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Don't think I can't see right past those angelic faces. One more trick from you two, and I promise I will make your lives miserable from the day I say “I do”. Got it?
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~ Meredith making her point to the girls after they play tricks on her and make sarcastic remarks disrespectfully.
Meredith Blake is the main antagonist of the 1998 film The Parent Trap, itself a remake of the 1961 film of the same name.
She was portrayed by Elaine Hendrix, who also portrayed Alexis Colby in seasons 3-6 of the 2017 reboot of Dynasty.
Meredith Blake is a child-hating publicist and gold digger from San Francisco. She is spoiled, greedy, snobby, narcissistic, manipulative, vain, and opportunistic, and only wants to marry the rich Napa Valley vineyard owner Nicholas "Nick" Parker for his wealth. Meredith is only 15 years older than the two protagonists, Hallie Parker and Annie James, the twin daughters of Nick Parker and famous wedding gown designer, Elizabeth "Lizzie" James. Meredith is rude towards people she considers beneath her, such as Chessy, Nick's housekeeper and Hallie's nanny, bossing her around with a servant bell. Meredith also has an assistant named Richard, whom she shares her plans with him to get rid of Hallie - without knowing that it is really Annie in Disguise since she and Hallie switched places - by sending her off to boarding school in Timbuktu.
After Annie in Disguise tells Meredith that she knows that Meredith only wants to marry Nick for his money, Meredith reveals her true nature by criticizing and provoking Annie throughout her stay at the vineyard. Meredith is overly confident in both her abilities and goals, and thus acts rude, snobbish, and arrogant towards anyone she considers as "competition" or "below" her, including Hallie, Annie, and Nick's housekeeper Chessy, bossing the lattermost around with a servant bell and feigning authority over her.
Meredith chooses The Stafford Hotel for the wedding and she and her parents see Nick, Hallie in Disguise, Cheesy, and Sammy the Golden Retriever. Sammy tries to bite Meredith when she tries to pet him, and Chessy says, "Good doggy." Meredith then introduces everyone to her parents, Vicki and Les Blake. Hallie, Elizabeth, and Elizabeth's butler Martin later arrive at the hotel. Meredith eventually sees Elizabeth at the bar and Meredith asks her to design her wedding gown.
Later, after Nick accidentally falls into the hotel swimming pool after seeing Elizabeth again, the twins tell him about what happened at summer camp and Nick is overjoyed to see Annie again. Afterward, Meredith is shocked to see Elizabeth with Nick and is even more shocked to learn that Hallie is a twin since Nick never mentioned that to Meredith. Hallie then reveals her identity to Meredith and introduces her to Annie before introducing Elizabeth as their mother, and Meredith is shocked that Elizabeth is also Nick's ex-wife.
Elizabeth later talks Nick into taking Meredith on a camping trip instead of her, since it would give her a chance to get to know Hallie and Annie. However, Meredith is not used to climbing mountains and the twins play a prank on her by putting a lizard on her water bottle and rocks in her backpack. Meredith is handed the bottle and freaks out at the sight of the lizard. After she threatens to make Hallie and Annie's lives miserable after marrying Nick, one of them calls Meredith "Cruella." Afterwards, one of the twins puts a lizard on Meredith's head, and she freaks out when she finds it, and it gets in her mouth, causing Meredith to choke.
During dinner, Meredith tells everyone that she does not eat trout, and Meredith ends up being bitten by mosquitoes after Hallie and Annie replace her bug spray with sugar and water. After Meredith goes into her tent to go to sleep, the twins push Meredith's air mattress with her on it to the middle of the lake. When Meredith wakes up the next morning, she finds a bird perched on her and ends up screaming, and Meredith screams for Nick even louder after finding herself in the middle of the lake. Meredith continues screaming and stands up on the mattress before falling off and landing into the lake.
After storming out of the water soaking wet, Meredith kicks a pot and tells Nick that the day they get married is the day she ships "those brats" off to Switzerland before telling him to choose between her and the twins. Finally seeing Meredith's true nature, Nick chooses Hallie and Annie and breaks up with Meredith. Meredith throws a huge temper tantrum and throws her engagement ring at Nick's head (which was done off-screen).
What happens to Meredith afterwards is unknown, but it is likely that either her parents or Richard came and picked her up and she left California for good.
Quotes[]
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Being young and beautiful is not a crime, you know. And for your 411, I adore your father. He's exactly the kind of man I always planned on marrying. This is the real deal, honey. And nothing you do is going to come between us. Hate to break it to you, angel, but you are no longer the only girl in Nick Parker's life. Get over it. (Annie: If this is the real deal, then my dad's money has nothing to do with you wanting to marry him, right?) OK, puss. You listen, and you listen good. I'm marrying your father in two weeks whether you like it or not, so I suggest that you do not tangle with me anymore. You are in way over your head. Is that clear? (Annie: Crystal.)
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~ Meredith Blake threatening Annie, while also revealing her true nature to her and trying to marry her father for his money.
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My, my, my. How sweet.
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~ Meredith after finding out about Hallie and Annie as twins.
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(Hallie: Got it, Cruella.) What did you call me? (Annie: Nothing, nothing. Not a thing... Cruella)
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~ Meredith overhearing the twins' nickname of her.
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(Nick: What's going on?) Here's what's going on, buddy! The day we get married is the day I ship those brats off to Switzerland. Get the picture? It's me or them. Take your pick. (Nick: Them.) Excuse me? (Nick: T-H-E-M, them. Get the picture?)
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~ Meredith lashing in fury to Nick after the girls make a fool out of her for the last time and freaking out in a tantrum after he chooses the girls over her.
Gallery[]
Meredith arriving at Nick's house.
Meredith seducing Nick
Meredith spotting Annie in Disguise
Meredith shows her evil smile to Annie in Disguise
Meredith's huge tantrum after Nick chooses the girls over her
Trivia[]
In 2018, 20 years after the film's release, Meredith Blake's actress Elaine Hendrix gave an interview on E! where she stated that she does not believe Meredith is a true villain, believing that she only portrayed her as determined and opportunistic rather than malicious.
Meredith Blake is based on Vicky Robinson from the original 1961 film.
Meredith Blake has several connections to the original 1961 Parent Trap movie.
Joanna Barnes, the actress who played Vicky Robinson played Meredith's mother, Vicki Blake in the 1998 remake of the movie. Barnes also calls Annie (as Hallie) "pet", which Vicky Robinson did to Sharon (as Susan).
The "Reverend Mosby" she talked to on the phone was either the son or the grandson of the Reverend Dr. Mosby, who officiated Mitch and Maggie's second wedding in the 1961 version of the movie.
Meredith Blake is very similar to Clarice Kensington, the main antagonist of the 1995 comedy film It Takes Two. Both are middle-class women who still act snobbish and sophisticated, both attempt to marry a richer man just for his money, both plan to send their man's daughter to boarding school so they can be the only ones who benefit from his wealth, and both serve as antagonists to lookalike girls due to their greedy natures.
