Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo is an American 2003 CGI-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures on May 30, 2003. It tells the story of a clownfish named Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks), who teams up with a blue tang named Dory (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres), to find his lost son, Nemo (voiced by Alexander Gould). Along the way he learns to take risks and that his son is capable of taking care of himself. The sequel, Finding Dory was released on June 17, 2016.

Directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich. Story and Screenplay by Andrew Stanton.

Music by Thomas Newman and includes "Beyond the Sea". Written by Jack Lawrence and performed by Bobby Darin.

There Are 3.7 Trillion Fish in the Ocean. They're Looking for One.

Marlin

• Oh, I'm so sorry. This is all my fault. It's my fault.

Dory

• Twenty-nine, thirty. Ready or not, here I come.

Dr. Philip Sherman

• Leave it open, would you? I got to clean the fish tank before Darla gets here.

Dialogue

[The camera fades into a shot of the deep ocean. A vast empty blue void. Anything could be out there.]

Marlin: Wow.

Coral: Mm...

Marlin: Wow.

Coral: Mm-hmm...

[A pair of clownfish, Marlin and his mate Coral, look out from their tranquil anemone home on the Great Barrier Reef. It rests on the cliff face of the drop-off, where the shallow water falls steeply to the deep. Light dances over everything as it sways with the rhythm of the undercurrent.]

Marlin: Wow.

Coral: Yes, Marlin. No, I see it. It's... Beautiful.

Marlin: So, Coral, when you said you wanted an ocean view, you didn't think that we were going to get the whole ocean did you? Huh? [swims out of the anemone, before breathing deeply.] Oh, yeah. A fish can breathe out here. Did your man deliver or did he deliver?

[Coral rolls her eyes and smiles.]

Coral: My man delivered.

Marlin: And it wasn't so easy.

Coral: Because a lot of other clownfish had their eyes on this place.

Marlin: You better believe they did-- every single one of them.

Coral: Mm-hmm. You did good. And the neighborhood is awesome.

[Coral steers Marlin's focus back to the coral reef, where their neighbors, an array of multicolored marine life, happily go about their business amidst the exotic foliage that blankets the reef. Marlin soaks it in and turns to Coral, who seems concerned.]

Marlin: So you do like it, don't you?

Coral: No, no, no. I do. I do. I really do like it. [Leads him out to the edge.] But Marlin, I know that drop off is desirable with the great school and the amazing view and all that. But do we really need so much space?

Marlin: Coral, hood these are our slow we're talking about. They deserve the fast Look, look, look... [swims into the anemone, before acting it out.] They'll wake up, poke their little heads out and they see a whale passing right by their bedroom window!

Coral: Shhh... You're going to wake the kids.

Marlin: Oh, right, right.

[Marlin follows Coral down to a small grotto in the rock below. They peek in at a bed of baby fish eggs nestled within the rock. The nuclei of the eggs quiver at random]

Coral: Aw, look. They're dreaming.

[Marlin and Coral, soon to be parents, lovingly observe their babies fish from the entrance of the grotto.]

Coral: We still have to name them.

Marlin: You want to name all of them, right now? All right, we'll name, uh, this half Marlin Jr., and then this half Coral Jr. Okay, we're done. [swims out of the grotto.]

Coral: [thoughtfully] I like Nemo.

[Upon hearing what Coral just said, Marlin then swims back to the grotto.]

Marlin: Nemo? Well, we'll name one Nemo, but I'd like most of them to be Marlin, Jr.

Coral: Just think, in a couple of days, we're gonna be parents!

Marlin: Yeah... What if they don't like me?

[Coral, having heard this before, leaves the grotto and swims back to the anemone. Marlin also leaves the grotto.]

Coral: Marlin...

Marlin: No, really.

Coral: There's over 400 eggs. Odds are one of them is bound to like you.

[Coral goes inside the anemone, before settling on the anemone floor. She turns to find Marlin staring at her through the tendrils.]

Coral: What?

Marlin: You remember how we met?

Coral: Well, I try not to.

Marlin: Well, I remember.

[Marlin chases Coral around the inside of the anemone, threatening to kiss her.]

Marlin: Excuse me, miss, can you check and see if I have a hook in my lip?

Coral: [laughing] No, no! Get away! Marlin!

Marlin: Well, you gotta look a little closer because it's wiggling.

Coral: [laughs; last words] Get away! Get away! [Coral manages to swim outside of the anemone. But Marlin is right behind.]

Marlin: Here he is! Cutie's here! [Marlin pokes out of the anemone and is startled to notice some rather unusual activity going on from outside the anemone. As a matter of fact, there seemed to be little activity at all. The whole neighborhood seemed empty, except for fish finding shelter in one of the bits of coral, as if some strange force was coming after them] Where did everybody go? [notices Coral... and the barracuda watching from nearby] Coral. Get inside the house, Coral. [Coral looks down at the eggs in the grotto] No. No, Coral. Don't. They'll be fine. Just get inside. You. Right now. [Ignoring her husband's order to hide, Coral swims down to the grotto to protect her eggs, and the barracuda charges at her] No! [swims down and attempts to save Coral, but collides with the barracuda. Its jaws snap, he dodges and slams into it again. The barracuda's tail smacks Marlin hard against the rock wall, causing him to fall limp into the anemone as the camera quickly fades into darkness. The camera fades in on the anemone tendrils, swaying gently with the nighttime current. Marlin regains consciousness and quickly gets up] Coral! [swims from the anemone and scans the darkness, then looks down and moves cautiously towards the moonlight grotto] Coral? Coral? [looks inside the grotto, only to discover that it's completely empty] Coral? Coral? [swims out of the grotto, still trying to look for her, noticing that Coral isn't there] Coral? [Marlin sobs when he realizes that Coral and the eggs have been eaten by the barracuda.] No. [looks down and gasps when he notices a single fish egg lying exposed on the sand, laying on a ledge below the grotto, and swims towards it] There, there, there. It's Okay. Daddy's here. Daddy's got you. [cradles the egg in his fin] I promise I will never let anything happen to you, Nemo.

---

Nemo: Hey, guys, wait up! [catches up to his friends] Whoa!

[Nemo and his friends gaze amazed at the open water]

Tad: Cool! [he, Nemo, Sheldon and Pearl look over the edge of the drop off] Saved your life! [pulls Pearl back]

Pearl: [inks] Awww! You guys made me ink!

[Sheldon and Tad laugh]

Nemo: [points at something] What's that?

[The others see the underside of a boat]

Tad: I know what that is. Oh, oh, Sandy Plankton saw one. He called… He said it was called, uh, a butt!

Pearl: Wow! That's a pretty big butt.

Sheldon: Oh, look at me. I'm gonna go touch the butt! [sneezes] Whoa!! [laughter] Oh, yeah? Let's see you get closer.

Pearl: Okay. Beat that.

Tad: Come on, Nemo. How far can you go?

Nemo: Oh, um, my dad says it's not safe.

Marlin: Nemo, no!

Nemo: Dad?

Marlin: You were about to swim into open water!

Nemo: No. I wasn't go out. But, Dad, no!

Marlin: It's just a good thing I was here. If I haven't shown up, I don't know...

Pearl: Sir, he wasn't gonna go.

Tad: Yeah, he was too afraid.

Nemo: No, I wasn't.

Marlin: This does not concern you, kids. And you're lucky I don't tell your parents you were out there. You know you can't swim well.

Nemo: I can swim fine, Dad, okay?!

Marlin: No, it's not okay. You shouldn't be anywhere near here! Okay, I was right. You know what? We'll start school in a year or two.

Nemo: [jerks out of his grasp] No, Dad! Just because you're scared of ocean…

Marlin: Clearly, you're not ready, and you're not coming back until you are. You think you can do these things, but you just can't, Nemo!

Nemo: [hurt] I hate you. [Marlin is shocked and visibly hurt at what his son just said]

Mr. Ray: ♪ Theeeeeeere's... ♪ nothing to see. Gather, uh, over there. [The kids swim off to the side as he swims over to Marlin] Excuse me, is there anything I can do? I am a scientist, sir. Is there any problem?

Marlin: You know, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt things. He isn't a good swimmer, and I just think that it's a little too soon for him to be out here unsupervised.

Mr. Ray: Well, I can assure you, he's quite safe with me.

Marlin: Look, I'm sure he is, but you have a large class and he can get lost from sight if you're not looking. I'm not saying you're not looking…

Kathy: Oh, my gosh! Nemo's swimming out to sea!

[Nemo swims toward the boat]

Marlin: [gasps] Nemo! [Nemo stops near a chain of an anchor on the boat] What do you think you're doing?! [Nemo looks up at the boat] You're gonna get stuck out there, and I'm gonna have to get you before another fish does! Get back here. [Nemo swims up the chain to the boat] I said, get back here, NOW! STOP!!! [Nemo reaches the boat's underside, then turns around to his father] You take one more move, mister. [Nemo holds his fin up] D-Don't you dare! If you put one fin on that boat. Are you listening to me? Don't touch the boa.. [Nemo taps on the underside] Nemo!

