Carlos Rodriguez

* Season 4
* Season 3
* Season 2
* Season 1

**Carlos Victor Rodriguez** is one of the main characters from the Disney+ Original series *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series*. He was a Sophomore at East High School in Season 1 and Season 2. 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 cast as Olaf in Camp Shallow Lake's production of *Frozen*. He is portrayed by Frankie A. Rodriguez and his 12 year old counterpart is portrayed by Noah Rico.

## Background

Carlos is captain of the color guard and the student choreographer of East High's school production of High School Musical. Beyoncé is his iPhone lock screen 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. Through all of this, even Carlos still sleeps with a stuffed elephant and is terrified of failure. His most-used app is Starbucks. Carlos is gay and Mexican.

### 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

### Talents/Abilities

* Acting
* Choreography
* Dancing

## Biography

### Early Life

Carlos Rodriguez was born on March 7, 2004. In 2012 or 2013 when Carlos was in 3rd grade he started drinking espresso.

### **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 EJ but he's still able to get into them and read his. Carlos confronts EJ about reading the notes after he tries way to hard to emote during a tech run through and he tries to comfort EJ but it does work. Later EJ finds Carlos and Carlos opens up to him about how he feels insecure in his ability to take charge but EJ assures him that he did a great job.

## Relationships

### Family

**Unnamed mother**

**Three unnamed older sisters**

**Ruben (uncle)**

**Miss Jenn (friend/godmother/teacher)**

### Friends

**Gina Porter (best friend)**

Carlos first met Gina at auditions for *High School Musical.* They bonded over their love for dancing. In Typecasting, Carlos asks Gina if she wants to be his Co-choreographer.

See Also Gina and Carlos
**Ashlyn Caswell (friend)**

**Seb Matthew-Smith**

**Ricky Bowen (friend)**

See also Carlos and Ricky

**E.J. Caswell (friend)**

See also Carlos and E.J.

**Big Red**

**Kourtney Greene**

**Nini Salazar-Roberts**

**Natalie Bagley**

### Love Interest(s)

**Seb Matthew-Smith (boyfriend)**

Main Article: Carlos and Seb

## Appearances

### Season 1

* The Auditions **(Appears)**
* The Read-Through **(Appears)**
* The Wonderstudies **(Appears)**
* Blocking **(Appears)**
* Homecoming **(Appears)**
* What Team? **(Appears)**
* Thanksgiving **(Appears)**
* The Tech Rehearsal **(Appears)**
* Opening Night **(Appears)**
* Act Two **(Appears)**

### Season 2

* New Year's Eve **(Appears)**
* Typecasting **(Appears)**
* Valentine’s Day **(Appears)**
* The Storm **(Appears)**
* The Quinceañero **(Appears)**
* Yes, And... **(Appears)**
* The Field Trip **(Appears)**
* Most Likely To **(Appears)**
* Spring Break **(Appears)**
* The Transformation **(Appears)**
* Showtime **(Appears)**
* Second Chances **(Appears)**

### Season 3

* Happy Campers **(Appears)**
* Into the Unknown **(Appears)**
* The Woman in the Woods **(Appears)**
* No Drama **(Appears)**
* The Real Campers of Shallow Lake **(Appears)**
* Color War **(Appears)**
* Camp Prom **(Appears)**
* Let It Go **(Appears)**

## Songs

### Season 2

* Something in the Air
* High School Musical 2 Medley
* Belle
* The Mob Song
* You Ain’t Seen Nothing
* In a Heartbeat
* Be Our Guest
* Something There

### Season 3

* What Time Is It/Start the Party Mashup
* For the First Time in Forever/Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (Mashup)
* Fabulous
* It's On
* Wouldn't Change a Thing
* This is Me
* In Summer
* Everyday

**Season 4**

* Now or never (auditions)
* Nightmares come to life
* Over Again
* I want it all
* a night to remember
* High school musical (finale)
* Love you forever
* born to be brave (finale)
* Last chance
* We’re all in this together (finale)

## Filmography

 Season 2 | Spring of 2020
 Season 4 | Fall of 2020

## Quotes

"Tornadoes come and go. Dance is forever!"

"Broadway."

"Count your blessings and dance your heart out."

"We live in Salt Lake City. There hasn't been traffic here since the 2002 Winter Olympics."

"You smile, you leave the Earth, you land."

"She was the first teacher to not see me as a punchline."

"Bop to the sky, baby!"

"Do you know what a forest of trees looks like?" [Nini: "I do"] "Okay, but with boys."

"She gave me a shot...and it's been a long time since someone gave me a shot."

"Is this *Mamma Mia 2*? Because here we go again."

"I'm Mexican and gay, this is my inside voice!"

“ Does chip even have any big scenes?”

"Well, there are no small parts, only small tea cups.”

"I don't really do subtle."

## Trivia

* He can speak Spanish.
* His name was originally going to be Vikram according to an early description of the main characters.
* He has only seen the first 15 minutes of both High School Musical 2 and 3.
* He is the Captain of the Color Guard.
* His mother plays Bunko with the school's librarian.
* He loves the TV Show *Glee.*
* Carlos shares the same last name "Rodriguez" as Frankie A. Rodriguez the actor that plays him.
* One time he danced when he was in the middle of taking a test for Mr. Mazzara which he got a "B-" on.
* 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.
* He is one of the three main characters that has appeared in every episode along with Ashlyn Caswell and Ricky Bowen.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 [1]
2. ↑ [2]
3. ↑ The Quinceañero

Carlos birthday was never revealed but Nini did say that she has been back for two weeks. Nini decided to come back to East High after Valentine's Day. Seb says Carlos birthday is on Saturday since Season 2 takes place in early 2020 that means Carlos birthday is on March 7th which happened to fall on a Saturday in 2020.
4. ↑ The Storm
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 [3]
6. ↑ [4]
7. ↑ Thanksgiving
8. ↑ [5]
9. ↑ The Storm
10. ↑ The Quinceañero