High School Musical script
Happy New Year\'s, ladies.
Gabby, it\'s New Year\'s Eve.Enough reading.
But, Mom, I\'m almost done.
The teen party? I\'ve laid out your best clothes.Come get ready.
Can I have my book back?
- Thank you.Yeah.
- He looks middle, you take it downtown.Don\'t worry about me.
Did we really fly all this way to play more basketball?
Yeah.
It\'s the last night of vacation.
The party, remember?
Right, the party.The party.New Year\'s Eve.
Troy, they have a kid\'s party downstairs in the Freestyle club.
- Kid\'s party?Real quick. There we go.That\'s the way to end it.
Howdy, ma\'am.
All right! How about that for a couple of snowboarders?
- Yeah!# Oh
# To all the poibilities
# Ooh # That something has changed
# Never felt this way
# And right here tonight
# This could be the start of something new
- # It feels so right# Feel in my heart
# The start of something new
# Oh, yeah
# Now who\'d have ever thought that
# We\'d both be here tonight
- # Ooh# Brighter, brighter
- # Oh, with you by my side# Real
# This could be the start of something new
# It feels so right to be here with you
# Oh!
# And now looking in your eyes I feel in my heart
# The start of something new # I never knew that it could happen till it happened to me
# Oh, yeah
# I didn\'t know it before but now it\'s easy to see
# Oh!
# It\'s the start of something new
# It feels so right to be here with you
# Oh!
# And now I\'m lookin\' in your eyes I feel in my heart
# That it\'s the start of something new
- # It feels so right to be here with you# Feel in my heart
# The start of something new
# The start of something new
# The start of something new
- Troy.The way you sing, that\'s hard to believe.
That was the first time I did that.It was so cool. You sound like you\'ve sung a lot, too.
Yeah, sure.My showerhead is very impreed with me.
9, 8, 7...
...6, 5, 4...
...3, 2, 1!
I gue I better go find my mom and wish her a happy new year.
Yeah, me too.I mean, not your mom.My mom...and dad.
Uh...I\'ll call you.I\'ll call you tomorrow.
- Yeah!Oh, OK.
There you go.
Just so you know, singing with you was the most fun I\'ve had on this vacation.
So, um...where do you live?
Gabriella.
# Wildcats sing along They really got it going on
# Wildcats in the house Everybody sing out
# Wildcats.Everywhere wave your hands up in the air
# That\'s the way we do it let\'s get to it
# Time to show the world
# Wildcats.Sing along They really got it goin\' on
# Wildcats in the house everybody sing out... Hey, Chad, what\'s up?
- Hey, guys, happy new year.You\'re the man!
In two weeks we\'re going to the championships
with you leading us to infinity and beyond.
- What team?Wildcats!
Ooh! Whoo-hoo!
Ooh!
The ice prince returned from the North Pole.
She spent the holidays the way she always does.
- How\'s that?No, not at all.
All I remember is like, pink jelly.I...
Excuse me.
Ooh!
- Hi, Troy.Yeah.
...and pairs auditions for our two leads.Sharpay and Ryan, cell phones.
- I will see you in detention.That\'s not a poibility, Mi Darbus. Your Honor, see, \'cause we have basketball practice, and Troy...
Ah, that will be 15 minutes for you too, Mr.Danforth.Count \'em.
Could be tough for Chad.He can\'t count that high.
Taylor McHeey, 15 minutes.
Shall the carnage continue? Holidays are over, people.
Way over! Now, any more comments, questions?
- Jason.See you later.It\'s all good.
Uhh, she\'s crazy.
Hey!
- I don\'t...Either.But how?
My mom\'s company transferred her here to Albuquerque.
I can\'t believe you live here.I looked for you at the lodge on New Year\'s Day.
- We had to leave first thing.Hey.
- Too much for them to handle?What\'s impoible, Troy?
I wouldn\'t think \"impoible\" is even in your vocabulary.
Oh, so nice of you to show our new clamate around.
Oh, were you going to sign up too? My brother and I
have starred in all the school\'s productions and we really welcome newcomers.
There are a lot of supporting roles.I\'m sure we could find something for you.
