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.