Tad: [whispers] He touched the butt.

Marlin: You just paddle your little tail right back here, Nemo! That's right. You're in big trouble, young man! Do you hear me?! Big…

[As Nemo rolls his eyes while swimming back, a diver raises up behind him]

Marlin: [shocked] Big…

[Pearl screams while Tad and Sheldon cower]

Nemo: [turns around to see the diver, and gasps] Aaaahhh!!! Daddy, help me!

Marlin: I'm coming, Nemo! [Another diver appears right in front of Marlin, blocking his path to the first diver and Nemo]

[Pearl, Sheldon and Tad scream]

Mr. Ray: [as he protects the kids under his body] Get under me, kids! [he and his students take cover]

Nemo: Ah! Oh, no! [The diver scoops him into a net, then swims back to the boat] Dad! Daddy!!!

Marlin: [bumps a coral as he pants heavily while the second diver takes a picture with a camera, blinding him with its flash] D'oh! Nemo! [pants as from his blurred point of view, the diver can be seen swimming away] Oh! Ugh! Nemo! Nemo, no! [as his view clears, he spots the divers swimming back to the boat] Nemo! [swims after them] Nemo! Nemo! No! [pants] No! [A propeller on the boat's underside spins, blowing him back, and the boat speeds away] Oh! [pants as he looks around, then sees the boat getting away] Nemo! Nemo! [chases after the boat]

[On the surface, the boat speeds across the water. On board, the first diver opens a cooler, and puts Nemo, still in the net while flopping, inside, then closes it, just before a bump knocks him down]

Philip Sherman: Whoa! Hold on! [Unaware of him, he accidentally knocks his black and green scuba mask overboard, and it sinks into the ocean]

[Meanwhile, Marlin pants as he swims in a straight direction where the boat went. The ripples disappear]

Marlin: Oh, no! No! No, it's gone! It's gone! No, no, it can't be gone! [swims to the surface, and looks around] No, no! Nemo! Nemo! Nemo!!! No! [dives underwater, then peeks out of the surface again] Nemo! Nemo! No! No, please, no! No, No!

---

Marlin: Has anybody seen a boat?! Please! A white boat! They took my son! My son! Help me, please!

Dory: Look out!

Marlin: Whoa!

Dory: Aah!

Marlin: [bumps on Dory to each other] [hits the stone] Oof! [faints] Oooooh!!!!!

Dory: Oh. Um, sorry. Sorry! I didn't see you. Sir, are... Are you okay? There, there. It's all right.

Marlin: He's gone.

Dory: It'll be okay.

Marlin: No, no. They took him away. I have to find the boat!

Dory: A boat? Hey, I've seen a boat.

Marlin: You have?

Dory: It passed by not too long ago.

Marlin: A white one?

Dory: Hi, I'm Dory.

Marlin: Where?! Which way?

Dory: Oh. It went, um. This way. It went this way. Follow me.

Marlin: Thank you. Thank you so much.

Dory: No problem. [Marlin and Dory take off. The farther they go, Dory starts swimming away from Marlin. He chases after her until he gets head-rushed by her]

Marlin: Hey. Wait.

Dory: Will you quit it?

Marlin: What?!

Dory: I'm trying to swim here. What, ocean big enough for you some like that? You got a problem, buddy? Huh? Huh? Do you? Do you? Do you? You want a piece of me? Yeah, yeah, ooh, I'm scared now. What?

Marlin: Wait a minute.

Dory: Stop following me, okay?

Marlin: What are you talking about?! You're showing me which way the boat went!

Dory: A boat? Hey, I've seen a boat. It passed by not too long ago. It went this way, it went this way. Follow me! [swims out]

Marlin: [stops Dory] Wait a minute, wait a minute! What is going on?! You already told me which way the boat was going?!

Dory: I did? Oh, no...

Marlin: If this is some kind of practical joke, it's not funny! And I know funny! I'm a clownfish!

Dory: No, it's not. I know it's not. I'm so sorry. See, I suffer from short-term memory loss.

Marlin: Short-term memory loss? I don't believe this.

Dory: No, it's true. I forget things almost instantly. It runs in my family. Or at least I think it does. [thinks] Hmm. Where are they? [looks at Marlin] Can I help you?

---

Marlin: Something's wrong with you. Really. You-you're wasting my time. I have to find my son. [Marlin starts to leave, but gasps to see an enormous Great White shark named Bruce grinning.]

Bruce: Hello.

Dory: Well, hi.

Bruce: Name's Bruce. [extends his fin] It's all right, I understand. Why trust a shark, right? [startles Marlin and Dory with his chomp and starts laughing] So, what's a couple of bites like you doing out so late, eh?

Marlin: Nothing! We're not doing anything. We're not even out.

Bruce: Greaaaaaaaat! Then how would you morsels like to come to a little get-together I'm having?

Dory: [in delight] You mean like a party?

Bruce: Yeah. Yeah, right. A party. What do you say?

Dory: Oh, I love parties! That like sounds fun!

Marlin: [nervously] You know, parties are fun, and it's tempting but we can't because...

Bruce: [steering Marlin and Dory with his fins] Oh, come on, I insist!

Marlin: [nervously] Okay. That's all that matters.

[Bruce guides the fish to a dark part of the ocean, swimming past a naval minefield.]

Dory: Hey, look! Balloons! It is a party!

Bruce: [laughs] Mind your distance, though. Those balloons can be a bit dodgy. You wouldn't want one of them to pop.

[Bruce takes the two fish to a wrecked submarine]

Bruce: Anchor! Chum!

[Anchor and Chum, a Hammerhead and Mako shark, respectively, appear from a hole blown in the submarine's hull]

Anchor: There you are Bruce, finally.

Bruce: We've got company.

Anchor: Well, it's about time, mate.

Chum: We've already gone through all the snacks and I'm still starving!

Anchor: We almost had to have a feeding frenzy...

Chum: Come on. Let's get this over with.

[A bell rings. Marlin, shaking in fear, uncovers one of his eyes, to see that the sharks are having a TED Talk-like meeting]

Bruce: Right then. The meeting has officially come to order. Let us all say the pledge.

Chum, Bruce and Anchor: I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food.

Anchor: Except stinkin' dolphins.

Chum: Dolphins?! Yeah, they think they're so cute! [mocks a dolphin] "Oh, look at me, I'm a flippin' little dolphin, let me flip for you! Ain't I something?" [Anchor laughs]

Bruce: Right, then. Today's meeting is step 5. Bring a Fish Friend. Now, do you all have your friends?

Anchor: Got mine. [shows a quaking little green fish]

Dory: Hey there.

Bruce: How about you, Chum?

Chum: Well, I seem to have misplaced my umm, friend. [a fish skeleton slips out of his mouth; Chum pulls it back in]

Bruce: That's all right, Chum. I had a feeling this would be a difficult step, you can help yourself to one of my friends.

Chum: Thanks, mate. [grabs Marlin] A little chum for Chum, eh?

Bruce: I'll start the testimonies. Hello, my name is Bruce.

Chum and Anchor: Hello, Bruce.

Bruce: It has been three weeks since my last fish, on my honor, or may I be chopped up and made into soup.

Chum: You're an inspiration to all of us!

Anchor: Amen.

Marlin: [grunts]

Bruce: Right, then. Who’s next?

Dory: Pick me! Pick me!

Bruce: Yes, the little Sheila down the front!

Dory: Whoo!

Bruce: Come on up here.

Dory: Hi, I'm Dory.

Bruce, Chum and Anchor: Hello, Dory.

Dory: Well. I don't think I've ever eaten a fish.

Chum: Hey, that's incredible!

Bruce: Good on ya, mate!

Dory: I'm glad I got that off my chest.

Bruce: All right, Everyone else. How about you mate? What's your problem?

Marlin: Me. I don't… I don't have a problem.

Bruce: Oh, okay.

Sharks: Denial.

[Bruce slaps Marlin, sending him up front]

Marlin: Aah!

Bruce: Just start with your name.

Marlin: Okay. Um, hello. My name is Marlin. I'm a clownfish.

Anchor: A clownfish? Really?

Bruce: Go on. Tell us a joke!

Chum: I love jokes.

Marlin: I actually do know one that's pretty good. There was this mollusk, and he walks up to this sea cucumbers. Normally, they don't talk, sea cucumbers, but in a joke everyone talks. So, the sea mollusk says to the cucumber… [slight pauses; Marlin spots the mask. A flashback shows the diver taking Nemo]

Nemo: Daddy!

Marlin: Nemo.

Chum: Nemo! Haha! Nemo… I don't get it.

Bruce: For a clownfish, he's not that funny.

Marlin: No, no, no, he's my son. He was taken by, by these divers.

Dory: Oh, you poor fish...

Chum: Humans! Think they own everything.

Anchor: Probably American!

