Finding Nemo

MARLIN Wow.

CORAL Mmm.

MARLIN Wow.

CORAL Mmm-hmm.

MARLIN Wow.

CORAL Yes, Marlin. No, I see it. It's beautiful.

MARLIN So, Coral, when you said you wanted an ocean view, you didn't think that we we're gonna get the whole ocean, did you? Huh? [sighs] Oh yeah. A fish can breath out here. Did your man deliver or did he deliver?

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CORAL My man delivered.

MARLIN And it wasn't so easy.

CORAL Because a lot of other clownfish had their eyes on this place.

MARLIN You better believe they did--every single one of them.

CORAL Mm-hmm. You did good. And the neighborhood is awesome.

MARLIN So, you do like it, don't you?

CORAL No, no. I do, I do. I really do like it. But Marlin, I know that the drop off is desirable with the great schools and the amazing view and all, but do we really need so much space?

MARLIN Coral, honey, these are our kids we're talking about. They deserve the best. Look, look, look. They'll wake up, poke their little heads out and they'll see a whale! See, right by their bedroom window.

CORAL Shhh, you're gonna wake the kids.

MARLIN Oh, right. Right.

CORAL Aww, look. They're dreaming. We still have to name them.

MARLIN You wanna name all of 'em, right now? All right, we'll name this half Marlin Jr. and then this half Coral Jr. Okay, we're done.

CORAL I like Nemo.

MARLIN Nemo? Well, we'll name one Nemo but I'd like most of them to be Marlin Jr.

CORAL Just think that in a couple of days, we're gonna be parents!

MARLIN Yeah. What if they don't like me?

CORAL Marlin.

MARLIN No, really.

CORAL There's over 400 eggs. Odds are, one of them is bound to like you.

CORAL What?

MARLIN You remember how we met?

CORAL Well, I try not to.

MARLIN Well, I remember. 'Excuse me, miss, can you check and see if there's a hook in my lip?'

CORAL Marlin!

MARLIN

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'Well, you gotta look a little closer because it's wiggling'.

CORAL Get away!

MARLIN Here he is. Cutie's here! Where did everybody go?

MARLIN [gasps] Coral, get inside the house, Coral. No, Coral, don't. They'll be fine. Just get inside, you, right now.

MARLIN No!

MARLIN Coral! Coral?

MARLIN Coral? Oh!

MARLIN Ohh. There, there, there. It's okay, daddy's here. Daddy's got you. I promise, I will never let anything happen to you...Nemo.

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NEMO First day of school! First day of school! Wake up, wake up! C'mon, first day of school!

MARLIN I don't wanna go to school. Five more minutes.

NEMO Not you, dad. Me!

MARLIN Okay...huh?

NEMO Get up, get up! It's time for school! It's time for school! It's time for school! It's time for school! Oh boy! Oh boy!

MARLIN All right, I'm up.

NEMO Oh boy--whoa!

MARLIN Nemo!

NEMO First day of school!

MARLIN [gasps] Nemo, don't move! Don't move! You'll never get out of there yourself. I'll do it. All right, where's the break? You feel a break?

NEMO No.

MARLIN Sometimes you can't tell 'cause fluid is rushing to the area. Now, any rushing fluids?

NEMO No.

MARLIN Are you woozy?

NEMO No.

MARLIN How many stripes do I have?

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NEMO I'm fine.

MARLIN Answer the stripe question!

NEMO Three.

MARLIN No! See, something's wrong with you. I have one, two, three--that's all I have? Oh, you're okay. How's the lucky fin?

NEMO Lucky.

MARLIN Let's see.

MARLIN Are you sure you wanna go to school this year? 'Cause there's no problem if you don't. You can wait 5 or 6 years.

NEMO Come on, dad. It's time for school.

MARLIN Ah-ah-ah! Forgot to brush.

NEMO Ohh...

MARLIN Do you want this anemone to sting you?

NEMO Yes.

MARLIN Brush.

NEMO Okay, I'm done.

MARLIN You missed a spot.

NEMO Where?

MARLIN There. Ha ha! Right there. And here and here and here!

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MARLIN All right, we're excited. First day of school, here we go. We're ready to learn to get some knowledge. Now, what's the one thing we have to remember about the ocean?

NEMO It's not safe.

MARLIN That's my boy. So, first we check to see that the coast is clear. We go out and back in. And then we go out, and back in. And then one more time--out and back in. And sometimes, if you wanna do it four times--

NEMO Dad..

MARLIN All right. Come on, boy.

NEMO Dad, maybe while I'm at school, I'll see a shark!

MARLIN

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I highly doubt that.

NEMO Have you ever met a shark?

MARLIN No, and I don't plan to.

NEMO How old are sea turtles?

MARLIN Sea turtles? I don't know.

NEMO Sandy Plankton from next door, he said that sea turtles, said that they live to be about a hundred years old!

MARLIN Well, you know what, if I ever meet a sea turtle, I'll ask him. After I'm done talking to the shark, okay? Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on, hold on, wait to cross. Hold my fin, hold my fin.

NEMO Dad, you're not gonna freak out like you did at the petting zoo, are you?

MARLIN Hey, that snail was about to charge. Hmm, I wonder where we're supposed to go.

FISH KIDS Bye, mom!

FISH MOM I'll pick you up after school.

CRAB KID Come on, you guys. Stop it! Give it back!

MARLIN Come on, we'll try over there.

MARLIN Excuse me, is this where we meet his teacher?

BOB Well, look who's out of the anemone.

MARLIN Yes. Shocking, I know.

BOB Marty, right?

MARLIN Marlin.

BOB Bob.

TED Ted.

BILL Bill. Hey, you're a clownfish. You're funny, right? Hey, tell us a joke.

BOB/TED Yeah, yeah. Come on, give us a funny one.

MARLIN Well, actually, that's a common misconception. Clownfish are no funnier than any other fish.

BILL Aw, come on, clownie.

TED Yeah, do something funny.

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BOB Yeah!

MARLIN All right, I  know one joke. Um, there's a mollusk, see? And he walks up to a sea, well he doesn't walk  up, he swims up. Well, actually the mollusk isn't moving. He's in one place and then the  sea cucumber, well they--I mixed up. There was a mollusk and a sea cucumber. None of them  were walking, so forget that I--

BOB Sheldon! Get out of Mr. Johansenn's yard, now!

KIDS Whoa!

MR. JOHANSSEN All right, you kids! Ooh! Uuh, where'd you go? Where'd you go? Where, where'd you go?

NEMO Dad, dad...can I go play too? Can I?

MARLIN I would feel better if you go play over on the sponge beds.

MARLIN That's where I would play

PEARL What's wrong with his fin?

TAD He looks funny!

SHELDON Ow! Hey, what'd I do? What'd I do?

BOB Be nice. It's his first time at school.

MARLIN He was born with it, kids. We call it his lucky fin.

NEMO Dad.

PEARL See this tentacle? It's actually shorter than all my other tentacles but you can't really tell.Especially when I twirl them like this.

SHELDON I'm H2O-intolerant. [sneezes]

TAD I'm obnoxious.

MR. RAY [singing] Oooh, let's name the zones, the zones, the zones. Let's name the zones of the open sea.

KIDS Mr. Ray!

SHELDON Come on, Nemo.

MARLIN Whoa, you better stay with me.

MR. RAY [singing]..mesopolagic, bathyal, abyssalpelagic. All the rest are too deep for you and me to see.

MR. RAY Huh, I wonder where my class has gone?

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We're under here!

MR. RAY Oh, there you are. Climb aboard, explorers. [singing] Oh, knowledge exploring is oh so lyrical, when you think thoughts that are empirical.

NEMO Dad, you can go now.

MR. RAY Well, hello. Who is this?

NEMO I'm Nemo.

MR. RAY Well, Nemo, all new explorers must answer a science question.

NEMO Okay.

MR. RAY You live in what kind of home?

NEMO An anemo-none. A nemenem-menome-nememen-nenemone--

MR. RAY Okay, okay, don't hurt yourself. Welcome aboard, explorers!

MARLIN Just so you know, he's got a little fin. I find if he's having trouble swimming, let him take a break. Ten, fifteen minutes.

NEMO Dad, it's time for you to go now.

MR. RAY Don't worry. We're gonna stay together as a group. Okay, class, optical orbits up front. And remember, we keep our supraesophogeal ganglion to ourselves...that means you, Jimmy.

JIMMY Aw, man!

MR. RAY [singing]

MARLIN Bye, Nemo!

NEMO Bye, dad!

MARLIN Bye, son! Be safe.

BOB Hey, you're doing pretty well for a first timer.

MARLIN Well, you can't hold onto them forever, can you?

BILL Yeah, I had a tough time when my oldest went out at the drop off.

MARLIN They just gotta grow up--the drop off?! They're going to the drop off?! Wh-what are you, insane?! Why don't we fry 'em up now and serve them with chips!?

BOB Hey, Marty. Calm down.

MARLIN Don't tell me to be calm, pony boy!

BOB 'Pony boy'?

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BILL You know for a clownfish, he really isn't that funny.

TED Pity.

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MR. RAY [singing] Oh, let's name the species, the species, the species. Let's name the species that live in thesea.

NEMO Whoa.

MR. RAY [singing] There's porifera, coelenterata, hydrozoa, scyphozoa, anthozoa, ctenophora, bryozoas, three! Gastropoda, arthropoda, echinoderma, and some fish like you and me. Come on, sing with me. Oh...!

MR. RAY Just the girls this time. [singing] Oh, seaweed is cool. Seaweed is fun. It makes it's food with the rays of the sun...

MR. RAY Okay, the drop off. All right, kids, feel free to explore but stay close. [gasps] Stromalitic cyanobacteria! Gather. An entire ecosystem contained in one infinitesimal speck. There are as many protein pairs contained in this...

TAD Come on, let's go.

MR. RAY Come on, sing with me! [singing] There's porifera, coelentera, hydrozoa, scyphozoa, anthozoa, ctenophora, bryozoas, three!