No, no, no.I was just looking at all the bulletin boards.
Lots going on at this school.Wow.
Nice penmanship.
So, Troy.I mied you during vacation.What\'d you do?
You know, um...played basketball, snowboarding, more basketball.
- When\'s the big game?Toodles.
Dude, you know that school musical thing? You get extra credit just for auditioning?
- Who cares?Troy.
The music in those shows isn\'t hip-hop, or rock, or anything eential to culture.
It\'s, like, show music.It\'s all costumes and makeup...
- Oh, dude, it\'s frightening.So is a mountain lion.
But you don\'t pet it.
All right, Wildcats! Pair up!
Let\'s go! Come on!
# Coach said to fake right and break left
# Watch out for the pick and keep an eye on defense
# Gotta run the give and go and take the ball to the hole
# And don\'t be afraid to shoot the outside \"J\"
# Just keep your head in the game Just keep your head in the game
# And don\'t be afraid to shoot the outside \"J\"
# Just keep your head in the game You gotta get your head in the game
# We gotta get our, get our, get our, get our head in the game
# You gotta get your, get your head in the game
# We gotta get our, get our, get our, get our head in the game
# Come on, get your, get your head in the game
# We gotta get our, get our, get our, get our head in the game
# You gotta get your, get your head in the game # We gotta get our, get our, get our, get our head in the game
# Whoo!
# Let\'s make sure that we get the rebound
# \'Cause when we get it then the crowd\'ll go wild
# A second chance, gotta grab it and go
# Maybe this time we\'ll hit the right notes
# Wait a minute, not the time and place wait a minute, get my head in the game
# Wait a minute get my head in the game
# Wait a minute, wait a minute I gotta get my, get my head in the game
# You gotta get your, get your, get your, get your head in the game
# I gotta get my, get my head in the game
# You gotta get your, get your, get your, get your head in the game
# Come on, get my, get my head in the game
# You gotta get your, get your, get your, get your head in the game
# I gotta get my, get my head in the game
# You gotta get your, get your, get your, get your head in the game, whoo
# Why am I feeling so wrong?
# My head\'s in the game but my heart\'s in the song
# She makes this feel so right
Should I go for it?
I better shake this.Yikes!
# I gotta get my, get my head in the game # You gotta get your, get your, get your, get your head in the game
# I gotta get my, get my head in the game
# You gotta get your, get your, get your, get your head in the game
# Come on, get my, get my head in the game
# You gotta get your, get your, get your, get your head in the game
# I gotta get my, get my head in the game
# You gotta get your, get your, get your, get your head in the game
# Whoo!
- What team?Wildcats!
- What team?Get your head in the game!
So, it seemed like you knew Troy Bolton.
Not really.He was just showing me around.
Well, Troy usually doesn\'t interact with new students.
- Uh, why not?Yes, Mi Montez?
I\'m sorry, I was just...Uh...
Shouldn\'t the second equation read 16 over pi?
16 over pi? That\'s quite impoible.
I stand corrected.
Oh...and welcome aboard. OK.
Troy Bolton was looking at our audition list.
Again?
He was hanging around with that new girl and they were both looking at the list.
There\'s something freaky about her.Where did she say she\'s from?
Wow! An Einsteinette.
So why do you think she\'s interested in our musical?
I\'m not sure that she is.And we needn\'t concern ourselves with amateurs.
But...there is no harm in making certain
that Gabriella\'s welcome to school activities that are...
...well, appropriate for her.
After all...
...she loves pi.
Gold! More gold!
Paint, paint! Let\'s go!
- The answer is yes!Didn\'t you put them in my locker?
- Of course not.So many new faces in detention today.
I hope you don\'t make a habit of it,
but the drama club can always use an extra hand.
And while we are working, let us probe the mounting evils of cell phones.
Come on, guys, huddle up! We got two weeks to the big game.
Where\'s Troy and Chad?
Don\'t make me ask again.
- Where\'s Troy and Chad?!Where\'s my team, Darbus?
What the heck are those two doing in a tree?
It\'s called crime and punishment, Bolton.
Besides, proximity to the arts is cleansing for the soul.
