The Mystery of Cady Heron's Missing Dad in Mean Girls 2024

The Absence of Cady Heron's Dad

2024's Mean Girls revolves around the same characters audiences met in the 2004 original, but Cady Heron's dad is strangely missing from the movie. The musical reimagining of Mean Girls is noticeably similar to the previous film in terms of the main story and characters at the center. However, the adaptation also holds a number of differences between Mean Girls 2004 and 2024. These range the addition of song and dance numbers, adjusting relationships, and leaving out some minor characters. This includes Cady's father not being in Mean Girls 2024.

Mean Girls 2024 Bebe Wood Angourie Rice and Avantika Vandanapu as Gretchen Cady and Karen

The 2024 version of Mean Girls is again focused on Cady Heron, played by Angourie Rice, and includes a few glimpses of her family life. This includes using the same general setup where Cady's family moves from Africa to the United States due to her parents' work. Jenna Fischer plays the part of Cady's mom, who had a minor role in the original 2004 film. However, Cady's father, Chip (previously played by Neil Flynn), is noticeably absent through Mean Girls 2024's ending. That prompts several questions about what happened to Cady's dad and why he is missing from the movie.

Angourie Rice as Cady Heron Smiling in Mean Girls 2024

The Mystery of Cady Heron's Dad

Is Cady Heron's Dad Dead In Mean Girls 2024? Since Cady Heron's dad is not in Mean Girls 2024, there are only a few options to explain his absence. The most tragic possibility is that Mr. Heron is dead. There is no definitive evidence that this is what happened to him, though. There are no references to Cady's dad dying previously or any old family photos that hint at his passing. This leaves a few different possibilities to explain his absence from the movie. It's possible Cady's parents got divorced, never married, or that he is in the family picture but just left out of the movie's plot. Mean Girls 2024 does not provide much evidence to support any of these possible explanations. The one that does not appear to be the case is that Cady's parents are still married and he is just not shown. Ms. Heron does not have a wedding ring on in the movie. This rules out the best-case scenario for the Heron family's current status, but it also could be seen as evidence that Cady's mom and dad never got married. This might mean that she is a child of divorce in Mean Girls 2024.

How Cady's Dad Not Being In Mean Girls 2024 Changes Her Story

Chip Heron played a rather small role in the original 2004 Mean Girls movie, so his absence from the 2024 musical does not bring about that many notable changes to the film's actual plot. Some might not even realize that he is missing at all. However, the implication that Cady's father is not part of her life does change her story, regardless of the exact reason why he is missing. This means that Cady only has her mom as part of her family and is missing a father figure in her life.