History Trivia / SurfsUp

* AllStarCast: Creator/ShiaLaBeouf as Cody, Creator/JeffBridges as Zeke, Creatir/JonHeder as Chicken Joe, Creator/JamesWoods as Reggie, and Creator/ZooeyDeschanel as Lani. There's also RealLife surfers as the SPEN announcers.

* AllStarCast: Creator/ShiaLaBeouf as Cody, Creator/JeffBridges as Zeke, Jon Heder as Creator/ChickenJoe, Creator/JamesWoods as Reggie, and Creator/ZooeyDeschanel as Lani. There's also RealLife surfers as the SPEN announcers.

* AllStarCast: Creator/ShiaLaBeouf as Cody, Creator/JeffBridges as Zeke, Jon Heder as Chicken Joe, James Woods as Reggie, and Creator/ZooeyDeschanel as Lani. There's also RealLife surfers as the SPEN announcers.

** The little girl penguin was played by the daughter of one of the directors and recorded all of her lines in their living room. During one recording, their cat went to the litter box and made such an awful smell that she remarked "I think he really has to got to the bathroom right now." The filmmakers turned this into a gag where one of the other little penguins being interviewed nervously poops during the interview.

** The little girl penguin was played by one of the directors' daughter, who recorded all of her lines in their living room. During one recording, their cat went to the litter box and made such an awful smell that she remarked "I think he really has to got to the bathroom right now." The filmmakers turned this into a gag where one of the other little penguins being interviewed nervously poops during the interview.

** Jon Heder is the only actor not to reprise his role as Chicken Joe for the tie-in game, with Creator/JessHarnell replacing him.

* ActorAllusion: Geek ''is'' [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude]]. [[RecycledInSpace AS A PENGUIN]]!

* TheOtherDarrin: With the exceptions of Jon Heder (Chicken Joe) and Creator/DiedrichBader (Tank "The Shredder" Evans), all the returning characters are recast in ''[=WaveMania=]''.

* ThrowItIn: Creator/ZooeyDeschanel ad-libbed Lani saving a character named Arnold when we first meet her. The filmmakers thought it so funny that an actual Arnold character was designed and given more screen time.

* TheOtherDarrin: Everyone except for Jon Heder and Creator/DiedrichBader is replaced in the sequel.

* TheOtherDarrin: With the exceptions of Jon Heder (Chicken Joe) and Diedrich Bader (Tank "The Shredder" Evans), all the returning characters are recast in ''[=WaveMania=]''.

* TheOtherDarrin: With the exception of Jon Heder as Chicken Joe, all the returning characters are recast in ''[=WaveMania=]''.

* TheOtherDarrin: With the exception of Jon Heder as Chicken Joe, all the returning characters are recast in ''WaveMania''.
* SequelGap: 10 years between the original film and ''Wavemania''.

* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: True to the "documentary" aesthetic of the film, much of the dialogue was retroscripted with the actors recording in the same room (or even on the same ''microphone'' at times) and ad libbing off one another.

* ThrowItIn: Creator/ZooeyDeschanel ad libbed Lani saving a character named Arnold when we first meet her. The filmmakers thought it so funny that an actual Arnold character was designed and given moe screen time.

* ThrowItIn: Creator/ZooeyDeschanel ad libbed a character named Arnold whom Lani saves when we first meet her. The filmmakers thought it so funny that an actual Arnold character was designed and given moe screen time.

* SequelGap: 10 years between the original film and ''Wavemania''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Edna Maverick (aka Cody's mother) was [[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends Petunia, Cub, Giggles, and her Mom]] during the first two seasons.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Edna Maverick (aka Cody's mother) was [[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends Petunia, Cub, Giggles, and her Mom]] during the first two seasons.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Edna Maverick (aka Cody's mother) was [[WebOriginal/HappyTreeFriends Petunia, Cub, Giggles, and her Mom]] during the first two seasons.

* DuelingMovies: With ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet''. That film came out on top financially, but it and ''Surf's Up'' were just about equally well-received by critics.

* ActorAllusion: Geek ''is'' [[TheBigLebowski The Dude]]. [[RecycledInSpace AS A PENGUIN]]!
* AllStarCast: {{Shia LaBeouf}} as Cody, JeffBridges as Zeke, Jon Heder as Chicken Joe, James Woods as Reggie, and Creator/ZooeyDeschanel as Lani. There's also RealLife surfers as the SPEN announcers.
* DuelingMovies: With ''HappyFeet''. That film came out on top financially, but it and ''Surf's Up'' were just about equally well-received by critics.

* AllStarCast: {{Shia LaBeouf}} as Cody, JeffBridges as Zeke, Jon Heder as Chicken Joe, James Woods as Reggie, and ZooeyDeschanel as Lani. There's also RealLife surfers as the SPEN announcers.

* ActorAllusion: Geek has a lot of [[TheBigLebowski The Dude]] in him.