Finding Nemo (2003)
Ellen DeGeneres: Dory
Photos
Quotes
-
Dory : Just keep swimming.
-
Dory : How about we play a game?
Marlin : All right.
Dory : Okay, I'm thinking of something orange, and it's small...
Marlin : It's me.
Dory : Right!
[Later]
Dory : I'm thinking of something orange and small...
Marlin : Me again.
Dory : All right, Mr. Smartypants...
[Later]
Dory : ... It's orange and small, and has stripes...
Marlin : Me, and the next one - just a guess - me.
Dory : Okay, that's just scary.
-
Dory : No. No, you can't... STOP. Please don't go away. Please? No one's ever stuck with me for so long before. And if you leave... if you leave... I just, I remember things better with you. I do, look. P. Sherman, forty-two... forty-two... I remember it, I do. It's there, I know it is, because when I look at you, I can feel it. And-and I look at you, and I... and I'm home. Please... I don't want that to go away. I don't want to forget.
Marlin : I'm sorry, Dory. But I... do.
-
Dory : Hey, Mr. Grumpy Gills. When life gets you down do you know what you've gotta do?
Marlin : No, I don't know what to do.
Dory : [singing] Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim.
Marlin : Dory, no singing.
Dory : [continuing] Ha, ha, ha, ha, ho. I love to swim. When you want to swim you want to swim.
Marlin : Now I'm stuck with that song... Now it's in my head.
Dory : Sorry.
-
Marlin : Tell me, Dory, do you see anything?
Dory : Yeah, I see a light.
Marlin : A light?
Dory : Yeah. I see a light.
Marlin : Yeah, I see it too.
Dory : Hey, Conscience, am I dead?
Marlin : No, no. I see it, too.
[they swim up to the light]
Marlin : What is it?
Dory : It's so... *pretty*.
Marlin : [mesmerized] I... I'm feeling... happy, which is a big deal... for me.
Dory : I want to touch it...
[she does; the light bobs quickly away]
Dory : Oh!
Marlin : Hey, come back. Come on back here. I'm gonna get ya.
Dory : Come here.
Marlin : [singing] I'm gonna swim with you...
Dory : I'm gonna get ya. I'm gonna get ya.
Marlin : [singing] I'm gonna be your best friend...
[a big scary fish looms into view]
Marlin : ...Good feeling's gone.
-
Marlin : What did it say? What did the mask say?
Dory : P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.
[gasps]
Dory : I remembered what it said! I usually forget things, but I remembered it that time! P. Sherman, 4...
Marlin : Wait! What does that mean?
Dory : I don't know. But who cares! Ha ha! I remembered! P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. I remembered it again!
-
Dory : [about the humpback whale] Maybe he only speaks whale.
[slowly and deeply, imitating the whale]
Dory : Mooo... Weeee neeeed...
Marlin : Dory?
Dory : ...tooo fiiind hiiis sooon.
Marlin : What are you doing? Are you sure you speak whale?
Dory : Caaaan yoooou giive uuuus direeeeectioooons?
Marlin : Dory! Heaven knows what you're saying! See, he's swimming away.
Dory : Cooome baaaaack.
Marlin : He's not coming back. You offended him.
Dory : Maybe a different dialect. Mmmmoooooowaaaaah...
Marlin : Dory! This is not whale. You're speaking like, upset stomach.
Dory : Maybe I should try humpback.
Marlin : No, don't try humpback.
Dory : Woooooo! Woooooo!
Marlin : Okay, now you really do sound sick.
Dory : Maybe louder. Rah! Rah!
Marlin : Don't do that!
Dory : Too much orca. Did it sound a little orca-ish to you?
Marlin : It doesn't sound orca. It sounds like nothing I've ever heard!
-
Dory : Have you seen a clown fish swim by? It looks just like him.
[points to Nemo]
Nemo : But bigger.
Crab : Yeah, I saw him, Bluey. But I'm not telling you where he went, and there's no way you're gonna make me.
[Dory holds him out of water for the seagulls to see]
Seagulls : Mine?
Crab : Ahh! All right! I'll talk! I'll talk! He went to the fishing grounds! Aaah!
Seagulls : Mine? Mine. Mine!
-
Marlin : [introduction to the main menu of the first disc of the DVD] Where is it? Where is it?
[the menu appears]
Dory : Oh there's the menu, I knew it was around here somewhere.
Marlin : Well.
