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And Marlin will save the day, like how in the first film, Nemo saved the day with his swimming down technique he learned from Gill, and in the second one, Dory saved the day using her memory. Except in this one, Marlin's name isn't in the title like Nemo and Dory's were. This way, all of the main three will have had a save the day moment.
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* Except whale sharks in the wild probably locate plankton by smell, sound, and/or movement, not by sight. Their eyes can't even point forward to look at what they're eating. Destiny may have been fed fish because the alternative - ladling krill into her mouth by the bucket-load, the way the Georgia Aquarium feeds theirs - would've accustomed her to hand-feeding so much that she wouldn't have been releasable.
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[[WMG: Dory's friends were genetically modified by the Institute]]
The researchers have been experimenting with gene manipulation in an attempt to make the species more adaptable to other habitats. These particular animals developed major, seemingly unrelated side effects, which explains their [[ArtisticLicenseBiology weird traits]]:

Destiny- Variety of diet expanded to include large fish, but suffered serious vision loss.

Bailey- Ability to thrive in radically different climates (Arctic Circle vs Australia), but experienced negative effects to echolocation. He's shown using it later in the film, but the loss may have only been temporary.

Hank- Can survive and easily maneuver on dry land for extended periods of time, but is unable to regrow missing limbs.
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[[WMG: Hank's missing tentacle was ripped off.]]
Which is why he doesn't like being touched.
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[[WMG: Hank didn't lose one of his tentacles in some mysterious and traumatic event...]]
...He lost it when he turned on the garbage disposal. After all, he did say he'd "already lost one tentacle for you."
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[[WMG: Destiny is fed fish because of her nearsightedness.]]
In the wild, whale sharks feed on krill and other plankton, but because Destiny can't see well enough to differentiate clouds of plankton from anything else, the staff of the Marine Life Institute feed her dead fish, which are bigger and easier to see.

[[WMG: Destiny learned to speak whale from a former neighbor.]]
Bailey is implied to have arrived at the Institute after Dory's time there, but he might not have been the first cetacean at the Institute. Destiny is a whale shark (a fish, not a mammal), but due to being called a "whale" shark she identified with whales and learned to speak like them from a previous neighbor. Then she taught it to Dory.
* In addition, Bailey can speak fish because of the fact that he's a beluga; the beluga has some of the most complex vocal abilities of any whale and so he is able to be multilingual.

[[WMG: Dory's short-term memory is a result of her parents' capture.]]
Blue tangs can't breed in captivity, so Dory's mother Jenny must have been pregnant at the time she and Charlie were captured and put into the Institute. Tropical fish collectors sometimes illegally douse fish with cyanide to make them easier to capture. Because of cyanide poisoning, all but one of Jenny's eggs died, and the surviving one suffered from short-term memory loss.
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He feels embarrassed about his anomaly, so he tells others he lost it in a NoodleIncident . This would explain why it has not regenerated.

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He feels embarrassed about great shame towards his anomaly, deformity, so he tells others he lost it in a NoodleIncident . This would explain why it has not regenerated.



They aren't lesbians.

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They aren't lesbians.
lesbians, probably close friends.
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[[WMG: The tank gang aren't in the same bags from the original film, but somehow ended up re-bagged before their appearance in the stinger.]]
Thus explaining how the hell they're still alive.

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[[WMG: Hank was his own worst enemy]]

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[[WMG: The third film (if there is one) will be titled [[spoiler: ''Finding Tank Gang''.]]]]
And a [[spoiler: [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight very real]] Flo]] will be a major character.
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[[WMG: Hank was his own worst enemy]]
So Hank's main objective is to be sent to Cleveland and not released back into the ocean. It's also implied he's escaped before from wherever he's supposed to be. But wouldn't his escaping kind of prove to the humans that he's well enough to be released? In fact, they may have interpreted his escape attempts to be him trying to get back to the ocean.
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Despite being referred to as "the two women with the baby," they, themselves, [[CowboyBeabopAtHisComputer are never seen with one]]. They're only referred to it because, [[TrailersAlwaysLie in the trailer]], they're seen putting a sippy cup into a baby carriage. In the move proper, that sippy cup contains Dory and she and Hank stole the carriage, and one of the women puts her back because she assumes a baby knocked it over... and when they see Hank inside posing as the baby, one grabs the other's arm and they bolt, clearly freaked out.

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Despite being referred to as "the two women with the baby," they, themselves, [[CowboyBeabopAtHisComputer [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer are never seen with one]]. They're only referred to it because, [[TrailersAlwaysLie in the trailer]], they're seen putting a sippy cup into a baby carriage. In the move proper, that sippy cup contains Dory and she and Hank stole the carriage, and one of the women puts her back because she assumes a baby knocked it over... and when they see Hank inside posing as the baby, one grabs the other's arm and they bolt, clearly freaked out.
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[[WMG: The two women ([[LesYay you know the ones]])...]]
They aren't lesbians.

Despite being referred to as "the two women with the baby," they, themselves, [[CowboyBeabopAtHisComputer are never seen with one]]. They're only referred to it because, [[TrailersAlwaysLie in the trailer]], they're seen putting a sippy cup into a baby carriage. In the move proper, that sippy cup contains Dory and she and Hank stole the carriage, and one of the women puts her back because she assumes a baby knocked it over... and when they see Hank inside posing as the baby, one grabs the other's arm and they bolt, clearly freaked out.