Can we have a talk, please?
And you two, in the gym, now!
If they have to paint sets for detention, they could do it tonight, not during practice.
If these were theater performers, would you seek special treatment?
Darbus, we are days away from our biggest game of the year.
And we, Bolton, are in the midst of our auditions for our winter musicale as well! This school is about more than just young men in baggy shorts
flinging balls for touchdowns!
Baskets! They shoot baskets.
Stop! Guys, listen, you\'ve been having this argument
since the day you both started teaching here.
We are one school, one student body,
one faculty! Can we not agree on that?
So, Coach, how\'s the team lookin\'?
- Troy got \'em whipped into shape?Wildcats!
- What team?Wildcats!
- Wildcats!Troy? Hmm.
I\'m not an expert on that particular sub-species,
however, unle you speak cheerleader,
as in, \"Oh, my gosh! Isn\'t Troy Bolton just the hottie super-bum?\"
Oh, he\'s so beautiful.
- Ha-ha.See what I mean?It was my fault.
- Sorry, Dad.Yeah.Focus, Troy, come on.
Whoo.
Just something for you.
I expect we all learned our homeroom manners yesterday, people, correct?
If not, we have some dreing rooms that need painting.
Now, a few announcements.
This morning during free period will be your chance for the musicale auditions,
both single and pairs.
I will be in the theater until noon for those of you bold enough to extend
the wingspan of your creative spirit.
When\'s she due back on the mother ship?
Discuing the importance of Shakespeare...
- What\'s up, man?Just hanging out?
- Good to see you.Is it mine?
- No, ma\'am.That was the warning bell.#...like no other
That\'s a wonderful tie you\'re wearing.Next!
# It\'s hard to believe that I couldn\'t see
# That you were always there beside me
# This feeling\'s like no other
# I want you to know
Uh...stop.
#...so lonely before I finally found
# What I\'ve been looking...
#...for
Ah...Cindra.
What courage to pursue a note that has not been acceed in the natural world.
Bravo! Brava!
Perhaps the spring musicale.
- # It\'s hard to believe that I could not see# Beside me
- # Thought I was alone# With no one to hold# Beside me
Well, that was just...
...very disturbing.Go see a counselor.Uhh.
Next!
Hey!
So you decided to sign up for something?
- Uh...No.You?No! I\'m not afraid, I...
- I\'m just...scared.# I want you to know
# I\'ve never had someone that knows me like you do
# The way you do
# I\'ve never had someone as good for me as you
# No one like you
# So lonely before I finally found
# What I\'ve been looking for
# So good to be seen, so good to be heard
# Don\'t have to say a word
# For so long I was lost, so good to be found
# I\'m lovin\' having you around
# This feeling\'s like no other
# I want you to know
# I\'ve never had someone that knows me like you do
# The way you do
# I\'ve never had someone as good for me as you
# No one like you
# So lonely before I finally found # What I\'ve been looking for
# Do-do-do
# Do do-do-do do-do
# Oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
# Do-do-do-do
# Do do-do-do do-do
# Oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
I told you not to do the jazz squares.
It\'s a crowd favorite.Everybody loves a good jazz square.
Well...
Are there any last-minute sign-ups?
Don\'t be discouraged.The theater club needs more than singers.It needs fans too.
Buy tickets!
Oh, actually,
if you do the part with that particular song, I imagined it much slow...
If we do the part?
Kelsi, my sawed-off Sondheim, I\'ve been in 17 school productions.
How many of your compositions have been selected?
- This would be the first.No.It tells us that you do not offer
direction, suggestion or commentary.And you should be thankful
that me and Ryan can lift your music out of its obscurity. Yes, ma\'am.I mean, Sharpay.
Nice talking to you.
Any last-minute sign-ups?
- We should go.Ah.
But I\'m here alone.Actually, I\'m here to sing with her.
Yes, well, we take these shows very seriously here at East High.
I called for the pairs audition, and you didn\'t respond.
Free period is now over.
- She has an amazing voice.It is? Isn\'t the composer of a show kind of like the playmaker in basketball?
Playmaker?
The one who makes everyone else look good.
