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Surf`s Up (2007) was nominated for the following awards:
Visual Effects Society Awards
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VES Award
2008
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VES Award
2008
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VES Award
2008
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture
David Schaub
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes ../ /. ., / . Cody Maverick: I don`t understand why everybody have to be so judgmental. I understand why mom`s judgmental. I think it`s `cause she cares, *partially*. Think it`s also partially `cause, everyone else is lookin` at her like, "Hey, Cody`s just a bum." "Cody`s this," "Cody`s that," "Cody`s this."
[pause]
Cody Maverick: Cody`s me, bro. Let me be me. When is that going to start? Lani Aliikai: Oh, crap!
[runs out to save drowning penguin]
Cody Maverick: Oh man, I`m in love.
Arnold: Help me, I`m drowning.
Chicken Joe: What are you standing here next to me for? You should go talk to her.
Cody Maverick: No way, man! I`m not gonna go talk to her.
Chicken Joe: Dude, she`s totally into you! She called you crap! Cody Maverick: Good ol` Shiverpool.
[makes fart noise]
Cody Maverick: Heh-heh. This place sucks, bro. Chicken Joe: Cody. I know he`s out here. I can feel it in my nuggets!
Reggie Belafonte: [after seeing Cody wipe out] Oh, that was spectacular! Big Z: [to Cody] Ha ha ha, WIPE OUT! Filmmaker: So, Cody, when you take your first wave, and the whole island`s there to watch, what`s it gonna be like?
Cody Maverick: It`s gonna be amazing. Honestly, it`ll be the best wave of my life, and I hope the cameras are rolling because you`re gonna want to watch it over and over and over and over again. It`s gonna be awesome
[cut to Maverick wiping out] Tank Evans: I`m gonna chum the water with your head!
Cody Maverick: Bring it on, pecker face! Let`s go.
Tank Evans: Pecker face? Big Z: You know what surfing is about in here.
[points to head]
Big Z: but not in here.
[points to heart] Filmmaker: Do you have any other talents?
Cody Maverick: Heh, you mean like, singin` and dancin`? Naw, man, I just surf. [Cody has just raspberried at Glen]
Glen Maverick: That`s really disrespectful.
[Cody blows another raspberry]
Glen Maverick: I would never do that...
Cody Maverick: Mm-hm. You just wouldn`t make it out of your mouth. Lani Aliikai: [Cody and Lani wash off under a waterfall] Can I ask you something personal?
Cody Maverick: Lani, we`re in the shower together! Y`can say whatever you want. Tank Evans: [to Reggie] Tank needs fuel. Chicken Joe: You know, we`ve known each other way back since, like... yesterday, I think it was. Mikey Abromowitz: I, am on, *so* much migraine medication you have no idea... The stress is killing me. I dunno how much longer I can last, I hafta tell you that right now! Tank Evans: [doing pushups over hot coals] Right, no, I getcha. What`s winning without the losers?
Tank Evans: [later, still doing pushups over hot coals] It feels better, when there`s a lot of losers around... was, was that your question? Big Z: [reaches out to catch some rainwater in a water gourd in the treehouse that serves as his residence] Sure-fire remedy - learned it from an old medicine man... works every time. Mikey Abromowitz: You know, I used to scout for songbirds - toucans - for this musical revue in Brazil... Now that`s show business. Mikey Abromowitz: They`re in it for the joy of it and the rapture and the slow-motion instant replay, which is my...
Reggie Belafonte: Mikey, why don`t you head on over to the snack bar and get yourself a big bowl of shut up? Cody Maverick: [he and Big Z are hanging upside down] Can we do some training? Like, seriously, please?
Big Z: What are you talking about? Whaddaya think we`re doing?
Cody Maverick: We`re acting like a couple of nut jobs, that`s what I think we`re doing.
Big Z: Yeah, good. You`re learning. Glen Maverick: [offscreen] Loooooserrrrr!
[hits Cody in the head with a snowball]
Filmmaker: Y`know we`re here to make a movie about Cody...
Cody Maverick: Why does - does he have to be here?
Glen Maverick: Yeah, it`s gonna be great. Can I get in line now to *not* see it? Kate: [in a "vox pop" segment] My surfboard, uh, well, it`s made out of palm wood... and while it`s not very pretty,
[the skeg of said surfboard can be seen falling off]
Kate: ...it does the job quite well.
Cody Maverick: This is insane.
Lani Aliikai: Stop fighting it, Cody! Just let go! Reggie Belafonte: Who wants to see the little guy take on the champion? Whoever rides the biggest wave wins.
Arnold: Little guys rule! Tank Evans: Dirty girl. This here is for my special lady. Lia. I`m gonna say that one more time. Lia. Oh yeah. That`s a sweet, sweet lady.
