177 Fun Facts About Finding Nemo

What kind of fish is Marlin, Nemo's overprotective father?

Real clownfish live inside stinging sea anemones, protected by a mucus coating that stops the anemone's barbs from firing.

Which comedian voices Dory, the forgetful fish who helps Marlin?

Ellen DeGeneres voices Dory; Stanton wrote the part with her in mind, and she reprised it 13 years later in Finding Dory (2016).

What condition does Dory famously suffer from?

Dory has short-term memory loss, forgetting conversations within moments. Despite that, she can read human writing, which lets her recall the dentist's address from the diver's mask.

In which Australian city is the dentist's office where Nemo ends up?

The dentist's office is in Sydney: the address on the diver's mask ends in 'Sydney', and the film's third act plays out in Sydney Harbour beside the Opera House.

What is the address Dory keeps repeating from the diver's mask?

The mask reads 'P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney'. Dory repeats it obsessively, and it is how Marlin learns where his son has been taken.

In Finding Nemo's opening, which predator knocks Marlin out and takes Coral and all but one of the eggs?

A barracuda attacks the anemone; Marlin is knocked out and wakes to find Coral and all but one damaged egg gone, the loss that drives his overprotectiveness.

Which studio produced Finding Nemo?

Pixar Animation Studios made it as its fifth feature, after Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc., and it became the studio's biggest hit to that point.

Who directed Finding Nemo?

Stanton also voices Crush the sea turtle, and went on to direct WALL-E and Finding Dory.

In what year was Finding Nemo released in theaters?

Finding Nemo opened on May 30, 2003; its DVD followed on November 4 the same year.

Which shark leads the 'Fish are friends, not food' support group?

Bruce, the great white, leads the group with Anchor the hammerhead and Chum the mako; his name nods to the animatronic shark in Jaws (1975).

What nickname does Crush give Marlin when he wakes up on the turtle's shell?

Crush dubs him 'Jellyman' after the stings that knocked him out, and the turtles use the name for the rest of the ride down the current.

Who voices Marlin?

Albert Brooks voices Marlin. Another actor had already recorded most of the dialogue before Andrew Stanton recast the part with Brooks, a change the director said saved the film.

Which actor originally recorded most of Marlin's dialogue before being replaced?

William H. Macy was the first Marlin and had recorded most of the dialogue before Andrew Stanton replaced him with Albert Brooks, who embraced playing a clownfish who isn't funny.

Which Oscar-nominated actor voices Gill, the scarred leader of the Tank Gang?

Willem Dafoe, Oscar-nominated for Platoon (1986) and Shadow of the Vampire (2000), voices Gill, the scarred tank veteran who masterminds the escape plan.

What species of fish is Gill?

Real Moorish idols eat mostly sponges, which is one reason they do so poorly in captivity.

Which Australian actor voices Nigel the pelican?

Geoffrey Rush, Best Actor winner for Shine, voices Nigel. The film leans on Australian talent throughout: Barry Humphries and Eric Bana voice two of the three sharks.

Which member of the Tank Gang is a pufferfish?

Bloat is voiced by Brad Garrett of Everybody Loves Raymond and presides over the tank's 'ring of fire' initiation.

What kind of creature is Jacques, the French-accented member of the Tank Gang?

Jacques is a cleaner shrimp, voiced by Pixar story artist Joe Ranft. Fittingly, in Finding Dory's post-credits scene he is the only Tank Gang member not coated in algae.

What is Peach, the Tank Gang member who watches the dentist through the glass?

Peach is a sea star who clings to the glass and reports on the dentist's patients. She is voiced by Allison Janney, then starring in The West Wing.

What is the name of the dentist's niece, feared by every fish in the tank?

Darla, the dentist's niece, is the tank's nightmare: her last pet fish died after she shook its bag too hard, and Nemo is meant to be her birthday present.

What is Gill's plan for getting the fish out of the dentist's office?

The plan is foiled when the dentist installs a self-cleaning filter while the fish sleep.

What is the mock volcano at the centre of the tank called during Nemo's initiation?

The volcano is Mount Wannahockaloogie, a pun on hocking a loogie. Nemo must swim through its bubbling 'ring of fire' to be accepted into the Tank Gang.

