Sharpay Evans
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| Sharpay Evans | |
| Character information | |
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| Gender |
Female |
| Born |
1990- |
| Job |
Student at East High, co-leader of the Drama Club |
| Portrayer | |
| Appearance(s) | |
Sharpay Evans or Shar, is one of the main characters in the series. She and her fraternal twin brother Ryan are the co-presidents of the East High Drama Club. She is the antagonist in the series. Her parents are the owners of the Lava Springs Country Club. She has her owngroup of backup singers called the Sharpettes, and a Yorkshire Terrier dog named Boi. Zeke Baylor from the East High Basketball Team, has a crush on her. She chose to attend school at the University of Albuquerque like Chad with Performing Arts as her course.
Sharpay is portrayed in the 3 movies by Ashley Tisdale.
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[edit] Personality
Sharpay is portrayed as a drama queen: arrogant, domineering, and melodramatic. She likes to boss her brother, Ryan, around, and enjoys being in control. She also wants everything fabulous and more. It has been said that if she could play both lead roles, her own brother would be out of a job. She wants everything around her to be fabulous and often wears glittery, bright clothing. She seems to view Troy as a status symbol in High School Musical and High School Musical 2, Gabriella as a roadblock until the end of High School Musical 3 where she gradually becomes her friend, and Kelsi as a tool to be discarded on her whim until the end of the third movie. Sharpay never stops in the pursuit of something she wants. Though she is generally unkind to everyone around her, she does however truly love her family and dog and though she doesn't generally show it, respects Gabariella and talent for singing. It is also hinted that she and Gabriella became friends by the end of their senior year. Her occasional cruelty is born out of a desire for everything she's involved with to be fabulous. Although she opts for some outrageous costumes during her performances, she does posses good fashion sense. Over the course of the series she slowly goes through certain stages in which she becomes a better person in the end. Also she appears to be slightly narcissistic.
[edit] High School Musical
Sharpay is first shown to be a self-centered drama queen who loves to be and often is in the spotlight. She prefers that all school productions star her and and and her brother only and doesn't tolerate having the spotlight be given to anybody but her and her brother. She appears to have had a dislike of Gabriella from the beginning which mutated to hate as the series progressed. She was responsible for Gabriella entering the Scholastic Decathalon team. Which resulted in her becoming best-friends with Taylor. She also tried to stop both Troy and Gabriella from doing the show by making Ms. Darbus move the shows date to the same date of Troy and Gabriella's championships. In the end her plans ultimately fail, however she does gain some respect for Gabriella's talents.
[edit] High School Musical 2
In High School Musical 2 Sharpay secretly hires Troy to work at Lava Springs [She is convinced that she and Troy make a perfect couple], but is horrified to learn the other Wildcats have been hired too. She schemes to take Troy from Gabriella, going as far as stealing and singing the duet You Are the Music In Me (Sharpay Version) which was meant for Troy and Gabriella to perform together. She ultimately asks Mr. Fulton be strict with the Wildcats in order to make them leave. Though her plans were working as planned, she eventually goes too far as to replace Ryan with Troy. This makes Ryan upset and would eventually make her lose his trust and loyalty. Her plans also upset Gabriella which drives her to confront Sharpay which starts a heated argument which ends with her quitting, followed shortly with Troy and Gabriella being split up. Sharpay hopes to sing with Troy, but ends up singing a group song Everyday. As Troy confronted her about what she had done she ultimately begins to shape into a better person. She sings All For One with the group at the end of the film.
[edit] High School Musical 3
At the start Sharpay has plans to do a "one-woman" show in order to once again get the spotlight during the musical, this is easily foiled after Kelsi decides to sign up the entire homeroom. When Ms Darbus says that the show will be all about the Wildcat's last days she promptly faints. Sharpay focuses on getting Ryan to woo Kelsi into giving them a song [Ryan later takes Kelsi to the prom] which again was written for Troy and Gabriella. Although she has improved in her character since last summer she still feels the need to be the center of attention at all times and would do anything to get there which was the last of her major flaws remaining having learned to be more humble, and respect for others talents and respectful of others themselves in High School Musical and High School Musical 2. This still being part of her character though, Sharpay tells Troy that the only one holding Gabriella from Stanford University is him which although true from a certain point of view was unnecessary and although she had come to respect Gabriella she was still determined to be in the spotlight. She also expressed a desire to have fame (I Want It All) and also is a candidate for a Julliard scholarship. During the musical she replaces Gabriella and expects Troy to come on stage during the performance [not knowing Troy was with Gabriella miles away] and the performance is ruined when Jimmy Zara acts in place of Troy. Close competiton is Tiara Gold who seeks the Drama Department. In the end though she is ultimately blown off by Tiara which finally opens the door to her and making her finally know what it feels like to be used, she gets involve later in a disastrous performance as she and Tiara fight for the spotlight. Sharpay later graduates to University of Albuquerque Performing Arts, and also continues to run the Drama Department, much to Tiara's indignation she is also shown to have spawned a friendship with Gabriella in the end. Her proud face is seen at the end, after High School Musical is sung.
[edit] Songs
| Other Singer(s) | Song | Place | |
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| High School Musical | |||
| Ryan | What I've Been Looking For | East High Auditorium | |
| HSM Cast | Stick to the Status Quo | East High Cafeteria | |
| Ryan | Bop to the Top | East High Auditorium | |
| HSM Cast | We're All In This Together | East High Basketball Court | |
| High School Musical 2 | |||
| HSM Cast | What Time Is It? | East High | |
| Ryan & the Sharpettes | Fabulous | Lava Springs Pool | |
| Troy, the Sharpettes | You Are the Music In Me (Sharpay Version) | Lava Springs Stage | |
| HSM 2 Cast | All For One | Lava Springs Pool | |
| High School Musical 3: Senior Year | |||
| Ryan, East High Students | I Want It All | East High Cafeteria | |
| HSM 3 Cast | A Night To Remember | East High Auditorium | |
| Gabriella, Troy & Jimmie | Just Want To Be With You (Reprise) | East High Auditorium | |
| Tiara | A Night To Remember (Reprise) | East High Auditorium | |
| East High Students | We're All In This Together (Graduation Version) | East High Auditorium | |
| HSM 3 Cast | High School Musical | East High Football Field | |
[edit] Songs uncredited in the movies/soundtracks
- High School Musical-I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (uncredited in the movie)
- High School Musical 2-Humuhumunukanuka'apua'a (uncredited in the movie)
- High School Musical 3-Last Chance (uncredited in the movie and soundtack)
