitedly tells her daughter she is "so getting" white gold hoops for Hannukkah. Fans will instantly remember that Gretchen's white gold hoops were near and dear to her heart — and she was crushed when Regina George's mandates meant that she couldn't wear them.

Gretchen's daughter is either oblivious or unsympathetic as she responds, "White gold? It's giving 2004."

"I don't think your grandfather, the inventor of Toaster Strudel, would be too pleased to hear you using that tone with me," Gretchen shoots back.

The ad offers several more nostalgic lookbacks at the original film, such as when Karen (Seyfried) is up to her usual airhead antics on a phone call with Gretchen. "Do you ever wonder if the girl in the mirror can see you back?" she asks, staring at her reflection.

"Pass That Dutch" still plays in the background of this ad, though Kelis' "Milkshake" is notably featured as well. Though most of this new commercial centers on Gretchen and her family, Elliott and Lohan also make brief appearances in the last few seconds.

Mean Girls turns 20 next year, but its impact is as significant as if it came out just yesterday. Fans don't need an ad campaign to prove that fact, but the reactions have shown that it's very much appreciated.

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