What nickname does the Tank Gang give Nemo?

The name comes from the pufferfish's chant at the initiation: 'Shark bait, hoo ha ha!'.

Marlin and Dory wake up riding which ocean current with Crush and his turtles?

The East Australian Current carries them. It is a real current that flows south from the Coral Sea along Australia's east coast, which is why the turtles ride it toward Sydney.

How old does Crush the sea turtle say he is?

Marlin later gets furious that a schoolmate named Sandy Plankton told Nemo sea turtles live to 100, insisting 'He was 150! Not 100!'.

Who provides the voice of Crush?

The director voiced the laid-back turtle himself, and Crush later got his own Disney park attractions, Turtle Talk with Crush and Crush's Coaster.

What is the name of Crush's son?

Squirt is Crush's son, the baby turtle who briefs Marlin and Dory on leaving the current: 'First, find your exit buddy.'

What kind of animal swallows Marlin and Dory near the end of their journey?

It is a blue whale, the largest animal ever to live; the pair are carried in its mouth all the way to Sydney Harbour.

What single word do the harbour seagulls shout?

The seagulls shout only 'Mine!', a chorus of greed voiced by director Andrew Stanton; the whole flock ends up beak-first in a boat's sail after chasing Nigel.

What does Dory name the baby jellyfish she tries to befriend?

'I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine' ends with a sting and the two fish racing through a jellyfish forest.

How does Nemo finally get out of the dentist's office?

Nemo first plays dead so he will be flushed rather than handed to the dentist's niece, a bluff that convinces Marlin he really has lost his son.

In the climax, what do Nemo and Marlin tell the netted fish to do to escape the trawler?

Nemo tells the fish to swim down together and Marlin relays the order; their combined pull snaps the trawler's winch and the net falls open, freeing Dory with the rest of the catch.

How much money did Finding Nemo gross worldwide in its original theatrical run?

Its original run grossed about $871 million worldwide on a budget of roughly $94 million, making it the biggest hit in Pixar's history to that point.

Finding Nemo was the first Pixar film to win which Academy Award?

The Best Animated Feature category had only existed for two years; Pixar's Monsters, Inc. had lost the inaugural award to Shrek.

Which record does Finding Nemo hold in home video?

Finding Nemo is the best-selling DVD of all time. It arrived on DVD and VHS on November 4, 2003, five months after its theatrical debut, and outsold every disc before it.

Who composed the score for Finding Nemo?

Thomas Newman scored it, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Original Score, one of his many nominations; he returned for Finding Dory in 2016.

Which singer covers 'Beyond the Sea' over the film's end credits?

Robbie Williams sings 'Beyond the Sea' over the end credits; he had recorded the big-band standard for his 2001 swing album Swing When You're Winning.

Which Will & Grace actress was dropped from Finding Nemo for refusing to use her character's voice?

Megan Mullally was dismissed after refusing to use the squeaky voice of her Will & Grace character Karen Walker, which producers had assumed was her natural speaking voice.

A French author sued Disney claiming Finding Nemo copied his children's book about which character?

The judge ruled against him, citing the colour differences between Pierrot and Nemo.

The film is dedicated to Glenn McQueen, who was what at Pixar?

Glenn McQueen was a Pixar animator who had worked on every feature from Toy Story on; he died of melanoma in October 2002, and Cars later named Lightning McQueen in his honour.

In 2016, Finding Nemo became only the second film dubbed into which Indigenous American language?

The language was Navajo: the dub premiered in March 2016 after auditions held on the Navajo Nation, and Star Wars (2013) had been the first Hollywood film dubbed into it.

Which Toy Story 2 co-director called starting production with a finished screenplay 'very unusual for an animated film'?

The script was written during post-production on A Bug's Life, so the film began with a complete screenplay, a rarity at Pixar.

In real life, what happens to a breeding male anemonefish when the group's dominant breeder dies?

The breeding male changes sex and becomes the female: anemonefish are protandrous hermaphrodites, so a scientifically accurate Marlin would have become Nemo's mother after Coral's death.

Which real reef is home to Marlin and Nemo at the start of the film?

It is the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, made up of nearly 3,000 individual reefs; Sydney, where Nemo is taken, lies far to the south.

Dory's voice actress won which honour, only the second time it went to a voice performance?

