Synopsis[]
The story begins when two clownfish named Coral and Marlin give birth to 400 eggs. A barracuda appears from nowhere and kills Coral, along with almost all of the eggs -- except one. Marlin calls this last egg Nemo. Another morning. It is time to go to school. The whole class is with Mr. Ray, their teacher. Marlin is still worried that Nemo might get lost, so he goes after him all the way to the drop off. Nemo disobeys his father anyway and gets captured by scuba divers. Marlin tries to catch up with the boat but couldn't him. He then asks fish after fish, until he bumps into Dory, a blue regal tang. She cannot think for herself because she has a memory disorder. Along the way, they meet Bruce, Anchor and Chum, the sharks. Their pledge is that fish are friends, not food... until Marlin finds a mask and Dory bleeds. Bruce sniffs the blood and starts chasing the two little fish, realizing that they are food. As for Nemo, he ends up in a dentist's aquarium. He meets Bloat the pufferfish, Gurgle the royal gramma, Peach the starfish, Deb and Flo, the humbugs, Bubbles the yellow tang, and Jacques the cleaner shrimp. He is about to be a present for Darla, the dentist's niece. He then gets stuck, and a Moorish Idol named Gill appears. He tells Nemo that his fin is worse than Nemo's. Marlin and Dory get chased by an anglerfish after looking at a mask to see what it says ("P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Syndey"). Nemo is invited to the Tank Gang after swimming through the "ring of fire", and is now addressed as Sharkbait. Their goal is to escape from the tank. Meanwhile, Marlin and Dory are asking for directions on how to get to Sydney. They have to go past jellyfish, take a ride on the East Australian Current with sea turtles, and even get swallowed by a whale. The Tank Gang has to make the tank all filthy with algae so bad that the dentist must clean it. Darla arrives in the morning, and is about to receive Nemo as her present. In the end, Nemo is flushed down a drain and back to the ocean. He is now reunited with his father (but he meets Dory first), and learns that everyone must swim down to free themselves. Marlin tells Nemo that he met a sea turtle who was 150 years old. Even the little sea turtle, Squirt, becomes a student of Mr. Ray's class.
Cast[]
Character's name | Voiced by | MLP counterpart |
---|---|---|
Marlin | Albert Brooks | Shining Armor |
Dory | Ellen DeGeneres | Pinkie Pie |
Nemo | Alexander Gould | Spike |
Coral | Elizabeth Perkins | Princess Cadance |
Tad | Jordy Ranft | Scootaloo |
Sheldon | Erik Per Sullivan | Apple Bloom |
Pearl | Erica Beck | Sweetie Belle |
Mr. Ray | Bob Peterson | Cheerilee |
Bruce | Barry Humphries | Discord |
Anchor | Eric Bana | Snips |
Chum | Bruce Spence | Snails |
Gill | Willem Dafoe | |
Bloat | Brad Garrett | |
Peach | Allison Janney | |
Gurgle | Austin Pendleton | |
Bubbles | Stephen Root | |
Deb/Flo | Vicki Lewis | |
Jacques | Joe Ranft | |
School of Fish | John Ratzenberger | |
Crush | Andrew Stanton | |
Squirt | Nicholas Bird | |
Nigel | Geoffrey Rush | |
Dr. Sherman | Bill Hunter | |
Darla | Lulu Ebeling |
In Other Languages[]
Language | Title |
---|---|
Spanish | Buscando a Nemo |
French | Trouver Nemo |
Portuguese | Procurando Nemo |
Japanese | ファインディング・ニモ |
Chinese | 海底總動員 |
Korean | 니모를 찾아서 |
Thai | นีโม...ปลาเล็ก หัวใจโต๊...โต |
Production timeline[]
- Early 1997: Pre-production of the film announced.
- January 2000: Production on the film begins.
- November 19, 2001: The film was slated for a 2003 release.
- April 22, 2002: The voice actors for Marlin, Dory and Nemo were announced.[2]
- October 2, 2002: Finding Nemo was planned for a May release instead of in June.
