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!!Nini Salazar-Roberts

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!!Nini !!Nina "Nini" Salazar-Roberts



!!Ricky Bowen

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!!Ricky !!Richard "Ricky" Bowen




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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Went by his birth name of Richard until first grade, when Nini started calling him "Ricky", insisting that nobody under the age of 50 goes by "Richard". By the time of the present, even the teachers and his own parents always call him "Ricky".



->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': Stagehand

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->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': StagehandStagehand/lighting and effects technician



->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': Makeup/costuming

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->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': Makeup/costumingMakeup/costuming and emergency understudy for Taylor [=McKessie=]



!!Carlos

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!!Carlos!!Carlos Rodriguez



->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': Choreographer

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->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': ChoreographerChoreographer and emergency understudy for Chad Danforth



* BookEnds: Natalie is given the last line of both the first and last episodes of season 1 (not counting the PostCreditsScene), telling everyone watching to "Buckle up, Wildcats."




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** We eventually learn her ''actual'' role in ''High School Musical'' was [[spoiler:as a bit player with one line: "Is that the last apple?" Unfortunately for her it was cut from the final edit, but she didn't find this out until the movie had already been released.]]
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* BlackBestFriend: to Nini.

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* BlackBestFriend: to To Nini.
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* MultiethnicName: Salazar is commonly a Basque/Spanish surname while Roberts is of British origin.

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* MultiethnicName: Salazar is commonly a Basque/Spanish surname while Roberts is of British origin. Justified since she HasTwoMommies and it’s likely that her last name is their last names hyphenated.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It turns out that "Nini" is actually a nickname that Ricky gave her when they were young; her full first name, which isn't even mentioned until halfway through the series, is "Nina".
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* SatelliteCharacter: To Nini, initially. Doesn't appear in any scenes without her. This is a side effect of the character being added in at the last minute, after the creators were impressed with Dara Reneé's portrayal of a [[BitCharacter three-line, one-episode character in the pilot]], and that character happened to be Nini's friend. Several episodes in, Kourtney develops her own storyline about an ongoing feud with the lead costume designer and also starts participating more actively in the musical numbers, taking advantage of her strong singing voice.

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* SatelliteCharacter: To Nini, initially. Doesn't appear in any scenes without her.her until episode 8. This is a side effect of the character being added in at the last minute, after the creators were impressed with Dara Reneé's portrayal of a [[BitCharacter three-line, one-episode character in the pilot]], and that character happened to be Nini's friend. Several episodes in, Kourtney develops her own storyline about an ongoing feud with the lead costume designer and also starts participating more actively in the musical numbers, taking advantage of her strong singing voice.
voice. She finally breaks out of this fully with a showcase acapella singing scene in episode 8.
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* MoralityPet: Creator Tim Federle describes him as such, saying Ricky looks more appealing as a character with someone as sweet as Big Red hanging around him all the time.
* NiceGuy: Big Red is probably the kindest, least confrontational character in the series, never raising his voice or saying a harsh word to anyone.
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* SicklyNeuroticGeek: Downplayed. He's a skater like Ricky but he also visits an allergist frequently enough to have ostensibly memorized ''High School Musical'' just from watching it in the waiting room, and he also has sleep apnea and needs to use a CPAP machine. On top of ''that'', he seems to be lactose intolerant (pizza has "too much lactose", although he seems to have no problem finishing off the lobster dip).

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* SicklyNeuroticGeek: Downplayed. He's a skater like Ricky but he also visits an allergist frequently enough to have ostensibly memorized ''High School Musical'' just from watching it in the waiting room, and he also has sleep apnea and needs to use a CPAP machine. On top of ''that'', he seems to may also be lactose intolerant (pizza has "too much lactose", although he seems to have no problem finishing off the lobster dip).
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* SicklyNeuroticGeek: Downplayed. He's a skater like Ricky but he also visits an allergist frequently enough to have ostensibly memorized ''High School Musical'' just from watching it in the waiting room, and he also has sleep apnea and needs to use a CPAP machine.

