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6	WHOA! This guy is, {{like\|IsLikeAComma}}, TotallyRadical! He's a lot like TheStoner, except [[GRatedStoner mostly without the drugs]]. But, you know, he might smoke some pot once in a while.
7	Most of them don't actually surf, although some may own a surfboard for the sake of validity. But they're still most totally gnarly, bros. And they're most excellent in [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents Surfer Speak]]. They are TheSlacker and work only enough to pay for their cool sunglasses and board shorts.
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9	They all tend to live in UsefulNotes/{{California}}, because they think California is the most excellent and all that. If not California dude, expect to be UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}, UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, or any cool place with a cool beach, with all the sun and the sand, and very surfable waves. Plus, there are way many hot girls there. [[Franchise/BillAndTed Most triumphant]]!
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11	Compare ValleyGirl, LikeIsLikeAComma, and FratBro.
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19	* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STHpMUYeznQ this]] Australian PublicServiceAnnouncement, the four kids cut class to go surfing. The surfer dudes and dudettes think that they've chosen a good spot and [[TooDumbToLive miss the sign that reads "EXPLOSIVE TESTING"]] and [[LandMineGoesClick are blown to bits when they step on land mines]].
20	%%* Everyone in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDfxBs-QRrE this]] Coca-Cola commercial.
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23	%%[[folder:Abridged Series]]
24	%%* Itsuki in ''WebVideo/TheAbridgingOfHaruhiSuzumiya''
25	%%* The AlternativeCharacterInterpretation of Kiba and ''[[TheStoic Neji]]'' in ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries''.
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28	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
29	* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'': Captain Bravo has this kind of voice in the dub, and during the BeachEpisode, shows himself to be a competent surfer.
30	* ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'': Despite being a [[AxCrazy vicious murderer]], [[DepravedHomosexual Genkaku]] talks like this.
31	* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'': Kouji Fujiyoshi has a surfer accent in the English dub.
32	%%* Broski from ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}''.
33	* ''[[Anime/HareGuu Haré+Guu]]'': Gupta has a surfer accent in the dub.
34	* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': [[MoeAnthropomorphism Poland]] speaks like this in the English dub to mark him as, like, a bit of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, dude.
35	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire'': Brawly, the Dewford Gym Leader, has this personality in the English dub. He also uses surfing to help teach his Hariyama balance, which helps in battles.
36	* ''Anime/YoKaiWatch'': In the English dub, Walkappa and Faux Kappa both talk like this. Apparently it's a shared trait among all kappas.
37	* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': The Singaporean dub gave this type of personality to Yami Yugi. [[https://youtu.be/J-qylk_uscg Listen here.]]
38	** [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=fVuG0Jxc79Q Duke Devlin, too.]]
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41	[[folder:Comic Books]]
42	* Surfing culture is an important part of the [[OELManga American manga]] ''ComicBook/GoofyfootGurl.''
43	* One of the villains in ''ComicBook/MadameMirage'' is the aptly-named Dude, a airheaded surfer and bodybuilder from Malibu
44	* Impact of ''ComicBook/{{Cyberforce}}'' was a carefree surfer until the accident that killed his father horribly maimed him. He still has long, unruly hair, though.
45	%%* One Marvel What If? Comic parodied the Silver Surfer by giving him this kind of characterization.
46	* ComicBook/{{Superboy\|1994}} learns to surf while living in Hawaii and incorporates some surfer lingo and local pidgin into his already odd vocabulary.
47	* ''ComicBook/DiabloHouse'' featured Riley, a more macabre variant on the stereotypical Californian surfer, as the comic's HorrorHost.
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50	[[folder:Fanfiction]]
51	* In the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HeroesForEarth'', Gi's personality is that of a genius who is all about surfing and enjoying the life of a beach bum after her finishing college, until she gets a magic ring from the spirit of the Earth that allows her to control water and changes her life forever.
52	* The White Foam Pirates from ''FanFic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'' are a whole pirate crew of them whom Ranma and company encounter shortly after arriving in the Grand Line. Save for sleezy fishman the Reefster they are laid back and friendly (a marked difference from many of the other pirates the heroes have encountered during their trip), happily competing against the Kamikazes whenever they cross paths and sharing in their mutual distaste for the World Government and the Marines.
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55	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
56	* Downplayed example, but Jaller from ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}: Mask of Light'' has been mocked by fans as sounding like a young and "overly American" surfer (despite being voiced by the Canadian Creator/AndrewFrancis). In stark contrast to his voice, Jaller is a no-nonsense guardsman who values work over fun. Though he doesn't speak like a surfer, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn his demeanor and dialogue in the film are not as stern and eloquent as in earlier media]]. Francis was originally cast as Jaller's irresponsible, easy-going friend Takua (Jason Michas) until their roles were switched during recording, explaining Jaller's odd voice. While both Jaller and Takua ''are'' lava surfers and Jaller was described as a particularly good surfer in other media, this side of his character doesn't factor into the film's events.
57	%%* Chicken Joe and Geek/[[spoiler:Big Z]] from ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp''.
