High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Continuity mistake: When Troy and Gabriella are dancing on the rooftop, the potted trees and hanging potted plants are swaying in the wind in some shots but are motionless in other shots.

Continuity mistake: When Gabriella speaks out to everyone in front of the piano, to get them to agree to do the musical, in the first shot her hair is over both of her shoulders, then it is pulled back behind her right shoulder. In the next shot it is hanging in front of both her shoulders again.

Continuity mistake: When Troy surprises Gabriella at Stanford you can see that she has some dirt on her arm. As they continue to dance, you can see that her arm is clean.

Continuity mistake: Troy tells Gabriella he's never been to a dance, much less a prom, but the picture on his bedside table and the picture in Gabriella's locker in High School Musical 2 were supposed to have been taken at Junior Prom.

Continuity mistake: When Sharpay is on the phone with her parents you can see Troy in the background, but he's only supposed to make it for the second act.

Continuity mistake: After Troy has the chat with Chad on the basketball court, when they're joined by Coach Bolton there is a close-up of Chad and Troy, whose graduation gowns/sashes are neat and tidy. Then after a shot of the coach as he tells them to get back to the stage, in the teenagers' next close-up their graduation gowns/sashes are all mussed up and disheveled.

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Chad asks Taylor to the prom, at the very beginning of the scene, a shot is shown that shows the whole cafeteria. Neither Chad nor Troy can be seen at the top of the railing. In the next shot, however, they are suddenly there.

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Continuity mistake: When the students are complaining around the piano, depending on the shot Zeke either has his arms folded or suddenly has his hands in his pockets.

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Deliberate mistake: At graduation, after Troy is handed the diploma, in the overhead shot the graduates on the left and right stand-up from their seats, then turn and walk towards each other. All their seats simply disappear between shots. Obviously done deliberately for the dance sequence, but a mistake nonetheless.

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Troy Bolton: East High is a place where teachers encouraged us to break the status quo and define ourselves as we choose. Where a jock can cook up a mean crème brulee, and a brainiac can break it down on the dance floor. It's a place where one person, if it's the right person, changes us all. East High is having friends we'll keep for the rest of our lives, and that means we really are 'all in this together'. Once a Wildcat, always a Wildcat!

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Trivia: Stan Ellsworth, who briefly plays big, burly Mr. Riley, has an interesting personal history that is hardly known. After high school, he was in the US Marine Corp for eight years, and was honorably discharged with the rank of First Sergeant. Then after receiving a BA in history, Stan played for the NFL's Detroit Lions and the Seattle Seahawks, but after an injury he became a coach and defensive coordinator. Some years later Stan went back to school and received a PhD in Sports Psychology and a Masters degree in Organizational Communication. Doctor Stan Ellsworth (remember the PhD), has also taught history to Highland High School students in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Question: When Troy goes to the gym at night he looks at the basketball jerseys (there are 6 I think), one is Troy's, one Chad's and another Jack Bolton's. Who do the others belong to?

Answer: I think that they are just props. The owner of those jerseys has no relevence to the plot.. They might just be randomly picked names.

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