Ellen DeGeneres won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dory; Robin Williams had been the first voice performance to take a Saturn acting award, for the Genie in Aladdin.

In Finding Dory, what is unusual about Hank the octopus?

Voiced by Ed O'Neill, Hank is dubbed a 'septopus' and wants nothing more than a quiet tank in Cleveland.

Which actors voice Dory's parents, Jenny and Charlie, in Finding Dory?

Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy voice Jenny and Charlie, Dory's parents, who drill her on introducing herself: 'Hi, I'm Dory, I suffer from short-term remembery loss.'

Where does Dory believe her parents live in Finding Dory?

Dory recalls 'the Jewel of Morro Bay, California', the slogan of the Marine Life Institute, a fictional rescue-and-release facility on the central California coast.

Roughly how much did Finding Dory gross worldwide?

Finding Dory grossed about $1.03 billion worldwide, making it the second Pixar film to cross a billion after Toy Story 3 (2010).

Why was Nemo recast for Finding Dory?

Hayden Rolence took over, while Gould, then an adult, voiced a minor character in the sequel.

Which actress voices herself as the recorded voice of the Marine Life Institute in Finding Dory?

Her disembodied announcements become a running joke, with Dory following 'the voice of Sigourney Weaver' to safety.

Which patient is in the chair when Nigel crashes into the dentist's window?

The patient is the Australian Prime Minister: the startled dentist addresses him as 'Prime Minister' while wrestling the pelican back out of the room.

What is the name of the new self-cleaning filter that ruins the Tank Gang's escape plan?

It is the Aqua Scum 2003, which the dentist installs overnight after the tank turns green; by morning the water is spotless and the gang's dirty-tank escape is dead.

Which of Nemo's classmates announces 'I'm H2O-intolerant' before sneezing?

Sheldon is a seahorse; his classmates Tad and Pearl are a butterflyfish and a flapjack octopus.

Where did Disney open the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage ride in 2007?

The Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage opened at Disneyland Park in Anaheim in June 2007, reusing the lagoon and refitted subs of the original 1959 Submarine Voyage.

How many Academy Award nominations did Finding Nemo receive in total?

It won one of the four; the other nominations were for Original Screenplay, Original Score and Sound Editing.

Who co-wrote Finding Nemo with Andrew Stanton?

Bob Peterson and David Reynolds share the screenplay credit with Stanton; the trio earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, a rarity for an animated film.

What physical trait of Nemo does Marlin warn the teacher about?

Nemo has an undersized right fin: the right pectoral fin is smaller than his left, damaged in the barracuda attack on his egg, and Marlin warns Mr. Ray he can't swim well because of it.

What is the 'drop-off' that Nemo's class visits?

Where the reef meets the open sea is the drop-off, and Nemo swims out to a speedboat there to prove his independence.

What sets Bruce off on his rampage at the shark meeting?

The smell of Dory's blood sets him off: the diver's mask hits her in the face and her nosebleed triggers Bruce's feeding frenzy, which ends with old naval mines detonating.

What does Darla, the dentist's niece, wear on her teeth?

Darla wears braces, a fitting detail for a dentist's niece; she turns up in a 'Rock 'n' Roll Girl' T-shirt and wakes Nemo by shaking his bag.

Which Tank Gang member is a striped damselfish?

Deb thinks her reflection is her sister, Flo.

What species is Gurgle, the germ-fearing member of the Tank Gang?

Gurgle is a royal gramma, a purple-and-yellow basslet; he is the tank's germophobe, horrified when Nemo arrives from the ocean. Bubbles, the yellow tang, is obsessed with the treasure chest's bubbles.

How do Marlin and Dory read the address after losing the mask in an abyss?

They read it by the anglerfish's light: its glowing lure illuminates the mask in the dark abyss long enough for Dory to read the address, and Marlin then traps the predator in the mask strap.

In Finding Nemo, what knocks Marlin and Dory unconscious just before they wake up among the sea turtles?

Jellyfish stings fell them both as they try to escape a forest of jellyfish, and they come round in the East Australian Current.

How does news of Marlin's journey reach Nemo in the tank?

Nigel the pelican tells him: having heard the story from other birds, he relays Marlin's journey through the tank's window, and an inspired Nemo then jams the filter with a pebble.

