On rare occasion, the Mean Girl is allowed to be redeemed (unless she is fully murdered). On Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter) was the high school antagonist to Buffy, annoyed that she’d spurned being in her queen bee clique in favor of the less cool Willow and Xander. In a town overflowing with supernatural creatures, Cordelia is still the meanest one of them.
