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Surf's Up
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Surf's Up is a film by Sony Pictures Animation. It takes on an interesting style: despite being set in a world of anthropomorphic talking animals, the film parodies surfer documentaries, complete with handheld camera shots and interviews with the cast spliced in various places. The plot tells of a young Rockhopper penguin named Cody Maverick, who dreams of moving to the tropics and becoming a legendary surfer, like his idol, Big Z.A 2007 CGI animated film, and the second one from Sony's animation division. It earned a surprising Academy Award nomination, and was the only film from Sony Pictures Animation to do so until Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse over a decade later, which ultimately won the award.In early 2016, Sony announced that they were partnering with WWE to produce a sequel, entitled Surf's Up 2: WaveMania, that was released Direct to Video on January 17, 2017, 10 years after the original film. The pitch is that Cody accompanies the Hang Five, a group of big wave riders (voiced by John Cena, Triple H, The Undertaker, Paige and Vince McMahon), in their quest for "The Trenches", a legendary surf spot holding the biggest waves in the world. | |
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Artistic License – Ornithology | |
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Artistic License – Ornithology: The most blatant example is when Geek pees on Cody to heal a burn - birds don't urinate (like reptiles, the excretory system's products are released on the feces). Of course, this is likely just Rule of Funny. | |
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Creator Cameo | |
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Creator Cameo: The voices of the never-seen documentary filmmakers are provided by the actual directors of the movie. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: Cody and Big Z both get one after losing to Tank. Ironically it was Cody's that caused Big Z to take the first initiative towards helping them BOTH get back on the surfboard. | |
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Small Parent, Huge Child | |
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Small Parent, Huge Child: Cody's brother Glen Maverick is larger than both Cody and their mother Edna. | |
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Tastes Like Chicken | |
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Tastes Like Chicken: Squid on a Stick, which is basically I Am a Humanitarian where Chicken Joe is concerned. It saves his life when he gives the food to chicken-eating natives. | |
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David Versus Goliath | |
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David Versus Goliath: Cody, a skilled but uncompetitive surfer, vs. Tank, a 9-time defending champion. | |
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Suntan Stencil | |
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Suntan Stencil: A penguin is seen sunbathing, his flipper resting on his belly. When he moves the flipper it leaves an outline on his sunburned underside. | |
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Ironic Echo | |
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Ironic Echo: With a side order of Tempting Fate: before his first contest with Tank, Cody brags that his performance will be so impressive, people will want to watch it "over and over and over and over again". Cue instant-replay footage of his embarassing wipeout. | |
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Non-Mammal Mammaries | |
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Non-Mammal Mammaries: Lani is notable for having a far more feminine, curvaceous physique than the other female characters. It's no surprise that Cody has a huge crush on her. | |
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Ascended Fanboy | |
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Ascended Fanboy: Cody, who was a lifelong surfer and admirer of Big Z gets to compete in the memorial competition under the wing of the penguin himself. | |
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Companion Cube | |
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Companion Cube: Tank to his various surfing trophies. He refers to them by name and call them his "ladies". | |
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Birds of a Feather | |
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Birds of a Feather: Cody, Joe and Lani bond because they are all fatherless. | |
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Undercrank | |
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Undercrank: Parodied in a sped-up montage when the surf contest is being set up. The backing music starts to speed up faster and faster along with the camera, and at the end, Mikey says "I feel lightheaded" in a chipmunk voice. | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: Both Cody and Chicken Joe never knew their fathers. Cody's dad was eaten by a killer whale, while Joe's was served as part of a six-piece meal. | |
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Parental Abandonment | |
