Line #8 Trivia/HighSchoolMusical


1	* AdoredByTheNetwork:
2	** Disney Channel (at least in Australia) once had a tendency to over-promote any of the films if it's set to air within a week. Almost every commercial break would have at least one ad about it. Considering that, at least between 2005-10, the film aired once a month, this was quite common.
3	** Since 2015, Disney's main film channel in Australia tends to play any of the entries several times a week, and will commonly play songs from the three films in-between. The same goes for ''Film/CampRock''.
4	* {{Blooper}}: The minute-and-a-half end credits on ''2'' consist of this.
5	** In the first film, towards the end of "Stick to the Status Quo", there's a shot of Sharpay still at her post at the middle of the second level, in between shots of her descending the stairs. {{Lampshaded}} by Podcast/{{RiffTrax}}.
6	* BeamMeUpScotty: During the song "Stick to the Status Quo", Mongo (one of the skaters) asks Ripper to explain what the cello is. Ripper then mimes playing the cello to which point Mongo says "A saw?!". Some people miss hear it as him saying "A song?!".
7	* TheCameo: Music/MileyCyrus won a fan vote to get a cameo in ''2''. She can be seen for a few seconds towards the end of "All for One".
8	* CastTheRunnerUp: Music/AshleyTisdale auditioned for Gabriella, but was given the role of Sharpay instead.
9	* TheCastShowoff: The Russian dub has Troy dubbed by Sergey Lazarev, who was already a well-known pop star at the time.
10	* CutSong:
11	** In ''1'', there were a few songs that didn't make the final product. The love song "I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" was recorded by the four main leads (kind of {{Squick}}y because [[BrotherSisterIncest two of them played siblings]]) and ended up on the album and as a [[http://youtu.be/uSBoARL2N3g bonus music video]] on the DVD (it's made to look like they're all recording the song but Efron is there instead of Drew Seeley [[TalentDouble who did most of Troy's singing]]. It also made it into the stage version as a Troyella duet, as did "[[http://youtu.be/ZHXU_wiWb5M Cellular Fusion]]" and "[[http://youtu.be/qJA9BTwmHTs Counting on You]]" but the song between Darbus and Coach Bolton seems to be lost forever.
12	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir38tIOQdT0 Humuhumunukunukuapua'a]]" was cut from the broadcast version of ''2''. It's reinstated on DVD and onstage.
13	** There was a song recorded for ''Senior Year'' called "Last Chance" that never made it apart from the reprise in the [[http://youtu.be/wWq9E6JBxCw medley]] of most of the already featured songs. A [[http://youtu.be/ewpi5_39-Fw 40 second preview]] leaked in 2008 before release. No full version is known to exist.
14	*** The home media release includes an "extended version", which features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au0Ld-eqXZY a reprise of "Right Here Right Now"]].
15	* DawsonCasting:
16	** Many of the actors were actually in their early 20s, though when the films initially started, the characters were played by people close to their actual age. Monique Coleman (Taylor) was 24 at the time of the first film's production.
17	** Averted by Creator/AustinButler in ''Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure'', who was nineteen and playing a college freshman. Likewise [[Series/GoodLuckCharlie Bradley Steven Perry]] as Sharpay's rival.
18	* DevelopmentHell: A fourth film was announced in 2009 and a casting call went out in 2016. Dara Renee, who wound up playing Kourtney in ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'', was among those who went out for those auditions. But otherwise, no news has surfaced since.
19	* DivorcedInstallment: The film originated as a third ''Film/{{Grease}}'', where Music/BritneySpears and Music/JustinTimberlake would have played the children of Sandy and Danny - with the Sharpay-type character being Rizzo's daughter (played by Music/ChristinaAguilera).
20	* DyeingForYourArt: Efron had to practice basketball three hours a day during the first film.
21	* FakeAmerican: Creator/OlesyaRulin (Kelsi) is a marginal example, as she's Russian born but was raised in America.
