Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf is a famous line from the film Apocalypse Now, spoken by Colonel Kilgore as justification for taking a beach at the Mekong Delta so the American soldiers could go surfing. "Charlie" is slang for Viet Cong, the enemy. It can also refer to:

• "Charlie Don't Surf" (Veronica Mars), the 4th episode of season 3 of Veronica Mars
• Charlie Don't Surf (band), Irish band.
• "Charlie Don't Surf", the 7th episode of season 5 of Numb3rs
• "Charlie Don't Surf", the 13th episode of season 1 of The Commish
• "Charlie Don't Surf", a song by the Clash from their album Sandinista!
• "Charlie Don't Surf", a song by Funeral For a Friend from their album Memory and Humanity
• "Charlie Don't Surf", a level in the video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• "Charlie Don't Surf", a sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan consisting of a child mannequin who sits at a school desk with the hands nailed down to it by two pencils.