NEMO Hey guys, wait up! Whoa.

TAD Cool.

TAD Saved your life!

PEARL Aw, you guys made me ink.

NEMO What's that?

TAD I know what that is. Oh, oh! Sandy Plankton saw one. He called, he said it was called a...a butt.

NEMO Whoa.

PEARL Wow. That's a pretty big butt.

SHELDON Oh, look at me. I'm gonna go touch the butt. [sneezes] Whoa!

SHELDON Oh yeah? Let's see you get closer.

PEARL Okay. Beat that.

TAD Come on, Nemo. How far can you go?

NEMO Uh, my dad says it's not safe.

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MARLIN Nemo, no!

NEMO Dad?

MARLIN You were about to swim into open water!

NEMO No, I wasn't go out--but dad!

MARLIN It was a good thing I was here. If I hadn't showed up, I don't know--

PEARL Sir, he wasn't gonna go.

TAD Yeah, he was too afraid.

NEMO No, I wasn't.

MARLIN This does not concern you, kids. And you're lucky I don't tell your parents you were out there. You know you can't swim well.

NEMO I can swim fine, dad, okay?

MARLIN No, it's not okay. You shouldn't be anywhere near here. Okay, I was right. You'll start school in a year or two.

NEMO No, dad! Just because you're scared of the ocean--

MARLIN Clearly, you're not ready. And you're not coming back until you are. You think you can do these things but you just can't, Nemo!

NEMO I hate you.

MR. RAY There's--nothing to see. Gather, uh, over there. Excuse me, is there anything I can do? I am a scientist, sir. Is there any problem?

MARLIN I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt things. He isn't a good swimmer and it's a little too soon for him to be out here unsupervised.

MR. RAY Well, I can assure you, he's quite safe with me.

MARLINLook, I'm sure he is. But you have a large class and he can get lost from sight if you're not looking. I'm not saying you're not looking--

FISH KID Oh my gosh! Nemo's swimming out to sea!

MARLIN Nemo! What do you think you're doing? You're gonna get stuck out there and I'll have to get you before another fish does! Get back here! I said get back here, now! Stop! You take one move, mister. Don't youdare! If you put one fin on that boat..are you listening to me? Don't touch the bo--Nemo!

TAD [whispering] He touched the butt.

MARLIN You paddle your little tail back here, Nemo. That's right. You are in big trouble, young man. Do you hear me? Big...big--

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NEMO Aaaah! Daddy! Help me!

MARLIN I'm coming, Nemo!

KIDS Aaaah!

MR. RAY Get under me, kids!

NEMO Ah! Oh no! Dad! Daddy!

MARLIN Oh! Nemo! Unh! Nemo! Nemo, no! Nemo! Nemo! Nemo! No! No! Aah! Nemo! Nemo!

DIVER Whoa! Hold on.

MARLIN Oh no. No, no. It's gone, it's gone. No, no, it can't be gone. No, no! Nemo! Nemo! Nemo! No! Nemo! Nemo! No! No, please, no! No, no!

MARLIN Has anybody seen a boat!? Please! A white boat! They took my son! My son! Help me, please!

DORY Look out!

MARLIN Waaaah!

MARLIN Ooh, ooh...

DORY Ohh. Oh, oh. Sorry! I didn't see you. Sir, are you okay?

MARLIN He's gone, he's gone..

DORY There, there. It's all right.

MARLIN He's gone.

DORY It'll be okay.

MARLIN No, no. They took him away. I have to find the boat.

DORY Hey, I've seen a boat.

MARLIN You have?

DORY It passed by not too long ago.

MARLIN A white one?

DORY Hi. I'm Dory.

MARLIN Where!? Which way!?

DORY Oh, oh, oh! It-it went, um, this way! And it went this way! Follow me!

MARLIN

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Thank you! Thank you, thank you so much!

DORY No problem.

MARLIN Hey! Wait!

DORY Will you quit it?

MARLIN What?

DORY I'm trying to swim here. What, ocean ain't big enough for you?

MARLIN Huh?

DORY You got a problem, buddy? Huh? Huh? Do 'ya? Do 'ya? Do 'ya? You want a piece of me? Yeah, oooh, I'm scared now. Whaat!?

MARLIN Wait a minute..

DORY Stop following me, okay!?

MARLIN What? You're showing me which way the boat went!

DORY A boat? Hey, I've seen a boat. It passed by not too long ago. It went this way, it went this way. Follow me!

MARLIN Wait a minute, wait a minute! What is going on? You already told me which way the boat was going!

DORY I did? Oh dear...

MARLIN If this is some kind of practical joke, it's not funny! And I know funny..I'm a clownfish!

DORY No, it's not. I know it's not. I'm so sorry. See, I suffer from short-term memory loss.

MARLIN Short-term memory loss..I don't believe this!

DORY No, it's true. I forget things almost instantly. It runs in my family..or at least I think it does. Hmmm..where are they? Can I help you?

MARLIN Something's wrong with you, really. You're wasting my time. I have to find my son. [gasps]

BRUCE Hello.

DORY Well, hi!

BRUCE Name's Bruce. It's all right, I understand. Why trust a shark, right? So, what's a couple of bites like you doing out so late, eh?

MARLIN Nothing. We're not doing anything. We're not even out.

BRUCE Great! Then how'd you morsels like to come to a little get-together I'm havin'?

DORY

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You mean like a party?

BRUCE Yeah, yeah, that's right--a party! What do you say?

DORY Ooh, I love parties! Parties are fun!

MARLIN Parties are fun, and it's tempting but--

BRUCE Oh, come on, I insist.

MARLIN O-okay..that's all that matters.

DORY Hey, look--balloons! It is a party!

BRUCE Ha ha ha! Mind your distance, though. Those balloons can be a bit dodgy. You wouldn't want one of them to pop.

BRUCE Anchor! Chum!

ANCHOR There you are, Bruce, finally!

BRUCE We got company.

ANCHOR It's about time, mate.

CHUM We've already gone through all the snacks and I'm still starvin'!

ANCHOR We almost had a feeding frenzy.

CHUM Come on, let's get this over with.

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BRUCE Right, then. The meeting has officially come to order. Let us all say the pledge..

BRUCE/ANCHOR/CHUM 'I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food'.

ANCHOR Except stinkin' dolphins.

CHUM Dolphins! Yeah, they think they're sooo cute! 'Hey, look at me. I'm a flippin' little dolphin! Let me flip for 'ya! Ain't I a somethin'!'

BRUCE Right, then. Today's meeting is step 5, 'BRING A FISH FRIEND'. Now do you all have your friends?

ANCHOR Got mine.

DORY Hey there!

BRUCE How 'bout you, Chum?

CHUM Oh, um, I seem to have misplaced my uh, friend.

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BRUCE That's all right, Chum. I had a feeling this would be a difficult step, you can help yourself to one of my friends.

CHUM Oh, thanks, mate. A little chum for Chum, eh?

BRUCE I'll start the testimonies. Hello, my name is Bruce.

ANCHOR/CHUM Hello, Bruce.

BRUCE It has been three weeks since my last fish, on my honor, or may I be chopped up and made into soup.

CHUM You're an inspiration to all of us.

ANCHOR Amen.

BRUCE Right, then. Who's next?

DORY Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!

BRUCE Yes, the little Sheila down the front.

DORY Woo-hoo!

BRUCE Come on up here.

DORY Hi. I'm Dory.

BRUCE/ANCHOR/CHUM Hello, Dory.

DORY And, uh, well, I don't think I've ever eaten a fish.

CHUM Hey, that's incredible.

BRUCE Good on 'ya, mate!

DORY Whew! I'm glad I got that off my chest.

BRUCE All right, anyone else? Hello, how 'bout you, mate? What's your problem?

MARLIN Me? I don't have a problem.

BRUCE Oh. Okay..

BRUCE/ANCHOR/CHUM Denial.

BRUCE Just start with your name.

MARLIN Okay. Uh, hello. My name is Marlin. I'm a clownfish--

CHUM A clownfish? Really?!

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BRUCE Go on, tell us a joke!

CHUM Ooh! I love jokes!

MARLIN Actually I do know one that's pretty good. There was this mollusk and he walks up to a sea cucumber. Normally, they don't talk, sea cucumbers, but in a joke, everyone talks. So the sea mollusk says to the cucumber...

NEMO Daddy!

MARLIN Nemo!

CHUM Nemo! Ha ha ha! Nemo! I don't get it.

BRUCE For a clownfish, he's not that funny.

MARLIN No, no, no, no. He's my son. He was taken by these divers.

DORY Oh my, you poor fish.

CHUM Humans. Think they own everything.

ANCHOR Probably American.

BRUCE Now there is a father looking for his little boy.

MARLIN Ugh! What do these markings mean?

BRUCE I never knew my father! [sobs]

CHUM Aw, come here.

ANCHOR Group hug.

CHUM We're all mates here, mate.

MARLIN I can't read human.

DORY Well then we gotta find a fish who can read this. Hey, look. Sharks!

MARLIN No, no, no, Dory!

DORY Guys, guys!

MARLIN No, Dory!

DORY That's mine! Give it to me! Gimme! Oww!

MARLIN Oh, I'm sorry. Are you okay?

DORY Ow, ow, ow.

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MARLIN I'm so sorry.

DORY You really clocked me there. Am I bleeding?

MARLIN Ohh...

DORY Ow, ow, ow.

BRUCE Dory, are you oka--oohh. Oohh, that's good.

ANCHOR/CHUM Intervention!

BRUCE Just a bite!

ANCHOR Hold it together, mate!

CHUM Remember, Bruce, fish are friends, not food!

BRUCE FOOD!

MARLIN Dory, look out!

BRUCE I'm havin' fish tonight!

CHUM Remember the steps, mate!

BRUCE Just one bite!

BRUCE G'day!

MARLIN/DORY Aaaaaaaah!

BRUCE Arrrr!

MARLIN There's no way out! There's got to be a way to escape!

DORY Who is it?

MARLIN Dory, help me find a way out!