Bruce: Now, there is a father lookin' for his little boy.

Marlin: Ugh! What do these markings mean?

Bruce: [sobbing] I never knew my father! Ah! Aaaaaaaah!

Anchor: Come here, group hug.

Chum: We're all mates here, mate.

Marlin: I can't read human.

Dory: Well, then we got to find a fish that can read this. Hey, look, sharks!

Marlin: No, no, no, Dory!

Dory: Guys, guys.

Marlin: No, Dory!

[Marlin tries to take the diving mask; Dory grabs for it and they struggle]

Dory: Hey, that's mine. Give it to me.

Marlin: Dory!

Dory: Gimme! Ow! [the elastic strap on the mask hits Dory in the nose] Ooaaah-ya-ya-ya-ya.

Marlin: Oh, I'm sorry. Are you okay? I'm so sorry.

Dory: You really clocked me there. Am I bleeding? [a wisp of blood floats from Dory's nose]

Marlin: Ohh!

Dory: Ow. Ow. Ow.

Bruce: Dory, are you oka…? [tiny pause; smells a wisp of blood] Oh! [his eyes turn completely black] Ooh, that's good.

Chum and Anchor: [gasp] Intervention!

[Bruce tries to attack as Chum and Anchor fight to restrain him]

Bruce: Just a bite!

Anchor: You hold it together, mate!

Chum: Remember, Bruce, fish are friends, not food!

Bruce: [breaks free] Food!

Marlin: Dory, look out!

Dory: Aah!

[Marlin and Dory flee further into the submarine, heading down a passageway]

Bruce: I'm havin' fish tonight! [chases after them.]

Chum: Remember the steps, mate! Remember the steps!

[Bruce chases from a lower passageway; he can see Marlin and Dory through vent/hatches in the deck under them]

Bruce: Just one bite! [lunges upward]

[Marlin and Dory scream; Bruce attacks again, knocking a deck hatch out of the way]

Bruce: G'day. Grr!

[Dory and Marlin flee through an open hatch that has just enough room for them to get past]

Marlin: There's no way out! There's gotta be a way to escape.

[Bruce is ramming the hatch, trying to break through it]

Dory: Who is it?

Marlin: Dory, help me find a way out!

Dory: Sorry, you'll have to come back later. We're trying to escape.

Marlin: There's gotta be a way out!

Dory: Look, here's something! Es-Cape. I wonder what that means, it's funny. It's spelled just like the word 'escape'...

Marlin: Let's go! [Grabs Dory by the flipper to escape the sub]

Bruce: [destroys the hatch] Here's Bruceeeey!

Marlin: Wait a minute. You can read?!

Dory: I can read? That's right. I can read!

Marlin: Well then, here, read this now!

[Bruce attacks]

Dory and Marlin: AAAAAAAAAHH!

Anchor: He really doesn't mean it, you know! He never even knew his father!

Chum: Don't fall off the wagon!

[Both scream]

[Bruce roars; Dory and Marlin flee outside the submarine, then hide in one of the submarine's bow torpedo tubes]

Marlin: Oh, no. It's blocked!

Anchor: No, Bruce! Focus!

[Anchor and Chum quickly move in and talk as Bruce rams the torpedo tube, backs up, and tries again]

Chum: Sorry about... ...Bruce mate.

Anchor: He's really... ...a nice guy!

Marlin: I need to get that mask.

Dory: Do you want that mask? Okay. [presses the button, torpedo moves forward]

Marlin: No, no, no, no, no, nooooo!!!!

Dory: Whooooo!

Marlin: Quick! Grab the mask! Grab it!

[The torpedo slides out of the tube and Bruce catches it in his mouth. Dory grabs the mask; Dory and Marlin swim away. Bruce thrashes around, trying to get the torpedo out, then hurls it away... into the minefield]

Anchor: Oh, no.

Chum: Bruce?

[Bruce calms down, returning to his normal self]

Bruce: [sniffs] What? [turns, looks at the torpedo] [gasps] Swim away! Swim away!

Dory: Aw, is the party over?

[The torpedo detonates one of the mines]

---

Nemo: Dad? Daddy?

Philip Sherman: Barbara?

Barbara: Uh-huh?

Philip Sherman: Prep the patient for his anterior crown, would you, please? And I need more saliva rollers.

Barbara: Okay.

Philip Sherman: Hello, little fella. [Nemo screams and hides in the barrel] Heh heh heh! Beauty, isn't he? I found that guy struggling for life out on the reef and I saved him. So, has that novocaine kicked in yet?

Patient: I think so. We're ready to roll.

---

Bloat: Slow down, little fella. There's nothing to worry about.

Deb: Oh, he's scared to death.

Nemo: I want to go home. Do you know where my dad is?

Peach: Honey, your dad's probably back at the pet store.

Nemo: Pet store?

Bloat: Yeah, you know like, I'm from Bob's Fish Mart.

Gurgle: Pet palace.

Bubbles: Fish-o-rama.

Deb: Mail order.

Peach: eBay.

Gurgle: So, which one is it?

Nemo: I'm from the ocean.

Gurgle: Ah, the ocean. THE OCEAN?

---

Jacques: He is clean.

Bubbles: Wow. The big blue. What's it like?

Nemo: Um... Big and blue?

Bubbles: I knew it.

Deb: Kid, if there's anything you need, just ask your auntie Deb, that's me. Or if I am not around, you can always talk to my sister Flo. Hi, how are you? Don't listen anything my sister says she's nuts. [chuckles]

Peach: [muffled with her face on the glass] We've got a live one!

Bloat: Can't hear you, Peach.

Peach: [removes her face from the glass] I said we got a live one.

Gurgle: Yes!

Bloat: Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.

Deb: What do we got?

Peach: Root canal, and by the looks of those X-rays, it's not going to be pretty.

Patient: [as the drill is inserted in his mouth] AAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!!!

Bloat: Rubber Dunk and clamp installed?

Peach: Yep.

Gurgle: What did he use to open?

Peach: Gator-Glidden drill. He seems to be favoring that 1 lately.

Deb: I can't see, Flo.

Patient: Um, we are getting ready to roll... Aaah! AAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!!!

Peach: Now he's doing the Schilder technique.

Bloat: He's using a Hedstrom file.

Gurgle: [to Bloat] That's not a Hedstrom file, that's a K-Flex.

Bloat: It's got a teardrop cross-section. Clearly, a Hedstrom.

Gurgle: No, no, K-Flex.

Bloat: Hedstorm.

Gurgle: K-Flex!

Bloat: Hedstrom! [inflates] Oomp. There I go. A little help, over here.

Deb: I'll go deflate him.

Philip Sherman: All right. Go ahead and rinse. [The man rinses into the spit sink]

Gurgle: Oh, the human mouth is a disgusting place. [Nigel flies in the scene and slams into the window, opening it.]

Peach: Hey, Nigel.

Nigel: What did I miss? Am I late?

Peach: Root canal, it's a doozy.

Nigel: Root canal, huh? What did he use to open?

Peach: Gator-Glidden drill.

Nigel: He's been favoring that one. Hope he doesn't get surplus sealer at the secondary portal terminus. [notices Nemo] Hello. Who's this?

Deb: New guy. [chuckles]

Gurgle: The dentist took him off the reef.

Nigel: An outie. From my neck of the woods, eh? Sorry, if I ever took a snap at you. Fish gotta swim, birds gotta eat.

Philip Sherman: Hey! [Nigel gasps] No, no, no, no! They're not your fish. They're my fish. Come on, go. Go on, shoo. Shoo! [Nigel flies out of the scene, Philip closes the window.] Aw, the glass broke. This here's Darla. She's my niece. She's going to be 8 this week. [shows it to Nemo] Hey, little fella. Say hello to your new mummy. She's gonna be here Friday to pick you up. You're her present. Oh. [shushes] It's our little secret. Well, Mr. Tucker. While that sets up, I'm going to go see a man about a wallaby. I'll be right back. [leaves]

Bloat: Oh. Darla.

Nemo: What? What's wrong with her?

Gurgle: She wouldn't stop shaking the bag.

[Dramatic music playing, focusing on a goldfish named Chuckles]

Bubbles: Poor Chuckles.

Deb: [despaired] He was her present last year.

Bloat: Hitched a ride on the porcelain express.

[Dentist flushes, exits toilet and comes back to the dentist's office]

Peach: She's a fish killer.

Nemo: I can't go with that girl! I have to get back to my dad! Aah! Daddy, help me!

Deb: Oh, he's stuck.

Gill: Nobody touch him! Nobody touch him.

Nemo: Can you help me?

Gill: No. You got yourself in there. You can get yourself out.

Deb: Ah, Gill...

Gill: I just want to see if he can do it, okay? Calm down. Now alternate between wiggling your fins and your tail.

Nemo: I can't! I have a bad fin.

Gill: Never stopped me. [Nemo pants] Just think about what you need to do.

Nemo: [straining]

Bloat: Come on.

Gill: Perfect.