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Parental Abandonment: Cody and Joe's fathers were eaten by a killer whale and fried for dinner, respectively, and Lani was apparently raised by her uncle, the Geek/Big Z. After seeing Big Z as a quitter, Cody felt like he lost another father. | |
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Disqualification-Induced Victory | |
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Disqualification-Induced Victory: Joe, Cody, and Tank are the finalists in the Memorial, and Joe wins because Cody intervenes in Tank's attempt to push Joe off his board, and both Cody and Tank end up in the Boneyards, an off-limits area. | |
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Training Montage | |
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Training Montage: Subverted, as Big Z constantly Trolls Cody instead of actual training. The lesson? Have fun. | |
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Polar Penguins | |
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Polar Penguins: Zig-zagged. Cody Maverick lives in the Antarctic town of Shiverpool, but most of the movie takes place in tropical Pengu Island, which is also inhabited by penguins and holds an annual surfing competition. There are even native Penguans that act like Hollywood Natives. No one other than Cody and his family are even stated to be from Antarctica. | |
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Waterfall Shower | |
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Waterfall Shower: Cody and Lani end up cleaning themselves up under a waterfall after getting covered in glowworm poo. | |
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Kick the Dog | |
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Kick the Dog: Tank, on first appearance on-screen, kicks the surfing baby penguins. | |
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Rule of Cool | |
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Rule of Cool: Just about every unrealistic animal behavior. Or how dangerous the stunts are. | |
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Revolting Rescue | |
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Revolting Rescue: Cody accidentally steps on a sea urchin and its spines are lodged into his foot. Big Z neutralizes the venom by urinating on Cody's foot. Cut to the outside of the house as Cody screams in horror. | |
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Character Development | |
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Character Development: Like most people that appear on reality television, Cody is initially under the impression that he's the most fascinating person on earth. By the end of the movie, he tells the camera crew: "To be honest, I'm kind of bored of talking about myself." | |
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Bad Boss | |
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Bad Boss: Reggie. Mikey is happy to get fired. Big Z also tells him off at the end, telling him not everything is a promotion and to just plain shut up. | |
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Non Sequitur, *Thud* | |
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Non Sequitur, *Thud*: After a major wipeout and sea urchin poisoning, Cody remarks on the "pixies everywhere" before passing out. | |
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Sweet and Sour Grapes | |
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Sweet and Sour Grapes: Turned inside-out; Big Z's complaint was that surfing competitions took all of the fun out of the pastime. Chicken Joe, obviously just happy to be there and surf, takes the competition and the trophy. Cody, happily reunited with Z, is the sweet side. Tank, on the other hand, is sucking lemons. | |
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Blown Upward by a Blowhole | |
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Blown Upward by a Blowhole: While riding a whale to Pen Gu island, Chicken Joe entertains himself by stick his head over the blowhole to get sprayed, which gives him a brain freeze. After introducing himself to Cody, Joe is hit with the spray and blown upwards. ("Butt freeze!") | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold: A lot of characters: Cody is impatient and short-tempered, caring only about becoming a surfing legend like Big Z. However, he does care for the friends he makes along the way, and learns some important lessons about surfing in the end that make him much more humble. Geek/ Ezekiel ‘Big Z’ Topanga is lazy and a bit grouchy, but it's mostly due to his humiliating defeat by Tank. Underneath it all, he sees Cody's real potential and decides to teach him how to surf like a pro despite the fact he left that life behind him. Mikey is a bit snarky, but that's mostly because he has to work for Reggie and is constantly belittled by him. Underneath it all, Mikey worries about the surfer's safety as is actually a pretty sensitive birds. | |
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The Stinger | |
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The Stinger: Glen kicks the interviewers out by throwing their equipment out the window and telling them to go back to Hollywood, much to the dismay of Edna after the credits. | |
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I Just Want to Be Normal | |
