

Upon arrival, Nemo follows three of his peers, bored with Mr. When Marlin learns that they are going to the drop-off, he swims after them in a panic. Ray, the local teacher, takes the children on a field trip. Marlin escorts Nemo to school - along the way, Nemo asks Marlin how old sea turtles live to be Marlin doesn't have an answer. Marlin helps him prepare for the day, showing to be overprotective and doubtful of Nemo's ability to take care of himself. On the morning of his first day of school, an excited Nemo wakes his father, flapping his tiny right fin wildly. Marlin raises Nemo in a secure anemone further into the reef. Vowing to protect it, he names the codling Nemo. When he comes to that night, he discovers that Coral and the eggs are gone but manages to find a single surviving egg with a scratch on its right side. Marlin rushes in but the barracuda knocks him out with a flick of its tail, sending him back into the anemone. Ignoring Marlin's order to hide, Coral moves to protect her eggs and the barracuda lunges. They flirt playfully with each other until Coral's attention is distracted by the appearance of a barracuda. Excited to be first-time parents, they discuss names, Coral expressing her fondness for " Nemo". Below them, their clutch of eggs lies hidden in a small hole. Two clownfish, Marlin and Coral, admire the view from their new home within a sea anemone overlooking the drop off of a coral reef.

It is Pixar's first film to be released theatrically during the Northern Hemisphere summer. It tells the story of the over-protective clownfish named Marlin ( Albert Brooks) who, along with a regal tang named Dory ( Ellen DeGeneres), searches for his son Nemo ( Alexander Gould), who has been abducted in Sydney Harbour.

That's a big place to find one fish.” ―Taglineįinding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film written and directed by Andrew Stanton, released by Walt Disney Pictures on and the fifth film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. “ 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water.