Deb: Good squirming. Ha ha ha!

Peach: Wow. From the ocean just like you Gill.

Gill: Yeah.

Peach: [chuckles] I've seen that look before. What are you thinking about?

Gill: I'm thinking, tonight, we give the kid a proper reception.

Bloat: Okay, you got named of the one.

Nemo: Nemo? I'm Nemo.

---

Gill: State your name.

Nemo: Nemo?

Gill: Brother Bloat, proceed.

Bloat: Nemo, newcomer of orange and white, you have been called forth to the top of Mount Wannahockaloogie to join with us, in the fraternal bonds... of tankhood.

Nemo: Huh?

Peach: We want you in our club, kid.

Nemo: Really?

Bloat: If you are able to swim through…the Ring of Fire! [nothing happens] Turn on the Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire! [Jacques suddenly comes to attention]

Jacques: Oh!

Bloat: You said you could do it! [bubbles explode out of the top of Wannahockaloogie Mountain] THE RING OF FIRE!!!!

Bubbles: Bubbles, bubbles, let me...

Peach: Isn't there another way? He's just a boy.

---

Gill: Okay, Sharkbait's one of us now, agreed?

Bubbles, Bloat and Gurgle: Agreed!

Gill: We can't send him off to his death. Darla's coming in five days. So what are we gonna do? I'll tell you what we're gonna do: we're gonna get him out of here. We're gonna help him escape.

Nemo: Escape? Really?

Gill: We're all gonna escape.

Gurgle: Gill, please. Not another one of your escape plans.

Deb: Sorry, but they, they just, they never work.

Bloat: Yeah, why should this be any different?

Gill: Because we've got him.

Nemo: Me?

Gill: You see that filter?

---

Dory: P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney. Why do I have to tell you over and over again? I'll tell you again. I don't get tired of it.

Marlin: Okay, all right.

Dory: Huh.

Marlin: Here's a thing.

Dory: Uh-huh.

Marlin: You know, I just, think it's best if I just, if I just, carry on from here by myself.

Dory: Okay.

Marlin: You know, alone.

Dory: Uh-huh.

Marlin: Without, well, I mean, not without you. I mean, it's just that I don't want you, with me.

Dory: [shocked] Huh?

Marlin: I don't want to hurt your feelings.

Dory: You want me to leave?

Marlin: Well, I mean not. Yes. Yeah. It's just that you know I just can't afford anymore delays and you're one of those fish that cause delays. And sometimes it's a good thing. There's a whole group of fish. They're delay fish.

Dory: You mean... [whimpers] You mean you don't like me?! [crying]

Marlin: No, of course I like you. It's because I like you I don't want to be with you. It's a complicated emotion. Oh, don't cry. I like you.

School of Fish: Hey, you! Lady, is this guy bothering you?

Dory: Um, I don't remember. Were you?

Marlin: No, no, no, no, no. We're just, we're just... Hey, do you guys know how I can get to...

School of Fish: Look, pal. We're talking to the lady, not you. Hey, do you like impressions?

Dory: [pauses; Marlin looks to fish-tades] Mm-hmm.

School of Fish: Okay. Just like in rehearsals, gentlemen. So, what are we? Take a guess.

Dory: Oh, oh. I've seen one of those.

School of Fish: I'm a fish with a nose like a sword.

Dory: Wait. Wait, um.

Marlin: It's a swordfish!

School of Fish: Hey, clown boy. Let the lady guess. Where's the butter?

---

Marlin: So listen, fellas, thank you.

School of Fish: Don't mention it! And, um, loosen up. OK, buddy?

Dory: Oh, you guys. You really nail them. Bye.

School of Fish: Oh, hey, madam. One more thing.

Dory: Yes.

School of Fish: When you come to this trench, swim through it, not over it.

Dory: Trench… Through it, not over it. I'll remember. Hey, hey, hey! Hey! Hey, wait up, partner! Hold on! Wait, wait wait! I gotta... I got to tell you something. Whoa. Nice trench. [echoing] Hello! Okay, let's go.

Marlin: Bad trench, bad trench. Come on, we're going to swim over this thing. [starts to swim over]

Dory: Whoa, whoa, partner! Little red flag going up. Something's telling me we should swim through it, not over it.

Marlin: [comes back] Are you even looking at this thing? It's got death written all over it.

Dory: I'm sorry. But I really, really, really think we should swim through.

Marlin: And I am really, really done talking about this. Over we go.

Dory: Come on, trust me on this.

Marlin: Trust you?

Dory: Yes, trust. It's what friends do.

Marlin: Look. Something's shining!

Dory: Where?

Marlin: Oh, it just swam over the trench! Come on and follow me.

---

Dory: Okay. Boy, it sure is clear up here.

Marlin: Exactly. And look at that, there's the current. We should be there in no time.

Dory: [sees a tiny jellyfish] Hey, little guy.

Marlin: You wanted to go through the trench.

Dory: I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine. And he shall be my squishy. Come here, squishy. Come here, little squishy. [baby talks to it and gets zapped] Ow!

Marlin: Dory, that's a jellyfish!

Dory: Bad squishy. Bad squishy!

Marlin: Shoo, shoo, shoo. Get away. [flicks the tiny jellyfish out of sight with his tail] Come here. Let me see that.

Dory: Don't touch it. Don't touch it.

Marlin: I'm not gonna touch it. I just want to look. [grabs Dory's fin]

Dory: Hey! How come it didn't sting you?

Marlin: It did. It's just that... [grabs Dory's fin second time]

Dory: Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.

Marlin: Hold still. I live in this anemone and I'm used to these kind of stings. [grabs Dory's fin third time] Come here.

Dory: Ow, ow, ow.

Marlin: It doesn't look bad, you're gonna be fine. But now we know, don't we? That we don't want to touch these again. Let's be thankful this time it was just a little one.

[Marlin notices the big jellyfishes approaching and gasps. Marlin and Dory scream in terror.]

Marlin: Don't move. [looks around all the jellyfishes] This is bad, Dory.

Dory: Hey, hey, watch this. [starts jumping on the tops of jellyfish] Boing! Boing!

Marlin: [gasps] Dory! Dory!

Dory: Boing, boing, boing! You can't catch me.

Marlin: Don't bounce on the tops. They will... Not sting you. The tops don't sting you.

Dory: Two in a row. Beat that.

---

Gill: You miss your Dad, don't you, Sharkbait?

Nemo: Yeah.

Gill: Well, you're lucky to have someone out there who's looking for you.

Nemo: He's not looking for me. He's scared of the ocean.

Gill: Peach, any movement?

Peach: He's had at least four cups of coffee; it's got to be soon.

Gill: Keep on him. My first escape, landed on dental tools. I was aiming for the toilet.

Nemo: Toilet?

Gill: All drains lead to the ocean, kid.

Nemo: Wow. How many times have you tried to get out?

Gill: I've lost count. Fish aren't meant to be in a box, kid. It does things to ya.

Bubbles: [giggles] Bubbles! Bubbles! I love the bubbles.

Peach: Potty break, potty break! He just grabbed the Reader's Digest! We have 4.2 minutes.

Gill: That's your cue, Sharkbait.

Bloat: You can do it, kid.

Gill: You gotta be quick. Once you get in, you swim down to the bottom of the chamber and I'll talk you through the rest.

Nemo: Okay.

Gill: Go on, it'll be a piece of kelp.

Nemo: [takes a deep breath]

Gill: Nicely done. Can you hear me?

Nemo: Yeah.

Gill: Here comes the pebble. Now, do you see a small opening?

Nemo: Uh-huh.

Gill: Okay, inside it you'll see a rotating fan. Very carefully, wedge that pebble into the fan to stop it turning. Careful, Sharkbait.

Nemo: I can't do it.

Peach: Gill, this isn't a good idea.

Gill: He'll be fine. Try again.

Nemo: Okay.

Gill: That's it, Sharkbait. Nice and steady.

Nemo: I got it! I got it.

Bloat: He did it.

Gill: That's great, kid. Now, swim up the tube and out.

Nemo: Oh, no! Gill! Gill!

Gill: Sharkbait!

Bloat: Oh, my gosh!

Gill: Get him outta there! Get him out of there!

Bubbles: Help him!

Gurgle: What do we do? What do we do?!

Peach: Oh, no!

Gill: Stay calm, kid! Just don't panic!

Nemo: Help me!

Gill: Sharkbait! Grab hold of this!

Nemo: No, no!

Gill: Feed me more!

Gurgle: That's it!

Gill: Come on, Sharkbait! Grab it!

Nemo: [straining] I got it!

Gill: Pull!

[The fish pull Nemo out]

Peach: Gill? Don't make him go back in there.

Gill: No. We're done.

---

Marlin: All by themselves?

Crush: Yeah.

Marlin: But, but, dude. How do you know when they're ready?

Crush: Well, you never really know, you know, but when they know, you'll know, you know?

