![]() Cody is told that he won’t be doing any surfing until he has made a board of his own.Ĭody, eager to make his own board, is unwilling to listen to Z’s advice on making a surfboard. Cody takes a few more wipeouts as he attempts to get Z in the water, but slowly manages to work tips from Big Z. Eventually Cody lures Z from the hut, having pulled Z’s old boards from their resting spot and attempting to surf with them out in the crystal blue ocean. Geek is seen investigating a dilapidated shack littered with messages of grief from Big Z’s fans, and from his reaction, Cody realizes that the Geek is Big Z.Īlmost instantly, Cody’s excitement that his lifetime hero still lives is unleashed in a torrent of questions and theories as to what happened, much to the chagrin of Z, who quickly takes to hiding within his old home. On the beach, Cody explores a toppled tree and soon realizes it houses several old surfboards, those of Big Z’s. Unable to contain his curiosity, Cody treks down the steep cliff, inadvertently taking Geek with him. The two run after it, and the young surfer notices what the cliff looks over: a beautiful and pristine beach. While carrying the log back to Geek’s house, the two lose control of it and the log starts rolling down a cliff. Geek then notices the log’s type, Koa (of which all the best surfboards are made), and decides to make Cody a surfboard. A short time having passed, Geek has found Cody’s necklace in his hut and quickly returns to the path fork, finding Cody still sitting on the log, and returns the Big Z necklace. He shows Cody the route back to the beach, and leaves the young penguin be. On the escort back, Cody realizes that he has lost his Big Z necklace. Upon waking up, Cody is quickly shooed out of Geek’s house. Lani takes Cody to the jungle home of a hermit called the Geek (voiced by Jeff Bridges) in order to get help for his injuries and to recuperate. Unfortunately Cody’s inexperience with the challenges the competition has to offer leads to a terrible wipeout, and he is injured when he steps on a fire urchin. The disturbance catches the attention of promoter Reggie Belefonte, all too eager to allow Cody to challenge Tank to a surf-off on the spot. Soon after arriving at Pen Gu Island (along with other prominent surfers Renato Mendes (Brazil), Rory Nubbins (Australia), and Tatsuhi Kobayashi (Japan)), Cody crosses paths with the local lifeguard named Lani Aliikai as she rescues the penguin child, Arnold, from “drowning.” Shortly thereafter, Cody has an altercation with the egotistical Tank “The Shredder” Evans, a large muscular penguin and nine time winner of the Big Z Competition, when he witnesses Tank hurling stones at Big Z’s memorial shrine. Cody joins the group of surfers, once he’s proven himself to Mikey, and quickly befriends Chicken Joe, an easy-going surfer from Wisconsin. After a childhood visit from surf legend Zeke “Big Z” Topanga, Cody aspires to emulate the renowned legend by becoming a famous and respected surfer.Įventually, talent scout Mikey Abromowitz arrives in Shiverpool scouting for surfers to compete in the Big Z Memorial Surf Contest. ![]() It is also a play on the scientific family name for penguins, Spheniscidae) follows the events of Cody Maverick (voiced by Shia LaBeouf) a small rock hopper penguin residing in Shiverpool, Antarctica (a pun on Liverpool, England). ![]() It stands for “Sports Penguin Entertainment Network”. Here goes the review-Ī documentary crew (of SPEN channel, SPEN is a parody of ESPN. I would recommend watching this movie for motivation (not inspiration-as it comes from within). The direction is superb and voice casting and music is excellent. I just loved this Penguin animated movie although Penguins feature in March of the Penguins, Madagascar, and Happy Feet. I had watched this movie a long time back and could watch it again on HBO yesterday.
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