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Tai means she has never had friends who are straight edged, meaning not drug users.

Clueless is very loosely based on the 1816 novel 'Emma' by English novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817). The novel was well in the public domain when the film was made, and does not credit anyone other than Amy Heckerling as a writer.

Cher (Alicia Silverstone) is 16. Josh (Paul Rudd) is a college freshman, making him 18, give or take a year according to his birthdate. At the time of filming, Silverstone was actually 18 and Rudd was almost 26.

This "disaster" is an entirely fictitious event, although Avila beach is nearby and has a history of oil spills.

Judy's was a mall chain store in the early 1990s.

In the scene where Cher is telling about the garden party she gave for her father's birthday, she mentions, "I put R.S.V.P. 'cause it was a sit-down dinner, but some people came that, like, did not R.S.V.P.." RSVP is frequently placed on invitations to social events when the party-giver wants to know whether or not the guest is planning to attend. It comes from the French phrase "répondez s'il vous plaît" which translates literally as "respond, if it pleases you" or, more pointedly, as "please respond" or "a response is requested."