How does the whale get Marlin and Dory to Sydney Harbour?

The whale safely expels them through its blowhole into Sydney Harbour, after Dory urges Marlin to trust it despite his fearing the worst.

What is Nemo doing when Marlin finally sees him through the dentist's window?

Marlin leaves believing his son is really dead.

Along with Dory, what kind of fish does the trawler net at the end?

Nemo leads them all to swim down and break the net.

What does Marlin tell Nemo as he drops him off at school at the end?

Marlin tells him 'Go have an adventure!', a full reversal from the clownfish who began the film terrified of the drop-off; Dory then turns up at the school, escorted by the sharks.

A 1992 family trip to which attraction convinced Stanton the undersea setting could be animated beautifully?

It was Marine World in Vallejo, California (later Six Flags Discovery Kingdom): the shark tube and other exhibits convinced Stanton the underwater world could be done beautifully in computer animation.

The idea for Marlin and Nemo came from a photograph of two clownfish doing what?

The photo showed two clownfish peeking out of an anemone; Stanton said he couldn't take his eyes off them and loved that they seemed to be playing peekaboo.

Stanton began writing Finding Nemo during post-production on which Pixar film?

Pre-production began in early 1997.

What did the Pixar artists do to study the coral reef?

The artists took scuba diving lessons to watch reef fish move in the wild, studied aquariums, and sat through in-house lectures from an ichthyologist so the fish would move believably.

Stanton originally planned to reveal Coral's death how?

Stanton planned to reveal it in flashbacks spread through the film, but found the audience was left with nothing to discover by the end, so the barracuda attack was moved to the opening.

In a deleted scene, Gill claims to be from a place called what?

Gill claims to come from Bad Luck Bay, a tall tale; in the deleted scene Nemo catches the lie when a patient's storybook turns out to contain the same details.

What kind of outtakes did Albert Brooks record as Marlin?

Brooks recorded outtakes of himself telling very bad jokes, embracing the idea of a clownfish who is not funny; Marlin's fumbled mollusk joke in the film plays on the same trait.

Where did the idea for the tank initiation sequence come from?

The sequence came out of a story conference in a car: Stanton and co-writer Bob Peterson worked out the initiation while driving to a recording session.

Dory was originally envisioned as what?

Dory was written as a male character until Stanton, with Ellen DeGeneres in mind for the voice, rewrote the part as a female fish.

What is the name of the pelican who swallows and chokes on Marlin and Dory?

He was originally written as Nigel's scruffy friend.

Where did Stanton record all of Crush's dialogue?

He recorded it lying on a sofa in co-director Lee Unkrich's office; his scratch voice from the story reels went over so well in screenings that Pixar never recast Crush.

Squirt was voiced by the young son of which Pixar director?

Brad Bird's young son Nicholas voiced Squirt. Bird himself was then directing The Incredibles, Pixar's next feature after Finding Nemo.

Who animated Dory at Pixar, blending fish and human movement?

Gini Cruz Santos, a Pixar animator, is credited with blending fish and human movement in the characters' animation.

Bruce the shark's name honours Bruce Ramer, who was whose lawyer?

Bruce Ramer was Steven Spielberg's lawyer; the Jaws crew nicknamed their malfunctioning animatronic shark 'Bruce' after him, and Pixar borrowed the name for its great white.

Bruce's line 'Here's Brucey!' references a famous line from which film?

It is The Shining (1980): Jack Nicholson's Jack Torrance shouts 'Here's Johnny!' through a splintered door, and Bruce's 'Here's Brucey!' copies the moment as he breaks into the submarine.

Darla's theme music is Bernard Herrmann's score from which Hitchcock film?

It is Psycho (1960): Bernard Herrmann's shrieking violins from the shower scene play whenever Darla appears, a joke aimed at the parents in the audience.

The seagulls were modelled on Feathers McGraw from which short film?

Feathers McGraw is the silent penguin villain of The Wrong Trousers (1993), the second Wallace & Gromit film, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.

Which singer performed 'Beyond the Sea' for the Navajo dub of Finding Nemo?

Patrick Stump, lead singer of Fall Out Boy, recorded 'Beyond the Sea' in Navajo for the 2016 dub, replacing Robbie Williams' English-language version over the credits.

