Antoine

**Andy "Antoine"** is a recurring character in the Disney Plus Original Series *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.* He is a method actor who pretended to be a French Foreign Exchange Student. He currently attends North High School. He is portrayed by Andrew Barth Feldman.

## Background

### Personality

Antoine can come off as flippant and a bit snooty, but it is likely that this attitude is a way to cope with his communication difficulties.

## Biography

### Second Chances

Antoine only makes a brief appearance towards the end of 'Second Chances' when he and Lily drop by East High's private opening night party at Slices, uninvited (of course). The drama club boos them as soon as they arrive, but Lily raises her hands in surrender, saying that they only came to congratulate East on a successful opening. Antoine verifies their seemingly peaceable intentions, stating that "[East's] show had a beginning, a middle, and an end, [and] it was wonderful," and that "Big Red [was] also in it," using oversimplified observations and his supposed lack of English language skills to pretend to give a compliment without having to actually say anything nice.

Ricky tells the two of them that it's a private party, and walks them to the door, where Antoine waits dutifully in the background while Lily confesses her feelings for Ricky. When she's done, Antoine (ever the gentleman) opens the door for her and shoots Ricky an enthusiastic thumbs-up.

### Night of Nights

After Kourtney and Carlos's performance of I Want it All, Antoine comes backstage with a box of *pain au chocolat*, with Big Red following behind him. During their interaction, Antoine's disdain for Big Red appears to continue, with Antoine going as far as to show Big Red the middle finger.

Ashlyn then comes backstage and confronts Antoine with Big Red, stating that "[they] have never been happier", though this was mostly a lie to get Antoine off of Ashlyn's back.

### Born to Be Brave (episode)

During curtain call, while everyone is performing High School Musical (Finale), Antoine reveals to Big Red that he isn't actually French and confesses his feelings for Big Red. He also reveals that his real name is Andy and that he is a method actor. Big Red then confirms that he isn't actually dating Ashlyn, and that he'll call Andy later. It is presumed that afterwards, they officially started dating.

## Relationships

### Love Interests

#### Big Red

*See also Antoine and Big Red.*

Initially, Antoine and Big Red had somewhat of a rivalry going on, as it appeared that Antoine had romantic interests with Ashlyn, whom was dating Big Red at the time. Even during Night of Nights, this mutual disdain appeared to stay.

However, during Born to Be Brave (Episode), Antoine reveals to Big Red that he had feelings for Big Red all along, and that he mostly just hid them because he was afraid of being vulnerable. Big Red then tells Antoine he's not with Ashlyn anymore, and tells Antoine he'll call him. Afterwards, they start dating off-screen.

## Appearances

### Season 2

* Yes, And... **(appears)**
* The Field Trip **(appears)**
* Most Likely To (mentioned)
* Second Chances **(appears)**

### Season 4

* Night of Nights **(appears)**
* Born to Be Brave (Episode) **(appears)**

## Quotes

"That man looks ridiculous, you should dump him and date me."

"I assume that it is that dashing young man who looks like Tom Holland on stilts."

”Ticket. No, no ticket. No, I just… I do have these fingers that I found. Do you see what it is? It is my middle finger.”

"*Bienvenue.*"

”Big Red. I’m not really French. My name is Andy and I’m a method actor. And I am so terrified of what it means to be alive and vulnerable, and for people to never know the real me. But the pain au chocolat was for you. It was always for you.”

## Trivia

* He knows very little English but is fluent in French.
	+ It is revealed in the series finale that he only acted like he was French.
* He is revealed bisexual in the series finale.
* He begins dating Big Red in the series finale.
* It's revealed that he is a method actor in the series finale.
* He is the second season 2 character to return in a different season, the other being Lilly. He beat her by appearing in two episodes after his debut season.