---

Lobster: ...feet straight down into the dark. It's like wicked dark down there, you can't see a thing. How's it goin', Bob? And the only thing that they can see down there..

Swordfish: ...is the light from this big horrible creature with razor sharp teeth. Nice parry, old man. And then he has to blast his way…

Dolphin: So, these two little fish have been... searching the ocean for days.... on the East Australian Current.

Female bird: Which means that he may be on his way here right now. That should put them in Sydney...

Male bird 1: ...Harbour in a matter of days! I mean, it sounds like this guy's gonna stop at..

Male bird 2: ...nothing until he finds his son. I sure hope he makes it.

Male bird 3: That's one dedicated father if you ask me. [The next morning, Nigel is enjoying the crab with seagulls and his pelican flock near him.]

Seagulls: Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!

Nigel: Oh, would you just SHUT UP?! You're rats with wings!

Pelican: This bloke's been looking for his boy, Nemo.

Nigel: Nemo?

Pelican: He was taken off the reef by divers, and headed towards the harbor.

Nigel: [tosses the crab to seagulls] Take it, you happy?! [flies to his flock] Hey, hey, hey! Say that again. You just said something about Nemo. What was it?

Seagulls: Mine! Mine! Mine! [The crab makes a martial art screamed and jumps into the water.]

Seagull: Mine?

Pelican: Last I heard, he's heading towards the harbor.

Nigel: Ho-oh! Brilliant! [flies off to the dentist's office to speak with Nemo]

---

Nigel: Alright! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! [crashes into the window with a thump]

Philip Sherman: [accidentally pulls a patient's tooth in snapped] What the—?!

Patient: UAAAARRRGHHH!!!!!! Ooooooooohhh..!!!

Philip Sherman: Well, that's one way to pull a tooth. [laughs and opens the window]

Patient: Oooh. Ooooooh.

Philip Sherman: Hm. Darn kids. Well, good thing I pulled the right one, eh, prime minister?

Patient: Oooooohh.

Nigel: [whispering] Hey, hey. Psst!

Peach: Oh, Nigel. You just missed an extraction.

Nigel: Has he loosened the periodontal ligament yet.. Um, what am I talking about?! Nemo! Where's Nemo? I gotta speak with him.

Nemo: What? What is it?

Nigel: Your dad's been fighting the entire ocean looking for you.

Nemo: My father? Really?

Gill: Really?

Nigel: Oh, yeah. He's travelled hundreds of miles. He's been battling sharks and jellyfish and all sorts of...

Nemo: Sharks? That can't be him.

Nigel: Are you sure? What was his name? Some sort of sportfish or something: tuna, uh, trout...

Nemo: Marlin?

Nigel: That's it! The little clownfish from the reef.

Nemo: It's my dad! He took on a shark!

Nigel: I heard he took on three.

All: 3?

Gill: Three sharks?!

Bloat: That's gotta be 4800 teeth!

Nigel: You see, kid, after you were taken by diver Dan over there, your dad followed the boat you were on like a maniac.

Nemo: Really?

Nigel: He's swimming and he's swimming and he's giving it all he's got, and then three gigantic sharks capture him and he blows them up! And then dives thousands of feet and gets chased by a monster with huge teeth! He ties this demon to a rock and what does he get for a reward? He gets to battle an entire jellyfish forest! And now he's riding with a bunch of sea turtles on the East Australian Current and the word is he's headed this way right now, to Sydney!

Bloat: Wow!

Deb: Oh, what a good daddy!

Gill: He was looking for you after all, Sharkbait. [gasps; Nemo has grabbed a pebble and his heading for the filter]

Gurgle: He's swimming to the filter!

Gill: Sharkbait!

Bloat: Not again?

Gill: Sharkbait!

Deb: No!

Gurgle: You've got your whole life ahead of you!

Bloat: Oh, no.

Gill: We'll help you, kid!

Bloat: Gotta get him out!

Deb: Give me that thing! Get him out of there!

Gurgle: Come on, kid! Grab the end! [jammed gears]

Deb: Sharkbait!

Bloat: Sharkbait, are you okay?

Gurgle: No!

Gill: Can you hear me, Sharkbait?! Nemo, can you hear me?!

Nemo: [appears] Yeah, I can hear you. [Everyone turn around and see Nemo is okay.]

Gill: Sharkbait, you did it!

Deb: Yay.

Gurgle: Sharkbait, you're covered with germs! Aah!

Gill: That took guts, kid. All right, gang. We have less than 48 hours before Darla gets here. This tank'll get plenty dirty in that time, but we have to help it along any way we can. Jacques?

Jacques: Oui.

Gill: No cleaning.

Jacques: I shall resist.

Gill: Everybody else, be as gross as possible. Think dirty thoughts. We're gonna make this tank so filthy, the dentist'll have to clean it.

[Bloat burps]

Gill: Good work.

[Nemo chuckles]

---

Dory: Whoa. We're going in there?

Marlin: Yep.

Dory: P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney?

Marlin: Yep. We're going to just swim straight.

Dory: [singing] Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.

Marlin: Dory. Boy, this is taking a while.

Dory: Hey, How about we play a game?

Marlin: All right.

Dory: Okay, I'm thinking of something orange, and small...

Marlin: It's me.

Dory: Right. [later] I'm thinking of something orange and small...

Marlin: It's me.

Dory: All right, Mr. Smarty-pants... [later still] It's orange and small, and white stripes...

Marlin: Me, and the next one's just a guess, me.

Dory: Okay, that's just scary.

Marlin: Wait, wait, wait. I have definitely seen this floating speck before. That means we've passed it before. And that means we're going circles. And that means we're not going straight.

Dory: Hey.

Marlin: We got to get to the surface. We'll figure it out up there. Let's go! Follow me! What?

Dory: Relax. Take a deep breath. Now, let's ask somebody for directions.

Marlin: Oh, fine. Who do you want to ask, the speck?! There's nobody here!

Dory: Well, there has to be someone. It's the ocean, silly. We're not the only two in here. Let's see. Okay, no one there. Uh, nope. Nada. [Gasps] There's somebody. Hey! Excuse…

Marlin: Dory, Dory, Dory! Okay, it's my turn. I'm thinking of something dark and mysterious. It's a fish we don't know. If we ask it directions, it could ingest us and spit out our bones!

Dory: What is it with men and asking for directions?

Marlin: Look, I don't want to play the gender card right now. You want to play a card? Let's play the "Let's not die" card.

Dory: You wanna get out of here, don't you.

---

Gill: Look at that, would you look at that? Filthy. Absolutely filthy. That's all thanks to you, kid. You made it possible. [Nemo chuckles] Jacques! I said no cleaning!

---

[after Marlin and Dory got sucked inside the whale]

Dory: Here comes a big one. Whooo! [swims upside down] Come on! You got to try this!

Marlin: Will you just stop it?!

Dory: Why? What's wrong?

Marlin: We're in a whale! Don't you get it?!

Dory: A whale?

Marlin: A whale! Because you asked for help, and now we're stuck here!

Dory: [looks around her] Wow. A whale. You know, I speak whale.

Marlin: No! You're insane! You can't speak whale! I have to get out! [bumps into the whale's baleen] I have to find my son! [bumps again] I have to tell him... [bumps repeatedly] ...how, old, sea, turtles, are! [sobs and groans]

Dory: Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoooo! Hey. Are you okay? There, there. It's all right. It'll be okay.

Marlin: No. No, it won't.

Dory: Sure, it will. You'll see.

Marlin: No. I promised him I'd never let anything happen to him.

Dory: Huh. That's a funny thing to promise.

Marlin: What?

---

Peach: [yawns] Morning. It's morning, everyone! Today's the day! The sun is shining, the tank is clean and we are getting out of- [gasps] The tank is clean. [Zoom out on the sparking clean tank] The tank is clean!

Deb: But how?

Gill: Boss must have installed it last night while we were sleeping.

Nemo: [worried] What are we gonna do?

Gill: What's it say, Peach?

Peach: [muffled] The AquaScum 2003 is an...

Gill: I can't hear you, Peach.

Peach: The AquaScum 2003 is an all-purpose, self-cleaning maintenance free salt water purifier that is guaranteed to even extend the life of your aquarium fish.

Bloat: [inflates] Stop it!

Peach: The AquaScum is programmed to scan your tank environment every 5 minutes?

Gurgle: Uh, scan? What does that mean? [The filter scans the tank with a laser and Gurgle whimpers.]

AquaScum: Temperature, 82 degrees. pH balance normal.

All: [amazed] Ooh.

Peach: Nice.

Gurgle: Oh, ah- curse you, AquaScum!

Bloat: That's it for the escape plan; it's ruined.

Nemo: Then what are we gonna do about... [he doesn't finish before the door opens.]

All: [gasp] Darla!

Gill: Stay down, kid. [Gills hides Nemo in a barrel. As the Tank Gang looks, they see that it's just a mother with her son.]

Bloat: False alarm.

[Everyone sighs, relieved]

Gurgle: My nerves can't take much more of this.