DORY Sorry, you'll have to come back later. We're trying to escape.

MARLIN There's gotta be a way out!

DORY Look, here's something! 'ESSS-CA-PE'! I wonder what that means. It's funny, it's spelled just like the word 'escape'.

MARLIN Let's go!

BRUCE Here's Brucey!

MARLIN

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Wait a minute..you can read?!

DORY I can read? That's right, I can read!

MARLIN Well, then here. Read this now!

ANCHOR He really doesn't mean it, y'know! He never even knew his father!

CHUM Don't fall off the wagon!

MARLIN Oh no, it's blocked!

ANCHOR No, Bruce. Focus!

CHUM Sorry about--this, mate!

ANCHOR He's really--a nice guy!

MARLIN I need to get that mask!

DORY You want that mask? Okay.

MARLIN No, no, no, no, no, no!

MARLIN Quick grab the mask!

ANCHOR Oh no. Bruce?

BRUCE What? [gasps] Swim away! Swim away!

DORY Aw, is the party over?

PELICAN Nice.

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NEMO Dad? Daddy?

DENTIST Barbara?

BARBARA Uh-huh?

DENTIST Prep for his anterior crown, would you, please? And I'm going to need a few cotton rolls.

BARBARA Okay.

DENTIST Hello, little fella!

NEMO Aah!

DENTIST Heh heh heh! Beauty, isn't he? I found that guy struggling for life out on the reef and I saved him. So, has that novocaine kicked in yet?

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PATIENT I think so. We're ready to roll.

BUBBLES Bubbles! [muttering] My bubbles.

PEACH He likes bubbles.

NEMO Aah! Ohh! No! Uhh!

JACQUES Bonjour.

NEMO Aah!

BLOAT Heh heh! Slow down, little fella. There's nothing to worry about.

DEB Oh, he's scared to death.

NEMO I wanna go home. Do you know where my dad is?

PEACH Honey, your dad's probably back at the pet store.

NEMO Pet store?

BLOAT Yeah, you know, like I'm from Bob's Fish Mart.

GURGLE Pet Palace.

BUBBLES Fish-O-Rama.

DEB Mail order.

PEACH Ebay.

GURGLE So which one is it?

NEMO I'm from the ocean.

GURGLE Ah, the ocean. The ocean! Aaah! He hasn't been decontaminated yet! Jacques!

JACQUES Oui.

GURGLE Clean him!

JACQUES Oui.

GURGLE Ocean!

JACQUES Ooh, la mer. Bon. Voila. He is clean.

BUBBLES Wow. The big blue. What's it like?

NEMO Big...and blue?

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BUBBLES I knew it.

DEB Kid, if there's anything you need, just ask your auntie Deb, that's me. Or if I'm not around, you can always talk to my sister Flo. Hi,how are you? Don't listen to anything my sister says, she's nuts! Ha ha ha ha!

PEACH [muffled] We got a live one!

BLOAT Can't hear you, Peach.

PEACH I said we got a live one.

GURGLE Yes!

BLOAT Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!

DEB What do we got?

PEACH Root canal, and by the looks of those x-rays it's not gonna be pretty.

PATIENT Owwwwwwwww!

BLOAT Rubber dam and clamp installed?

PEACH Yep.

GURGLE What did he use to open?

PEACH Gator-Glidden drill. He seems to be favoring that one lately.

DEB I can't see, Flo.

PATIENT You're getting a little too--aaaaah!!!

PEACH Now he's doing the Schilder technique.

BLOAT Oooh, he's using a Hedstrom file.

GURGLE That's not a Hedstrom file. That's a K-Flex.

BLOAT It's got a teardrop cross-section. Clearly a Hedstrom.

GURGLE No, no. K-Flex.

BLOAT Hedstrom!

GURGLE K-Flex!

BLOAT Hedstro--! [inflates] There I go. A little help over here.

DEB I'll go deflate him.

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DENTIST All right, go ahead and rinse.

GURGLE Ugh! The human mouth is a disgusting place.

PEACH Hey, Nigel.

NIGEL What did I miss? Am I late?

PEACH Root canal and it's a doozy.

NIGEL Root canal, eh? What did he use to open?

PEACH Gator-Glidden drill.

NIGEL He seems to be favoring that one. Hope he doesn't get surplus sealer at the portal terminus... hello.

NEMO [gasps]

NIGEL Who's this?

DEB New guy. Ha ha ha!

GURGLE The dentist took him off the reef.

NIGEL An outie. From my neck of the woods, eh? Sorry if I ever took a snap at you. Fish gotta swim, birds gotta eat. [gasps]

DENTIST Hey! No, no,  no, no! They're not your fish. They're my fish. Come on, go! Go on, shoo! Oh, the picture  broke. This here's Darla. She's my niece. She's going to be eight next week. Hey, little  fella. Say hello to your new mummy. She'll be here Friday to pick you up. You're her present. Shh, shh, shh! It's our little secret. Well, Mr. Tucker, while that sets up I'm going to  see a man about a wallaby.

BLOAT Oh, Darla.

NEMO What? What's wrong with her?

GURGLE She wouldn't stop shaking the bag.

BUBBLES Poor Chuckles.

DEB He was her present last year.

BLOAT Hitched a ride on the porcelain express.

PEACH She's a fish killer.

NEMO I can't go with that girl! I have to get back to my dad! Aaah! Daddy! Help me!

GURGLE Oh, he's stuck!

GILL

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Nobody touch him! Nobody touch him.

NEMO Can you help me?

GILL No. You got yourself in there, you can get yourself out.

PEACH Gill..

GILL I just wanna see him do it, okay? Calm down. Alternate wiggling your fins and your tail.

NEMO I can't. I have a bad fin.

GILL Never stopped me.

GILL Just think about what you need to do.

BLOAT Come on.

GILL Perfect.

BUBBLES Yay!

GURGLE You did it!

DEB Good squirming! Ha ha ha!

PEACH Wow. From the ocean. Just like you, Gill.

GILL Yeah.

PEACH I've seen that look before. What are you thinking about?

GILL I'm thinking, tonight, we give the kid a proper reception.

BLOAT So kid, you got a name or what?

NEMO Nemo. I'm Nemo.

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MARLIN Nemo. Nemo. [mutters]

DORY Are you gonna eat that? Careful with that hammer...

MARLIN Huh? No, no! What does it say? Dory!

DORY Sea monkey has my money...

MARLIN Wake up! Get up! Come on! Come on!

DORY Yes, I'm a natural blue...

MARLIN

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Get up!

DORY Look out! Sharks eat fish! Aaaaaah!

MARLIN/DORY AAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!

DORY Wow. Dusty.

MARLIN [gasps] The mask! Where's the mask? No! No, not the mask! Get it! Get the mask! Get the mask! Get it!

DORY [singing] Hoo doot doo doot doot doo doot. Whoo-hoo! La la la la la la. Just keeps going on, doesn't it? Echo! Echo! Hey, what are you doing?

MARLIN It's gone. I've lost the mask.

DORY Did you drop it?

MARLIN You dropped it! That was my only chance of finding my son, now it's gone.

DORY Hey, Mr. Grumpy Gills. When life gets you down, you know what you gotta do?

MARLIN I don't wanna know what you gotta do when life gets you down.

DORY [singing] Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim.

MARLIN Dory, no singing.

DORY [singing] Ho ho ho ho ho ho! I love to swim! When you want to swim..

MARLIN See, I'm going to get stuck now with that song now it's in my head!

DORY Sorry.

MARLIN Dory, do you see anything?

DORY Aaah! Something's got me!

MARLIN That was me. I'm sorry.

DORY [gasps] Who was that?

MARLIN Who could it be? It's me!

DORY Are..are you my conscience?

MARLIN Yeah, yeah. I'm your conscience. We haven't spoken for a while. How are you?

DORY Hmm, can't complain.

MARLIN Yeah? Good. Now, Dory. I want you to tell me..do you see anything?

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DORY I see..I see a light.

MARLIN A light.

DORY Yeah. Over there. Hey, conscience. Am I dead?

MARLIN No, I see it too. What is it?

DORY It's so pretty.

MARLIN I'm feeling...happy. Which is a big deal for me.

DORY I want to touch it. Oh!

MARLIN Hey, come back. Come on back here.

DORY [singing] I'm gonna get you. I'm gonna get you. I'm gonna swim with you.

MARLIN I'm gonna get you. I'm gonna be your best friend...good feeling's gone.

MARLIN I can't see! I don't know where I'm going!

DORY Haah!

MARLIN The mask!

DORY What mask?

DORY Okay, I can't see a thing.

MARLIN Oh, gee!

DORY Hey, look! A mask!

MARLIN Read it!

DORY I'm sorry, but if you could just bring it a little closer, I kind of need the light. That's great, keep it right there.

MARLIN Just read it!

DORY Okay, okay. Mr. Bossy. Uh, 'P'. Okay, 'P'. 'Shh-eer...Sher--P. Sher--P. Shirley? P.--'. Oh! The first line's 'P. Sherman'!

MARLIN P. Sherman doesn't make any sense!

DORY Okay, second line. '42'.

MARLIN Don't eat me! Don't eat me! Aaaah!

DORY Light, please. 'Walla--Walla--Walla-beee'...

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MARLIN Waah! Waaah! Waaaah!

DORY The second line's '42 Wallaby Way'!

MARLIN That's great! Speed read! Take a guess! No pressure! No problem! There's a lot of pressure! Pressure! Take a guess now with pressure!

DORY 'Sydney'. It's 'Sydney'!

MARLIN Duck!

DORY Aaah!

MARLIN I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I died, I'm dead.

MARLIN Whoo-hoo! [singing] We did it, we did it! Oh yeah, yeah, yeah! No eating here tonight, whoo!

BOTH [singing] Eating here tonight!

MARLIN Dory.

DORY [singing] No, no, no eating here tonight. You on a diet--

MARLIN Dory! What did the mask say?

DORY 'P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney'. [gasps] I remember what it said! I usually forget things, but I remembered it this time!

