High School Musical Script - Dialogue Transcript

Voila! Finally, the High School Musical script is here for all you fans of the Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron movie. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. I know, I know, I still need to get the cast names in there and all that jazz, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. At least you'll have some High School Musical quotes (or even a monologue or two) to annoy your coworkers with in the meantime, right?

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High School Musical Script

  

  
(yelling, whooping)

  
(kid blows noisemaker)

  
(chatter)

  
(girls chatter)

  
(waiter) 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,
- Come on,

  
(ball bounces)
Keep working left, Troy,

  
Got a guard in the championship game
we're expectin', You'll torch 'em!

  
- Am I going left?
- Yeah,

  
- He looks middle, you take it downtown,
- OK, like this?

  
Whoo! That's it, man, Sweet,
Let's see that in the game,

  
- Boys?
- 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?
- Young adults, Now go, shower up,

  
Come on, One more,

  
- Last one,
- Real quick,

  
There we go,
That's the way to end it,

  
(& soft rock)

  
(chatter and laughter)

  
Howdy, ma'am,

  
All right! How about that
for a couple of snowboarders?

  
- Yeah!
- Hey!

  
Who's gonna rock the house next?

  
(kids shouting)

  
Huh?

  
(emcee) Ha-ha! Ho-ho!

  
(kids shouting)

  
I can't sing, No, you go,

  
And you! Yeah, come on,

  
Look, I don't sing, I can't sing,
No, guys...

  
Get up there!

  
Hey, you know what? Someday you guys
might thank me for this,

  
Or not,

  
(& "Something New")

  
& Living in my own world

  
& Didn't understand

  
& That anything can happen

  
& When you take a chance

  
& I never believed in

  
& What I couldn't see

  
- & I never opened my heart
- & Oh

  
& To all the possibilities

  
& Ooh

  
- (both) & I know
- & That something has changed

  
(both) & Never felt this way

  
& And right here tonight

  
(both) & This could be the start
of something new

  
- & It feels so right
- (both) & To be here with you

  
& Oh!

  
& And now I'm lookin' in your eyes

  
- & I feel in my heart
- & 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
- & Yeah

  
- & And the world looks so much brighter
- & Brighter, brighter

  
- & Oh, with you by my side
- & By my side

  
& I know that something has changed,
never felt this way

  
- & I know it for real
- & 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
- & Oh

  
& And now looking in your eyes

  
- & I feel in my heart
- & Feel in my heart

  
& The start of something new

  
& The start of something new

  
& The start of something new

  
(crowd cheering and whistling)

  
- Troy,
- Gabriella,

  
But seriously, you have an amazing voice,
You're a singer, right?

  
Just church choir is all,
I tried to solo and nearly fainted,

  
Really? Why is that?

  
I looked at the people staring at me, Next
thing I knew, I was staring at the ceiling,

  
- End of solo career,
- The way you sing, that's hard to believe,

  
That was the first time I did that,
It was so cool,

  
- I know! Completely!
- You sound like you've sung a lot, too,

  
Yeah, sure, My showerhead
is very impressed with me,

  
(crowd) 9, 8, 7...

  
...6, 5, 4...

  
...3, 2, 1!

  
(cheering/fireworks explode)

  
I guess 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!
- Here, put your number in,

  
Here,

  
- You too,
- Oh, OK,

  
(beeping)

  
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...

  
- Troy! How ya doing, man?
- Hey, Chad, what's up?

  
- Hey, guys, happy new year,
- Yeah!

  
- It's a happy Wildcat new year!
- You're the man!

  
In two weeks
we're going to the championships

  
with you leading us
to infinity and beyond,

  
- (boy) What team?
- (all) Wildcats!

  
- What team?
- Wildcats! (cheering)

  
(cell phone rings)

  
Ooh! Whoo-hoo!

  
(all) Ooh!

  
The ice princess returned
from the North Pole,

  
She spent the holidays
the way she always does,

  
- How's that?
- Shopping for mirrors,

  
(all) Ooh!

  
Ugh, behold the zoo animals
heralding the new year, How tribal,

  
(bell rings)

  
Mom, my stomach...

  
Is nervous on first day at a new school,
You'll do great, You always do,

  
I made my company promise that I can't
be transferred again until you graduate,

  
I reviewed your impressive transcripts,
Your light will shine brightly at East High,

  
I don't want to be the school's
freaky genius girl again,

  
Just be Gabriella,

  
This way,

  
(chatter)

  
Troy! Troy! Hey!

  
How's it goin'? How are you?

  
Miss Darbus?

  
- Do you remember the night before?
- No, not at all,

  
All I remember is like, pink jelly, I...

  
Excuse me,

  
(boy) Ooh!

  
- Hi, Troy,
- Hi,

  
(bell rings)

  
I trust you all had splendid holidays,

  
Check the sign-up sheets in the lobby
for new activities, Mr, Bolton,

  
Especially our winter musicale,
We will have singles auditions...

  
- You OK?
- Yeah,

  
- ... and pairs auditions for our two leads,
- Pfft,

  
Mr, Danforth, this is a place of learning,
not a hockey arena,

  
There is also a final sign-up for next week's
scholastic decathlon competition,

  
Chem Club president Taylor McHessey
can answer all of your questions about that,

  
(rings)

  
Ah, the cell phone menace
has returned to our crucible of learning,

  
- Is it your phone?
- Sharpay and Ryan, cell phones,

  
- I will see you in detention,
- Ahh!

