History WesternAnimation / SurfsUp

* SmallParentHugeChild: Cody's brother Glen Maverick is larger than both Cody ''and'' their mother Edna.

* BadBoss: Reggie. Mikey is happy to get fired.

* {{Mockumentary}}: Parodies surfing documentary films in plot, character archetypes, and look, except animated penguins are the main characters.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: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.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Cody asks Big Z to watch him surf in the contest, which Z refuses. They argue, and Cody asks [[ArmorPiercingQuestion why Z was 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]].

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Cody asks Big Z to watch him surf in the contest, which Z refuses. They argue, and Cody asks [[ArmorPiercingQuestion why Z was 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.]]

%%* AloofBigBrother: Glen Maverick for Cody.

%%* AscendedFanboy: Cody.

%%* BigGame: The Big Z Surf Open.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Cody, Joe and Lani bond because they are all orphaned.
%%* BrokenAce: [[spoiler: Big Z / Big Geek]]

%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Chicken Joe.

%%* DavidVersusGoliath

* DisqualificationInducedVictory: [[spoiler:Joe, Cody, and Tank are finalists in the surfing contest, 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.]]

* TheDogBitesBack: Mikey pulls off Reggie's wig. Reggie fires Mikey for it.

%%* EruditeStoner: Chicken Joe.

* EvilCounterpart: Tank lives with his mom like Cody. He and Big Z also look alike [[spoiler:when Geek was younger]].

%%* FunnyAnimal

* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Cody. He desperately wants to win the surfing competition and become a legendary surfer like Big Z.

%%* {{Jerkass}}: Tank Evans, Reggie Belafonte, Glen Maverick.

** 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 guy.

%%* MusicalSlapstickMontage

--->[[spoiler:'''Cody:''' It's bad enough to lose one dad...\\

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Geek/Zeke is revealed to be Cody's idol, Big Z, who was lost many years ago!]]
* RealMenWearPink: You have to very manly to hatch an egg to term.
* RepeatCut: Cody wiping out on his first wave at Pengu Island is repeated four times. It is shown after a shot of him talking about how [[TemptingFate you'll want to see that first ride over and over and over again]].
* RuleOfCool: Just about every unrealistic animal behavior. Or how dangerous the stunts are!

--->'''Tank:''' [[Series/IDreamOfJeannie I dream of her.]]

%%* SoProudOfYou: Geek does this a few times to Cody.
* StewedAlive: The oblivious Chicken Joe thinks the native Pen Guans are giving him a hot tub bath.

%%* TheStoner: Chicken Joe.

A 2007 [[ComputerGeneratedImages CGI]] animated film, and the second one from Sony's animation division. It earned a surprising UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination, and was the only Sony Picture Animation film to do so until ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderverse''.

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* BrutallyHonest: After Cody made a disastrous wipeout on his first try, Reggie's sandpiper assistant Mikey whispers to him "You should've stayed in Antarctica, kid". And he's the only one who feels Cody is out of his league from the start, and spends most of the contest worried about his safety.

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* DisqualificationInducedVictory: [[spoiler:Joe, Cody, and Tank are finalists in the surfing contest, 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.

* DarkHorseVictory: [[spoiler:Double-subverted; both Cody and Tank lose to Chicken Joe.]].

* AffectionateParody: Of surfing documentaries.
* AlmostKiss: Cody and Lani
* AloofBigBrother: Glen Maverick for Cody.
* AlterKocker: The elderly penguins in Shiverpool
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: Angry that Zeke refuses to watch him compete, Cody demands to know why Zeke disappeared after he wiped out of the contest.]]

* AscendedFanboy: Cody.

* BadBoss: Reggie.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Reggie's sandpiper assistant.
* BigGame: The Big Z Surf Open.

* BrokenAce: [[spoiler: Big Z / Big Geek]]

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Chicken Joe.

* CompanionCube: Tank to his various surfing trophies. With more than a hint of CargoShip, too.

* CurseCutShort: In one scene, Tank takes a bite from a squid on a stick and says "Bleah, tastes like sh--" The DVDCommentary confirms that yes, he did in fact say sh[[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope ellfish]]]]

* DodgyToupee: Reggie.

* EruditeStoner: Chicken Joe.

* FalseCameraEffects
** CameraAbuse: complete with scratched up housing.
** InUniverseCamera: who gets captured by the Pen-Guans.

* FunnyAnimal
* FurryConfusion: The seagulls act like normal animals, and then there are the piles of fish. Even a SEA URCHIN gets lines.

* InUniverseCamera
* IronicEcho (with a side order of TemptingFate): 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.
* {{Jerkass}}: Tank Evans, Reggie Belafonte, Glen Maverick.
* JerkJock: Tank. Oh so much.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A lot of characters, actually.
** First there's our main character, Cody. He's 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/[[spoiler: Ezekiel ‘Big Z’ Topanga]]. He's lazy and a bit grouchy, [[spoiler: 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.

* TheMentor: Geek.
* {{Mockumentary}}

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Tank.
* MusicalSlapstickMontage

* OfficialCouple: Cody Maverick and Lani Aliikai.

** Cody and Joe's fathers were [[spoiler:eaten by a whale and fried for dinner, respectively,]] and Lani was apparently raised by her uncle, the Geek/[[spoiler:Big Z]]

* SeaHurtchin: 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.

* ShoutOut

* ShownTheirWork: They consulted several experts to make sure the surfing information was accurate.
* SoProudOfYou: Geek does this a few times to Cody.

* TheStoner: Chicken Joe.

* TastesLikeFriendship
* TotallyRadical: Chicken Joe, Cody to some extent uses a 00's appropriation of the dialect with use of "bro" in place of "dude".

* {{Undercrank}}: Parodied in a sped-up montage when the surf contest is being set up. The backing music [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments starts to speed up faster and faster]] along with the camera, and at the end, Mikey says "I feel lightheaded" in a chipmunk voice.
* UnderdogsNeverLose: [[spoiler: Averted. Tank loses, but Cody doesn't win.]]

* WaxOnWaxOff. 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.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Cody asked Big Z to watch him surf in the contest. But Z refused the offer. Both Cody and Z then get into an argument until Cody wants to know [[ArmorPiercingQuestion why he was hiding after his wipeout]]. After Z tells him the whole story, Cody becomes disheartened that his hero quits. Z admits it and walks off in anger. Lani follows him and gives Cody a "what the hell" look. Later, she berates Cody for caring more about winning, which almost made him feel guilty until Reggie's praising distracted him.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Cody says "Bring it on, pecker face!" to Tank. We're pretty sure they meant his beak, right?
** While showering under a waterfall:
--->'''Lani:''' Can I tell you something personal?\\
'''Cody:''' (''flirty tone'') Lani, we're in the shower together, y'can say whatever you want...
** Also, Chicken Joe, who's clearly a stoner.
** Tank sure loooves polishing his trophies. He then [[HoYay invites Cody to come see his trophies]], and ''winks'' at the camera. [[invoked]]
** When the kids bury Chicken Joe in the sand, they put one of the sand castle towers ''on his crotch''.
** Chicken Joe also refers to his "nuggets".
** Tank's admiration of his trophies (especially named after women) and his mother arguing with him about it sounds rather suggestive once you think about it.
--->'''Tank's mom:''' Tank! [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Are you polishing your trophies again]]!?\\
'''Tank:''' Mom! I wasn't polishing, I was talking to my friends. (looks back at the camera; whispers) [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything I'm gonna be polishing later]]...

* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Subverted. [[spoiler: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 know 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.