58	* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' had that awesome elder statesman of surfing, Crush the Turtle. For a totally bogus time, he was going to be more of a gnarly [[MadArtist balls-out insane]] hippie dude. Then director Andrew Stanton kicked it with some aging surfers, realized how totally righteous they were, and a [[EnsembleDarkhorse scene-stealer]] was ''born'', dude!
59	%%* Daphne Blake in ''[[WesternAnimation/AlohaScoobyDoo Aloha Scooby Doo]]''.
60	* Mr. Conductor Jr in ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad'', even though he doesn't talk like a surfer nor isn't protrayed stereotypically.
61	* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'': One of the grasshoppers (the one that finds Dot's bandanna) speaks with this kind of voice.
62	* ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'': Polish dub changes Marty into one, replacing his JiveTurkey jargon by making him speak in a TotallyRadical manner.
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66	* ''Franchise/BillAndTed'': Bill S. Preston and Ted "Theodore" Logan speak with quite a lot of surfer slang, despite being metalheads instead of surfers. They're from San Dimas, which is in Southern California, but far from the ocean.
67	%%* Spicoli, from ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh''.
68	%%* Pauly Shore's righteous characters in ''Film/EncinoMan'', ''Film/SonInLaw'', and ''Film/BioDome'' were basically a cross between this and TheStoner, bud-dy.
69	* The eponymous ''Brice de Nice'' (Creator/JeanDujardin), a French {{parody}} of ''Point Break'', which started off as TV {{sketch comedy}}.
70	%%* ''Brink''
71	* ''Film/PointBreak1991'' features surfer dudes [[BankRobbery who stick up banks]].
72	* The titular ''Film/SurfNinjas'' weren't really ninjas at all, but at least surfed.
73	%%* While on the subject of {{McNinja}}s, [[HarmlessVillain Fester and his gang]] in ''Film/ThreeNinjas''.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4rDflJd1NA&feature=related See them in action!]]
74	* ''Film/BriceDeNice''.! "Hey, how's waxin'?", "Hey, just relaxin'", "Je t'ai cassé"/Burned !' Subverted, as he doesn't even know how to swim ([[LogicalFallacies he knows how to swim, but not in water]]) and tries to surf in the Mediterranean Sea ([[FailureIsTheOnlyOption where there are no waves]]).
75	%%* Woody from ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy''.
76	* Being that the whole thing is set in the beaches of California, ''Film/SurfNazisMustDie'' has a gang of your typical surfer dudes called Designer Waves.
77	* in ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', [[ColonelKilgore Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore]] is a rarified creature; a BloodKnight Surfer Dude. Lance is a much more straightforward example.
78	* Averted in ''Film/SoulSurfer''. All the "surfer dudes" and "surfer chicks" talk and behave like normal and reasonably well brought up people. There are even adult surfers who act like, well, adults.
79	%%* Documentary ''Film/TheEndlessSummer'' is the UrExample for film, showing all the RealLife surfer dudes in early 1960s Malibu.
80	* In the gay romance ''Film/Shelter2007'', Zach, Shaun and Gabe all qualify. Though there is more focus on the artistic and diligent sides of Zach and Shaun, as well as their romance with each other. Gabe is a [[{{Pun}} straight]] example, though, as he provides the image for this very page.
81	* Mitchel in ''Film/{{Airborne}}'', to the point that he starts cracking while away from the ocean. He even tries to cope with it by putting his surfboard on his bed and pretending he's surfing.
82	%%* In ''Film/SuburbanCommando'' there's a BurgerFool place called "Surfin' Burger", and the drive-thru guy clearly is a totally rad dude.
83	* All the main characters in ''Film/LordsOfDogtown'' are surfers, and while the slang usage isn't quite as extreme as some examples, they have the long hair and chill attitude.
84	%%* ''Film/OrangeCounty'': Shaun Brumder and his friends Lonny, Arlo and Chad are all this. After Lonny dies in a surfing accident Shaun starts to focus more on his developing passion for writing. He eventually realises that he can't entirely turn his back on his loved ones, and the last scene shows him joining Arlo and Chad at the beach and using Lonny's surfboard to honor their departed friend.
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87	[[folder:Literature]]
88	* If memory serves, what appears to be a SurfRock band shows up in Creator/ThomasPynchon's ''Literature/TheCryingOfLot49''.
89	* Ozzie Isaac in Creator/PeterFHamilton's ''Literature/CommonwealthSaga'' is pretty much a surfer dude, despite being a scientific genius responsible for the wormhole network that binds the human Commonwealth together, and owning [[spoiler: slightly less than]] half the company that keeps the wormholes up and running.
90	* [[ChildProdigy Seth]] [[TheSmartGuy Walker]] in Creator/TedDekker's ''Blink'' subverts this to some degree in that Dekker explicitly calls him a "surfer dude." [[PsychicPowers Further still,]] Seth has an [[ImprobablyHighIQ IQ of]] [[BrainCriticalMass 193]], is [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]] only briefly if at all, and [[DeadpanSnarker never uses the surfer dialect]].
