48 Fun Facts About Finding Dory

What species of fish is Dory?

Regal blue tang. When the film opened, every pet blue tang had been caught on a wild reef; weeks later, Florida biologists bred the species in captivity for the first time.

Sia covers which Nat King Cole standard over the end credits of Finding Dory?

Unforgettable. The choice echoes the film's tagline about its forgetful heroine: "An unforgettable journey she probably won't remember."

Who voices Dory?

Ellen DeGeneres. When Pixar finally announced the sequel in 2013, she joked that she wasn't mad about the wait because the studio had been busy making "Toy Story 16".

What are the names of Dory's parents?

Jenny and Charlie. Flashbacks reveal that they came up with Dory's motto, singing "just keep swimming" to comfort their forgetful daughter.

Who voices Dory's mother?

Diane Keaton voices Dory's mother. In a flashback, young Dory is trying to cheer her up when the undertow sweeps her out of the aquarium and into the open sea.

Where does Dory remember her parents living?

The Jewel of Morro Bay, California. It turns out to be the nickname of the Marine Life Institute, the aquarium where Dory grew up, not a spot on the seabed.

Crush rode the East Australian Current in Finding Nemo; which current does he ride with Dory?

The California Current. The real one hugs the North American coast and flows south, so it could never carry a turtle across the Pacific from Australia.

What creature does Dory accidentally wake in the sunken container ship?

A giant squid. It nearly devours Nemo, and soon afterwards Dory surfaces alone and is scooped up by staff from the Marine Life Institute.

Dory is tagged for transfer to an aquarium in which city?

Cleveland. Hank wants her transfer tag because he would rather live out his days in a quiet tank there than be released into the ocean.

What sets Hank apart from other octopuses in Finding Dory?

He has seven tentacles, not eight, which makes him a "septopus". It hardly slows him: he camouflages himself against walls and railings to smuggle Dory around the institute.

Who voices Hank the octopus in Finding Dory?

Ed O'Neill. His Hank starts out dreading the ocean and scheming for a quiet life behind glass, yet ends the film living on the reef with Dory.

What kind of animal is Destiny in Finding Dory?

A whale shark. Destiny is so nearsighted that she keeps bumping into the walls of her tank, and as a child she chatted with Dory through the pipes.

Who voices Dory's childhood friend Destiny in Finding Dory?

Kaitlin Olson. Her Destiny is embarrassed by her clumsy swimming, the product of poor eyesight, until Dory tells her she swims beautifully.

In Finding Dory, Bailey the beluga believes he has lost which ability?

Echolocation. He blames a knock on the head, but with Destiny's coaxing he gets it working again and uses it to guide Dory through the pipes.

Which Modern Family star voices Bailey the beluga in Finding Dory?

Ty Burrell. His Bailey arrived at the institute with a head injury and is convinced it left lasting damage, though the doctors there can find nothing wrong with him.

What is the name of the common loon who helps Marlin and Nemo in Finding Dory?

Becky. The sea lions trick a rival out of his bucket so that she can fly Marlin and Nemo, water and all, into the institute.

Which two British actors voice the sea lions Fluke and Rudder in Finding Dory?

Idris Elba and Dominic West. The former co-stars of The Wire play lazy sea lions who keep barking a rival off the rock where they nap.

How do Dory's parents help her find her way home?

They lay trails of shells. Her parents spent years setting out trail after trail, all leading back to the tire where they waited, hoping she would stumble on one.

How do Dory and Hank free the truckload of fish in Finding Dory?

They crash the vehicle into the sea. After talking Hank out of a life in captivity, Dory has him hijack the truck and drive it off the road, freeing every fish aboard.

Who turns up in Finding Dory's post-credits scene, still in algae-covered plastic bags?

The Tank Gang. After a year adrift they finally reach California, only to be scooped up at once by staff from the Marine Life Institute.

Why was Nemo recast for Finding Dory?

A deeper voice. Alexander Gould, who began recording Nemo at seven, was an adult by the sequel and returns in a cameo as a delivery truck driver.

In Finding Dory, what does Hank do when a child pokes him in the touch pool?

He squirts ink. The cloud scares off the grabbing hands, in a sequence that grew out of the very first story meetings about where Dory's journey might lead.

Which actress voices the institute's announcements in Finding Dory, playing herself?

Sigourney Weaver. She had replaced David Attenborough as narrator of Planet Earth in the US, and the director thought it would be funny to have that voice of nature play herself.

Which SNL pair voice the kelp bass couple Stan and Inez in Finding Dory?

Bill Hader and Kate McKinnon. Their kelp bass couple are among the first fish the lost young Dory asks for help, long before she ever meets Marlin.

Who voices Crush the sea turtle in Finding Dory?