However, they aren't not lesbians because they don't have a baby, so much as they don't have...well, [[FlatCharacter anything]]. Those two are in the film for two (extremely short, less than three seconds) shots and only as an extremely brief obstacle Dory and Hank face. However fans might interpret them to be (as [[ShrugOfGod they've been encouraged to do]]), it's safe to assume the filmmakers didn't put enough thought into those extras' personalities or even their names for them to care about whether or not they were lesbians.
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* More or less confirmed. While Dory's always had her memory issues, the plot kicks off because she finally remembers her parents, and the main goal is to track them down.



* Confirmed. A fish in the touch exhibit is named Hans.

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* Confirmed. A Dory mishears a fish in the touch exhibit is named Hans.
and thinks he's saying "Hans" instead of "hands".



* Confirmed.

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* Confirmed.
Confirmed. The main goal of the film is to reunite Dory with her parents, and Dory's childhood is shown through flashbacks.
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* Jossed. They remain PlatonicLifePartners throughout the film.




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* Jossed. She learned it by speaking to Destiny through the pipe system.



* [[spoiler: Original WMG Jossed, TakeAThirdOption theory that everyone just moves to the reef Confirmed.]]

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* [[spoiler: Original WMG Jossed, TakeAThirdOption theory that everyone just moves Marlin and Nemo discuss the likelihood of this partway through the film, but it's ultimately Jossed. Dory's parents had gotten released from the Institute shortly after Dory's disappearance, so they were able to join the others at the reef Confirmed.once reunited with their daughter.]]


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* That might explain why he was in the aquarium in the first place, as well as his hatred towards the ocean.
* Not to mention it fits the theme of handicapped characters in the films, such as Dory's short term memory loss, Nemo's injured fin, Destiny's nearsightedness, and Bailey's supposed lack of echolocation [[spoiler: which turns out to actually be made up]].
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*Her name was Talia.
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[[WMG: Hank was born with seven tentacles.]]
He feels embarrassed about his anomaly, so he tells others he lost it in a NoodleIncident . This would explain why it has not regenerated.
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** I'm not the only one who thinks this?!?
** Jossed. Despite his grumpy personality, [[spoiler: he plays a major role in helping Dory, as well as the other animals who were being sent to Cleveland]], in the film.

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** * I'm not the only one who thinks this?!?
** * Jossed. Despite his grumpy personality, [[spoiler: he plays a major role in helping Dory, as well as the other animals who were being sent to Cleveland]], in the film.
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* Confirmed. Her parents (and others oof her kind) are normal.

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* Confirmed. Her parents (and others oof of her kind) are normal.




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* Mostly Jossed, but Confirmed in that ''do'' get an appearance in TheStinger.




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*Jossed, no mention is made of exotic fish as pets at all.




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* Confirmed that the amnesia is a source of angst, but Jossed in that she's always been that way.




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* Jossed, [[spoiler:being released into the wild was an accident.]]




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* [[spoiler: Original WMG Jossed, TakeAThirdOption theory that everyone just moves to the reef Confirmed.]]
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*Confirmed. Her parents (and others oof her kind) are normal.




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*Jossed. No mention of her was given anywhere.




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* Jossed.

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* Jossed.
Confirmed. A fish in the touch exhibit is named Hans.
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* If the Open Ocean exhibit at the Marine Life Institute counts, this is confirmed.

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* If [[spoiler: the Open Ocean exhibit exhibit]] at the Marine Life Institute counts, this is confirmed.

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[[WMG: Hans will have a cameo in the movie or will be mentioned]]

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\n* Jossed.

[[WMG: Hans will have a cameo in the movie or will be mentioned]]
mentioned.]]
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** Jossed. Despite his grumpy personality, [[spoiler: he plays a major role in helping Dory, as well as the other animals who were being sent to Cleveland]], in the film.
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** I'm not the only one who thinks this?!?this?!?
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From the preview clip Pixar had shown to us before the film's release involving him and the trailer released around the same time, Hank calls Dory an insulting name and makes fun of her being in quarantine, notices that she's not willing to survive the environment she will be put in and tells her that her talking is annoying. He also speaks in a deep and gruff voice.

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From the preview clip Pixar had shown to us before the film's release involving him and the trailer released around the same time, Hank calls Dory an insulting name and makes fun of her being in quarantine, notices that she's not willing to survive the environment she will be put in and tells her that her talking is annoying. He also speaks in a deep and gruff voice.voice, and in some of the TV ads and in the Little Golden Book based off the film, he is holding a weapon that looks like a stick.
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* Adding to this, it'll be a shallow water anglerfish (the kinds with food lures instead of glowy lures), to differentiate her from the deep-sea anglerfish that tried to kill Marlin and Dory. Bonus points if she's also living in the aquarium.
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[[WMG: There will be a transgender stingray in the movie]]
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Considering that they are absent from the trailers and promotional images for the film, it is possible they might appear only in [[TheStinger a post-credits scene]]. But hey, I could be wrong.
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From the preview clip Pixar had shown to us before the film's release involving him and the trailer released around the same time, Hank calls Dory an insulting name and makes fun of her being in quarantine, notices that she's not willing to survive the environment she will be put in and tells her that her talking is annoying. He also speaks in a deep and gruff voice.

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From the preview clip Pixar had shown to us before the film's release involving him and the trailer released around the same time, Hank calls Dory an insulting name and makes fun of her being in quarantine, notices that she's not willing to survive the environment she will be put in and tells her that her talking is annoying. He also speaks in a deep and gruff voice.voice.
** I'm not the only one who thinks this?!?
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[[WMG: Hans will have a cameo in the movie or will be mentioned]]

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