[Marlin and Dory do not appear onscreen during this menu exchange]
Marlin : [beginning of menu loop; Marlin talks to the viewer at home] Okay, you've got a lot of choices here. You can watch just the movie *without* the commentary...
Dory : [interrupting] Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! I'm so excited! I've always wanted to see... "The Little Mermaid"!
Marlin : Good. Well this is "Finding Nemo".
Dory : Oh, well that sounds nice, too. Maybe we should watch *that* one.
Marlin : We're watching that one! This is "Finding Nemo"!
Dory : [sounding flattered] Oh you shouldn't have switched just for me!
Marlin : Unbelievable...
[pause]
Dory : I've always wanted to be in a film.
Marlin : You were in a film. THIS one. "Finding Nemo"!
Dory : No way! I'd remember that.
[laughs strangely]
Dory : Seriously...
Marlin : No you wouldn't...
Dory : Yes I would.
[excited inhalation sigh]
Dory : Being in a film would be so glamorous!
Marlin : [nonplussed] Really?
Dory : Oh my. Fabulous! Where's my trailer? I need water!
Marlin : Dory...
Dory : Fill my trailer with water!
Marlin : Something's wrong with you.
[pause]
Dory : Just keep watching, just keep watching, just keep watching watching watching. Watching, watching, watching...
[continues singing in this manner while Marlin speaks]
Marlin : You got a lot of choices here. Or you don't even have to watch *this* movie. Take the disc out, and I'll stop talking.
[Dory is still singing]
Marlin : There are no wrong choices. The only wrong choice is to sit there like you're doing.
[Dory is still singing]
Marlin : There are a lot of choices here, just pick one! Pick one so we can start! Please! All of us got nothing to do! Hit a choice, will ya?
Dory : [still singing] Hoo hoo, hoo hoo! Keep on watching...
-
Nemo : Are you all right?
Dory : [exasperated] I don't know where I am... I don't know what's going on. I think I lost somebody but I, I can't remember... and I can't remember...
Nemo : It's OK, it's OK. I'm looking for somebody too. Hey, we can look together.
Dory : I'm Dory.
Nemo : I'm Nemo.
Dory : Nemo?... that's a nice name...
-
Marlin : [Dory and Marlin are in pitch darkness looking for the mask] Dory, do you see anything?
Dory : Ahh! Something's got me!
Marlin : That's just me. I'm sorry.
Dory : Who's that?
Marlin : [exasperated] Who's that? Who else would it be? It's me!
Dory : Are... are you my conscience?
Marlin : [sighs] Yes, I'm your conscience. We haven't spoken for a while. How are you?
Dory : Eh, can't complain.
Marlin : Good. Now, Dory, do you see anything?
Dory : [angler fish's light approaches] Yes, I see... a light. Hey, conscience, am I dead?
Marlin : No, I see it too.
-
Marlin : [Surrounded by jellyfish] This is bad, Dory. Very bad.
Dory : [Bouncing on top of a jellyfish] Hey, watch this. Boing! Boing!...
Marlin : Dory!
Dory : You can't catch me!
Marlin : Dory, don't bounce on the tops! They will... not sting you. The tops don't sting you! That's it!
Dory : Two in a row. Beat that.
Marlin : Dory, listen to me. We're going to play a game.
Dory : A game?
Marlin : Yeah, a game.
Dory : I love games! Pick me!
Marlin : We're gonna race. First one out of the jellyfish wins.
Dory : Out, got it!
Marlin : Rules, rules! You can't touch the tentacles, only the tops...
Dory : Something about tentacles, got it.
Marlin : No, it's not something about them, it's all about them.
Dory : On your mark, get set, go!
Marlin : Wait, Dory!
-
School of Fish : Oh and one more thing: when you come to this trench, swim through it, not over it.
Dory : Trench. Through it, not over. I'll remember.
[swimming to catch up with Marlin]
Dory : Hey wait up there's something I gotta tell you.
[sees the trench]
Dory : Woah. Nice trench.
-
Dory : I saw a boat.
Marlin : You did?
Dory : Yeah, it went by not too long ago. Follow me.
[few seconds later]
Dory : Would you quit it? What, the ocean isnt big enough for you or something like that? You got a problem? Huh? Do ya, do ya, do ya? You wanna piece of me? Yeah, yeah! Ooh, I'm scared now! What?
Marlin : What? You said you saw a boat.
Dory : A boat?
Marlin : YES.
Dory : Hey, I've seen a boat. It went by not too long ago. It went... this way. It went this way.