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* SicklyNeuroticGeek: Downplayed. He's a skater like Ricky but he also visits an allergist frequently enough to have ostensibly memorized ''High School Musical'' just from watching it in the waiting room, and he also has sleep apnea and needs to use a CPAP machine. On top of ''that'', he seems to be lactose intolerant (pizza has "too much lactose", although he seems to have no problem finishing off the lobster dip).
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* SatelliteCharacter: To Ricky, initially. Big Red has yet to appear in a scene without Ricky being present.

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* SatelliteCharacter: To Ricky, initially. Big Red has yet to did not appear in a scene without Ricky being present.present until episode 7.
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* NumberTwo: Functions as this to Miss Jenn, he's always in charge of rehearsals when she isn't present.
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* BigManOnCampus: Downplayed in that he doesn't have too many fawning admirers and we don't see him hanging around much with his jock friends after the pilot, but he ''is'' still a lettered senior, co-captain of the water polo team, ''and'' class treasurer.
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* TheFashionista: Works on costuming for the school musical.

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* TheFashionista: Works on costuming for the school musical. [[AllThereInTheManual Background information]] tells us she's also known around East High for her [=YouTube=] makeup tutorials (though these are on hiatus while she works on the musical).
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* AscendedExtra: The character of Kourtney was written to have three lines and appear in the pilot only, but as creator Tim Federle explained, "Hurricane Dara arrived and we couldn’t *not* write her into the entire series".


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* AscendedExtra: Planned to appear in just two episodes, and notice he doesn't actually have any lines in the pilot. Eventually he appeared in 9 out of the 10 episodes of season 1 and even booked himself a PromotionToOpeningTitles for season 2.
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* SatelliteCharacter: Subverted - she's known around East High solely for being E.J.'s cousin but although the two share many scenes together she is often seen interacting with other characters.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: His knowledge of the High School Musical movies is extensive, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial though he claims that he only idly watches the films when at the dentist's office.]]

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* AmbiguouslyGay: His knowledge of the High School Musical movies is extensive, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial though he claims that he only idly watches the films when at the dentist's allergist's office.]]




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* SicklyNeuroticGeek: Downplayed. He's a skater like Ricky but he also visits an allergist frequently enough to have ostensibly memorized ''High School Musical'' just from watching it in the waiting room, and he also has sleep apnea and needs to use a CPAP machine.
* SatelliteCharacter: To Ricky, initially. Big Red has yet to appear in a scene without Ricky being present.
** [[AllThereInTheManual Supplemental material]] tells us Big Red was this to Ricky ''and'' Nini when they were a couple, though Big Red refuses to call himself a third wheel, instead describing himself as a perfectly balanced unicycle with Ricky and Nini as two extra wheels.




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* SatelliteCharacter: To Nini, initially. Doesn't appear in any scenes without her. This is a side effect of the character being added in at the last minute, after the creators were impressed with Dara Reneé's portrayal of a [[BitCharacter three-line, one-episode character in the pilot]], and that character happened to be Nini's friend. Several episodes in, Kourtney develops her own storyline about an ongoing feud with the lead costume designer and also starts participating more actively in the musical numbers, taking advantage of her strong singing voice.
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* TallDarkAndSnarky

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* TallDarkAndSnarky
TallDarkAndSnarky: On a show where one-liners are abundant, he still gets most of the best ones.

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* NotSoDifferent: From Gina. Both are "outsiders" in the Drama Club and both have difficult home lives.



* DefrostingIceQueen: Once she and Ricky bond over their similarities, she immediately begins to warm to him.



* NotSoDifferent: From Ricky. Both are "outsiders" in the Drama Club and both have difficult home lives.



* BecomingTheMask: By pretending to be [[spoiler:a qualified drama teacher]], she finds that she actually starts becoming one.
* InformedAbility: For an experienced stage dancer, we ''never'' see her dance (although she does ''sing'' quite a bit), and she leaves all the choreography to Carlos, something an ''actual'' dancer-director (like Jerome Robbins or Bob Fosse) would surely bristle at. [[spoiler: This is intentional - Miss Jenn was an ''extra'' in ''High School Musical'', not a dancer.]]



