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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 [[American Accents|Surfer Speak]]. They all tend to like, live in [[California]], because California is, like, most excellent and all that. If, not California dude, expect to be, like, Hawaii, Australia, or any cool place with a cool beach, with all the sun and the sand dude, and totally surfable waves with a lot'o rip. Plus, there are way many hot babes there, Dude! [[Bill and Ted|Most triumphant!]]

 

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== Anime ==

* [[Moe Anthropomorphism|Poland]] speaks like this in the dubbed version of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', to mark him as, like, a bit of a [[Cloudcuckoolander]], dude.

 

* Surfing culture is an important part of the [[OEL Manga|American manga]] ''[[Goofyfoot Gurl]].''

 

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' had that awesome elder statesman of surfing, Crush the Turtle. For a totally bogus time, he was going to be more of a gnarly [[Mad Artist|balls-out insane]] hippie dude. Then the director hung out with some aging surfers, realized how totally cool they were, and a [[Ensemble Darkhorse|scene-stealer]] was born.

* Pauly Shore's righteous characters in ''[[Encino Man]]'', ''[[Son in Law]]'', and ''[[Bio-Dome]]'' were basically a cross between this and [[The Stoner]], bud-dy.

* ''[[Point Break]]'' features surfer dudes who stick up banks.

* The titular ''[[Surf Ninjas]]'' weren't really ninjas at all, but at least surfed.

* Being that the whole thing is set in the beaches of California, ''[[Surf Nazis Must Die]]'' has a gang of them called Pipeliners.

 

== Literature ==

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[The Amanda Show]]'': Totally Kyle, dudes!

* Lucky London from ''[[Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad]].'' His [[By the Power of Grayskull|transformation phrase]] was even "Surf's up!"

* Michael Westen from ''[[Burn Notice]]'' 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!"

* Spinelli from ''[[General Hospital]]'' starts off as this. His surfer slang turns to [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]] over the course of the few years he's been on through transformation into [[The Woobie]].

* Zoe from ''[[Knight Rider]] 2008'', while being a [[Cunning Linguist]] and [[Asian and Nerdy]], 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'.

* One episode of ''[[Seinfeld]]'' 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 [[Even the Guys Want Him|admires him,]] but Jerry is not impressed.

* Deconstructed in [[Angry Boys]]. The Mucca Mad Boys are a violent gang and the entire town hates them.

* Bucket and Skinner of ''[[Bucket And Skinners Epic Adventure]]''

 

== [[Machinima]] ==

 

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==

 

== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Xigbar from ''[[Kingdom Hearts|Kingdom Hearts II]]'' talks like this, though whether it's an indication of his character or [[Obfuscating Stupidity|just an act]] tends to vary by interpretation.

* Jeff from ''[[Maniac Mansion]]''! Gnarly!

** Ling Tong, in ''Dynasty Warriors 6''. Especially hilarious because this game is set in ancient China.

** Sun Ce was this in ''Dynasty Warriors 4''. He even calls Sun Jian 'pops', not 'father'. By the 5th installment, he drops it.

* Sadly, Keiji Maeda from ''[[Samurai Warriors]] 2'' [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|was dubbed to sound like this]].

* The surfer weasel from Spyro: A Hero's Tail 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 [[Verbal Tic|Dude]] a dozen times.

* ''[[Totally Rad]]'', dude!

* Deanu, one of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Kid Kings]] from ''[[Monster Tale]]''.

* Moose in ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]] Chapter 3: Lair of the Leviathan''. [[American Accents|And this dude talks in Surfer Slang, bra.]]

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* [http://dementiaofmagic.net/d/20090213.html These two] <s>dark</s> [http://dementiaofmagic.net/d/20090220.html beach elves]. Note that ''[[The Dementia Of Magic]]'' is supposed to be [[Medieval European Fantasy]].

* ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'' has Costora, [[Physical God|God of the Beach]].

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

** The one who taught him to surf, Desmond Macon, fits this trope to a T.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

** [[Word of God]] 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 [[Mooks|mook]] "home boy."

** 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.)

*** In the movies they alternate between this and [[Brooklyn Rage]] in a weird attempt to appeal to both the comic-reading adult and cartoon-watching kid audiences. More specifically, Raphael stood for the [[Brooklyn Rage]] and Michelangelo for the majority of the surfer lingo.

** Played straight with Snake.

** That same episode features an actual surfer {{spoiler|who turns out to be an undercover cop}}

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

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