Bloat: What are we gonna do when that little brat gets here?

Gill: I'm thinking, I'm thinking.

Nemo: Gill! Help me! Help me!

Gill: Nemo! Hold on, I'm coming! Swim down! Come on, kid! Swim down!

Blot: Everybody jump in!

Deb: Swim down!

Gill: That's it!

Philip Sherman: What the?

All: Yay!

Gill: Good work!

[But then, a plastic bag pops out of nowhere, grabbing Nemo and pulling him out of the tank.]

Nemo: Gill!

Gill: Nemo!

Bloat: Sharkbait!

Gill: Roll, kid! Lean! Lean! Go to the window. [Nemo pushes the plastic bag to the window. But then, Philip Sherman picks up the bag and puts him on the tray to keep the young fish from escaping.]

Philip Sherman: Whoops. That would have been a nasty fall.

Nemo: Gill! Don't let me go belly up!

Gill: Just calm down, Nemo.

Nemo: Don't let me go belly up!

Gill: You won't go belly up. I promise. You're gonna be okay.

[The door is slammed open, the theme from Psycho plays]

All: [gasp] Darla!

---

Dory: All right. Do any of these boats look familiar to you?

Marlin: No, but the boat has to be here somewhere! Come on, Dory. We're gonna find it.

Dory: I'm totally excited. Are you excited? [yawns]

Marlin: Dory, wake up, wake up. Come on.

Dory: [gasps] Duck!

Marlin: [looks at the pelican incoming towards] That's not a duck. It's a PELICAN!!!

[Dory and Marlin's hollering. Gerald tries to swallows Marlin and Dory. Marlin and Dory scream]

Marlin: No! I didn't come this far to be breakfast! [Gerald chokes on the two fish]

Pelican: Hey, Nigel. Would you look at that?

Nigel: [wakes up] What?

Pelican: Sun's barely up and already Gerald's had more than he can handle.

Nigel: Yeah. Reckon somebody ought to help the poor guy.

Pelicans: Yeah, yeah. Right, right.

Nigel: Um... Well, don't everybody fly off at once. [flew to the dock to check on the choking Gerald.] All right, Gerald, what is it? Fish got your tongue? [Gerald opens up his mouth, Dory screams] Love a duck! [hits Gerald]

Marlin: [while he and Dory are flopping] I gotta find my son Nemo!

Nigel: Nemo? Hey, hey, hey! He's that fish! You know the one we were talking about. The one that's been fighting the whole ocean. Hey, I know where your son... Huh? [looks up and sees the two fish flopping away] Hey, wait! Come back! [Gerald accidentally gets hit by Nigel's flapping wing] Stop!

Marlin: Quick, Dory! Keep going! He's crazy!

Nigel: I got something to tell ya!

[Bird poop hits the dock right in front of them; hundreds of seagulls surround Nigel, Marlin and Dory]

Seagull: Mine.

Nigel: [quiet and controlled] Okay. Don't make any sudden moves. Hop inside my mouth, if you want to live.

[Seagulls start moving in; more and more of them land close by, watching]

Marlin: "Hop in your mouth," huh? And how does that make me live?

Seagull: Mine?

Nigel: Because I can take you to your son.

Marlin: Yeah, right.

Nigel: No. I know your son. He's orange and he's got a gimpy fin on one side.

Marlin: THAT'S NEMO! [the seagulls suddenly attack]

[Dory screams]

Nigel: Fasten your seatbelts!

Gulls: Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine Mine!

Dory: Whoo-hoo-hoooo!!!

Seagulls: Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!

[Dory laughs]

Seagulls: Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!

[Marlin screams]

Seagulls: Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!

Nigel: Everybody hold on!

[Marlin and Dory squealing]

Seagulls: Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!

---

[clanging; Gurgle and Deb screaming]

Bubbles: Too loud! Too loud for me!

Darla: [singing] Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

Peach: Find a happy place. Find a happy place, find a happy place!

Barbara: Darla, your uncle will see you now.

[Psycho theme plays]

Philip Sherman: All right, let's see those pearly whites.

Darla: Rah! I'm a piranha. They're in the Amazon.

Philip Sherman: And a piranha is a fish, just like your present.

Darla: [giggling] I get a fishy. Fishy, fishy, fishy.

Philip Sherman: [As soon as he picks up the plastic bag, he sees Nemo belly up.] Oh, no. Poor little guy.

[Deb gasps]

Bloat: He's dead.

Gill: Sharkbait!

Darla: Yay! Fishy, fishy, fishy.

Philip Sherman: Um... Must have left your present in the car, sweetie. [chuckles] I'll go and get it.

[Nemo opens one eye and winks at the Fish Gang. Everyone is surprised.]

Gill: [overjoyed] He's still alive.

Deb: He's not dead.

Bloat: What's happening? Why is he playing dead?

Gill: He's gonna get flushed down the toilet. He's gonna get out of here!

Deb: Yay.

Bloat: He's gonna get flushed.

Gurgle: What a smart little guy!

Gill: [gasps] Oh, no, not the trash can!

Bubbles: Nemo, no!

[Nigel arrives with Marlin and Dory in his mouth]

Nigel: Hey, hey. I found his dad!

Marlin: Where's Nemo?! Where is he?!

Bloat: Dentist! Dentist!

Gill: He's over there!

Marlin: What's a dentist? What is that?

[Dentist opens the trash can]

Marlin: [gasps] Nigel, get in there!

Nigel: I can't go in there.

Marlin: Oh, yes you can. Chargeǃ [Marlin grabs his tongue and pulls it forward, barging right into the dentist's office]

Darla: [screaming]

Philip Sherman: What the…?! Darla, sweetie, look out! Steady, steady, steady. Hold still. Hold still! Easy, easy! Hold still! Nobody's going to hurt you!

Marlin: [gasps looks and sees Nemo floating upside down. He thinks that his son was dead.] Nemo.

Dory: Oh, my goodness.

Philip Sherman: [slight pauses; grabs Nigel] Gotcha. [Darla screaming, Nigel flapping his wings] Keep down! [tried to Nigel push out the window]

Marlin: NEMO!!!!!!

Nemo: [stops pretending to be dead] Daddy?

Philip Sherman: OUT with ya! AND STAY OUT!

Nemo: Daddy?!

[Darla picks Nemo's bag. Nemo closes eyes.]

Darla: Fishy? Fishy! Wake up! Wake up!!!

Deb: Oh, no!

Gill: Quick! To the top of Mount Wannahockaloogie!

Darla: Why are you sleeping!?

Peach: Hurry!

Gill: Bloat! [Deb, Bubbles and Gurgle grunt] Ring of Fire!

[squeaking]

Darla: Fishy! [screaming] Get it out!

Philip Sherman: What? All the animals have gone mad! [crashes into the x-ray machine and gets knocked out] [grunts]

Darla: [screams] Get it out!

Gurgle: Smack her in the head, would you?!

Bloat: Go, Gill, go!

Darla: There's a fish in my hair!

Nemo: [gasps] Gill.

Gill: Sharkbait. Tell your dad I said hi. [flops]

Darla: Eww!

[Nemo yells]

Gill: Go get him.

[Philip Sherman groans, then gasps and puts Gill back in the tank]

Bloat: He did it! [laughs and cheering]

Deb: Yay!

Bubbles: I'm so happy!

Gurgle: Is he gonna be okay, Gill?

Gill: Don't worry. All drains lead to the ocean.

Darla: Fishy!!!

Nemo: [screaming] Daddy!!! [whimpers]

---

[Nigel brings Marlin and Dory back to the ocean; all three saw only part of what happened in the dentist's office, so they believe Nemo is dead]

Nigel: I'm… I'm so sorry. Truly I am. [flies away]

Dory: Hey.

Marlin: Dory, if it wasn't for you, I never would have even made it here. So thank you. [starts to swim sadly]

Dory: Hey, wait a minute. [swims in front of him] W-w-w-wait! Where are you going?

Marlin: It's over, Dory. We were too late. Nemo's gone. And I'm going home now. [starts to swim]

Dory: No. No, you can't. [stutters] Stop! [Marlin stops swimming] Please don't go away. Please. No one's ever stuck with me for so long before. And if you leave... if you leave... I just, I remember things better with you. I do, look. P. Sherman, 42... Ugh. Forty... Two... [sighs] I remember it, I do. It's there, I know it is, because when I look at you, I can feel it. And-and I look at you, and I... And I'm home. Please... I don't want that to go away. I don't want to forget.

Marlin: I'm sorry, Dory. But I do. [sadly swims away]

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[Attempting to track Marlin, Dory and Nemo approach two crabs]

Dory: Have you seen an orange fish swim by? It looks just like them. [points at Nemo]

Nemo: But bigger.

Crab: Yeah, I saw him, Bluey. But I'm not telling you where he went, and there's no way you're gonna make me!

[Dory glares; suddenly the crab is being held out of water for a flock of seagulls to see]

Seagull: Mine!