91	%%* Dick M is a Victorian one of these in H.D. Stacpoole's ''The Garden of God'', sequel to ''Literature/TheBlueLagoon''.
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94	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
95	%%* ''Series/TheAmandaShow'': Totally Kyle, dudes!
96	%%* Colorful character [[MeaningfulName Roy G. Biv]] in ''Series/BeakmansWorld''.
97	%%* Lucky London from ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad''. His [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull transformation phrase]] was even "Surf's up!"
98	* ''Series/BurnNotice'': Michael Westen pretends to be one of these for a bit in an episode in season one. He notably rolls his eyes when he stops with the "Duuuuuuuude!"
99	%%* Dick Casablancas from ''Series/VeronicaMars''. And what a name for a Surfer Dude, dude.
100	* ''Series/CharliesAngels'': Kris is a skilled surfer.
101	* ''Series/GeneralHospital'': Spinelli starts off as this. His surfer slang turns to SesquipedalianLoquaciousness over the course of the few years he's been on through transformation into TheWoobie.
102	* ''Series/KnightRider 2008'': Zoe, while being a CunningLinguist and AsianAndNerdy, speaks like a surfer (awesome ''is'' her favorite word) so it is no surprise when she turns out to be an actual surfer chick, which allows her to get some field experience in 'Knight of the Iguana'.
103	* ''Series/TheLatestBuzz'': Wilder is more of a skateboarder, but his speech is, like, totally Surfer Dude.
104	* ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub'': ''Emerald Cove'', the teen soap that was a ShowWithinAShow on the 1990s revival, featured a character nicknamed "Wipeout", who was an avid surfer and is actually SmarterThanYouLook, but didn't like people to know that side of him.
105	%%* Deconstructed in ''Series/AngryBoys''. The Mucca Mad Boys are a violent gang and the entire town hates them.
106	%%* Bucket and Skinner of ''Series/BucketAndSkinnersEpicAdventures''
107	%%* A young Creator/JamesCaan played one in the ''Series/KraftSuspenseTheatre'' episode "The Hunt".
108	* ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'': Marty Deeks is a downplayed version. A born-and-raised Angeleno, he has the looks and the passion for surfing, but rarely slips into the stereotypical lingo (as a full-time law enforcement officer he can't exactly do so in a professional setting).
109	* ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'': Scott Robinson, as he loves swimming, going to the beach, and surfing, [[Music/JasonDonovan just like his actor]]. Although, like Junior from the "Thomas" movie, he (nor his actor) doesn't talk like a surfer nor was protrayed stereotypically.
110	* ''Series/TheNightlyShow'': Parodied whenever Larry interviews a "Radical Muslim"... invariably on the beach or the slopes. He's a ''totally'' radical Muslim who thinks it's like, totally ''bogus'' the way his religion is being misused and mischaracterized.
111	* ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'': Oddly flipped around - while Tori was the pro surfer of the team, it was motorbike fanatic Dustin who most resembled this stereotype.
112	%%* [[http://www.nitrovideo.com/video/cheryl-ladd-charlies-angels-angels-in-paradise-video-02-74507.html Kris]][[http://www.ancensored.com/clip/Charlie-s-Angels/Cheryl-Ladd/28067 Munroe]] on ''Series/CharliesAngels''.
113	* ''Series/{{Physical}}'': Tyler, a laid-back San Diego beach bro who can barely string two sentences together, loves weed, and can't resist the call of the waves, even with a diagnosis of surfer's ear.
114	* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'': Bayside High School seems to be largely populated by surfer dudes and dudettes. The show was set in the Pacific Palisades area of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, so this is probably TruthInTelevision for any high school or college located in that particular area of Los Angeles county in RealLife. Bayside High School and the surrounding areas like the movie theater or the mall are just chock full of this subculture, as Surfer Dudes wander around the halls of Bayside so that they can comment that whatever Zack and his friends are up to is "radical!" and "awwwesome." PlayedForLaughs of course. Naturally, the episodes that take place at the Malibu Sands beach resort have the gang interacting with a veritable ''army'' of surfer dudes and dudettes (much to Stacy Carosi's initial chagrin).
115	* ''Search'': PROBE agent C.R. Grover. His beach lifestyle, coupled with his success with the ladies, is no small source of annoyance to his boss Cameron.
116	* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': One episode has Elaine dating a guy named Tony. He is not a surfer, but he has a surfer-like attitude, and he likes dangerous activities. George [[EvenTheGuysWantHim admires him,]] but Jerry is not impressed.
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120	%%* ''Durnt'', dude, from ''WebAnimation/TheStrangerhood''.
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123	[[folder:Music]]
124	* Music/TheBeachBoys popularized surfing and its style in their early days, and are still commonly associated with the sport. However, Dennis Wilson and Bruce Johnston were the only ones of the band who surfed in real life.
125	* Music/{{Weezer}}, who don't surf either, lightheartedly spoof this trope in "Surf Wax America."
126	* Many songs by Music/TheZiggens either feature surfer lingo or exaggerated fake surfer accents, including "Outside," "Surf's Up," and numerous instrumentals.