  
We have zero tolerance
for cell phones in class,

  
so we will get to know each other
in detention, Cell phone,

  
And welcome to East High, Miss Montez,
Mr, Bolton, I see your phone is involved,

  
- So we will see you in detention as well,
- That's not a possibility, Miss 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 McHessey, 15 minutes,
- (Taylor gasps)

  
Shall the carnage continue?
Holidays are over, people,

  
Way over!
Now, any more comments, questions?

  
- Jason,
- How were your holidays, Miss Darbus?

  
What?

  
(bell rings)

  
- Sorry, man, See you in detention,
- See you later, It's all good,

  
Uhh, she's crazy,

  
Hey!

  
- I don't...
- Believe it,

  
- Well, me...
- 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,
- Why are you whispering?

  
What? Oh, uh... my friends
know about the snowboarding,

  
I haven't quite told them
about the singing thing,

  
- What's up?
- Hey,

  
- Too much for them to handle?
- No, it was cool,

  
But, you know, my friends, it's, uh...
It's not what I do,

  
That was, like, a different person,

  
So, uh... anyway, welcome to East High,

  
Now that you've met Miss Darbus,
I bet you just can't wait to sign up for that,

  
I won't be signing up for anything for a
while, I just wanna get to know the school,

  
But if you sign up,
I'd consider coming to the show,

  
- Yeah, yeah, That's completely impossible,
- What's impossible, Troy?

  
I wouldn't think "impossible"
is even in your vocabulary,

  
Oh, so nice of you to
show our new classmate 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 missed you during vacation,
What'd you do?

  
You know, um... played basketball,
snowboarding, more basketball,

  
- When's the big game?
- Two weeks,

  
You are so dedicated,
Just like me,

  
I hope you come watch me in the musical,
Promise?

  
- Toodles!
- Toodles,

  
Dude, you know that school musical thing?
You get extra credit just for auditioning?

  
- Who cares?
- It's always good to get extra credit...

  
... for college...

  
Think LeBron James or Shaquille O'Neal
auditioned for their school musical?

  
- Maybe,
- Troy,

  
The music in those shows isn't hip-hop,
or rock, or anything essential to culture,

  
It's, like, show music,
It's all costumes and makeup...

  
- Oh, dude, it's frightening,
- I know, I thought it'd be a good laugh,

  
- Sharpay's kinda cute, too,
- So is a mountain lion,

  
But you don't pet it,

  
All right, Wildcats! Pair up!

  
Let's go! Come on!

  
(balls bouncing rhythmically)

  
& 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!
- (whistle blows)

  
& 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!

  
(players whooping and yelling)

  
- (boy) What team?
- (all) Wildcats!

  
- What team?
- Wildcats!

  
- What team?
- Wildcats!

  
- Wildcats!
- Get your head in the game!

  
(cheering)

  
So, it seemed like you knew Troy Bolton,

  
Not really,
He was just showing me around,

  
(laughs) Well, Troy usually doesn't
interact with new students,

  
- Uh, why not?
- It's pretty much basketball 24/7 with him,

  
- That should be 16 over pi...
- Yes, Miss Montez?

  
I'm sorry, I was just... Uh...

  
Shouldn't the second equation
read 16 over pi?

  
16 over pi? That's quite impossible,

  
I stand corrected,

  
Oh... and welcome aboard,

  
- Catch you later, guys,
- 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?

  
(scoffs)

  
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!
- Huh?

  
Our scholastic decathlon team
has its first competition next week,

  
and there is certainly a spot for you,

  
- Where did those come from?
- Didn't you put them in my locker?

  
- Of course not,
- Well, we'd love to have you on our team,

  
We meet almost every day after school,

  
Please?

  
I need to catch up on the curriculum here
before I think about joining any clubs,

  
Well, what a perfect way to get caught up,
Meeting with the smartest kids in school,

  
- What a generous offer, Taylor,
- 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,

  
(whistle blows)

  
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?!
- (all) Detention,

  
(sighs)

  
(whistle blows)

  
Perhaps the most heinous example of
cell-phone abuse is ringing in the theater,

  
What temerity!
The theater is a temple of art,

  
- A precious cornucopia of creative energy,
- 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?
- Oh!

  
(whistle blows)

  
West High Knights have knocked us out
of the playoffs three years running,

  
and now we are one game away from
taking that championship back from 'em!

  
It's time to make our stand,

  
The team is you,

  
You are the team,
And this team does not exist

  
unless each and every one of you
is fully focused on our goal, Am I clear?

  
- Hey, what team?!
- Wildcats!

  
- What team?
- Wildcats!

  
- What team?
- Wildcats!

  
- Wildcats!
- Get your head in the game!

  
We've never made it past the first round

  
of the scholastic decathlon,
You could be our answered prayer,

  
I'm focusing on my studies this semester,

  
and help my mom get the new house
organized, Maybe next year,

  
- What do you know about Troy Bolton?
- Troy? Hmm,

  
I'm not an expert
on that particular sub-species,

  
however, unless 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?
- I don't know how to speak cheerleader,

  
We exist in an alternate
universe to Troy the basketball boy,

  
Have you tried to get to know him?

  
Watch how it works tomorrow
when you have lunch with us,

  
Unless you'd rather sit with the
cheerleaders and discuss firm nail beds,

  
My nail beds are history,

  
Sister!

  
- Still don't understand this detention thing,
- It was my fault,

  
- Sorry, Dad,
- Cross court,

  
Darbus will take any opportunity to
bust my chops, That includes yours too,

  
Hey, Dad?