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I Just Want to Be Normal: In the end, Big Z doesn't see himself as "the greatest surfer" or consider himself a legend anymore, he's just a guy who really loves surfing. | |
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In-Universe Camera | |
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In-Universe Camera: As an animated mockumentary, the characters are followed by cameramen and occasionally are interviewed by the offscreen directors. | |
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Broken Ace | |
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Broken Ace: Big Z / Big Geek, who realized he let his ego get the better of him when Tank showed up for the first time. | |
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Scenery Porn | |
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Scenery Porn: Zooey Deschanel was sold after seeing test footage of the giant waves, and the finished product is spectacular too. | |
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Big Game | |
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Big Game: The Big Z Surf Open, which occurrs annually and is said to be the fiercest surfing competition on the planet, with penguins (and a chicken) all over the world competing in it. | |
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Second Place Is for Winners | |
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Second Place Is for Winners: Cody throws his chance to win— and risks his life— to save Chicken Joe from Tank. He considers it Worth It, especially since Z comes out of hiding to save him in turn from the skeleton zone. Everyone saw him pull a Heroic Sacrifice, solidifying his reputation as an honorable surfer. | |
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Humanoid Female Animal | |
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Humanoid Female Animal: Lani has a physique that's much more curvy and humanoid than most of the other penguins. | |
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Flashback | |
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Flashback: The film has several, done in the form of old film footage or photographs; they include the first time Cody met Big Z and when Z faked his death. | |
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Feather Fingers | |
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Feather Fingers: Averted with the penguins who have flippers but played straight with Chicken Joe. | |
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Genius Ditz | |
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Genius Ditz: Chicken Joe, for all his airheadedness, turns out to be such a good surfer that he doesn't even realize it when he wins the surf competition. | |
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The Idol's Blessing | |
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The Idol's Blessing: As a young child, Cody is greeted and quickly enamored by Big Z, inspiring him to learn the sport himself. Many years later, after losing his first competition, he meets Big Z himself, who teaches him how to surf and helps him learn that the real goal is just to have fun. | |
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Erudite Stoner | |
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Erudite Stoner: Chicken Joe, who never takes anything seriously and has fun bevause of it. | |
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Central Theme | |
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Central Theme: Winning isn't everything. | |
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Heroic Sacrifice | |
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Heroic Sacrifice: Cody throws the final match by protecting Chicken Joe from Tank, causing Tank and Cody to wipe out. We then sees he's trapped in the Graveyard, struggling not to drown or get torn apart. Z saves him, comes out of hiding, and everyone praises Cody for risking his life for his best friend. | |
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But for Me, It Was Tuesday | |
| Surf's Up / int_648fe274 | comment |
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: That medallion Big Z gave Maverick? One of a mass-produced thousands he gave to every fan. | |
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Hollywood Natives | |
| Surf's Up / int_6a36abe2 | comment |
Hollywood Natives: The Pen Guans, who try to cook Chicken Joe and occasionally attack the camera crew. | |
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The Reveal | |
| Surf's Up / int_6b2b3b59 | comment |
The Reveal: Geek/Zeke is revealed to be Cody's idol, Big Z, who faked his death many years ago. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: Cody's last name, Maverick, is another term for an outcast. Maverick's is also a major surf spot in Northern California. | |
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Punny Name | |
| Surf's Up / int_6d7026fa | comment |
Punny Name: Cody's hometown of Shiverpool. Spanish and Brazilian-Portuguese dub: Frio de Janeiro (Cold of Janeiro). Buenos Eisig (Buenos Icy) in Germany. The album of Mychael Danna's music for the film is billed as the "Original Ocean Picture Score". | |
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The Stoner | |
| Surf's Up / int_6db06839 | comment |
