Corrected entry: When Nemo actually jams the fishtank filter gears and the others are trying to get him out, how did he get out so fast? We saw when he failed to jam it that the tube to get out in was tight and took a little while to get through. But it only takes him several seconds.
Corrected entry: Darla comes to see her uncle on her eighth birthday. She is wearing braces. They shouldn't be fitted until after all the milk teeth are out (I know, because an orthodontist messed up on mine).
Correction: My daughter had her "phase one" braces around that time. They can be done early (and on baby teeth) if they are messed up enough.
Corrected entry: When Nemo swims out toward the boat, the ocean around them is clear. So how come the fish didn't see the two divers?
Correction: The divers were on the ocean floor and swam upwards toward the dropoff when the dentist spotted Nemo (remember, the dentist thought he had 'saved' a struggling Nemo). It's possible that Nemo, Marlin and friends didn't notice the drivers below as they were so focused on themselves and the boat.
Corrected entry: In the scene when Bruce is chasing Dory and Marlin, the mask gets stuck in Bruce's mouth. At first, the mask is in the left side of his mouth, but when Dory and Marlin are in the hole in the sub where the torpedo is, the mask is in the right side of his mouth. Once the torpedo is released into Bruce's mouth, the mask is on the left side again. (00:24:05)
Correction: If you look close when Bruce is slamming his head into the tube, the mask is not hooked to his teeth. It is just floating in his mouth so it could get jarred from one side to the other while his is going nuts.
Corrected entry: The address on the mask says that the dentist is in Sydney, although he doesn't actually live in the city of Sydney. You see, the opera house is located on the southern side of the Sydney harbour bridge and you can see it when there are shots looking out of the dentist's window on the opposite side of the harbour. So in actual fact, the dentist's address should be either North Sydney, Kirribilli, or Cremorne as these are the suburbs on the north side of the harbour that would have those views of Sydney harbour. Even the city of Sydney has different towns within it so it would of been impossible to find Nemo with the information on the mask if it hadn't been for the pelican.
Correction: The window that you can see the opera house through is the window of the dentist's office, where he works. He would not want a lost mask mailed to his office, but to his home, and a person who makes as much money as a dentist, doesn't live in their office. The dentist lives in Sydney, his practice is in North Sydney or wherever. They never make their way to the specific address on the mask, as the pelican takes them to where Nemo is, which could easily be somewhere else.
Corrected entry: When Nemo gets stuck inside the tube (after the pebble dislodges), the tank fish band to free him. As the others bring the plant to push up the tube, Bubbles uses his tail to slap off a cap on the bottom of the tube that was not there previously. Further, it never reappears in the film from that point on.
Correction: Actually the cap is there when Nemo gets stuck in the tube. It is pretty much the only thing keeping him from getting sucked in all the way. Also the cap is at the bottom of the tank later on where it should be. You can see it when Nemo grabs the rock and is swimming up to the filter to stop it after hearing his dad is coming for him.
Corrected entry: When the 'but' is motoring rapidly away from the site where it picked up Nemo, it can be seen in one of the above-water shots still flying the red-and-white 'Diver Down' warning flag. Clearly, the two divers are IN the boat at this time.
Correction: The flag is still present, true, but it's at the BOTTOM of the pole; in other words, it's been lowered and is no longer "flying".
Corrected entry: When Marlin and Dory are nearing Sydney and are about to be eaten by the whale, Dory says "Oh look, Krill" but Krill are only found in the antarctic near the polar ice caps, not near Sydney.
Correction: There are actually 85 species of krill worldwide. They inhabit many marine ecosystems on the planet, including Eastern Australia. The Antarctic krill is certainly the most abundant but they are not the ONLY krill. 2 References provided below.
