A clown fish named Marlin lives in the Great Barrier Reef loses his son, Nemo. After he ventures into the open sea, despite his father's constant warnings about many of the ocean's dangers. Nemo is abducted by a boat and netted up and sent to a dentist's office in Sydney. So, while Marlin ventures off to try to retrieve Nemo, Marlin meets a fish named Dory, a blue tang suffering from short-term memory loss. The companions travel a great distance, encountering various dangerous sea creatures such as sharks, anglerfish and jellyfish, in order to rescue Nemo from the dentist's office, which is situated by Sydney Harbor. While the two are doing this, Nemo and the other sea animals in the dentist's fish tank plot a way to return to Sydney Harbor to live their lives free again.
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Jacques' character is partly based on actor Fritz Feld, whose trademark was to "pop" his mouth by slapping it with the palm of his hand to indicate his "superior" annoyance.
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Goofs
Factual errors:
Mr. Ray is not a Mr. at all, as he lacks claspers (the male reproductive organs found on rays and sharks.)
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Quotes
[first lines]
Marlin:
Wow. Coral:
Mmm. Marlin:
Wow. Coral:
Mm-hmm. Marlin:
Wow. Coral:
Yes, Marlin. I... No, I see it. It's beautiful. Marlin:
So, Coral, when you said you wanted an ocean view, you didn't think you were going to get the whole ocean, did you? Huh?
[deep breath]
Marlin:
Oh, yeah. A fish can breathe out here. Did your man deliver, or did he deliver?
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Crazy Credits
During the end credits, Mike Wazowski (the one-eyed character from
Monsters, Inc. (2001)) can be seen swimming across the screen while
wearing scuba-diving equipment.
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