Finding Dory

Synopsis: Dory is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help from her friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them. Her journey brings her to the Marine Life Institute, a conservatory that houses diverse ocean species.
Director(s): Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane (co-director)
Production: Walt Disney Pictures/PIXAR
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 15 wins & 42 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
PG
Year:
2016
97 min
$486,292,984
Website
14,770 Views


BABY DORY:
Hi. I'm Dory.

I suffer from

short-term remembory loss.

-Yes!

-That's exactly what you say!

Okay, okay.

We'll pretend to be the other kids now.

-(JENNY INHALES DEEPLY)

-(CHARLIE CLEARS THROAT)

-(GASPS) Hi, Dory!

-Ahoy there!

-(LAUGHING)

-Do you wanna play hide-and-seek?

Okay.

We'll hide

and you count and come find us.

Okay, Daddy.

No, not Daddy. I'm the nice

fish who wants be your friend, okay?

-Okay, Daddy.

-No.

-I'm hiding.

-Now count to ten.

One, two, three...

Um, four...

Um...

I like sand. Sand is squishy.

-(FISH LAUGHING PLAYFULLY)

-Mommy, can I go play with them?

-Dory. Dory. Dory, honey.

-Dory. Kelpcake.

Undertow, sweetie.

Remember, honey, we have to

stay away from the undertow.

Okay, sweetheart,

what about that rhyme we learned?

♪ We see the undertow and we say...

♪ Let's go

No. It's, "Heck no."

Okay? Let's try it again.

♪ We see undertow and we say...

♪ There's the undertow!

♪ There's the undertow

There's the undertow

♪ Hey, you found the undertow

And see the undertow

-Did I forget again?

-No, no. No.

-No, sweetie. Don't worry about it.

-No biggie, kelpcake.

What if I forget you

(GASPS) Would you ever forget me?

-(GASPS)

-Oh, kelpcake, no.

We will never forget you, Dory.

And we know you'll never forget us.

BABY DORY:
Hello?

Hello!

-Did you hear that?

-What's that? Hear what?

-Stan, I just heard someone say hello.

-I didn't hear anybody say hello.

I don't know, Stan.

I just heard someone say hello.

There's a lot of fish here.

Anybody could've just said hello.

-BABY DORY:
Hello?

-There.

-STAN:
Where?

-There. There. Right there.

-Where am I looking?

-There!

-Oh.

-Hello!

-BABY DORY:
Hello?

-OH, my goodness, it's a child!

-STAN:
Hi, kid. Over here. Hello?

-Hello? Hi.

Hi. I'm Dory. Can you please help me?

Hi, Dory. Are you lost?

-Yeah, where are your parents?

-Um...

I can't remember.

-Oh.

-Well, we'll look around.

Are any of those fish your parents?

Hi, I'm Dory. Can you please help me?

-What?

-Um...

(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

-Honey, you just said that.

-Mmm.

-I did?

-Mm-hmm.

I'm sorry. I suffer from

short-term remembory loss.

-Oh, how awful.

-Short-term memory loss?

Okay, you wait here for one second.

Okay, sweetie pie?

-Stan. Stan. Stan.

-What? What?

What do we do? The poor thing is lost!

-What do you want me to do?

-We have to do somethin'.

-She can't remember a thing!

-She could come from anywhere.

Wow, you are no help today.

Dory? Sweetie? How 'bout we--

She's gone.

Well, that's not good. Hey, Dory!

-Dory!

-Dory!

I'm Dory. I lost my family

Can you help me?

I'm Dory. I suffer from

short-term memory-- (GASPS)

♪ Just keep swimming

Just keep swimming

♪ Just keep swimming

Swimming ♪

Hi. I lost my family. Can you help me?

Where did you see them last?

Well, uh, funny story, but I forgot.

Oh, sweetie,

do you wanna come swim with us?

That is nicest offer

I've gotten all day.

I think. Uh, I can't remember.

Anyhoo, thanks, (CHUCKLES)

but I'm lookin' for someone.

(SIGHS)

Oh. Can't remember. Can't remember.

Can't remember.

