23 details and mistakes you missed in 'High School Musical 2'

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"High School Musical 2" has a lot of fun details and slight continuity errors you may have missed.
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  • Disney Channel's "Loftier School Musical ii" debuted on August 17, 2007.
  • In one scene, Troy Bolton's underwear seems to magically change color.
  • The college that Troy is being scouted by actually closed in 1986.
  • Sharpay Evans is left-handed, and some of her outfits are coordinated to match her domestic dog's.
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"Loftier School Musical 2" made its debut 13 years ago, and it's since become a classic summer film.

The second installment in Disney Aqueduct's "High Schoolhouse Musical" trilogy, "HSM two" is known for its tricky songs and for helping to launch the careers of several of its main actors.

But fifty-fifty superfans may accept missed a few Easter eggs, sneaky details, and goofs from the film.

Keep reading to see some interesting details and slight mishaps in "High School Musical two."

Jason is awake during function of the homeroom scene, just is somehow asleep a minute later.

Jason wakes up and falls asleep actually quickly, apparently.
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During Ms. Darbus' speech in the opening scene, Jason asks a question. Still, a infinitesimal later, he appears to be sleeping. He wakes up around when the class starts singing "What Fourth dimension Is It," but seconds subsequently he is asleep once more.

Ms. Darbus slams books on his desk to wake him upwards, but it's quite strange that he barbarous asleep and so quickly when we just saw that he was awake.

Chad wears several T-shirts with quirky phrases that were crafted past the actor who played him.

Corbin Bleu said he came upwardly with the slogans for Chad'south T-shirts.
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In all three movies, Chad wears plenty of T-shirts with short, silly phrases on them. The role player who played Chad, Corbin Bleu, said he actually came up with the sayings that we meet his graphic symbol habiliment.

In one of the kickoff scenes, his shirt says "I majored in vacation," which alludes to the summer vibe of the balance of the flick. The last scene features Chad wearing a T-shirt with "I just wait like him" printed inside the outline of a television.

Troy's underwear seemingly change color during the opening song.

Troy Bolton's underwear appear to become from white to dark blue.
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During "What Fourth dimension Is It," Troy's shirt lifts up a few times to reveal the waistband of his underwear.

When this happens while he'south dancing in the classroom, his underwear is white. But later in the song, when Gabriella jumps on Troy's back, his shirt rises and his underwear appears to exist dark blue.

At that place'due south a "Twinkle Town" affiche in the classroom.

The "Twinkle Town" poster is an Easter egg from the first movie.
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"Twinkle Boondocks" is the musical Gabriella, Troy, Ryan, and Sharpay were auditioning for in the first movie. Posters advertising it can be spotted in the background of some of the school scenes.

The posters accept Gabriella and Troy's pictures and names on them, confirming that they were the leads of the show.

In the same display, there are photos of Sharpay in a crown and a scene from the offset moving-picture show.

Yous can see Sharpay in a crown and a scene from "Bop to the Top" from the starting time moving picture.
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The board also has photos of Sharpay holding flowers while wearing a crown and sash.

It's unclear what title she's won in this photo, but it could be something like homecoming queen seeing as the photo is hung in the classroom.

Beneath those snapshots is a photo of Ryan and Sharpay performing "Bop to the Top" during the first picture.

Sharpay Evans is left-handed.

Ashley Tisdale, who played Sharpay Evans, is left-handed, too.
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Like Ashley Tisdale, the actress who plays her, Sharpay is left-handed. This is clear when Sharpay autographs posters for the summer show.

Sharpay's dog carrier has her initials on information technology. Her dog besides belongs to the movie'south director.

Sharpay's domestic dog was played past Kenny Ortega's real-life dog.
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The bright-pink carrier has white decals on information technology, and Sharpay'due south initials, "SE" are hidden along the pinnacle of information technology.

In addition, Sharpay's dog, Boi Evans, was actually played past managing director Kenny Ortega's real-life pup, Manly.

Troy'southward name tag disappears during function of "Work This Out."

During "Work This Out," Troy's name tag briefly vanishes.
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As part of their Lava Springs uniforms, the gang wears name tags on the upper part of their shirts. During the musical number "Piece of work This Out," Troy'south of a sudden disappears before returning again.

Troy's scarlet and white shirt appears in all three "High School Musical" movies.

Zac Efron as Troy Bolton in all iii "High School Musical" movies.
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There's a reason Troy's red and white baseball shirt looks familiar to fans who saw the first "High School Musical." During the first moving picture, Troy wore this shirt afterward the "Stick to the Status Quo" scene.

In this picture, he wears it while singing "You Are the Music in Me" with Gabriella. Troy wears this shirt in the third motion picture too.

There'south a basketball game propping upwardly the car Troy and his dad are working on.

Many seasons with Coach Bolton include a basketball somewhere.
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Almost every scene that Troy's male parent, Omnibus Bolton, appears in includes a basketball.

The about creative inclusion of a basketball in a scene happens while Troy and his dad work on Troy'due south car. There'due south a basketball propping up the hood of the auto and, at one point, the basketball game appears to be on the auto'southward engine.

Taylor and Gabriella drive a golf game cart onto the Lava Springs baseball field, even though Gabriella'due south close to getting fired.

Gabriella has two strikes from the Lava Springs manager.
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The Lava Springs manager, Mr. Fulton, explains to staff members that employees who get iii strikes volition exist fired.

By this point in the movie, Gabriella has two strikes against her at piece of work. 1 is for the picnic she and Troy had on the golf course, and the other is for her and Troy getting caught pond in the puddle afterwards hours.

Despite already having two strikes against her, Gabriella nevertheless rides a golf court onto the baseball game field with Taylor, something that staff would presumably not exist encouraged to practise.

