Tad The-Longnose Butterflyfish

:“I'm obnoxious!”―Tad
Tad is a minor character in Disney/Pixar's 2003 animated film Finding Nemo and its 2016 sequel, who is the son of Phil. He, along with Pearl and Sheldon, befriends Nemo in school. He admits himself to being obnoxious.
==Appearances==
===Finding Nemo===
One of Mr. Ray's students, Nemo meets Tad and his friends while waiting to start school. He was part of the group who saw the boat. Like the other children, he tries to see how close to it he can swim. When Marlin accuses Nemo of swimming past the drop-off, he and the other kids try to defend Nemo. When the divers appear, he flees with the rest of the class, protected by Mr. Ray.
He briefly appears at the end welcoming Nemo and newcomer Squirt into the class.
===Finding Dory===
Tad returns in the sequel, albeit only making two appearances throughout the film. Unlike in the first film, Tad does not have any speaking roles, along with Sheldon and Pearl who return in the sequel. He first appears in the scene where Mr. Ray is telling his class about the stingray migration and during the spot where the stingray migration occurs in which Mr. Ray warns the class to stay away from the undertow to avoid getting caught in the current and later looking at Dory who was knocked unconsciously by the large group of stingrays. Tad last appears at the end of the film where he, Pearl, Sheldon, and the rest of the students discover that Mr. Ray joined the stingray migration in which Hank, Bailey, and Destiny substitute for Mr. Ray's class.
==Gallery==
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1000px-Disney 2008 0598.jpg|Tad at the entrance to The Seas with Nemo & Friends
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Pearl-Sheldon-Tad.jpg|Tad with Pearl and Sheldon
Tad plush.jpg|Tad plush toy
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February16th.png|His, Pearl's, and Sheldon's Disneystrology page
==Trivia==
*Tad's voice actor, Jordy Ranft, is one the late Joe Ranft's children in real life.
**Coincidentally, one of Joe Ranft's brothers, Jerome Ranft, later took over as Jacques in Finding Dory during the post-credits scene.