The Princess Diaries

Mia Thermopolis is a 15-year-old girl struggling to get through high school. She's shy around the guy she likes and stands up for what she believes in. But, that all changes when she finds out she's the heir to the throne of a tiny European country.

Continuity mistake: During the beach party, when Mandy Moore's character is singing, her friends, who are supposed to be her backup singers, don't sing along with her. They somehow manage to sing the whole song without moving their mouths.

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Mia: Somebody sat on me again.

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Trivia: In the scene where Mia slips and falls on the bleachers, Anne Hathaway actually did fall. The director thought it was so funny that he decided to leave it in there. Notice how Mia and Lilly fall out of character and start laughing, but in the next shot they're immediately serious again as if nothing happened.

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Question: Mia asks Joe in the limo if they can "86 the flags." Obviously this means get rid of, but what is the origin of "86?"

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Kenneth Brown

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