Cue Cards
TAYLOR as TAYLOR — Learn your lines one at a time.
"Spider" Bill Natrine
TAYLOR
Harriet Tubman
Do you think these Wildcat legends won championships by worrying about some brainiac girl or auditioning for musicals?
TAYLOR
Do you think these paragons of education and accomplishment concerned themselves with jocks or auditioning for musicals?
That's the way we do it, let's get to it. C'mon, ev'ryone!
TAYLOR
Hi, I'm Taylor McKessie. You must be new.
Gabriella Montez. Hi.
TAYLOR
Did you do anything fun over the winter break?
Well, um, actually, I did meet a boy.
TAYLOR
See? So make with the newsflash, sister!
That's thirty minutes for you, too, Mr. Danforth, count 'em!
TAYLOR
That could be tough for Chad, since he probably can't count that high.
Taylor McKessie, thirty-five minutes.
TAYLOR
But I've never had detention in my life!
Well, Ms. Montez… you are correct. I'm very impressed. And welcome aboard!
TAYLOR
You're a genius.
What? We always carry an extra, in case our agent calls.
TAYLOR
Look, our Science Decathlon team has a big regional match on Friday. We've never won it before, but with you on our side, we might stand a chance.
Thanks, but I just want to get acclimated to the new school and all.
TAYLOR
Well… promise you'll think about it?
Yes, my brave little detention menagerie, we thespians often use animals to help us build the characters we play. Be the bear! Be the ostrich! Be the monkey! Risk! Risk! Risk!
TAYLOR
I'm so glad you changed your mind about the Science Decathlon.
Where did those come from?
TAYLOR
Didn't you slip them in my locker?
Of course not.
TAYLOR
Well, we'd love to have you on the team. We meet almost every day after school. Please?
What a perfect way to get caught up… meeting with the smartest kids in the school.
TAYLOR
We've never ever won the Science Decathlon. You could be our answered prayer.
Well... okay, I guess I can do it.
TAYLOR
Yay!
Okay, so like what do you know about Troy Bolton?
TAYLOR
Troy? He has his clique, I have mine. Watch how it works in the cafeteria. You'll see.
It's just a callback. I mean, is Sharpay really mad?
TAYLOR
Let's put it this way: No one has beaten out Sharpay for a musical since we were kids.
"Be your best friend..."
TAYLOR
You really think that's going to work?
It's the only way to save Troy and Gabriella from themselves.
TAYLOR
Sounds good to me.
My watch says thirteen-hundred hours, Mountain Standard Time. Are we synchronized?
TAYLOR
Save it for Charlie's Angels, Chad.
No cue — you speak first
TAYLOR
Au revoir, mon ami.
Not good enough, Captain.
TAYLOR
Not good enough, Gabriella.
Are you gonna turn your back on history?
TAYLOR
On the legend that you're a part of?
Heartbreak Bolton. Missed the last basket of the 1981 Championships. Do it for him, Troy. Give him the championship he always dreamed of.
TAYLOR
Heartbreak Bolton. Another lost-cause, bonehead jock. But you... you're the future of civilization.
Me either. Goodbye!
TAYLOR
Um... wanna get a Coke? Guess not.
Well, let's move it already! We're burning daylight!
TAYLOR
What we did was so wrong. I feel so demeritorious.
How can they do this? It's not fair!
TAYLOR
How can you be in the Science Decathlon—
It's impossible...
TAYLOR
Leave it to me, I can do anything with my laptop...
uh-uh
TAYLOR
that each of us brings something to the table to help the others grow.
Oo!
TAYLOR
to win the bigger
Question number 17: valences and chemical bonding.
TAYLOR
You can do these in your sleep, Gabriella!
Question number 72: isotopes. You have two minutes remaining!
TAYLOR
You can do it, Gabriella. Focus!
stop, oo and we just won't
TAYLOR
All right, Wildcats... let's get this party started!
Run, Troy – you don't have much time.
TAYLOR
Gabriella, what are you still doing here?
You want to sing? It's now or never.
TAYLOR
My laptop can only keep the lights out in the gym and chem lab for about five minutes.
So, you're going with me to the after party, right?
TAYLOR
Like on a date?
Must be your lucky day.
TAYLOR
Or yours!