* TallDarkAndSnarky

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* TallDarkAndSnarkyTallDarkAndSnarky

!!Mike Bowen

Ricky's father. Going through a drawn-out and painful divorce, he's been thrust into the position of Ricky's primary caregiver.
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* CampGay: He's established as gay from the outset (when he notes that BigManOnCampus E.J. [[GayGuySeeksPopularJock doesn't know he exists]]) and occupies a stereotypically gay role (choreographer), speaks with a soft, high-pitched voice (and is capable of a girly scream), has a generally effete manner about him, loves to dance, is into musicals and campy productions generally (having watched ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' 37 times... and the first 15 minutes of both sequels), has a very close relationship with an older woman, and in episode 5 begins dating Seb, an actor in the musical.

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* CampGay: He's established as gay from the outset (when he notes that BigManOnCampus E.J. [[GayGuySeeksPopularJock doesn't know he exists]]) and occupies a stereotypically gay role (choreographer), speaks with a soft, high-pitched voice (and is capable of a girly scream), has a generally effete manner about him, loves to dance, is into musicals and campy productions generally (having watched ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' 37 times... and the first 15 minutes of both sequels), has a very close relationship with an older woman, and in episode 5 begins dating Seb, an actor in the musical.
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* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: Saw ''High School Musical'' thirty-seven times... and the first 15 minutes of both sequels.
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* AsideGlance: Of all the characters, he's the one who tends to look at the camera the most.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: He has some CampGay mannerisms and seems to be dedicated to the High School Musical movies (well, the first one mostly).

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* AmbiguouslyGay: He CampGay: He's established as gay from the outset (when he notes that BigManOnCampus E.J. [[GayGuySeeksPopularJock doesn't know he exists]]) and occupies a stereotypically gay role (choreographer), speaks with a soft, high-pitched voice (and is capable of a girly scream), has some CampGay mannerisms a generally effete manner about him, loves to dance, is into musicals and seems to be dedicated to the High School Musical movies (well, campy productions generally (having watched ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' 37 times... and the first one mostly).
15 minutes of both sequels), has a very close relationship with an older woman, and in episode 5 begins dating Seb, an actor in the musical.
* FriendlessBackground: Carlos has difficulty relating to people his own age.
* GayGuySeeksPopularJock: A throwaway line in the pilot makes clear he's noticed BigManOnCampus E.J. for some time, which has not been reciprocated at all. Subverted when he starts dating Seb, who is a fellow drama geek whose only "jock" quality is he lives on a farm.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Miss Jenn.



* AmbiguouslyGay: He's in the role of Sharpay, which is traditionally a female role.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: He's CampGay: Seeks out and is cast in the role of Sharpay, which is a traditionally a female role.
role. Begins dating the student choreographer Carlos in episode 5.
* FarmBoy: Lives (and works) on a dairy farm.




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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Has something between this and a more traditional TheMentor relationship with student choreographer Carlos.
* StageNames: She has one, as an actress. We don't know if "Jennifer" is this or her real name.
* WaitingForABreak: Miss Jenn, an SLC native, left home several years ago to pursue a career on Broadway, but never made it and seems to be teaching at East High at least in part because she has no money to do anything else. She comments the closest she's ever come to getting a big break was being ''runner-up'' for a role in a ''gum commercial''. [[spoiler:It's no wonder she inflated her role as an extra on ''High School Musical'' into a "featured dancer".]]

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Seems like a nice guy, but was willing to [[spoiler:steal Nini's phone]] to make sure she wasn't talking to another boy.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Seems like a nice guy, but was willing to [[spoiler:steal Nini's phone]] to make sure she wasn't talking to another boy.
boy and [[spoiler:give a girl food poisoning to ensure Nini got to go on-stage]].




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* MulticoloredHair: Has purple highlights.
* NiceGirl: Especially compared to her cousin E.J.



* BlackBestFriend

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* BlackBestFriend
BlackBestFriend: to Nini.
* TheFashionista: Works on costuming for the school musical.

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!!Mr. Mazzara

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!!Mr. Benjamin Mazzara



East High's STEM teacher. Likes robots more than humans, ''especially'' humans who are fans of ''High School Musical''.

