deleted scene from
Disney Channel's
High School Musical 2
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| Humuhumunukunukuapua'a deleted scene from Disney Channel's High School Musical 2 |
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| "And The Fish Turns Into A Gorgeous Prince..." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The first piece of Business to be covered on this page is to tell what the Humuhumunukunukuapua'a is... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Humuhumunukunukuapua'a litteral translates to pig nose fish. It is a Hawaiian word for a Hawaiian fish. In English this fish is called the Trigger Fish. The song "Humuhumunukunukuapua'a" is litterally singing about a trigger fish who this Princes meets and kisses and he turns into a Prince and falls in love with the Princess. Maybe a Hawaiian variation on "The Frog Prince"? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The lyrics start off in this song singing " A long time ago in a land far away lived a Pineapple Princess Tiki..." While searching for this website I decided to look into this song more because of the fact it was a deleted scene but it made perfect sense to leave it where it was. I ended up finding out that Tiki, in most Polynesian Religions (the Religions that were brought to Hawaii) is the creator god. In this song it talks about a Princess who was lonely and wanted to free a Fish. In Polynesian Religions the first man is usually made from something of nature, the ground, dust, etc. In This song, the first man comes from a kiss from a beautiful Pineapple Princess, who happens to be named Tiki, the same name of the creator in some Hawaiian Religions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Also, in some legends, Tiki's are wooden carvings that mark spiritual or sacred sites. This is also interesting when they go into the part of the song talking about supernatural events. The Prince was under a spell, the weather was at Tiki's command. These things all show supernatural. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| It's also very interesting that this song mentions Kabuki Theatre. When you watch the video above, Sharpay is kneeling at Troy's feet and then she says "This is where we lean into the whole Kabuki thing..." the girls come around her and help her up and they all start dancing. What is the significance of what Sharpay said? Why is she singing a song with a Hawaiian title about a Hawaiian fish and then traveling around to the other side of the world to bring in a form of Japanese Theatre? It is interesting when you look into what Kabuki Theatre actually is. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kabuki Theatre, in its beginnings, started out as an all female type of theatre. The reason that this fits so well is because when Sharpay says this in the song, Ryan is over at the turn table and it is only the girls dancing. The very fact that the girls are dancing is interesting in itself, because Kabuki Theatre relies on big gestures, and the bigger the gestures the better response from the crowd. So the fact this all consisted of big gestures is very significant. The final significant thing in mentioning Kabuki is the color of dress Sharpay is wearing. She is wearing a blue dress. In Kabuki Theatre, the color a character wears in a show represents a personality. Is it any coincidence that wearing blue or black in a Kabuki show represents villiany or jealousy? Sharpay is both a villian and jealous of the fact that Troy and Gabriella are together, she is also wearing blue when she sings about leaning "into the whole Kabuki thing". | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| It has never been said why this scene was cut from the High School Musical television airing yet put into it's original place in the DVD release, but I have my own opinions which you can read over at the "What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)" page... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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