Finding Nemo was the first Pixar film not scored by whom?

Randy Newman had scored Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc.; Finding Nemo went to his cousin Thomas Newman instead.

The first Finding Nemo teaser was attached to which 2002 Disney film?

The teaser ran before Lilo & Stitch in June 2002, a year ahead of release; later trailers ran before Treasure Planet and The Jungle Book 2.

Which fast-food chain sold eight Finding Nemo Happy Meal toys?

McDonald's sold eight Finding Nemo Happy Meal toys in 2003 under Disney's long-running promotional deal; Kellogg's also made a Nemo cereal with fish-shaped marshmallows.

What Nemo-themed Pop-Tarts flavour did Kellogg's launch?

They had wild berry filling and fish sprinkles.

Why did Kellogg's recall Frosted Flakes boxes in May 2003?

Hasbro sued to protect its trademark.

In which month had all four of Pixar's features before Finding Nemo opened?

Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc. all opened in November; Finding Nemo broke the pattern with a May 30, 2003 release into the summer movie season.

Finding Nemo opened in US theatres on May 30, 2003, alongside which heist film?

The Italian Job, the remake with Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron, opened the same day, as did the horror film Wrong Turn; Finding Nemo outgrossed both many times over.

Which short film played with Finding Nemo in theatres?

Knick Knack, John Lasseter's 1989 short about a snow-globe snowman, was remastered and shown before Finding Nemo, and was included on the DVD as well.

How many DVDs did Finding Nemo sell on its first day of release?

It sold more than 8 million DVDs on its first day, November 4, 2003, beating the single-day record Spider-Man had set the previous year.

Roughly how many DVD copies of Finding Nemo have been sold in total?

That makes it the best-selling DVD of all time.

On what date was Finding Nemo released on Blu-ray 3D?

The Blu-ray 3D arrived on December 4, 2012, in a five-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition alongside a three-disc set, following the film's 3D theatrical re-release that September.

Finding Nemo was the second-highest-grossing film of 2003 behind which movie?

It did beat The Matrix Reloaded to be the top film of summer 2003.

Roughly how much did Finding Nemo earn on its US opening weekend?

It opened to about $70 million ($70.3 million), then the biggest debut ever for an animated film, knocking Bruce Almighty off the top spot.

Which film took Finding Nemo's record for the biggest animated opening weekend a year later?

Shrek 2 opened to $108 million in May 2004, taking the animated opening-weekend record Finding Nemo had set by passing Monsters, Inc.'s $62.6 million.

Which film overtook Finding Nemo in its fourth weekend at the US box office?

Hulk opened to $62 million on June 20, 2003, pushing Finding Nemo to second in its fourth weekend; Nemo had already dipped to second behind 2 Fast 2 Furious in weekend two before reclaiming the top spot.

Which animated film did Finding Nemo pass to become the top animated earner in North America?

It passed The Lion King's $328 million to become the top animated earner in North America with $339 million; Shrek 2 (2004) and Toy Story 3 (2010) later passed it.

Which was Finding Nemo's highest-grossing market after North America?

Japan was its biggest overseas market, with about ¥11 billion, roughly $100 million, well ahead of the UK or Germany.

Which film first beat Finding Nemo as the top foreign animated film in Japan?

Frozen took ¥25.5 billion.

Which film surpassed Finding Nemo as the highest-grossing Disney film after three years?

Nemo was the fourth animated film to make $500 million worldwide.

Finding Nemo's 3D re-release opened at number two behind which film?

Resident Evil: Retribution took the weekend of September 14, 2012 with about $21 million, while Finding Nemo's 3D re-release opened second with roughly $16.7 million.

What was Finding Nemo's cumulative worldwide gross after the 3D re-release?

The re-release added $69.3 million.

What Rotten Tomatoes approval rating did Finding Nemo hold in 2025?

Finding Nemo held a 99% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, from more than 260 reviews, alongside a Metacritic score of 90 out of 100.

What CinemaScore grade did audiences give Finding Nemo?

It was the third Pixar film to earn the rare top grade.

Finding Nemo defeated The Triplets of Belleville and which Disney film for the animation Oscar?

