40 Fun Facts About Teen Beach Movie

What is the title of the 1960s surf musical that traps Mack and Brady in Teen Beach Movie?

Wet Side Story, its title a pun on West Side Story, swaps New York street gangs for feuding surfers and bikers. It is Brady's favorite film, which helps once he and Mack land inside it.

Which actor, later Harvey Kinkle in a Netflix witch drama, plays surf-loving Brady in Teen Beach Movie?

Ross Lynch sang Brady's numbers himself, while co-stars Garrett Clayton and John DeLuca had their singing dubbed by other vocalists.

Teen Beach Movie's sunny surf beaches were actually filmed in which part of the Caribbean?

Puerto Rico stood in for the film's surf paradise, with most beach scenes shot in Fajardo on the island's east coast, including at the governor's beach house.

In Teen Beach Movie, what proves Mack is turning into a film character when she lands in the water?

Her hair stays dry, just like a perfectly styled 1960s screen heroine, and soon she and Brady are bursting into song against their will.

Which future pop superstar, then a Girl Meets World actress, sang Rescue Me on the Teen Beach 2 soundtrack?

Sabrina Carpenter is not in the sequel's cast; her soundtrack-only track reached number ten on Billboard's Kid Digital Songs chart.

In Teen Beach Movie, what do villains Les Camembert and Dr. Fusion use to drive the teenagers off the beach?

A weather machine is their weapon for clearing the shore, until the feuding surfers and bikers finally join forces and destroy it.

In Teen Beach Movie's post-credits scene, which modern gadget amazes Lela and Tanner after they wash ashore?

A cell phone, lent by a present-day surfer who thinks they are lost, leaves the 1960s characters marveling, a cliffhanger that set up the sequel.

Reviewers saw Teen Beach Movie as Disney Channel's bid to repeat the success of which earlier TV movie?

High School Musical was the yardstick: reviews in The New York Times and Variety both framed the surf film as an attempt to repeat that earlier hit.

Which actress, later Callie in The Fosters and Good Trouble, stars as surfer Mack in Teen Beach Movie?

Maia Mitchell made her film debut as Mack, and in the same year began her long run as foster teen Callie.

The male lead of Teen Beach Movie was already a Disney Channel star as a Miami teen singer on which sitcom?

Austin & Ally was still on the air at the time, and Teen Beach Movie premiered straight after a new episode of the sitcom.

Teen Beach Movie is dedicated to which 1960s beach-party film star, who died a few months before the premiere?

Annette Funicello, a former Mouseketeer, fronted the original Beach Party films, and an on-screen memorial naming her a Disney legend opens Teen Beach Movie.

In Teen Beach Movie, where does Mack's aunt insist on sending her, forcing Mack to break up with Brady?

A private school is where Mack's late mother wanted her to study, a promise her aunt is determined to keep even though it means leaving the beach behind.

Mack is only a nickname for the heroine of Teen Beach Movie; what is her full first name?

McKenzie is shortened to Mack throughout both films, a modern nickname that stands out among 1960s names like Lela, Giggles and Struts.

In Teen Beach 2, which school subject fascinates Lela so much that she skips spending time with Tanner?

Math homework captivates her, a sign the 1960s screen heroine wants more than her script allowed, and it leaves Tanner fearing he is not enough for her.

In Teen Beach 2, what lost belonging of Mack's do Lela and Tanner spot before diving into the ocean?

A necklace Mack was given inside the 1960s film becomes the link between worlds, and Butchy later uses it to lead the whole gang across.

The actor who plays Brady in Teen Beach Movie sang lead in which pop rock band formed with his siblings?

R5 was made up of four of the siblings plus family friend Ellington Ratliff, and the band supplied a song of its own to the Teen Beach 2 soundtrack.

The actress who plays Mack in Teen Beach Movie grew up far from Hollywood in which country?

Australia is home: she grew up in Lismore, New South Wales, and got her big break at 12 on the children's series Mortified.

Which song from the Teen Beach films became a real-world hit, peaking at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100?

Cruisin' for a Bruisin' also topped Billboard's Kid Digital chart for weeks, and the soundtrack album climbed to number three on the Billboard 200.

In the surf musical inside Teen Beach Movie, which beachside restaurant do the rival gangs fight over?

Big Momma's is the hangout both gangs claim, and it is also where Lela's on-stage tumble into the wrong boy's arms knocks the plot off course.

Which Teen Beach Movie actor, who plays Seacat, later won Dancing with the Stars and joined Hamilton on Broadway?

Jordan Fisher won the dance show's 25th season in 2017 with partner Lindsay Arnold, a year after making his Broadway debut.

