Gabriella Montez is the leading lady of the High School Musical trilogy and the girlfriend to Troy Bolton. She is protrayed by Vanessa Hudgens.

Extraordinarily beautiful and academically gifted, she meets Troy at a lodge during thier winter vacation and are forced to sing in a karaoke contest. They instantly feel a connection with one another and as fate would have they end up attending the same school, where their relationship blossoms from mutual puppy crushes to a passionate romance set to last for years to come. Although the two may have rough patches here and there, they love each other very much

Contents 1 High School Musical 2 2 High School Musical 3 3 Personality 4 Appearance 5 Relationships 5.1 Troy Bolton 5.2 Taylor McKessie 5.3 Kelsi Nielsen 5.4 Sharpay Evans 5.5 Ryan Evans 5.6 Chad Danforth 6 Songs

High School Musical 2Edit

By the end of the school year Grabiella and Troy are still dating. Troy eventually decides to look for a summer job to gain money for college.

The Evans twins plan to spend the summer at their family's country club, Lava Springs, but Sharpay's summer plans also include pursuing Troy, whom she has arranged to be hired at the club. However, Troy convinces the club's manager, Mr. Fulton, into hiring GabriellaI and their close group of friends as well; including Taylor and Chad. Sharpay is enraged upon learning that Gabriella is working as one of the lifeguards but is unable to get her fired so she orders Fulton to give them difficult tasks so they would be best to quit. Fulton attempts to intimidate the group but Troy rebuilds their confidence and convinces them that they can persevere.

Troy continues to worry about funding for college and Sharpay arranges for Troy to be promoted, hoping that this will convince him to sing with her at the talent show. Meanwhile, Kelsi writes a ballad for Troy and Gabriella. Troy agrees to sing with his friends in the show, not knowing that Sharpay is vying for his attention. Taylor and invite Ryan to the baseball game, where he persuades the Wildcats to take part in the talent show. Troy and Gabriella's relationship is strained when Troy sees Ryan with Gabriella sparking jealousy.

When Sharpay discovers that Ryan and the Wildcats are putting together their own performance in the show, she orders Mr. Fulton to ban all junior staff members from performing. angrily confronts Sharpay about her interference and quits her job at Lava Springs. Troy overhears the exchange, and tries to persuade Gabriella to change her mind. Gabriella expresses her loss of trust with Troy and leaves Lava Springs.

At Sharpay's supposed instruction, Ryan gives Troy a new song to learn moments before the show. As Troy goes onstage, he asks Sharpay why she switched the song, and Sharpay is shocked to find that her brother tricked her. Troy sings the song ("Everyday") of Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, alone, until Gabriella, after some encouragement from Taylor, surprisingly joins him onstage. In the end, Sharpay proudly presents her brother, Ryan, with the award for the talent show. After the talent show, all the Wildcats go to the golf course to enjoy the fireworks, where Troy and Gabriella share a sweet, passionate kiss.

Everyone celebrates the end of the summer with a staff only pool party.

High School Musical 3Edit

Troy, with some encouragement from, the Wildcats win the championship game which is the last one for the seniors. Later, at a celebration party at Troy's house, he and Gabriella are thinking about their future and wishing that their last few months at East High would not end.

The next day, when Ms. Darbus notices that there are so few sign-ups for the spring musical, Sharpay suggests she could do a one-woman show. This alarms Kelsi, who is writing the show, so she immediately signs up everyone in their homeroom for it instead. This results in Ms. Darbus announcing they will create a play about their final days at East High, called Senior Year.She also reveals that Sharpay, Ryan, Kelsi, and Troy have all been considered for a scholarship at Juilliard School, but only one of them is to be chosen. Troy is confused, because he did not apply to Juilliard.

The next morning, Troy asks Gabriella to the dance at their secret roof top hiding place and she teaches him how to waltz. The group rehearses for the musical, a scene about their prom night. That night Gabriella and Taylor are going over which pictures to put in the yearbook.

Soon Sharpay and, her british assistant, Tiara Gold discover that Gabriella has a chance to go to college early to Stanford and Sharpay convinces Troy that he is the only thing keeping Gabriella from her dream. Troy talks to about this and after sharing an awkward goodnight sings and leaves for college the next day.

Troy soon gets a call from Gabriella saying that although she loves him, she will not return to Albuquerque. However, on the day of the prom, Troy visits her at Stanford University and convinces her to return and they kiss sweetly together during her lunch break. After a series of events, Troy and Gabriella appear during the second half of the show and sing their duet together. At the end of the musical, Ms. Darbus reveals that both Kelsi and Ryan have won the Juilliard scholarship and tells about everyone's future plans, in which Troy reveals he's chosen Berkeley so he can be close to Gabriella where he can play both basketball and perform in theatre.

At the graduation ceremony, Troy gives

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the class speech. Throwing their caps in the air, the graduates form a giant wildcat before breaking out into song and dance to the tune of "High School Musical". As the film ends, Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad and Taylor run across the field, the curtain falls, and they appear on the East High stage. They do their famous High School Musical jump with a close up of the six in order before bowing before the curtain falls.

PersonalityEdit

Gabriella Montez is initially portrayed as very shy, insecure in her abilities, but still very intelligent, sweet, friendly and kind. Even after feeling betrayed by Troy in the first film, she remained withdrawn and kind about ending their relationship.

By HSM2, she has grown very much in her short time in East High. She's becomes more open, outgoing and is shown to be an encouraging factor in her group of friends. She's also shown to have become quite capable and strong on her own, this is clear when she confronts Sharpay.

By the end of HSM3, Gabriella Montez has fully blossomed from a shy, awkward bookworm into a lovely, spirited, mature, charming and self aware young woman.