Tank`s Mother: Tank, are you polishing your trophys again? Ivan "Fire Urchin": Stepped on me, stepped on me? Are you kidding? This guy was dancing on me! I mean just look at this, broken, broken, gone, gone, broken, broken, broken... Mikey Abromowitz: Start the whale! Tank Evans: [pushing Chicken Joe away] Keep your girlfriend out of this. Big Z: No joy, man. No joy. Fail. Arnold: [Lani saves him] Well, thanks again.
Lani Aliikai: Alright, well this is the third time you`ve been unconscious this week. I just don`t think it`s very good for your brain.
Arnold: I know.
[hugs Lani] Arnold: A winner is someone who doesn`t knock me off my surfboard, and break it when I`m trying to get some big waves. Especially Tank, he`s definitely not a winner.
Smudge: He`s a dirty trash can full of poop. Edna Maverick: It really wasn`t that easy for him growing up. Like I said before, he never, he never really knew his father.
Cody Maverick: I`m not really the person to ask about it, truthfully, because I was too young to remember. I mean, look, I`m not the only kid on the island whose dad was... y`know... eaten. Edna Maverick: He was a little, teeny, small egg, he wasn`t very impressive. Glen was the big egg, Cody was the small egg. He can`t help it, he`s... you know, that`s just the way he is. Chicken Joe: Whoah! You gotta try this blowhole thing, man! This whale dude is giving me a brain freeze. Filmmaker: Since we`re talking about surfing, why don`t you give us your thoughts about surfing?
Cody Maverick: Surfing, surfing... Where do I start?
Filmmaker: How about just at the beginning?
Cody Maverick: Okay, well... So as soon as there was the first wave, right? - there was the first surfer. All they needed was, like, um, a piece of driftwood, a block of ice or something like that, and then they were off. And they were hooked, man. They were hooked. Up `till recent times, you had your old dudes, you know, your hang-six cats, these old guys used to lay down with these huge, humongous boards. These guys were the pioneers, but nobody saw what surfing could really be until Big Z did it.
Filmmaker: Could you tell us who Big Z was?
Cody Maverick: Who was Big Z? You`re asking the right guy. You got that far. Z is everything. Big Z is surfing. I mean, there might as well not been an ocean before Z. They invented the ocean for him. Cause he lived so hard because he wasn`t afraid to live. He wasn`t afraid to die. He came to Antarctica when I was just a kid. Man, it was the biggest thing that ever happened here. And suddenly there he was. Just floating over the water. Just hovering, you know, like weightless. He could`ve walked up to anyone, and he walks right up to me. And he gives me this awesome, one-of-a-kind Big Z necklace. And then he tells me, "You know, kid, never give up. Find a way, `cause that`s what winners do." He was the greatest. Everyone looked up to him, respected him, loved him. And one day, one day, I`m gonna be just like him. Tank Evans: A role model? No. But I do consider myself somebody that everyone should look up to. Kids should try to pretend that they`re Tank. I mean, they should try. Good luck, kids! Chicken Joe: [to Lani] I can help, though. Except if there`s blood. Just the thought of blood makes me... makes me...
[faints] Rob: Dig this, Sal. Section behind me, it`s called The Boneyards. Very few surfers have ventured in there and come out alive.
SPEN Announcer: Are you trying to telling me people have died here?
Rob: That`s right, Sal.
SPEN Announcer: A moment of silence for them... And we keep it moving! Tank Evans: What`s up with the hair? You could fit a whole fish in there. Reggie Belafonte: [angry] I promote happiness! Can you see the happiness emanating from me? What`s wrong with you? Cody Maverick: [on camera] I could tell he needed some space and, you know, some time for himself. I didn`t want, you know, ask him all these questions, so I just kind of stood there quietly.
Cody Maverick: You`re Big Z! I can`t believe it! You`re alive! You`re alive!
Cody Maverick: [on camera] That`s the respectful way to go, I think. Big Z: You mess up my board, I`m messing up your other foot.
Cody Maverick: Hey, I`m just trying to ride this canoe of whatever it is, okay? Rob: How`s it feel to win, Joe?
Chicken Joe: I won? Cody Maverick: My name`s Cody Maverick, Shiverpool. You?
Chicken Joe: No, I`m not from Shiverpool. Dude, I`m from Lake Michigan. That`s where I surf. I was the only one around my town who did it. Chicken Joe: I come across Pen Guins. I`m Chicken Joe. Joseph. It`s long for Joe. They treat me as their king and put me in their royal hot tub. Chicken Joe: Squidito on el stickito? Big Z: Look at that. Do you know what you`re sitting on there? This is koa wood. The best surfboards in the world are made of that stuff.