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129	%%[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
130	%%* Zonker "Zonk" Harris from ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}''.
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133	[[folder:Pinball]]
134	* [[Creator/MidwayGames Bally]]'s ''Pinball/DrDude'' totally plays this straight, dude!
135	%%* Also done with the announcer for ''Pinball/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesDataEast'' (presumably one of the turtles).
136	%%--> "Wipeout!"
137	* In Pinball/MedievalMadness, the ValleyGirl princess uses a little bit of the lingo.
138	--> "This duh-RAGON is, like, SO gnarly!"
139	--> "Chill OUT, dragon dude!"
140	--> "Save me, hero dude!"
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143	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
144	* "Surfer" Ray Odyssey, whose ring attire looked like a wet suit, minus the mask and flippers. He had stints in the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance, Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation, Wrestling/{{ECW}} and others. He was a jobber in the WWF though he did manage to beat Wrestling/{{Ta\|zz}}smaniac. He was part of the Surf & Turf {{tag team}} with Jimmy Deo and the Beach Bullies with Inferno Kid.
145	* Wrestling/{{Sting}} used to have a surfer dude look before settling on a ''Franchise/TheCrow''-inspired PerkyGoth look that he would become best known for.
146	* [[Wrestling/JimFullington The Sandman]], before he became known for drinking beer, originally had that name in reference to the fact he was a surfer dude.
147	* Wrestling/RobVanDam sometimes talked like this in Wrestling/{{WWE}}. In Wrestling/{{TNA}} he began to act much differently, although sometimes he still [[LampshadeHanging acknowledges]] that the Surfer Dude ''is'' part of his personality. He is also TheStoner.
148	* The perpetually depressed Wrestling/{{Raven}} regards his time as surfer dude Scotty Flamingo with shame and will degenerate into madness if the {{crowd chant}}s Scotty, Flamingo or anything surfer related at him.
149	%%* Chuck Palumbo's first gimmick was that of a surfer called "The Dude".
150	* Genki Horiguchi was at first known for having a long haired surfer gimmick, however, fans began chanting [[CrowdChant H-A-G-E]] at him in Toryumon when his hair started receding. So he became the [[BaldOfEvil HAGE of evil]], one of the most popular wrestlers in Wrestling/DragonGate.
151	* Micah Taylor, who was dubbed "Sandy Beach" in Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1 because of this trait and his dirty blond hair. His finishing move is, not surprisingly, Wipe Out.
152	* Tracy Taylor's not so much a surfer dude but a lover of all good things Hawaii, which just happens to include surfing.
153	* From Wrestling/KaijuBigBattel came Tadd Bradley, Hawaiian Paddler who was a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot surfer martial artist chicken]] from Hawaii. [[ImprobableWeaponUser Most of his finishing moves make use of his board too.]]
154	* Puerto Rican Gangster Grizzled Youth by contrast has laughed at his time as a {{jobber}} surfer dude and has poked fun at the "Dreadlocked Demolition Man" Tyler Reks for his own period as a jobber surfer dude in WWECW.
155	%%* In Wrestling/{{Chikara}}, TheStoner tag team Up In Smoke became surfer dudes.
156	* Randy [=McKenzie=] carries a surfboard to the ring and his wrestling gear even resembles swim trunks.
157	* The Magnificent Championship Wrestling Heavyweight title holder Johnny Wave, a ''throwback'' surfer dude. Even his photos [[DeliberatelyMonochrome are washouts.]]
158	* After Wrestling/{{Demolition}} dissolved, Wrestling/BrianAdams entirely changed his ring gear and attitude, entering his face "Kona Crush" era, wherein he emphasized his Hawaiian background and would frequently throw "shaka brah"s.
159	* In Wrestling/{{Progress Wrestling}} there's Chuck Mambo, in and out of the ring. Beach balls are even thrown around the crowd while he makes his entrance.
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162	[[folder:Stand-Up Comedy]]
163	* Whenever Creator/ChristopherTitus relates a story of his teenage years in southern California he assumes this persona, though he was more of a skater than a surfer.
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166	[[folder:Video Games]]
167	%%* Funky Kong from the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' games, especially in the cartoon, where they gave him a Rasta voice that was somehow even sillier.
168	* Ivan Rodriguez in ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' was an air surfer, dude. Subverted when it turned out he actually ''did'' have the drugs, also, dude.
169	%%* Kook and all the Green Hoodoos from ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters''
170	%%* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'': Prinnies, [[VerbalTic dood]]!
171	* ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'' has Jeff Woodie, one of protagonist Dave's friends who has thick blond hair, beach-going clothes, and in the PC versions, he's barefoot; on the game's cover art, he's even depicted carrying a surfboard. In the introduction, he says he thought the gang was going to the beach. He [[JokeCharacter doesn't really bring anything useful]] to the quest to save Sandy, though he has [[HiddenDepths an uncanny knack]] for repairing broken telephones.
172	%%* Snap Lockitt from ''VideoGame/LegoIsland''.
173	%%* Bonaire in ''VideoGame/{{Alundra}}'', though that was probably an [[{{Woolseyism}} invention by Working Designs]].
