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1. Nani Pelekai (Lilo and Stitch)

2. Bart Simpson (The Simpsons)

3. Tarzan (Tarzan). He doesn't actually use a board, but the way he slides on trees is very reminiscent of skateboarding and was actually inspired by the animator's son, an avid skateboarder.

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The most obvious example is Lilo and Stitch. The plot of that movie doesn't require anyone to be a skilled surfer (unlike Blue Crush, the second-most-popular 2002 movie set in Hawaii) but because of that movie's setting, and because of the time of the movie's release, OF COURSE we get a surfing scene. And said scene actually becomes the most famous scene in the movie and is accompanied by a song where the lyrics completely revolve around surfing. It's pretty strange how a five-year-old girl and an unpredictable dog join in the surfing, since it's considered an extreme sport. There's even a background detail that implies that Nani is a competitive surfer, and a very decorated one at that.

But surfing can also be found in other Disney movies released around that time, even when there isn't any water. Jim Hawkins from Treasure Planet (also 2002) is very skilled on a "solar surfer", and the title character of Tarzan (1999) has a hobby of "surfing" on mossy tree branches. The surfing in these movies is especially odd because they are both based on novels that were written decades before surf culture began.

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1. Hercules. The title character was born a god, but became mortal when he was still a baby. When he learns about his true heritage, he makes it his goal to regain his godhood. He eventually does so by bringing his love interest Megara back from the dead, but then decides to remain mortal so he and Meg can stay together.

2. Brother Bear. Kenai kills a bear at the beginning and is magically turned into a bear as punishment. On his journey to become human again, he befriends an orphaned bear cub named Koda and learns that bears aren't as bad as he thought, and that the bear he killed was Koda's mother. Upon being turned back into a human, he decides to stay a bear instead so Koda can keep his big brother figure.

3. Cars. Lightning McQueen actually does this thrice. He hopes to the Piston Cup tiebreaker race so he can earn the Dinoco sponsorship, but on his way to the race he gets lost in Radiator Springs and is sentenced to community service. Lightning dislikes Radiator Springs at first and wants to leave, but it grows on him as he befriends the locals. Finally, Lightning is about to win the tiebreaker race when another racer, The King (who is retiring), gets put into a crash by Chick Hicks, so Lightning lets Chick win just so The King can finish his last race. The owner of Dinoco is so impressed by Lightning's heroism that he offers Lightning the Dinoco sponsorship, but Lightning decides to keep his Rust-eze sponsorship and also move to Radiator Springs permanently.

Aside from the two songs being very similar melodically, both songs are sung by a big, muscular guy (in comparison to most of his peers) and his lackeys who are drinking alcohol and swinging on chandeliers. Both songs are mostly about how awesome the villain is, and are also interrupted halfway through.