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You think you can do these things, Nemo, but you can't! Find out if you can ace this "Finding Nemo" quiz or we'll see you at 42 Wallaby Way!The animated movie "Finding Nemo" was released on May 30, 2003. Opening weekend ticket sales for the film were more than $70 million, the largest of any animated film at that time.
Marlin is Nemo's overprotective father in "Finding Nemo."
Director Andrew Stanton provided the voice of Crush the sea turtle for a rough cut of "Finding Nemo." When test audiences responded well to the character, Stanton recorded Crush's dialogue for the final cut of the movie from the couch in his office.
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The movie "Finding Nemo" won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2004. The movie also was nominated for Oscars in three additional categories: Best Writing, Best Music and Best Sound Editing.
Talk show host and comic Ellen DeGeneres voices the forgetful—yet unforgettable—character Dory in the 2003 film "Finding Nemo."
Nemo and Marlin are clown fish. Clown fish are born male and, as adults, pair up with another clown fish and wait for the dominant individual to become the female.
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Crush the sea turtle is 150 years old in "Finding Nemo." Filmmakers say there are up to 200 turtles in the background at one point in the sea turtle sequence.
When Marlin is discouraged, Dory tells him to "just keep swimming." The line is repeated several times as a song by the character Dory.
Marlin was initially voiced by actor William H. Macy in a rough cut of the film. The role was recast with Albert Brooks voicing Marlin for the final production of "Finding Nemo."
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Nemo has one weak and small fin, due to a crack in his egg. Nemo's father calls it his lucky fin.
In "Finding Nemo," Dory is a friendly blue tang with short-term memory loss. The role of Dory was written specifically for Ellen DeGeneres, who voices the character in the animated film.
Marlin and Dory are hoping to find Nemo when they reach 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney, Australia. The address is on a dive mask found near the spot where Nemo was taken.
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Dory is stung by jellyfish and rescued by Marlin in "Finding Nemo."
Willem Dafoe plays Gil, the self-appointed leader of the fish in the dentist office fish tank.
A barracuda is responsible for the disappearance of Nemo's mother and his fellow eggs.
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Nemo first appeared as a stuffed toy in Boo's room in the 2001 Pixar film "Monsters, Inc."
Nemo is nicknamed Shark Bait by the other fish in the Dentist's aquarium.
During a scene in "Finding Nemo," Bruce the shark tries to reassure Marlin and Dory by saying, "Fish are friends, not food."
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Darla is the dentist's niece. She has a dangerous history with captive fish, which lends an urgency to Nemo's escape attempts.
The name of the volcano in the aquarium is Mount Wannahawkaloogie. Gil shoots himself out of the tank using the bubbling volcano to help Nemo escape.
Brad Garrett plays the voice of the "Finding Nemo" character Bloat the puffer fish.
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Mr. Ray is Nemo's teacher in "Finding Nemo." Bob Peterson, a co-writer of the film, played the voice of Mr. Ray.
The pelican that helped Marlin and Dory find the dentist's office was named Nigel. Actor Geoffrey Rush provided the voice of of Nigel for the 2003 Pixar film.
Actor John Ratzenberger provides the voice of the school of fish that Marlin and Dory encounter. Ratzenberger has had a role in 16 Pixar movies, every one Pixar released from 1995 through 2015.
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Dory named her 'pet' jellyfish Squishy.
"Finding Nemo" was released May 30, 2003, and had the biggest box office opening weekend for an animated film when released in the U.S.
Gil helps Nemo escape down a sink drain which leads to the ocean.
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Pearl is an octopus and friend of Nemo, who gets startled and says, "Hey. You guys made me ink!"
A boy in the dentist's office is seen reading a Mr. Incredible comic during a scene of "Finding Nemo." The next film Pixar released after "Finding Nemo" was "The Incredibles" in 2004.
Nemo's mother is a clown fish named Coral.
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