“Freakier Friday,” the sequel to the 2003 hit movie, is about to give Lindsay Lohan fans some déjà vu.
More than 20 years after Disney released “Freaky Friday,” a remake of the 1976 film, Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis are back as Anna and Tess Coleman.
In the sequel, which hit theaters Friday, Aug. 8, the mother-daughter duo have a new yet eerily similar set of problems on their hands.
Anna now has a daughter of her own, Harper (Julia Butters), making Tess a grandma. In “Freaky Friday,” Tess getting remarried caused strain for the family and similarly, in the sequel, tension arises as Anna plans a wedding with a single dad whose daughter goes to Harper’s school.
The caveat? Anna’s new fiancé, Eric (Manny Jacinto), is the father of Harper’s arch nemesis, Lily (Sophia Hammons). And so, naturally, the attempt to form a family of four doesn’t bode well for the high schoolers.
What better way to understand another’s point of view than a good, old fashioned body switch? This time around, however, four people swap bodies — Tess, Anna, Harper and Lily.
While the quadruple switch and additional characters in “Freakier Friday” are new, the sequel pays homage to the 2003 flick, as well as to several other Lohan hits, like “Parent Trap” and “Mean Girls.”
Keep an eye out for these easter eggs in “Freakier Friday.”
Warning: This post contains spoilers for “Freakier Friday”
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Despite Anna constantly telling her mom she’s “ruining my life” in “Freaky Friday,” the adult character is more like Tess than she’d probably like to admit.
The 2003 film begins with Tess trying several times to wake a reluctant Anna up for school. Similarly, the sequel opens with Anna attempting to wake her daughter, Harper, up. In the new movie, though, Harper is already up but snuck out to go surfing.
Anna and Harper have a similarly tense mother-daughter relationship, while Tess is now the “cool” grandma.
Dropping Harper off at school, Anna yells, “Make good choices!” an expression originally coined by Tess in the first film.
An Oct. 3 Wedding
Anna and Eric’s wedding date in the film is Oct. 3, which is an iconic date for any “Mean Girls” fans.
In the 2004 movie, Lohan’s character, Cady Heron is talking to her crush, Aaron Samuels, in math class. In the seemingly insignificant interaction, he asks her the date, and Cady’s response has since served as a major quote from the film.
“On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was,” a voiceover of Lohan says in the film, giddy over her conversation with Aaron.
Some now even deem Oct. 3 as “Mean Girls” Day.
The Earthquake Switches
Just like in “Freaky Friday,” before the women swap bodies with one another in the sequel, they feel an earthquake. But when they observe the rest of the room, they appear to be the only ones who felt the shake.
In “Freakier Friday,” Harper and Lily swap bodies with Anna and Tess, respectively. The teen girls — now in adult bodies as Lohan’s and Curtis’ characters — have a similar moment to the original film where they panic in a mirror at how “old” they look.
Lohan and Curtis also recreate running into one another in an effort to switch back into their old bodies. But the teenagers — now Anna and Tess — tell the girls they tried that “last time” to no avail.
A Nod to Meredith Blake From ‘The Parent Trap’
“Parent Trap” fans will likely notice a familiar face in “Freakier Friday”: Elaine Hendrix, aka Meredith Blake.
In the 1998 remake of “The Parent Trap,” Lohan played twins Hallie and Annie. Hendrix portrayed Meredith, the unlikable fiancé to the twins’ dad.
In “Freakier Friday,” Hendrix makes a cameo as Blake Kale, who works for a magazine featuring Anna’s client, pop star Ella, who she manages at her record label job. In a nod to her “Parent Trap” character, Hendrix addresses Anna as “puss,” which she called the twins in the late ‘90s movie.
‘Take Me Away,’ Reprised
In a big moment at the end of “Freakier Friday,” Anna has the chance to reclaim her rockstar days with the band Pink Slip, who fans were first introduced to in “Freaky Friday.” Though time has passed, the characters allude to Pink Slip becoming a popular rock band prior to Anna welcoming her daughter, Harper.
While Harper is in her mother’s body, the band reunites for Anna to perform a song she wrote.
In the first film, Anna — while still in Tess’ body — had to be on guitar backstage to cover for her mom being unable to play. In the sequel, Anna — now in Harper’s body — has to cover for her daughter. This time, however, the mom and daughter share a sweet moment performing together.
After the duet, the four characters fully understand one another enough to all switch back into their own bodies. After they do, Pink Slip — complete with Anna’s former bandmates, Maddie (Christina Vidal) and Peg (Haley Hudson) — jam out to “Take Me Away,” which was made popular in the 2003 film.
Bloopers in the Credits
Similar to “Freaky Friday,” the credits for “Freakier Friday” feature a series of fun bloopers of the cast. The editing of the credits altogether appear to be a nod to the original film.
