Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
For Dory it is a simple tune to keep going when she can't remember why she is going; for Marlin, it eventually becomes the rescue plan. The phrase sums up a kind of cheerful persistence that doesn't need a reason, which is why it is a go-to caption for anyone getting through a rough patch. It works because a forgetful fish says it, and it is true.
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In context
Spoilers for Finding NemoShow the scene
In Pixar's 2003 film, the anxious clownfish Marlin crosses the ocean to find his captured son Nemo, helped by Dory, a blue tang with short-term memory loss. Facing a long dark stretch of water on the way to the address in Sydney, Dory breaks into song with this refrain while Marlin frets about how long the trip is, then suggests a guessing game. The words return at the climax, when Marlin and the caught fish shout them as they swim downward against a fishing trawler's net, and the net stops rising. Ellen DeGeneres voices Dory.
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- Wikiquote: Finding NemoDialogue: the swim to Sydney and the trawler net finaleReference checked
- Wikipedia: Finding NemoPlot summary; infoboxReference checked
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