Marlin : Wait a minute, you already told me which way the boat went.
Dory : I did? Oh, no...
-
Dory : [At the entrance to the trench] Come on, let's go.
Marlin : No, no, no! Bad trench, bad trench! Come on, we're swimming over this thing.
Dory : Whoa, partner. Little red flag going up. Something tells me we should go through it, not over it.
Marlin : Are you even looking at this thing? It's got death written all over it!
Dory : I'm sorry, but I really, really, really think we should go through it.
Marlin : And I'm really, really done talking about this. Over we go.
Dory : Come on, trust me on this one.
Marlin : Trust you?
Dory : Yes, trust. It's what friends do.
Marlin : Look, something shiny!
Dory : Where?
Marlin : Oh, it just swam over the trench! Come on, we'll follow it. Let's go.
Dory : Okay.
-
Bruce : Today's meeting is Step 5: Bring a fish friend. Everyone brought a fish friend?
Anchor : Got mine.
[a small fish shivering with fear]
Dory : Hi there!
Bruce : What about you, Chum?
Chum : Oh... um... I seem to have misplaced my, um... friend.
[a fish skeleton peeks from Chum's teeth; Chum quickly sucks it back in]
Bruce : That's all right, mate. I had a feeling this would be a hard step. You can help yourself to one of my friends.
Chum : [Taking Marlin] Thanks mate. A little chum for Chum, eh?
-
Nemo : Are you all right?
Dory : [exasperated] I don't know where I am... I don't know what's going on. I think I lost somebody but I, I can't remember... and I can't remember...
Nemo : It's OK, it's OK. I'm looking for somebody too. Hey, We can look together.
Dory : I'm Dory.
Nemo : I'm Nemo.
Dory : Nemo?... that's a nice name...
-
[the whale groans]
Dory : Okay, he either said, "move to the back of the throat," or he "wants a root beer float".
-
Dory : Hey, what's the matter?
Marlin : What's the matter? While they're busy doing their little impressions, I'm miles from home with a fish who can't even remember her name.
Dory : Boy, I bet that's frustrating.
Marlin : Meanwhile, my son is missing.
Dory : Your son Chico?
Marlin : Nemo.
Dory : Right. Got it.
Marlin : But it doesn't matter, because no one in this entire ocean is going to help me.
Dory : Well, I'm helping you. Wait right there.
-
Dory : I suffer from short-term memory loss. It runs in my family... At least I think it does... hm. Where *are* they?
-
Dory : [dreaming] Uhhh... the sea monkeys have my money... yes, I'm a natural blue...
-
[Marlin and Dory are each pulling on the mask; it snaps and hits Dory in the face]
Dory : Ow!
Marlin : Oh, I'm really sorry. Are you okay?
Dory : Ow, ow, ow!
Marlin : I'm so sorry.
Dory : You really clocked me there. Am I bleeding?
[a wisp of blood floats from Dory's nose]
Marlin : Ohh!
Dory : Ow. Ow. Ow.
Bruce : Dory, are you okay...
[Sniffs the blood; his eyes turn black]
Bruce : Oh, ooooooh, that's good...
-
Mr. Ray : [introduction to the Bonus Features menu of the first disc of the DVD; Mr. Ray is singing] Let's make a selection, a selection, a selection. Let's make a selection on the D-V-D! Ohhhhh! Pick something.
Nemo : [looks down at the reef] Cool!
Mr. Ray : [all characters are off-screen past this point] Welcome explorers! So much to see, so much to learn. Let's go!
[long pause]
Mr. Ray : Okay, optical orbits up front, and let's pick a button.
Dory : Uh! I'd like to see it with the commentary!
Marlin : It's not up to you.
Dory : Well, they might listen to me; I speak mammal. Choose the commentary!
Marlin : Unbelievable...
Mr. Ray : Sooo... Moving along!
[pause]
Mr. Ray : All scientific exploration is an act of discovery, so pick a button and discover what happens.
Bruce : [Bruce's Easter egg narration on the same menu] Hullo. My name is Bruce. I promise to watch all the making-of features, listen to the complete audio-visual commentary, and search diligently for Easter Eggs. On my honor, so help me.
-
Marlin : Now it's my turn. I'm thinking of something dark and mysterious. It's a fish we don't know. If we ask it directions, it could ingest us and spit out our bones.
Dory : What is it with men and asking for directions?
