Finding Nemo
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| Name: | Finding Nemo, Finding Dory |
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| Date(s): | 2003 and 2016 |
| Medium: | animated films (tie-in books, video games and merchandise) |
| Country of Origin: | United States |
| External Links: | at Wikipedia at Wikipedia  Marlin and Dory - Finding Nemo by agapetos (2010) |
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Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It tells the story of an overprotective clownfish named Marlin who, along with a regal blue tang named Dory, searches for his missing son Nemo. Along the way, Marlin learns to take risks and comes to terms with Nemo taking care of himself.
The film yielded a sequel called Finding Dory released in 2016 produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures focusing on the amnesiac fish Dory, who journeys to be reunited with her parents.
Canon
Finding Nemo
Nemo a disabled clownfish is kidnapped by a dentist in Sydney, Australia. His father Marlin goes looking for him along with Dory, a blue tang who suffers from acute short-term memory loss, who offers her help.
Meanwhile Nemo finds himself in the dentist's aquarium Philip Sherman where he meets the "Tank Gang", including yellow tang Bubbles, starfish Peach, cleaner shrimp Jacques, blowfish Bloat, royal gramma Gurgle, and damselfish Deb, led by Gill, a Moorish idol. Nemo learns he is to be given to Sherman's niece, Darla, who has killed her previous fish.
With five days to go until Darla's visit, the Tank Gang make plans for Nemo's escape while his father travels the open sea facing various adversities alongside Dory in order to rescue his son.
Finding Dory
After the events of the first film, Dory starts living with Marlin and Nemo, until one day she remembers who six parents are and where she came from, thus starting a journey in search of her lost family.
Fandom
Many of the franchise's fanworks were first found in the FFN, AO3 and DeviantArt, having recently an increasing number of works published in the Twitter and Wattpad. Such fanworks mainly focus on the characters Marlin, Nemo, and Dory. The most common tropes are Human AU and Missing Scenes.
Shipping
- Marlin/Dory ("Dorlin")
- Nemo/Gill
- Dory/Hank
Example Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanart
- FN Fish Lips by zoe-productions, Marlin/Dory, human AU. (Jun 2012)
Fanfiction
- An Interlude On Mount Wannahockaloogie by Amanuensis, Nemo/Gill, Rated R. (Nov 2003)
- The Island and the Ocean by AlixtheScottishNerdGirl, A series of one shots about Marlin and dory and their life together after bringing Nemo home. Other characters will also make appearances! Implied Dorlin (2016-2017)
- No Place I'd Rather Be by LastOneOut, "When I am with you there's no place I'd rather be." A collection of Finding Nemo oneshots. Mostly Dorlin (Dory/Marlin) but not exclusively. Human AU. (Jun-Jul 2016)
Recs
- 7 Naughty Nemo fan fiction story lines that will blow your mind @ Sheknows.com (Dec 09, 2014)
Archives & Fannish Links
- Finding Nemo works at FFN
- Finding Nemo works at AO3
- Finding Dory works at AO3