Brother Bear, Disney's hand-drawn feature from 2003, was the other nominee alongside Sylvain Chomet's The Triplets of Belleville; Finding Nemo won.

Which film beat Finding Nemo for the Original Screenplay Oscar?

Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation took Best Original Screenplay; Finding Nemo also lost Sound Editing to Master and Commander and Original Score to The Return of the King.

Where did Finding Nemo rank on the AFI's 2008 top ten animated films list?

It placed 10th, behind Snow White (1st), Pinocchio, Bambi, The Lion King, Fantasia, Toy Story, Beauty and the Beast, Shrek and Cinderella, and was the newest film on any of the ten lists.

The surge in clownfish purchases after the film was nicknamed what?

It was dubbed 'the Nemo effect': reports of a rush on pet clownfish after the film, though later studies found little evidence that sales actually jumped.

Which Australian state used Finding Nemo to promote itself to tourists?

Its Great Barrier Reef is Marlin and Nemo's home.

Which studio developed the console versions of the 2003 Finding Nemo video game?

Traveller's Tales developed the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube versions for publisher THQ; the studio went on to become the Lego game house with Lego Star Wars in 2005.

Where did Turtle Talk with Crush first open in 2004?

It opened at Epcot in November 2004, two years before the surrounding pavilion was re-themed around the film, and reached Disney California Adventure in 2005.

At which park did Crush's Coaster open in 2007?

Crush's Coaster opened in June 2007 at Walt Disney Studios Park, the second gate of Disneyland Paris; it is a spinning coaster that sends riders into the East Australian Current.

Who wrote the songs for Finding Nemo – The Musical?

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez wrote the songs; the married team went on to Frozen's 'Let It Go' and Coco's 'Remember Me', both Oscar winners.

What is the revamped 2022 version of the Animal Kingdom stage show called?

The original 40-minute musical closed in March 2020.

The Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage re-themed a Disneyland ride that ran from 1959 to when?

The original Submarine Voyage ran from 1959 to 1998 and sat dormant for nine years before reopening as the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage in 2007.

The original Disneyland Submarine Voyage was loosely based on which real submarine?

USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, sailed under the North Pole in 1958; Disneyland's grey subs were styled on it rather than on Jules Verne's fictional Nautilus.

What was Epcot's Nemo pavilion called before its 2006 re-theme?

The Living Seas, opened in 1986, was re-themed as The Seas with Nemo & Friends; its main tank holds 5.7 million US gallons of salt water.

The Seas with Nemo & Friends ranks where among US aquariums by tank volume?

Its 5.7-million-gallon tank makes it the second-largest aquarium tank in the US, behind only the Georgia Aquarium's 6.3-million-gallon Ocean Voyager exhibit.

Nemo & Friends SeaRider at Tokyo DisneySea replaced which earlier ride?

It replaced StormRider, the weather-flight simulator that closed in May 2016; SeaRider opened on May 12, 2017 in Port Discovery, shrinking riders to fish size.

Which studio made the Game Boy Advance version of the 2003 Finding Nemo game?

All versions were published by THQ.

Which studio was Disney's planned Finding Nemo sequel assigned to in 2005, without Pixar?

The 2006 purchase of Pixar shut it down before it made a film.

The unmade Circle Seven script introduced Nemo's long-lost twin brother named what?

Marlin was to be caught and need rescuing.

Who co-wrote Finding Dory with Andrew Stanton?

She called Dory's forgetfulness the hardest thing to write around.

Which flow do the trio ride, with Crush's help, in Finding Dory?

Crush helps them once again.

What creature does Dory awaken in a sunken container ship?

A giant squid, woken by Dory in the wreck, chases them and nearly devours Nemo; Marlin's anger at Dory afterward is what sends her off alone to the Marine Life Institute.

Dory's tag marks her for transfer to an aquarium in which city?

Her tag marks her for the Cleveland aquarium; Hank wants it so he can be shipped there to a quiet tank instead of being released into the ocean.

What kind of animal is Bailey in Finding Dory?

Bailey is a beluga whale, voiced by Ty Burrell, convinced his echolocation is broken; Destiny, Dory's nearsighted whale-shark friend, is his tank neighbour.

How was young Dory separated from her parents?

An undertow pulled young Dory into the institute's pipes and swept her out to the ocean, where she wandered for years before bumping into Marlin.