MARLIN Whoa, whoa, wait! Where is that?

DORY I don't know. But who cares? I remembered!

MARLIN/DORY Aaah!

DORY P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. I remembered it again!

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JACQUES Psst. Nemo.

NEMO Mmmm...

JACQUES Nemo.

NEMO Huh?

JACQUES Suivez-moi. Follow me.

BLOAT/BUBBLES/GURGLE [chanting] Ha! Ho! Hwa! Hwee! Ha! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ha! Ho! Hwa! Hwee! Ha! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ha! Ho! Hwa! Hwee! Ha! Ho! Ho! Ho! Hahoo! Wahoo! Yahoo! Ho! Ha! Ho! Wahee! Ha! Ho! Ho! Ho! Hoo!

GILL State your name.

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NEMO Nemo.

GILL Brother Bloat, proceed.

BLOAT Nemo! Newcomer of orange and white, you have been called forth to the summit of Mount Wannahockaloogie to join with us in the fraternal bonds of tankhood.

NEMO Huh?

PEACH We want you in our club, kid.

NEMO Really?

BLOAT If you are able to swim through..THE RING OF FIRE! [whispers to Jacques] Turn on the Ring of Fire! The Ring of Fire, you said you could do it--THE RING OF FIRE!

BUBBLES Bubbles! Bubbles! Let me--oww!

BLOAT/BUBBLES/GURGLE [chanting]

PEACH Isn't there another way? He's just a boy!

JACQUES [wailing]

GILL From this moment on, you will now be known as Sharkbait.

BLOAT/BUBBLES/GURGLE Sharkbait! Ooh ha ha!

GILL Welcome, brother Sharkbait!

BLOAT/BUBBLES/GURGLE Sharkbait! Ooh ha ha!

GILL Enough with the Sharkbait.

GURGLE Sharkbait! Ooh..ba-ba-doo.

GILL Okay, Sharkbait's one of us now, agreed?

BLOAT/BUBBLES/GURGLE Agreed!

GILL We can't send him off to his death. Darla's coming in 5 days, so what are we gonna do? I'll tell you what we're gonna do: we're gonna get him outta here. We're gonna help him escape.

NEMO Escape? Really?

GILL We're all gonna escape!

GURGLE Gill, please, not another one of your escape plans.

DEB Sorry, but they, they just, they never work.

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BLOAT Yeah. Why should this be any different?

GILL 'Cause we've got him.

NEMO Me?

GILL You see that filter?

NEMO Yeah?

GILL You're the only one who can get in and out of that thing. What we need you to do is take a pebble inside and jam the gears. You do that and this tank's gonna get filthier and filthier by the minute. Pretty soon, the dentist'll have to clean the tank himself. And when he does, he'll take us out of the tank, put us in the individual baggies, then we roll ourselves down the counter, out of the window, off the awning, into the bushes, across the street and into the harbor! It's foolproof! Who's with me?

BLOAT Aye!

JACQUES Aye!

DEB Aye!

BUBBLES Aye!

GURGLE I think your nuts.

GILL/NEMO [sighs]

GURGLE No offense, kid, but, um..you're not the best swimmer.

GILL He's fine, he can do this. So Sharkbait, what do you think?

NEMO Let's do it.

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DORY I'm going to P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Where are you going? I'm going to P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. If you're askin' where I'm goin'. I'll tell you that's where I'm going. It's P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Where? I'm sorry, I didn't hear you. P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way...

MARLIN Excuse me. Ex-excuse me, um, hi. Do you know how to get to--hello? W-w-w-wait! Can you tell me--hey! Hold it! Wait a minute! I'm trying to talk to you. Okay, fellas, come back here. Please, one quick question. I need to aaaaand they're gone again. [sighs]

DORY P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Why do I have to tell you over and over again? I'll tell you again. I don't get tired of it--

MARLIN Okay, all right.

DORY Huh?

MARLIN Here's the thing.

DORY

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Uh-huh.

MARLIN Y'know, I just, I-I think it's best if I just, if I just, carry on from here by..by myself.

DORY Okay.

MARLIN Y'know, alone.

DORY Uh-huh.

MARLIN Without, without..well, I mean, not without you. I mean, it's just that I don't want you... with me.

DORY Huh?

MARLIN I don't wanna hurt your feelings..

DORY You want me to leave?

MARLIN Well, I mean not..yes, yeah. It's just that you know I-I just can't afford anymore delays and you're one of those fish that cause delays. And sometimes it's a good thing. There's a whole group of fish. They're..'delay fish'.

DORY You mean..[whimper]you mean you don't..like me? [sobs]

MARLIN No, of course I like you. It's because I like you I don't wanna be with you. It's a complicated emotion. Oh, don't cry. I like you.

MOONFISH LEADER Hey, you! Lady, is this guy botherin' you?

DORY Um, I don't remember. Were you?

MARLIN No, no, no, no, no. We're just, we're..hey, do you guys know how I can get to--

MOONFISH LEADER Look, pal. We're talkin' to the lady, not you. Hey-hey, you like impressions?

DORY Mm-mmm-mmmm.

MOONFISH LEADER Okay. Just like in rehearsals, gentlemen. So, what are we? Take a guess.

DORY Oh, oh, I've seen one of those.

MOONFISH LEADER I'm a fish with a nose like a sword.

DORY Wait, wait, um..

MARLIN It's a swordfish.

MOONFISH LEADER Hey, clown boy! Let the lady guess. Where's the butter?

DORY Oh-oh-oh! It's on the tip of my tongue.

MARLIN [coughs up answer]Lobster.

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MOONFISH LEADER Saw that.

MARLIN What?

MOONFISH LEADER Lots of legs, lives in the ocean.

DORY Clam!

MOONFISH LEADER Close enough. [singing] Oh, it's a whale of a tale, I'll tell you lad, a whale of a tale.

DORY Oh, they're good.

MARLIN Will somebody please give me directions?

MOONFISH LEADER [impersonating Marlin] Will somebody please give me directions?

DORY Ha ha ha ha ha!

MARLIN I'm serious.

MOONFISH LEADER Blah-blah-blah! Me-me-blah! Blah-blah-blah-blah-me-me-me!

MARLIN Thank you.

DORY Oh dear. Hey, hey come back! Hey, what's the matter?

MARLIN What's the matter? While they're doing their silly little impressions, I am miles from home, with a fish that can't even remember her own name.

DORY Boy, bet that's frustrating.

MARLIN Yeah. Meanwhile my son is out there.

DORY You're son Chico?

MARLIN Nemo.

DORY Right. Got it.

MARLIN But it doesn't matter, 'cause no fish in this entire ocean is gonna help me.

DORY Well, I'm helping you. Wait right here. Hey, guys.

MOONFISH LEADER What, is he bothering you again?

DORY No, no, he's a good guy. Go easy on him, he's lost his son, Fabio. Any of you heard of P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney?

MOONFISH LEADER Sydney? Oh sure. Why, Ted here's got relatives in Sydney. Don't you, Ted?

MOONFISH TED Sure do.

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DORY Oh, hey! They know Sydney!

MARLIN [gasps]

DORY You wouldn't know how to get there, would you?

MOONFISH LEADER What you wanna do is follow the EAC, that's the East Australian Current. Big current, can't miss it, it's in..that direction. And then you gotta follow that for about, I don't know, what do you guys think? About three leagues? And that little baby's gonna put you right past Sydney.

MOONFISH SCHOOL TA-DAA!

MARLIN Great! That's great! Dory, you did it!

DORY Oh, please. I'm just your little helper. Helping along, that's me.

MARLIN Well, listen fellas, thank you.

MOONFISH LEADER Don't mention it. And, uh, loosen up. Okay, buddy?

DORY Oh, you guys. You really nailed him. Bye.

MOONFISH LEADER Oh, hey ma'am, one more thing.

DORY Yes.

MOONFISH LEADER When you come to this trench, swim through it, not over it.

DORY Trench, through it, not over it. I'll remember. Hey, hey! Hey! Hey! Hey, wait up, partner. Hold on. Wait! Wait-wait! I got, I gotta tell you something..whoa. Nice trench. Hello! Okay, let's go.

MARLIN Bad trench, bad trench. Come on, we're gonna swim over this thing.

DORY Whoa, whoa, partner. Little red flag goin' up. Somethin's telling me we should swim through it, not over it.

MARLIN Are you even looking at this thing? It's got death written all over it.

DORY I'm sorry, but I really, really, really think we should swim through.

MARLIN And I'm really, really done talking about this. Over we go.

DORY Come on, trust me on this.

MARLIN Trust you?

DORY Yes, trust. It's what friends do.

MARLIN Look! Something shiny!

DORY

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Where?

MARLIN Oh, it just swam over the trench. Come on, we'll follow it.

DORY Okay.

DORY Boy, sure is clear up here.

MARLIN Exactly. And look at that, there's the current. We should be there in no time.

DORY Hey, little guy.

MARLIN You wanted to go through the trench.

DORY I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy. Come here, Squishy. Come here, little Squishy. [Baby talk]---oww!

MARLIN Dory! That's a jellyfish!

DORY Bad Squishy! Bad Squishy!

MARLIN Shoo! Shoo, shoo! Get away! Come here, let me see.

DORY Don't touch it! Don't touch it!

MARLIN I'm not gonna touch it. I just wanna look.

DORY Heeey, how come it didn't sting you?

MARLIN It did. It's just that..

DORY Ow! Ow, oww!

MARLIN ..hold still. I live in this anemone and I'm, I'm, I'm used to these kind of stings. Come here.

DORY Ow, ow! Oww!

MARLIN It doesn't look bad, you're gonna be fine. But now we know, don't we?

DORY Yeah.

MARLIN That we don't wanna touch these again. Let's be thankful this time it was just a little one.[gasps]

MARLIN/DORY Aaaah!

MARLIN Don't move! This is bad, Dory.

DORY Hey, watch this! Boing! Boing!

MARLIN [gasps] Dory!

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DORY Boing-boing-boing! [singing] You can't catch me!

