Hsm2

High School Musical 2 (also known as High School Musical 2: Sing It All Or Nothing!) is the sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical. It debuted on August 17, 2007 on Disney Channel in the U.S., and on Family in Canada. The premiere brought in a total of 17.3 million viewers in the United States—almost 10 million more than its predecessor—making it the highest-rated Disney Channel Movie to date. Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) is the male protagonist of the movie. He is the most popular male student at East High School, and the captain of the varsity basketball team. He is in a relationship with Gabriella Montez. They met at a ski lodge while attending a New Year's Eve party in High School Musical, and were called on stage to sing a duet together. During the countdown to the New Year, Troy and Gabriella exchanged cellphone numbers. Gabriella later moved to Albuquerque due to her mother's career, surprising Troy when she arrived at his school. They audition and eventually win the lead roles in the high school's Winter Musical. In this newest edition, Troy, along with most of East High, takes a summer job at Lava Springs, the country club owned by Sharpay and Ryan Evans' parents. Over the summer, he gets new opportunities to go to a great college, and easily obtain a basketball scholarship, but becomes arrogant as a result; this causes jealousy in his best friend, Chad Danforth, and Gabriella starts to worry that he has forgotten about his friends. But he put aside his difference and reconciled with them after learning that Sharpay was stealing him from them causing him to confront her and tell her that he won't sing with her because of how she treated his friends. During the middle of the movie he hints jealousy when Gabriella spends time with Ryan. He is also friends with Jason and Zeke. For this movie, Efron did all of his own singing, whereas in the first High School Musical, his singing was blended with singer Drew Seeley's voice. Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) is the female protagonist of the movie. She is an academic, who won East High the Scholastic Decathlon in the first film. Known as the "freaky math girl" in her old school, she is shy and intelligent, but finds a new popularity for herself at East High when she enters into a relationship with Troy Bolton. Along with most of East High, she takes a summer job at Lava Springs (as a lifeguard), the country club owned by Sharpay and Ryan Evans' parents. As the summer progresses, she feels Troy has become a different person when he gets new opportunities via promotions. Gabriella starts spending time and befriends with Ryan but doesn't notice his crush on her. The pair(Gabriella and Troy) briefly split up but get back together at the end of the movie. (Some fans think that she came back because of hearing that Troy told Sharpay off.) Her best friend is Taylor McKessie. She is also good friends with Kelsi Nielsen and Martha Cox. Near the end of the movie, she shares a kiss with Troy. Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) is the antagonist of the film. She plans to spend the summer lounging around her parent's country club, Lava Springs, and winning the country club's mid-summer talent show (which is heavily biased in her favor). Sharpay is attracted to Troy Bolton and tries to steal him away from Gabriella and his friends throughout the movie. Her plan is taken to a whole new notch when she promotes Troy to be an honorary member of the club, and cancels the Wildcats' performance in the talent show. She is convinced that Troy and Gabriella singing together could steal her spotlight -- after the pair previously beat her and her brother out to star in the lead roles for the Winter Musical of "Twinkle Town". Not only does Sharpay succeed in alienating herself, once again, from her peers, but she causes a rift between herself and her brother, Ryan. Her plan is unsuccessful when Troy confronts her about how she has treated his friends, but in the end she is accepted by her classmates. Ryan Evans (Lucas Grabeel) is Sharpay's fraternal twin brother, who is stuck between being an antagonist and a protagonist. Throughout the first movie, we see that he owes his total devotion to Sharpay. He is portrayed as being minimally intelligent; in High School Musical, he is unable to read the word "Drama". Both impressions change during the second movie, when his sister decides to sing with Troy during the talent show instead of Ryan. During the middle of the movie Ryan shows a mild attraction to Gabriella. Desiring to spite his sister because of this, he decides to direct the talent show performance of the Wildcats working at Lava Springs. He also becomes friends with Chad Danforth. Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu) is Troy's best friend, and is also very good friends with Jason and Zeke. He has a summer job at Lava Springs as a waiter and part-time golf caddy, and is saving the money from his job to get a car to impress his girlfriend Taylor, with whom he appears to be in a serious relationship. After Troy gets promoted, Chad becomes a little jealous of him and hates the way Troy is being treated by Sharpay while he and the others tend to the customers. He begins to drift away from Troy, and as they begin to separate from each other he becomes great friends with Ryan Evans by playing baseball together. But when he learned from Kelsi that Troy confronted Sharpay of how she treated his friends, he and Troy reconcile. Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman) is Gabriella's best friend. She is also friends with Kelsi Neilsen and Martha Cox, and is dating Chad. She is captain of the school Scholastic Decathlon team. She has a summer job at Lava Springs as an Activities Coordinator. She always sees through Sharpay, and tends to be cynical when it comes to boys. Supporting cast Kelsi Nielsen (Olesya Rulin) is a student at East High. She is a pianist, and is hired as such at Lava Springs. She is friends with Gabriella, Martha, and Taylor. She is also dating Jason Cross. She was the one who showed Troy about Sharpay's schemes which prompts him to confront Sharpay. Jason Cross (Ryne Sanborn) is friends with Troy, Chad, and Zeke. He is dating Kelsi. He also plays for the basketball team. His job at Lava Springs is working in the kitchen as a dishwasher. He is very naive. Zeke Baylor (Chris Warren, Jr.) has a huge crush on Sharpay, and a secret love for baking, which was later revealed in the first High School Musical. His summer job at Lava Springs is Assistant to the Head Chef. He is friends with Troy, Chad, and Jason. He also plays for the basketball team. Martha Cox (Kaycee Stroh) is a student at East High. She enjoys hip-hop dance, which before her secret was revealed she was a "nerd". Her summer job at Lava Springs is in Food Preparations. She is friends with Gabriella, Kelsi, and Taylor. Mr. Thomas Fulton (Mark L. Taylor) is the manager of Lava Springs. It is apparent he is happy with the Wildcats' employment, but Sharpay orders him to do whatever is necessary to rid the club of Troy's friends. Jack Bolton (Bart Johnson) is the father of Troy. He is very supportive of Troy's basketball career. He is also the coach of East High's basketball team. He also was helping with Troy's scholarship. Mr. Evans (Robert Curtis Brown) is the father of Ryan and Sharpay. He is a very wealthy man, who owns the Lava Springs Country Club. He is an alumnus and member of the Board of Directors of the University of Albuquerque, the college which Troy would like to attend and play basketball for. Mrs. Darby Evans (Jessica Tuck) is the mother of Ryan and Sharpay. She is a very wealthy woman, and is the president of the Lava Springs Board. In the movie, She enjoys yoga. Ms. Darbus (Alyson Reed) is the drama teacher at East High. She dislikes cellphones.