174	%%* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''
175	%%** Ling Tong, in ''Dynasty Warriors 6''. Especially hilarious because this game is set in ancient China.
176	%%** Sun Ce was this in ''Dynasty Warriors 4''. He even calls Sun Jian 'pops', not 'father'. By the 5th installment, he drops it.
177	%%** Maeda Keiji has a surfer accent in ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors 2'', though he didn't use the associated slang. In the crossover and future titles, he dropped the accent.
178	%%** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Beecher]] gets a similar treatment in the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'' series.
179	* ''VideoGame/PunchOut'': Super Macho Man has fully transformed into one of these in the Wii edition. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2UCQLAlfFs His new Theme Music positively screams this.]]
180	* The surfer otter from ''VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail'' on Coastal Remains, who gave you the "Fill the Pool" mini quest. He was such an obvious parody that his talk after you beat the quest is nothing but him saying the word [[VerbalTic dude]] a dozen times.
181	%%* ''VideoGame/TotallyRad'', dude!
182	* In the American version of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Xigbar has this accent, though he's not just ANY old dude…
183	%%* Erik Stream from ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Skateboarding]]''.
184	* Matt Engarde from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' totally talks like this, dude. Like, even when he's arrested, y'know? [[spoiler:At least until [[BigBad he]] decides to [[BitchInSheepsClothing drop the charade...]]]]
185	%%* Ximon in ''VideoGame/{{Daxter}}''
186	* Inverted in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. Morty, a ''Ghost'' Gym Leader, has a look very similar to a stereotypical surfer dude in GSC. His design was changed to fit his type in HGSS, though.
187	** And then there's [[http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/comparisons/houen/ep020.html Brawly]].
188	** With ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' comes a new Gym Leader, Marlon.
189	** Joining them in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' is Raichu's Alolan form, not to mention the Male Swimmer and Hiker Trainer-Classes (the Hiker in particular has always been an [[BigFun overweight]], older-looking man in previous generations).
190	** Gholdengo in ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' takes on the typical personality of a surfer dude, complete with a friendly demeanor, dreadlock hair, and a surfboard that it can create to move around with.
191	* The Gunner in ''VideoGame/MondayNightCombat,'' who is even actually Hawaiian. His taunts include touting Maui as the best and using his dual mini gun as a board! "Become one with Kai, brah."
192	%%* Deanu, one of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Kid Kings]] from ''VideoGame/MonsterTale''.
193	* Moose in ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland Chapter 3: Lair of the Leviathan''. And this dude talks in Surfer Slang, bro.
194	* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' has an Okinawan student Tsunami Jousuke, introduced as a regular Surfer Dude who also happens to be in a football club. His initial special ability in a football match is to create a huge wave out of nowhere and surf along it ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqt00O3NtJk as seen here]]). In the English dub, he speaks with a surfer dude accent.
195	* Yun-seong dresses like one in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur III]]''.
196	* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'' runs on nostalgic {{Camp}} and applies "bro" anywhere it possibly can (Bro-op, Bro-dozer, Ro-Bro) along with Billy and Jimmy using words like "tubular" or "un-gnarly".
197	* ''VideoGame/RealityOnTheNorm'' has the character Josh Beachcomber, who is the protagonist of the game ''Purity of the Surf''.
198	%%* Wonder Blue from ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101''.
199	* The North American version of VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld uses some of the lingo for the names of the Special World stages.
200	%%* Doc from ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''.
201	* Artie from ''VideoGame/LabyrinthineDreams'' has some of these traits, including referring to everyone as "man" or "dude" regardless of gender.
202	* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'':
203	** Surfer Zombie took up surfing because he thought it would make him look cool. But then he was a natural, and he ''did'' become cool.
204	** The entire Big Wave Beach world is built around this theme. Dr. Zomboss [[TotallyRadical even writes in surfer speech]].
205	* Ponder Stibbons speaks that way in ''VideoGame/DiscworldII''. Possibly because he's made to resemble a computer scientist from California.
206	* ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' has Ken Suther, owner of the [[FightLikeACardPlayer Battle Card]] shop "Big Wave". In the third game he gets a Wizard named Hang Ten who matches the motif.
207	%%* The pastor in ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective''.
208	* ''VideoGame/Slipstream5000'' has Ted "Malibu" Beech, one of the drivers. He comes from California, talks TotallyRadical, dresses like he's on a beach (rather than a racetrack), and calls his vehicle the Wave Rider.
209	* ''VideoGame/TheTouryst'' features a few surfers attending a competition on Hawayy Island. You, too, can join them by buying some shorts from a vendor in the same area.
210	* ''VideoGame/GreendogTheBeachedSurferDude'' has the title character going around and collecting things for a pendant to lift a curse that would keep him from ever being able to surf again. Bonus points for being a video game based off of a tabletop game created by a real life surfer.
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213	[[folder:Web Animation]]
214	* ''WebAnimation/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory'': The Epic Skatepark Owner speaks like this, adding in "duuuuude" and "broooooo" whenever he can.
