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The production team made a surf-and-research trip to Malibu Surfrider Beach to study and learn more about the technicalities of surfing and surfers. The movie's promotional poster initially included the tagline, 'A True Story,' but it was later replaced by 'A Major Ocean Picture.'

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Movie directors Ash Brannon and Chris Buck only agreed to do the movie after being assured that the waves would look realistic. 'Surf's Up' was the first-ever film by Sony Pictures Animation that didn't feature a single human and the ninth of all time. Here are some curious facts and technical secrets about 'Surf's Up.'

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The world's first animated penguin surfing movie even features two very well-known professional surfers - Kelly Slater and Rob Machado - morphed into aquatic, flightless birds. The overall authentic surf feel is also attributed to the production team involving several real-life surfers. It mimics surf and beach culture and lifestyle with its stunningly beautiful CGI rendering of perfect cartoon-like waves. However, it's been considered a commercial failure. 'Surf's Up' received positive reviews from critics and has slowly become a cult classic. The movie puts the spectator inside a documentary that follows the life of Cody Maverick, a young up-and-coming rockhopper surfing star, as he prepares for his first competitive appearance. It required the development of new computer-generated imagery (CGI) techniques, plugins, and 3D modeling because of the difficulty of simulating ocean waves. The legendary high-octane penguin surfer film released in 2007 by Sony Pictures Animation took five years to see the light of day.

Both are defeated at the film's ending (Hunter falls to his death Tank gets hit by a wave).'Surf's Up' is the most popular animated surf movie of all time.

Both are short-tempered towards their dumb partners (Pigeon Today and Reggie).

Both later betray the protagonists and leave them for dead.

Both are bosses to the protagonists (Junior and Cody).

Both work for the villains (Reggie and Randall 'Randy' Boggs).

Both later betray the protagonists and ban them (Henry betrays and bans Sulley and Mike while revealing his true nature Tank plans to ban Cody after the championship).

Both are rivals to the protagonists' friends (Mike and Lani).

Both are friends to the protagonists (Sulley and Cody).

(Francis turns into a baby and gets carried by Eugene Tank gets hit by a wave).

Both get their comeuppance at the climax.

Both later betray the protagonists (Francis betrays Boss Baby to become an adult forever Tank betrays Cody to lose the championship).

Both are idols to the protagonists (Boss Baby and Cody).

Both apologize to the protagonists at the end of the film.

Both work for the main villains of the film (Lino and Reggie).

Both later betray the protagonists (Lola dumps Oscar Tank tells Cody about the final event).

Both meet the protagonists at the middle of the film (Oscar and Cody).

Both are angry and their fate hurts their feelings (Hans is angry that he is punished to go back to his home Tank is angry that his trophies are broken).

Both get defeated (Hans gets punched by Anna Tank gets hit by a rolling wave).

Both meet the protagonists in the middle of the film (Anna and Cody).

Both of their films are released in 2007.

Both have plans to kill the protagonists (Cody and Shrek).

Both betray the deuteragonists and work for the villains (Reggie and Prince Charming).

Both side with the deuteragonists (Lani and Fiona).

Both are defeated near the end of the film.

Both later betray the protagonist and the ruler and work for the dangerous villain on the island (King One-Eye and Reggie).

Both try to kill the protagonist (Tack and Cody).

Both work for the ruler of the island (King Nod and Big Z).

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Both are defeated at the end of the film by the protagonists (Miguel and Tulio defeat Tzekel-Kan be reforming Cortes and arresting him).

Both later betray the rulers and work for the main villain (Cortez and Reggie).Both work for the ruler of an island (Tannabok and Big Z).Both appear without their masters as the main antagonists in their sequels (Creek Week and WaveMania).Both are defeated at the end of the film.Both later betray the protagonists and work for the antagonists (Chef and Reggie).Both first appear nice to the protagonists (Poppy and Cody).Both later appear in the films' sequel with supporting roles (Tank is the sole villain in the second film and Kaa is a minor antagonist in The Jungle Book 2).

Both work for the main villain of the film (Shere Khan and Reggie).

Both try to kill the hero at the climax of the film.

Both meet the hero at the start of the film (Mowgli and Cody).

Both have simillar occupations (hunter and surfer).

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