MARLIN Dory! Don't bounce on the tops! They will..not sting you. The tops don't sting you, that's it!

DORY Ooh! Two in a row, beat that.

MARLIN Dory! All right, listen to me. I have an idea, a game.

DORY A game?

MARLIN A game.

DORY A game?

MARLIN Yes.

DORY Aah! I love games! Pick me!

MARLIN All right, here's the game. Um, whoever can hop the fastest out of these jellyfish, wins.

DORY Okay!

MARLIN Rules, rules, rules!

DORY Okay!

MARLIN You can't touch the tentacles, only the tops.

DORY Something about tentacles, got it. On your mark, get set, go!

MARLIN W-wait! Wait! Not something about them, it's all about them! Wait!

DORY Weeee!

MARLIN Dory!

DORY Gotta go faster if you wanna win!

MARLIN [gasps] Dory!

DORY Boing! Boing! Boing-boing-boing-boing!

MARLIN Wait a minute--whoa! Dory!

DORY Weeee!

MARLIN So, we're cheating death now. That's what we're doin'. We're havin' fun at the same time. I can do this, just be careful.

DORY Yeah, careful I don't make you cry when I win!

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MARLIN Oh, I don't think so!

DORY Ha ha ha ha! Whooo! Give it up, old man. You can't fight evolution, I was built for speed.

MARLIN The question is, Dory, are you hungry?

DORY Huh? Hungry?

MARLIN Yeah, 'cause you're about to eat my bubbles! Duck to the left! Right there! The clownfish is the winner! Woohoo! We did it! We're gonna...Dory? Oh no. Dory! Dory! Dory! [gasps] Dory! Uggghhh!

DORY Ugh...am I disqualified?

MARLIN No, you're doing fine! You're, you're actually winning! But you gotta stay awake. Uh, where does P. Sherman live?

DORY P..Sherman..Wallaby Way...Sydney...

MARLIN That's it! Oww! Ow! Stay awake! Stay awake! Ow! Stay awake! Stay--awake!

DORY Awake...P..Sherman..

MARLIN Awake...

DORY ..42 Wallaby Way...

MARLIN Awake...wake up...Nemo...

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GILL You miss your dad, don't you, Sharkbait?

NEMO Yeah.

GILL Well, you're lucky to have someone out there who's lookin' for you.

NEMO He's not looking for me. He's scared of the ocean.

GILL Peach, any movement?

PEACH He's had at least four cups of coffee, it's gotta be soon.

GILL Keep on him.

GILL My first escape, landed on dental tools. I was aimin' for the toilet.

NEMO Toilet?

GILL All drains lead to the ocean, kid.

NEMO Wow. How many times have you tried to get out?

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GILL Aah, I've lost count. Fish aren't meant to be in a box, kid. It does things to 'ya.

BUBBLES Bubbles! Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles---

PEACH Potty break! Potty break! He just grabbed the Reader's Digest! We have 4.2 minutes.

GILL That's your cue, Sharkbait.

BLOAT You can do it, kid.

GILL Okay, you gotta be quick. Once you get in, you swim down to the bottom of the chamber and I'll talk you through the rest.

NEMO Okay.

GILL Go on, it'll be a piece of kelp.

NEMO [takes a deep breath]

GILL Nicely done! Can you hear me?

NEMO Yeah.

GILL Here comes the pebble. Now, do you see a small opening?

NEMO Uh-huh.

GILL Okay, inside it you'll see a rotating fan. Very carefully, wedge that pebble into the fan to stop it turning.

NEMO Aaah!

GILL Careful, Sharkbait.

NEMO I can't do it!

PEACH Gill, this isn't a good idea.

GILL He'll be fine. Try again.

NEMO Okay.

GILL That's it, Sharkbait. Nice and steady.

NEMO I got it! I got it!

PEACH [sigh]

BLOAT He did it!

GURGLE Whew!

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GILL That's great, kid! Now, swim up the tube and out.

NEMO Oh no! Gill! Gill!

GILL Sharkbait!

BLOAT Oh my gosh!

GILL Get 'im outta there! Get 'im outta there!

BUBBLES Help him!

GURGLE What do we do!? What do we do!?

PEACH Oh no!

GILL Stay calm, kid! Just don't panic!

NEMO Help me!

GILL Sharkbait! Grab hold of this!

NEMO No! No!

GILL Feed me more!

GURGLE That's it!

GILL Come on, Sharkbait! Grab it!

NEMO I got it!

GILL Pull!

PEACH Gill, don't make him go back in there.

GILL No. We're done.

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CRUSH Dude.

MARLIN Ooh...

CRUSH Dude. Focus, dude. Dude.

MARLIN Ooooh...

CRUSH Oh, he lives! Hey, dude!

MARLIN Ooooh..what happened?

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CRUSH Oh, saw the whole thing, dude. First you were like, 'whoa'! And then we were all like, 'whoa'! And then you were like, 'whoa'.

MARLIN What're you talking about?

CRUSH You, mini-man. Takin' on the jellies. You got serious thrill issues, dude.

MARLIN Ooh.

CRUSH Awesome.

MARLIN Ooh..ooh, my stomach. Ooooh..

CRUSH Oh, man. No hurlin' on the shell, dude, okay, just waxed it.

MARLIN So Mr. Turtle...

CRUSH Whoa, dude. Mr. Turtle is my father. Name's Crush.

MARLIN Crush? Really? Okay Crush, listen I need to get to the East Australian Current. EAC?

CRUSH Ha ha ha, dude, ha ha, you're ridin' it, dude! Check it out!

CRUSH Okay, grab shell, dude!

MARLIN Grabbing--waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaah!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaah!!! Whooooooaaaa!!!

CRUSH Ha ha! Righteous! Righteous! Yeah!

MARLIN Stop!

CRUSH So, what brings you on this fine day to the EAC?

MARLIN Well, Dory and I need to get to Sydney. [gasps] Dory! Dory! Is she all right!?

CRUSH Oh. Oh, Little Blue. She is sub-level, dude.

MARLIN Dory, Dory! Dory!

DORY Hmm-mmm....

MARLIN Oh, Dory. I-I-I'm so sorry. This is all my fault, it's my fault...

DORY ..29, 30! Ready or not, here I come! There you are! Catch me if you can! Ha ha! Ha ha ha ha!

MARLIN Huh?

SQUIRT Whoa!

MARLIN [gasps] Oh my goodnes!

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CRUSH Whoa. Kill the motor, dude. Let us see what Squirt does flying solo.

SQUIRT Whoa! Whoa! That was so cool! Hey dad, did you see that? Did you see me? Did you see what I did?

CRUSH You so totally rock, Squirt! So give me some fin..noggin..

CRUSH/SQUIRT ..dude!

CRUSH Oh, intro. Jellyman, Offspring. Offspring, Jellyman.

SQUIRT Jellies? Sweet.

CRUSH Totally.

MARLIN Well, apparently, I must've done something you all like. Heh, uh, dudes.

SQUIRT You rock, dude.

MARLIN Ow.

CRUSH Curl away, my son. Aw, it's awesome, Jellyman. Little dudes are just eggs, leave 'em on the beach to hatch, then coo-coo-ca-choo, they find their way back to the big 'ol blue.

MARLIN All by themselves?

CRUSH Yeah.

MARLIN But-but-but dude, how do you know when they're ready?

CRUSH Well, you never really know. But when they'll know, you'll know, you know? Ha.

DORY Hey! Look, everybody!

SQUIRT I know that dude. It's the Jellyman.

DORY Well, go on, jump on him.

TURTLE KIDS Turtle pile!

MARLIN W-w-wai-wait--

TURTLE KID 1 Are you funny?

TURTLE KID 2 Where's your shell?

MARLIN Hold on, I need to breath--

TURTLE KID 3 Are you running away?

TURTLE KID 4 Did you really cross the jellyfish forest?

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TURTLE KID 5 Did they sting you?

MARLIN One at a time!

TURTLE KID 6 Mr. Fish, did you die?

DORY Sorry. I was a little vague on the details.

SQUIRT So where are you going?

MARLIN Well, you see my son was taken. My son was taken away from me.

TURTLE KIDS [gasp]

DORY No way.

SQUIRT What happened?

MARLIN No, no, no, kids. I don't wanna talk about it.

TURTLE KIDS Awww! Please?

SQUIRT Pleeeease?

MARLIN [sighs] Well, okay. I live on this reef, a long long way from here.

DORY Oh, boy. This is gonna be good, I can tell.

MARLIN And my son,  Nemo, see he was mad at me. And maybe he wouldn't have done it if I hadn't been so tough on  him, I don't know. Anyway, he swam out in the open water to this boat and when he was out  there, these divers appeared and I tried to stop them but the boat was too fast. So we swam  out in the ocean to follow them...

TURTLE KID They couldn't stop them. And then Nemo's dad, he swims out to the ocean and they bump into..

SMALL FISH ..three ferocious sharks! He scares away the sharks by blowin' them up!

BIG FISH Golly, that's amazing!

SMALL FISH And then dives thousands of..

LOBSTER ..feet straight down into the dark. It's like wicked dark down there, you can see a thing. How's it goin', Bob? And the only thing that they can see down there..

SWORDFISH ..is the light from this big horrible creature with razor sharp teeth. Nice parry, old man. And then he has to blast his way...

DOLPHIN So, these two little fish have been..searching the ocean for days. On the East Australian Current.

FEMALE BIRD Which means that he may be on his way here right now. That should put them in Sydney..

MALE BIRD 1 ..Harbor in a matter of days. I mean, it sounds like this guy's gonna stop at..

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MALE BIRD 2 ..nothing until he finds his son. I sure hope he makes it.

MALE BIRD 3 That's one dedicated father if you ask me.

GULLS Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!

NIGEL Oh, would you just shut up! You're rats with wings!

PELICAN ..bloke's been lookin' for his boy Nemo.

NIGEL Nemo?

PELICAN He was taken off the reef by divers and this..

NIGEL There, take it! You happy!

GULLS Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!