[Seagulls rush in to attack]

Crab: [screams] All right! I'll talk! I'll talk! He went to the fishing grounds!

Seagulls: Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine!

[Crab screams. Dory pulls him back in the water]

---

Male Grouper Fish: Hey! Look out.

Marlin: I'm sorry, just trying to get home.

Nemo: [faint cry voice] Dad! [Marlin stops and hears Nemo's voice calling] Dad!

Marlin: [looks back] Nemo?

Nemo: Daddy!

Marlin: Nemo?

Nemo: Dad!

Dory: Nemo's alive!

Marlin: Dory? [gasps and joy] Nemo! [swims towards his son]

Nemo: Daddy!

Marlin: Nemo! I'm coming, Nemo!

Nemo: Dad!

Marlin: Nemo!

Nemo: Daddy!

Marlin: Oh, thank goodness. It's alright, son. It's going to be okay.

Grouper Fish: Turn around! You are going the wrong way!

Dory: Aaaaghh!!! Look out!

[Dozens of fish are being swept up, caught in a fishing trawler's massive net]

Marlin: Move!

[The trawler starts raising its net; fish shriek and scream]

Dory: Help! [Marlin and Nemo shocked at fishing net] AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!

Marlin: Dory!

Nemo: Come on. Dory!

Dory: [grabs the net] Help! Help! Help! Get us out! [screams, but he can't get us out to stay in the net]

Marlin: No, no, no! No! Dory!

Nemo: Dad, I know what to do.

Marlin: Nemo, no!

Nemo: We have to tell all the fish to swim down together.

Marlin: Get out of there now!

Nemo: I know this will work!

Marlin: No, I am not gonna lose you again!

Nemo: Dad, there's no time! It's the only way we can save Dory! [Marlin pants] I can do this.

Marlin: You're right. I know you can.

Nemo: Lucky fin. [gives Marlin a high five]

Marlin: Now go. Hurry!

Nemo: Tell all the fish to swim down. [hurry to save Dory]

Marlin: Well? You heard my son. Come on!

Nemo: [saves Dory] Dory! We have to tell everybody to...

Marlin: ...swim down together! Do you understand what I'm saying to you?!

Grouper's Fish: Uh-uh.

Marlin: Swim down!

[the fishing net goes up]

Dory: Everybody swim down.

Nemo: Come on! You have to swim down!

Dory: Swim down, Okay?

Marlin: ...down! Swim down! [the fishing net still raises up] Swim down! Swim down! [The fish fight against the trawler; the net slows to a near-stop] Don't give up! Keep swimming! Just keep swimming!!

[The net stops raising. The fish cheer, fighting harder]

Grouper's Fish: Yay!!

Marlin: That's it!

Nemo: It's working!

Grouper Fish: Keep swimming. Keep swimming.

Marlin: Just keep swimming. Keep swimming!

Nemo: Come on, Dad.

Marlin: You're doing great, son.

Nemo: That's my Dad!

[Up on the surface, the machine trying to raise the trawler's net is smoking, and the cable is strained]

Marlin: Come on. Let's go to the bottom! Keep swimming!

Dory: Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.

Marlin: Almost there! Keep swimming!

[The trawler is listing, unable to control the net]

Grouper's Fish and Marlin: Keep swimming! [Almost there, the rope is almost at the net, the bell is ringing] Keep swimming!

[The fishing trawler's line snaps; the net falls, and all the fish escape]

Grouper's Fish: Yay! [cheering]

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Marlin: [bumps Dory] Oof.

Dory: Hey.

Marlin: Dory, where's Nemo?!

Dory: [spots at Nemo in the fishing net gasps] There!

Marlin: Oh, no. Nemo! [he and Dory move the net away]

Nemo: [moaning]

Marlin: Nemo? Nemo? [Flashback to the egg] It's Okay. Daddy's here, daddy's got you.

Nemo: [coughs] Daddy.

Marlin: Oh, thank goodness.

Nemo: Dad, I don't hate you.

Marlin: Oh no, no, no. I'm so sorry, Nemo. Hey, guess what?

Nemo: What?

Marlin: Sea turtles? I met one. And he was 150 years old.

Nemo: 150?

Marlin: Yep.

Nemo: Because Sandy Plankton said they only live to be 100.

Marlin: Sandy Plankton? Do you think I would cross the entire ocean and not know as much as Sandy Plankton?! He was 150! Not 100! Who is this Sandy Plankton who knows everything wrong?

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Marlin: Time for school! Time for school! Get up, let's go! Go! I'm gonna win!

Nemo: No, you're not. I did it!

Marlin: My own son beats me!

Mr. Ray: Climb aboard, explorers.

Marlin: So just then, the sea cucumber looks over to the mollusk and says: With fronds like these, who needs anemones?

[Bob, Ted and Bill laugh at this]

Mr. Ray: Well, hello, Nemo. Who's this?

Nemo: Exchange student.

Squirt: I'm from the EAC, dude.

Mr. Ray: Sweet.

Squirt and Nemo: Totally.

Bob: But seriously, Marty. Did you really do all the things you say you did?

Bruce: Uh, pardon me... [Ted, Bill and Bob gasp] Hello. [Ted inks] Don't be alarmed.

Anchor: Are we just wanted to make sure that our newest member got home safe.

Dory: Thanks, guys.

Bruce: Well, we'll see you next week.

Chum: Keep up with the program, Dory.

Anchor: Remember, fish are friends!

Dory: Not food. Bye.

Mr. Ray: Hold on. Here we go. Next up, knowledge.

Marlin: Bye, son! Have fun.

Nemo: Bye, Dad. Oh, oh, Mr. Ray! Wait, I forgot something. Love you, Dad.

Marlin: I love you too, son.

Nemo: Um, Dad, you can let go now?

Marlin: Sorry. Now go and have an adventure.

Squirt: Goodbye, see you later, dudes!

Dory: Bye, Elmo!

Marlin: Nemo.

Dory: Nemo! Bye, Nemo!

Nemo: See you after school, Dory! Bye, Dad!

Marlin: Bye, son.

[The End]

For Glenn McQueen 1960-2002

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[last lines]

Philip Sherman: Barbara?

Barbara: Uh-huh?

Philip Sherman: I don't understand it. Here this thing has a lifetime guarantee and it breaks! I had to clean the tank myself, take all the fish out, put them in bags and... Where'd the fish go?

[car horns honks]

Gill: Come on, Peach!

Deb: Hurry!

Gill: You can do it!

Bloat: Yeah, that's it! You can do it!

Gurgle: Just a little further!

Peach: That's the shortest red light I've ever seen!

Bloat: Come on, Peach!

[Peach shouts]

All: [laughing and cheering] We did it!

Gill: Yes!!

Bloat: Now what?

About Finding Nemo

• By far the biggest challenge was getting the water right. Water has always been a holy grail for CGI animators because it’s not a fixed medium; it’s constantly shifting and changing.

• Andrew Stanton in "Finding Nemo - An interview with Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich" by Graeme Kay, Indie London.

• Way back during the first beginnings of Toy Story, believe it or not, I was at an aquarium, and I was new to computer graphics, and I remember just looking at the underwater environment and thinking we could mimic this exactly in computer graphics.

So that was on the back burner of my brain all through Toy Story and A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2. I kept thinking about what story I'd want to tell in an underwater setting, and I remembered this dentist's office that I went to as a kid. It had a tank in the lobby, and I used to think about whether those fish wanted to go home, and what it must be like to be in this tacky little tank with a treasure chest, and a scuba diver. All those kind of things.

• Andrew Stanton in "Andrew Stanton Lee Unkrich Finding Nemo Interview", by Nev Pierce BBC, 09/30/2003.

Cast

• Albert Brooks — Marlin
• Alexander Gould — Nemo
• Ellen DeGeneres — Dory
• Willem Dafoe — Gill
• Brad Garrett — Bloat
• Allison Janney — Peach
• Stephen Root — Bubbles
• Austin Pendleton — Gurgle
• Vicki Lewis — Deb
• Joe Ranft — Jacques
• Bill Hunter — Philip Sherman
• LuLu Ebeling — Darla Sherman

• Geoffrey Rush — Nigel
• John O’Hurley – Wallace the Tiger-shark (2028 release)
• Bob Peterson — Mr. Ray/Pelican/Dolphin/Roger
• Barry Humphries — Bruce
• Eric Bana — Anchor
• Bruce Spence — Chum
• Andy Clyde — Crush
• Gary Coleman — Squirt
• Erik Per Sullivan — Sheldon
• Erica Beck — Pearl
• Jordy Ranft — Tad
• Elizabeth Perkins — Coral
• John Ratzenberger — School fish

Exploring the Reef

Dialogue

[In live-action, the camera views the ocean]

Man: [first lines; voiceover] The ocean. From above, a simple blanket of water. [The camera then fades into underwater, where dozens of colorful fish swim in the reef] But below, a complex world full of color, life and wonder. This is the coral reef, a timeless thing of beauty for all to enjoy. And yet, mankind's actions have destroyed over ¼ of the world's reefs.

