The High School Musical film series chronicles two high school students, Troy Bolton, captain of East High School’s basketball team (Wildcats) and Gabriella Montez, a shy top student. Both of them try out for the lead roles in their school's musical and quickly fall in love in the process, despite the lack of support from the rest of their classmates, one of them being Sharpay Evans and her brother sidekick Ryan Evans. The film also focuses on Chad Danforth, Troy's best friend and Taylor McKessie, Gabriella's best friend who fall in love, too.