Marlin : I don't want to play the gender card right now. You want to play a card, let's play the "let's not die" card.
-
[Marlin and Dory are racing through the jellyfish forest. Marlin starts talking to himself]
Marlin : So, we're cheating death now, that's what we're doing, and we're having fun at the same time, I can do this, just be careful...
Dory : Yeah, careful I don't make you cry when I win!
Marlin : Oh I don't think so!
Dory : Give it up old man, you can't fight evolution, I was built for speed!
Marlin : The question is Dory, are you hungry?
Dory : Hungry? Why?
Marlin : 'Cause you're about to eat my bubbles!
-
Dory : This is the Ocean, silly, we're not the only two in here.
-
Marlin : I can't afford any more delays and you're one of those fish that causes delays. Sometimes it's a good thing. There's a whole group of fish . They're delay fish.
Dory : You mean...
[whimpers]
Dory : . You mean you don't like me?
Marlin : No, of course I like you. It's because I like you I don't want to be with you. It's a complicated emotion.
-
Dory : Excuse me? Whoo-hoo! Little fella? Hello! Don't be rude. Say hi.
Marlin : Ha. Hello.
Dory : His son Bingo...
Marlin : Nemo.
Dory : ...Nemo was taken to, um...
Marlin : Sydney
Dory : ...Sydney, yeah. And it's really, really important that we get there as fast as we can, so can you help us out? Come on, little fella. Come on.
Marlin : Dory? I'm a little fella. I don't think that's a little fella.
-
Dory : [reading a door] Hey, look. "Esc-a-pay". I wonder what that means? That's funny, it's spelled just like the word "escape."
-
Dory : I saw a boat.
Marlin : Where? Which way?
Dory : It went... this way. It went this way. Follow me.
[few seconds later, she starts zig-zagging in front of him and glancing back]
Dory : Would you quit it? What, the ocean isn't big enough for you or something like that? You got a problem? Huh? Do ya, do ya, do ya? You wanna piece of me? Yeah, yeah! Ooh, I'm scared now! What?
Marlin : Wait a minute...
Dory : Stop following me, okay?
Marlin : What are you talking about? You're showing which way the boat went.
Dory : A boat? Hey, I've seen a boat. It passed by not too long ago. It went... this way. It went this way. Follow me.
Marlin : Wait a minute, wait a minute. What is going on? You already told me which way the boat was going.
Dory : I did? Oh, no...
-
Dory : [in her sleep] Hey, careful with that hammer...
-
School of Fish : Hey, hey! You like impressions?
Dory : Mmm-hmm.
School of Fish : Okay, just like in rehearsal, gentlemen.
[School takes form of swordfish]
School of Fish : So, what are we? Take a guess.
Dory : Oh, oh, I've seen one of those.
School of Fish : I'm a fish with a nose like a *sword*.
Dory : Wait, wait, umm...
Marlin : It's a swordfish!
School of Fish : Hey, clown boy! Let the lady guess.
[Takes form of lobster]
School of Fish : Where's the butter?
Dory : Ooh! It's on the tip of my tongue...
Marlin : [Coughing] Lobster!
School of Fish : Saw that.
Marlin : What?
School of Fish : [Takes form of octopus] Lots of legs, swims in the ocean.
Dory : Clam!
School of Fish : Close enough.
[Takes form of pirate ship]
School of Fish : Oh, it's a whale of a tale, I'll tell you, lad...
Dory : Oh, they're good.
-
Dory : "P.Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney." I remembered it. I bet I could even remember it again..."P.Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney." I did it again.
-
Dory : P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney! You asked me where I'm going? OK, I'll tell you: P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney! That's where I'm going!
-
Dory : [Dory reading while she and Marlin are trying to get away from Bruce] Es... Es-cap-e. Funny it's spelled just like the word escape.
-
Dory : Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...
[repeated line]
-
Bruce : So, what's a couple of bites like you doing out so late?
Marlin : Nothing, we're not doing anything, we're not even out.
Bruce : Great! Then how would you little morsels like to come to a little - a little get-together I'm having?
Dory : You mean like a party?
Bruce : Yeah, that's it, a party! What do you say?
Dory : Oh, I love parties! That sounds like fun.
Marlin : Parties are fun, and it's tempting, but we really have to...
Bruce : [Takes Dory and Marlin by the fin] Aw, come on. I insist.
Marlin : [Nervous] Okay, that's all that matters.
-
Dory : P Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.
[repeated line]
