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** Maddox and Maddison end up at this, having broke up before the show.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Ricky and Gina have their moments. Exemplified in season 4 when the lights go out and Ricky jumps into Gina's arms instead of the other way around.
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* TheStinger: If you go back to the main menu in the series finale after the cast do a reprise of "Born to Be Brave" in the credits, you'll miss [[spoiler:Miss Jenn and the cast singing "For Good" from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''.]]
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** In the third season Gina jokingly tells E.J. that he's the star of Disney+'s ''Frozen: The Musical: The Series'', with E.J. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall quipping that they would never call the documentary that, because it's too long and complicated of a title]]. And then in the finale it's titled ''Frozen: The Musical: The Documentary''.

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** In the third season Gina jokingly tells E.J. that he's the star of Disney+'s ''Frozen: The Musical: The Series'', with E.J. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall quipping that they would never call the documentary that, that]] [[SelfDeprecation because it's too long and complicated of a title]]. And then in the finale it's titled ''Frozen: The Musical: The Documentary''.
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** In the third season Gina jokingly tells E.J. that he's the star of Disney+'s ''Frozen: The Musical: The Series'', with E.J. quipping that they would never call the documentary that, because [[SelfDeprecation it's too long and complicated of a title]]. And then in the finale it's titled ''Frozen: The Musical: The Documentary''.

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** In the third season Gina jokingly tells E.J. that he's the star of Disney+'s ''Frozen: The Musical: The Series'', with E.J. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall quipping that they would never call the documentary that, because [[SelfDeprecation it's too long and complicated of a title]]. And then in the finale it's titled ''Frozen: The Musical: The Documentary''.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Ricky is the Archie to his childhood crush Nini's Betty and the cunning and troubled Gina's Veronica. [[spoiler: Thankfully, and finally, he leaves Nini in Season 2, and he kisses Gina in the Season 3 ending, beginning their relationship.]]
** In Season 2, oddly, Gina is torn between EJ's Betty, whom she initially sees as a brotherly figure, and Ricky's Veronica, who "intrigues" Gina. [[spoiler: Gina breaks up with EJ in Season 3, and she confesses her love to Ricky, and they begin their relationship.]]
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** Carlos is mentioned to have been the victim of homophobic bullying during PE class in Season 4 during the OriginsEpisode but other than that he receives no on screen bullying.


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* FakeAFight: In order to convince the editor of Season 3's Frozen: The Musical: The documentary that Camp Shallow Lake is worthy enough to participate in the reality show, Carlos hatches schemes to portray the campers as more combative than they actually are. More specifically Ashlyn fake fights with Maddox because of a fake love triangle while he himself is much cattier towards fellow actors in the play.
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* ActorAllusion: Nini's final scene in the series has her in car, reflecting on her past time with the group and driving away, a not-to-subtle nod to Olivia Rodrigo's song "drivers license", which launched her musical career into the stratosphere, meaning she didn't have time to fit the show into her now busy schedule.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Maddox' ex Madison sends her a bouquet of balloons, which freaks her out because they've broken up several times at that point. However, when she reads the card attached see finds out [[spoiler: Madison wants her to give the balloons to Ashlyn, since it's become clear that she's head over heels for the girl and Madison wants Maddox to follow her heart]].

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Maddox' ex Maddox's ex-girlfriend Madison sends her a bouquet of balloons, which freaks her out because they've broken up several times at that point. However, when she reads the card attached see finds out [[spoiler: Madison wants her to give the balloons to Ashlyn, since it's become clear that she's head over heels for the girl and Madison wants Maddox to follow her heart]].
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** The first season soundtrack is "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Soundtrack". Naturally, the second season just adds "Season 2" to the end.

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** The first season soundtrack is "High ''High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Soundtrack".Soundtrack''. Naturally, the second season just adds "Season 2" to the end.
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** When Ashlyn gets to film a scene with Alyson Reed in season four she whispers "I'm dying, I'm deceased, yes". She says the same thing when she's cast as Miss Darbus in season one.


