50 Fun Facts About High School Musical 2

In High School Musical 2, what is the name of the country club owned by Sharpay's family?

Lava Springs is also where Sharpay's parents stage the Midsummer Night Talent Show that drives the plot. Every song after the opening school number is set somewhere on its grounds.

Which Disney Channel star has a brief cameo at the closing pool party of High School Musical 2?

Miley Cyrus was the star of Hannah Montana at the time, and she is on screen only as a guest in the crowd. The scene is the film's last, set the day after the talent show.

Sharpay's song Humuhumunukunukuapua'a in High School Musical 2 takes its title from the Hawaiian name for what?

A reef fish, the reef triggerfish, carries that Hawaiian name, which means a triggerfish with a snout like a pig. The number was cut from the first TV broadcast and restored on DVD.

Which summer job does Gabriella take at the Evans family's country club in High School Musical 2?

Lifeguard duty puts Gabriella beside the very pool where Sharpay holds court. Sharpay tries to have her fired, fails, and tells the manager to make the job miserable instead.

Which Disney Channel cartoon was previewed straight after the record premiere of High School Musical 2?

Phineas and Ferb showed its first episode, Rollercoaster, as a sneak preview that night, with Sharpay's actress voicing big sister Candace. It held on to more than half of the film's audience.

In High School Musical 2, what does a jealous Sharpay have switched on to spoil Troy and Gabriella's picnic?

Sprinklers come on across the course, yet the plan backfires and the romantic moment survives. It is one of several schemes Sharpay tries before she turns to tempting Troy with perks.

Which director of Hocus Pocus and Newsies returned to direct and co-produce High School Musical 2?

Kenny Ortega directed all three films in the trilogy, and his own dog appears in the sequel as Sharpay's pet, Boi. He also hosted the premiere telecast with the cast.

Which High School Musical 2 solo does Troy sing on the golf course as he resolves to put things right?

Bet on It is the film's only number sung by one character alone, and Entertainment Weekly's critic called it a terrific crisis-of-conscience number. Troy sings it after his friends turn on him.

High School Musical 2 is set in New Mexico, but in which US state was it mainly filmed?

Utah hosted all three films, and the sequel went back to the real East High School in Salt Lake City for its school scenes. A real country club in the state stood in for the Evans family's resort.

High School Musical 2 was followed in 2008 by a cinema-released third film with which subtitle?

Senior Year was the only film in the franchise to open in cinemas, and its opening weekend was then the biggest ever for a movie musical. It closed the original trilogy.

In High School Musical 2, which country club manager hires Troy on Sharpay's orders?

Mr. Fulton is uptight and fond of structure and discipline, yet he is obliged to do whatever Sharpay tells him. That includes trying to drive the Wildcats out once they arrive.

In High School Musical 2, which Wildcat writes a new duet for Troy and Gabriella to sing at the talent show?

Kelsi Nielsen spends the summer as the club's dining-room pianist, and Sharpay later forces her to rework the ballad into an up-tempo number for herself and Troy.

In High School Musical 2, Sharpay arranges for Troy to take which job at her father's side?

Caddy duty is only the first rung, because Troy is soon promoted again and given the run of the club's facilities. The perks are Sharpay's way of pulling him away from Gabriella.

Which opening number of High School Musical 2 has East High's students counting down to the last school bell?

What Time Is It? was also the soundtrack's lead single, and it entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number six. Radio Disney gave it a world premiere almost three months before the film aired.

Which High School Musical 2 duet for Ryan and Chad was the theme song of the 2007 Little League World Series?

I Don't Dance had a promotional video that cut the film's routine together with clips of Major League Baseball stars. It was shown in ballparks across the country that summer.

Zac Efron sang all of Troy's vocals in High School Musical 2; whose voice was blended with his in the first film?

Drew Seeley also co-wrote one of the first film's songs and stood in for Efron on the cast's concert tour. Efron later said he had to fight to be heard on the sequel.

Which High School Musical 2 star was also playing Maddie Fitzpatrick on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody?

Ashley Tisdale was singled out as a scene stealer by Variety's reviewer for her return as Sharpay. The hotel sitcom ran from 2005 to 2008, overlapping with the first two films.

After the talent show in High School Musical 2, Troy and Gabriella finally kiss as the Wildcats watch what?

Fireworks light up the golf course for the scene, the same place where Sharpay had tried to wreck the couple's picnic earlier in the summer.

Sharpay's dog Boi, played in High School Musical 2 by the director's own pet, is which breed?

Yorkshire Terrier Boi came back for the third film and for Sharpay's own spin-off, in which a Broadway producer turns out to want the dog rather than her.

Which Wildcat with a passion for baking assists Chef Michael in the club kitchen in High School Musical 2?

Zeke Baylor still has his crush on Sharpay in the sequel, though the two are not seen together until the end of the film. She finally asks him to prom a year later.

Which High School Musical 2 song does Sharpay sing at the pool, with dancers circling a floating piano?

Fabulous was written by David Lawrence, who also composed the film's score, with Faye Greenberg. The same pair wrote the Sharpay number that was cut from the first broadcast.

Which High School Musical 2 song do the Wildcats sing in the club kitchen as Troy rallies their spirits?

Work This Out follows the manager's attempt to make the staff's jobs miserable, and Troy has to talk round a reluctant Chad before everyone joins in.

Which High School Musical 2 song does Gabriella sing as she quits her job and breaks up with Troy?

Gotta Go My Own Way is a pop ballad built on gentle beats and acoustic guitars, and Troy's voice joins hers partway through, turning her farewell into a duet.