NIGEL Hey, hey, hey! Say that again! You said something about Nemo. What was it?

GULLS Mine! Mine! Mine!

CRAB Whooooooaaa..watcha!

GULL Mine!

PELICAN Last I heard, he's headin' towards the harbor.

NIGEL Ho ho! Brilliant!

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NEMO [sighs]

DEB Is he doing okay?

GURGLE I don't know, but whatever you do, don't mention D-A-R..

NEMO It's okay, I know who you're talking about.

NEMO Gill? Gill?

GILL Hey, Sharkbait.

NEMO I'm sorry I couldn't stop the--

GILL No, I'm the one who should be sorry. I was so ready to get out, so ready to taste that ocean. I was willing to put you in harm's way to get there. Nothing should be worth that. I'm sorry I couldn't get you back to your father, kid.

NIGEL All right! Hey, hey, hey, hey--!

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DENTIST What the!?

PATIENT AAAAAAAAAH!!! Oooooh...

DENTIST Well, uh, that's one way to pull a tooth. He he he he he! Huh, darn kids. Well, good thing I pulled the right one, eh, prime minister? He he he he!

NIGEL Hey, hey. Psst!

PEACH Oh, Nigel. You just missed an extraction.

NIGEL Ooh! Has he loosened the periodontal ligament yet--oh, what I'm talkin' about!? Nemo! Where's Nemo? I gotta speak with him.

NEMO What? What is it?

NIGEL Your dad's been fighting the entire ocean looking for you.

NEMO My father? Really?

GILL Really?

NIGEL Oh yeah. He's travelled hundreds of miles. He's been battling sharks and jellyfish and all sorts of--

NEMO Sharks? That can't be him.

NIGEL Are you sure? What was his name? Some sort of sportfish or something: tuna, uh, trout..

NEMO Marlin?

NIGEL That's it! Marlin! The little clownfish from the reef.

NEMO It's my dad! He took on a shark!

NIGEL I heard he took on three.

DEB/BLOAT/GURGLE Three!?

GILL Three sharks!?

BLOAT That's gotta be forty eight hundred teeth!

NIGEL You see, kid, after you were taken by diver Dan over there, your dad followed the boat you were on like a maniac.

NEMO Really?

NIGEL He's swimming and  he's swimming and he's giving it all he's got and then three gigantic sharks capture him  and he blows them up! And then dives thousands of feet and gets chased by a monster with  huge teeth! He ties this demon to a rock and what does he get for a reward? He gets to  battle an entire jellyfish forest! And now he's riding with a bunch of sea turtles on  the East Australian Current and the word is he's headed this way right now, to Sydney!

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BLOAT Wow! Ha ha ha!

DEB Oh, what a good daddy!

GILL He was lookin' for you after all, Sharkbait.

GILL [gasps]

GURGLE He's swimming to the filter!

GILL [gasps] Sharkbait!

BLOAT Not again!

GILL Sharkbait!

DEB No!

GURGLE You've got your whole life ahead of you!

BLOAT Oh no!

GILL We'll help you, kid!

BLOAT Gotta get him out!

DEB Gimme that thing!

DEB Get him outta there!

GURGLE Come on, kid! Grab the end!

ALL [gasps]

DEB Sharkbait!

BLOAT Sharkbait! Are you okay!?

GURGLE No!

GILL Can you hear me, Sharkbait!? Nemo! Can you hear me!?

NEMO Yeah, I can hear you.

GILL Sharkbait, you did it!

GURGLE Sharkbait, you're--covered with germs! Aaaaaaah!!!

GILL That took guts, kid.

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All right, gang. We have less than 48 hours before Darla gets here. This tank'll get plenty dirty in that time but we have to help it along any way we can. Jacques!

JACQUES Oui!

GILL No cleaning.

JACQUES I shall resist.

GILL Everybody else, be as gross as possible. Think dirty thoughts. We're gonna make this tank so filthy, the dentist'll have to clean it.

BLOAT [belch]

GILL Good work.

NEMO Ha ha ha ha!

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CRUSH All right, we're here, dudes! Get ready! Your exit's comin' up, man!

MARLIN Where!? I don't see it!

DORY Right there! I see it! I see it!

MARLIN You mean the swirling vortex of terror!?

CRUSH That's it, dude!

MARLIN Of course it is.

CRUSH Okay, first: find your exit buddy!

CRUSH Do you have your exit buddy?

DORY Yes!

CRUSH Okay, Squirt here will now give you a rundown of proper exiting technique!

SQUIRT Good afternoon, we're gonna have a great jump today! Okay, crank a hard cutback as you hit the wall! There's a screaming bottom turn, so watch out! Remember: rip it, roll it and punch it!

MARLIN It's like he's trying to speak to me, I know it! You know, you're really cute! But I don't know what you're saying! Say the first thing again!

CRUSH Okay, Jellyman! Go, go, go, go, go, go!

MARLIN/DORY Aaaaaaaaaah!!! Weeeeeeeeeeee!!! Whoooooooooooaaaaa!!! Aaaaaaaaaaah!!! Woohoooo!!! Whoooooaaa!!!

DORY Whoooo!

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Ha ha ha ha! That was..fun! Ha ha! I actually enjoyed that!

DORY Hey, look! Turtles!

CRUSH Ha ha! Most excellent! Now, turn your fishy tails 'round and swim straight on through to Sydney! No worries, man!

MARLIN No worries! Thank you, dude Crush!

TURTLE KIDS Bye! Bye, Jellyman!

CRUSH You tell your little dude I said 'hi', okay?

SQUIRT See you later, dudes!

DORY Bye, everyone!

MARLIN Oh, Nemo would've loved this. Hey, ooh! Hey, Crush! Crush, I forgot! How old are you?

CRUSH Hundred and fifty, dude! And still young! Rock on!

MARLIN Hundred and fifty! Hundred and fifty, I gotta remember that.

DORY Whoa. We goin' in there?

MARLIN Yup.

DORY P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney?

MARLIN Yup. We're gonna just swim straight.

DORY [singing] Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.

MARLIN Dory?

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MARLIN Boy, this is taking a while.

DORY Hey, how about we play a game?

MARLIN Okay.

DORY Uh, okay. I'm thinking of something, uh, orange. And it's small..

MARLIN It's me.

DORY Right. Okay..

DORY ..orange, and uh, small..

MARLIN It's me.

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DORY All righty, Mr. Smarty Pants.

DORY ..orange and small, and white stripes..

MARLIN Me. And the next one's just a guess: me.

DORY Okay, that's just scary.

MARLIN W-w-wait, I have definitely seen this floating speck before. That means we've passed it before and that means we're going in circles and that means we're not going straight!

DORY Hey. Hey!

MARLIN We gotta get to the surface, come on! Let's figure it out up there. Let's go! Follow me! Wha--?

DORY Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey! Relax. Take a deep breath. Now, let's ask somebody for directions.

MARLIN Oh, fine. Who do you wanna ask, the speck? There's nobody here!

DORY Well, there has to be someone. It's the ocean, silly, we're not the only two in here. Let's see...okay, no one there. Uhh, nope. Nada. [gasps] There's somebody. Hey! Excuse--

MARLIN Dory! Dory! Dory! Okay, now it's my turn. I'm thinking of something dark and mysterious. It's a fish we don't know. And if we ask it directions, it could ingest us and spit out our bones!

DORY What is it with men and asking for directions?

MARLIN Look, I don't wanna play the gender card right now. You wanna play a card? Let's play the 'Let's Not Die' card.

DORY You wanna get outta here, don't you?

MARLIN Of course, I do.

DORY Well then, how are we gonna do that unless we give it a shot and hope for the best? Hmmm? Hmmmm!? Come on, trust me on this.

MARLIN All right.

DORY Excuse me! Woohoo! Little fella? Hello. Don't be rude, say 'hi'.

MARLIN Ha..hello.

DORY His son Bingo..

MARLIN Nemo.

DORY ..Nemo, was taken to, uh..

MARLIN Sydney.

DORY

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Sydney. Yes. And it's really, really important that we get there as fast as we can. So can you help us out? Come on, little fella. Come on.

MARLIN Dory, I'm a little fella. I don't think that's a little fella.

DORY Oh. Oh, oh, big fella. Big fe--whale. Okay. Maybe he only speaks whale. MOOOOO-WEEEEEEE-NEEEEED...

MARLIN Uh, Dory..what're you doing?

DORY TOOOOOOO-FIIIIIIND...

MARLIN What're you doing?

DORY HIS-SOOOOOOOOOOOON...

MARLIN Are you sure you speak whale?

DORY CAN-YOOOOOOOUUU-GIIIIIIIIIVE-USSSS-DIRECTIOOOOOOOONS-TOOOOOOOOO...

MARLIN Dory! Heaven knows what you're saying! See, he's swimming away.

DORY COOOME-BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

MARLIN He's not coming back. You offended him.

DORY Maybe a different dialect. MOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! MOOOOOAAAAAAAAAA..!

MARLIN Dory. Dory, this is not whale. You're speaking like..upset stomach.

DORY Maybe I should try humpback.

MARLIN No, don't try humpback.

DORY WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOO!!! WAAAAAAAAAOOOOOO!!!

MARLIN Okay, you actually sound sick.

DORY Maybe louder, huh? RAAAH!!! RAAAAH!!!

MARLIN Don't do that!

DORY Too much orca. Didn't it sound a little orca-ish?

MARLIN It doesn't sound orca! It sounds like nothing I've ever heard!

DORY MOOOO..MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

MARLIN It's just as well, he might be hungry.

DORY Don't worry. Whales don't eat clownfish, they eat krill.

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Swim away!

DORY Oh, look. Krill.

MARLIN Move, Dory! Move!

DORY Aah-aaah! Aaaaaaaaaah!

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GILL Look at that. Would you look at that? Filthy. Absolutely filthy. And it's all thanks to you, kid. You made it possible. Jacques, I said no cleaning!

JACQUES I am ashamed.

PEACH Hey, look. Scum angel.

