YMMV / Surf Ninjas

• Heartwarming Moments: Just as Johnny, Adam, and everyone are getting ready to infiltrate Colonel Chi's island base via surfboarding, Iggy finally admits that he never actually learned how to surf. While Adam does tease him about it a little, pointing out that everyone already knew and thought it was funny, Johnny sincerely tells his friend this: "But what if you could? The ability is within you."
• The Problem with Licensed Games:
  • The Game Gear game did not garner very good reviews upon release. Among other complaints, the controls were finicky and required a particular double-tap jumping move to clear the platforms.
  • A subpar side-scrolling brawler on the Amiga CD32 was turned into a Surf Ninjas tie-in for no readily apparent reason, with the protagonist not being redrawn to reflect this. Who even remembers the Johnny of the movie being a white Marines reject who can rip out the hearts of his enemies? Even discounting the fact that it was falsely titled just as a cash-in, the game itself is terrible. You get hurt by jumping.
• So Bad, It's Good: It's hard to say whether or not this was intentional, but the movie definitely doesn't take itself very seriously.
• The Woobie: Two of Colonel Chi's minions qualify:
  • The head of the ninjas sent to find Johnny and Adam in Los Angeles continually gets his ass kicked by Zatch, including almost having his nose ripped off by chopsticks. He also gets knocked out by Johnny's surfboard.
  • The dungeon master is a bit clumsy and almost gets Colonel Chi's implants wet, leading to a Groin Attack threat with an electric carving knife. During the Final Battle, he is thrown down a huge staircase by Johnny, then Ro-May, then by himself because he doesn't want to fight anymore.

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