  
Did you ever want to try something new,
but were afraid of what your friends think?

  
Like, going left? You're doing fine,

  
Well... no,

  
I mean, what if you wanna
try something really new

  
and it's a total disaster
and all your friends laugh at you,

  
Maybe they're not your friends,
That was my whole point about team today,

  
You gotta look out for each other,
You're the leader,

  
There's gonna be college scouts
at our game next week,

  
Know what a scholarship
is worth these days?

  
- A lot,
- Yeah, Focus, Troy, come on,

  
Whoo,

  
Just something for you,

  
(bell ringing)

  
I expect we all learned our homeroom
manners yesterday, people, correct?

  
If not, we have some dressing 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?

  
Discussing the importance
of Shakespeare...

  
- What's up, man?
- What's up?

  
The team's hitting the gym during
free period, What should we run?

  
I can't make it,
I gotta catch up on some homework,

  
What? Hello, it's only the second day back,
I'm not even behind on homework yet,

  
And I've been behind on homework
since preschool,

  
That's hilarious,
I'll catch you later,

  
Homework? There's no way,

  
- How's it going?
- (Troy) Just hanging out?

  
- Good to see you,
- What's he doing?

  
How's it going, man?

  
Short-cut,

  
I'm late for class,

  
(boy) That's good, just leave it here,

  
(overlapping chatter)

  
This is where the true expression
of the artist is realized,

  
Where inner truth is revealed
through the actor's journey...

  
(bell ringing)

  
- Was that a cell phone?
- Is it mine?

  
- No, ma'am, That was the warning bell,
- Ah!

  
Those wishing to audition must
understand that time is of the essence,

  
We have many roles to cast
and final callbacks will be next week,

  
First, you will sing a few bars and I will
give you a sense of whether or not

  
the theater is your calling, Better to hear it
from me now than from your friends later,

  
Our composer, Kelsi Nielson,
will accompany you

  
and be available for rehearsals
prior to callbacks,

  
Shall we?

  
(off-key) & It's hard
to believe that I couldn't see

  
& That you were always right beside me

  
& This feeling like no other

  
& I want you to know

  
Uh-huh, Yes, thank you, Next!

  
(badly off-key)
& It's hard to believe

  
& That I couldn't sneeze... see

  
& That you were always right there
next to beside me

  
Alan, I admire your pluck,

  
- As to your singing...
- &... like no other

  
That's a wonderful tie
you're wearing, Next!

  
(off-key) & 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,

  
(high-pitched)
&... so lonely before I finally found

  
& What I've been looking...

  
&... for

  
(holding note)

  
Ah... Cindra,

  
What courage to pursue a note that has
not been accessed in the natural world,

  
Bravo! Brava!

  
Perhaps the spring musicale,

  
(crashing)

  
- & It's hard to believe that I could not see
- & Can't see

  
- & That you were right beside me
- & Beside me

  
- & Thought I was alone
- & Alone

  
- & With no one to hold
- & To hold

  
- & But you were right beside me
- & Beside me

  
(Darbus) 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,

  
Um... why are you hiding behind a mop?

  
Your friends don't know you're here, right?

  
Right,

  
(& plays intro)

  
Thank you, Next,

  
Miss Darbus is a little... harsh,

  
- The Wildcat superstar's afraid?
- No! I'm not afraid, I...

  
- I'm just... scared,
- Me too... usually,

  
And for the lead roles of Minnie and Arnold
we only have one couple signed up,

  
Sharpay and Ryan,
I think it might be useful for you

  
to give us a sense of why
we gather in this hallowed hall,

  
What key?

  
Oh, we had our rehearsal pianist
do an arrangement,

  
Oh,

  
(whinnies like a horse)

  
Go!

  
& It's hard to believe that I couldn't see

  
(both) & 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

  
& 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,

  
(applause)

  
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...

  
lfwe 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,
- Which tells us what?

  
- That I need to write you more solos?
- 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,

  
- Are we clear?
- Yes, ma'am, I mean, Sharpay,

  
Nice talking to you,

  
Any last-minute sign-ups?

  
- We should go,
- No? Good, Done,

  
I'd like to audition, Miss Darbus,

  
Timeliness means something in the world
of theater, young lady,

  
The individual auditions are long over
and there are simply no other pairs,

  
I'll sing with her,

  
Troy Bolton? Where is your sports posse
or whatever it's called?

  
- Team,
- 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,
- Perhaps the next musicale,

  
So, you're a composer?

  
You wrote the song
Ryan and Sharpay just sang?

  
And the entire show?

  
Well, that's really cool,

  
I can't wait to hear the rest of the show,

  
So, why are you so afraid of
Ryan and Sharpay?

  
- I mean, it is your show,
- 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, Montez - you have a callback,

  
Kelsi, give them the duet
from the second act,

  
- Work on it with them,
- All right,

  
If you guys wanna rehearse, I'm usually
here during free period and after school,

  
and even sometimes during biology class,
You can come and rehearse anytime,

  
Or come to my house for breakfast,
I have a piano, we can rehearse there,

  
After school, before school - whatever
works, After basketball class...

  
What?

  
(Sharpay) 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?
- What?

  
Maybe we're being filmed right now,
Maybe we'll get to meet Ashton!

  
Oh, shut up, Ryan!

  
What's wrong?

  
(Chad) What?

  
Uhh!

  
How dare she sign up! I picked out
the colors for my dressing room,

  
She hasn't even asked our permission
to join the drama club,

  
- Someone's gotta tell her the rules,
- Exactly,

  
- And what are the rules?
- Ohh!