Andrew Stanton. The man behind the laid-back turtle is the film's own director, who also slips into the cast as a clam and a few of the seagulls.

In Finding Dory, which animals does Dory send onto a bridge to stop the traffic?

Sea otters. Dory has them hold a "cuddle party" in the road, and the traffic grinds to a halt, the truck carrying Marlin and Nemo included.

Which comedian returns as the voice of Marlin in Finding Dory?

Albert Brooks. His Marlin snaps that forgetting is what Dory does best, then spends the rest of the film trying to find her and take it back.

Which short-lived Disney studio was set up to make a Finding Nemo sequel without Pixar?

Circle Seven Animation. Once Disney bought Pixar in 2006 the studio had no purpose, and it closed without releasing a film or seeing any of its scripts used.

A scrapped sequel named Nemo's twin Remy, like which Pixar film's hero?

Ratatouille, whose rat chef is also Remy. The twin came from a script Disney commissioned without Pixar, in which Marlin is the one who gets captured and needs rescuing.

In Finding Dory, what is Nemo's class on a field trip to watch when Dory's memories stir?

A stingray migration. On the outing the word "undertow" jolts loose a flashback, and Dory realises she has a family to find.

Which box-office flop did Finding Dory's director make before returning to Pixar for the sequel?

John Carter. He had meant to write a second Carter film next, and said that when that fell away "everything slid up", bringing the fish sequel forward.

Rewatching Finding Nemo for its 3D re-release left the director with which worry, the seed of Finding Dory?

Dory could get lost again. He said "the parental side of me was worried", and he kept the idea to himself until he had a story he trusted in early 2012.

Which California aquarium did Pixar's artists study to design the Marine Life Institute in Finding Dory?

Monterey Bay Aquarium. The film's production designer studied its kelp forest tank to build the leafy ceiling over the characters, and its animals served as models.

Which documentary prompted Pixar to rewrite the ending of Finding Dory?

Blackfish. After Pixar's leaders watched the film about captive orcas, the script's SeaWorld-style marine park was reworked so that its animals are given the choice to leave.

Who co-directed Finding Dory?

Angus MacLane. He was asked at the wrap party for Brave, for a job the director called a "jack of all trades", and later directed Lightyear himself.

Which Pixar software was re-engineered to make the light in Finding Dory look more realistic?

RenderMan. Pixar overhauled its renderer so that light passing through water would look more real, one of the larger changes to the software in 25 years.

Who composed the score for Finding Dory?

Thomas Newman. Pixar's first four films all went to his cousin Randy Newman; Finding Nemo broke the run with Thomas, and the sequel kept him.

Which Pixar short played before Finding Dory in theaters?

Piper. Its director got the idea on runs along the shore near Pixar's studio, watching birds flee each wave and dash back to feed; the short won an Oscar.

Which Pixar film took the November 2015 slot that Finding Dory vacated?

The Good Dinosaur. Pixar pushed it back a year and a half after its director left, which meant no Pixar film at all in 2014 and a June 2016 date for Dory.

At which Hollywood theatre did Finding Dory hold its world premiere?

El Capitan Theatre. Disney owns the restored movie palace and stages most of its premieres there; Dory's came nine days before the film opened across America.

Which Pixar sequel took the animated opening-weekend record in North America from Finding Dory?

Incredibles 2. Its $182.7 million debut in 2018 ended a two-year reign for Dory, whose $135.1 million opening had toppled a record that stood for nine years.

Which DreamWorks film did Finding Dory overtake in 2016 to become North America's highest-grossing animated film?

Shrek 2. The ogre sequel had held the record for 12 years, and Dory swam past its $441.2 million in just 30 days.

Which film topped the US box office the weekend Finding Dory fell from number one?

The Secret Life of Pets. Dory had led for three weekends, and even as the rival cartoon took over it passed The Lion King as Disney's biggest animated hit in North America.

Which country was Finding Dory's biggest market outside North America?

Japan. Pixar's fish were following form: Japan had also been the biggest overseas market for Finding Nemo and Monsters, Inc. before it.

Which exhibit of the Marine Life Institute was Dory's childhood home in Finding Dory?

Open Ocean. Destiny tells Dory she came from there, so Hank carries her across the park to reach it, at one point inside a coffee pot.

In Finding Dory, Hank learns from a sign that an octopus has three of which organ?

Hearts. Hank has no idea until Dory mentions it, and the exhibit sign proves his forgetful passenger right.

A 2019 study found US imports of Dory's species did what after the film?

They did not increase. Online searches for the fish jumped for a few weeks, but the researchers found no matching rise in the number actually shipped into the country.

Which title did Pixar give the Dory short it announced in 2026?

Loving Dory. Its star had said in 2024 that she was finished with show business, answering a fan's plea for more of the character with "I'm going bye-bye, remember."