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217	[[folder:Webcomics]]
218	%%* The Hacker from ''Webcomic/StarshipDestiny''.
219	%%* [[http://dementiaofmagic.net/d/20090213.html These two]] [[strike:dark]] [[http://dementiaofmagic.net/d/20090220.html beach elves]]. Note that ''Webcomic/TheDementiaOfMagic'' is supposed to be MedievalEuropeanFantasy.
220	%%* ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' has Costora, [[PhysicalGod God of the Beach]].
221	%%* Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff act like this, although they spend more time playing video games, facing AmusingInjuries, getting stoned, or any combination of the above than surfing. Their creator [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Dave Strider]] and his Bro only act like this ironically.
222	* ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'' is a CampaignComic covering ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', and Weselton's voiceless guards are portrayed as this in the comic. They wouldn't even mind the EndlessWinter if they had brought their snowboards.
223	* ''Webcomic/LsEmpire'' has [[SiblingTeam Shortstop and Fastball]], who both talk this way despite having absolutely nothing to do with surfing or the beach.
224	* ''Webcomic/TheSuburbanJungle: Rough Housing'' has a surfer fox girl, Roxie, who otherwise ticks all the boxes.
225	* Webcomic/{{Realmwalker}} Frey looks and talks just like a surfer dude.
226	* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Tedd [[https://egscomics.com/egsnp/assorted-18a-011 drinks]] some magical tea that turns him into this complete with [[ButNotTooWhite a tan]].
227	* {{Subverted\|Trope}} by Moonlight Spritzer's boyfriend Hisato of ''Webcomic/ApricotCookies''. He looks and talks just like a Surfer Dude, but is actually a computer geek who needed significant pressure to go to the beach.
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231	* Inverted in a way with Joseph Trundle, a basketball player in the ''Website/FurryBasketballAssociation''. He is an English nobleman--[[ImpoverishedPatrician 12th Baron Overstone]], to be exact. (Yes, he is often called Lord Trundle, a ShoutOut to the FernHollow series). He has the appropriate mannerisms and accent of the peerage--but is an avid surfer, and plans to use a ocean-side manor in [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} northern Scotland]] as a surfing resort when he retires from sports, advertising the waves as some of the most dangerous in the world.
232	** The one who taught him to surf, Desmond Macon, fits this trope to a T.
233	* From ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars'', there's William Palakiko. He is also Broseidon, God of the Brocean. This fits him because surfers would love to manipulate the ocean tides to get few "gnarly" waves.
234	%%* Positivo from Lazyworkcreations is a surfer dude character who as his name implies is positive.
235	%%* Gareth from ''WebAnimation/BrawlOfTheObjects''.
236	%%--> '''Gareth:''' Whoa! Babe, look at this guy! He looks [[LikeIsLikeAComma like]], just like you, except, like, green!
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239	[[folder:Western Animation]]
240	%%* Gordo Leiter from the ''WesternAnimation/JamesBondJr'' cartoon.
241	%%* Beachcomber from ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers''.
242	* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'', particularly Michaelangelo. Cowabunga!
243	** WordOfGod from David Wise is that he originally wanted the turtles to speak in inner city slang, but it was the pre-hip hop era and so it all sailed over the heads of the studio execs. So he ended up using surfer speak instead. Still, he likes to note that the first line of dialogue from any of the turtles in the original animated series is to call a random {{mook\|s}} "home boy."
244	** Unlike a lot of the examples on this page, Michelangelo would occasionally be seen surfing, sometimes in the sewers and sometimes being lucky enough to catch some actual waves in an actual ocean. (And if surfing wasn't an option, skateboarding would do in a pinch.)
245	*** In the movies they alternate between this and BrooklynRage in a weird attempt to appeal to both the comic-reading adult and cartoon-watching kid audiences. More specifically, Raphael stood for the BrooklynRage and Michelangelo for the majority of the surfer lingo.
246	%%* Scooter from ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''. Larry the Lobster as well.
247	%%** Also, in the "Bubble Buddy" episode, Pearl and her friends get to meet a world-famous surfer named "Grubby Grouper." He really ''is'' [[ThePigpen grubby]], and shakes Pearl's flipper, which gets CoveredInGunge. She promises herself that she'll never wash that flipper again. Spongebob then makes her shake hands with Bubble Buddy, which cleans her flipper and makes her cry.
248	* This was one of the tropes parodied by Poochie on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. While he was depicted as more of a skateboarder than a surfer, his TotallyRadical presentation screams Surfer Dude.
249	** Played straight with the recurrent petty criminal Snake Jailbird, who for some unexplained reason, talks like a Surfer Dude despite never being shown to surf or ever indicated to be from California.
250	** Bart Simpson is famous for using a little surfer slang, like "Cowabunga, Man!", befitting of his devil-may-care attitude, love of skateboarding, and the culture of the early 90s his character was originally conceived in.
251	* Naturally, Silver Surfer is depicted as one in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow''.
252	%%* Radley on ''WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens''.
253	%%* Manic from ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''.
254	%%* Franklin Fizzlybear from the ''VideoGame/VivaPinata'' cartoon.