  
& You can bet there's nothin' but net
when I am in a zone and on a roll

  
& But I got a confession,
my own secret obsession

  
& And it's making me lose control

  
& Everybody gather 'round

  
If Troy can tell his
secret, then I can tell mine,

  
- I bake,
- What?

  
I love to bake! Strudels, scones,
even apple pandowdy,

  
& Not another sound

  
Someday I hope to make
the perfect creme brulee,

  
& No, no, no, no!
No, no, no

  
& Stick to the stuff you know

  
& If you wanna be cool
follow one simple rule

  
& Don't mess 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 passion,
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 mess 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!
- Awesome! What is it?

  
- A saw!
- No, dude, it's like, a giant violin!

  
& Not another word

  
- Do you have to wear a costume?
- Coat and tie,

  
& No, no, no, no!
No, no, no

  
& Stick to the stuff you know

  
& If you wanna be cool,
follow one simple rule

  
& Don't mess 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 mess with the flow,
no, no

  
& Stick to the status quo

  
& This is not what I want

  
& This is not what I planned

  
& And I just gotta say

  
& I do not understand

  
& Something is really

  
- & Something's not right
- & Really wrong

  
& And we've gotta get things back
where they belong

  
- & We can do it
- & Gotta play

  
- & Stick with what you know
- & We can do it

  
- & Hip-hop hooray
- & She has got to go

  
- & We can do it
- & Creme Brulee

  
& Keep your voice down low

  
- & Not another peep
- & No

  
- & Not another word
- & No

  
- & Not another sound
- & No

  
& Everybody quiet!

  
Why is everybody staring at you?

  
- Not me, you,
- Because 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 mess 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 mess with the flow,
no, no

  
& Stick to the status
stick to the status

  
& Stick to the status quo

  
(all gasping)

  
(Sharpay) Aah!

  
I am so sorry,

  
You do not want to get into that, man,

  
- Too much drama,
- Yeah,

  
What is going on here?

  
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 he auditioned?

  
After all the hard work you've
put into this show,

  
It just doesn't seem right,

  
- What's up?
- What's up? Oh, let's see...

  
You missed free-period workout
to audition for a heinous musical,

  
And now suddenly people are confessing,

  
Yeah, and Zeke,
Zeke is baking... creme brulee,

  
What's that?

  
Oh, a creamy custard
with a caramelized surface,

  
- It's really satisfying,
- Shut up, Zeke!

  
Look... do you see
what's happening here, man?

  
Our team is coming apart
because of your singing thing,

  
Even the drama geeks and
the brainiacs suddenly think that they can...

  
... talk to us,

  
- Look, the skater dudes are mingling,
- 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!
- (boy) Head's up!

  
- All right, Cards on the table right now,
- 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,
- Oh, well, you're wrong about that,

  
But I will not allow my Twinkle Town
musicale to be made into farce,

  
- Twinkle Town?
- See? I knew it!

  
- Hey...
- I knew it!

  
Sounds like a winner,
Good luck on Broadway!

  
Is Sharpay really, really mad at me?
I said I was sorry,

  
Look, no one has beaten out Sharpay for
a musical since kindergarten,

  
I wasn't trying to beat anyone out,

  
We didn't even audition,
we were just singing,

  
You won't convince Sharpay of that,

  
If that girl could play both Romeo and
Juliet, her own brother would be aced out,

  
I told you it just happened, but I liked it,

  
A lot,

  
Did you ever feel like there's
a whole other person inside you

  
just looking for a way to come out?

  
Not really, No,

  
(bell ringing)

  
Let's go,

  
Hey, Sharpay, I thought since Troy Bolton's
gonna be in your show...

  
Troy Bolton is not in my show,

  
OK, um... well, I thought maybe
you could watch me play ball sometime,

  
- I'd rather stick pins in my eyes,
- Wouldn't that be awfully uncomfortable?

  
Evaporate, tall person!

  
I bake!

  
If that helps,

  
- Wow! It's like a jungle up here,
- Yeah, just like that cafeteria,

  
Well, I just humiliated myself into
the next century,

  
- No! Come on,
- 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,

  
Unless we lose,

  
Well, I'm sure it's tricky
being the coach's son,

  
Makes me practice a little harder,
I guess,

  
I don't know what he'll say
about the singing,

  
- You worried?
- My parents friends are always saying,

  
"Your son's the basketball guy,
You must be so proud,"

  
Sometimes I don't wanna be
the "basketball guy."

  
I just wanna be a guy, You know?

  
I saw the way you treated Kelsi at
the audition yesterday,

  
Do your friends know that guy?

  
To them, I'm the playmaker dude,

  
They don't know enough
about you, Troy,

  
At my other schools I was
the freaky math girl,

  
It's cool coming here and being...
anyone I wanna be,

  
When I was singing with you
I just felt like... a girl,

  
You even look like one, too,

  
Remember in kindergarten how you'd meet
a kid and know nothing about them,

  
then ten seconds later you play
like you're best friends

  
because you didn't have to
be anything but yourself,

  
- Yeah,
- 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,

  
(bell ringing)

  
(both sigh)

  
& We're soarin', we're flyin'...

  
(Troy singing)

  
& Breaking...

  
& Creating space between us...

  
& There's not a star in heaven that we...

  
& Flyin'

  
& There's not a star in heaven that we...

  
(whistle blows)

  
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?
- No... Coach,

  
(blows whistle) Again, let's go!