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East High's STEM teacher. Likes robots more than humans, ''especially'' humans who are fans of ''High School Musical''.Musical''.
* BadassMustache: He wears it well.
* BlackAndNerdy: Mr. Mazzara is the STEM teacher, and his passion is the Robotics Club.
* TallDarkAndSnarky
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* MultiethnicName: Salazar is commonly a Basque/Spanish surname while Roberts is of British origin.
* NiceGirl: For the most part.
* SecondYearProtagonist: Averted. Nini's a junior.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Kourtney calls Nini out for stealing Gina's stuff after incorrectly assuming that Gina had taken her phone, though [[{{Hypocrite}} she later does the same thing]].]]




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* TheILoveYouStigma: Nini writing a song about how she loves him and posting it online is what prompts Ricky to want to take a break. His reaction is clearly a result of seeing his parents' dysfunctional marriage slowly falling apart at home.
* MissingMom: Ricky's mom travels for work a lot as a way to get away from her loveless marriage. She was gone both in the six weeks ago flashback and in the present, and it is unknown if she returned home between them. Ricky's comments about his father's cooking abilities indicates that this may be a more recent development, however.




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* NewTransferStudent: Gina starts the series out as one.
* SecondYearProtagonist: She's a sophomore.



* AmbiguouslyGay

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* AmbiguouslyGay
AmbiguouslyGay: His knowledge of the High School Musical movies is extensive, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial though he claims that he only idly watches the films when at the dentist's office.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It's doubtful Big Red is his real name.



* AmbiguouslyGay

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* AmbiguouslyGay
AmbiguouslyGay: He has some CampGay mannerisms and seems to be dedicated to the High School Musical movies (well, the first one mostly).



* AmbiguouslyGay

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* AmbiguouslyGay
AmbiguouslyGay: He's in the role of Sharpay, which is traditionally a female role.




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* AscendedFangirl: In-universe, Miss Jenn was a background dancer in the original movie and is now directing the musical at the real East High.
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* HasTwoMoms: An extreme rarity for a Disney show, Nini explicitly has two mothers.

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* HasTwoMoms: HasTwoMommies: An extreme rarity for a Disney show, Nini explicitly has two mothers.




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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Seems like a nice guy, but was willing to [[spoiler:steal Nini's phone]] to make sure she wasn't talking to another boy.




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* AlphaBitch: Relatively speaking, she's the meanest girl in the main cast.




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* HasTwoMoms: An extreme rarity for a Disney show, Nini explicitly has two mothers.
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-->'''Played by''': Mark St. Cyr

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-->'''Played ->'''Played by''': Mark St. Cyr
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->'''Played by''': Kate Reinders




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-->'''Played by''': Mark St. Cyr
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->'''Played by''': Olivia Rodrigo

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->'''Played by''': Olivia RodrigoJoshua Bassett
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!Students

!!Nini Salazar-Roberts
->'''Played by''': Olivia Rodrigo
->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': Gabriella Montez

!!Ricky Bowen
->'''Played by''': Olivia Rodrigo
->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': Troy Bolton

!!E.J. Caswell
->'''Played by''': Matt Cornett
->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': Chad Danforth/understudy for Troy Bolton

!!Gina Porter
->'''Played by''': [[Series/AndiMack Sofia Wylie]]
->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': Taylor [=McKessie=]/understudy for Gabriella Montez

!!Big Red
->'''Played by''': Larry Saperstein
->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': Stagehand

!!Ashlyn Caswell
->'''Played by''': Julia Lester
->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': Ms. Darbus

!!Kourtney
->'''Played by''': Dara Reneé
->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': Makeup/costuming

!!Carlos
->'''Played by''': Frankie Rodriguez
->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': Choreographer

!!Seb Matthew-Smith
->'''Played by''': Joe Serafini
->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': [[CrossCastRole Sharpay Evans]]

!!Natalie Bagley
->'''Played by''': Alexis Nelis
->'''Role in ''High School Musical''''': Stage manager

!Adults

!!Miss Jenn

East High's new drama teacher, and a background dancer in the original ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''.

!!Mr. Mazzara

East High's STEM teacher. Likes robots more than humans, ''especially'' humans who are fans of ''High School Musical''.

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