Hank retrieves Dory from the tank, accidentally leaving Marlin and Nemo behind. Other blue tangs tell them that Dory's parents escaped from the institute a long time ago to search for her and never came back, leaving Dory to believe that they have died. With the help of two lazy California sea lions named Fluke and Rudder and a common loon named Becky, they manage to get into the institute and find her in the pipe system. She finally remembers how she was separated from her parents: she overheard her mother crying one night, left to retrieve a shell to cheer her up, and was pulled away by an undertow current out into the ocean. Dory subsequently has flashbacks of life with her parents and struggles to recall details. In one exhibit, Dory encounters her childhood friend Destiny, a nearsighted whale shark, who used to communicate with Dory through pipes, and Bailey, a beluga whale, who mistakenly believes he has lost his ability to echolocate. Hank, who fears being released back into the ocean, agrees to help Dory find her parents in exchange for her tag. Dory's tag marks her for transfer to an aquarium in Cleveland. There she meets a grouchy seven-legged octopus named Hank. Her feelings hurt, Dory travels to the surface to seek help where she is captured by staff members from the trio's nearby destination, the Marine Life Institute.ĭory is placed in quarantine and tagged. They manage to trap the squid in a large shipping container, and Marlin berates Dory for endangering them. Upon arrival, they explore a shipwreck full of lost cargo, where Dory accidentally awakens a giant Humboldt squid, who pursues them and almost devours Nemo. With the help of Crush, their sea turtle friend, they ride the California Current to California. Marlin and Nemo accompany Dory on her journey.

She suddenly remembers that they lived at the 'Jewel of Morro Bay, California' across the ocean when Nemo mentions the name. She decides to look for them, but her memory problem is an obstacle. One day, Dory has a flashback and remembers her parents. One year after meeting Marlin and Nemo, Dory is living with them in their reef. Later, she joins Marlin the clownfish, looking for Nemo. As she grows up, Dory attempts to search for them, but gradually forgets them due to her short-term memory loss.

6.3 Environmental controversies and issuesĭory, the regal blue tang, gets separated from her parents, Jenny and Charlie, as a child.

Finding Dory set numerous box office records, including the biggest opening for an animated film in North America, and the highest-grossing animated film in North America. It earned $1.029 billion worldwide, and became the third-highest-grossing film of 2016, the 22nd-highest-grossing film of all time, and the fourth-highest-grossing animated film of all time during its theatrical run. It was well-received by critics, garnering praise for its animation, emotional weight, voice acting and humor. The film focuses on the amnesiac fish Dory (DeGeneres), who journeys to be reunited with her parents (Keaton and Levy).įinding Dory premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 8, and was released in theaters in the United States on June 17, 2016. Directed by Andrew Stanton and written by Stanton and Victoria Strouse, it is the spin-off sequel to Finding Nemo (2003) and features the returning voices of Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks, with Hayden Rolence (replacing Alexander Gould), Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton, and Eugene Levy joining the cast. Finding Dory is a 2016 American computer-animated adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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