Finding Dory

2016 American animated film directed by Andrew Stanton

Finding Dory is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film is a sequel to the 2003 film Finding Nemo. Andrew Stanton, who directed the first film, returned as writer and director, alongside Angus MacLane as the co-director, and Victoria Strouse and Finding Nemo co-writer Bob Peterson as writers.

The film premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 8, 2016, and was released in the United States on June 17, 2016.

An unforgettable journey she probably won't remember.(taglines)
  • For a guy with three hearts, you're not very nice.
  • Just keep swimming!
  • [to a bunch of dead fish] Sorry, gotta blink. How do you hold your eyes open that long?
  • MY FAMILY!! I REMEMBER MY FAMILY! [swims really fast] They're out there somewhere! I have to find them!
  • [As a baby] Hi. I'm Dory. I suffer from short-term remembory loss.
  • [sleeping] Don't cry, mommy. Don't cry...
  • I like sand. Sand is squishy.
  • What if I forget you? Would you ever forget me?
  • I-I suffer from short-term memory loss.
  • Somewhere out there is my family. Please, Marlin. I can't find them on my own.
  • Sigourney Weaver is going to help us!
  • [last line, about the drop off's view] Yep. Unforgettable.

Marlin

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  • [to Crush] I'm gonna be totally sick!
  • Our friend got taken into whatever this place is.
  • Those are sea lions, they are natural predators. They could pounce at any moment.
  • She should just pick two and let's go. [Nemo: Dad.] What? I'm kidding. It's a reunion.
  • [to Dory] Ever since I met you, you showed me how to do stuff I never dreamed of doing. Crazy things. Outsmarting sharks, jumping jellyfish, and finding my son. You made all that happen.
  • [to Nemo; watches Arthur It's Only Rock and Roll (2002) movie] What are you doing?! [Nemo: Dad, It’s Arthur and Elwood City.] Oh, no! Who’s watching Arthur Read here?!

Nemo

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  • Does this mean we have to say goodbye... to Dory?
  • [about Dory; deleted scene] Dad, Dory's sleep swimming. She's talking in her sleep.
  • I trust Becky. [Marlin: You trust Becky? Becky's eating a cup!]
  • The Jewel of Morro Bay, California.

Hank

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  • [introducing to Dory] Name's Hank.
  • That's a hard one, kid.
  • So, give me your tag!
  • And steer clear of people, will you? Especially kids! I don't want to be touched!
  • I just want to live in a glass box alone. That's all I want.
  • Hey, you.
  • No! Your memory isn't working! You can’t remember anything! It’s probably how you lost your family in the first place!

Bailey

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  • Holy Neptune, she's not alone!
  • Now I know you're talking about me.
  • This is amazing!
  • Still not clear... Still not clear...
  • It’s your destiny, Destiny.
  • [repeated line to Destiny] Wall.
  • My life's a rainbow!

Destiny

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  • Bailey, you've gotta use your echolocation!
  • Sorry. Not a great swimmer. Can't see very well.
  • [speaking whale] Thank you...!
  • You and I were friends!
  • We were pipe pals!
  • [trailer only] It was so much fun, because I'd tell you a story, and then you'd completely forget it, and then I'd get to tell it to you over and over again.
  • Your head is supposed to be big. You're a beluga.
  • [speaking whale] Hang on, Dory!
  • Don't bail on me, Bailey!

Mr. Ray

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  • Well, you made it!
  • And we'll stop right there.
  • I feel a migration song comin' on! [holds note for a long time] OH...!

Jenny

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  • OK, OK. We'll pretend to be the other kids now. Hi Dory!
  • You found us. Oh, honey, you found us and you know why you found us? Because you remembered. You remembered in your own, amazing Dory-way.

Charlie

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  • Ahoy there! Do you want to play Hide-and-Seek?
  • No, no. Not Daddy. I'm the nice fish who wants to be your friend, okay?

Others

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  • Sick Fish: [repeated line] Me? Help you? AH-CHOO!!
  • Sigourney Weaver: I'm Sigourney Weaver. Thank you for joining me.
  • Marine Life Institute Female Rescuer: [repeated line] No respect for ocean life.

Dialogue

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[first lines]
Baby Dory: Hi, I'm Dory. I suffer from short-term memory loss.

[flashback of the first film, when the boat moves away and Dory meets Marlin]
Marlin: [first words of the first film] A white boat! They took my son! [Dory swims towards him] My son! Help me, please!
Dory: [she and Marlin running towards each other] Look out! [they bump into each other; Marlin flies into a rock and lands on the ground]
Dory: Oh, oh, sorry! Are you OK? There, there, it's all right. It'll be okay.
Marlin: He's gone. No, he's gone. He's gone. No, no, they took him away! I have to find the boat!
Dory: A boat? Hey, I've seen a boat!
Marlin: You have?
Dory: [132 minutes later] Uh-huh. This way! It went this way! Follow me!
Marlin: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you so much!

[Marlin is riding Crush in the East Australian Current.]
Marlin: Totally sick! Totally sick!
Crush: I know! Isn't it great?
Marlin: No! I'm gonna be totally sick!

Marlin: Dory, these crabs are locals! And I get the feeling they're shushing us for a reason. You might wake up something dangerous!
Dory: Are you talking about like something with one big eye, tentacles and a snappy thing?
Marlin: Well that's very specific, but something like that, yes. You just, in general, don't want to--
[Dory, Marlin, and Nemo see a giant squid behind them as the crabs hide.]

Nemo: I trust Becky.
Marlin: [flatly] You trust Becky. Becky's eating a cup!

Dory: [to a bunch of dead fish] I'm sorry. I gotta blink. How do you hold your eyes open that long?

