Maddox

So, the thing about me is that people sometimes call me an "acquired taste." Which is a fancy way of saying
I'm not for everyone. Which I pretend I'm fine with. Like, it makes me cool or something. But it actually kinda hurts my feelings.
There was this whole group of crew kids that I used to hang out with at Shallow Lake. One in particular. But they've moved on, and it's just been so long since I've had to make new friends, I just... I don't quite know what I'm doing this summer.

## Maddox

* Season 4
* Season 3
* Young

## General

### **Nickname(s)**

Gadget (camp nick-name)
 Maddie (by Jet and Madison)

### **Occupation**

Student
 Camp Counselor (Season 3)
 Stage Manager
 Tech Crew Member
 Team Captain of The Yellow Team (Color War)
 Production Assistant (Season 4)

## Relationships

### **Family**

Unnamed Father
 Unnamed Mother
 Jet (younger brother)

### **Romances**

Ashlyn Caswell (girlfriend)
Madison (ex-girlfriend)
 Val (former crush)

### **Friends**

E.J. Caswell (childhood friend)
 Dewey Wood
 Madison (ex-girlfriend/former enemy/friend)
 Val (former crush/friend)
 Ashlyn Caswell (former cabin-mate/friend/girlfriend)
 Gina Porter (former bunk-mate/friend)
 Ricky Bowen
 Kourtney Greene (former cabin-mate/former teammate/friend)
 Carlos Rodriguez (former teammate/friend)
 Seb Matthew-Smith
 Emmy

### **Enemies**

Madison (formerly)
 Channing

### **Affiliations**

Camp Shallow Lake
 The Crier (The Real Campers of Shallow Lake)
 The Yellow Team (Color War)
 East High School (Season 4)

## Production

### **Seasons**

Season 3 (main)
 Season 4 (recurring)

### **Portrayed by**

Saylor Bell Curda
Luciana Elisa Quiñonez (Young Maddox)

**Maddox** is a major character in the Disney+ Original Series *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.* She was first introduce as one of the main characters in Season 3. She is a recurring character in Season 4. She is Jet's older sister. She is E.J. Caswell's childhood friend from Camp Shallow Lake. In Season 3, she was a Camp Counselor and Tech Crew member at Camp Shallow Lake. In Season 4, she was the PA for *High School Musical 4: The Reunion*. In Season 4, she was the stage manager for East High School’s fall production of *High School Musical 3: Senior Year.* She is portrayed by Saylor Bell Curda.

## Background

### Personality

Maddox is a bright-eyed, quick-witted "techie" who always follows the rules.

### Physical Appearance

Maddox is a teenage girl and has brown hair with bleached ends, oval shape brown eyes, and light freckles.

## Biography

### Early Life

Maddox was born sometime between 2002 to 2005 in the United States. When Maddox was young, she used to be close to her little brother Jet.

At some point she discovered that she is attracted to women. She was outed to her parents by her brother Jet after he found her texts with her then girlfriend Madison. Besides the fact that she hadn't been ready to come out, the reactions appear to have been accepting, however. She used to have an unrequited crush on Val, and previously was in a relationship with Madison.

### Season Three

#### Happy Campers

Maddox happily welcomes the Wildcats to Camp Shallow Lake as one of their cabin-mates and begins asking them about if they have drama to spill. Later she sings *Shallow Lake*, a song about the camp, for the camper before the big surprise celebrity announcement.

#### Into the Unknown

Maddox starts the morning off by waking up the campers with a bugle. During the auditions, after Gina gets nervous about EJ hugging Val Maddox happily explains their relationship to her. Later when Kourtney offers to help her with hair and makeup for the musical she rejects the offer, not realizing that Kourtney was trying to be friendly. When EJ is struggling to find a way for them to finish the auditions without scripts, she suggests they do a dramatic reading of the song lyrics but, she brushes off her suggestion before Gina affirms her, saying that it's a great idea. That night she goes out to set something up in the woods while her cabin-mates gossip about her, with most of them calling her "a lot" and Gina defending her.

#### The Woman in the Woods

Maddox is excited to take the campers on their very first newbie initiation night, her favorite night of camp. That night she gets EJ to sing The Ballad of Susan Fine. After she begins telling the story of Shallow Lake and Susan Fine to scare the new campers. Instead of scaring them, Jet decided to make jokes, which everyone laughs at. Ignoring Maddox's story, she gets hurt and leaves the fire pit. Later that night Jet finds her again to apologize and she snaps on him revealing that they are siblings and that their parents made her keep an eye on him over the summer. She feels like she is the one being punished in the family for everything Jet has done.

#### No Drama

Maddox finds out that Jet left camp and she pretends to not care, even though she really does. While building sets for the show, she talks to Ashlyn about her ex and they begin to grow closer.

## Relationships

**Jet** **(Brother)**

After getting into a fight with **Maddox**, Ricky suggests he sings his feelings out. At first Jet is against this idea but later he goes into the barn and plays this song on the piano, This song is about his relationship with his sister, Younger versions of and are featured in a dream sequence during the song.

See Also: Jet and Maddox

**E.J. Caswell** **(Childhood Friend)**

Both Maddox and EJ went to Camp Shallow Lake during previous summers. In Happy Campers, she greets him as he comes in and they refer to each other by their camp nicknames "Gadget" and "Rocket Man.”

See Also: E.J. and Maddox

**Ashlyn Caswell (Girlfriend)**

In Happy Campers, after Ashlyn tells her about her plans to write to Big Red everyday Maddox makes a remark about how people with relationships outside of the camp don't often keep in contact with them as much as they wanted to.

