Trivia / Teen Beach Movie

• California Doubling: Inverted. Both movies are set on the American West Coast but were shot in Puerto Rico.
• Dawson Casting: Many of the extras at the high school in the second movie obviously are at least in their mid-20s. Many of the bikers and surfers as well.
• Fake American: Maia Mitchell is Aussie.
• In Memoriam: The film is dedicated to former Mouseketeer and Disney Legend Annette Funicello, who starred in many teen beach films during and after her time with Disney.
• Non-Singing Voice: In the first movie, John De Luca was dubbed over by Jason Evigan, as they originally wanted him to have a more Elvis-esque voice when he sang, as you can hear. Like Zac Efron before him, though, they let him sing his parts in the sequel. Ditto for Garrett Clayton, whose singing was dubbed by country singer Spencer Lee in most of the first movie's songs the character sings in.
• The Other Marty: For the soundtrack to the second movie, the last song, 'That's How We Do,' a male actor/singer says, "And the Wiggle Worm," whereas a female actor/singer does for the movie for some reason.
• Recycled Script: Watch the second film, then watch the live action Fat Albert movie. They share almost identical plot layouts and beats.
• Star-Making Role: The character of Seacat was Jordan Fisher's first (somewhat) major role, which would lead to him gradually getting the attention of the main public in Grease Live, Hamilton, and eventually landing his dream role of Mark in RENT Live, as well as winning Dancing with the Stars.
  • Maia Mitchell has also done reasonably well for herself following her appearance in these films, though she was cast in The Fosters around the same time.
• The Show Must Go On: According to Ross Lynch Reads Thirst Tweets, after stepping on a pool filter the night before while with some friends, Ross lost several toenails but still did the dance of Cruisin' For A Bruisin, despite being in pain.
• Throw It In!: In the first movie, Brady wasn't supposed to be part of 'Cruisin' For A Bruisin'' at all, but after the director saw Ross Lynch's dancing last-minute, they decided to rewrite the scene to have Brady in it. If you pay attention, you can hear Ross' voice during the first chorus before his first verse starts, signifying that this was a last-minute change, as if it were something in there from the start, they probably would've edited Ross' voice out of the mix for that one. It fits so well in-universe, though, that it makes you wonder why that wasn't the plan from the start.
• What Could Have Been: Apparently, Tanner was originally supposed to be played by Ross before Garrett Clayton was chosen for the role, and Brady was originally supposed to be more of a background character till they added more scenes with him to the first movie to beef up his plot involvement. This lets the fact that Brady doesn't really develop much in the movie, as well as the rushed-ness of the beginning, make much more sense.

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