The Stoner: Chicken Joe. The PG rating means he only acts like one, though. | |
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Aloof Big Brother | |
| Surf's Up / int_707193f6 | comment |
Aloof Big Brother: Glen for Cody. | |
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Repeat Cut | |
| Surf's Up / int_7115b262 | comment |
Repeat Cut: Cody wiping out on his first wave at Pen Gu Island is repeated four times. It is shown after a shot of him talking about how you'll want to see that first ride over and over and over again. | |
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Covers Always Lie | |
| Surf's Up / int_7315fd38 | comment |
Covers Always Lie: A minor example, but Lani never wears a lei or a flower on her head in the movie. | |
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Curse Cut Short | |
| Surf's Up / int_78270847 | comment |
Curse Cut Short: In one scene, Tank takes a bite from a squid on a stick and says "Bleah, tastes like sh—" The DVD Commentary confirms that he did in fact say shellfish. | |
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Real Men Wear Pink | |
| Surf's Up / int_7a3dd888 | comment |
Real Men Wear Pink: You have to be very manly to hatch an egg to term. | |
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Stumbling Upon the Lost Wizard | |
| Surf's Up / int_7b077e8c | comment |
Stumbling Upon the Lost Wizard: After Cody gets hurt surfing, lifeguard Nani takes her to her uncle Zeke, a reclusive hermit living in the jungle, to recuperate. Eventually, Cody recognizes Zeke for who he really is—his childhood surfing idol Big Z, who faked his own death to get away from the limelight. | |
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Cannibal Tribe | |
| Surf's Up / int_7b096be7 | comment |
Cannibal Tribe: The Pen Guans. Thankfully, anything that Tastes Like Chicken is a good replacement. | |
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Distinction Without a Difference | |
| Surf's Up / int_7b50237d | comment |
Distinction Without a Difference: Tank doesn't consider himself a role model, but he does consider himself someone who people should look up to and try to emulate. | |
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Armor-Piercing Question | |
| Surf's Up / int_7b6e47a5 | comment |
Armor-Piercing Question: Angry that Zeke refuses to watch him compete, Cody demands to know why Zeke disappeared after he wiped out of the contest. | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
| Surf's Up / int_7d89315b | comment |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: | |
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Almost Kiss | |
| Surf's Up / int_7eb49b31 | comment |
Almost Kiss: In the last two minutes, Cody and Lani were about to kiss when Arnold (who has a Precocious Crush on Lani) interrupts them. | |
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Hated Hometown | |
| Surf's Up / int_7f67b0c6 | comment |
Hated Hometown: Cody. "Good-old Shiverpool. *razz* This place sucks, bro!" | |
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Dark Horse Victory | |
| Surf's Up / int_80360df0 | comment |
Dark Horse Victory: Double-subverted; both Cody and Tank lose to Chicken Joe. | |
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Jerk Jock | |
| Surf's Up / int_863fac26 | comment |
Jerk Jock: Tank. Oh so much. He aims to knock kids off their surfboards, for one. | |
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Broken Pedestal | |
| Surf's Up / int_868409c | comment |
Broken Pedestal: Cody is none too pleased when Z admits he's a Broken Ace. Both get over it. | |
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Dodgy Toupee | |
| Surf's Up / int_86c2ee3c | comment |
Dodgy Toupee: Reggie's tall hairdo. Mikey yanks it off his head at the end of the movie. | |
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Parental Favoritism | |
| Surf's Up / int_88933ad4 | comment |
Parental Favoritism: Cody's mom at first favors his older brother, but after the contest seems to favor Cody, much to his brother's displeasure ("I really hope, that some day, you can be more like Cody." "...This interview's over.") | |
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Always a Bigger Fish | |
| Surf's Up / int_88ebc539 | comment |
Always a Bigger Fish: Big Z was so concerned with winning, when he realized he was going to lose, he faked his death. | |
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Cerebus Retcon | |
| Surf's Up / int_8b67aba7 | comment |
Cerebus Retcon: Cody's father being eaten is first Played for Laughs when it is revealed at the beginning of the film, but when Cody is arguing with Big Z, he lets slip that he's actually pretty torn up about it. But said too much already, he immediately drops it. | |
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High Hopes, Zero Talent | |
| Surf's Up / int_8c1ac7c4 | comment |
High Hopes, Zero Talent: Downplayed. Cody is by no means a "bad" surfer. However, he is lacking in both patience, discipline and understanding of what surfing means to some people. Once he finally understands that, his surfing skills improve ten-fold. | |
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Fast-Forward Gag | |
| Surf's Up / int_9305e069 | comment |
