I am Ryan and I will be your main MC for tonight's show.
Original introduction wording
- I am Ryan Sintzone and I will be your main MC for tonight's show.
← Movie nights
Movie reverse-watch
High School Musical 2 Part 2
IN THE ROOM
RyanCurtisDaniGuest appearance: Dani
NO COMMON DENOMINATOR
Movie verdicts.
Dani gives the movie thumbs up; Ryan and Curtis give it thumbs down. No separate collective recommendation is asserted.
Original rating systems, exactly as represented in the archive. These scales are not interchangeable.
By way of introduction.
Joining me, as always, from the Upside Down, the man whose talents include turkey and talking turkey, it's Curtis.
Original introduction wording
- Joining me, as always, from the Upside Down, the man whose talents include turkey and talking turkey, it's Curtis Schick.
And speaking of adding some cachet to this evening's soiree, it's the woman whose talents include putting up with Curtis and I. It's Dani.
Original introduction wording
- And speaking of adding some cachet to this evening's soiree, it's the woman whose talents include putting up with Curt and I. It's Danielle Stevens.
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Last time on Reverse Psychology. Danny, you told me that you had a story about the time that you actually got to make out with Zac Efron. Yes, you know, I did. You know what? I have to tell you. It was the best dream ever. Hello and welcome to a special edition of Reverse Psychology. Tonight, we continue our summer movie marathon. Tonight is not the night of nights. It is not the night for psycho radio. It is the night of talents. So please put down your golf clubs and head to your nearest amphitheater because it's time to close out the second installment of an iconic DCOM franchise. This is Reverse Psychology Presents High School Musical. I am Ryan Sintzone and I will be your main MC for tonight's show. Joining me, as always, from the Upside Down, the man whose talents include turkey and talking turkey, it's Curtis Schick. I like that you upgraded yourself to the main DJ. MC. I'm not going to be playing any music. We'll see. I will be jockeying no discs, Curt. Only time will tell. And speaking of adding some cachet to this evening's soiree, it's the woman whose talents include putting up with Curt and I. It's Danielle Stevens.
Someone brought rules.
The games, the premises, and what everyone brought to the table.
Game / activity
our very own talent show ↗
How this one works
How it works
- So we'll each go around presenting talents and determining who would do the talent best.
- We got to come up with a consensus here.
- We got to figure out who we like the best.
- The game is who would be best at it.
- Discuss the choices and reach consensus.
RESULT STATUS
This one was not a competition.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:27:06
Recorded conversation
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- Ending or payoff: That is enough fake people talent talks.
Follow the round structure (1)
Talent show · character matching
Source excerpt ↗ 1:10:28RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 1:10:28
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Why don't you present us a talent?
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Talent proposal
Clucking different chicken dialects depending on region.
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- Submission type: Talent proposal
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:10:32
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Ryan
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- Prompt item: Clucking different chicken dialects depending on region.
- Activity request: We'll see who would be best fitted for it.
- Adjudication: But I think we got to give it to Ryan.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:11:25
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Ryan
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- Answer qualification: Because he's got such great impressions.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 1:11:32
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Martha
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- Answer qualification: Because she doesn't talk.; She just makes weird sounds.
- Response context: Because she does really good vocal warm-ups.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:11:38
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Chad
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- Answer qualification: He's focused on dance.; He's now focused on making sounds.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:11:46
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Can you defend Chad?; Because if not, I think you have to pick one of ours.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:12:20
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Prompt
Question / challenge
What's the next talent we got to sort out?
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
It's hair sculpting.; You're taking your own hair and folding it into animals.; I'm going to stick with self hair, which is crazy, but I'm going to go there.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:12:24
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Troy
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- Prompt item: It's hair sculpting.
- Adjudication: I guess I can concede to Troy.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:13:19
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Troy
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- Answer qualification: He's got hair.; He focuses on it a lot.; It's not talked about, but he puts a lot of time into that hair.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 1:13:31
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Troy
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- Response: So I'm going Kelsey.; I thought about Chad, but I went Kelsey.; I guess I can concede to Troy.