Marlin: [to Nemo] Nemo, that doesn't even make any sense to do, but I'm not going anywhere until find it Dory.

Marlin: Nemo, I think we should devise an alternate plan. One that involves staying in the water and someone sane. Because this bird, this bird... This ain't the bird!
Nemo: That's fine, Dad, and in the meantime, Dory will just forget us. Like you said, it's what she does best.
Marlin: [Sighs] Fine. [he looks at Becky] Uh, okay. Look her in the eye. Which eye?
Fluke: Just pick one, mate.
Marlin: Becky. [Becky shakes her head, She looks at Marlin with her Red Eyes] Ooh, ooo-roo, ooo-roo, Becky. [Becky Squawks, She flies and landed on Marlin on the Water] Okay. This is all great.

Bailey: Still not clear. Still not clear...
Destiny: You don't have to say when it's not time...
Bailey: Not...
Destiny: Just tell me when it is time!
Bailey: Okay, here we go. And, wait!
Destiny: [flounders in the water] "Here we go, wait." Are you serious?
Bailey: Okay, on the count of 3...
Destiny: Don't count. Just say, "Go."
Bailey: [shouting] Go! Now, now! Do it! Do it!

Nemo: Dad, does this mean we have to say goodbye to Dory?
Marlin: Yes, Nemo. We do.
[Dory humming]

Marlin: She should just pick two and let's go.
Nemo: Dad.
Marlin: What? I'm kidding. It's a reunion.
Dory: Mom! Dad! Where are my parents?
Male Blue Tang #1: Dory? Are you really Jenny and Charlie's girl?
Dory: Yes, I am! That's me! Where are they?
Male Blue Tang #2: Well, Dory... Well, right after you disappeared, they thought you... They thought you must've ended up here in quarantine.
Dory: Uh-huh.
Hank: Come on, come on, come on!
Male Blue Tang #2: And so, they came here, to look for you.
Dory: They're here! Where are they?
Female Blue Tang #1: Dory, that was years ago.
Dory: Huh?
Female Blue Tang #2: They never came back.
Marlin: Oh, no...
Female Blue Tang #2: You see, Dory, when fish don't come back from quarantine, it means... they're not...
Dory: What?
Marlin: Dory... They're gone.
Dory: [gasps] They're... dead?

Bailey: Oooh! There's no way out. It's over! They're going to fish jail! Ooooh! Wait. Oooh, Oh, no. Oooh. Get back! Incoming!
[The Marine Life Institute truck careens over the cliff with Hank, Dory, and the fish in it. Everything goes in slow motion as Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" plays, as the fish fall out of the truck, and into the ocean. Fluke and Rudder are delighted.]
Fluke and Rudder: Fish! [a large fish knocks them into the water]
Sigourney Weaver: What lies before you represents the third and final of part of the Marine Life mission. Rescue, rehabilitation, and release.
Charlie: Come to Papa!
[Hank and Dory splash into the water, followed by the truck.]
Sigourney Weaver: I'm Sigourney Weaver. Thank you for joining us.

Dory: Hey, Marlin.
Marlin: Oh, hey. Hello, Dory.
Dory: You alright? You look worried.
Marlin: No, no, no. I'm... I'm fine. It's... It's how I always look.
Dory: What?
Marlin: Well, I just... (chuckles) You did it.
Dory: (gasps)
Jenny: Yay!
Charlie: You did it, kelpcake!
Jenny: Yes!
Baby Dory: (laughs) Did what?
Jenny: Sweetie, you just followed the shells all the way back home!
Baby Dory: Oh my gosh! I did? all by myself?
Jenny: Yeah.
Charlie: Do you know what this means, honey?
Jenny: It means you can do whatever you put you mind to, Dory.
Baby Dory: Really? Mommy, can I go play with them?
Charlie: Absolutely! Go get 'em, kelpcake!
Baby Dory: (laughs)
Dory: Yeah. I did it. Hmm.
Marlin: Hmm. It really is quite a view.
Dory: Yep. Unforgettable.

[post-credits; last lines]
Peach: Hey guys, wait up! I'm right behind ya!
Gill: You can do it! Just a little farther, that's it!
Gurgle: I am truly going to vomit!
Gill: Alright, gang. Good work.
[The Tank Gang cheers.]
Deb (& Flo): Oh, look Flo. We made it!
Gill: We won't have anymore problems from here on out!
[The Tank Gang cheers again, only to get scooped up by two Marine Life Institute rescuers.]
Marine Life Institute Female Rescuer: [as she places The Tank Gang in the cooler] No respect for ocean life.
Bloat: [last line of the film] Now what?

Taglines

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  • She just kept swimming...
  • Have you seen her?
  • An unforgettable journey she probably won't remember.

Cast

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See also

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Films   Toy Story  (1995) · A Bug's Life  (1998) · Toy Story 2  (1999) · Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins  (2000) · Monsters, Inc.  (2001) · Finding Nemo  (2003) · The Incredibles (2004) · Cars  (2006) · Ratatouille  (2007) · WALL-E  (2008) · Up  (2009) · Toy Story 3  (2010) · Cars 2  (2011) · Brave  (2012) · Monsters University  (2013) · Inside Out  (2015) · The Good Dinosaur  (2015) · Finding Dory  (2016) · Cars 3  (2017) · Coco  (2017) · Incredibles 2  (2018) · Toy Story 4  (2019) · Onward  (2020) · Soul  (2020) · Luca  (2021) · Turning Red  (2022) · Lightyear  (2022) · Elemental  (2023) · Inside Out 2  (2024)  
Shorts   Mater and the Ghostlight  (2006) · Cars Toons  (2008-14) · Toy Story Toons  (2011-12)  
Television specials   Toy Story of Terror!  (2013) · Toy Story That Time Forgot  (2014)