Philip Sherman

**Philip Sherman** (also known as **P. Sherman** and **The Dentist**) is the main antagonist of the 2003 Disney/Pixar film Finding Nemo. He is a dentist who kidnapped Nemo in the first place as well as planning to give him to his niece Darla as a present.

He was voiced by the late Bill Hunter.

## Finding Nemo

Philip is first seen when he kidnaps Nemo by using a net bag and when he did, he went on his boat to go back to the dentist office. Marlin tried to save Nemo but it's too late which is until Marlin met Dory.

At the dentist, Philip is seen cleaning his patient's teeth as well as saying hello to Nemo. He also tells the other employees he found Nemo at the reef and save him (showing that he captures Nemo because he thinks he would die in the ocean). When Philip sees Nigel by his office tank, he shoos him away thinking that he is going to eat the fish. After that, Philip announces to Nemo he is going to be a present of his niece Darla.

On the day Dr. Sheman enters the office to take care of patient Davey Reynolds, he finds the tank dirty. Philip then asks Barbara to leave the time before his earliest appointment open so that he can clean the tank prior to Darla's arrival. Instead of taking the fish by putting in bags and clean the tank himself like he used to do. he buys and installs an AquaScum 2003 into his tank to let the device do the job which sabotage the fish's escaping the office. It's also the day that Darla comes. During that, Philip tries to take Nemo out of the tank by using his net but that failed due to Gill and the rest of the others help Nemo, but Philip then uses a bag instead. Nemo tries to escape the office by using the window, but Sherman got him and puts him on a plastic storage tray in order to prevent Nemo trying to escape again. After Darla arrives, Nemo pretends to be dead in order to be flushed in the toilet and when Philip notice this, he believes Nemo is dead but instead of flushing him down the toilet, Philip instead heads for the trash to dispose Nemo. However, he is interrupted by Nigel, Dory, and Marlin invading the office.

During that, Dr. Sherman, still holding Nemo's bag, tries to grab Nigel, but bumps into the pelican, causing him to fall and to drop the bag onto the tray of the dentist's tools. Philip throws the pelican out of the office and slams the window shut. Darla picks up Nemo's bag and starts shaking it thinking that Nemo is sleeping, prompting Gill to have his gang fire out of the tank and land onto Darla's head, causing Darla to drop the bag onto the same tray, and the bag pops, Philip then notices the animals have gone mad and hits his head into a scope suspending from the ceiling, which knocks him down on the floor. Dr. Sherman's patients which include a boy and his mother as well as a bearded man, and a teenage girl watch in shock and confusion witnessing what is going on in the dental room. While the dentist is knocked down, Gill jumps onto the dentist's mirror to catapult Nemo into the sink, letting the clownfish escape the office through the drain, through the sewers and back to the ocean. After recovering, Dr. Sherman finds Gill on his tray and puts him back on the tank.

At the end of the film, Philip complains to Barbara that his new AquaScum 2003 (which has a lifetime guarantee and is maintenance free) is broken since he has to clean the tank himself and put the fish in the bags which is also when he notices the fish escape.

## Personality

Despite being the main antagonist of Finding Nemo, Philip is not really evil since he is shown to be a nice man given, he is shown to love his niece and just wants to give Nemo to her as a present. He only kidnaps Nemo because he believes he would die in the ocean. Since pelicans eat fish, he thinks Nigel wants to eat his fish despite he is only there to talk with them. He also shown to care for his fish which is shown when puts Gill back in the tank and is saddened when thinks Nemo died when he is playing dead.

## Appearance

Philip Sherman is a tall, slender man, with a long nose, both gray eyebrows, and hair, and blue eyes. He also wears a teal dentist uniform and white gloves.

## Trivia

* Philip is often thought to be the first film's secondary antagonist, but this is not true since Philip is the one who drove the plot of the film as well as having more screentime than Darla and is the one who is trying to give Nemo to Darla in the first place (despite Darla being the actual threat towards Nemo's life).
* According to the short film's audio commentary, the hand that grabs the lamb in Boudin' is his.
* "P. Sherman" is a pun on the word "fisherman".
* His address is 42 Wallaby Way, Syndey although it's unclear if the address is his home or his dentist office.
* He says, "Crikey"! at least twice in the film, which was the late Steve Irwin's catchphrase.
* According to Peach, he goes to the bathroom for an average of 4.2 minutes with reading the Reader's Digest.
* Dr. Sherman's speedboat is called the Aussie Flosser.
* Given the view from the window of Dr. Sherman's office, its presumed location is approximately somewhere vaguely north or northeast of downtown Syndey, possibly either in Cremorne Point or Clifford Gardens (where in real life, the Taronga Zoo can be found). Besides the famous Syndey Opera house, other famous landmarks like the Syndey Harbour Bridge, the Governor Philip Tower, and the Syndey Tower Eye can be seen.
* According to both the Finding Nemo: The Essential Guide and the Disney Pixar Character Encyclopedia, Philip's great-great-grandfather first opened the dentist practice back in 1895.