Some of the Wildcats appear to take their own, customized baseball uniforms.

Chad'south baseball compatible has the same number as his Wildcats basketball one.
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When the Wildcats play the staff baseball in this motion-picture show, they all have baseball game jerseys in their school'southward reddish and white colors.

Republic of chad fifty-fifty has his basketball number, eight, printed on his baseball uniform.

Chad claims he doesn't dance, but we've already seen him dance multiple times.

Chad, played past Corbin Bleu, has danced many times before this song.
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Chad dances several times in the showtime movie, well-nigh notably during the "We're All in This Together" scene. In this movie, he also dances during "What Time Is It" and "Piece of work This Out" before the "I Don't Dance" scene occurs.

Since the lyrics of this track don't brand full sense when interpreted literally, some fan theories have suggested the song is a metaphor for sexuality and experimentation.

This theory became more popular subsequently the flick's managing director, Ortega, confirmed in an interview with Diverseness that Ryan is gay and was "probably going to come out in college."

Ryan and Chad switch clothes after the baseball.

Corbin Bleu and Lucas Grabeel in "High Schoolhouse Musical 2."
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At the starting time of "I Don't Dance," Chad'due south wearing his baseball game compatible and Ryan's wearing an all-white outfit. These are the clothes they dance and play in, and both characters are nonetheless in these outfits when they talk on the field after the game.

However, when Ryan and Republic of chad sit and eat together later the game, they've switched outfits.

Aside from Taylor commenting on Chad'southward new chapeau, no other characters acknowledge this clothing switch. There'southward also no reason given for why the two would've switched their clothes, but this dear particular has been used to support the fan theory mentioned earlier and fan-speculated human relationship betwixt Ryan and Chad.

The college that Troy's being scouted past really closed in 1986.

In existent life, the University of Albuquerque closed decades ago.
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Throughout the moving-picture show, Sharpay introduces Troy to diverse college alumni and faculty members, including basketball game scouts.

Anybody she introduces Troy to claims to be from the Academy of Albuquerque, and Troy even plays basketball in the university's gym. In real life, however, the University of Albuquerque closed in 1986.

Sharpay coordinates outfits with her dog throughout the picture show.

Boi Evans has a tiara and so does Sharpay Evans.
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Whether he's in his carrier or existence held by Sharpay, Boi is stylishly dressed to coordinate with his owner.

At i betoken, just before "Fabulous," Boi can be seen in his carrier wearing pink, only like Sharpay. Subsequently on, he wears a tiara when Sharpay wears hers.

Viewers don't actually run across Gabriella remove her "T" necklace.

This is important to remember for a after scene in the film.
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Before in the picture, Troy gave Gabriella a necklace with a "T" ("every bit in Troy") charm on it. Gabriella wears this necklace throughout the film, but stops wearing it while singing "Gotta Go My Own Mode."

As this is the breakup song for her and Troy, Gabriella taking the necklace off during information technology makes sense, but nosotros don't actually run into her practice it. Instead, Gabriella goes from wearing the necklace at the first of the song to not wearing it past the time the track ends.

Troy ends up holding her necklace as she leaves, so Gabriella presumably handed it off to him while they held hands on the bridge — only we don't clearly see the necklace removal or the hand off.

Troy has his basketball jersey framed in his bedroom, but information technology's gone by the 3rd film.

Troy Bolton'south number-fourteen jersey.
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It doesn't seem very practical for Troy to have had his jersey framed when he still has another twelvemonth of high-schoolhouse basketball ahead of him.

Sure, he could've gotten a new jersey for senior year — just the framed bailiwick of jersey doesn't appear in his bedchamber during the next movie, which may imply he took information technology down to vesture it.

Chad wears the aforementioned necklace throughout the movie — and he wears a like 1 in the beginning and second films, besides.

Corbin Bleu in "High School Musical" 2.
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From the very first classroom scene, Republic of chad'due south wearing a plain, black necklace with a red dewdrop on it. He continues to wear it throughout the picture, with his printed T-shirts and his piece of work uniform.

In the beginning and third films, Chad also wears a black-cord necklace with many of his outfits, though they characteristic different charms.

While singing "Everyday," the volume of Troy's vocalization stays the same fifty-fifty though he doesn't sing nearly of the song into the microphone.

The volume of Troy's voice doesn't alter after he gets a microphone.
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When Troy and Gabriella sing "Everyday" at the talent prove, Gabriella consistently holds the microphone up to her rima oris while she sings and dances.

Because of this, it's extra noticeable that Troy sings almost of the song with the microphone pretty far from him, only bringing it toward his oral fissure during some of the choreography.

At one betoken, he fifty-fifty spins around while singing, keeping the microphone at his side. Despite not singing into the mic for nigh of the vocal, his office of the duet remains at a consequent volume.

Gabriella is somehow wearing her "T" necklace again during "Everyday."

Vanessa Hudgens in "Loftier School Musical ii."
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Gabriella gave Troy the "T" necklace during "Gotta Become My Ain Way," merely when she shows up to sing "Everyday" she's wearing the necklace again.

Equally far equally viewers are concerned, Troy hasn't given the necklace back to her, and then at that place's seemingly no way she would've been able to retrieve it earlier this scene.

Troy and Gabriella don't really take their offset osculation until the end of this movie.

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens in "High School Musical ii."
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Though Troy and Gabriella are dating after the events of the starting time movie, they don't accept their first osculation until the finish of "High School Musical 2."

At that place are several moments where the couple looks as though they may kiss, like when Troy gives Gabriella her necklace or while they're on the golf course for their picnic, but they're interrupted during each romantic scene until the end of the movie.

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