  
(whistle blows)

  
That's it, guys, Let's hit the showers,
Good hustle, Let's see that in the game,

  
I, uh,, think I'm gonna stay a while,
Work on some free throws,

  
Since you missed practice, I think your
team deserves a little effort from you today,

  
Wow, So this is your real stage,

  
Yeah, I guess you could call it that,

  
Or just a smelly gym,

  
Whoa!

  
Don't tell me you're good at hoops, too,

  
You know, I once scored 41 points
at a league championship game,

  
- No way,
- 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,
- Me, too, And, by the way,

  
I missed practice, So if I get kicked off
the team it'll be on your conscience,

  
- Hey, I wasn't the one who told you...
- Gabriella, chill,

  
Hey, that's traveling,
No, that's really bad traveling,

  
(laughing)

  
Miss! I'm sorry, this is a closed practice,

  
- Dad, practice is over,
- Not till the last player leaves,

  
- Team rule,
- Oh, I'm sorry, sir,

  
- Dad, this is Gabriella Montez,
- Ah, your detention buddy,

  
I'll see you later, Troy,

  
Nice meeting you, Coach Bolton,

  
You as well, Miss Montez,

  
Dad, detention was my fault,
not hers,

  
You haven't missed practice in three years,
That girl shows up...

  
That girl is named Gabriella,
She's very nice,

  
Helping you miss practice doesn't
make her very nice, Not in my book,

  
- Or your team's,
- Dad, she's not a problem,

  
- She's just a girl,
- But you're not just a guy, Troy,

  
You're the team leader,

  
What you do effects not only this team,
but the entire school,

  
And without you completely focused,
we're not gonna win next week,

  
The championship games -
they don't come along all the time,

  
- They're something special,
- Yeah, a lot of things are special, Dad,

  
But you're a playmaker...
not a singer, right?

  
Did you ever think maybe I could be both?

  
- What?
- Let's go,

  
What spell has this elevated-IQ
temptress 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,
- It's him, Miss Falsaff, not me,

  
Look, you're a hoops dude,
not a musical singer person,

  
Have you seen Michael Crawford
on a cereal box?

  
- Who's Michael Crawford?
- 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,
- I tried to tell him, Miss Falsaff,

  
Really tried,

  
Something isn't right,

  
- Hey, look, We need to talk,
- 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?
- Yeah,

  
- Good, So we start tomorrow then,
- OK, the first thing,

  
- Nice, Let's go,
- Cool,

  
(bell ringing)

  
So, my watch is 7:45 Mountain Standard
time, We synched?

  
- Whatever,
- 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?

  
(bell ringing)

  
"Spider" Bill Netrine,
class of '72,

  
He was the MVP in the league
championship game,

  
Sam Nedler, class 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,
- Yes, Legends, one and all,

  
But do you think that any of these Wildcat
legends became legends

  
by getting involved in musical auditions
days before the league championships?

  
- Get your head in the game!
- 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!
- Who voted him team captain this year?

  
- Us!
- And who is gonna get their butts kicked

  
in Friday's championship game if Troy's
worried about an audition?

  
- We are,
- Guys, come on,

  
There's 12 people on this team,
not just me,

  
Just 12? Oh, no,

  
I think you're forgetting about one very
important 13th member of our squad,

  
- My dad,
- Yes, Troy,

  
Wildcat basketball champion,
class 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 aggressor
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...
- I'll tell you what I thought,

  
I thought that you're my friends,
Win together, lose together, teammates,

  
- But suddenly the girl... and the singing,
- Man, I'm for the team!

  
I've always been for the team,
She's just someone I met,

  
All right the singing thing is nothing.
A way to keep my nerves down.

  
It means nothing to me.
You're my guys and this is our team.

  
Gabriella is not important.

  
I'll forget about her, forget the audition
and we'll get that championship.

  
Everyone happy now?

  
Behold lunkhead basketball man,

  
So, Gabriella, we'd love to have you
for the scholastic decathlon,

  
Did you wanna grab some lunch?

  
Well, we'll be there if you wanna come,

  
- Wildcats!
- Get your head in the game!

  
Whoo!

  
- Let's go!
- (girl) Go, Wildcats!

  
& 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 going on

  
& Wildcats in the house
everybody sing out

  
& Wildcats everywhere,
wave your hands up in the air...

  
(team) Troy, Troy, Troy...

  
& It's funny when you find yourself

  
& Looking from the outside

  
& I'm standing here but all I want
is to be over there

  
& Why did I let myself believe

  
& Miracles could happen?

  
& 'Cause now I have to pretend
that I don't really care

  
& I thought you were my fairy tale

  
& A dream when I'm not sleeping

  
& A wish upon a star that's coming true

  
& But everybody else could tell

  
& That I confused my feelings with the truth

  
& When there was me and you

  
& I swore I knew the melody
that I heard you singing

  
& And when you smiled you made me feel
like I could sing along

  
& But then you went
and changed the words

  
& Now my heart is empty

  
& I'm only left with used-to-bes
and once upon a song

  
& Now I know your not a fairy tale

  
& And dreams were meant for sleeping

  
& And wishes on a star
just don't come true

  
& 'Cause now even I can tell

  
& That I confused my feelings with the truth

  
& 'Cause I liked the view

  
& When there was me and you

  
& I can't believe
that I could be so blind

  
& It's like you were floating
while I was falling

  
& And I didn't mind

  
& Because I liked the view, ooh
ooh, ooh, ooh

  
& I thought you felt it too

  
& When there was me and you

  
(students chattering)

  
Hey, how you doin'?

