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What about a new section?

Shouldn't we add a section mentioning the critical reaction and response the movie has garnered,both positive and negative?

This doesn't sound hidden

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If you watch until the very end of High School Musical, after the credits, you can see a hidden scene in which Sharpay finds out how good the cookies Zeke made her tasted and runs up to him and hugs him with much enthusiasm, saying she loves him. This may have something to do with High School Musical 2.

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To me that really doesn't sound hidden. Lots of movies have a strange sence at the end like that. Bawolff 22:52, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

well what are you supposed to call that then?--Jak 21:50, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ends like that, with Lockheart moving in a book, and everyone ignoring him, but the prisoner of Azkaban doesn't mention Lockheart.--egandude123 23:23, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Highest Selling DCOM soundtrack?

Somebody said that the HSM soundtrack was the highest selling soundtrack but I've also heard that it was The Cheetah Girls soundtrack. Can someone tell me more about this?

Spanish song in the movie

I think they should add something about the spanish song in the soundtrack that was actually a near translation of the song "What I've been looking for" that is titled "Eres tú" by "Belanova".

So many grammatical errors!

It needs clean-up. Also, the trivia section is really messed up. -leaves to edit-

I clenaed it up a lot and fixed most of the grammar errors in the plot. -Rosepuff12 20:46, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I came here after seeing a note on Wikipedia:cleanup and reverted the change of an apostrophe here. Apostrophes after the s signify that the noun is possessive to more than one person (or at least that's what I recall learning in school so many years ago. :) ) I just wanted to clarify that here. Cowman109^Talk 05:28, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Here we go: Apostrophe#Basic_principles:_possessive_apostrophe Cowman109^Talk 05:34, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fixing Up (202.154.148.122)

Okay, The Plot Spoiler in the article is far more comprehensive and makes far more sense. No more 'Will Troy and Gabriella yada yada be able to do it?' sort of lines.

Removed the comments about removed images. They can always be recovered from previous edits.

Fixed many grammatical errors, and rearranged some text.

Fixed the 'Errors' section at the bottom, to remove the comments that someone so kindly put there.

Plot

Actually, looking at the article, while the storyline is greatly improved (far better than previous edit) it still needs shortening.

Also, the character section needs cleanup (This is listed as a comment in the page source)

Please note also, the notice about condensing the plot collides with the frame containing the movie information.

I removed a good bit from the plot section to help clean up, but it's still too long. I didn't get to the last 3-4 paragraphs though. I'll work on the characters though. Judxapp 02:59, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Fireworks

Can someone confirm whether the fireworks would not have been allowed to fire due to snow (and cite a source, like a legislation or something) and whether the other (commented out) errors should just be removed?

Why Illegal Immigrants Comment was deleted?

I added in a comment noting that some critics(me as well as some others) of the movie have said that Sharpay's hostility towards Gabriella resembled that of some US citizens towards illegal immigrants. Later I come back, it's not there anymore. I don't understand why someone removed it. The comment wasn't offensive or anything. If anything, it is very relevant when you think about the supposed themes to the movie. M paulinus

What hostility? If your talking about Sharpay being mad at Gabriella like shown during 'Stick to the Status Quo', that's different. Sharpay was mad at her because she thought that herself and Ryan would be the only ones to be auditioning for the leads. She was shocked when she saw the callbacks so that is what got her mad and jealous at Gabriella. -Rosepuff12 15:26, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We all know that Sharypay wasn't the nicest person in the movie. In fact, when she met Gabriella. she was somewhat patronizing. When she found out about the callbacks, she was furious. You could say that she was threatened to an extent. She even felt the need to sabotage their chances by convincing Darvis to change the times of the callbacks. The comparison I made was that Sharpay's feelings toward Gabriella resembled that of some American citizens towards Illegal Immigrants.

M paulinus 23:53, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, it's Darbus, not Darvis, and of course you could make this comparison. However this relation as a theme is probably quite by accident, coincidence if you will, and not the writers intention to express the American feeling towards Illegal Immigrants.

Do not forget this movie is seen internationally (as is this article I might add) and while the movie is an American creation, perhaps such American specific comments are best left out of the article

Rpgsimmaster 03:30, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I guess. Though, I still think the comparison should be mentioned. Though, I would like to point out the 'coincidence' that Gabriella was Hispanic. --M paulinus 00:05, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You mention that "Some critics" have felt this is also the case. If you can find a verefiable and respectable online source that says this and then cite it, it can be added to the article. Untill then, however, it sounds very much like original research and POV. Cheers! --omtay38 01:29, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't Vanessa Ann Hudgens half-Filipino, though?