Without you there is no show.You\'re the playmaker here, Kelsi.
I am?
Do you wanna hear how the duet\'s supposed to sound?
# It\'s hard to believe that I couldn\'t see
# You were always there beside me
# Thought I was alone with no one to hold
# But you were always right beside me
# This feeling\'s like no other
# I want you to know
# That I\'ve never had someone that knows me like you do
# The way you do
# And I\'ve never had someone as good for me as you
# No one like you
# So lonely before I finally found
# What I\'ve been looking for
# Ooh-ooh-ooh
Wow.That\'s nice.
Bolton, MontezWork on it with them.whatever works.After basketball cla...
What?
Callback?! Aah!
\"Callback for roles Arnold and Minnie next Thursday, 3:30pm.
Ryan and Sharpay Evans, Gabriella Montez and Troy Bolton.\"
Is this some kind of joke? They didn\'t even audition!
- Maybe we\'re being punked?Exactly.
- And what are the rules?What?
I love to bake! Strudels, scones, even apple pandowdy.
# Not another sound
Someday I hope to make the perfect cr鑝e br鹟閑.
# No, no, no, no! No, no, no
# Stick to the stuff you know
# If you wanna be cool follow one simple rule
# Don\'t me with the flow no, no
# Stick to the status quo
# Look at me and what do you see? Intelligence beyond compare
# But inside I am stirring, something strange is occurring
# It\'s a secret I need to share
# Open up, dig way down deep
Hip-hop is my paion.I love to pop and lock and jam and break!
Is that even legal?
# Not another peep!
It\'s just dancing.I think it\'s cooler than homework.
# No, no, no, no! No, no, no
# Stick to the stuff you know # It is better by far to keep things as they are
# Don\'t me with the flow, no, no
# Stick to the status quo
# Listen well, I\'m ready to tell about a need that I cannot deny
# Dude, there\'s no explanation for this awesome sensation
# But I\'m ready to let it fly
# Speak your mind and you\'ll be heard
If Troy wants to be a singer, then I\'m coming clean.
- I play the cello!No, dude, it\'s like, a giant violin!
# Not another word
- Do you have to wear a costume?# Really wrong
# And we\'ve gotta get things back where they belong
- # We can do it# We can do it
- # Hip-hop hooray# Cr鑝e Br鹟閑
# Keep your voice down low
- # Not another peep# No
- # Not another soundBecause of the callbacks?
I can\'t have people staring at me.I can\'t.
# No! No, no, no
# Stick to the stuff you know
# If you want to be cool, follow one simple rule # Don\'t me with the flow, no, no
# Stick to the status quo
# No, no, no
# Stick to the stuff you know
# It is better by far to keep things as they are
# Don\'t me with the flow, no, no
# Stick to the status stick to the status
# Stick to the status quo
Aah!
I am so sorry.
You do not want to get into that, man.
- Too much drama.What\'s up? Oh, let\'s see...
You mied free-period workout to audition for a heinous musical.
And now suddenly people are confeing. Yeah, and Zeke.Zeke is baking...cr鑝e br鹟閑.
What\'s that?
Oh, a creamy custard with a caramelized surface.
- It\'s really satisfying.Yo!
Suddenly people think that they can do other stuff.
Stuff that\'s not their stuff.
You\'re thinking about show tunes, when we\'ve got a playoff game next week.
Whoa!
Whoa!
- Ooh!Huh?
You\'re tweaked because I put your stars in detention and now you\'re getting even.
What are you talking about, Darbus?
Your all-star son turned up at my audition.
Now, I give every student an even chance,
which is a long and honorable tradition in the theater.
Something that you wouldn\'t understand. But, if he is planning some sort of practical joke in my chapel of the arts...
- Troy doesn\'t even sing.See? I knew it!
- Hey...Wouldn\'t that be awfully uncomfortable? Evaporate, tall person!
I bake!
If that helps.
- Wow! It\'s like a jungle up here.So this is your private hideout?
Yeah.Thanks to the science club.Which means my buddies don\'t know it exists.
You pretty much have the school wired, don\'t you, Troy?
Seems to me like everyone on campus wants to be your friend.
