History Film / SkyHigh2005

** Will panics when he first crosses paths with Warren before their fight in the cafeteria. Then, Warren has one when Will's SuperStrength manifested itself and he is about to be PunchedAcrossTheRoom. Will has ''another'' one when he realizes that Principal Powers is going to send him and Warren to the detention room.

* UninvitedToTheParty: After Will becomes popular in the Hero Course and starts to abandon his friends from Hero Support, he throws a party at his house and forgets to invite his friends- specifically, his {{Childhood Friend|s}} and next-door neighbor Layla. She sees the party going on next door and walks inside to try and find Will, but she gets told by the AlphaBitch that Will doesn't want her there. Humiliated and heartbroken, Layla goes home. This is the incident that starts to snap Will out of his AcquiredSituationalNarcissism.

* LargeHam: Coach Boomer. Makes sense, considering [[MakeMeWannaShout his powers]] and the fact that he's played by Creator/BruceCampbell. Stitches, as well.

** Coach [[MakeMeWannaShout Boomer]]. His superhero name used to be Sonic Boom, to boot.

** Among the staff, Nurse Spex uses XRayVision to check students for broken bones, Principal Powers uses her ability to turn into a comet to teleport anywhere in the school, and Coach Boomer uses his [[MakeMeWannaShout voice]] to...[[LargeHam sound intimidating]].

** After they resisted it the entire film, the Principal's last line is, "I'm not Franchise/WonderWoman, you know." She's played by Creator/LyndaCarter. It is also a CastingGag, since Carter's character in ''Sky High'' is the principal of the titular school, and her character in ''Wonder Woman'' is a superhero.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Will is tossed out a window... [[spoiler:and discovers he can fly]]. This is [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] (albeit subtly) when he's had his FirstKiss with Gwen: [[spoiler:he shoots out his arm in a triumphant punch like {{Franchise/Superman}} and ''flies along the street'', grabbing a post and swinging on it to slow himself. He probably thought it was just his SuperStrength which elevated him. Maybe he was too ecstatic to really notice (he's a teenager), or perhaps he took note but just managed to master it until he needed to use it]]. It must be remembered that [[spoiler:his mother's power is flight, and so it's not implausible to inherit abilities from ''both'' his parents]].

** While teaching "English for Hero Support", Mr. Boy wrote on the blackboard [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Holy (blank), (blank)man]].

** During Save the Citizen midway through the movie, Speed runs around Warren fast enough to lower the air pressure around him, just like Franchise/TheFlash did during a Silver Age battle with an alien.

** Possibly unintentional, but Will and Warren are able to win "Save the Citizen" by using a [[Franchise/XMen Fastball Special]]

** [[RubberMan Lash]] and [[FragileSpeedster Speed]].

* HeroesWantRedheads:
** Layla for Will.
** Josie also has reddish hair, though she's a heroine herself and already married to a fellow hero.

** When you stop and think about it, [[spoiler:Gwen’s]] entire EvilPlan [[spoiler:to turn heroes into babies and raise them as villains]] is this. Why? [[spoiler:Because she herself still remembers her entire life from before her own AgeRegression, meaning there’s no reason the babified heroes wouldn’t have been the same way, making her plan to raise them as villains dead in the water.]]

-->'''Mr. Medulla''': The vortex suck away the oxygen. No oxygen, no flame.

* ProductPlacement: After Will gains his powers while fighting with Warren, his father presents him with an Xbox console.

* ClarkKenting: Parodied with Steve and Josie Stronghold, who both wear thick glasses. While Steve accessorizes with vaguely 50s-style clothing, Josie just dresses like a normal mom. A normal HotLibrarian mom.

* StarterVillain: Early in the film, the Commander and Jetstream battle a giant robot, with the Commander defeating it with ease. This seems to be invoked by the BigBad, as [[spoiler:the robot’s eye has a camera inside that the Commander takes as a souvenir, allowing them to see inside the Commander’s lair]].

* CombinationAttack: One of [[BattleCouple the Commander and Jetstream’s]] famous moves is for Jetstream to fly the Commander into battle and throw him at an enemy, as shown early in the film when the duo take down a giant robot.

** [[spoiler:Royal Pain versus Steve the second time. She just shoots him with the Pacifier to make him regress into being a baby.]]

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: [[spoiler: The whole motivation for Gwen: back when she first attended Sky High as Sue, her powers weren’t fully understood and seen as useless, so she was labeled a science geek and made a sidekick (not to mention during that time period in comics, there weren’t many technopaths). Nowadays, her powers are seen for the useful and versatile abilities they are]].

* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Will believes that Gwen’s mother was the original Royal Pain, who was seemingly killed in their last battle against the Commander, and that this is Gwen’s motivation for revenge. He couldn’t be more wrong; when he apologizes to Gwen on his father's behalf, she reveals ''she'' is Royal Pain and was de-aged by the Pacifier]].

* HoldTheLine: During Save the Citizen, Warren shouts at Will to get the citizen dummy as he distracts Speed. Before, Speed was blocking anyone from approaching the DeathTrap. Will nearly does go for the dummy until he sees Speed suffocating Warren. He switches gears and saves Warren before tossing him to grab the dummy seconds before it's disintegrated.

* CoolLoser: It's unlikely that people who look like Michael Angarano, Danielle Panabaker, or Kelly Vitz would be social outcasts in a real-life high school, though the cliques at this particular school are vastly different.

* FullNameUltimatum: In the Sanctum, the Commander calls Will by his full name (William Theodore Stronghold) and hugs Will for the latter possessing his superpowers.

** Gwen Grayson's name may be a reference to prominent comic book characters '''Gwen''' [[Franchise/SpiderMan Stacy]] and [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]] '''Grayson'''. It is also a reference to the tendency for comic book characters to have alliterative names.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Ethan's ever-so-glorious revenge on Lash for all the {{swirlie}}s he receives from him and Speed]]. Also, [[spoiler:Royal Pain fell victim to it the Pacifier turned her into a baby]].

* LettingHerHairDown: Inverted. Gwen for most of the movie has her hair in stylish, relaxed waves as she attempts to hide her cattiness. [[spoiler:When she reveals herself as Royal Pain, her hair is tied up in a sensible bun so that it can fit under her helmet. It gives her a sterner look and reveals to Will and the audience that she is definitely a NoNonsenseNemesis and supervillain to boot]].

* EleventhHourSuperpower: At the end, Will [[spoiler:gets tossed out one of the school's windows, and then the heredity from his mother manifests itself as [[FlyingBrick flight powers]]]].

* RaiseHimRightThisTime: [[spoiler:Inverted. Royal Pain was regressed to a baby by her own Pacifier device, then she was raised by her henchman to be evil again]].

''Sky High'' is a 2005 superhero film directed by Mike Mitchell and produced by Creator/{{Disney}}. Writing credits are shared by Paul Hernandez Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle. It was released in theaters on July 29, 2005.

''Sky High'' is a 2005 superhero film directed by Mike Mitchell and produced by Creator/{{Disney}}. Writing credits are shared by PaulHernPaul Hernandezr/BobSchooley and Creator/MarkMcCorkle. It was released in theaters on July 29, 2005.

''Sky High'' is a 2005 superhero film directed by Creator/MikeMitchell and produced by Creator/{{Disney}}. Writing credits are shared by Creator/PaulHernandez, Creator/BobSchooley and Creator/MarkMcCorkle. It was released in theaters on July 29, 2005.