Cody Maverick: Yeah?
Big Z: You got a koa board?
Cody Maverick: I don`t have a board board.
Big Z: Well, you wanna... you wanna make one?
Cody Maverick: Nah.
Big Z: What? Man! I come all the way back here to give you the necklace, and now I`m offering to make you a board and you say "Nah"? Get off your lazy butt, we`re making a board. Come on. It`ll be the best board you ever had, I`ll tell you that. Big Z: [teaching Cody to carve a board] All right, look. First of all, with the grain. With the grain. You see what I`m doing here? You let the tool do the work, you see? Just like you`re riding the wave, you let the wave do the work. You don`t fight the wave. You can`t fight these big waves. Tank Evans: [introducing his trophies] These are my ladies. This is Jill. This is my lady, Amy. Little Suzy. Brianna... y`know why we call her Brianna, right?
Filmmaker: N-no...
Tank Evans: [smirks] Yeahhhh, it`s a long story.
Filmmaker: Mr. Topanga, Mr. Topanga! Can you tell us why you`re not dead?
Big Z: No!
[breaks the boom mike being waved at him]
Big Z: I am dead!
[disappears back inside his hut]
Big Z: You havin` fun?
Cody Maverick: I hate you. Chicken Joe: Butt freeze! Big Z: [Lying on his surfboard in the water with Lani and Cody in the sunset]
Big Z: This is what it`s all about.
Big Z: What could be better than this? [Cody chucks a sleeping Z into water]
Big Z: Are ya having fun?
Cody Maverick: [laughing] Yeah, I`m having fun!
Big Z: Good! You passed! Lani Aliikai: You know, I`m kinda jealous of you...
Cody Maverick: Of me? ME? Why?
Lani Aliikai: Well, I`ve been trying to get Z out of his shack for years, and then along you come and you get him out in one day...
Cody Maverick: What`s the story between you two, anyway?
Lani Aliikai: He`s my uncle.
Cody Maverick: Your UNCLE?
Lani Aliikai: Yeah. He`s the only family I`ve ever had. Big Z: Well, there I was surfing against Tank, ten years ago. But I saw that he was way, way better than me. Heck, I was having a hard time keeping up with him. He wasn`t just younger, he was better. Well, I didn`t want to be a loser. I couldn`t bear that. I mean, to let down all your friends and fans, to be a disappointment, it wasn`t what I wanted. So, swoosh! Big Z`s dead. And he`s gonna stay that way. [wandering around the jungle]
Cody Maverick: It`s tough enough losing a father, but to go through it AGAIN... [in the aftermath of a storm]
Chicken Joe: Lani, where`s Cody?
[Cody`s surfboard washes ashore, and Lani starts crying] Cody Maverick: Aw, man! I lost!
Big Z: Well, what do you know? Me, too! Come on, loser, let`s head to shore... Reggie Belafonte: [eulogizing Cody] Let this tournament be the last rites of a fine young surfer, who was taken from us in the prime of his life, and now stands as a symbol of lost talent, alongside...
Big Z: Reggie, shut up! Big Z: Hey, everybody. Yep, it`s me. It`s Z. I got lost out there, but this young kid, Cody, he brought me back to shore. Thanks a lot, Cody.
[Lani embraces Cody out of sheer joy] [the kids are playing with Tank`s trophy]
Tank Evans: No, no, NO!
[one of the kids trip and the trophy breaks]
Arnold: Oops!
Tank Evans: Nooooo! [last lines]
Cody Maverick: Here I am, having a good time, riding the waves with my friends, not caring about who wins or loses but just surfing. Good old-fashioned fun, that`s, well, fun! Okay, I guess you`re just tired of hearing me talk about myself, so I`m off...
[runs into the waves to surf] [first lines]
Filmmaker: Quiet on the set. And we`re rolling. Cody Maverick interview, take one.
Cody Maverick: So why are you guys here to interview me? Cody Maverick: [to the camera] I`ve been surfing ever since I can remember. It`s hard to imagine any part of my life when I wasn`t surfing. Lani Aliikai: I love my job. I have an amazing job. Just this week, with the contest coming up and all, it`s a little crazy. You really have to be extra, extra attentive. And you have so many guys in the water and you can`t miss a thing. But you know what, I have a perfect record. I`ve never lost anybody, Sure there have been close calls, but...
Arnold: Help!
Lani Aliikai: Oh, Arnold. I turn my back for one... [repeated line]
Chicken Joe: Radical. Lani Aliikai: Okay.
Cody Maverick: That was awesome. How you said his life and all. That was just unbelievable really. Lani Aliikai: I`ll be watching you.
Cody Maverick: Really? You`ll be watching me?
Lani Aliikai: Well, yeah, from the lifeguard station.
