Factual error: The film is explicitly set on the east coast of Australia. However Nigel is a Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), a species only found in the Americas. The only pelican species found in Australia is the Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) which is mainly white, with black wing tips. If a Brown pelican was somehow transported to Australia and subsequently escaped into the wild, it would have been caught and destroyed under Australia's strict quarantine laws.
Finding Nemo (2003)
Plot summary
Nemo, the clown fish from the great barrier reef, has lost his Mother in the ocean. One day he is captured by divers and taken to Sydney, where his is kept in a fish tank in the office of a dentist. Nemo's father searches for him, throughout the ocean, and the story is all about how Marlin found his son.
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Gurgle: Oh, the human mouth is a disgusting place.
Trivia: The dentist's name, P. Sherman, is a homage to the many Filipino crew members, whose native accent made the English word 'fisherman' sound like P. Sherman.
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Chosen answer: Darla, the dentist's niece, known to them as the fish killer.
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