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P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.
— Finding Nemo · 2003
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The fun is in the pride: a fish who forgets everything has held on to one thing, and she says it twice to make sure. Writer-director Andrew Stanton first pictured Dory as a male character, then cast Ellen DeGeneres after seeing her change the subject five times in a sentence. The address became the film's treasure map, and fans still quote it whenever someone half remembers a destination.
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In context
Spoilers for Finding NemoShow the scene
In Finding Nemo (2003), Marlin the clownfish and Dory the blue tang have found a diver's mask with an address scratched on the glass but cannot read it. Dory, who has short-term memory loss, can read it, but she has to speed-read it under pressure as sea mines go off around them after Bruce the shark relapses. They get away. Marlin asks what the mask said and Dory proudly recites the address, then repeats it, delighted that she remembered. It leads them to Sydney, where Nemo is in a dentist's tank.
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- Finding Nemo transcript, Springfield! Springfield!mask-reading scene after the shark meetingReference checked
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