Charlie Don't Surf!

[sickpeople98]

my answer to everything.

[estevammrg]

best scene ever!!

[TheThreadshitter]

Ohhhhh not Charlie Manson.

[MaxaMatt]

Call of Duty is Apocalypse Now's bitch.

[IncomprehensibleRant]

@MaxaMatt Naw, Call of Duty should never be mentioned in the same sentence as Apocolypse Now.

[Felldeeen91]

can someone please tell me why the vietnamese was called "charlie" ?

[mielazul]

@Felldeeen91 I thought VC (Viet Cong) was Victor Charlie in the military communications (they've got a whole alphabetical system of words to avoid people mishearing messages) and then naturally it was shortened to Charlie. Hope that's semi-accurate and helpful. Check my channel if you like good raw blues, btw...

[bklynboy189]

@Felldeeen91 The U.S. military has the tradition of naming all of America's enemies by names that are stereotypically common to that country or names that are based on other stereotypes. It's actually pretty funny and creative. Examples include Fritz or Kraut for Germans, Ivan for Russians, Haji or Ali Baba for Muslim insurgents, and Charlie for the North Vietnamese.

[santicapo10]

5 people still think charlie do surf

[MegaSasquatch69]

Charlie Don't Surf lol.

[gayILuigi]

He's damn right!

[TanWeiHou]

HELLYEAH!!

[lostisthebest815]

I don't really get this line...is he just angry because it's a good surf point, and it's being wasted on the Congs who don't even surf?

[Boltboxer]

"Charlie Don't Surf" is a song by The Clash made in the 70's and 80's.

[arsenal2477]

I don't get it... : \

[scorpiofromhdpc]

@arsenal2477 Charlie was the nickname/codename for the VietCongs.

[Fram1996]

HAHA BEST MOVIE EVER! IT'S ALSO A MISSION IN COD4 XD (dont get pissed ._. h8rs..)

[mircea1910]

he must have been referring to Charlie Sheen, Martin's son XD

[ACENLJ]

The way "Charlie don't surf" is being used here is the same as in the context of The Clash's song, right?

[scorpiofromhdpc]

@ACENLJ actually the song is an hommage to this quote

[Ganderson1989]

Think the tsunami in Japan proved he was right!

[Toydude1984]

3 people can't surf either

[Toydude1984]

So how did the whole Charlie thing come about?

[Nick98l]

@Toydude1984 Viet Cong is Victor Charlie and then just charlie

[pvtsoap262]

After Those three words ended the most bad ass scene in film history started.

[1878lid]

best cameo ever?

[madmansocko]

TANGO=TARGET

[p4n13]

always wondered where the name for the cod 4 mission came from and now i know!

[Kurosaki2Ichigo9]

@p4n13 you can't think one more second without watching this movie. It changes your life.

[admthrawn]

i love this scene ;)

[Sandhand02]

Charlie comes from the term, "Victor Charlie" which is VC, or Viet Cong, what they called the Vietnamese soldiers that were fighting. So Victor Charlie got shortened to Charlie, so when they say, Charlie this and Charlie that, they mean the VC's.

[wfcxtoxic]

good movie lol

[cnlkurtz]

Its pretty hairy lmao

[Antihippie24]

lol LMAO FUCKIN CLASSIC lol LOVE IT

[Samonuh]

"Lance, I want my board back. I won't harm or punish you. I just want the board back. It was a good board, I really liked it, and you know how hard it is to find a board you like..."

[FishboneINK]

I thought the level was named after the song

[Dregkar]

So glad i didnt see an ignorant call of duty comment

[DonbeeFwz]

I just watched this a day ago, and when I heard this, I was like "wait, this was in Call of Duty!" Good to know that Infinity Ward pay respect to these good movies (there's also the Dr. Strangelove reference).

[ranger0504]

what show or movies does this scene comes from

[AlbinoScout]

Good song.

[patton9]

modern warfare lol

[EliteSpartin]

@patton9 ......No. Apocalypse Now

[patton9]

@EliteSpartin No the mission title in Modern warfare, the first mission when you play a marine.

[EliteSpartin]

@patton9 i know. Just as long as you know this is where thats from :P

[yyyppi]

@patton9 nope, apocalypse now lol

[toby099]

Yeah!! , Charlie skateboards instead.

[tonymoontaana]

@toby099 charly does nothing

[vogliounacocacola]

Target = T = Tango

Communist = C = Charlie.

[CaptainObvious405]

@vogliounacocacola Actually 'Charlie' was short for the term 'Victor Charles'. Victor Charles was military phonetic for VC, meaning Viet Cong. Thought I should just clear that up a little bit. But I like your reasoning for a phonetic Communist!