- Answer qualification: Kelsey knows how to accessorize her head with hats, whether they're too big or too little.; She has nice curls.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 1:13:30
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Danny, what are you thinking?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 1:14:39
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Danny, can you convince me of Martha or Kelsey?; I really want you to win.; Could you convince me of someone else?
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- Result qualification: I guess I can concede to Troy.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:13:46
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Chad
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- Answer qualification: He's got also the most hair.; What made me think of Chad for this is the baseball scene, where he takes his giant fro; of hair and somehow tames it into a baseball cap, and I don't understand the physics of; that, and I just feel like he's got magic powers that we haven't seen fully.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:15:08
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Martha
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- Prompt: So who do you think would be best at plumbing?
- Response context: I recently have watched the National Plumbing Championship, and it's quite a spectacle,
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 1:15:21
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Jason
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- Answer qualification: I think he'll go toward a trade school and end up in plumbing.; He's a hidden talent, guys.; He might excel at plumbing.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:15:22
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Martha
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- Answer qualification: I think she has another hidden talent.; I think she is probably good with her hands and is a quick learner.; She would just be good at stuff like that.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:16:00
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Taylor
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- Answer qualification: I think Taylor is very meticulous.
- Response: You talked me out of Taylor.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:17:20
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Action
Do you want to snake back?; Maybe I'll do the next one.; Yeah, I like that.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:17:30
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Sharpay
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- Prompt item: Dentistry.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:17:40
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Sharpay
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- Answer qualification: Somebody who does not care that they're doing horrible things to people's mouths.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:18:24
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Sharpay; Taylor
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- Prompt item: It's fighting to the death.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:18:43
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Chad; Troy
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- Response: Seems like Chad Ryan's the obvious or Chad.; Sorry, Chad Troy's the obvious one.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 1:18:51
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Sharpay; Gabriella
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- Answer qualification: But Gabriella, I don't think would want to fight.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:19:16
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Ryan
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Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 1:19:16
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Taylor
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- Answer qualification: I feel like Taylor, she has a lot to say.; And she will stand up for what she believes.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:19:21
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Troy
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- Answer qualification: Troy, I think, has a bit of a stubbornness in him like Sharpay.; But I think he's capable of fighting.; I think he's willing to fight.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 1:20:12
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
All right, Dani, what unhinged thing do you have next?
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
Milking imaginary cows with dramatic flair and emotional backstory.
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- Raw prompt: Milking a legendary cowl with dramatic flair and emotional backstory.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:20:14
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Milking imaginary cows with dramatic flair and emotional backstory.
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- Method: Yeah, you're miming milking a cow.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:21:07
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Ryan
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Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:21:10
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I think this is maybe another Ryan Sharpay battle.
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- The response leaves the choice between candidates.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:21:46
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Gabriela
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- Answer qualification: She's an emotionally connected person.; And I think that she is a capable dancer.; I think she maybe has interacted with cows before more than anyone else in Albuquerque.; I think her experience will ground her performance.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:22:35
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Prompt
Question / challenge
What's your answer, David?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:22:36
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I like the Ryan answer, honestly. I'm stuck between Ryan and Sharphead because they are the theatrical two that would put they would know how to put the emotion into miming milking a cow.
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- Answer qualification: I'm stuck between Ryan and Sharphead because they are the theatrical two that would put they; would know how to put the emotion into miming milking a cow.
- The response leaves the choice between candidates.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:22:59
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Zeke
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- Raw prompt: Flying hot cross buns by squeezing ketchup packets at different pressures.
- Prompt item: hot cross buns
- Method: By squeezing ketchup packets at different pressures.
