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HEYYYYYY WILDCATS!  Don’t we all get so much joy from watching High School Musical (HSM)?  East High’s fun-loving characters and catchy karaoke songs make these musicals a perfect go-to movie.

Probably one of the most enjoyable HSM characters is Troy Bolton.  He is the captain of the basketball team at East High and is very popular on campus.  He is always surrounded by his team and others who just like to follow him around.  Troy is playing basketball pretty much whenever he can.  However, in HSM 1, one girl changes all that…

During winter break of Troy’s junior year, his family goes to a skii lodge.  Troy reluctantly attends a teen New Year’s Eve party where he is forced to karaoke with Gabriella Montez.  Sparks fly immediately and when Troy returns to East High after break, he is pleasantly surprised to see Gabriella in his homeroom.  Troy doesn’t want to tell anyone about his singing.  He is known as the “basketball kid” and he doesn’t know what people will think of him if they finds out he sings.  Although Troy tries to keep his singing a secret, he and Gabriella unintentionally try out for their school’s musical and get a call back.  His friends think that Gabriella is distracting Troy from the championship basketball game that is coming up.  Troy and Gabriella’s friends break them up so Troy can focus on basketball.  Their plan backfires and Troy is depressed because Gabriella won’t talk to him.  Troy realizes how much he likes Gabriella and he’s able to convince her to sing in the callbacks.  He realizes that if he enjoys singing, he should pursue it, no matter what people think of him.

In the summer before his senior year, Troy Bolton is super excited for a relaxing summer with Gabriella.  Little does he know, relaxing is going to be far from what he’s doing.  Troy and a lot of his East High friends all get summer jobs a Lava Springs, owned by Sharpay and Ryan’s parents.  Sharpay has always wanted to get with Troy and sees her opportunity to do so in HSM 2.  Troy is very concerned about college and Sharpay takes every chance she gets to take advantage of that.  Mr. Evans is on the Board of Directors at the University of Albuquerque, Troy’s situations lead Troy to becoming very selfish and self-centered.  He breaks lots of promises with his friends and acts like he is so much better than them.  It’s not until Gabriella breaks up with Troy that he realizes what’s really important to him.  He apologizes to his friends, and Gabriella, and is ready for a great senior year!

SENIOR YEAR!!  East High’s senior class is buzzing with excitement preparing for the upcoming events.  With a fresh basketball championship, Troy and his teammates are pumped for the rest of the year.  Things don’t go as planned when Kelsey signs everyone up for the school’s musical.  Gabriella convinces everyone that this is their last chance to do something fun together.  Troy and the rest of his friends end up being a part of “Senior Year”.  The musical goes a little haywire when Gabriella leaves for an early college program.  Troy doesn’t know what to do.  He’s so proud of Gabriella, but wants to spend his last weeks at East High with her.  Troy is able to bring her back for prom, the musical, and graduation.  Through all this, Troy has some difficult decisions to make about college.  In the end, he chooses to turn away from his old dreams to follow his new ones.