High School Musical 2 Is The Greatest Movie of All Time 

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New theory: Chad knew damn well he actually danced. He just wanted to do a little flirty dance-baseball with Ryan.

Chad's "hatred" for theater was most definitely some sort of metaphor for internalized homophobia

“Chad is indisputably dancing. We’ll come back to this.” Me, knowing exactly what we’re coming back to: … *nice.*

The love story we all wanted to see: Ryan and Chad.

Jarvis describing Chad as a theatre kid who hates theatre is the funniest thing I've ever heard and it's 100% accurate. Oh my god.

"I Don't Dance" is truly one of the gayest things Disney has ever created, absolutely no heterosexual explanation for this

Fun fact, the "Bet On It" scene was colorgraded so wildly because the weather was really bad when they were filming. That's also why it took 6 days to shoot 😅

"I Don't Dance" is about being gay, and Ryan and Chad switching clothes is also about being gay. Then there's the scene with Gabriella and Ryan at the pool. Troy, seeing Gabriella with another boy: "Hey... :/" Gabriella, seeing Troy seeing her with another boy: "Hey....." Ryan, gay: "Hey! :D"

Fun fact, the color grading in this movie is so wrong because all the days they had to film at the resort were cloudy! And they couldn't really have a summer movie when it's cloudy af

thaboll is my fav hsm character

I actually love the color grading in this movie, it makes it feel dream-like and I much rather prefer fever dream movies than boring realistic lighting movies

The thing that drives me crazy is that they made a character named Fulton when the main character's last name is Bolton. That messed with my dumb little brain. I thought I was just hearing things wrong

One thing I certainly did not expect in this video was a brief Kurtis Conner cameo explaining the backstory of a six word sentence

"I Don't Dance" has nothing to do with dancing and everything to do with Chad's closeted bisexuality and this is a fact

The fact Sharpey says they're "skintone compatable" after we don't see her with the player who bakes who she (might have?) gotten with at the of the first movie sent me. Guess his cookies couldn't overcome their skintone incompatibility

I never noticed the way Chad looks at Ryan, seriously the most wholesome thing 🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭

Lol I feel like Troy's mom is always killing the vibes because she's clearly the main bread winner and fed up with this basketball family! You think they got that big house with their unrealistically cool treehouse off a high school basketball coach's salary???

“notice how much he’s dancing. look at him. indisputably dancing. we’ll come back to this” made me genuinely laugh so hard

finally someone acknowledges that this is the greatest movie ever made. one time I went to a wedding reception at a country club and it turned out to be the country club they filmed this movie at and it was the best day of my life

Kurtis turning "and she steps on the ball" into "Angie's stepson, Thaboll" is so damn clever

"Whoever color graded this movie lost their goddamn mind," Is quite possibly the funniest thing anyone has ever said for some fucking reason

When I was a kid, I always was so confused about Troy being jealous of Ryan. Cuz I was like "this guy obviously doesn't like girls? What's the problem???" I probably didn't even know there was a word for being gay yet lmao

I feel like if Disney actually went all in with Chad and Ryan they would be one of the most iconic Disney couples of all time

*Mr Evan's straightens Ryan's hat* Jarvis: This feels coded 🤣🤣

the fact that bet on it took 6 days to film and the whole movie took about 5 weeks to film will never not be funny to me. zac efron’s introspection monologue song took 20% of the film time

"This feels coded" = every single one of Ryan's interactions

fun fact: they had to add ALL the sports to this romantic movie musical so that the second half of the primary demographic, highschool aged BOYS, would watch it

I now keep focussing on the fact Ryan and Chad genuinely seem to have feelings for each other in this film and it's the most important thing to me now. Forget Troy and Gabriella, I only care about Ryan and Chad now.

Lest we forget the most iconic part of this movie: *Chad and Ryan changing outfits after dancing together while totally not flirting on the baseball field*

HE’S DONE IT! THE MAN HAS DONE IT!