- Response context: I know you've, I assume you chat GPT'd this or whatever.; I sure as hell did.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:23:17
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Zeke
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- Answer qualification: He's a chef-a-roo guy.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:24:14
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Mr. Fulton
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- Prompt item: stand-up tragedy
- Activity premise: I made it up, yeah.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 1:24:41
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Mr. Fulton
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:25:02
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Troy
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- Answer qualification: Oh, it's definitely Troy, like, 10 years from now when he's talking about how great his high school days were and now how his life starts.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:25:12
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Ryan
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- Answer qualification: I felt like he would just talk about his current life.; It would pretty much get you there.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:25:35
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
Jason
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- Prompt item: Recognizing actors from just one episode of a sitcom from 2003.
- Response context: I came up with two jobs and then was like, okay, let's turn to chat GPT.; And it came up with the most Brad answer I've ever heard.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 1:26:07
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
My pick's going to be between Gabriela or Taylor.
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- Answer qualification: Taylor will find shit out.
- The response leaves the choice between candidates.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:26:15
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Jason
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- Answer qualification: Jason is definitely the Brad of High School Musical.; You said earlier that everybody's got their talent and we just haven't found Jason's yet.; This is his talent.; It's 2003 sitcoms and the actors in them.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:26:37
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Jason
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- Response: I was thinking Taylor, too, but I like the Jason pick.
Round context
- Result qualification: One item ends without consensus.
View source wording — how it was explained on the show
- Adjudication method: Discuss the choices and reach consensus.
- Selections are discussed toward consensus; no individual scores or host winner are announced.
Comic bits and episode moments.
Conversation excerpt
Previously on Reverse Psychology ↗
Last time on Reverse Psychology. Danny, you told me that you had a story about the time that you actually got to make out with Zac Efron. Yes, you know, I did. You know what? I have to tell you. It was the best dream ever.
Conversation excerpt
Recorded conversation ↗
Have you guys been in talent shows?
Conversation excerpt
Movie discussion ↗
Source details
- Suggested subtitle: They should have subtitled this like summer break or something.
- In the film: She redeems herself ever so slightly by awarding the Stardazzy Award to Ryan.
Conversation excerpt
Final movie verdict ↗
I think it's time for a final verdict on High School Musical 2.
See how they answered
What everyone brought to the table · 2 recorded exchanges
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 1:08:06
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
So, Dani, which way is that thumb pointing?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 1:08:11
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
Any particular reason?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:08:31
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
Curtis, you got the final vote.; Tell us which way.; Is this a good movie or bad movie?; Your thumb decides.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:09:31
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Prompt
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- Raw prompt: Before you give a final thumb, does it change your mind knowing that this is the highest; rated DCOM to date?
Source details
- Method: To do that, we will, of course, be using our thumbs.
- Subtitle: No subtitle.
Conversation excerpt
Remark ↗
Source details
- Final adjudication: That means that we as a collective three agree this movie sucks.
- Result qualification: I don't like that at all.
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Recorded conversation ↗
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Prompt ↗
You're going to have to take that again.; At least the last sentence.; We need you to say Chad.
Conversation excerpt
Answer ↗
Ryan convinces Chad to join the talent show through the power of baseball.
Source details
- Answer qualification: Oh, I did say Char.
Previously, next week.
Predictions as made on the podcast—not claims about what actually happens.
Conversation excerpt
Predicting High School Musical
You are able to tell us what will happen in the previous movie.; High School Musical.
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 3 recorded exchanges
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:27:41
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
So you think we'll be back in school or where do you think we'll be?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:28:02
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
Do you think this will be the best movie?
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Prediction for the previous movie
Cool kid Jock Troy is dating the hottest and most popular girl in school, Sharpay.; But when a new girl, Gabriela, comes to town, he learns it's possible to be with a hot girl who isn't the worst.; As Sharpay and Gabriela feud over who will get the boy, Troy quietly hooks up with Kelsey, who is also hot, but somehow entirely invisible.
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- Submission type: Prediction for the previous movie
- Answer qualification: If this movie is not set in a high school doing a winter musical, I will rage quit this podcast.; I hope so.; I mean, it spawned a series, so I feel like it's got to have some quality to it.; I want to thumbs up something from the series.