Alexander Gould voiced the titular character in Pixar's "Finding Nemo," which was released 20 years ago today way back in 2003, when the actor was just 9 years old.
Marlin and Coral, however, are named after real-life animals. Nemo, in turn, is actually Latin for "no one." In the aforementioned novel, Captain Nemo was so called since nobody ever knows what his real name is if he ever had one. For the record, he was an Indian prince named Dakkar.
Andrew Stanton wrote and directed the film. The inspiration for Finding Nemo sprang from multiple experiences, going back to director Andrew Stanton's childhood, when he loved going to the dentist to see the fish tank, assuming that the fish were from the ocean and wanted to go home.
False Ocellaris Clownfish are closely related to the true clownfish better known as the orange clown fish and are both species that are found in coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific.
Etymology. Nemo is Latin for 'no one' or 'nobody'. Nemo is itself the Latin translation of Ancient Greek Outis 'Nobody', the pseudonym adopted by the sea-faring hero Odysseus in Greek mythology to outwit the Cyclops Polyphemus.
Film Theory: Finding Nemo's UNTOLD Story! (Pixar Finding Nemo)
Did Nemo exist in Finding Nemo?
Another dark Pixar theory suggests the animated film predominantly set under the sea is meant to showcase the tragic loss in the eyes of a husband and father. More specifically, the theory posits that Nemo never existed in the movie, and instead was a figment of Marlin the clownfish's imagination.
Though it would be fascinating for there to have been such a character in real life, Captain Nemo is merely a fictional character devised by Jules Verne. He did not live and did not build the Nautilus. He did, however, appear in a later novel called The Mysterious Island.
In "Finding Nemo", I discovered sunken treasure—a multifaceted representation of disability. The protagonist, Nemo, displays a small, or "deformed," fin that is a congenital result of a fatal attack on his mother and sibling eggs—a corporeal characteristic that the story surrounds, yet does not drown in.
On coral reefs, “Dory,” the small vibrant blue fish with black stripes and a yellow tail, is known by several other names: Hippo Tang, Royal Blue Tang, Regal Tang, Palette Surgeonfish and by the scientific name Paracanthurus hepatus.
Nemo is an Ocellaris Clownfish that generally stays small and requires a minimum tank size of only 20 gallons. In order for the larger Dory to join Nemo, the tank must be a minimum of 125 gallons.
Coral is a minor character in Disney/Pixar's 2003 animated film, Finding Nemo. She was the mate of Marlin and mother of Nemo and approximately 399 unborn clownfish. Unfortunately, Coral and her entire family were attacked by a barracuda in which all of them except Marlin and Nemo perished.
Some animated sequel ideas just don't work out in Hollywood, and it's bittersweet when fans learn exactly what they are missing out on. Such is the case with Finding Nemo 2, a movie that never got to be.
According to media reports and conservationists, after Finding Nemo came out, the frenzy to buy the clownfish as a pet plummeted their numbers in the wild. It was dubbed the "Nemo effect," and the idea was also connected to owls from the Harry Potter films and various animals from Zootopia.
Dory is the third female protagonist in a Pixar film, the first two being Merida and Joy. She is also Pixar's third titular character, the first two being Nemo and WALL-E, and the second titular character to be a protagonist overall, the first one being WALL-E. She is also Pixar's first female titular character.
John Dory, or St Peter Fish, may be rather strange looking, but it's highly valued for its mild, slightly sweet flavour, pearly-white flesh and firm, succulent texture. It's a heavy-boned fish, and a little more expensive because of its low yield, but well every penny.
Dory is a regal (or royal) blue tang, or in binomial language, Paracanthurus hepatus. The other species Acanthurus coeruleus, is known as the Atlantic blue tang.
The common name dory (from the Middle English dorre, from the Middle French doree, lit. "gilded one") is shared (officially and colloquially) by members of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
“Finding Nemo” would have ended very differently if it reflected the true lives of clownfish. That's because Nemo's dad would have turned into a female before he returned from his journey across the ocean, scientists have revealed.
It's quite obvious that Dory has anterograde amnesia, which is the inability to form new memories. I also see many of the signs of ADHD within the character.
There are 30 recognized species of clownfish. Marlin and Nemo are Ocellaris clownfish, a type of orange clownfish that live in sea anemones, just like in the movie. This type of clownfish is typically 3 to 4 inches long with bright orange coloring and white stripes outlined in black.
Back in Sydney Harbour, Marlin leaves Dory to head home. But, little does he know that Nemo's managed to get himself flushed down a drain and has popped up back in the harbor, too. Father and son are finally reunited, but not before Dory gets trapped in a fisherman's net.
Nemo decides to take the Nautilus diving. He gets the ship down 16,000 meters (or four leagues) under the ocean. He even takes a picture for Aronnax, to keep as a little souvenir. (To put this voyage into perspective, the deepest part of the ocean—at least that we know about—is the Pacific's Mariana Trench.
