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A [[Disney Channel]] [[Made for TV Movie|Original Movie]] which has become phenomenally popular, especially with tween girls. [[Periphery Demographic|Among others]].
Basically it is a [[The Musical|Musical]] set in a [[High School]] about the people trying out for their [[Captain Obvious|High School Musical]] and School Teams. With a [[Boy Meets Girl]] plot and an [[Alpha Bitch
This movie spawned two sequels, one of which was released theatrically, and a [[Spin-Off]] movie, titled ''Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure'' starring, of course, [[Ashley Tisdale]] as Sharpay. There is also a ''[[Glee]]''-esque [[Spin-Off]]
The franchise also has [[Spiritual Successor
▲The franchise also has [[Spiritual Successor|Spiritual Successors]]: The major one being ''[[Camp Rock]]'', the minor ones being ''[[Starstruck (Film)|Starstruck]]'' and ''[[Lemonade Mouth]]''.
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* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: Sharpay suffers from this, having apparently seen the error of her ways at the end of the first film, only to become nasty again at the beginning of the sequel. Repeat for the second and third films.
* [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders]]: Averted. There aren't any major cheerleader characters until #3, and even then, the only reference we get to a date with a cheerleader (in this case, Jason wanting to date Martha, the hip-hop loving nerd) is in a deleted scene.▼
* [[Almost Kiss]]: Troy and Gabriella at the end of the first film before the [[Crowd Song]], and then in the entire second movie.▼
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Sharpay was undoubtedly intended to be unsympathetic, due to the target audience. She comes across as more of a [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]] due to the way [[Ashley Tisdale]] portrays her, to the point where she became noticeably more humanized in the third film. She even got her own spinoff movie, ''Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure'', where she went from [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]] to [[Fallen Princess]].
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Ryan.
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*** [[Real Men Wear Pink]].
** Fun fact: Lucas Grabeel actually played a closeted gay on [[Veronica Mars]], and he seemed straighter than Ryan.
▲* [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders]]: Averted. There aren't any major cheerleader characters until #3, and even then, the only reference we get to a date with a cheerleader (in this case, Jason wanting to date Martha, the hip-hop loving nerd) is in a deleted scene.
▲* [[Almost Kiss]]: Troy and Gabriella at the end of the first film before the [[Crowd Song]], and then in the entire second movie.
* [[Angry Black Man]]: Chad seems to exist largely for the purpose of angrily over-reacting to things.
* [[Appeal to Obscurity]]:
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'''Troy:''' Who's Michael Crawford?
'''Chad:''' Exactly my point!
** As for the question, how ''does'' Chad know who Michael Crawford is? {{spoiler|[[Hand Wave|Handwaved]] by having Chad explain that his mom put his picture in their fridge.}}
* [[Award Bait Song]] [[Softer and Slower Cover]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg6ar82KRfU We're All in This Together (Graduation Version)] from the third film.
* [[Be Yourself]]: ''Shocker!''.
* [[Bigger Is Better]]: And better, is bigger, [[Ear Worm|a little bit is never enough!]]
* [[Billy Elliot Plot]]: How the above message manifests itself, especially with Troy.
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* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Sharpay.
* [[Captain Obvious Aesop]]: "Be yourself and don't bully others". Quite an revolutionary concept, wouldn't you agree?
* [[The Cheerleader]]: A mild version, but yet a scene in the first movie depicts cheerleaders as shallow, concerned only on having strong fingernails and guy's looks
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Sharpay, who repeatedly thinks up plans to get Troy away from Gabriella and to become her boyfriend.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Is the only way to explain how Sharpay forgets the date of the Big Game in #3--it's an in-joke referencing her first line in #1.
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* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Sharpay. [[Aesop Amnesia|In each movie]].
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Stanford and Berkeley are rivals and in no way friendly, especially around football season.
* [[Drama Queen]]: Sharpay.
* [[Duet Bonding]]: Troy and Gabriella, twice.
* [[E=MC Hammer]]: Of course Gabriella has to be able to do the ridiculously complicated equation on the board ''in her head''. And then the teacher looks at the calculator for maybe two seconds before looking back up...
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Follow the Leader]]: The success of HSM led to Nickelodeon's blatant ripoff, ''Spectacular''.
* [[Foreign Remake]]: A Chinese one, with the involvement of Disney.
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* [[Honey Trap]]: Ryan, on Sharpay's orders, to Kelsi in the HSM 3.
* [[Hooked Up Afterwards]]
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: "Look at this! That Gabriella girl just dumped her lunch on me! On purpose! It's all part of their plan to ruin our musical. And Troy and his basketball robots are obviously behind it! Why do you think they auditioned? After all the work you've put into this show... it just doesn't seem right!"
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro
* [["I Want" Song]]: The aptly-named "I Want It All".
** Also "Fabulous" from the second film.
* [[Kangaroo Court]]: A humorous version is used to separate the various social groups.
* [[Large Ham]]: [[Two Words: Obvious Trope]]: Zac Efron. Watch ''Bet On It'' and you'll see. And Mrs. Darbus of course.
** [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Sharpay and Ryan.
* [[Last-Minute Hookup]]: Combined with [[Pair the Spares]] to an almost ridiculous extent.
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* [[Rage Against the Reflection]]: During the aforementioned "Bet On It" and part of why it's so dang silly.
* [[Rich Bitch]]: Sharpay Evans.
* [[Sadist Teacher]]: Ms. Darbus (until the third movie, that is).
* [[Saw Star Wars 27 Times]]: Chad mentions that his mother has seen ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' on Broadway 27 times.
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* [[Stage Mom|Stage Dad]]: Troy's dad.
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: Well, they think that way.
* [[Status Quo Is God]]: The song called "Stick to the Status Quo" in the first one and many characters have [[Aesop Amnesia]].
* [[Supreme Chef]]: ZEKE. Creme brulee...
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* [[Title Drop]]: The third one does it ''[[No Fourth Wall|literally]]''.
* [[Token Minority Couple]]: The [[Black Best Friend|Black Best Friends]] of the two leads end up [[Pair the Spares|paired with]] each other with no build-up at all.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Tsundere]]: Sharpay and Taylor has shades of this.
* [[TV Teen|TV Teens]]
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[[Category:The Musical]]
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[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]
[[Category:High School Musical]]
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[[Category:School Club Stories]]
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