Finding Nemo (Film)

Finding Nemo is Pixar's 5th feature film following a clown fish Marlin as he try's to find his son.

## Description

In the colorful and warm tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef, a Clown Fish named Marlin lives safe and secluded in his anemone home with his only son, Nemo. Fearful of the ocean and its unpredictable risks, he struggles to protect his son. Nemo, like all young fish, is eager to explore the mysterious reef. When Nemo is unexpectedly taken far from home and thrust into a tacky dentist’s office fish tank, Marlin finds himself the unlikely hero on an epic journey to rescue his son.

## PLOT

Clownfish Marlin lives in an anemone in the Great Barrier Reef. His wife, Coral, and their eggs are killed in a barracuda attack. Only one damaged egg remains, which Marlin names Nemo.

Marlin is overprotective of Nemo, born with a stunted right fin. While Marlin is talking to Nemo's teacher on Nemo's first day of school, Nemo approaches a speedboat where a pair of scuba divers capture him. Marlin pursues the boat in vain and meets Dory, a blue tang with acute short-term memory loss, who offers her help. They encounter Bruce, Anchor, and Chum, three sharks who have sworn to abstain from eating fish. Marlin finds a diver's mask that fell from the boat, and accidentally hits Dory giving her a nosebleed. The scent sends Bruce into a feeding frenzy, but they flee after accidentally setting off old naval mines, which knock Marlin and Dory unconscious.

Nemo is placed in an aquarium in the office of dentist Philip Sherman in Sydney. He meets the "Tank Gang": yellow tang Bubbles, blowfish Bloat, starfish Peach, cleaner shrimp Jacques, twin damselfish Deb and Flo, and royal gramma Gurgle, led by Gill, a Moorish idol. Nemo is to be given to Sherman's niece Darla, who has killed her previous fish. Gill devises an escape plan: Nemo can only fit inside the filter tube and will block it with a pebble, obliging Sherman to put the fish into plastic bags while he cleans the tank, allowing them to roll out the window and into the harbor. Nemo is almost killed in the failed attempt.

Marlin and Dory awake, but the mask falls into a deep trench. Descending after it they are chased by an anglerfish. Dory memorizes the address on the goggles and they escape. They disregard directions from a school of moonfish, taking what Marlin believes is a safer route. The stings of a forest of jellyfish knock them unconscious, and they awaken in the East Australian Current with a group of sea turtles, including Crush and his son, Squirt. The story of Marlin's quest is relayed across the ocean to Sydney, where a pelican named Nigel tells the Tank Gang. Nemo succeeds in blocking the filter and soon the aquarium is covered in green algae.

Marlin and Dory exit the East Australian Current and are consumed by a blue whale which expels them through its blowhole in Sydney Harbour. Nigel helps them escape a flock of seagulls and takes them to the dentist's office. Sherman has foiled the Tank Gang with a new high-tech filter. When Darla arrives Nemo plays dead and Nigel terrifies Darla with Gill on her head, throwing the office into chaos. Marlin believes Nemo is dead. After Sherman throws out Nigel along with Marlin and Dory, Gill helps Nemo escape through a drain leading to the ocean.

Marlin bids farewell and begins his journey home. Nemo meets Dory but she cannot understand his name until her memory returns when she reads the word "Sydney" on a drainpipe. Dory reunites Nemo with Marlin, but a fishing trawler captures her in a net along with a school of groupers. With his father's blessing, Nemo enters the net, and he and Marlin instruct all of the fish to swim down. Their combined force breaks the net.

Returning home to the reef, Marlin is more confident, while Dory has remained friends with Bruce, Anchor, and Chum. Marlin, Dory and the sharks see Nemo off as he goes to school.

The dentist's filter has broken and the Tank Gang escapes into Sydney Harbour. Still stuck in bags, they ponder what to do next.

## Cast

* Alexander Gould as Nemo
* Albert Brooks as Marlin
* Ellen DeGeneres as Dory
* Willem Dafoe as Gill
* Brad Garrett as Bloat
* Allison Janney as Peach
* Austin Pendleton as Gurgle
* Stephen Root as Bubbles
* Vicki Lewis as Deb (and "Flo")
* David Thornton as Jacques
* Geoffrey Rush as Nigel
* John Ratzenberger as a leader of a school of Moonfish
* Andrew Stanton as Crush
* Nicholas Bird as Squirt
* Bob Peterson as Mr. Ray
* Barry Humphries as Bruce
* Eric Bana as Anchor
* Bruce Spence as Chum
* Jordy Ranft as Tad
* Erica Beck as Pearl
* Erik Per Sullivan as Sheldon
* Bill Hunter as Dr. Philip Sherman (Diver #1)
* LuLu Ebeling as Darla
* Elizabeth Perkins as Coral