- November 1, 2002: Official release date announced. The short film "Knick Knack" was also to be attached.
Release timeline[]
Format | Country of origin | Date |
---|---|---|
Teaser trailer | USA | June 21, 2002 |
Theatrical trailer #1 | USA | October 31, 2002 |
Original theatrical | USA | May 30, 2003 |
Re-issue in theaters | Argentinan/Chilean | August 15, 2003 |
DVD/VHS | USA | November 4, 2003 |
DVD | Taiwan | November 6, 2003 |
DVD | Latin America | December 1, 2003 |
DVD/VHS | South Korea | December 3, 2003 |
DVD | Australia | January 13, 2004 |
DVD | UK | February 27, 2004 |
DVD | France | May 12, 2004 |
DVD | Japan | June 18, 2004 |
DVD | Argentinian/Chilean | September 10, 2004 |
Blu-ray Disc teaser trailer | Worldwide | October 5, 2011 |
3D re-release teaser trailer | Worldwide | January 11, 2012 |
3D re-release trailer | Worldwide | May 21, 2012 |
3D re-release | USA | September 14, 2012 |
3D re-release | Argentinian/Chilean | October 21, 2012 |
Blu-ray Disc trailer | Worldwide | October 25, 2012 |
Blu-ray Disc | Japan | November 21, 2012 |
Blu-ray Disc | USA | December 4, 2012 |
Blu-ray Disc | France | April 24, 2013 |
Blu-ray Disc | UK | May 27, 2013 |
Blu-ray Disc | South Korea | June 12, 2013 |
Blu-ray Disc | Argentinian/Chilean | September 13, 2013 |
4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Disc | USA | September 10, 2019 |
Disney+ | USA | November 12, 2019 |
Advertised on:
- Monsters, Inc. (September 17, 2002)
- Spirited Away (April 15, 2003)
- Castle in the Sky (April 15, 2003)
- Kiki's Delivery Service (April 15, 2003)
- Treasure Planet (April 29, 2003)
- Atlantis: Milo's Return (May 20, 2003)
This film contained trailers for Brother Bear and Paramount's Rugrats Go Wild.
When Common Sense Media originally reviewed this film, it was given a 6+. However, the age rating was changed to 4+ in May 2007, then later to 5+.
Home video timeline[]
- Main article: Home video timeline for Finding Nemo
Availability on Disney+[]
Audio | Subtitles | |
---|---|---|
Chinese (中文/简体) | Y | Y |
Chinese (中文/繁體) | Y | Y |
Chinese (粵語) | Y | Y |
Dansk | Y | Y |
Deutsch | R | R |
English | Y | Y |
Español | R | R |
Español (Latinoamérica) | Y | Y |
Français | R | R |
Français (Canada) | R | R |
Italiano | R | R |
Magyar | Y | Y |
Nederlands | Y | Y |
Norsk | Y | Y |
Polski | Y | Y |
Português | Y | Y |
Português (Brasil) | R | R |
Română | Y | Y |
Slovenčina | Y | Y |
Suomi | Y | Y |
Svenska | Y | Y |
Türkçe | Y | Y |
Íslenska | Y | Y |
Čeština | Y | Y |
Ελληνικά | Y | Y |
Japanese | Y | Y |
Korean | Y | Y |
There is also a Flemish dub, but it's region-locked to Dutch viewers.
The film was visually translated into Japanese, but that version was not carried over to Disney+.
Websites[]
Finding Nemo -- The Official Website
- http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/findingnemo (October 2002–October 2003)
Finding Nemo DVD - Official Web Site
- http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/findingnemo (October 2003–January 2012)
From Pixar:
- http://www.pixar.com/featurefilms/nemo/index.html (September 2002–June 2012)
- http://www.pixar.com/features_films/FINDING-NEMO (June 2012–March 2017)
- https://www.pixar.com/feature-films/finding-nemo (April 2017–present)
Trivia[]
- Production of Finding Nemo was announced even before Ice Age premiered in theaters.
Gallery[]
- Main article: Finding Nemo/Gallery