Fast-Forward Gag: A time-lapse montage of Mikey setting up the beach for the Big Z Memorial contest is set to increasingly sped-up background music. At the end, Mikey says "I feel light-headed" to the camera in a high-pitched voice. | |
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Evil Counterpart | |
| Surf's Up / int_9b54d536 | comment |
Evil Counterpart: Tank lives with his mom like Cody. He and Big Z also looked similar in Z's prime years. | |
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Camera Abuse | |
| Surf's Up / int_9dd2329c | comment |
Camera Abuse: The camera was busted by Pen Guans when the crew followed Chicken Joe in the forest. Not to mention numerous interferences between the characters and the cameraman. | |
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False Camera Effects | |
| Surf's Up / int_9dffb45f | comment |
False Camera Effects: To give it a documentary feel, shots are made to look like they were made on handheld cameras, and during various points, the camera goes through some Camera Abuse. | |
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Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas | |
| Surf's Up / int_9fe35833 | comment |
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Tank. He's a jerk to everyone but his mother. | |
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As Himself | |
| Surf's Up / int_a5e0c01 | comment |
As Himself: Real life surfers Kelly Slater and Rob Machado appear as penguin versions of themselves. | |
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Totally Radical | |
| Surf's Up / int_aa42306e | comment |
Totally Radical: Chicken Joe says "dude" every other sentence, and Cody to some extent uses a 00's appropriation of the dialect with use of "bro" in place of "dude". | |
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Underdogs Never Lose | |
| Surf's Up / int_ab031997 | comment |
Underdogs Never Lose: Averted. Tank loses, but Cody doesn't win, either, having forfeited first place to save Joe. | |
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Mirror Character | |
| Surf's Up / int_ba5bbda5 | comment |
Mirror Character: Big Z cared more about winning, as a result of the contests taking the fun out of surfing. Lani pointed out to Cody that he cared more about winning than her or Zeke. | |
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So Proud of You | |
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So Proud of You: Geek gestures this to Cody after the comptition. | |
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Afraid of Blood | |
| Surf's Up / int_bca8786f | comment |
Afraid of Blood: Chicken Joe. Even stating the fact makes him feel faint. | |
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Musical Slapstick Montage | |
| Surf's Up / int_bed22c5a | comment |
Musical Slapstick Montage: To Mikey setting up the judges' cabin and bringing Reggie coconut drinks. | |
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Tribal Carry | |
| Surf's Up / int_c0c460b4 | comment |
Tribal Carry: Chicken Joe is tied to a pole and carried to the village of the savage penguins. He's completely oblivious to the fact they intend to eat him. | |
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Fun with Acronyms | |
| Surf's Up / int_c25c7890 | comment |
Fun with Acronyms: SPEN for the penguin version of ESPN. | |
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Sea Hurtchin | |
| Surf's Up / int_c40fdf43 | comment |
Sea Hurtchin: Cody accidentally steps on a sea urchin at one point, which leads to the "urinate on it" remedy. As a bonus, there is also an interview clip of the sea urchin disputing that he was merely stepped on, showing a broken spine. | |
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Opposing Sports Team | |
| Surf's Up / int_c5d50cb0 | comment |
Opposing Sports Team: Cody's main rival Tank is a egoistical but skilled bully of a surfer. | |
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Shout-Out | |
| Surf's Up / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Cody says he doesn't sing or dance. One of Tank's trophies is named Jeannie. | |
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Cloudcuckoolander | |
| Surf's Up / int_caa28b82 | comment |
Cloudcuckoolander: Chicken Joe, who spends most of the movie in his own world and missing the purposes of things happening around him. | |
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I Just Want to Be Special | |
| Surf's Up / int_cb83d23b | comment |
I Just Want to Be Special: Cody. He desperately wants to win the surfing competition and become a legendary surfer like Big Z. He fails at the competitom but its implied he succeeds in the long run. | |
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Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh... | |
| Surf's Up / int_cd3a1755 | comment |
Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh...: Cody tries to beat up Tank when he hits Chicken Joe, but Cody's punches are so weak that Tank takes it as a massage. | |
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Wax On, Wax Off | |
| Surf's Up / int_ce6a1069 | comment |
Wax On, Wax Off: Parodied and subverted, in which Zeke has Cody doing ridiculous training exercises to help him "learn how to surf". Cody finally figured out that Zeke was playing practical jokes on him, and learned that the real lesson was to relax and just have fun. | |
