*****SPOILERS*****
The film repeatedly says that echolocation is the world’s most powerful pair of glasses; Bailey, a beluga, keeps on saying he can’t echolocate. Destiny’s scared to go in the ocean because she’s partially blind. Bailey says he has the world’s most powerful pair of glasses, so he can be her eyes. This would be adorable in any situation, but the fact Bailey’s spends most the film saying he can’t echolocate? What a caring friend.
At the Drop Off, Marlin says, “It really is quite the view.” The Drop Off is where his wife and unhatched kids were all murdered, except for Nemo who was permanently disabled. So for Marlin to appreciate something about the Drop Off when it’s resulted in so much pain? That shows character growth.
Baby Dory asks, “What if I forget you? Would you ever forget me?” That was heartbreaking.
The whole time Dory grows up to adulthood, she’s looking for her family. Overtime, she forgets who she’s looking for. She eventually forgets she’s looking for anyone altogether.
After Nemo is hurt, Marlin tells Dory, “Go over there and forget. That’s what you’re best at.” That’s so mean! Also, Nemo isn’t hurt because of Dory’s memory so it hardly seems appropriate for the situation. However, parents often get snappy and mean to others when their child is engendered. When people feel like this (no matter the situation), they often say the most hurtful thing they can think of.
Dory has a memory of her mum crying about Dory’s memory issues. So Dory goes to get her mum a purple shell (which she loved). She got carried away by the undertow whilst doing this. So Dory realises that going missing was all her fault.
Dory finally remembers her family. Being loved and supported is something that helps memory; being with Marlin and Nemo for a year provided a lot of love and support. Sure, the undertow and Mr Ray’s talk about instinct triggered the memory of Dory’s parents, but something can’t be triggered if it doesn’t get prepped first.
Back at the reef, everyone’s playing hide-and-seek. Dory forgets she’s counting, barely reaching four (just like she did as a child at the start of the film). She sees that everyone’s left, but because she was covering her face she reasons out that they were playing, so she counts the rest of the numbers and looks for people. She’s no longer beholden to her memory issues because she has the confidence to figure things out rather than panic.
Dory says about her family, “I miss them. Do you know what that feels like?” Marlin looks at Nemo, remembering when he missed him. Probably reminiscing about his partner Coral and all the children they lost.
Dory says they’re family. She asks Marlin, “Do you know what that feels like?” Marlin happily says, “Yes.” This mimics their conversation at the start of the film, yet turning the negative into a positive.
Dory swims into an anemone and it shocks her. This makes her jiggle side-to-side in quick succession. Dory keeps forgetting so she keeps repeating this process. Eventually Marlin just decides they’re all awake, like a parent whose toddler isn’t cooperating.
Dory tells Marlin, “I remembered something important!” He asks what it is but Dory says, “I can’t remember.”
When riding Crush, Marlin says, “Totally sick.” The audience thinks he’s getting down with the turtle lingo. But then he says, “I’m going to be totally sick.” So this is word play with ‘sick’, even though playing with this word turns it to its original meaning.
Marlin tells Dory she’ll call attention to something dangerous. Dory says, “Like one big eye, tentacles, and a snappy thing?” Marlin replies, “Well that’s very specific, but yeah.” Meanwhile, a giant squid fitting all Dory’s categories rises up behind Marlin
Dory has a tag that will let her stay in captivity. Hank doesn’t have a tag but doesn’t want to go back to the wild, so he tries to trick Dory into giving him her tag. Then Dory forgets what they were talking about. So Hank says, “You were gonna give me your tag.”
Members of security are talking about Hank. One looks right at Hank’s plant pot disguise and says, “Well, of course I haven’t seen him.” When he’s literally seeing him right then! Funny.
When Hank un-disguises himself from a plant pot, Dory says, “There you are!”
When Hank is disguised as a tree branch, Becky comes in to land. But then he withdraws the leg, making Becky fall to the ground.
Mr Ray doesn’t want Dory on the field trip. Marlin decides to tell Dory it’s because Mr Ray already has too many fish to look after (the implication being that also having Dory would be too much for Mr Ray). Yet Dory decides this means Mr Ray needs another set of eyes to help. So funny that backfired.
Mr Ray starts a song in his traditional manner: a long, “OOOOOOOOOOH!” It’s always been funny precisely because of its length. But this time this goes on for a very, very long time, longer than it ever has before. As the vowels increased, so did the laughter.
Mr Ray asks, “A migration is about going back to?” A child answers, “Bed.” Dory says, “Yes!” Mr Ray corrects, “No.” So Dory says, “No,” in a confused tone.
Dory misinterprets a conversation, meaning she starts to give the kids ‘the talk’. A panicked Mr Ray quickly interrupts.
A child asks of Dory, “Is she dead?” When Mr Ray says, “No,” the class moans in disappointment.
Baby Dory says she suffers from ‘short-term rememory loss’. So. Cute.
Dory’s dad says, “If we see the undertow, we say?” Dory shouts, “Let’s go!” The answer is meant to be, “Heck, no!”
Baby Dory’s gasps are so cute. Expressive and no holding back.
One sea cucumber in the children’s area pushes Dory out of its hiding spot, only to have made itself visible and touchable to the children. Well, that backfired!
A sea cucumber in the touching area warns, “Hands!” Dory says, “No, Hank, with a K.”
In the Open Ocean exhibit, Dory keeps asking fish questions. One was, “Have you seen a mum and dad without me?” Another was about how her parents were “old, like you.” Hilarious! If that wasn’t enough, Dory added, “Older, even,” as if being older than the couple she was speaking to was difficult to believe.
Dory says, “I can’t go to ‘the Cleveland’.”
When Dory is in the pipes, Destiny speaks to her with ‘whale talk’. At one point, Destiny talks whilst Dory’s in the middle of a conversation with Nemo and Marlin. So Dory says, “Sorry, I have to take this,” before speaking to Destiny. Like it’s a phone call. Brilliant.
Bailey the beluga doing echolocation. “OO! Lightheaded! OO!
He sees something large coming towards Dory. Then it connects with Dory. Bailey cries, “It’s consuming her! It’s eaten her alive.” But was just a reunion with Nemo and Marlin.
Dory gets stuck in the ring of a beer sixpack. Scientists take her from the water and mutter, “No respect for ocean life.” Says the person who just abducted some ocean life! (Yes, a fish in that situation should be rescued, but taking a sentient being without permission is not respectful. Even if the humans don’t know Dory’s sentient. Also, free her from the beer ring then just put her straight back.)
When the tank gang come by, the workers at the Jewel scoop them up. All that effort to escape captivity only to end up in captivity again? That’s deeply unfortunate. (At least the Jewel’s mantra is, ‘Rescue, rehabilitate, release’.)
An unnamed sealion moves, making another one roll off the rock and fall into the water.
The sealion Gerald carries a pail (‘bucket’ if you use words normally). Gerald gives it to Marlin in exchange for the sealions letting him on the rock. The sealions even gently persuade Gerald to get on the rock. As soon as Gerald settles, the sealions yell, “Off!” All that effort and encouragement, only to kick poor Gerald off!
Gerald is shown slowly reaching towards the rock, the other sealions asleep. But as soon as he touches it, they wake and shout at him. Then his head rises up behind the rock and he snickers. He looks like an evil Wallace and Gromit character, something emphasised by the way the screen slowly closes in on his face.
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