Tank Evans, or “The Shredder”, his common nickname, has proven himself time and time again to be not only the best surfer, challenging Big Z himself and even driving him to fake his death. The Tank has also proven himself to be the best overall character despite seeming to be the antagonist of the story. All of the evidence pointing to both of these claims is found throughout the movie, though perhaps not visible to someone who isn’t looking for it. For starters, many believe that because Tank Evans is portrayed as the villain means he’s clearly the antagonist. While this may be true for some, it is not true for this character. In fact, the Tank is actually a truly admirable character, but is overshadowed by those such as Chicken Joe and Cody Maverick. Despite his shortcomings such as his perceived arrogance, the Tank actually has many redeeming qualities, those that his opponents do not seem to have. Take for example Cody Maverick, who simply up and left his home in Antarctica, leaving his entire family behind. Compare him to Tank Evans, who despite being a 9 time surfing champion, and can be assumed to be very rich, still lives with his mother, seemingly in an effort to care for her and ensure they never lose the mother son bond. Tank Evans is also overshadowed by another character, Chicken Joe, who has collected a very large following and character fanbase due to his “chill nature” which is clearly seated in thorough alcoholism and substance abuse due to the loss of numerous members of his family. While Tank Evans promotes a sense of pride and confidence in those who see him, Chicken Joe merely contributes to an ever growing culture based on violent use to alcohol and drugs, making him a non acceptable character for a rated G movie, yet he has still gained the largest following, when truly he should not even be incorporated into the movie. Perhaps the biggest thing that Tank Evans has against him is the wide belief that he killed Big Z or forced him to fake his death, which is entirely not true. Tank Evans merely demonstrated his sheer surfing skill, and due to Big Z’s underlying self esteem issues and his incessant people pleasing, caused him to fake his death so he would not be humiliated. This scratched a permanent mark in the Tanks record, forever dooming him to be the antagonist of the movie, which is however, not true. Big Z was not forced by anyone but himself to fake his death, simply because he couldn’t handle losing and didn’t want to acknowledge that “The Shredder” is the superior surfer. To put simply, Tank Evans never did anything directly wrong, and is portrayed by a skewed media, heavily biased towards Big Z, making him out to be the hero of every story, he is portrayed by this media to be the villain of the story, when he is merely attempting to show is talent, and truly shows an immense amount of admirable traits, but is overshadowed by the “good guys,” none of which possess anywhere near the talent nor amazing qualities that Tank “The Shredder” Evans possesses.