History Film / SkyHigh

* LastMinuteHookup: Will and Layla

* CannotSpitItOut

* AdultsAreUseless: The Commander and Jetstream are the only competent heroes shown in work, [[spoiler: but are taken down in seconds by the villain in the finale.]] Anything worthwhile is done by adolescents (or Ron Wilson, Bus Driver). Even the villains are all young. [[FountainOfYouth Sort of]]. (Except [[spoiler:Stitches, but he's basically controlled by Royal Pain anyway.]])

** [[BigBad The Big Bad]] / EvilGenius: [[spoiler: Gwen]]/Royal Pain.
** TheDragon: [[spoiler:Penny.]]

** [[DarkChick The Dark Chick]]: Stiches.

*** [[BigBad The Big Bad]]: [[spoiler: Sue]].

*** The EvilGenius: [[spoiler: Gwen]]

*** [[DarkChick The Dark Chick]]: Penny.

** TheLeader: Will. He wears red, he's the protagonist, and for a while, he's technically higher ranking than his friends (hero instead of sidekick).
** TheLancer: Zack. His useless powers contrast Will's standard and easily used powers. Also, he's super confident despite them while Will was having an identity crisis.
** TheSmartGuy: Ethan, Magenta. You gotta be smart to make use of their powers.
** TheBigGuy: Warren. (tallest, biggest, and physical-based (albeit elemental) powers).
** TheChick: Layla. Not the only girl but the one who acts 'girly' and is a love interest for the hero.

Not to be confused with the [[Manga/{{Skyhigh}} seinen manga by Takahashi Tsutomu]]. Compare ''PS238''.

* PoweredArmor

* {{Adorkable}}: Will doofs his way through the vast majority of the film, and even in the final showdown it's abundantly clear he's no fighter and is improvising pretty much everything.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Warren Peace

* BrickJoke: Early on in the movie, it's mentioned that the only way for kids of superheroes that don't get powers is to fall in a vat of toxic waste. This is mentioned again later. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, Ron Wilson, Bus Driver falls in to a vat of toxic waste and does, in fact get super powers. See WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue below.]]

* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: {{Averted}} with Penny.

* UnskilledButStrong: The ''only'' reason Will is able to make it through any of his fights is his ability to tank damage like no other. His fight with [[spoiler: Royal Pain]] is full of haymakers, shoulder tackles, and simply flinging [[spoiler: her]] around like a rag doll.

*** MakeMeWannaShout: [[strike:[[Franchise/EvilDead Ashley "Ash" Williams]]]] Coach Boomer.

Best described as a hybrid of {{X-Men}} and ''Literature/HarryPotter'', this Live-Action Disney flick revolves around Will Stronghold; son of the world's two most famous superheroes. He is about to start high school at the titular Sky High, a school exclusively for people with superpowers and his parents' alma mater. Between dealing with GirlNextDoor Layla ([[GreenThumb plant controller]]), son-of-archnemesis JerkWithAHeartOfGold Warren Peace ([[PlayingWithFire fireball thrower]]) and the typical cliques of high school (being either a hero or "Hero Support"), Will must also face the embarrassing fact that, despite his pedigree, he does not seem to ''have'' any superpowers. At least not yet...

* ColorCodedCharacters: There's a prevalent theme in pairing up characters with complementary color themes. Specifically, Will wears almost exclusively red, white and blue, plant girl Layla wears green,and human glow stick Zach wears neon and white. Justified, in that you would want to play up your powers to impress your classmates. Besides, if your parents are superheroes with similar powers, similar colors would be included in their costumes. Because they like those colours, you would be exposed to them throughout your childhood.

** She was already evil to begin with.

* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Medulla retaining his intelligence in baby form]] comes off as something like this.

** It can also be considered an affectionate parody of the SilverAgeOfComics.

** SuperStrength: The Commander.