Throughout season 3, Maddox picks up that Ashlyn is queer ( bisexual ) and tries to encourage her to make this realization.

In Camp Prom, EJ asks Maddox if any of the new girls have caught her eye over the summer as Ashlyn walks by and Maddox stares at her.

For the first two episodes of season 4 (High School Musical 4, HSM v. HSM), Maddox and Ashlyn are texting non-stop and giving each other relationship advice. In A Star is Reborn, Ricky surprises the rest of the drama club by bringing Maddox and Jet to East High. Maddox and Ashlyn are happy to see each other but they are awkward in front of each other as they both have crushes on each other.

In Trick or Treat, Ashlyn dresses up as "Hot Eleanor Roosevelt" and Maddox recognizes her costume instantly. Upon seeing Maddox in her Xu Xialing from Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings costume, she exclaims "WOW!! You look great!!" Before embarrassingly saying "Was I yelling?".

Later in the episode, Maddox pranks the drama kids at Gina's party by pretending to be electrocuted to get back at them for ruining The Woman in the Woods from camp. After seeing her fall over after being shocked, Ashlyn runs over to Maddox saying "I'll do mouth-to-mouth. AS A FRIEND!!", and is visibly upset from the prank as she was worried about Maddox.

After the party, Ashlyn is seen writing a song. Maddox approaches her and asks about it and Ashlyn reveals that Emmy asked her to write a love song for Chad and Taylor in High School Musical 3. Ashlyn is having trouble with the counter-melody, so the two sing the song, Call it What You Want, together. At the end of the song, they almost kiss, but are interrupted when someone climbs in through the window.

In the next episode, Admissions, Ashlyn and Big Red break up, so Ashlyn calls Maddox to tell her she likes her but is discouraged when Maddox's ex-girlfriend Maddison answers the phone.

Trust the Process starts as each member of the drama club is describing why they missed rehearsal the previous day. Carlos reveals that Ashlyn and Big Red broke up, and Maddox responds "Wait, so you're single again?", confirming that she likes Ashlyn back.

In Night of Nights, Maddox is preparing to tell Ashlyn how she feels but is distracted when Maddison sends her balloons, and when she overhears Ashlyn and Big Red pretending to be back together to get rid of Antoine.

In the series finale, Born to be Brave, Maddox and Jet are talking in the hallway about Maddison and the balloons and letter that she sent Maddox, and about how she thinks Ashlyn and Big Red are back together. Jet tells Maddox to read the letter out loud as he notices Ashlyn walking past. Maddox reads the letter and it says that Maddison thinks Maddox should give the balloons to Ashlyn, saying "The way you talk about her is the way people talk about someone when they're falling for them". Ashlyn hears this and declares that she isn't back with Big Red and that she has feelings for Maddox. Ashlyn gives Maddox a piece of a tree from the camp at Shallow Lake that says "Ash ❤️ Gadget" on it, which Ashlyn reveals EJ carved as he predicted the two of them would end up together. The two consider staying friends but decide they want to be more than that and they kiss. Carlos walks in on them and exclaims "I'm so happy for you two! This is so endgame."

As it is revealed that Gina and Maddox will be moving to New Zealand for a few months to shoot Quinn's Romeo and Juliet movie, Ashlyn is upset at the prospect of her new girlfriend moving away. Ultimately, Gina makes Quinn keep the filming in Salt Lake City so they don't have to move away.

Maddox and Ashlyn sing to each other in both Love You Forever and Born to Be Brave during the credits.

See Also: Ashlyn and Maddox

**Gina Porter** **(Friend)**

See Also: Gina and Maddox

**Madison (ex-girlfriend/former enemy/friend)**

See Also: Maddox and Madison

**Ricky Bowen** **(Close Friends)**

Jet mentions to Maddox that Ricky was trying to get him to open up and Maddox sarcastically congratulates him on making friends.

See Also: Ricky Bowen Miscellaneous Relationships

## Songs

### Season 3

* Shallow Lake
* The Ballad of Susan Fine
* It's On
* Wouldn't Change a Thing
* This is Me
* Everyday

**Season 4**

* Nightmares come to life
* Call it what you want
* love you forever
* Born to be brave (finale)
* For good

## Appearances

### 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)**

### Season 4

* High School Musical 4 (mentioned)
* HSM v. HSM (mentioned)
* A Star is Reborn **(Appears)**
* Trick or Treat **(Appears)**
* Admissions (mentioned)
* Trust the Process **(Appears)**
* Night of Nights **(Appears)**
* Born to Be Brave **(Appears)**

## Quotes

"So, the thing about me is that people sometimes call me an "acquired taste." Which is a fancy way of saying I'm not for everyone. Which I pretend I'm fine with. Like, it makes me cool or something. But it actually kinda hurts my feelings. There was this whole group of crew kids that I used to hang out with at Shallow Lake. One in particular. But they've moved on, and it's just been so long since I've had to make new friends, I just... I don't quite know what I'm doing this summer." - Into The Unknown

”Ten-minute intermission. And if anyone sees Channing, punch him.” - Let It Go

## Trivia

* She can play the Guitar and the Bugle.
* She is Queer.

## References

1. ↑ In Camp Prom, Maddox says "It's a song that used to be my favorite when I was little. It made me happy, and it made my **little brother** happy, and I think maybe we're ready to be happy again.”
2. ↑ The Woman in the Woods
3. ↑ Selene W. interviews Matt Cornett, Dara Renee, Frankie Rodrigues, Julia Lester (HSMTMTS) - YouTube
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 HSMTMTS season 3 casts Disney alums Corbin Bleu and Jason Earles, will tackle Camp Rock and Frozen | EW.com
5. ↑ Happy Campers