I shouldn’t have laughed as hard as I did at the “he’s only 5’8” joke but I literally spit out my drink

The switching of clothes after "I Don't Dance" is GENIUS. Because there's nothing overtly gay about seeing two people wearing outfits in one scene and then cutting to them having switched so it would have to be allowed into the script because "what's wrong about two characters wearing clothes???", BUT if you think about the implications, there is ABSOLUTELY NO HETEROSEXUAL EXPLANATION for it, and THAT is why it's GENIUS 10/10 FILM-MAKING

I like to think that Vanessa Hudgens' lifeguard stunt double was also the one singing that single line in the song.

#1: This movie is indeed iconic and is not only the best of the trilogy, but has the best music. #2: Whoever color graded this movie discovered the saturation slider and had an absolute field day

13:04 "Look at him. Indisputably dancing. We'll come back to this." I feel like I'm in court, but that is the funniest thing I've ever heard. He IS indisputably dancing.

I can never unsee the sheer number of outtakes they had for the "skin tone compatible" lines from Sharpay that are in the credits. It makes that scene infinitely better to watch.

The “and she stepped on the ball” line originated in Auntie Mame starring Rosiland Russell. A super wealthy and snobby girl tells a story that ends with that line and the only people who laugh are the other stuck up rich folks. The cool rich folks do not laugh because it’s not funny. So filmmakers have used that line to show what type rich person you are watching.

"Sharpettes" That is such a missed opportunity to name them The Sharpies, and frankly, I'm disappointed.

oh my god, i was obsessed with how ridiculous "bet on it" was. i would rewatch this specific 5-second clip of zac efron thrashing around on the golf course OVER and OVER on my mom's computer and lose my goddamn mind

"an onion for papa" - a true classic that won every single oscar in existence, your rendition brought tears to my eyes

Fun fact about me: high school musical is the reason I didn’t pursue music! Back when I was 11 or 12ish, I was so inspired to compose and write lyrics. I’m Iranian and music isn’t taught in schools here, so my hobby was very unique and I had no one to compare myself to. I struggled with playing by ear, and I had to try different notes over and over to get what I had in mind right. And I also was a little slow with sight reading. Now I know both of those problems are pretty common among musicians, let alone children. So I heard about this HSM movie and I was excited, because again, I didn’t have many kids around me who were interested in music and a movie about kids doing music sounded intriguing. Then came the parts where Troy and Gabriella take a brief look at the sheet music and start singing right away. I was DEVASTATED! I thought this is the standard on how all American kids are trained musically. I had this little dream of moving to USA to do music when I grow up( performing music by women was illegal in my country and publishing music is a very hard process, most types of music aren’t allowed either). So I thought I would never be able to compete with that, and I decided to become an architect instead. I’m happy with my career now, and I still make music as a hobby, but it’s so funny to me how a silly decision by film makers to make a movie more visually-appealing completely changed my future!

I watched the HSM movies for the first time later in life because I was never interested when they were first coming out. They’re goofy little romps that are actually highly enjoyable. For what it is, it’s a surprisingly solid trilogy.

chad and ryan are 100% in love and I'm living for it

Troy being jealous of Ryan is crazy because he obviously likes his friend.

As a teacher, the phenomenon of students deciding they suddenly don’t want to leave because now they’re not supposed to be there is REAL

I was always so annoyed by the conflict in this movie. Troy was trying to get a scholarship to go to a good school and his friends just wanted him to goof off with them all summer. If I were Troy I would just be like "I love you guys but this is literally my future, I'm gonna need to schmooze up to these people for a few weeks so they can pull some strings for me." What's the dumbest thing is that this could have EASILY been fixed in the script if Troy started acting like he was above his friends/not like himself thanks to the influence of the snooty rich people, but nope, he's literally the same nice guy throughout the movie. Btw, I know there are a couple of scenes where they KINDA tried to get that across, but it more comes across as misunderstandings. They should've committed.