255	%%* Motor Ed from ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. Seriously!
256	%%* Peyton from ''WesternAnimation/{{Chaotic}}''.
257	%%* Shaka Baka from the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' episode "Gadget Goes Hawaiian".
258	%%* Mark Chang on ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents''.
259	* Creator/FreshTV seems to like this character type, because it shows up prominently on nearly all of their animated series.
260	** Jude Lizowski from ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}''. Although he's a skateboarder rather than a surfer, his TotallyRadical speech patterns, slacking mannerisms, and ''extremely'' laidback NiceGuy personality are a dead ringer many traits associated with the classic surfer dude.
261	** Geoff from the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' series. Being a surfer isn't as much of a defining trait for him compared to his girlfriend Bridgette (whose attitude is more like a GranolaGirl than a typical surfer), but he still loves it as much as she does and also talks, acts, and dresses like a classic surfer dude, with TotallyRadical speech patterns, a laidback approach to life, and [[WalkingShirtlessScene a shirt he never buttons up]] as if he's always at the beach.
262	*** In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'', Geoff teams up with his best friend from home and fellow surfer dude Brody, with their team name being "The Surfers". We also finally see Geoff surfing for the first time in the franchise in the episode "Last Tango in Buenos Aires".
263	*** Chris [=McLean=], the host of the ''Total Drama'' series, has a distinctive [[TotallyRadical surfer dude-like manner of speech]] and shares the chill attitude (although in his case, it's more due to being FauxAffablyEvil). Perhaps not coincidentally, he and the aforementioned Jude Lizowski are both voiced by Creator/ChristianPotenza.
264	*** In the 2023 reboot, we are introduced to Zee. While he's never seen surfing, he carries many of the traits associated with surfer dudes, including an extremely mellow personality and a similar manner of speaking. He's also to shown to own a surfboard in his audition tape.
265	** Most of the cast of ''WesternAnimation/{{Stoked}}'' are avid surfers, due to the fact that the show is set at a surfing resort. However, most of them don't conform to the stereotype, with the notable exceptions of Broseph (who shares many of the abovementioned Jude and Geoff's traits, most prominently being chill and laidback to a fault) and hotel bus driver The Big Kahuna (whose hippie-like "old retired surfer" character often borders on being a CloudCuckoolander).
266	%%* Many teens from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', especially the Teen Ninjas. Also The Little Traitor Dudes For Children's Defense.
267	%%* ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' featured the Headless Skateboarder. And yes, he took drugs.
268	%%** The same episode features an actual surfer [[spoiler:who turns out to be an undercover FBI agent]]
269	%%* Dean Wilson, the [[PlayfulOtter otter]] character in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animalympics}}'', although his main focus within the film is swimming.
270	* In the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' two-part episode "Scotsman Saves Jack", Jack loses his memory and starts talking like a Surfer Dude.
271	* Harold the helicopter gained a surfer accent in the more recent episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.
272	* ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'':
273	** Overlapping with GRatedStoner, Morris ''Stegosaurus'' is easy-going, has a strong surfer accent, and uses the words "dude" and "awesome" a lot.
274	** Jess ''Hesperornis'' talks in a TotallyRadical manner and is associated with water, being a diving bird.
275	** Cornelius has a slow voice and is very laid-back; being a crab, he's associated with water, and says he likes to float in the pond.
276	* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' examples:
277	** Sunny Daze is presented like this in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3''.
278	** Shining Armor from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has the accent, but not the dialect.
279	** Same with Soarin from the Wonderbolts. He has a surfer-like voice but doesn't use the lingo.
280	** Sandbar has a surfer-like voice and uses a bit of lingo.
281	%%* Toast from ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}''
282	* All five Skysurfers in ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce'' do surf (even if it's SkySurfing). Crazy Stunts sky surfs, ocean surfs, and speaks the surfer lingo, so he exemplifies this trope the best.
283	%%* Harry the dog, from ''WesternAnimation/{{Stanley}}''.
284	* Gill Waterman, the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon expy in ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'', together with his Surfer Speak.
285	* Fender, half of the two-headed hero Headbanger from ''WesternAnimation/ToxicCrusaders'', is a stereotypical surfer dude, much to the chagrin of Headbanger's other half [[MadScientist Dr. Bender]].
286	* In ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'', Captain Planet's EvilKnockoff Captain Pollution inexplicably talked like a stereotypical Californian surfer.
287	* The ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' short "The Feelers" featured a spider with a surfer accent named Legs.
288	* One of the characters featured in the ''Slimer!'' segments of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' was a bellhop at the Sedgewick Hotel named Bud, who talked with a surfer accent. He's confirmed to be from California in the series bible.
289	* ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars''
290	** Several episodes of the original 1993 cartoon had the Biker Mice listen to a radio DJ named Sweet Georgie Brown, who talked like a Californian surfer and even used the standard lingo on occasion.
291	** The 2006 series episode "Surfer Cats of Saturn" had the Biker Mice meet a tribe of Catatonian surfers living on Saturn's moon Titan. The tribe's leader Tane and the treacherous member Po'ele both have the typical Californian surfer accent.