### Additional Voices

* Carlos Alazraqui
* Jack Angel - Mr. Johannsen
* James S. Baker
* Bob Bergen
* Steve Blum
* Michael Bell
* Rob Paulsen
* Charlie Adler
* S. Scott Bullock
* Mona Marshall
* Joe Ranft
* Bobby Block
* Tress MacNeille
* Susan Blu
* Geoff Brooks
* Jane Carr
* Susan Silo
* Jennifer Darling
* Paul Eiding
* Jessie Flower
* Cam Clarke
* John Kassir
* Aaron Fors
* Leland Grossman
* Bradley Trevor Greive
* Jess Harnell
* Jeff Bennett
* Lili Ishida
* Marc John Jefferies
* Caroline Kindred
* Oliver Kindred
* Noah Luke
* April Winchell
* Sherry Lynn
* Danny Mann
* Bill Farmer
* Andrew McDonough
* Cathy Cavadini
* Mickie McGowan
* Rove McManus - Crabs
* Alec Medlock
* Laura Marano - Sea Turtle Kid[*citation needed*]
* Vanessa Marano - Sea Turtle Kid[*citation needed*]
* Nicole Miller
* Laraine Newman
* Elizabeth Daily
* Annelise Nolting
* Lisa Peers-Lyleson - Barbara
* Bob Peterson - Seagulls
* Tony Anselmo
* Jeff Pidgeon
* Joe Alaskey
* Phil Proctor - Bob
* Brian Cummings
* Jan Rabson - Seagulls, Patiens, Swordfish
* John Cygan
* Katherine Ringgold - Kathy
* Daryl Sabara - Sea Turtle Kid[*citation needed*]
* Evan Sabara - Sea Turtle Kid[*citation needed*]
* David Ian Salter
* Emmott Shoemaker
* Eliza Schneider
* Andrew Stanton - Seagulls, Lobster
* Scott Menville
* Ben Stanton - Jimmy[*citation needed*]
* Lee Unkrich
* Michael Donovan
* James Kevin Ward
* Gregg Berger
* Kali Whitehurst

## Music

1. Wow
2. Barracuda
3. Nemo Egg (Main Title)
4. First Day
5. Field Trip
6. Mr. Ray, Scientist
7. The Divers
8. Lost
9. Short-Term Dory
10. Why Trust a Shark?
11. Friends Not Food
12. Fish-O-Rama
13. Gill
14. Mt. Wannahockaloogie
15. Foolproof
16. Squishy
17. Jellyfish Forest
18. Stay Awake
19. School of Fish
20. Filter Attempt
21. The Turtle Lope
22. Curl Away My Son
23. News Travels
24. The Little Clownfish from the Reef
25. Darla Filth Offramp
26. Lost in Fog
27. Scum Angel
28. Haiku
29. Time to Let Go
30. Sydney Harbour
31. Pelicans
32. Drill
33. Fish in My Hair!
34. All Drains Lead to the Ocean
35. ...P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney...
36. Fishing Grounds
37. Swim Down
38. Finding Nemo
39. Fronds Like These
40. Beyond the Sea​​ - performed by Robbie Williams

## Legacy

### Sequel

A spin-off sequel to this film was released in June 2016, titled *Finding Dory*. It focuses on Dory having a journey to reunite with her parents (Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy). Like the previous film, *Finding Dory* was a financial success and fared well with critics.

### Games

A video game based on the film was released in 2003, for PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Game Boy Advance. The goal of the game is to complete different levels under the roles of Nemo, Marlin or Dory. It includes cut scenes from the movie, and each clip is based on a level. It was also the last Pixar game developed by Traveller's Tales. Upon release, the game received mixed reviews. A Game Boy Advance sequel, titled *Finding Nemo: The Continuing Adventures*, was released in 2004.

### Disney Parks

*Finding Nemo* has inspired numerous attractions and properties at Disney Parks around the world, including: Turtle Talk with Crush, which opened in 2004 at Epcot, 2005 in Disney California Adventure Park, 2008 in Hong Kong Disneyland, and 2009 in Tokyo DisneySea; Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, which opened in 2007 in Disneyland Park; The Seas with Nemo & Friends, which opened in 2007 at Epcot; *Finding Nemo – The Musical*, which opened in 2007 in Disney's Animal Kingdom; and Crush's Coaster, which opened in 2007 at Walt Disney Studios Park.