Jarvis acknowledging that ryan is the best character is great

man, i feel like we rarely get to appreciate how adorable young boys can be. like little jarvis being so hyped up about high school musical and learning the dances? that shit is so wholesome and cute 😭

it’s easy to forget that Kenny Ortega was choreographer for Dirty Dancing so HSM musical numbers go so hard

I like how Troy is the shittiest dude ever but he's the good guy. He literally gets everything handed to him in exchange for a talent show performance and throws a hissy fit.

It's great to see the love for Ryan and Chad. As of late I've again been OBSESSED with these two, even so much more than I ever was before. Years ago I already liked these two characters together, but now I've taken it to a whole new level. Like, the "I went and actually wrote a fanfic about them" level. Just a couple days back I spent most of the day either just listening to the song in the background while I did other things, or just repeatedly watching the movie clip and analyzing the hell out of it for my own amusement. Chad and Ryan? They deserve all the love and appreciation they can get. And I'll forever be shoveling it all over them.

Let me just say that I have never been able to stand “I don’t dance” SOLELY because Chad very obviously has ALWAYS danced

One of my favorite comments made about HS musical 2 and 3 is that the biggest plot inconsistency is that Troy is scraping and stressing for scholarships, meanwhile his family is clearly LOADED. He's basically sitting in a mansion wondering, "how in earth will I afford my education??"

When I was the kid, the absolute trauma that "I gotta go my own way" put me through 😭😭

Ryan is the true king of hsm and hsm 2. I'm glad you're appreciating him

turning "and she steps on the ball" into "angie's stepson, thaboll" is actual comedic genius, good job kurtis

Bet on It is a cultural masterpiece. The choreography is simply incomprehensibly vast for our small, non-artistic brains

Replace the father with a sentient basketball, and the whole story is about a human trying to live up to the expectations of his basketball father, and the difficulties of relating to a basketball as a human teenager.

i had a literal PREMIERE party for this movie. my mom bought a people magazine with a preview and we got red fabric from michaels and made a red carpet out of my walkway and poured blue gatorade into plastic margarita glasses so it looked like the drinks sharpay has by the pool and all of my friends came over in red and white outfits to wat h it hahaha

29:35 i played zeke in my school's version of high school music and when Jarvis said "i love zeke!" i felt butterflies

22:51 Troy: Hey! (Translation: What do you think you're doing dancing with him?) Gabriella: Hey! (Translation: Well, maybe pay attention to me and I won't dance with other men.) Ryan: Hey! (No translation is needed. Ryan is experiencing what we call "gay oblivion," in which one cannot fathom the possibility that your straight friends interpret your behavior as heterosexual flirting. His "Hey!" is unburdened by insinuation.)

fun fact: HSM2 is more commonly performed as an actual high school musical than the first movie because it's apparently easier to adapt to stage.

I gave my boyfriend a shirt with a painting of me on it. It's actually merch I sell for my music, but still, think that may be a contender for "most narcissistic gift of all time"

My favourite thing to pitch fake essays about is how HSM2 and The Devil Wears Prada have the same "ambition vs friends" plot. I love this movie and your summary of it is making me laugh so hard.

I laughed so loud when Jarvis said "Dude I want somebody looked at me the way Chad looks at Ryan" that I scared my cat off the bed. Something about the cut to Ryan broke me

the Kurtis "stepson thoball" joke is literally one of the funniest things ever. the setup is so perfect

The “and she stepped on the ball” could be a reference to the movie (and later, musical) Auntie Mame where the stuffy rich people try to tell a story about something “horrible” that happened to them, but it was just a dumb ping pong game and someone dropped and later, stepped on the ping pong ball. Doubt anyone was thinking of that, but that’s what I think of, lmao.

Theory: Ryan and Chad met again after graduating college and they catch feelings

This is true

In case anyone was dying to know, "She stepped on the ball" is a reference to a scene in Auntie Mame. It's intentionally unfunny, and they're talking about ping pong.

technically the term "imported" means it was brought in from another country, implying that either the south won the civil war in the HSMCU or there was another second civil war with new mexico and maine on opposing sides

I don't think anyone can argue about this being the best High School Musical movie, not only is it the best...it has the best soundtrack out of all the movies.