292	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wishfart}}'': King Neptune is depicted as one. Due to being voiced by Creator/ChristianPotenza, he sounds almost exactly like Jude from ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' mentioned above.
293	* An episode ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' had the villain and side characters speak in surf slang. Clover knows how to speak this dialect and acts as a translator for Sam and Alex. Plus, the episode's mission takes place on various beaches around the world, and includes cool surfing tricks.
294	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'' episode "The Season Scepter" featured a quartet of siblings who personified the four seasons, with the one representing Summer being the Sun King, a rotund, yellow-skinned fellow wearing a Hawaiian shirt and swimming trunks who talked with a surfer accent.
295	* The animated adaptation of ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' in ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' [[AdaptationalPersonalityChange changed]] Bo Sheep into one of these. He has the accent and uses some of the slang. Compared to the other characters, Bo is also rather chilled-out and had an entire segment, "Keeping Cool", about his relative inability to anger. Being that the series takes place on an inland farm, Bo isn't depicted surfing, but in the segment "Secrets of the Animated Cartoon" he is shown to own a few surfboards.
296	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'': Surf Wolf, the antagonist of the episode "From Me To You" could be considered this in spite of the fact his dialogue is along the line of a dimbulb teen thug (this was 1965, before the "dude" lingo was in vogue). He challenges George to a surfing duel, so some girls give George a crash course in surfing.
297	* ''WesternAnimation/ZakStorm'': The titular hero Zak Storm is an accomplished surfer, both on the waves and [[SkySurfing in the sky]]. Before ending up in TheBermudaTriangle, he even had a surfing vlog. His surfing experience, specifically his understanding of physical balance as well as his reflexes, helped him quickly become an accomplished sword fighter.
298	* ''WesternAnimation/TheUnstoppableYellowYeti'': Protagonist Osmo is a 12-year-old one. He's very laidback, wears a Hawaiian t-shirt by default, and used to live on a tropical island paradise until he moved to Winterton.
299	* The 2014 MadeForTVMovie ''WesternAnimation/MonsterBeach'' features surfing very prominently, so naturally, this applies to most of the characters, including aspiring child protagonists Jan and Dean. However, among the cast, Uncle Woody and Brainfreeze are the most like a classic Surfer Dude, being extremely laidback beach bum-types who can be surprisingly profound for their spaced-out attitudes.
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302	[[folder:Real Life]]
303	* Mark Twain encountered them on Hawai'i in 1895, then the Sandwich Islands, making this OlderThanRadio. Twain tried it, and promptly wiped out.
304	-->In one place we came upon a large company of naked natives, of both sexes and all ages, amusing themselves with the national pastime of surf-bathing. Each heathen would paddle three or four hundred yards out to sea, (taking a short board with him), then face the shore and wait for a particularly prodigious billow to come along; at the right moment he would fling his board upon its foamy crest and himself upon the board, and here he would come whizzing by like a bombshell! It did not seem that a lightning express train could shoot along at a more hair-lifting speed. I tried surf-bathing once, subsequently, but made a failure of it. I got the board placed right, and at the right moment, too; but missed the connection myself. The board struck the shore in three-quarters of a second, without any cargo, and I struck the bottom about the same time, with a couple of barrels of water in me. None but natives ever master the art of surf-bathing thoroughly.
305	%%* Creator/GregCipes.
306	* Craig Venter, CEO of Celera Gemonics and head of the parallel Human Genome Project. He has now joined together his love of the water and love of biology by running a gene sequencing lab on a yacht.
307	* Kary Mullis, 1993 Nobel laureate in chemistry. He surfs, does LSD, lives in California, and is quite nuts.
308	* Hollister, a sub-brand of Abercrombie and Fitch, cultivates this trope with the use of palm trees, beach sunsets, and a summery, carefree feel in its advertisements. The logo even has a seagull on it.
309	* "Rockin' Fig," a fixture of the Southern California surf scene for decades. He served as the announcer for the US Open of Surfing for years, gave daily surf reports on Los Angeles' KROQ, and runs a surf shop in Huntington Beach.
310	* A good command of English is pretty much the hallmark of a good education/upbringing in UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}, so you can hear more well-to-do people peppering their speech with English loanwords and phrases, and some young Israelis even go as far as communicating very often if not (almost) exclusively in English when chatting online. Among the more common words used, younger people often use the loanword 'dude' (even imitating the long vowel―Hebrew doesn't have those) only when saying, e.g., 'Dude, seriously/wow,' so ironically, saying 'dude' like that in Israel pretty much conveys the message of 'I'm cool and laid back but also smart and kinda rich'.
311	* Creator/ChrisHemsworth is such a [[http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/chris-hemsworth-surfing-morning-of-the-earth/#jZHBs04iI4Piro27.97 passionate surfer]] that he once broke into ManlyTears over his dad meeting and surfing with legendary surfer Kelly Slater.
312	* Throughout TheForties, Creator/MarilynMonroe was a surfer and she enjoyed the surfer lifestyle.
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