Unle we lose.
Well, I\'m sure it\'s tricky being the coach\'s son.
Makes me practice a little harder, I gue.
I don\'t know what he\'ll say about the singing.
- You worried?Singing with you felt like that.
Well, uh...I never thought about singing.That\'s for sure.
Till you.
So you really wanna do the callbacks?
Hey, just call me freaky callback boy.
You\'re a cool guy, Troy.
But not for the reasons your friends think.
And thanks for showing me your top-secret hiding place.
Like kindergarten.
# We\'re soarin\', we\'re flyin\'...
# Breaking...
# Creating space between us...
# There\'s not a star in heaven that we...
# Flyin\'
# There\'s not a star in heaven that we...
Let\'s go, guys! Make it sharp! To the chest, come on! Pop it! Come on, guys.Step with it! Let\'s go!
Come on, move it! Let\'s go!
Come on, guys, focus! Focus! Get your head in the game!
Move it!
- You seen Troy?Mm-hm.And the same day,
I invented the space shuttle and microwave popcorn.
Oh! Microwave popcorn.Ha-ha.Funny.
- I\'ve been rehearsing with Kelsi.Gabriella, chill.
Hey, that\'s traveling.No, that\'s really bad traveling. Mi! I\'m sorry, this is a closed practice.
- Dad, practice is over.Oh, I\'m sorry, sir.
- Dad, this is Gabriella Montez.Dad, she\'s not a problem.
- She\'s just a girl.they don\'t come along all the time.
- They\'re something special.Let\'s go.
What spell has this elevated-IQ temptre girl cast that suddenly makes you wanna be in musical?
Look, I just did it.Who cares?
Who cares? How about your most loyal best friend?
- Quiet in here, Mr.Danforth.Exactly my point.
He was the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway.
Now my mom, she\'s seen that musical 27 times,
and put Michael Crawford\'s picture in our refrigerator.
Yeah, not on it, in it.
So my point is, if you play basketball, you\'re gonna end up on the cereal box.
If you\'re in musicals, you\'ll end up in my mom\'s refrigerator.
Why in her refrigerator?
One of her crazy diet ideas.I won\'t attempt to understand the female mind.
It\'s foreign territory.
How can you expect the rest of us to be focused on a game if you\'re off somewhere
in leotards singing \"Twinkle Town\"?
No one said anything about leotards.
Not yet, my friend, but just you wait.
Look, we need you, Captain.Big time.
- Mr.Danforth.Go.
They must be trying to figure out a way to make sure Troy and Gabriella beat us out.
The jocks rule most of the school, but if they get Troy into a musical,
then they\'ve conquered the entire student body.
And if those science girls get Gabriella hooked up with Troy Bolton,
the scholastic club goes from drool to cool.
Ryan, we need to save our show from people who don\'t know the difference
between a Tony Award and Tony Hawk.
Do you think that\'ll work?
It\'s the only way to save Troy and Gabriella from themselves.
- So we on?OK, the first thing.
- Nice.Let\'s go.Then we\'re on go mode for lunch, 12:05.
Yes, Chad, we\'re a go.But we\'re not Charlie\'s Angels.OK?
I can dream, can\'t I?
\"Spider\" Bill Netrine, cla of \'72.
He was the MVP in the league championship game.
Sam Nedler, cla of \'02.Also known as \"Sammy Slamma Jamma.\" Captain, MVP of the league championship team.
The \"Thunder Clap,\" Hap Hadden, \'95.
Led the Wildcats to back-to-back city championships.
- A legend.No.
These Wildcat legends became legends
because they never took their eye off the prize.
Get your head in the game!
Who was the first sophomore ever to make starting varsity?
- Troy!And who is gonna get their butts kicked
in Friday\'s championship game if Troy\'s worried about an audition?
- We are.Yes, Troy.
Wildcat basketball champion, cla of 1981.
Champion, father, and now coach.
It\'s a winning tradition like no other. From lowly Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, to early warriors, medieval knights.
All leading up to...
...lunkhead basketball man.
Yes, our culture worshiped the aggreor throughout the ages
and we end up with spoiled, overpaid bonehead athletes
who contribute little to civilization other than slam dunks and touchdowns.
