Interesting Facts About Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo is an animated Disney Pixar film about the journey of a clownfish, named Marlin, as he tries to get back his son. Marlin’s son Nemo, is taken by scuba divers, so Marlin goes after him. As he searches for his son Marlin encounters many other sea creatures, such as a fish named Dory, a shark named Bruce, and a sea turtle, named Crush, all of whom help Marlin rescue Nemo.

The-turtle-kids

The turtle kids’ shells are meant to look like Hawaiian shirts.

2-Andrew-Stanton

Marlin was a protective parent because Andrew Stanton (the film’s director) was a protective parent.

3-The-tiki-heads

The tiki heads in the tank are caricatures of Pixar employees.

4-The-seagulls

The seagulls “mine” squawks were translated into languages other than English.

5-Geoffrey-Rush

Geoffrey Rush literally held his tongue when recording some of his lines.

6-comic-book

There’s a lot hiding in Dr. Sherman’s office, such as, an Incredibles comic book.

7-Pixar-remade

Pixar remade the ocean surface because initially it was too realistic and thought audiences wouldn’t believe it was animated.

8-The-animators-studied

The animators studied dogs’ facial expressions and eyes to animate the fishes’ expressions.

9-Finding-Nemo

Finding Nemo was the first Pixar movie to take place outside the U.S.

10-Wallace-and-Gromit

He seagulls were modeled after the penguins from Wallace and Gromit.

11-In-response

In response to the film, several sewage treatment facilities released a warning cautioning children not to “free” their fish down the drain.

Pizza-Planet-truck

During the escape scene from the dentist’s office, the fish roll by the infamous Pizza Planet truck