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** Kaycee, Lucas, and Corbin return in the fourth season along with Monique Coleman, Bart Johnson, and Alyson Reed.


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* SpitefulSpit: Mack attends Gina's Halloween party in season four and asks a jealous Ricky to grab him a drink. Ricky does so, but takes a sip from his own and spits it back into Mack's before bringing it over to him.
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* LockerMail: In the episode "Valentine's Day" of ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'', Big Red ''himself'' is the mail. He wants to do a singing telegram for Ashlyn, so he tries to hide inside her locker in order to surprise her. Unfortunately he gets stuck, so by the time she opens it he falls out and sprays confetti everywhere.


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* StuffedIntoALocker: Big Red does this to ''himself'' in order to be a singing telegram for his girlfriend Ashlyn. Unfortunately he gets stuck, so by the time she opens it he falls out and sprays confetti everywhere.
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* RealityShowGenreBlindness: None of the characters involved in the documentary in season three seem to think that their TalkingHeads would be aired as part of the finished product. This leads to everyone being caught off-guard when the trailer airs clips of [[spoiler: Ricky saying he has a crush on Gina, Jet saying he has a crush on Kourtney, and Val saying she has a crush on Ashlyn]].

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* RealityShowGenreBlindness: None of the characters involved in the documentary in season three seem to think that their TalkingHeads would be aired as part of the finished product. This leads to everyone being caught off-guard when the trailer airs clips of [[spoiler: Ricky saying he has a crush on Gina, Jet saying he has a crush on Kourtney, and Val Maddox saying she has a crush on Ashlyn]].
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* AlmostKiss: Ashlyn and [[spoiler: Maddox]] have one in the season 4 episode "Trick Or Treat", which freaks Ashlyn out because [[spoilers: she's still dating Big Red at that point]].

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* AlmostKiss: Ashlyn and [[spoiler: Maddox]] have one in the season 4 episode "Trick Or Treat", which freaks Ashlyn out because [[spoilers: [[spoiler: she's still dating Big Red at that point]].
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* BelligerentSexualTension: [[spoiler: Big Red and Antoine/Andy have some of this]]
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* BeligerentSexualTension: [[spoiler:Big Red and Antoine/Andy have some of this]]
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* Beligerent Sexual Tension: [[spoiler:Big Red and Antoine/Andy have some of this]]

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* Beligerent Sexual Tension: BeligerentSexualTension: [[spoiler:Big Red and Antoine/Andy have some of this]]
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[[spoiler-->'''Big Red:''' There's a show going on. Do you even have a ticket?'''
-->'''Andy: Ticket:''' No, no ticket. I do have these fingers I found *he flips the bird* You see what it is? It is my middle finger.'']]

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-->'''Big Red:''' There's a show going on. Do you even have a ticket?'''
-->''Andy: Ticket. No, no ticket. I do have these fingers I found *he flips the bird* You see what it is? It is my middle finger.''

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''Andy: Ticket. No, no ticket. I do have these fingers I found *he flips the bird* You see what it is? It is my middle finger.''

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''Andy: -->''Andy: Ticket. No, no ticket. I do have these fingers I found *he flips the bird* You see what it is? It is my middle finger.''
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* Beligerent Sexual Tension: [[spoiler:Big Red and Antoine/Andy have some of this]]
-->'''Big Red:''' There's a show going on. Do you even have a ticket?'''
''Andy: Ticket. No, no ticket. I do have these fingers I found *he flips the bird* You see what it is? It is my middle finger.''
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* BittersweetEnding: Season 3 ends with one: [[spoiler:''Frozen'' goes off without a hitch and the live stream is popular enough to trend in Brazil. the kids gain much notoriety from the associated documentary, and Ricky and Gina finally kiss. However Nini leaves for good, and the documentary turns out to wildly misconstrue everything that happened to them at camp in order to create a dramatic narrative]] .