Which actress, seen as April Young in The Vampire Diaries, plays biker girl Lela in Teen Beach Movie?

Grace Phipps, now credited as Gracie Gillam, landed a role in the 2011 remake of Fright Night just seven days after moving to Los Angeles.

Surfer Tanner in Teen Beach Movie was partly modeled on which 1960s Beach Party leading man and Venus singer?

Frankie Avalon led the 1963 hit Beach Party and its sequels, but only got the part because the studio's first choice, Fabian, was unavailable.

Which star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show appears in Teen Beach Movie as Big Poppa?

Barry Bostwick played Brad Majors in the 1975 film and was Broadway's original Danny Zuko in Grease, so a retro pastiche was familiar ground.

The actor behind surfer Tanner in Teen Beach Movie went on to play Link Larkin in which NBC musical broadcast?

Hairspray Live! aired in 2016; he had studied musical theater at Oakland University in his native Michigan before Disney cast him as Tanner.

Dr. Fusion in Teen Beach Movie is played by Kevin Chamberlin, the butler Bertram on which Disney sitcom?

Jessie made him a familiar face to young viewers, but he was also a three-time Tony nominee, including for playing Uncle Fester in The Addams Family.

Teen Beach Movie director Jeffrey Hornaday was earlier the choreographer of which Jennifer Beals dance film?

Flashdance came out in 1983, and he went on to direct world tours for Madonna and Paul McCartney before working for Disney Channel.

Which Sandra Dee film about a surf-mad teenage girl is cited as a forerunner of the 1960s beach party movies?

Gidget, released in 1959, is credited with bringing surf culture to mainstream America; the heroine's nickname blends the words girl and midget.

Which song performed by Mack in Teen Beach Movie was first recorded in 2000 by Hawaiian singer Hoku?

Oxygen was a cover: Hoku, daughter of Hawaiian entertainer Don Ho, released it on her debut album thirteen years before the Disney film.

In Teen Beach 2, what secret hobby is Brady hiding from Mack while she plans a school dance?

Building surfboards, including a motorized one, ends up saving the day when there are no waves to carry the 1960s characters home.

Which boy band filmed promos for Teen Beach Movie and had giant branded beach balls dropped at its concerts?

One Direction used the tie-in clips to preview its single Best Song Ever, while the seven-foot beach balls also rained down at shows by the lead actor's own band.

Garrett Clayton mimed Tanner's songs in Teen Beach Movie; which vocalist supplied the surfer's real singing voice?

Spencer Lee is credited as Tanner's singing voice, just as Jason Evigan voiced the songs of biker leader Butchy while John DeLuca played him on screen.

Which Teen Beach 2 ensemble number earned its cast a Teen Choice Award nomination for best song from a movie?

Gotta Be Me is sung by six of the leads together, and its nomination came alongside individual Teen Choice nods for the film's two stars.

Which solo sung by Lela in Teen Beach Movie returns in Teen Beach 2 as a duet for Seacat and Cheechee?

Falling for Ya is Lela's big solo in the first film; in the sequel two stand-ins take it on when the 1960s movie loses both of its leads.

Which star of the Disney Channel sitcom I Didn't Do It joined Teen Beach 2 as Mack's school friend Alyssa?

Piper Curda was playing Jasmine on the sitcom at the time, and she later voiced the lead in the Pixar film Hoppers.

Which guitarist, known as the King of the Surf Guitar, plays himself in the original 1963 film Beach Party?

Dick Dale and his Del-Tones play in the film that launched the genre; decades later, the use of his Misirlou in Pulp Fiction revived his career.

Teen Beach 2 ends with a twist after Lela rewrites her film; what has happened to Mack and Brady?

They become strangers because the changed film means the pair never shared their adventure, yet they meet at the dance and are drawn to each other again.

Teen Beach Movie's songs mix surf rock, rockabilly and pop with R&B in the style of which famous record label?

Motown R&B sits beside surf rock and rockabilly across the film's ten original songs, and the album became one of the best-selling soundtracks of 2013.

In Teen Beach Movie, where do Les Camembert and Dr. Fusion hold Mack and Brady captive in their secret lair?

A lighthouse hides the villains' lair, and the kidnapping there finally pushes the feuding surfers and bikers to team up for a rescue.

In Teen Beach Movie, what does Brady ride out into the storm when he chases after Mack on her board?

A jet ski carries him out to her, but the giant wave swallows them both and washes them up on the beach of a 1960s movie.

In the Teen Beach films, which relative of Mack owns the treasured old board that carries her into the 1960s movie?

Her grandfather shares Brady's love of the 1960s film, and the emblem from his old board is needed again in the sequel to send the movie characters home.