What is the name of the common loon who helps Marlin and Nemo in Finding Dory?

Becky, a scruffy common loon, carries Marlin and Nemo into the institute in a bucket after Fluke and Rudder, the sea lions, call her over.

What did Dory's parents lay down for years to guide her home?

They laid trails of shells radiating out from their home so Dory could follow one back; she finally follows a trail to a tire where they are waiting.

How does Finding Dory's climactic hijacking end?

All the fish aboard are freed.

Which three real facilities inspired the fictional institute in Finding Dory?

The Monterey Bay Aquarium, the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito and the Vancouver Aquarium were the models; Pixar staff made research trips to each before designing the Marine Life Institute.

Which 2013 documentary led Pixar to revise Finding Dory's ending?

After Blackfish (2013) exposed orca captivity at SeaWorld, Pixar reworked an ending in which characters ended up in a SeaWorld-like marine park, giving them the option to leave.

Who co-directed Finding Dory with Andrew Stanton?

Angus MacLane co-directed; a veteran Pixar animator, he made his solo feature debut with Lightyear in 2022.

Which Pixar rendering software was re-engineered for Finding Dory's lighting?

RenderMan, Pixar's renderer, was rebuilt around physically based ray tracing (RIS) for Finding Dory, the biggest change to the software in its 25-year history, to handle the film's underwater light.

Which film took Finding Dory's original November 2015 release slot?

The Good Dinosaur took the November 25, 2015 date after its own delays, and Finding Dory moved to June 17, 2016.

Which short film accompanied Finding Dory in theatres?

Piper, Alan Barillaro's short about a sandpiper chick learning to brave the waves, played before Finding Dory and won the Oscar for Best Animated Short.

What was Finding Dory's record-setting US opening weekend gross?

That was 93.8% above Finding Nemo's debut.

Finding Dory became the first animated film ever to cross what US box office mark?

Finding Dory was the first animated film to pass $450 million domestically, finishing at $486 million and overtaking Shrek 2 as the top animated earner in North America.

What Rotten Tomatoes rating did Finding Dory hold in 2025?

Finding Dory held a 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, from more than 300 reviews, alongside a Metacritic score of 77 out of 100.

Which sitcom made Hank's voice actor Ed O'Neill famous as Al Bundy?

Married... with Children ran on Fox from 1987 to 1997 with Ed O'Neill as Al Bundy; he later played Jay Pritchett on Modern Family.

Which sea creature did Idris Elba voice in Finding Dory?

Idris Elba voices Fluke, one of the two sea lions hogging the rock with 'Off! Off! Off!', opposite Dominic West as Rudder; in 2016 he also voiced Shere Khan and Chief Bogo.

Which Pixar writer-director voices Mr. Ray, Nemo's teacher?

He also voiced Roz in Monsters, Inc. and Dug in Up.

Which Australian actor, the gyrocopter pilot in Mad Max 2, voiced Chum the shark?

Bruce Spence, the lanky Gyro Captain of Mad Max 2, voices Chum the mako; he also played the Mouth of Sauron in The Return of the King's extended cut.

Vicki Lewis, who voices Deb and Flo, is best known for which sitcom?

Vicki Lewis played the secretary Beth on NBC's NewsRadio from 1995 to 1999, alongside Dave Foley and Phil Hartman.

Alexander Gould, the original voice of Nemo, later starred as Shane Botwin on which series?

Weeds, Showtime's suburban pot-dealing comedy, cast Alexander Gould as Shane Botwin, Nancy's younger son, for all eight seasons from 2005 to 2012.

Andrew Stanton won two Best Animated Feature Oscars for Finding Nemo and which other film?

WALL-E won Stanton his second Best Animated Feature Oscar in 2009; he also directed the live-action John Carter in 2012.

In which Massachusetts town was Andrew Stanton born?

Andrew Stanton was born in Rockport, on Massachusetts' Cape Ann, in 1965; he has since directed episodes of Stranger Things and Better Call Saul.

Thomas Newman is the son of a nine-time Oscar-winning composer with which first name?

Alfred Newman, who won nine Academy Awards and ran the 20th Century Fox music department, was Thomas's father; Randy Newman is a cousin.