72.234.141.183 05:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article getting tidied

Well I've been doing some (merciless) editing to keep the article tidy, but I've been amassing comments in the source. Would anyone care to comment on them in this talk page, because anything that's commented I'm likely to remove soon. Things like the fireworks and the wristwatch really need to be confirmed as errors, the grammatical correction in the Chad Danforth section of the article and so forth need to be dealt with.

Thanks to anyone who will do this. Rpgsimmaster 03:33, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Zeke

In the minor characters section, is Zeke worth developing as a character (such as mentioning his crush on Sharpay) or is his character not significant enough to merit keeping?

Comments or ideas, please. Rpgsimmaster 07:25, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Addition to comments under Taylor McKessie and Chad Danforth

The comments under Taylor McKessie and Chad Danforth about Chad asking Taylor out needs to be developed or removed. At this stage I commented it, but I think it could be developed well.

Cleanup

The article needs a lot of cleanup. Sections are too large, unessisary, and not up to Wikipedia's standards. Please don't remove the notice until the article has drasticly been improved. --lightdarkness^(talk) 18:37, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Use of Jerseys

We have decided before that the multiple jerseys is not a problem. Someone edited this previously who was a basketball player, and commented that they too had multiple jerseys. It is probably not uncommon, and therefore probably not a continuity error in the film.

Before you add it again, please discuss why here.

Rpgsimmaster 06:22, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Image

I changed the picture in the infobox because the picture that was in there was a false DVD cover. The new image is a promotional image for the movie. Jtervin 05:50, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fandom

Fandom or fansites has no place in an encyclopedia article. They bring nothing to the article nor are helpful in any way. This is simple advertising and way to get around the provision in the External Links section.--Klaser 14:57, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cast Pages

There are multiple articles on the cast. When I open an article, such as Troy Bolton, the article is only a stub with minor info about him. I say that we place redirects on all of the pages, and we just add the info we want on the main article.--Ed^{talk c E} 17:37, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some Wikipedians know little about the cast and are just creating stubs about the minor cast, However some vetrans like Vanessa Ann Hudgens or Ashley Tisdale have lots of fans who know a lot about them, which is why they have long pages. Nitweet 13:58, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not those!! I meant pages like Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez. They are just stubs, whose summaries are already placed in this article.--Ed^{talk c E} 14:00, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oops sorry about the misreading of information. As for the pages, they're being considered for deletion... Found this at the cast pages of Troy and Gabriella: deletion policy .
Please share your thoughts on the matter at this article's entry on the Articles for deletion page.
Feel free to edit the article, but the article must not be blanked, and this notice must not be removed, until the discussion is closed. For more information, particularly on merging or moving the article during the discussion, read the guide to deletion. Nitweet 04:01, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Plot Headings

I added headings to the plot so that we can organize the plot better, and clean it up one at a time. Feel free to change the names at any time.--Ed^{talk c E} 17:44, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Continuity Error?

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Although the callback songs only have a supporting piano, "Breaking Free" had a Drum set and Latin percussion instruments like the Timbales, Conga and the Agogo bells were heard in "Bop to the top".

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While the first part of this may be correct - "Breaking Free" arguably should only have a supporting piano, I disagree that "Bop to the top" having this accompaniement is an error. In the first set of auditions, Ryan states that the rehearsal pianist did an arrangement for them - it is not a stretch to believe that this would be the case in the callbacks as well. Further, the argument could be made that "Breaking Free" having additional accompaniement is not an error either, since it is clearly a song which is part of the movie as a musical overall - and thus to argue that the additional instruments is an error would be akin to arguing that about every single song in the movie (Status quo, etc.).

Thoughts? --1of42 01:24, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Teen Choice Awards

HSM won the "Best Comedy/Musical" category. Not much else to say but that.

I think someone who is familiar with the Wikipedia should add a chart for the awards like the one for The Daily Show. It would greatly improve the quality of the awards section.--74.106.70.54 16:10, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Errors

A lot of these errors seem to only be nin-picking and not really errors. As far as I can see, the only one that's an error is the thing about Troy's shoes. I propose a clean up -Sukecchi 19:27, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree--Tishii 22:56, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]