School's out for summer and the East High Wildcats are ready to make it the time of their lives after landing jobs in a wealthy country club owned by Sharpay and Ryan's family.School's out for summer and the East High Wildcats are ready to make it the time of their lives after landing jobs in a wealthy country club owned by Sharpay and Ryan's family.School's out for summer and the East High Wildcats are ready to make it the time of their lives after landing jobs in a wealthy country club owned by Sharpay and Ryan's family.
- Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 5 wins & 10 nominations total
- Zeke Baylor
- (as Chris Warren Jr.)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIt took four days to film all the school scenes at East High. During one of those days, classes were in session. Actual students at East High were instructed not to go so that no one would interfere with the movie's filming.
- GoofsAfter Troy has dinner with Sharpay's family he goes into the kitchen and screams. He then looks at a non-existent watch on his wrist to see that he's late for his date with Gabriella. This is a reference to the "watch" goof in High School Musical (2006).
- Quotes
[after hearing about the staff not being allowed to perform in the talent show, Gabriella confronts Sharpay]
Gabriella Montez: Sharpay! Forget about the rest of us, how about the fact that your brother has worked extremely hard on this show?
Sharpay Evans: Oh boo-hoo, he'll be in the show, he'll do his celebrity impersonations. Don't lecture me about Ryan, given the way you've been interfering with Troy's future.
Gabriella Montez: What?
Sharpay Evans: You've gotten him written up by Fulton for sneaking on the golf course and swimming after hours. I had to step in just to save Troy's job.
Gabriella Montez: I'm not interested in what you think you're doing for Troy, that's between you and him. But you're messing with my friends and my summer and that's not okay with me.
Sharpay Evans: You don't like the fact that I won.
Gabriella Montez: What's the prize? Troy?
[Troy walks up behind Gabriella and hears the rest]
Gabriella Montez: The Star Dazzle award? You have to go through all this just to get either one? No thanks, Sharpay. You're very good at a game that I don't want to play. So, I'm done here. But you better step away from the mirror long enough to check the damage that will always be right behind you.
Sharpay Evans: [upset and mad] *Girls*!
[Sharpay walks off and as Gabriella goes to walk away, Troy runs up]
Troy Bolton: Hey! What do you mean you're done here? I mean, you can't quit.
Gabriella Montez: Us working together sounded good, but plans change and people change. The club talent show was a big deal for Sharpay and evidently for your future, so it's cool, just make it happen, wear your new Italian shoes.
Troy Bolton: Hey, I'm still me.
Gabriella Montez: Blowing off your friends, missing dates, if that's you, then it's good to know.
Troy Bolton: No, no, no. I was only doing that because I'm working on the scholarship thing and you know that.
Gabriella Montez: But if along the way you act like someone you're not, pretty soon that's who you become.
Troy Bolton: I meant what I said about movies, and summer, and just being together.
Gabriella Montez: I'm sure you did, at the time. But I also meant what I said: that I want to remember this summer, but not like this, Troy.
- Crazy creditsOuttakes are shown.
- Alternate versionsIn the DVD/Blu-Ray and Disney extended version, it features Mr. Fulton making Troy late for his date with Gabriella by taking him to a set where Sharpay and Ryan sing their song "Humuhumunukunukuapua'a" but in the Disney Channel version. It doesn't feature it. After the part where Gabriella and Taylor talk, it just shows Troy going to the locker room to take his clothes off to go swimming with Gabriella.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Disney Through the Decades (2001)
- SoundtracksWork This Out
Written and Produced by Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn
Arranged by David Newman [Lynn Ahrens] and [Barry Mann]
Performed by Vanessa Hudgens, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Olesya Rulin, Ryne Sanborn, KayCee Stroh, Chris Warren and High School Musical 2 Cast
Seven Summits Music (BMI)
High School Musical 2 takes place a year after Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens) became an item to the school where now its summer time with the majority of all the East High Wildcats having plans for summer jobs. Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) and her dweeby brother Ryan (Lucas Grabrel) have plans for the summer with the bratty sister wanting her eyes on the prize: Troy. She'll do anything to get it, even if it means hiring Troy at a country club where he'll work if he can get the East High Cats to work there also, including friends Chad (Corbin Bleu), Taylor (Monique Coleman), Kelsi (Olesya Rulin) and his sweetie, Gabriella.
The good: Ashley Tisdale's performance was gritty and did not change one bit throughout the film as the evil Sharpey Evans. To be honest, it is the best performance out of film compared to on looker Zac Efron.
The OK: The soundtrack itself isn't the same as the original though only a couple of songs are worth hearing from Ashley Tisdale's "Fabolous" to the duet of Zanessa (Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens) Gotta Go My Own Way.
The Bad: In my opinion the film would've been better if everybody including the protagonist (Zac) had better screen time like in the original movie. Even during the conflicts all of the major characters from Gabriella, Taylor and Chad have little less screen time and giving them sappy lines where in the end, all is forgiven.
To Conclude: Maybe the third movie will be the charm.
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- Nov 10, 2007
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- High School Musical 2: Extended Edition
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- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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- 16:9 HD
- 4:3