The Definitive Ranking of High School Musical By Harry Creevey The High School Musical franchise single handedly set an unrealistic expectation of high school for a generation. The three films have great nostalgic value but all deal with the central struggle of Troy wanting to be more than just a basketball player. This is completely resolved in the first film but then continues throughout the following two films
and results in Troy (the ultimate Mary Sue) being great at everything and eventually getting everything he wants. While Troy gets everything he wants, Sharpay gets shafted at every opportunity. This is resolved at the end of each film but then by the beginning of the next film she’s reset in the role of the antagonist. The only character that has any worthwhile character development is Ryan who goes from Sharpay’s bitch little brother to the winner of the Juilliard scholarship. When thinking of ways to rank the three films, the music seemed like an obvious choice but all three films turn in absolute bangers interspersed by slightly shitty forgettable tunes so I had to come up with more specific categories to rank them on. These are: Troy and Gabriella’s solos, how hot the cast are, how good the costuming is, how problematic they are and the overall enjoyment I had re-watching them.