Corrected entry: In the scene when Nigel the Pelican tells the Seagulls to "Shut Up," he overhears a conversation between a few pelicans nearby talking about Nemo. So he quickly runs to them and wants in on the info. All he heard was "Last I heard he was heading towards the harbour" before he quickly flew to the tank where Nemo is in. When he gets there he talks about Marlin travelling to Sydney, but he also talks about him battling sharks and jellyfish. Not only that he knows his name "Marlin." When all that he heard from the group of pelicans was "Last I heard he was heading towards the harbour".
Correction: He actually heard the whole story. While the seagulls are chasing the crab, the other pelicans are telling Nigel the story. When the camera again shows Nigel, he is hearing the ending of the story. This is just a normal cross-cutting trick in movies so that they don't have to tell the whole tale over again, just to make a character aware of it.
Corrected entry: In the scene showing Marlin holding the egg that would become Nemo his fins were white. Later his fins are orange.
Correction: Marlin's fins are white because of the moonlight. He is actually a little bit more pale than usual in that scene. The Fins are really thin and they could have looked white because of it.
Corrected entry: In the scene in the fish tank where they all say where they are from the starfish says that it is from ebay which is untrue because you are not allowed to sell animals on ebay.
Correction: Except that is a fairly recent addition to Ebay's rules. We have no way of knowing how long the dentist has owned his fish; he could have acquired them long before the rule went into effect.
Corrected entry: If the fish in the dentist's surgery think you get flushed down the toilet when you die, why doesn't Nemo just play dead in the tank, the way he does later on in the film in the bag, then he will get flushed and be free? Which is much easier and quicker than Gill's plan.
Correction: Because the original plan allowed for ALL the fish to escape, so by letting the tank get dirty they could ALL be put into bags and go out the window. Nemo only played dead to be flushed when their original plan didn't work, and he was about to be given to the Dentist's niece who has a tendancy to kill fish.
Corrected entry: How can Dory tell Nemo's dad she has a short term memory problem if she has a short term memory problem?
Correction: Short-term memory loss is not a short-term condition; that is, Dory has probably had the condition for a long time and so is better able to remember the fact that she has it.
Corrected entry: When Nemo is in the fishtank there is a blue fish who thinks her reflection is her sister - why does no one else have a reflection?
Correction: They do have reflections. In one of the scenes where the camera is behind them and looking past them while they look at the dentist, reflections for all of them can be seen. They must just ignore their own reflections.
Corrected entry: When Nemo is sent down the drain, the water would be freshwater. Saltwater fish cannot physically survive in freshwater, so therefore, Nemo would be dead or at least knocked out by the time he gets out.
Correction: Nemo only spent about a minute or so out of the water. Freshwater wouldn't kill him instantly - and the minute he was in the drain would probably tire, disorient him, etc. It wouldn't immediately kill him. I once had a fish jump out of a bucket onto my floor for about 3 mins, and he was just fine when we scooped him up and put him back.
Corrected entry: When the whale arrives in the background its tail fin is vertical. Only fish tails are vertical, whales have horizontal tails.
Correction: I've watched this scene multiple times and the whale's tail is horizontal throughout the whole scene.
Corrected entry: When Nemo goes up the filter the second time, the tank fish apparently pull up the same fake plant from the same spot they pulled it up the first time he got stuck in the filter. Since when did plastic aquarium plants grow back?
Correction: The plant is actually a fake plant. It was replaced in its correct spot after the first time they used it, so therefore, it was still there when they needed it again.
Corrected entry: In a few scenes, you get clear views of the inside of the filter. All that appears to be inside it is the rotating fan that Nemo jams. Shouldn't there be some kind of changeable filter pad? It seems impossible that the filter could actually clean the tank with just a rotating fan.
Correction: The wheel is actually called a "Bio Wheel", which is a filter. The wheel over time will develop bacteria, which kills any foreign material in the water that flows over it. Sometimes you will find charcoal bags in the filter case but it all depends on what type of inhabitance you have in your tank.
Correction: Couple of possibilities including: 1) the usual theatrical device of time compression, not showing every single event that occurs onscreen; 2) the fact that because the filter is OFF this time, Nemo doesn't have to struggle against the current and can get out much more quickly.
Phil C.