22	* FakeNationality: Gabriella is Hispanic, but Creator/VanessaHudgens is of Filipino and Native American descent.
23	* FandomLifeCycle: It's sitting at Stage 3, mainly thanks to Disney Channel continuing to air it well into the 2010s to new sets of preteen girls.
24	* FollowTheLeader: ''High School Musical'''s success was a clear factor in the format of ''{{Series/Glee}}'' - to the point that in its early days, people thought it was a {{Deconstruction}} of ''HSM'', although [[Creator/RyanMurphy its creator]] adamantly denies it. ''Film/CampRock'' and ''Film/{{Descendants}}'' are also clearly inspired by it. Nickelodeon also produced the similar ''Spectacular!''. Ever since, every most live-action fare on Nick and Disney Channel has featured it’s young stars recording music.
25	* HostilityOnTheSet: Tisdale and Grabeel didn't get along making the first film, though they eventually buried the hatchet and became friends during the sequels.
26	* IncestuousCasting: InUniverse. Taylor remarks that if Sharpay could find a way to play both Romeo ''and'' Juliet, Ryan would be out of a job, suggesting that the two have played romantic partners in the past.
27	* NonSingingVoice: Efron's singing in the first film is done by Drew Seeley. This is because Troy was envisioned as a TenorBoy, and Efron is a baritone range. Efron was the last person cast and they didn’t have the time to rewrite the music. Troy's vocal range is adjusted in the sequels as a result.
28	* TheOtherMarty: Cassie Steele was cast as Gabriella based on her performance in ''Full Court Miracle'', but she had to drop out due to commitments with ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration''.
29	* PlayingAgainstType: Oddly, Tisdale as Sharpay - at roughly the same time, she played Maddie on ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'', [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold a completely]] [[NiceGirl different role]]. If you want to go into detail, Tisdale basically played a bitchy version of London in these films. Lampshaded in an episode of ''Suite Life'' where Maddie tries out for Sharpay in her school's production of ''[=HSM=]'', and is told she's too nice for the role.
30	* RomanceOnTheSet: Between Efron and Hudgens, who were together for over five years. They confessed to liking each other during the first film and got together during the second (although they hid it for as long as they could to avoid the media). Director Ortega admitted that he'd noticed their chemistry since the beginning, and deliberately paired them during auditions.
31	* SleeperHit: Seriously, '''nobody''' thought this Disney Channel Original Movie would end up being a giant hit that would encapsulate the late 2000s.
32	* StarMakingRole: For Efron and Hudgens. It's hard to believe that Tisdale was a more recognizable name than them at the time.
33	* ThrowItIn:
34	** According to the first film's pop-up edition, the scene where Sharpay kicks a bathroom door was ad-libbed.
35	** Bleu randomly decided to wear three different watches at once, which can be seen at Chad's first scene in the film.
36	* [[CaliforniaDoubling Utah Doubling]]: Although the movie is set in UsefulNotes/{{Albuquerque}}, UsefulNotes/NewMexico, it was filmed in Salt Lake City, UsefulNotes/{{Utah}}.
37	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
38	** [[Film/AnotherCinderellaStory Drew Seeley]], Creator/HunterParrish and [[Series/Zoey101 Matthew Underwood]] auditioned for Troy before the casting of Creator/ZacEfron. Seeley would go on to provide Efron's singing voice for the first film. Apparently [[WebVideo/GameTheory MatPat]] also auditioned and has resented Efron ever since for beating him out in getting the role.
39	** Creator/NayaRivera read for the role of Gabriella Montez before Music/VanessaHudgens was cast.
40	** A duet was planned between Ms. Darbus and Coach Bolton, but it never got filmed. Stage versions usually have them sing.
41	* WordOfGay: Grabeel wanted Ryan to be gay (and possibly end up with Chad), but then the MoralGuardians came. This didn't stop "I Don't Dance" from happening though. Ryan's sexuality became confirmed in stage versions. In 2020, Ortega reveals that Ryan was “probably going to come out in college”.

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