Dory

**Dory** is the deuteragonist of Disney/Pixar's 2003 animated film *Finding Nemo* and the titular protagonist of its 2016 sequel.

In Summer's Adventure Series, she becomes a human after a curse was placed upon not just her and her close friends, but also the rest of the Pixar Characters as well,

She is the Sapphire Toon Ranger on the Modern Toon Ranger crew, and the first (Alongside Marlin) To kick off the Modern Saga of Toon Rangers in the series

## Personality

Dory is very optimistic and kind but a ditzy and forgetful fish. This is because she suffers from short-term memory loss. However, she has a heart of gold and was willing to go full lengths to help Marlin find his son (even though she can never remember his name).

After hearing about Marlin and how his son was captured by divers, she was willing to accompany and help him. She was always supportive and helpful to him throughout the journey, though her short-term memory loss and playful personality could sometimes cause Marlin to lose his patience with her. She can be very talkative and loved to play games throughout her and Marlin's journey, taking detours and getting easily distracted. However, she can also be naive and oblivious, as shown when she did not realize the danger of going to a Sharks only club and when Marlin was fighting with an Anglerfish and seemed oblivious to Marlin's struggle (insisting he helps move the light closer to her so she could read the address on the diver's goggles).

She is also very friendly, fun, and warm-hearted, earning her fast friends. Her kindness was shown as she continued to accompany Marlin on his journey despite his lack of patience with her and his sometimes harsh comments. She developed such a close relationship with Marlin that her short-term memory loss seemed to have improved, as she states, "Please don't leave me. No one has ever stayed with me this long, and when I look at you, I remember stuff better." The two remained close by the end of the film.

Despite her ditzy personality, Dory has shown to be somewhat intelligent, as she could read "human" (English and possibly other languages) and even communicate with whales. She also helped Marlin realize that he needed to give Nemo more freedom to grow up, become his own person, and experience life. Dory also possesses something of a ruthless side. While trying to get information from a crab, she threatens to feed him to seagulls if he didn't tell her and Nemo what they wanted to know.

Dory has shown to have separation anxiety, as she begs Marlin not to leave her after returning to the sea by Nigel's mouth. She cries, telling him that no one has ever stuck with her so long before. She shows it again in Finding Dory when she gets lost from the school group for a brief minute, and again when she remembers her family, swimming away from Marlin and Nemo and then slightly panicking as she can't find them before hearing Marlin's voice and swimming back. She shows it again after being separated from them later, and then again after she is told her parents are dead and washed down the drain. Finally, she shows it one last time on the reef, getting nervous as she finds herself alone before remembering the game.

## In the Adventure Series

In Season 2 and 5, we are first introduced to her and the others before the curse was placed, From the creators words, "I didn't want to miss out on making these adventures of these films, so I decided to make them early on, and then in Season 6, these characters would become a huge part of the adventure series permanently"

## Season 6

#### "We don't want to hurt you all, just give us the kid, and we will leave you alone" - Dory in her Toon Ranger Form first interacting with Summer and the other rangers (Season 6)

In Season 6, Dory is introduced as a mystery character when Summer and the Classic Toon Rangers first encounter her, Marlin, and Nemo in the start of the season. She warns the rangers not to mess with them, or else they would be placed in danger. But over the course of the first few adventures, she begins to warm up to them, and soon joins the team, alongside her friend Marlin to help defend her friends and family, and to learn more about how she and the rest of her friends became human.