GURGLE Aah! Aaaah! Ooh-ooh! Aaaaah!

BUBBLES Bubbles! I love the bubbles--! [coughs]

DEB Flo! Flo! Has anybody seen Flo? Flo!

PEACH Nine o' clock and cue dentist.

DENTIST Hello, Barbara. Sorry I'm late.

PEACH Okay. Okay, here we go. Here we go, okay.

DENTIST Little Davey Reynolds.

PEACH Okay. Walks to the counter, drops the keys..

GURGLE Bloat, that's disgusting!

BLOAT Tastes pretty good to me. [belch]

GURGLE Eww! Don't you people realize we are swimming in our own--

PEACH Shhh! Here he comes.

DENTIST Crikey, what a state. Oh. Barbara, what's my earliest appointment tomorrow?

BARBARA Uh, ten 'o clock, luv.

DENTIST Leave it open, would you? I gotta clean the fish tank before Darla gets here.

GILL He he! Did you hear that, Sharkbait?

NEMO Yay! He's gonna clean the tank! He's gonna clean the tank! We're gonna be clean!

GILL Are you ready to see your dad, kid?

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NEMO Uh-huh.

GILL Of course you are. Y'know, I wouldn't be surprised if he's out there in the harbor waitin' for you right now.

NEMO Yeah.

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MARLIN Aaaaaaaaaaaah! Ooof!

DORY Hahaaahaaaaaaah! Whooo!

MARLIN Aaaaaaaaaaaah!

DORY Here comes a big one--whooooooo! Come on, you gotta try this!

MARLIN Would you just stop it!?

DORY Why? What's wrong?

MARLIN We're in a whale! Don't you get it!?

DORY A whale?

MARLIN A whale! 'Cause you had to ask for help! And now we're stuck here!

DORY Wow. A whale. You know I speak whale.

MARLIN No, you're insane! You can't speak whale! I have to get out! I have to find my son! I have to tell him how old sea turtles are! [sobs]

DORY Woo-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-hoo! Hey. You okay?

DORY There, there. It's all right. It'll be okay.

MARLIN No. No, it won't.

DORY Sure it will, you'll see.

MARLIN No. I promised him I'd never let anything happen to him.

DORY Huh. That's a funny thing to promise.

MARLIN What?

DORY Well, you can't never let anything happen to him. Then nothing would ever happen to him. Not much fun for little Harpo.

DORY Hmm..

MARLIN What's going on?

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DORY I don't know. I'll ask him. MMMWWHAAAAAAAAA! HUUUWHAAAAAAAAA..

MARLIN Dory. Dory.

MARLIN ..AAAAAAAAAAT'SSS-GOOIIIIIIING..

MARLIN Dory.

DORY ..OOOOOOOOONNN?

DORY I think he says we've stopped.

MARLIN Of course, we've stopped. Just stop trying to speak whale, you're gonna make things worse. [gasps] What is that noise? Oh no. Look what you did. The water's going down! It's-it's-it's going down!

DORY Really? You sure about that?

MARLIN Look, it's already half-empty!

DORY Hmm..I'd say it's half full.

MARLIN Stop that! It's half-empty!

DORY Okay, that one was a little tougher. He either said we should go to the back of the throat or he wants a root beer float.

MARLIN Of course he wants us to go there! That's eating us! How do I taste, Moby!? Huh!? Do I taste good!? You tell him I'm not interested in being lunch!

DORY Okay. HEEEEEEEEE--

MARLIN Stop talking to him--waaaah!

DORY Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

MARLIN What is going on!?

DORY I'll check! WHAAAAAAA--!

MARLIN No! No more whale! You can't speak whale!

DORY Yes, I can!

MARLIN No, you can't! You think you could do these things but you can't, Nemo!

DORY Okay.

MARLIN Dory!

DORY He says it's time to let go! Everything's gonna be all right!

MARLIN

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How do you know!? How do you know something bad isn't gonna happen!?

DORY I don't!

MARLIN/DORY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!

MARLIN Ha ha ha! We're alive!

DORY Look! Sy-d-ney..Sydney! Uh, Sydney! Sydney again!

MARLIN You were right, Dory! We made it! We're gonna find my son!

MARLIN THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK-YOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUU-SIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

DORY Wow. I wish I could speak whale.

MARLIN Okay. All we gotta do is find the boat that took him.

DORY Right!

MARLIN Come on, Dory. We can do this!

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PEACH [yawn] Morning. [gasps] It's morning, everyone! Today's the day! The sun is shining, the tank is clean and we are getting out of--[gasps]--the tank is clean. The tank is clean!

DEB But how?

GILL Boss must've installed it last night while we were sleepin'.

NEMO What're we gonna do?

GILL What's it say, Peach?

PEACH [muffled] The AquaScum two-thousand..

GILL I can't hear you, Peach.

PEACH 'The AquaScum 2003 is an all-purpose, self-cleaning maintenance free salt water purifier that is guaranteed to even extend the life of your aquarium fish'.

BLOAT [inflates] Stop it!

PEACH 'The AquaScum is programmed to scan your tank environment every 5 minutes'?

GURGLE Scan? What does that mean?

GURGLE Aaah!

AQUASCUM Temperature: 82 degrees. PH balance: normal.

ALL Oooooh.

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PEACH Nice.

GURGLE Ooh..ah..curse you, AquaScum!

BLOAT That's it for the escape plan. It's ruined!

NEMO Then what're we gonna do about--

ALL [gasps] Darla!

GILL Stay down, kid!

BLOAT False alarm.

GURGLE My nerves can't take much more of this.

BLOAT What're we gonna do when that little brat gets here?

GILL I'm thinkin', I'm thinkin'.

NEMO Aaah! Oh! Gill!

GILL [gasps] Nemo!

NEMO Help me! Help me!

GILL Hold on! I'm comin'!

NEMO Help me!

GILL Swim down! Come on, kid! Swim down! Come on!

BLOAT Everybody jump in!

DEB Swim down!

GILL That's it!

DENTIST What the!?

ALL Yay!

GILL Good work!

NEMO Gill!

GILL [gasps] Nemo!

BLOAT Sharkbait!

GILL

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Roll, kid! Lean! Lean!

DENTIST Whoops. That would've been a nasty fall.

NEMO Gill! Don't let me go belly up!

GILL Just calm down, Nemo.

NEMO Don't let me go belly up!

GILL You won't go belly up, I promise. You're gonna be okay.

ALL [gasps] Darla!

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DORY All right, do any of these boats look familiar to you?

MARLIN No, but the boat has to be here somewhere! Come on, Dory, we're gonna find it.

DORY I'm totally excited. [yawn] Are you excited? [yawn]

MARLIN Dory, wake up, wake up. Come on.

DORY [gasps] Duck!

MARLIN That's not a duck. It's a--pelican! Whooooaaaaah!

DORY Aaaaaaaaaaaah!

MARLIN No! I didn't come this far to be breakfast!

PELICAN Hey, hey, Nigel. Heh, would you look at that?

NIGEL Huh? Wha-what?

PELICAN Sun's barely up and already Gerald's had more than he can handle.

NIGEL Yeah. Reckon somebody oughta help the poor guy.

PELICANS Yeah, yeah, right.

NIGEL Well, don't everybody fly off at once.

NIGEL All right, Gerald, what is it? Fish got your tongue?

DORY Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

NIGEL Love a duck!

MARLIN I gotta find my son Nemo!

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[gasps] Nemo? Hey, hey, hey! He's that fish! Y'know the one we were talking about! The one that's been fighting the whole ocean! Hey, I know where your son i--huh? Hey, wait! Come back! Stop!

MARLIN Dory, keep going! He's crazy!

NIGEL I got something to tell 'ya!

GULL Mine.

NIGEL Okay, don't make any sudden moves. Hop inside my mouth if you want to live.

MARLIN Hop in your mouth, huh? And how does that make me live?

GULL Mine.

NIGEL Because I can take you to your son.

MARLIN Yeah, right.

NIGEL No. I know your son. He's orange, he's got a gimpy fin on one side..

MARLIN That's Nemo!

GULLS Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!

DORY Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

NIGEL Fasten your seatbelts!

GULLS Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!

DORY Whoooooo! Woohooooo!

GULLS Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!

DORY Ha-haaaa! Ha ha ha ha!

MARLIN Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

NIGEL Everybody hold on!

MARLIN/DORY Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

GULLS Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!

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BUBBLES Aaaah! Too loud! Too loud for me!

DARLA [singing] Twinkle, twinkle little star.

PEACH Find a happy place, find a happy place, find a happy place!

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BARBARA Darla, you're uncle will see you now.

DENTIST All right, let's see those pearly whites.

DARLA RAAAH! I'm a piranha. They're in the Amazon.

DENTIST And a piranha's a fish, just like your present.

DARLA [giggling] I get a fishy! Fishy, fishy, fishy!

DENTIST Oh no. Poor little guy.

BLOAT He's dead!

GILL Sharkbait!

DARLA Yay! Fishy, fishy, fishy!

DENTIST He he he! Must've left your present in the car, sweetie. Ha ha ha ha ha!

DARLA Awwwww.

DENTIST I'll go and get it.

GILL [gasps] He's still alive!

PEACH He's not dead!

BLOAT What's happening? Why is he playing dead?

GILL He's gonna get flushed down the toilet! He's gonna get outta here!

DEB Yay!

BLOAT He's gonna get flushed!

GURGLE What a smart little guy!

GILL Oh no, not the trash can!

BUBBLES Nemo! No!

NIGEL Hey! Hey! I found his dad!

MARLIN Where's Nemo!? Where is he!?

BLOAT Dentist! Dentist!

GILL He's over there!

MARLIN

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What's a dentist!? What is that!? [gasps] Nigel, get in there!

NIGEL I can't go in there.

MARLIN Oh yes, you can! Charge!

DARLA Aaaaaaaaaaaah!

DENTIST What the--!? Darla, sweetie! Look out!

DARLA Aaaaaaaah!

DENTIST Hold still!

DARLA Aaaaaaaah!

