| Troy Bolton and Gabriela Montez were forced | | | | basketball so he can land a college |
| to sing a duet at a New Year's party in a ski | | | | scholarship. He fears the musical will take |
| resort and instantly clicked. They exchanged | | | | Troy's focus off basketball. |
| numbers thinking they were not going to see | | | | |
| each other again after the winter break. | | | | Meanwhile, Sharpay discovers Gabriela's high |
| | | | aptitude for Math and how she was the Math |
| As soon as Troy goes back to school he | | | | whiz in her former school. She submits |
| resumes his jock days as the team captain of | | | | Gabriela's credentials to the Math team in |
| the East High basketball team Wildcats. | | | | school without the knowledge of Gabriela. |
| Gabriela on the other hand, finds herself the | | | | Gabriela is instantly recruited by the Math |
| new girl at East High when her mom gets | | | | Decathlon team. |
| transferred to a new job at Albuquerque, New | | | | |
| Mexico. In school, Gabriela and Troy once | | | | Sharpay and Ryan try to make a point that |
| again cross paths. | | | | jocks should hang out with jocks, geniuses |
| | | | with geniuses, etc. They are determined to |
| Troy and Gabriela find themselves in a | | | | keep Troy on the basketball team and Gabriela |
| situation where they have to listen to their | | | | on the Math Decathlon team so that they can |
| hearts more than to people's opinions about | | | | play the lead roles in the upcoming winter |
| them. Troy and Gabriela end up auditioning | | | | musicale. Sharpay together with Troy's and |
| for the school's musical where they become up | | | | Gabriela's friends device a plan that will |
| for the lead roles against brother and sister | | | | help her keep the two lead stars off the |
| tandem Sharpay and Ryan Evans. | | | | musical. |
| | | | |
| Sharpay and Ryan Evans have been the stars of | | | | Gabriela's feelings end up feeling hurt and |
| their school's musicals since they started | | | | she decides to give up trying out during the |
| going to East High and now they can't believe | | | | final audition. When Troy makes his peace |
| that the school jock has auditioned with the | | | | with Gabriela and they decide to give the |
| new girl for the latest musical. They feel | | | | audition a shot, Sharpay once again finds a |
| that people should stay with their cliques | | | | way to move the audition date to coincide |
| and remain committed to a single interest. | | | | with a basketball game and the Math |
| Even Troy's basketball teammates make a big | | | | Decathlon. |
| deal out of Troy auditioning for the role | | | | |
| because in their minds, athletes do not spend | | | | Thinking the two stars won't show up for the |
| their days singing up on stage and trying to | | | | audition the teacher almost gives the lead |
| become an actor. To them, the whole idea of | | | | roles to Sharpay and Ryan but with the Math |
| Troy auditioning for the school musical is | | | | Decathlon and the whole basketball team now |
| just utterly preposterous. | | | | behind Gabriela and Troy, they are able to |
| | | | work out a plan so that the two can still |
| Even Troy's father is unsupportive of Troy's | | | | audition. Troy and Gabriela audition at the |
| new found interest in music and acting. To | | | | last minute and completely blew away the |
| him, the only way Troy can guarantee that he | | | | audience that has come to watch them perform. |
| has a bright future is to focus on his | | | | |