Carlos Rodriguez

Carlos Rodriguez is one of the main characters in the Disney+ Original Series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. He is Miss Jenn's godson. He was a sophomore at East High School in Season 1 and Season 2. He is a junior at East High School in Season 4. In Season 1, he was the Choreographer for East High School's fall production of High School Musical. In Act Two, he played Chad Danforth for a little bit in High School Musical. In Season 2, he was the Co-Choreographer with Gina Porter and was casted as Lumiere in East High School's spring production of Beauty and the Beast. In Season 3, he was casted as Olaf in Camp Shallow Lake's production of Frozen. In Season 4, he was casted as Ryan Evans in East High School's fall production of High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
==Background==
Carlos is the Captain of the color guard and the student choreographer of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL. Beyoncé is his iPhone lockscreen wallpaper, and he already has his Tony Award for Best Choreography speech written out. Carlos thinks of the drama teacher as a peer — he eats lunch in her office, and has been drinking espresso since 3rd grade. All of this, even though Carlos still sleeps with a stuffed elephant, and is terrified of failure. His most-used app is Starbucks. Voted "Most likely to stage a flash mob on a field trip."‘High School Musical’ TV Series Reveals Plot, Character Details (yahoo.com)
===Development===
Original Carlos name was going to be "Vikram."
===Personality===
Carlos is bold and confident. He'll work as hard as necessary to achieve his dreams, even if times are hard. At the same time, though, Carlos is shown to doubt himself and to have trouble standing up to characters like EJ. In the first season, Carlos struggles to connect with his peers while juggling being both their choreographer and close to Miss Jenn. It's said he didn't have friends before the school's production of High School Musical: The Musical began, and this isolation is evident in the beginning of the series. However, by opening night of the musical, he appears to be close with many of his classmates and even has a boyfriend Seb Matthew-Smith.
===Physical appearance===
Carlos is an Mexican teenager with brown eyes, black hair and medium skin.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Carlos Rodriguez was born on March 7, 2004. In the fall of 2018, Carlos started his freshmen year at East High School.
===Season One===
====The Auditions====
We're introduced to Carlos on the first day of his sophomore year at East High School. He teams up with the new drama teacher, Miss Jenn to help cast the production of High School Musical: The Musical. He is also choreographer.
====The Read-Through====
Carlos tries to run rehersals but because of Nini and Ricky's drama Ricky leaves midway through and Carlos isn't able to convince him to come back. But after talking to Gina, Ricky shows Carlos the dance he learned the next day.
====The Wonderstudies====
When Mr. Mazzara talks to Miss Jenn about her lying on her resume he tries to stand up for him but Mr.Mazzara tells him to get friends his own age.
====Blocking====
He helps Miss Jenn with the blocking rehearsal. Later when helping Seb learn his dance he asks him if they could go to homecoming together and Seb says yes.
====Homecoming====
When Seb arrives late to homecoming Carlos thinks he got stood up, Mr. Mazzara suggests that he dances by himself and when he does Ashlyn and several others join him. Seb arrives last minute and tells him that he was late because there was an emergency at his barn.
====What Team?====
After Miss Jenn gets fired he tries to carry on rehearsals without her but the other students aren't listening to him. He tries to confront Mr. Mazzara but he denies having anything to do with it. He helps the other drama students organize a flash mob to try to save Miss Jenn's job which ends up working.
====Thanksgiving====
Because him, Ashlyn, and Big Red all have boring thanksgiving plans they decide to have a party at Ashlyn's house. He excitedly shows the other drama kids a board game he made based on the high school musical franchise and they play it together.
====The Tech Rehearsal====
Carlos tries to hide Miss Jenn's audition notes from E.J. but he's still able to get into them and read his. Carlos confronts EJ about reading the notes after he tries way too hard to emote during a tech run through and he tries to comfort E.J. but it does work. Later E.J. finds Carlos and Carlos opens up to him about how he feels insecure in his ability to take charge but E.J. assures him that he did a great job
====Opening Night====
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====Act Two====
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===Season Two===
====New Year's Eve====
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====Typecasting====
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====Valentine's Day====
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====The Storm====
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====The Quinceañero====
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====Yes, And...====
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====The Field Trip====
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====Most Likely To====
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====Spring Break====
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====The Transformation====
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====Showtime====
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====Second Chances====
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===Season Three===
====Happy Campers====
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====Into the Unknown====
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====The Woman in the Woods====
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====No Drama====
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====The Real Campers of Shallow Lake ====
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====Color War====
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====Camp Prom====
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====Let It Go====
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===Season Four===
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==Relationships==
===Family===
Unnamed mother
Three unnamed older sisters
Ruben (uncle)
Miss Jenn (godmother)
===Friends===
Gina Porter
Ricky Bowen
Miss Jenn (friend/godmother)
Seb Matthew-Smith (boyfriend/friend)
Natalie Bagley
Ashlyn Caswell
E.J. Caswell
Kourtney Greene
Nini Salazar-Roberts
Big Red
Jet
Maddox
===Love Interest(s)===
Seb Matthew-Smith (boyfriend)
==Appearances==
===Season 1===
*The Auditions
*The Read-Through
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
*He can speak Spanish.
*His name was originally going to be Vikram according to an early description of the main characters.
*One time, he danced when he was in the middle of taking a test for Mr. Mazzara which he got a "B-" on.HSMTMTS Characters Introductions | #HSMTMTS S1 | Disney + - YouTube
*He has only seen the first 15 minutes of both High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
*He is the Captain of the Color Guard.
*His mother plays Bunko with the school's librarian.
*He is the first openly Gay character in the High School Musical franchise.The "High School Musical" Franchise Just Got Its First-Ever Gay Couple | them.
*Carlos and his boyfriend Seb Matthew Smith are the first Gay Couple in the High School Musical franchise.
*He loves the TV show Glee.
*Carlos shares the same last name "Rodriguez" as Frankie A. Rodriguez the actor that plays him.
*He is Gay and is currently dating Seb Matthew-Smith.
*He has three older sisters.
*His Instagram user name is and5678carlos.
*He sometimes dress like Eponine when sad.
*He was born on March 7, 2004.
**He is a Pisces.
*He is one of the three characters who had their zodiac signs revealed. 
**The first two being Ashlyn and Big Red, who is also a Pisces.
*He has always wanted Quinceañero for his 15th Birthday but, didn't get to have one for his 15th Birthday so, for his 16th Birthday his boyfriend Seb Matthew-Smith and Gina Porter make it up to him by throwing a Quinceañero that he has always wanted.
*In The Quinceañero, he chose Miss Jenn as his madrina (Spanish for Godmother) at his quinceañero.
==References==
==External links==
Carlos Rodriguez | High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Wiki | Fandom
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