DENTIST Easy! Easy!

DARLA Aaaaaaaah!

DENTIST Hold still! Nobody's going to hurt you! Oof!

MARLIN [gasps] Nemo.

DORY [gasps] Oh my goodness.

DENTIST Gotcha! Keep down!

MARLIN Nemo!

NEMO Daddy?

DENTIST Out with 'ya! And stay out!

NEMO Daddy!?

DARLA Fishy? Fishy! Wake up! Wake up!

DEB Oh no!

GILL Quick! To the top of Mt. Wannahockaloogie!

DARLA Why are you sleeping!?

PEACH Hurry!

GILL Bloat! Ring of Fire!

DARLA Fishy--aaaaaaaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaah!

DENTIST What!? All the animals have gone mad!

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DARLA Aaaaaaaah! Get it out!

GURGLE Smack her in the head!

BLOAT Go, Gill! Go!

DARLA Fish in my hair! Aaaaaaaah!

NEMO Gill.

GILL Sharkbait. Tell your dad..I said..hi. Go get 'em.

DENTIST Ooooh. [gasps]

BLOAT He did it! Ha ha!

DEB Yay!

BUBBLES I'm so happy!

GURGLE Is he gonna be okay, Gill?

GILL Don't worry. All drains lead to the ocean.

DARLA Fishy!

NEMO Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Daddy!

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NIGEL I'm, I'm so sorry. Truly, I am.

DORY Hey..

MARLIN Dory. If it wasn't for you, I never even would have made it here. So, thank you.

DORY Hey! Hey, wait a minute. W-w-wait! Where are you going?

MARLIN It's over, Dory. We were too late. Nemo's gone and I'm going home now.

DORY No..no, you can't! Stop! Please don't go away. Please? No one's ever stuck with me for so long before. And if you leave, if you leave...I just, I remember things better with you. I do. Look, P. Sherman, 42..40..2..agh! I remember it, I do. It's there, I know it is because when I look at you, I can feel it. And I, I look at you and...I'm home. Please. I don't want them to go away. I don't wanna forget.

MARLIN I'm sorry, Dory, but I do.

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CRAB 1 Manna from heavens!

CRAB 2 Sweet nectar of life!

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CRAB 1/CRAB 2 Hey! Hey, hey! Hey!

CRAB 1 This is our spot!

CRAB 2 Go on! Get outta here!

CRAB 1/CRAB 2 Hey, hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey!

CRAB 1 Yeah, that's it fella! Just keep on swimmin', you got that!

CRAB 2 Too right, mate! Oh, Oh! I got a live one here!

NEMO Hey, have you seen my dad?

CRAB 2 Gotcha! Hey! Hey! Come back here!

CRAB 1 You let 'im go!

CRAB 1/CRAB 2 Hey! Hey, hey, hey!

NEMO Dad! Dad! Dad!

DORY Aah! No!

NEMO Um, excuse me. Are you all right?

DORY I don't know where I am! I don't know what's going on, I think I lost somebody but I, I can't remember.

NEMO It's okay, it's okay. I'm looking for someone too. Hey, we can look together.

DORY I'm Dory.

NEMO I'm Nemo.

DORY Nemo? That's a nice name.

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NEMO Dad!

DORY Dad!

NEMO Dad!

DORY Dad! Wait a minute, is it your dad or my dad?

NEMO My dad.

DORY Got it. Dad!

NEMO Where are we, anyway?

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DORY Dad! Dad! Oh. S-ss-syl--shi--Sydney. [gasps] 'P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney'.

DORY Aaaaah! Nemo! It's you! Aaaaaah! You're Nemo!

NEMO [muffled] Yes! Yes! I'm Nemo!

DORY Oh! You're Nemo! [gasps] You were dead! I saw you! And then I--[gasps], here you are! I found you! You're not dead! And your father--[gasps]! Your father!

NEMO My father!? You know my father!? Where is he!?

DORY [gasps] This way! He went this way! Quick!

DORY Hey! Hey, hey! Hey!

CRAB 1/CRAB 2 Hey! Hey, hey, hey!

DORY Hey! Have you seen an orange fish swim by? It looks just like him!

NEMO But bigger!

CRAB 2 Yeah, I saw 'im, bluey! But I'm not tellin' you where he went. And there's no way you're gonna make me!

GULL Mine.

CRAB Huh!? Aaaah! All right! I'll talk! I'll talk! He went to the fishing grounds! Aaaaah!

GULLS Mine!Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!

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FISH Hey! Look out!

MARLIN Sorry. Just trying to get home.

NEMO Dad! Dad!

MARLIN Nemo?

NEMO Daddy!

MARLIN Nemo?

NEMO Dad!

DORY Nemo's alive!

MARLIN Dory? [gasps] Nemo!

NEMO Daddy!

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MARLIN Nemo! I'm coming, Nemo!

NEMO Dad!

MARLIN Nemo!

NEMO Dad!

MARLIN Oh, thank goodness! It's all right, son. It's gonna be okay.

FISH Turn around! You're going the wrong way! Aaaaaaaaaaah!

DORY Aaaaaaaaaaaah! Look out!

MARLIN Move! Move!

FISH Aaaaaaaaaaaah!

DORY Help! AAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

MARLIN Dory!

NEMO Come on!

DORY Heeeeeeeelp!!! Help!

NEMO Dory!

DORY Help! Get us out! Aaaaaaaah!

MARLIN No, no, no! No! Dory!

NEMO Dad! I know what to do!

MARLIN Nemo! No!

NEMO We have to tell all the fish to swim down together!

MARLIN Get out of there, now!

NEMO I know this will work!

MARLIN No, I am not gonna lose you again!

NEMO Dad, there's no time! It's the only way we can save Dory! I can do this!

MARLIN You're right. I know you can.

NEMO Lucky fin!

MARLIN Now go! Hurry!

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NEMO Tell all of the fish to swim down!

MARLIN Well!? You heard my son! Come on!

NEMO Dory!

DORY [gasps]

NEMO You have to tell everybody to..

MARLIN ..swim down together! Do you understand what I'm saying to you!? Swim down!

DORY Everybody swim down!

NEMO Come on! You have to swim down!

DORY Swim down, okay?

NEMO Swim..

MARLIN down! Swim down! Swim down! Swim down!

MARLIN Don't give up! Keep swimming! Just keep swimming!

NEMO It's working!

FISH Keep swimming! Keep swimming! Keep swimming!

MARLIN Just keep swimming! Keep swimming!

NEMO Come on, dad!

MARLIN You're doing great, son!

NEMO That's my dad!

MARLIN Come on! Let's get to the bottom! Keep swimming!

DORY [singing] Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.

MARLIN Almost there! Keep swimming!

FISH Keep swimming! Keep swimming! Keep swimming! Keep swimming! Yay!

MARLIN Oww!

DORY Hey!

MARLIN Dory! Where's Nemo!?

DORY

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[gasps] There!

MARLIN Oh no. Nemo!

MARLIN Nemo? Nemo? It's okay. Daddy's here, daddy's got you.

NEMO [coughs] Daddy?

MARLIN Oh, thank goodness.

NEMO Dad...I don't hate you.

MARLIN No, no, no. I'm so sorry, Nemo.

MARLIN Hey, guess what?

NEMO What?

MARLIN Sea turtles? I met one! And he was a hundred and fifty years old.

NEMO Hundred and fifty?

MARLIN Yep.

NEMO 'Cause Sandy Plankton said they only live to be a hundred.

MARLIN Sandy Plankton? Do you think I would cross the entire ocean and not know as much as Sandy Plankton!?

NEMO Ha ha ha ha!

MARLIN He was a hundred and fifty! Not one hundred! Who is this Sandy Plankton who knows everything?

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MARLIN Time for school! Time for school! Get up! Let's go! Go!

MARLIN I'm gonna win!

NEMO No, you're not! I did it! Woohoo! Ha ha ha!

MARLIN Oh! My own son beats me!

MR. RAY Climb aboard, explorers!

MARLIN So just then, the sea cucumber looks over to the mollusk and says : 'with fronds like these, who needs anemones?'!

BOB/TED/BILL Haaa-ha ha ha ha ha ha!

MR. RAY Well, hello, Nemo! Who's this?

NEMO Exchange student.

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SQUIRT I'm from the EAC, dude!

MR. RAY Sweet.

NEMO/SQUIRT Totally.

BOB But seriously, Marty, did you really do all the things you say you did?

BRUCE Uh, pardon me.

BOB/TED/BILL [gasps]

BRUCE Hello.

TED Ohh!

BRUCE Don't be alarmed.

ANCHOR Oh, we just wanna make sure that our newest member got home safe.

DORY Thanks, guys.

BRUCE Well, we'll see you next week.

CHUM Keep up with the program, Dory.

ANCHOR Remember: fish are friends..

DORY ..not food! Bye!

MR. RAY Hold on! Here we go! Next up, knowledge!

MARLIN Bye, son! Have fun!

NEMO Bye, dad! Oh! Oh, Mr. Ray! Wait. I forgot something.

NEMO Love you, dad.

MARLIN I love you too, son.

NEMO Uh, dad, you can let go now.

MARLIN Sorry! Now go have an adventure!

SQUIRT Goodbye! See you later, dudes!

DORY Bye, Elmo!

MARLIN Nemo.

DORY

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Nemo! Bye, Nemo!

NEMO See you after school, Dory! Bye, dad!

MARLIN Bye, son.

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DENTIST Barbara?

BARBARA Uh-huh?

DENTIST I don't understand it. Here this thing has a lifetime guarantee and it breaks! Had to clean the tank myself, take all the fish out, put 'em in bags and---where'd the fish go?

GILL Come on, Peach!

DEB Hurry!

GILL You can do it!

BLOAT Yeah, that's it! You can do it!

GURGLE Just a little further!

PEACH That's the shortest red light I've ever seen!

BLOAT Come on, Peach!

PEACH Oooh--aaaaah!

ALL Yay! We did it! Ha ha ha ha ha!

BLOAT Now what?