  
I wanna talk to you about something,

  
And here it is: I know what it's like
to carry a load with your friends,

  
I get it, You've got your boys, Troy,
It's OK, So we're good,

  
Good about what?
I wanna talk about the final callbacks,

  
I don't wanna do the callbacks either,

  
Who are we trying to kid?
You've got your team and I've got mine,

  
I'll do the scholastic decathlon
and you'll win the championships,

  
It's where we belong,

  
- Go, Wildcats,
- But I...

  
Me neither,

  
(horn blows)

  
Gabriella?

  
(horn)

  
Go Wildcats!

  
Hey, Captain!

  
- What's with Troy?
- Don't worry about it,

  
(grunting)

  
(frustrated grunt)

  
Oh, hey!

  
- Troy! Hey,
- 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...
- I don't even wanna talk about it,

  
We just want you to know
that we're gonna be there,

  
- Cheering for you,
- 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 embarrassed 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, Troy -

  
- that's what really matters,

  
(whispers) We tried,

  
(dog barking)

  
Hi, uh... Just came to say I'm sorry,

  
- Hi, Miss Montez, I'm Troy Bolton,
- Oh, Troy!

  
(mouths) No,

  
Um... Gabriella is kind of busy with
homework, so now's not a good time,

  
I made a mistake, Miss Montez, and I
would really like to let Gabriella know that,

  
- Could you tell her I came by to see her?
- I will... Troy,

  
- Good night,
- Good night, Thank you,

  
(phone beeping)

  
(phone ringing in receiver)

  
(phone ringing)

  
- Hello?
- What you heard, none of that is true,

  
I was sick of my friends riding me,
so I said things to shut them up,

  
I didn't mean any of it,

  
You sounded pretty convincing to me.

  
The guy you met on vacation is more me
than the guy who said those stupid things,

  
The whole singing thing
is making the school whack,

  
You said so yourself, Everyone's
treating you differently because of it,

  
Maybe because I don't wanna
only be the basketball guy.

  
They can't handle it.
That's not my problem, it's theirs.

  
- How about your dad?
- 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,
- Well, you need to say yes.

  
Because I brought you something.

  
What do you mean?

  
Turn around.

  
& This could be the start of something new

  
& It feels so right to be here with you

  
& Oh

  
& And now lookin' in your eyes

  
& I feel in my heart

  
& The start of something...

  
... new

  
It's a pairs audition,

  
(whistle blows, players yelling)

  
Whoo,

  
Yeah!

  
Zn4, and by doing that,
you end up with two...

  
... and two, Got it?

  
Yes!

  
What's happening?

  
Come here, Go ahead
and put five grams of this in,

  
and that causes it to change
from an acidic state,

  
Causing the color to change from
pink to blue,

  
Just like those pH strips,

  
Oh, gotta go, See you guys later!

  
Whoa!

  
You're late!

  
(both) &... strength to believe

  
& We're soarin'

  
& Flyin'

  
& There's not a star in heaven
that we can't reach

  
& Bop bop bop...

  
(Troy) & If we're tryin'

  
(both) & Yeah, we're breakin' free

  
(gasps)

  
Wow, They sound good,

  
(scoffs)

  
& Like a wave the ocean just...

  
We have to do something,

  
OK, our callbacks on Thursday

  
and the basketball game
and scholastic decathlon are on Friday,

  
Too bad all these events weren't
happening on the same day...

  
... at the same time,

  
That wouldn't work out because then Troy
and Gabriella wouldn't be able to make...

  
I'm proud to call you my sister,

  
I know,

  
(Darbus) I don't want to hear any more
about Troy and that Montez girl,

  
So, if you're telling me as co-presidents of
the drama club that changing the callbacks

  
would be what's best for our theater
program, I might actually agree with you,

  
Is that a yes?

  
& Bop bop bop, up to the top

  
& And wipe away your inhibitions

  
& Stomp, stomp, stomp
do the romp and strut your stuff

  
& Bop bop bop, straight to the top...

  
(Chad) No problem at all,
It was crazy, man,

  
Callbacks the same time as the game?

  
- And the scholastic decathlon,
- Why would they do that?

  
- I smell a rat named Darbus,
- I think two rats, neither named Darbus,

  
Do you know something about this,
small person?

  
Miss Darbus thinks
she's protecting the show,

  
but Ryan and Sharpay are
only concerned with protecting themselves,

  
Do you know what I'll do to
those two show dogs?

  
Nothing, We're not gonna do
anything to them,

  
Except to sing, maybe,

  
Now this is only gonna happen if
we all work together,

  
- Now who's in?
- You know I'm in,

  
(classroom chatter)

  
- A pi pie,
- (gasps)

  
- Oh, my goodness!
- Oh, my gosh!

  
What? Thank you!

  
- Oh, we have something for you too,
- Yeah, come here, look,

  
(both) Ta-da!

  
Oh... it's an equation,

  
Oh!

  
That's awful!

  
Stay right there, Watch,

  
From our team, to yours,

  
G - O - D - R - A - M - A- C- L - U - B

  
Exclamation point,

  
Well, seems we Wildcats are in for
an interesting afternoon,

  
Go,

  
G-O-D... dra,, Go dra... Go dray...

  
- Ugh!
- Drame?

  
(bell ringing, students yelling)

  
(rhythmic clapping)

  
How you feeling?