29:40 *"Dude, I want somebody to look at me the way Chad looks at Ryan."* Man who doesn't? That's peak romance right there.

Jarvis shipping Chad and Ryan is the best thing I’ve seen all week

I can't believe you missed arguably one of the most iconic examples of Disney hating moms!! Bambi, anyone? Hated moms so much that they killed her off. Actually, I guess there are lots of moms that die, necessarily opening the door for the evil stepmoms...

Fabulous is unironically one of the best songs ever written and I will die believing that is true

The fact that Chad and Ryan swapped clothes after that song says IT ALL. Love them.

We can make fun of Kelsey's abilities all we want but there's a person exactly like her barely making every high school production function by pure miracle

I was in college when these movies came out so they weren’t on my radar other than “those things my nieces are obsessed with.” But years later when my kid was about 5 they were still playing them like crazy on Disney Channel (especially around the time Teen Beach movie came out, I think). Suddenly my kid was hooked. He recorded them all on the DVR, watched them on repeat, and memorized the dances. I still know most of the songs from the first two movies because he watched it so often. I might have nightmares tonight about washing dishes to “we’re all in this together” on repeat.

"I want to wear his initial on a chain roun my neck, not because he owns me but 'cause he really lovs me" taylor swift loves hsm CONFIRMED

“After the song, Chad and Ryan have switched clothes. What does that MEAN?!” Well, Jarvis, when two gay men love each other very much…

In this episode, a teen gets so excited for summer that he commits a crime by kissing a grown adult unprovoked without any form of consent. This would, in a normal world, be considered assault.

I'm torn on what's better: HSM2 or Shrek 2. Both are sequels that never will be surpassed, not even the original Star Wars series holds up

Every time I see a video on this movie, I have another fit over how _weird_ it is that Troy gave Garbiella a necklace with his initial on it. He could have given her something representing herself, or a shared memory, but nah. He gives her a necklace representing himself. It really feels like her only contribution to the story is being "Troy's girlfriend."

if theres a reunion i want it to be about the under-appreciated characters that carry the franchise like zeke, taylor, kelsey, ryan, and chad

i'm so glad jarvis mentioned "an onion for papa" because that makes me lose my damn mind every time i see this movie

"And she steps on the ball" is a reference to the movie Trading Places. It's the ending to an unheard story in that movie, too. But it's supposed to highlight the vapid type of stuff that rich people find interesting. ETA I recently learned from another comment that it actually goes back further to Aunty Mame!

27:20 I saw a tiktok on Kenny telling him not to pop up after the jump so to help he was told to pick up sand

Jarvis, small detail that clearly enhances this already flawless masterpiece - the fake fall into the pool is actually *more* dangerous, as falling into a shallow pool increases your chance of hitting your head/neck on the bottom.

oh my god, I said "gold" then you said it WASN'T gold and I finally realized we were blessed with a main channel video

No one talks about how Gabriella is a style icon

Tbh a lot of people really do unironically just love this movie. The second movie was the best one by far

The line about Gabriella asking her mom to pick her up after she sing-dumps Troy absolutely slayed me.

At this point, I just expect him to say “Jarvis Johnson! Gold!” And then talk about the premium viewers. I forgot that he even had a main channel

Undoubtedly the best movie in the trilogy. Shit slaps so hard Edit: I will also add that the color grading being so intense was and still is really appealing to me…idk why lol

in 2007 i was 9 y/o and started taking drumming lessons, you know what was the first song i asked the teacher to help me play? YES, FREAKING BET ON IT!! im not sure i made it past the intro but still a good memory 🤣

honestly the music alone in this movie is worthy of all of the awards. Fabulous, What Time Is It?, I Don’t Dance, etc. this entire soundtrack is a complete bop

Chad: "I don't dance" Also Chad: *dances aggressively during Work This Out*

The way Kurtis just randomly pulls up 😭