That is the inevitable world of Troy Bolton.
But the path of the mind, the path we\'re on,
ours is the path that has brought us these people:
Eleanor Roosevelt, Frida Kahlo, Sandra Day O\'Connor,
Madame Curie, Jane Goodall, Oprah Winfrey
and so many others who the world reveres.
Uh, but, what is? I\'ve got Kelsi waiting for me to rehearse.
Gabriella!
Troy Bolton represents one side of evolution.
And our side, the side of education and accomplishment
is the future of civilization!
This is the side where you belong.
Guys, if you don\'t know that I\'ll put a 110% of my guts into that game,
then you don\'t know me.
- But we just thought...But suddenly the girl...and the singing.Get your head in the game!
Whoo!
- Let\'s go!But I...
Me neither.
Gabriella?
Go Wildcats!
Hey, Captain!
- What\'s with Troy?Hey, Troy!
Hey, um...
We just had another team meeting.
Oh...wonderful.
We had a team meeting about how we haven\'t been acting like a team.
I mean us, not you.
- About the singing thing...Huh?
If singing is what you wanna do,
we should boost you up, not tear you down.
Yeah.Win or lose, we\'re teammates.
That\'s what we\'re about.Even if you turn out to be the worst singer in the world.
Which we don\'t know, because we haven\'t heard you sing.
You\'re not gonna hear me sing, guys.
Because Gabriella won\'t even talk to me...
...and I don\'t know why.
We do.
I baked these fresh today.
You\'ll probably want to try one before we tell you the rest.
Gabriella, we were jerks. No, we were worse than jerks because we were mean jerks.
We thought Troy and the whole singing thing was
killing our chances of having you on the scholastic decathlon team.
I heard what he had to say.I\'m on your team now.Done.
No, not done.
We knew that Chad could get Troy to say things
to make you want to forget about the callbacks.
We planned it, and we\'re embarraed and sorry.
No one forced Troy to say anything.And you know what? It\'s OK.
We should prepare for the decathlon, it\'s time to move on.
No, it\'s not OK.
The decathlon is whatever, but how you feel about us, and even more, TroyOh, Troy!
No.
Um...Gabriella is kind of busy with homework, so now\'s not a good time.
I made a mistake, Mi Montez, and I would really like to let Gabriella know that.
- Could you tell her I came by to see her?Good night.Thank you.
- Hello?And it\'s not about my dad.
This is about how I feel.And I\'m not letting the team down.
They let me down.
So I\'m gonna sing.What about you?
- I don\'t know, Troy.Why would they do that?
- I smell a rat named Darbus.You know I\'m in.
A pi pie.
- Oh, my goodne!Yeah, come here, look.
Ta-da!
Oh...it\'s an equation.
Oh!
That\'s awful!
Stay right there.Watch.
From our team, to yours.
GDAA- C- LB
Exclamation point.
Well, seems we Wildcats are in for an interesting afternoon.
Go. G-O-D...dra...Go dra...Go dray...
- Ugh!Yeah, me too.
- Wish I could suit up and play with you.Well, that\'ll come or it won\'t.
What I want is for you to have fun.
I know all about the preure.Probably too much of it has come from me.
What I really want is to see my son having the time of his life
playing the game we both love.
You give me that, and I will sleep with a smile on my face no matter what the score.
Thanks, Coach...uh...
...Dad.
Welcome to the tenth annual Scholastic Decathlon.
The East High Wildcats versus the West High Knights.
Hello! Right here, right here.
- Mah, mah, mah!Ow! Ow!
Stop!
- I trust you.Come on, let\'s do it. And now introducing your East High Wildcats!
Let\'s go! Go!
...for this championship game between East High and West High!
Casting the leads of a show is both a challenge and a responsibility.
A joy and a burden.
I commend you and all other young artists to hold out
for the moon, the sun and the stars.
Shall we soar together?
Sharpay and Ryan!
Mucho gusto!
Ay.Que fabulosa!
Ay! Ay! Ay!
- Arriba!# Suave!
# Yeah we\'re gonna
