{"id":39627,"date":"2025-09-02T23:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T23:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/39627\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T23:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T23:09:13","slug":"i-genuinely-cant-watch-finding-nemo-the-same-way-after-learning-these-21-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/39627\/","title":{"rendered":"I Genuinely Can’t Watch “Finding Nemo” The Same Way After Learning These 21 Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Finding Nemo<\/a> was released in 2003, it reminded us all to believe in ourselves, and when times get tough, just keep swimming. Get up! It’s another Disney movie<\/a> fun fact<\/a> list!<\/p>\n

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Here are are 21 facts about Finding Nemo<\/a>:<\/p>\n

1.An obvious one for fans of literature, but Nemo’s name is a nod to the character from<\/a> 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea<\/a>, written by Jules Verne, Captain Nemo.<\/p>\n

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2.Before Albert Brooks was cast to voice Marlin, William H. Macy was originally lined up to voice the clown fish father<\/a> searching the seas for his son. I don’t know…that fun fact sounds like it came from Sandy Plankton if you ask me.<\/p>\n

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3.Attention to detail matters in animation. For example, Bruce the shark had exactly 202 teeth<\/a>, and all those pearly (sharp) whites were animated individually. Don’t be scared, though, he doesn’t bite…if you’re a fish.<\/p>\n

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4.There is a fun cameo from another Pixar picture. Toy Story character, Buzz Lightyear, can be seen on the dentist’s office floor<\/a> near a toy chest for a brief moment while Nemo is looking around in panic when he first arrives.<\/p>\n

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5.Another incredible cameo in the dentist’s office waiting room is a Mr. Incredible comic book<\/a>, foreshadowing The Incredibles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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6.This was the first Pixar film not composed by the legendary Randy Newman. Cousin of Paul, Thomas Newman, scored the soundtrack.<\/a><\/p>\n

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7.Pixar Animation Studios producer Darla K. Anderson often played pranks on director Andrew Stanton. This led to Stanton naming the nightmare child Darla after his producer.<\/a> All in good fun, I’m sure!<\/p>\n

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8.Pixar has had some absolute bangers at the turn of the century, like Monsters Inc<\/a>. and Toy Story. That said, it may be hard to believe, but Finding Nemo was the first Pixar film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature<\/a>. *hand slightly grazes back of Oscar*<\/p>\n

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9.There are always really cool field trips when making an animated film for Disney. The art team went the extra mile, including taking courses and attending lectures in ichthyology, marine biology, and oceanography to make the film more lifelike. The artists were also required to enroll in scuba diving classes<\/a>. Safe to say they inhaled all that delicious ocean and fish knowledge.<\/p>\n

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10.Finding Nemo is the first Pixar movie to have a post-credits scene. No Samuel L. Jackson or future Avengers present, but a good laugh would set the tone for future post-credits sequences.<\/p>\n

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11.The brutal death of Marlin’s wife, Coral, was mapped out a lot differently at first. Stanton originally planned to reveal the fate of Coral gradually through flashbacks<\/a>, revealing his reason for being so overprotective. While that ultimately didn’t happen in the final product, Finding Dory definitely adopted a similar style.<\/p>\n

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12.The coloration of Gill’s face is intentional and simulates the characteristic lines around the mouth of voice actor Willem Dafoe<\/a>. Details. Details. Details.<\/p>\n

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13.The anglerfish is characterized as female because of the glowing bait. Female anglerfish are also larger and more dangerous than males<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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14.The two main turtles, Crush and Squirt, are also names of popular citrus soda brands<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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15.Bruce, the great white shark, is named after the model used for the film<\/a> Jaws<\/a>, which Steven Spielberg named after his lawyer.<\/p>\n

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16.The dramatic scene where Dory begs Marlin not to leave was a trial run. Filmmakers were worried a comedian like Ellen DeGeneres would struggle with the scene, but she did so well that they kept the initial trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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17.The character of Dory was written specifically for Ellen.<\/a><\/p>\n

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18.Dory never actually says Marlin’s name<\/a> once throughout the entire movie, despite being with him for most of the film.<\/p>\n

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19.Thanks to the calendar in the dentist’s office, I can confirm that the movie takes place in November<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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20.Director Andrew Stanton voices Crush and the seagulls that go “Mine, Mine, Mine.”<\/a> What vocal range for a director!<\/p>\n

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21.And lastly, co-writer Bob Peterson doubled as the voice of Mr. Ray<\/a>. Therrrrrrrrrrrrrre’s nothing to see here.<\/p>\n

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What is your favorite thing about Finding Nemo that sticks with you? Comment below!<\/p>\n

Watch it on Disney+<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Finding Nemo was released in 2003, it reminded us all to believe in ourselves, and when times…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[30332,30333,30334,18,117,30331,2445,19,17,327],"class_list":{"0":"post-39627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-buena-vista-pictures","9":"tag-captain-nemo","10":"tag-dan-steinberg","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-finding-nemo","14":"tag-getty-images","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-movies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}