Still, she often let's her emotions get the best of her and has a habit of running from her problems. But her love for her friends and Troy and their encouragement always help make the right choices in the end.

AppearanceEdit

Gabriella is shown to be stunningly beautiful, though she's oblivious to this. Her signature wavy chestnut hair, light olive skin and big, beautiful brown eyes are some of the factors that make Troy's heart beat a little faster each time he sees her. Along with her personal evolution, Gabriella style choices have evolved as well.

In HSM, her clothing is very casual and demure, as a way to not draw attention to herself. Though as the film goes on her color choices go from muted colors, like pale pinks and pale blues, to bolder and brighter colors, like lime green and orange.

In HSM2, her clothing is very summery and laid back. She's wearing a lot of bright floral attire and pastels. She has also cut her hair into a bolder short style.

In HSM3, her style is very Bohemian. She is shown wearing flirty floral dresses, sometimes coupled with a scarf or a cardigan. Even her prom dress has alot of floral touches. She's gone back to wearing muted, cool colors but in a style that shows off her femininity and grace. She also wears a lot of turquoise stones and big wooden beads.

RelationshipsEdit

Gabriella is the only character that has interacted with all of the Wildcats in some way. Though she mainly interacts with Troy and Taylor, she has also made friends with Chad,Kelsi, Ryan, Martha, Jason, Zeke, and seemingly, by the end of HSM3, Sharpay.

Troy BoltonEdit

Upon meeting Troy, Gabriella instantly fell for him, almost literally. Their relationship has grown from puppy love to a passionate romance. They treat each other with kindness and love and they rarely, if ever, have any serious arguments. They encourage each other to reach their full potential and support each other, when the other is in some type of distress. Still their romance has hit some bumps here and there, either from their naivety or their lack of communication, both issues that they resolve together. They've over come many odds, from people's objects to their love to personal battles, and have maintain a strong, healthy, loving relationship.

Taylor McKessieEdit

Gabriella and Taylor quickly became good friends. Taylor showed her the ins and outs of East High and looked out for her. Taylor is a big sister figure to Gabriella and she's always looking out for her best interest. After wronging her during the events of the first film, Taylor quickly made up for it by supporting Gabriella and pushing her to achieve her goals in life. Though they're almost complete opposites in personality they work very well together and love each other dearly.

Kelsi NielsenEdit

Kelsi and Gabriella have gotten along great since the moment they met. She has been a great influence on Kelsi, helping her get over her shyness and branch in order make friends and become her own person. Gabriella has always been very supportive to Kelsi and her music and the two become close friends over their time in East High.

Sharpay EvansEdit

For the better part of the series, Sharpay has dislike Gabriella greatly, mostly because of her being Troy's girlfriend, whom she has a crush on, and for getting the lead in the Twinkle Towne musical. She has gone through great lengths in order to sabotage Gabriella and Troy's relationship, all while trying to take him for herself. Though, each time it her plans fall through. Gabriella, for the most part, seems to be oblivious to Sharpay's hatred towards her, but isn't afraid to stand up to her if she steps too far out of line, as scene in the memorable confrontation scene in HSM2. By the end of the trilogy, the two seem to be on good terms.

Ryan EvansEdit

Although they don't interact in the first film, by HSM2 the two grow a friendship. Gabriella befriends him and encourages him to use his talents to help the employees be apart of the club talent show. Ryan greatly appreciates her belief in him and he seems to develop a small crush on her, though he'd never truly act on it. By the third film, we see Ryan has become a more confident person thanks to his summer with Gabriella, who still supports him through he choreographing.

Chad DanforthEdit

Though they rarely interact, they are shown to be in good terms and often joke around together. Chad has also given her the nickname, "The Gabster".

SongsEdit

Other Singer(s)	Song	Place
High School Musical
Troy	Start of Something New	Free Style Club Room
Troy	What I've Been Looking For (Reprise) - Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens	East High Theater
Solo	When There Was Me and You - Vanessa Hudgens	East High Hallways
Troy	Breaking Free - Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens	East High Theater
HSM Cast	We're All In This Together - Everyone	East High Basketball Court
High School Musical 2
HSM 2 Cast	What Time Is It? - Everyone	East High
Lava Springs Staff	Work This Out - Zac Efron and Corbin Blue	Lava Springs Kitchen
Troy	You Are the Music In Me - Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens	Lava Springs Restaurant
Troy	Gotta Go My Own Way - Zac Efron and Vanessa Huggens	Outside of Lava Springs
Troy	Everyday- Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens	Lava Springs Stage
HSM 2 Cast	All For One - Everyone	Lava Springs Pool
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
East High Students	Now Or Never - Zac Efron and Corbin Blue	East High Gym
Troy	Right Here, Right Now - Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens	His Treehouse
Troy	Can I Have This Dance? - Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens	East High Rooftop Garden
HSM 3 Cast	A Night To Remember - Everyone	East High Auditorium
Troy	Just Want To Be With You - Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens	East High Auditorium
Solo	Walk Away - Vanessa Hudgens	Her Home and Car
Troy	Can I Have This Dance? (Reprise) - Zac Efron	Stanford University
Troy, Sharpay & Jimmie	Just Want To Be With You (Reprise) - Lucas Grabeel and Ashley Tisdale	East High Auditorium
East High Students	We're All In This Together WILDCATS(Graduation Mix) - Everyone	East High Auditorium
HSM 3 Cast	High School Musical - Everyone	East High Football Field

Characters
Major characters:	Troy Bolton | Gabriella Montez | Sharpay Evans Ryan Evans | Chad Danforth | Taylor McKessie | Peyton Leverett
Supporting characters:	Kelsi Nielsen | Jason Cross | Zeke Baylor | Martha Cox Ms. Darbus | Coach Bolton | Amber Lee Adams Boi | Countess | Roger Elliston