A Cinderella Story (2004)

Madeline Zima: Brianna

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Quotes 

• Fiona : I am very, very, very, very upset about this.

  Brianna : You don't look upset.

  Fiona : Oh, it's the Botox. I can't show emotion for another hour and a half.

• Austin : [after Brianna and Gabriella both tell him that they're his mystery girl]  Ladies, ladies, I can settle this, all right? The girl that I met at the dance, she dropped something on her way out. What was it?

  Gabriella : Oh that's easy! A wallet!

  Austin : No.

  Gabriella : I mean a... wallet-purse.

  Austin : [succinctly]  No.

  Brianna : Oh, a fish!

• Sam : So... Who'd you guys pay to make your cars so dirty?

  Gabriella : Excuse me? Like, what are you, the Dirt Police?

  Brianna : [laughs]  Yeah! The Dirt Police! Like, excuse me miss, do you know how fast your dirt was going?

  Gabriella : You should've stopped at the Dirt Police.

• [the stepsisters are pretending to cry and make Shelby and her friends think that Cinderella hurt them] 

  Gabriella : And then, she told us that...

  [sniffs] 

  Gabriella : ... she was going to try and steal Austin away from you if that was the last thing she did.

  Brianna : Our stepsister has always been jealous of you!

  [blows her nose loudly] 

  Shelby : [impatiently]  Go on.

  Gabriella : Well, that's when she came up with this whole "Cinderella plot". She got a hold of Austin's e-mail address, and that's when she started the whole affair

  Brianna : We wanted to tell you sooner, but she threatened to kill us. She's such a monster!

• Shelby , Madison , Caitlyn : [Shelby, Madison and Caitlyn are walking through the school hallway, passing through all the students at school] 

  [to various students, in unison] 

  Shelby , Madison , Caitlyn : Move! Move! Move! Move!

  Brianna : [Gabriella and Brianna see Shelby and her friends and say hi]  Shelby! Hey!

  Gabriella : [waving hi to Shelby]  Hey sister-friend!

  [Shelby waves hi to them but then rolls her eyes] 

  Shelby : [walking in the hallway]  Remind me again why we tolerate them?

  Madison : Because they gave you a Prada bag for your birthday.

  Caitlyn : Ugh, try "Frada" bag! *Totally* fake!

  [Shelby rolls her eyes in agreement] 

• Shelby : [the North Valley cheerleaders put on a play for the pep rally; with Shelby as the narrator; exposing the truth about Sam's "Cinderella" identity]  Thank you!

  [Shelby narrates the story] 

  Shelby : "Once upon a time, there was a big, strong Fighting Frog."

  [Brianna appears, as Austin, hopping like a frog on top of the cheerleaders] 

  Shelby : "He had a beautiful girlfriend, and his dad owned the biggest pond in all the land. But, he still wasn't happy."

  [Caitlyn and Madison hold up the cue cards, and the crowd goes "Aww!". Shelby continues narrating] 

  Shelby : "If only he could find a princess, then she could kiss him, turn him into a prince and they would run away together."

  [the cheerleaders carry in Gabriella, as "Cinderella" in her dress, and they put her down and the crowd starts laughing. Shelby continues narrating the story] 

  Shelby : "One night, after the slimy Frog ditches his super-hot, senior-poll, most popular girlfriend, he meets his princess."

  Brianna : [as Austin, putting his hand out to Gabriella, as "Cinderella"]  Your Highness!

  [Gabriella does a silly bow, as "Cinderella" in her dress until her underwear shows, and the crowd laughs] 

  Shelby : [continues narrating]  "Alas, it turns out, that not only did our Prince have a secret identity, but also had an online relationship with a pen-pal named "Princeton Girl"."

  [the cheerleaders do a handstand, showing the wall between "Austin" and "Cinderella"] 

  Carter : [to Sam]  This isn't good.

  Brianna : [as Austin, texting on the phone]  "Dear Princeton Girl, I can't wait til we finally get to meet. You're the only one who understands the real me."

  [the crowd laughs in the background] 

  Brianna : "The man who doesn't want to play USC football. But who wants to be at Princeton, with you."

  [the crowd continues laughing, with Shelby smirking, nastily] 

  Austin's Dad : [to Austin, about the impersonation]  What are they talking about?

  Austin : Nothing.

  Gabriella : [as "Cinderella", texting back to "Austin"]  "Dear Nomad, I want you to know who I am but, I'm scared!"

  [Sam looks at her stepsisters, and the cheerleaders, horrified, embarrassed and upset] 

  Gabriella : "I'm scared that you'll reject me! And... I've never had a

  [whispers] 

  Gabriella : real kiss before!"

  [Caitlyn and Madison hold up the cue cards and the crowd goes "Aww!"] 

  Sam : [horrified and upset]  I can't believe that they're reading my emails!

  Carter : [to Sam]  Sam, let's go!

  Shelby : [continues narrating]  But our princess had a secret too. She wasn't royalty at all,

  [Gabriella comes onstage wearing a waitress outfit with roller-skates, and skating badly] 

  Shelby : but a geek, a loser; a servant girl.

  [Gabriella roller-skates and lands into a pie, splattering herself on top of the cheerleaders with the crowd laughing loudly] 

  Austin's Dad : [to Austin]  Any ideas about this?

  [Austin shakes his head] 

  Shelby : [chuckling nastily to herself, and finishes narrating]  And, who may you ask, is this impostor?

  [motions to Sam, sticking her hand out] 

  Shelby : Give it up for the pretend princess, Diner Girl, Sam Montgomery!

  [the crowd laughs really loudly, and starts chanting "Diner girl!" and continues chanting. Austin looks at Sam, horrified that he found out the truth about Sam] 

  Carter : [to an utterly embarrassed and humiliated Sam, in tears]  Come on.

  [Sam and Carter leave the pep rally; embarrassed and in tears, as the crowd continue chanting "Diner girl" with Shelby smirking victoriously] 

• Fiona : I am very, very, very upset about this.

  Brianna : You don't look upset.

  Fiona : It's the Botox. I can't show emotion for another hour and a half.