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* BittersweetEnding: Season 3 ends with one: [[spoiler:''Frozen'' goes off without a hitch and the live stream is popular enough to trend in Brazil. the kids gain much notoriety from the associated documentary, and Ricky and Gina finally kiss. However Nini leaves for good, and the documentary turns out to wildly misconstrue everything that happened to them at camp in order to create a dramatic narrative]] .narrative]].
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* AlmostKiss: Ashlyn and [[spoiler: Maddox]] have one in the season 4 episode "Trick Or Treat", which freaks Ashlyn out because [[spoilers: she's still dating Big Red at that point]].


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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Maddox' ex Madison sends her a bouquet of balloons, which freaks her out because they've broken up several times at that point. However, when she reads the card attached see finds out [[spoiler: Madison wants her to give the balloons to Ashlyn, since it's become clear that she's head over heels for the girl and Madison wants Maddox to follow her heart]].


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* LastMinuteHookup: In the series finale has ''four''.
** [[spoiler: Miss Jenn and Mr. Mazzara]] get together after dancing around each other the whole series.
** [[spoiler: Ashlyn and Maddox]] finally confess their feelings to one another after a season of missed connections.
** [[spoiler: Jet and Kourtney]] are implied to get together after the former spent the past season pining after the latter.
** And finally, [[spoiler: Antoine - or rather, Andy - comes out as queer to Big Red and confesses his love, and Big Red says he'll call him]]. This one is more played for laughs.

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* AmicableExes: Big Red and Ashlyn have a peaceful break up [[spoiler:When they both admit they want to explore the same sex attraction side of their bisexuality.]]

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** Ricky and Nini end up this way by the end of season 2, recognizing that even though they both care for each other they've grown into two different people.
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Big Red and Ashlyn have a peaceful break up [[spoiler:When they both admit they want to explore the same sex attraction side of their bisexuality.]]bisexuality]].
** [[spoiler: E.J. and Gina]] are this by the end of season 4, as the latter has realized why the former kept secrets from them previously and they both understand they wanted something different.



* BittersweetEnding: Season 3 ends with one: [[spoiler:''Frozen'' goes off without a hitch and the live stream is popular enough to trend in Brazil. the kids gain much notoriety from the associated documentary, and Ricky and Gina finally kiss. However Nini leaves for good, and the documentary turns out to wildly misconstrue everything that happened to them at camp in order to create a dramatic narrative.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: Season 3 ends with one: [[spoiler:''Frozen'' goes off without a hitch and the live stream is popular enough to trend in Brazil. the kids gain much notoriety from the associated documentary, and Ricky and Gina finally kiss. However Nini leaves for good, and the documentary turns out to wildly misconstrue everything that happened to them at camp in order to create a dramatic narrative.]] narrative]] .



** In the season three finale Corbin Bleu recognises Miss Jenn as an extra from the first High School Musical film.

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** In the season three finale Corbin Bleu recognises recognizes Miss Jenn as an extra from the first High School Musical film.film.
** "Maybe This Time" in the fourth season premier shows Ricky and Gina flashing back to the moment they almost got together - Homecoming and Gina's confession in season one, and Valentine's day in season two.
** In "Admissions", Ricky goes to Gina's house with a heart-shaped box of chocolates to confess his feelings. In season 2 she initially thought he got her one and was flirting with her, until she found out it was from her mom instead.



** In season four "Nightmares Come to Life" is All In Their Heads. "Maybe This Time" is actually sung, but shows Ricky and Gina imagining their past selves singing it as well.



* NonIndicativeName: According to the official song, at Camp Shallow Lake there is no lake (it's all a fake!)

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* NonIndicativeName: According to the official song, at Camp Shallow Lake there is no lake (it's all a fake!)fake)!


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* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: "Now or Never" from the original ''High School Musical 3'' is about the Wildcats playing in their final basketball game of the season and their senior year. When they sing it (the first time) in season four, it's about the drama kids sneaking out of rehearsal for the ''High School Musical 4'' movie in order to audition for the ''HSM 3'' play, since if they don't get enough kids the drama department might shut down.


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* TriumphantReprise: A more hopeful and instrumental rendition of "Second Chance" plays in the season four episode "Admissions" as Ricky and Gina reaffirm their love for each other and kiss in a rainstorm.

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