[The camera cuts to Jean-Michel Cousteau, who's on a boat]

Jean-Michel Cousteau: Please join me as we explore the fragile beauty of nature's underwater world. I'll be your guide and host. I'm Jean-Michel Cousteau.

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[The camera pans past coral as Dory, an CGI-animated regal blue tang fish, swims by and gazes at the camera]

Jean-Michel: Coral, growing only a few centimeters a year, has taken 1,000,000 years to build the limestone skeleton of the reef. [Dory appears again, then swims off to the left] And though located in nutrient-poor waters, the coral has learned to thrive. But it hasn't done it alone. It has… [Dory pops up again. She looks at the camera, then swims off to the right] It… It has developed an amazing relationship with algae, a tiny plant that lives inside its body. This connection is deli… [Dory appears from the bottom of the camera. He clears his throat, and she swims down] This connection is delicate, and the introduction of additional nutrients can upset this balance, leaving the reef at risk. [Dory appears again from the right side of the camera, but sideways. He clears his throat again] Little fish, I'm trying to make a documentary film.

Dory: A film? A film? I've always wanted to be in a film!

Jean-Michel: I was just explaining the delicate balance between the coral and the algae living within its body.

Dory: Oh, come on. [chuckles] "Algae living inside the coral's body!" Come on! That's creepy.

Jean-Michel: No, it isn't.

Dory: Yes, it is.

Jean-Michel: Isn't, isn't.

Dory: Is, is.

Jean-Michel: Isn't!

Dory: Whatever.

Jean-Michel: No, it's not "whatever", it's true.

Dory: Then how do you know? Are you a coral?

Jean-Michel: (Actually,) I'm Jean-Michel Cousteau.

[As the fanfare plays, Dory looks around in confusion]

Jean-Michel: And I've studied the ocean all my life.

Dory: [French accent] Well, I'm Dory. [normal voice] And I practically live in the ocean.

Jean-Michel: Good for you. But now, I must continue to make my film. So long, Dory.

Dory: [as an angled slide line wipes her out of view] Hey!

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[The camera shows an anemone]

Jean-Michel: Anemones also share a delicate connection with their inhabitants, the clown fish, who live in…

[Two CGI-animated clownfishes, Marlin and his son, Nemo, pop out of the anemone]

Marlin: "Clown fish?" Did somebody say "clown fish"?

Jean-Michel: Ugh! What now?

[Dory appears]

Dory: Carlin, Burrito, this is, uh… Sorry. What's your name again?

Jean-Michel: I'm Jean-Michel Cousteau. [Dory nods. The fanfare plays again as she, Marlin and Nemo look around. Jean-Michel speaks French] (Translation: Stop the music!) [The fanfare stops] I'm trying to talk about anemones.

Dory: That's perfect, because this here is Mr. Anemone.

Marlin: Well, I don't know about that.

Nemo: [circling around his father] Yeah, Dad, you know everything about anema-nema-nem-nem…

Dory: [nudges Marlin with her fin] Come on!

Marlin: Well, alright. Anemones are really like snails, except… No, no, snails is not… No. Oh! They're like a bed of stinging hair. Yes, a large bed of… No. (That's not it.) Oh! Imagine if spaghetti could talk.

[Dory looks embarrassed. Nemo grins sheepishly]

Jean-Michel: That's enough!

[Another slide line from the bottom wipes the trio away]

---

Jean-Michel: Even the lovely Spanish Dancer depended on…

Marlin: [popping out of nowhere] Did someone say "dancing"? [swims over to the Spanish Dancer, and dances as disco music plays. Dory dances with Nemo] Clear the reef. Papa's back in town!

Nemo: [as Dory spins him like a top] Whoa!

Jean-Michel: Stop! Let me talk. The ocean, where you live, evaporates to form clouds. The clouds produce snow. The snow melts. Feeding rivers, irrigation, drinking water, then down drains through the sewers, and all back to the sea. Everyone, everywhere, affects the ocean!

Dory: [voiceover] Wow! Amazing!

Jean-Michel: Finally! You're listening!

[The scene cuts to Dory, who holds a conch shell to her ear]

Dory: Yeah, I can hear the ocean.

[Jean-Michel screams angrily and yells at her in French. Dory fumbles with the shell until she catches it, looking at Jean-Michel with an eyebrow raised. A cartoon image shows Jean-Michel in a diving suit shrugging with words reading, "Please Stand By"]

---

[The camera glides over the coral reef]

Marlin: [voiceover] Mr. Cousteau? Jean-Michel? Are you there?

Dory: [voiceover] Where'd he go?

Jean-Michel: [calm voice] I'm back. And I'm fine.

Marlin: Can we get you something? Do you want a glass of water?

Nemo: [voiceover] Dad, why is that coral white?

Marlin: Well, you know when you get sick, you turn a little pale? Well, that's what coral does. It turns white.

Nemo: What happened to it?

Jean-Michel: Well, as more humans use more energy, it creates more pollution. The resulting global warming increases the temperature of the ocean. When this happens, the coral can't survive.

Nemo: Will it be OK?

Jean-Michel: Well, Nemo, it won't be easy. People must live in better balance with nature. Conserving energy, recycling and reducing pollution. But if we do all of this, the ocean's temperature may lower, allowing the coral to flourish. In fact, tonight is one magic night of the year when healthy corals reproduce. There! It's happening!

[Dozens of corals release small eggs as Marlin, Dory and Nemo watch in amazement]

Dory: Ooh!

Marlin: Oh!

Dory: Ooh, look at that!

Marlin and Nemo: Whoa!

Dory: Amazing!

Marlin: Look at this!

Dory: ♪ Happy birthday, coral! Happy birthday! Happy birthday! Happy birthday! Happy, happy birthday! ♪

---

[A yellow coral spews more eggs]

Nemo: What's it doing? [As he watches, Marlin covers his face with his fin; trying to watch] Dad!

Marlin: When you're a little older, son.

---

[On his boat, Jean-Michel rests his head in his hand in frustration]

Jean-Michel: Upstaged by fish. This would've never happened to Papa. Goodbye. I'm… Jean-Michel Cousteau. [As the fanfare plays, he sighs]

Nemo: [last lines; voiceover] Keep exploring the reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau at oceanfutures.org.

Cast

• Jean-Michel Cousteau — Himself
• Albert Brooks — Voice of Marlin
• Ellen DeGeneres — Voice of Dory
• Alexander Gould — Voice of Nemo

Teaser Trailer

[score from "Scent of a Woman" by Thomas Newman playing, Walt Disney Pictures, then Pixar Animation Studios logo. From the Academy Award-winning creators of Toy Story text. The scene starts with Marlin and Dory swimming then stops]

Dory: [scatting] Woo-hoo!

Marlin: All right, Dory, let's go over this one more time. We know your memory's not the best.

Dory: Yep. Can't remember diddly.

Marlin: I know.

Dory: Can't remember squat.

Marlin: That's right.

Dory: Diddly squat.

Marlin: Diddly squat. Now, uh, Dory, over here. Now, listen to me. We need to ask for directions.

Dory: Directions.

Marlin: But you gotta be low-key.

Dory: Low-key.

Marlin: 'Cause fish in this part of the reef, very skittish.

Dory: Skittish.

Marlin: All right. You got that?

Dory: Uh-huh.

Marlin: You're sure?

Dory: Yeah.

Marlin: You don't remember a word, do you?

Dory: No. Nothing in my nogging.

Marlin: [sighs] Okay. Here's a brand-new idea. You stay right here, swim in a little circle, forget to yourself. I'll be right back. I'm gonna ask for directions.

[Marlin swims while Dory stays and Marlin checks on Dory, then continue swimming]

Marlin: [to himself] Must keep thinking happy thoughts, happy thoughts, happy thoughts...

[Marlin trying to find the fishes then he asks the school of moonfish]

Marlin: Excuse me.

Moonfish: Uh-huh.

Marlin: Uh, my friend and I need to get to the East Australian Current.

Moonfish: Oh, sure, the EAC. It's in that direction. What you wanna do is follow...

[The moonfish then was interrupted by Dory scarring them and the fishes as well]

Dory: That's so much fun. Poof.. they just Boof.. Oh.

[Walt Disney Pictures Presents]

Dory: [offscreen] I'm so... Did you wanna turn?

[A Pixar Animation Studios Film]

Marlin: [offscreen] Could a bigger fish swallow me?! [the film's title appears] I will voluntarily go on a hook!

[Coming to Theaters Summer 2003]

Dory: [offscreen] Whoa, hey. Was it something I said?

Trailer 1

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See also

• Finding Dory

External links

• Finding Nemo quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Finding Nemo at Rotten Tomatoes
• Media related to Finding Nemo on Wikimedia Commons

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Feature films	Finding Nemo  (2003) · Finding Dory  (2016)
Short films	Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau (2003)