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Underperformed · 1.8xBudget$85M
Worldwide Gross$149M
Surf's Up scores a clean 0/10 for woke messaging by sticking to classic underdog perseverance, friendship, and humility in a lighthearted surf story with zero identity politics or social agendas.
Surf's Up (2007) is a straightforward family mockumentary following young rockhopper penguin Cody Maverick's journey from Antarctic underdog to competitor in the Big Z Memorial Surf Off on Pen-Gu Island.
The core narrative centers on classic themes of perseverance, friendship with Chicken Joe the rooster, humility learned from the reclusive Geek (revealed as Big Z), and redefining success beyond winning, all delivered through lighthearted comedy and surfing action without any social commentary or identity-based framing.
We've run a full content analysis on Surf's Up and scored it 0/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Surf's Up's overall score.
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