Cody Maverick: Yeah, you know yeah. Cody Maverick: [to the camera] I`m not gonna lie to you. This is like, it`s huge man. Winners find a way, no matter what, right? Big Z: What are you doing? Hey, who said you...? Turn the board around. Get back here.
Cody Maverick: Come out here and show me some moves. Big Z: Long smooth strokes. Dig deep. Dig, come on.
Cody Maverick: I`m digging! I`m digging!
Big Z: Keep the nose up! Keep it up! Watch it! You`re pearling!
Cody Maverick: What are you doing?
Big Z: Come on, please? Z, I can`t learn anything with you on the beach, man.
Cody Maverick: Well, then you`re not gonna learn anything. Now, come in.
Filmmaker: Not again. Cody Maverick: [to Big Z] It`s a work in progress, bro. Big Z: That`s the best place in the world to be. In the tube.
Cody Maverick: Really? Cody Maverick: How many points would you give for being tubed? Like, what does it depend on for the contest?
Big Z: Points? Big Z: You wanna surf like Big Z used to right?
Cody Maverick: Yeah.
Big Z: I got some tests here to figure out your potential.
Cody Maverick: Let`s do it. Cody Maverick: [to Big Z] Oh, well, well this is, that`s great. As long as we`re all having fun, right? Big Z: You did it. You`re ready. Let`s surf. Come on.
Cody Maverick: Don`t play with me Z. We`re surfing? Yes! Rob: I don`t believe this. This contest was Maverick`s to win. Now Evans pushing Maverick out of bounds and into the Bone Yards.
Cody Maverick: Tank, look out.
Tank Evans: You look out.
Big Z: Code!
Cody Maverick: Z!
Big Z: Cody, come on!
Cody Maverick: Z!
Big Z: Paddle! Come on! Dig! Faster! Come on. Dig! Dig!
[sees a wave coming]
Big Z: Don`t dig! Don`t dig!
Cody Maverick: What?
Big Z: Let the wave carry you, Cody. You`re gonna have to time it! You`re gonna come right here. Right to me. Five... four...
Cody Maverick: Three... two... one... Z! Cody Maverick: You should have been here yesterday. We had a sweet yesterday. Cody Maverick: Was that cool? You guys got what you need? Reggie Belafonte: Dude, that`s the whole idea of surfing. Lani Aliikai: Woah, woah, woah. woah. Arnold, no. [last lines]
Glen Maverick: Go back to Hollywood.
Edna Maverick: Cody would never do this.Trivia ./ / . The title`s translation in Russian is "Catch the Wave!", in many other languages it`s "Kings of the Waves". At the beginning of the film, one of the "crew members" joked to Cody if he sang or danced in the movie. This is a clear allusion to a previous animated film about penguins, Happy Feet (2006). All the actors got to record in the same room together, which is unusual for an animated movie. The layout department used a special motion-capture camera system mounted on an old Sony video camera to give the illusion that the movie was actually being made with a real hand-held video camera. This was used to make the film look like a documentary.
In a pictoral montage early on, where Cody is explaining the history of surfing and surf culture, one of the pictures featured is the 18th-century Japanese woodblock printer Katsushika Hokusai`s "Great Wave off Kanagawa" reworked so a penguin is seen surfing off the wave`s lip. Was shipped to some theaters under the name "Competitive Spirits".
UFOs are placed all around the movie in various scenes like "Z is for Zurfing" and where viewers meet Chicken Joe`s dead father. This is revealed in one of the Easter Eggs on the DVD. #
# Originally, there were interviews with two of Z`s old girlfriends, Doris and Sheila (voiced by Mindy Sterling and Jane Krakowski, respectively). They were cut to keep the focus of the film on Cody. Doris and Sheila do appear in the movie, when Z appears on the beach near the end.
Cody`s name is a reference to Mavericks, a famous surfing spot. It is also a possibly reference to the NBA basketball team the Dallas Mavericks, of which directors Ash Brannon and Chris Buck are fans. Finally it refers to Top Gun (1986) whose main character was nicknamed Maverick. SPEN ("Sports Penguin Entertainment Network") is a parody of the sports channel ESPN. Real-life famous surfers are shown throughout the film as part of the Pen Gu contest. Those surfers are Renato Mendes (Brazil), Rory Nubbins (Australia), and Tatsuhi Kobayashi (Japan). The character of "The Geek", is likely based on Jeff Bridges`s character the Dude in The Big Lebowski (1998) Early in the movie, Cody remarks about the lack of waves in Shiverpool, "You should have been here yesterday...", a common surfing aphorism lamenting poor surfing conditions. SPOILER: "Geek" rhymes with "Zeke," which could explain how Big Z took the name of the Geek. | ||
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