Finding Nemo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[nina]

Gill's scars are almost identical to the ones Tom Berenger sported in Platoon (1986).

[kenneth]

It is unknown what Bruce's opinion on dolphins is. He may be the kind that does not mind dolphins, as long as they do not bother him. While Anchor and Chum were making fun of dolphins, Bruce did not say anything; he just called the meeting to order. Ironically, great whites are one of the few sharks who are known to hunt and eat dolphins, excluding Orcas.

[charlie]

To see how realistic they could make it appear, the art team was asked to make exact copies of actual underwater and above-water shots. Ultimately, the results were simply deemed "too realistic" for a cartoon.

[liam]

This movie surpassed The Lion King (1994) to become the highest-grossing animated film at that time. The Lion King (1994) producer Don Hahn called director Andrew Stanton to congratulate him and said, "It's about time."

[tamara]

The journey to school foreshadows the meeting with Bruce, Anchor and Chum in the submarine and the ride with the sea turtles on the EAC.

[chris]

Pearl, Nemo's little octopus schoolmate ("You guys made me ink!") bears strong resemblance to Pinky the ghost from Pac-Man. Ditto for her dad.

[marc]

Three times in the film, Pearl and her father were shown squirting ink when scared. The first time was when Tad pulled Pearl away from the edge of the dropoff, the second was when Tad, Sheldon, and Pearl's fathers saw the sharks when Pearl's dad inked, and the third was in the credits where Pearl bumped into El Magnifico's credit. This is equivalent to wetting oneself in fear.

[bernice]

In the tank gang in the dentist's office, the germophobic purple and yellow fish is the only one never mentioned by name. His name was later revealed to be Gurgle.

[frederick]

Even though Darla is the main antagonist in the film, she is mostly seen in her picture rather than in person she does not appear in person until later in the film.

[scarlett]

Andrew Stanton started writing the screenplay when he was in the middle of post-production of A Bug's Life (1998).