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Second Place Is for Losers | |
| Surf's Up / int_cef6a167 | comment |
Second Place Is for Losers: Subverted. Big Z humorously calls Cody a "loser" because he didn't come in first, and Chicken Joe is shocked he won — he was just having fun and it isn't clear he even knows he was in a contest. During the entire film, all of the interviewed characters say that loser is as loser does, regardless of whether they come in first or not — save Tank of course. | |
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What the Hell, Hero? | |
| Surf's Up / int_d39e327f | comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: Cody asks Big Z to watch him surf in the contest, but Z refuses and asks if winning is so important to Cody. They argue about it until Cody demands to know why Z's been hiding after his wipeout. After Z tells him the whole story, Cody becomes disheartened that his hero is a quitter, and both part. Later, Lani also berates Cody for caring more about winning than about her or Z. They all make up when Lani fears that Tank killed Cody, and Z risks his life to save Cody from the skeleton zone. | |
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Precocious Crush | |
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Precocious Crush: The young penguin, Arnold, has one on Lani, to the point where he routinely drowns himself, just so she can rescue him. | |
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Tastes Like Friendship | |
| Surf's Up / int_d46f812 | comment |
Tastes Like Friendship: Chicken Joe befriends the the Pen Guans by giving them squids on skewers. They decide it's a passable replacement to chicken. | |
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Keep Away | |
| Surf's Up / int_d83454f8 | comment |
Keep Away: Two groups of penguin chicks throw the Big Z Memorial trophy to each other over Tank's head, until they botch a catch and shatter it. | |
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Prone to Tears | |
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Prone to Tears: Mikey is the only one who was moved to tears by Geek/Big Z's speech. When he's caught on camera, he averts the camera and begs them to please give him a minute. | |
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Cucumber Facial | |
| Surf's Up / int_db392e77 | comment |
Cucumber Facial: Big Z makes Cody meditate with pineapple slices on his eyes as part of his surf training and as a joke to make Cody look ridiculous in front of the camera crew. | |
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Alter Kocker | |
| Surf's Up / int_de0d9b2a | comment |
Alter Kocker: The elderly penguins in Shiverpool speak using Yiddish accents and slang. | |
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The Fool | |
| Surf's Up / int_e3d2f2 | comment |
The Fool: Chicken Joe, full stop. Dude had no clue that the Pen-Guans wanted to eat him, or even that he won the surfing competition. | |
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Stewed Alive | |
| Surf's Up / int_eb45a36 | comment |
Stewed Alive: The oblivious Chicken Joe thinks the native Pen Guans are giving him a hot tub bath. Subverted when he unknowingly escapes. | |
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Jerkass | |
| Surf's Up / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Jerkass: Tank, a mean Jock who cares about no one but himself, Reggie, a terrible cheapskate boss who mistreats his assistant, and Glen, Cody's lazy and dimwitted brother. | |
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Funny Animal | |
| Surf's Up / int_eb99df21 | comment |
Funny Animal: The fun and goofy Chicken Joe. | |
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Crash-Into Hello | |
| Surf's Up / int_ebb3c390 | comment |
Crash-Into Hello: Cody and Lani crash into one another when the first is ranting about Geek and the other is bringing Geek more clams. | |
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Moment Killer | |
| Surf's Up / int_ece6f910 | comment |
Moment Killer: The sad moment when Geek wanders around his old shack from back when he was Big Z is interrupted by an excited Motor Mouth Cody peppering him with questions. | |
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Surfer Dude | |
| Surf's Up / int_f591365a | comment |
Surfer Dude: Everyone on Pen Gu Island, but Chicken Joe is the funny stereotype. | |
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Beleaguered Assistant | |
| Surf's Up / int_f792ffe4 | comment |
Beleaguered Assistant: Bad Boss Reggie's shorebird assistant Mikey, who's at his beck and call. | |
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I Call It "Vera" | |
| Surf's Up / int_faf5732b | comment |
I Call It "Vera": Tank named every single one of his trophies. | |
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The Dog Bites Back | |
| Surf's Up / int_fb3576b2 | comment |
The Dog Bites Back: Mikey pulls off Reggie's wig. Reggie fires Mikey for it - a move that the latter appreciates. | |
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Shown Their Work | |
| Surf's Up / int_ffad4e9f | comment |
Shown Their Work: They consulted several experts (whose names are listed in the credits) to make sure the surfing information was accurate. | |
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