Trivia: In early stages of production, a slightly more dramatic approach was to be taken on the film, and to that end William H. Macy was hired as the voice of Marlin the clownfish. However, after a couple of weeks of recording sessions, the dramatic approach was scrapped, and William H. Macy was replaced by Albert Brooks, who plays Marlin in the film.
Trivia: There's a scene where Crush the turtle is describing how they found Marlin and Dory. Well, that scene looks very similar to one in The Little Mermaid, where Flounder is describing how he and Ariel escape from the shark attack in the ship. (00:51:25)
Trivia: One of the boats in Sydney Harbor is named "For the Birds;" a Pixar short. Also, other boats in the harbor are named after the people who helped make the film.
Trivia: A possible nod to Nick Park/Aardman - The dentist's address is on Wallaby Way and Wallace & Grommit live on West Wallaby Street.
Trivia: When the kids are at the "drop-off," the shot looks a lot like the shot from "A Bug's Life" (1998) when Dot looks over the edge.
Trivia: Many of the crew did voice cameos in the movie. Mr Ray the schoolteacher was co-writer Bob Peterson. Joe Ranft, who did various jobs on many Disney and Pixar movies was Jacques the French cleaning shrimp, and also played Wheezy in Toy Story 2. Seems they bagged all the best parts for themselves.
Trivia: Pearl, the octopus, looks remarkably like Boo from Monsters Inc.
Trivia: Look closely at the toy treasure box in the dentist's office, if you look inside, you can see the head of 'Little Mikey', the beloved doll of Mike Wazowski from the previous Pixar film, Monsters Inc. (00:24:45)
Trivia: The first pixar film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Trivia: Dory was originally supposed to be a male character, but the writer of the movie was inspired when watching The Ellen DeGeneres Show and wrote the character specifically to be played by Ellen.