  
- Nervous,
- Yeah, me too,

  
- Wish I could suit up and play with you,
- Hey, you had your turn,

  
You know what I want from you today?

  
- The championship,
- Well, that'll come or it won't,

  
What I want is for you to have fun,

  
I know all about the pressure,
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,

  
(cheering, drummers drumming)

  
(announcer) Welcome to
the tenth annual Scholastic Decathlon.

  
The East High Wildcats
versus the West High Knights.

  
Hello! Right here, right here,

  
(vocal gibberish)

  
- Mah, mah, mah!
- Mah, mah, mah!

  
- Eeh! Eeh!
- Ow! Ow!

  
Stop!

  
- I trust you,
- Energy,

  
- (all) Whoo!
- Come on, let's do it,

  
(announcer) 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!

  
(trills tongue) Ay! Ay! Ay!

  
- Arriba!
- Quien es bailar?

  
& Me la me

  
& I believe in dreamin',
shootin' for the stars

  
& Baby to be number one
you've got to raise the bar

  
& Kickin' and a scratchin',
grindin' out my best

  
& Anything it takes to climb
the ladder of success

  
(both) & Work our tails off every day

  
& Gotta bump the competition
blow them all away

  
- & Caliente!
- & Suave!

  
& Yeah we're gonna

  
& Bop, bop, bop
bop to the top

  
& Slip and slide and ride
that rhythm

  
& Jump and hop
hop till we drop

  
& And start again

  
& Zip zap zop
pop like a mop

  
& Scoot around the corner

  
& Move it to the groove
till the music stops

  
& Do the bop bop,
bop to the top

  
& Don't ever stop
bop to the top

  
& Gimme, gimme, shimmy, shimmy

  
Wildcats!

  
(announcer)... the coveted
championship trophy!

  
(cheerleaders cheering in background)

  
(blows whistle)

  
East High wins the opening tip,
pushing the ball up the court.

  
(ding)

  
(man) East High,

  
We did it!

  
Great job!

  
& Shake some booty and turn around

  
& Flash a smile in their direction

  
& Show some muscle

  
& Do the Hustle

  
All right, Wildcats, time for
an orderly exit from the gym,

  
(buzzing)

  
And West High pushes the ball around
the perimeter on the offensive end.

  
Nice ball movement by West High.

  
Driving the lane...

  
shot is up and...

  
(buzzer sounds)

  
We seem to be experiencing
some technical difficulties,

  
(whistle)

  
We've got a timeout on the court here.

  
We have a problem,
Stop the game, Stop the game,

  
Referee has signaled timeout.

  
Everyone please remain calm.

  
Go, go, go, go,

  
We'll get this figured out real soon,
In the meantime, per safety regulations,

  
we need to all make an orderly exit
from the gym, please,

  
Thank you,

  
(both) & Yeah, we're gonna
bop, bop, bop

  
- & Bop to the top
- & Wipe away your inhibitions

  
& Stump, stump, stump
do the romp

  
& And strut your stuff

  
& Bop, bop, bop
straight to the top

  
& Going for the glory

  
& We'll keep stepping up
and we just won't stop, stop

  
& Till we reach the top

  
& Bop to the top

  
(applause)

  
Oh, hi! Call me,

  
Do you see why we love the theater,
people? Well done!

  
Ah, Troy Bolton, Gabriella Montez,

  
Troy? Gabriella?

  
- They'll be here,
- The theater, as I have often pointed out,

  
waits for no one, I'm sorry,

  
Well, we are done here,

  
Congratulations to all,
The cast list will be posted,

  
Wait! Miss Darbus, wait!

  
- We're ready, we can sing,
- I called your names, twice,

  
- Miss Darbus, please! Please!
- Rules are rules!

  
(students murmur)

  
We'll be happy to do it again
for our fellow students,

  
I don't know what's going on here,
but in any event,

  
it's far too late
and we have not got a pianist,

  
- Well, that's show biz,
- We'll sing without a piano,

  
Oh, no, you won't,
Pianist here, Miss Darbus,

  
- You really don't wanna do that,
- Oh, yes, I really do,

  
Ready on stage,

  
Now that's show biz,

  
(Kelsi plays intro)

  
I can't do it, Troy,
not with all these people staring at me,

  
Hey, hey, look at me, right at me,

  
Right at me, Like the first time
we sang together, Remember?

  
Like kindergarten,

  
& We're soarin', flyin'

  
& There's not a star in heaven
that we can't reach

  
& If we're trying so we're breaking free

  
& You know the world can see us

  
& In a way that's different than who we are

  
& Creating space between us
till we're separate hearts

  
& But your faith it gives me strength
strength to believe

  
- & We're breakin' free
- & We're soarin'

  
& Flyin'

  
& There's not a star
in heaven that we can't reach

  
& If we're tryin'

  
& Yeah, we're breakin' free

  
- & Oh, we're breakin' free
- & Oh

  
& Can you feel it building

  
& Like a wave the ocean just can't control

  
& Connected by a feeling
Ooh, in our very soul

  
& Very soul, ooh

  
& Rising till it lifts us up
so everyone can see

  
& We're breakin' free

  
- & We're soarin'
- & Flyin'

  
& There's not a star in heaven
that we can't reach

  
- & If we're trying
- & Yeah, we're breaking free

  
- & Oh, we're breakin' free
- & Ooh!