-Hi! I'm Dory.

-(FISH GASP)

Was it something I said?

Kiddin'. Okay, you're not coming back.

I was looking for something and I--

Okay, get it. Date night. Have fun.

Well, I hope you find whatever it is

you're looking for.

You and me both?

nd idea what that was?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Okay. Guess we'll hang out another

time. Don't be a stranger... stranger.

Huh?

MARLIN:
A white boat!

They took my son!

-My son! Help me! Please!

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

-Look out!

-(BOTH SCREAMING)

(GROANING)

Oh! Oh, sorry! Are you okay?

-He's gone. He's gone.

-There, there.

-No, he's gone.

-It's all right.

-He's gone.

-It'll be okay.

No, no, they took him away!

I have to find the boat!

A boat? Hey, I've seen a boat!

-You have?

-Uh-huh.

It went this way! Follow me!

Thank you, thank you!

Thank you so much!

(SNORING)

Klaus. Klaus, the pinata's drooping.

(SNORING)

Hand me the ratchet wrench.

I can fix it. Ow!

Hey, Marlin?

(MARLIN SNORING)

Oh. Hey, guys, I was just--

Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!

Dory! It's time to get up yet.

You have to go back to bed.

And remember, the anemone stings.

Oh, right. Yeah. Sorry.

Back to bed, back to bed.

Hey, Marlin? Ow!

Back to bed! That was it.

Very simple. Bed. Back to it.

DORY:
Mmm, got it.

Hey, Marlin?

And we're up. That's it.

Ready to start the day.

-And we were looking for something.

-Nemo.

Right. I remember it

like it was yesterday.

Of course, I don't really remember

yesterday all that well.

(NEMO LAUGHING)

Anyway, I would say the scariest

moment of the trip was the 4 sharks.

NEMO:
Wait, I thought

there were 3 sharks.

MARLIN:
No. No,

there were definitely four.

But last time you told it,

there were three.

Son, which one of us traveled

across the entire ocean?

-Nemo did.

-(YELPS)

Obviously we had to cross the ocean...

to find him, so you know... He went first.

I guess that's true, isn't it?

Well, you made it!

You almost missed the field trip.

A field trip? Ooh, I love field trips!

Where are we going?

-I thought you told her.

-I did tell her!

-Uh... Dory.

-Yeah.

Mr. Ray has too many fish

to keep an eye on today.

Uh-huh.

So it would be best if today

you weren't exactly with the class.

Oh. Why not?

Well, you know, you have problems

remembering things sometimes.

That's the one thing I can remember.

Yes.

Okay. And sometimes it's not your fault,

but it can cause you to wander.

And Mr. Ray doesn't really have time

to worry about fish who wander.

In other words,

he doesn't have enough help.

Poor guy.

You know, he's so overworked.

-You understand.

-I totally understand now.

-Okay.

-Mm-hmm.

He wants me

to be the teacher's assistant.

Uh... No, not exactly.

I am so honored. I have never been

a teaching assistant before.

Mr. Ray! You got help.

(LAUGHS AWKWARDLY)

Oh. Okey dokey.

(STUDENTS LAUGHING)

-All right, kids.

-All right, kids.

-Today's the day!

-Today's the day!

Our field trip to the sting ray migration.

Sting ray migration.

Now, does anyone know

why we migrate?

(COUGHS)

Come on. You gotta know this stuff.

Migration is about going back to...

-Bed!

-Yes!

-No.

-No.

-The sand!

-No! Migration is about going home.

-Home.

-Which is where you're from.

Where you're from.

Can someone tell me

where they're from?

-I live by a giant rock!

-I live 3 coral caves away from here!

My house is covered in algae!

Where'd you grow up, Dory?

Me? Um, I don't know.

My family. Where are they?

-Can I help you?

-(STUDENTS LAUGHING)

I'm sorry. Did I forget again?

You see, I suffer from--

STUDENTS:
Short-term memory loss.

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Andrew Stanton

Andrew Ayers Stanton is an American animator, storyboard artist, film director, screenwriter, producer and voice actor based at Pixar, which he joined in 1990. more…

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