Which song does Ryan hand Troy moments before the talent show in High School Musical 2, for a duet with Gabriella?

Everyday begins as a duet and ends with the Wildcats joining the pair on stage. It was later released as a single from the soundtrack.

Which High School Musical 2 finale do the six leads sing at the end-of-summer pool party?

All for One was written by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil, the duo who also wrote the film's opening number. It is set the day after the talent show.

Zac Efron missed the cast's concert tour before High School Musical 2 because he was shooting which movie musical?

Hairspray cast him as Link Larkin, and it reached cinemas in the same year the sequel aired. He was the only original lead absent from the tour.

Which High School Musical 2 actress, who plays Gabriella's best friend, competed on Dancing with the Stars in 2006?

Monique Coleman had also been a recurring guest on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody before the films made her name. She returned for the third film a year after the sequel.

In High School Musical 2, Chad takes his job at the country club hoping to save up for what?

A car is Chad's goal for the summer, and he is the Wildcat who most reluctantly agrees to join the staff's act for the talent show.

In High School Musical 2, what is the talent show prize that Sharpay ends up presenting to her brother Ryan?

The Star Dazzle Award was meant to be hers, since the contest is fixed, but she gives it up to the brother who arranged Troy and Gabriella's duet.

Which High School Musical 2 star had led the Disney Channel movie Jump In! earlier the same year?

Corbin Bleu saw Jump In! become the network's highest-rated premiere that January, a record his own sequel went on to break in August.

Which actor played Ethan in Halloweentown High before returning as Sharpay's twin in High School Musical 2?

Lucas Grabeel has a song of his own, You Got It, playing in the film, though it was left off the soundtrack album.

Which actress, studying economics in Paris when High School Musical 2 was cast, plays the Wildcats' composer?

Olesya Rulin got a much bigger part than in the first film, including a solo passage in one duet and a few lines in the kitchen number.

In High School Musical 2, who is first to notice Troy changing and warns Gabriella about him?

Taylor McKessie tries to convince Gabriella that Troy is no longer the nice guy she fell for. She fears he will not resist the temptation of the future being dangled in front of him.

In High School Musical 2, Troy accepts the country club job only on which condition?

His friends are hired too, which is the last thing Sharpay wanted. She had asked for Troy alone, and it is her mother who approves the extra staff.

After seeing the Wildcats rehearse in High School Musical 2, Sharpay orders the club's manager to do what?

Her order to ban staff from the show covers every junior employee, and it is the final straw for Gabriella, who confronts Sharpay and quits.

What job at East High is held by Troy's father Jack, who advises him in High School Musical 2?

Basketball coach Jack Bolton tells his son to make the most of the perks he is being offered, since they could lead to an athletic scholarship.

In High School Musical 2, Sharpay's father uses his connections to open doors for Troy at which college?

University of Albuquerque is where Vance Evans has connections, and he uses them to tempt Troy, who even gets to train with its basketball team.

In High School Musical 2, which family event arranged by Sharpay makes Troy late for a date with Gabriella?

A dinner with the Evans family leaves Troy uneasy, because the friends he came to the club with are the ones serving him.

The premiere of High School Musical 2 took the basic-cable viewing record from a broadcast of which ESPN show?

Monday Night Football had drawn 16 million viewers for a Giants–Cowboys game in October 2006. The film beat that on its first airing and became the most-watched made-for-cable movie as well.

The High School Musical 2 soundtrack was named Favorite Soundtrack at which 2007 ceremony?

The American Music Awards win capped a year in which the album debuted at number one, the first TV-movie soundtrack ever to do so.

High School Musical 2 earned a 2008 Primetime Emmy nomination in which craft category, won by the first film?

Choreography had brought the first film an Emmy win, and the same three-person team, led by the director, was nominated again for the sequel.

Tanya Chisholm, lead Sharpette Jackie in High School Musical 2, later played Kelly in which Nickelodeon sitcom?

Big Time Rush made her a series regular from its second season, after she had a recurring part as Kelly in the first.

Which songwriter wrote both the piano ballad and the final duet for Troy and Gabriella in High School Musical 2?

Jamie Houston had already written the couple's signature duet from the first film, Breaking Free. The sequel's two songs were both released as singles.

Two days after the premiere of High School Musical 2, Disney Channel re-aired the film in which special format?

A sing-along version aired on August 19, a day after Wildcat Chat, a special in which the cast answered questions sent in by fans.

Zac Efron co-hosted the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards of which country, where High School Musical 2 won So Hot Right Now?

Australia's ceremony paired him with the pop duo The Veronicas as hosts, and he also took home its Fave Movie Star award.

After their ball-game duet in High School Musical 2, Ryan and Chad are shown to have swapped what?

Their outfits change hands by the end of the number, which one critic called the best routine in the film. During it, Ryan persuades the Wildcats to enter the talent show.

Ryan, Sharpay's twin in High School Musical 2, is known throughout the series for wearing many styles of what?

Hats are Ryan's trademark, but the sequel gives him far more to do than wear them. He steps out of his sister's shadow and directs the Wildcats' act.

The December 2007 DVD of High School Musical 2, which restored a cut Sharpay number, carried which subtitle?

Extended Edition discs put back a scene in which Sharpay makes Troy sit through a number of her own, making him even later for his date.

Which former Merv Griffin Show producer wrote High School Musical 2 and both other films in the trilogy?

Peter Barsocchini wrote the first script for his young daughter and her friends, and he named several of the characters after them.

In High School Musical 2, Sharpay's mother Darby is shown to be devoted to which pastime?

Yoga is her passion, while golf is not. She is notably unskilled at the game, even though her husband built the club's course himself.