Besides a Saturn Award, which honour did Ellen DeGeneres win for voicing Dory?

Ellen DeGeneres won the Annie Award for voice acting in an animated feature, the animation industry's own prize, and Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie at the Kids' Choice Awards.

What is Dory's motto, which DeGeneres has adopted as a life philosophy?

She cited it after ABC cancelled her sitcom Ellen.

Besides reading human writing, what unusual language skill does Dory have?

She uses it to talk to the whale that swallows them.

Whose 1959 recording made 'Beyond the Sea' famous, decades before Robbie Williams's cover?

Bobby Darin's 1959 recording reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became his signature song; Robbie Williams' cover closes Finding Nemo.

'Beyond the Sea' is the English version of which French song?

It is Charles Trenet's 'La Mer' (1946), an ode to the sea itself; Jack Lawrence's English lyric turned it into a love song about a lover waiting across the water.

The real regal blue tang, Dory's species, belongs to which fish family?

It is a surgeonfish (family Acanthuridae), named for the scalpel-like spines at the base of the tail, and the only member of the genus Paracanthurus.

By what other name is Amphiprion ocellaris, Marlin's real species, known?

Amphiprion ocellaris is the false percula clownfish (or common clownfish), so called for its resemblance to Amphiprion percula; adults reach about 11 cm and females are larger than males.

Real clownfish mostly feed on what?

Plankton: clownfish are omnivores that pick zooplankton and small crustaceans from the water, topped up with algae and scraps left by their host anemone.

What real-life distinction does the Australian pelican, Nigel's species, hold?

The Australian pelican has the longest bill of any living bird, up to about 50 cm in large males; it is a mostly white bird with black wings and a pink bill.

On a real anglerfish, what is the glowing tip of the lure called?

The esca is the fleshy, glowing tip, lit by symbiotic bacteria; the illicium is the modified fin-ray stalk that holds it out like a fishing rod.

Real cleaner shrimp like Jacques feed on what?

Cleaner shrimp pick parasites and dead tissue from other fish at reef 'cleaning stations', where even predators pause to be groomed.

Which naturalist first described the Moorish idol, Gill's species, in 1758?

Carl Linnaeus described it as Chaetodon cornutus in the 1758 tenth edition of Systema Naturae; Zanclus cornutus is the only living species in its family, Zanclidae.

The real Great Barrier Reef stretches for roughly how many kilometres?

It stretches over 2,300 km along the Queensland coast and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms.

In what year was the Great Barrier Reef named a World Heritage Site?

UNESCO inscribed the Great Barrier Reef as a World Heritage Site in 1981, among Australia's first listings, alongside Kakadu and the Willandra Lakes.

The real EAC forms from which larger flow crossing the Coral Sea?

The South Equatorial Current flows west across the Coral Sea, and the southern branch of its split at the Australian coast becomes the EAC, a warm, southward western boundary current.

Captain Nemo, the possible namesake, appears in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas and which other Verne novel?

The Mysterious Island (1874) reveals Captain Nemo as the castaways' secret benefactor, ending his story aboard the Nautilus; 'nemo' is Latin for 'no one'.

Director Andrew Stanton cast Ellen DeGeneres as Dory after seeing her do what on an episode of her sitcom Ellen?

Seeing her change the subject five times in one sentence sold Stanton, who had originally envisioned Dory as a male character.

To study fish movement for Finding Nemo, Pixar's animators visited aquariums, heard lectures from an ichthyologist and went diving where?

Hawaii was the dive destination; the team also sat through in-house lectures from an ichthyologist to make the swimming believable.

In 1997, what everyday outing with his young son made Andrew Stanton realise he was overprotecting him, seeding Finding Nemo?

A walk in the park became a missed father-son moment, and that lost opportunity became the emotional core of Marlin's story.

In early drafts of Finding Nemo, Gerald, the pelican who chokes on Marlin and Dory, was written as whose friend?

Nigel's neat, fastidious manner was meant to contrast with scruffy Gerald, but the role was cut back to keep the pace.

Which production designer made pastel drawings to guide how every scene of Finding Nemo was lit?

Ralph Eggleston, the production designer, drew pastel studies of each scene's light that the lighting crew, led by director of photography Sharon Calahan, used as their guide.