[MrJeeba]

@CaptainObvious405 Well. Cong means comunist in Vietnamesse .. so is shorta corrrect!!

[thomhee]

"Tango" is not a term for the enemy. Tango is the letter "T" in the phonetic alphabet. Alpha, Bravo, Charle, Delta, Echo, etc....

[SgtEaglefort]

I watched this movie last night. Man, it's lengthy but awesome.

[TheGatorfan93]

RE-ISSUE the original.Redux is a dull mess.

[forgetpolitics]

That guy was adament

[NinteenNinty3]

If anyone knows the origins of "Tango" as a term for enemy, can you reply to this? i'm kinda interested.

[Florian267]

@NinteenNinty3

"TANGO is derived from the phonetic alphabet, with Tango being the phonetic equivalent of T. TARGET was shortened to T and then subsequently Tango. Therefore when someone says "Tango down" they are stating target down"

[Generation1Terrorist]

@Florian267 i don't understand how that makes it shorter though, it's still the same number of syllables ..

[TheDrbbbb]

@Generation1Terrorist Well, the thing is that in written form, "target" will still be shortened down to "T", but in verbal use, it is still referred to as "TANGO" ease communication.

[clueless301]

Reminds me of that COD4 mission mwahaha

[Moredread25]

God, if we actually fought Vietnam like this no wonder we lost.

[russelstoverjf4]

ass bandit

[ANewStateofTrance]

what the hell do you know about surfing major??

You're from New Jersey!!

great quote

im from jersey

[overlookNW237]

full metal jacket with the surfin bird scene and the speech mother green and thos killing machines, charlie dont surf and i love napalm smell by the morning of apocalypse now and finnaly a big HEEEEEEERES JOHNNY by the shining

these are my favourite quotes^^

[MrKohlenstoff]

awesome

[Equus190]

awesome!

[mathewjf]

awesome!!

[rushz0rz]

Kilgore is the most badass character ever.

[overlookNW237]

NAAAAAAH

KILGORE IS THE SECOUND

HARTMAN IS BETTER

nothin as gettin a retired Nam sargent to make a movie from Nams

R lee Ermey ROOOOOOOOOOCKS

[mapleavenue77]

Split the difference:

Kilgore is the best officer.

Hartmann is the best enlisted.

[XArcPaladinX]

@rushz0rz he will fuck your shit up

[Drosophil3000]

@rushz0rz

Indeed. But the funny thing is that he was based on a real person: Lt. Col. "Mad Jack" Churchill. Read a bit about him, the guy was a real character, even nuttier than Kilgore.

[HitchcockFan16]

This is the greatest film ever made. Ever.

[Bram25]

Lol. This quote is also the name for one of the first mission on COD4 :)

[jaxsterthereal]

yea, but its ignorant how people think call of duty invented it

[STRUMMER772003]

yeah youre right, the clash named a song after this clip

[roberto2112]

call of duty has so many apocalypse now references, as a lot of video games do, since its a great movie that has influenced american culture in many ways

[coolconfuzer]

first came this then the clash song cuz the clash loved the movie then cod4 and idk why cod4 named it that cuz your not fighting charlie on the game so WTF

[tommyallen121]

the next scene in the movie is the heli attack one

in cod4 u start in the helis, looks a lot like the movie

hence: charlie dont surf

[PartyBoy64]

Charlie is a broad term for enemy's on the battlefield.

[fng2089ng]

not exactly, Charlie Chan was one of the many names givien to the VC or NVA, Charlie is not a universial term, Tango or Enemy is a more common term... as for the video game that you talk about im not sure im just saying that Charlie is in no way a term for any enemy on the field, mostly just VC or NVA along with Dinks, Clit clats, gooks and Chang those were common names for them

[0906peter]

I know your comment is from 5 months ago but I'm gonna reply anyway lol :P

Charlie comes from Victor Charlie, and that comes from VC, and that comes from Viet Cong.

In WW2 it was Jerry/kraut etc, in Vietnam it was Charlie, and now its Tango I think. Not sure where thats from though.

But Charlie is a Vietnam thing.

[Bucketheadhead]

I think Tango is from Target or Terrorist.

[IkNeemJeMee]

Germans were called Jerry, English soldiers were called Tommy during WW2.

During the Vietnam war, the Vietcong was called Charly.

[0906peter]

Mostly the English called the Germans Jerry.

The Americans used kraut mostly.

[GoldenWoozie]

Tango is a military term for "enemy" it was used before the Iraq war. Sort of like "Alpha" "Delta" etc.

[0906peter]

i see

[dragons06]

bad ass

[empirestatecarrot]

Robert Duvall is a complete badass in this film...

[ZeRoFaLLeNsK8ErX]

I dont think he was insulting him..

[Drewmachine]

lol.