  
- & Runnin'
- & Climbin'

  
& To get to that place
to be all that we can be

  
& Now's the time

  
& So we're breaking free

  
- & We're breaking free
- & Ooh, yeah

  
& More than hope, more than faith
& This is true, this is fate

  
& And together we see it comin'

  
& More than you, more than me
& Not a want, but a need

  
& Both of us breakin' free

  
- & Soarin'
- & Flyin'

  
& There's not a star in
heaven that we can't reach

  
& If we're tryin'

  
& Yeah, we're breaking free

  
& Breaking free

  
- & We're runnin'
- & Ooh, climbin'

  
& To get to the place
to be all that we can be

  
- & Now's the time
- & Now's the time

  
& We're breaking free
& Oh, we're breaking free

  
& Oh

  
& You know the world can see us

  
& In a way that's different than who we are

  
(applause and cheering)

  
Whoo!

  
- (boy) That's amazing!
- (girl) Amazing, yeah!

  
(announcer) And West High
pushin' the ball.

  
Fast break.
Looking for an open man.

  
Oh, but it's stolen by number heading back the other way!

  
East High has the ball!
Time is running down on the clock!

  
Looking for an open man.

  
Fake. Swing to the outside.
Ball on the perimeter.

  
Looks for a man on the inside.
Nice screen.

  
Shot's up! And it's good!

  
A 12-foot jump shot
as time expires for the victory!

  
East High has won the championship!
Your East High Wildcats are champions!

  
Congratulations, East High!

  
(crowd chants) Troy! Troy! Troy!

  
- Congratulations,
- Thanks,

  
Coming through! Coming through!
Coming through!

  
- (player) What team?
- (all) Wildcats!

  
- What team?
- Wildcats!

  
- What team?
- Wildcats!

  
- Wildcats!
- Get your head in the game!

  
Oh, yeah, bro!

  
- I'm proud of you, son!
- Aw, thanks, Dad!

  
- Bravo!
- Brava!

  
- (boy) Troy, you're the man!
- No, you!

  
- Congratulations, Wildcat!
- What about your team?

  
We won too!

  
Yo! Team voted you the game ball,
Captain!

  
Yeah, thank you, Thanks a lot,

  
So... you're going with me to
the after-party, right?

  
- Like on a date?
- Must be your lucky day,

  
Chad just asked me out,

  
Well, congratulations,

  
I'll be the understudy
in case you can't make a show, so...

  
... break a leg,

  
In theater that means good luck,

  
Hey, Sharpay, I'm sorry you didn't get
the lead, but I think you're really good,

  
- I admire you so much,
- And, why wouldn't you? Now, bye-bye,

  
- Wait, I baked you some cookies,
- Ew,

  
- Nice game,
- Thanks,

  
Composer, here's your game ball,
You deserve it, playmaker,

  
- (all cheer)
- Yeah!

  
Whoo, that's what I'm talkin' about,

  
Here we go!

  
& Together, together,
together everyone

  
& Together, together,
come on, let's have some fun

  
& Together, were there for
each other every time

  
& Together, together
come on, let's do this right

  
& Here and now it's time for celebration

  
& I finally figured out

  
& Yeah, yeah

  
& That all our dreams
have no limitations

  
- & That's what it's all about
- & Come on, now

  
& Everyone is special in their own way

  
- & We make each other strong
- (both) & Each other strong

  
& Were not the same,
we're different in a good way

  
& Together's where we belong

  
& We're all in this together

  
& Once we know that we are
we're all stars and we see that

  
& We're all in this together

  
& And it shows when we stand
hand in hand

  
& Make our dreams come true

  
& Everybody now

  
& Together, together
together, everyone

  
& Together, together
come on, let's have some fun

  
& Together, we're there
for each other every time

  
& Together, together
come on, let's do this right

  
& We're all here and speaking out
with one voice

  
& We're gonna rock the house, yeah, yeah

  
& The party's on,
now everybody make some noise

  
& Come on, scream and shout

  
& We've arrived because we stuck together

  
& Champions one and all

  
& We're all in this together

  
& Once we know that we are
we're all stars

  
& And we see that
we're all in this together

  
& And it shows when we stand
hand in hand

  
& Make our dreams come

  
& We're all in this together

  
& When we reach, we can fly
know inside

  
& We can make it

  
& We're all in his together

  
& Once we see there's a chance
that we have and we take it

  
& Wildcats sing along

  
& Yeah, you really got it goin' on

  
& Wildcats in the house

  
& Everybody say it now

  
& 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

  
Hey!

  
Ho!

  
Hey! Ho!
All right, here we go!

  
& We're all in this together

  
& Once we know that we are
we're all stars and we see that

  
& We're all in this together

  
& And it shows when we stand
hand in hand

  
& Make our dreams come true

  
& We're all in this together

  
& When we reach, we can fly
know inside we can make it

  
& We're all in this together

  
& Once we see there's a chance
that we have and we take it

  
& Wildcats everywhere
wave your hands up in the air

  
& That's the way we do it
let's get to it

  
& Come on, everyone!

  
- Yeah!
- (giggles)

  
Whoo,

  
Whoo!

  
Yeah! Go,

  
(boy) Whoo,

  
& Wildcats sing along

  
& They really got it goin' 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

  
& Yeah, you really got it goin' on

  
& Wildcats in the house

  
& Everybody say it now

  
& Wildcats everywhere,
wave your hands up in the air

  
& That's the way we do it,
let's get to it

  
& Time to show...

  
(panting)

  
These cookies are genius!

  
The best things I've ever tasted!

  
Will you make some more for me, Zeke?

  
I might even make you a creme brulee,



Special thanks to SergeiK.