History Film / HighSchoolMusical3SeniorYear

** Nothing happens to Troy and Chad when they haze Jimmy and Donnie. Given that they broke into their lockers and made them run naked through the school, they probably would have been suspended or expelled, and thus wouldn't be able to graduate.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Zig-zagged. Troy claims that Berkeley and Stanford are 32.7 miles apart. While this is correct, it is only by direct distance. Driving between them, the distance would be over 40 miles apart.

* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Of the main characters, [[spoiler:Gabriella goes to Stanford, Taylor to Yale, Troy to Berkeley, and Ryan and Kelsi to Juilliard. Averted by Sharpay and Chad, who go to University of Albuquerque.]]
** Of the other characters [[spoiler:Zeke is accepted to Cornell University. Averted by Martha, who goes to University of Southern California, and Jason, whose college, if any, is not specified, as all Ms. Darbus says is "you graduated".]]

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Troy claims that Berkeley and Stanford are 32.7 miles apart. While this is correct, it is only by direct distance. Driving between them, the distance would be over 40 miles apart.

* HighSchoolSweethearts: Although there's Troy/Gabriella, Chad/Taylor, Kelsi/Jason (in ''1'' and ''2''), and Kelsi/Ryan and Jason/Martha (in ''3''), most of the couples are implied to be pretty casual. Chad even admits that with him and Taylor going to different colleges, he doesn't plan on taking the girl with him after high school. Troy and Gabriella are the only pair who explicitly intend to stick it out after graduation.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Nothing happens to Troy and Chad when they haze Jimmy and Donnie. Given that they broke into their lockers and made them run naked through the school, they probably would have been suspended or expelled, and thus wouldn't be able to graduate.

* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Of the main characters, [[spoiler:Gabriella goes to Stanford, Taylor to Yale, Troy to Berkeley, and Ryan and Kelsi to Juilliard. Averted by Sharpay and Chad, who go to University of Albuquerque]].

* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Of the main characters, [[spoiler:Gabriella goes to Stanford, Taylor to Yale, Troy to Berkeley, and Ryan and Kelsi to Juilliard]].

* IWantSong: Straightforwardly, "I Want It All", where Sharpay sings about wanting fame and fortune.

* DownToTheLastPlay: The opening basketball match has Troy and the Wildcats going against the West High Knights and initially getting their butts handed to them. However, with some musical motivation, Troy leads his team to victory in the final sixteen minutes of the match with one of his teammates throwing in the final winning basket just as the timer ticks from 1 to 0.

* IdentityBreakdown: With girlfriend Gabriella choosing to go to Stanford early (essentially breaking up with Troy over the phone) and his family Chad pressuring him to take a basketball scholarship at a university nearby, Troy snaps. His song "Scream" features him running around the empty halls of his school at night, singing about how lost he feels, the voices of others inside his head telling him what to do, repeating different [[MadnessMantra Madness Mantras]] (or [[SurvivalMantra Survival Mantras]] depending on how far gone you think he is) and, fittingly, closing with a CatharticScream. Lucky for him, PsychologistTeacher Darbus witnessed the entire thing and offers him some words of advice.

-->'''JustForFun/{{Statler|AndWaldorf}}:''' You gotta admit, that ending to a high school was surely something!\\

--> ''[[WrapUpSong High school]][[TitleDrop musical!]]''

* VocalDissonance: Efron and Bleu's singing comes from the child actors playing their younger selves in "The Boys Are Back".

* FreeezeFrameBonus: The invitations clearly show that the date of the school prom is May 24th.