History WesternAnimation / FindingDory

* AnAesop: Similar to the first film, the overall message of the movie is that sometimes we just have to take chances and do something that we never thought we would be able to do. Also, just because someone has a disability doesn't mean they are a liability, and we should give them a chance and support them in their attempts to overcome their obstacles, not holding them back from doing so.

* TitleReadingGag: ** In Episode 4, when the kids find that the story they will {{MST}} is called ''[[https://theloudhousefanon.fandom.com/wiki/Road_Trip_Rage Road Trip Rage]]'', they fear that it will be the third DarkFic in a row.
** In Episode 24, Lucy comments that she doesn't like the sound of it when she sees the story is called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13199789/1/Lincoln-Betrays-Lucy Lincoln Betrays Lucy]]''.
** In Episode 7, when Lola hears that the story is titled ''Diary of a Loud'', she gets excited, thinking it sounds "juicy". [[TemptingFate She doesn't end up liking it.]]
** In Episode 27, Lincoln says, "Uh-oh" after reading the title, which is ''[[https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Austria-Man/L:_A_Town_hates_a_Boy A Town Hates a Boy]]''.
** In Episode 3, when Lincoln reads that the title of the fanfic is ''[[https://theloudhousefanon.fandom.com/wiki/Bad_Blood Bad Blood]]'', he comments that [[TakeThat anyone who sings]] the Music/TaylorSwift song of the same name will get smacked.
** In Episode 28, Sid gets excited when she sees the story is called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13459017/1/The-bestie-that-stole-my-heart-Sid-x-Ronnie-Anne The Bestie That Stole My Heart]]'', since she guesses that she's in the story.
** In Episode 33, when Lynn sees the story is titled ''[[https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Metool_Bard/Fanfiction:_Will_Lynn_Tell%3F Will Lynn Tell?]]'', she comments that it's "neat" to be getting another story about her.
** In Episode 11, Lisa says, "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Ohh, boy!]]" when she learns the title is ''My First Fanfic, I Know it's Really Bad''. Despite this, however, she [[IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam ends up liking the story]].
** In Episode 18, when the kids read that the story is called ''[[https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:DandyAndy1989/Fanfiction_-_Hugh%27s_and_Kisses Hughs and Kisses]]'', the sisters, with the exception of Lily, become lovelorn, since Hugh is their crush.
** In After Dark: 2, when the girls and Bobby read that the title is ''Tryst of Fate'', they comment that they don't know what a tryst even is.
** In After Dark: 3, when the girls and Benny read the title of the story (''Diary of Luan Loud''), they comment that it sounds similar to the story read two episodes ago (''Property of Luan Loud'') and the story read on Episode 7 of the main series (''Diary of a Loud'').
** In Episode 20, Lucy gets excited when she sees the title is ''The Fury of Lincoln Loud'', since she likes the idea of it being about a "[[NightmareFetishist tormented soul]]".

* LookingAMiffedAnimalInTheMouth: Played with in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMv1xKkgI18 Marine Life Interviews]]'' (A short based on ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory''). In the last segment of her interview, Destiny details how Baby Dory used to play hide-and-seek in her mouth, following it up with her suddenly and rather-awkwardly opening her big gaping mouth wide at the viewer, with it taking up the entirety of the screen, and then some. Destiny is a whale shark, which makes it a given that she has a big mouth. However, the trope is averted in that she, and her specific shark species, is a naturally-pacifistic animal who only eats krill and plankton. In this case, she's only opening her mouth either as an example, or as a joke.
-->'''Destiny:''' (opening her mouth at the camera) Ahhh! (muddled and slurred, since she can't close her mouth) Ahhy Ahhy, Ahhen Hree! (Olly Olly, Oxen Free!)

* AcousticLicense: This film gets ''real'' heavy with this one in order to drive the plot. Notable scenes include Dory calling for Destiny from the surface of the ocean near the Marine Life Institute ''all'' the way to Destiny's exhibit and Destiny hears her just fine ''despite the fact she's underwater''. If that's not enough, there's also Marlin calling for Becky from a truck that's already miles away from the Institute and Becky responds ''immediately'' despite disappearing from the film halfway through. For tiny fish, Dory and Marlin sure do have some pipes in them.

* OverprotectiveDad: Marlin is still this to a degree.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: A whale shark (Dory's childhood friend Destiny) and an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_sunfish Ocean Sunfish]] are among some of the animals that Dory encounters on her journey. You can also spot a humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa in [[spoiler: the truck heading for Cleveland]] if you look closely.

** [[spoiler:TheStinger of both movies deal with the Tank Gang. In this movie, the Tank Gang (still in the plastic bags prior to sabotaging Phillip Sherman's Aquascum) gets captured by the a volunteer from the Marine Life Institute and dumped into a live fish transport box.[[note]]Early on, Dory was captured by said volunteer and dumped into the same box.[[/note]] Both times, the volunteer complains "No respect for marine life."]]

** Also, the scene where [[spoiler:Hank and Dory hijack the aquatic animal transport truck in the finale is like the UpToEleven version of the Pizza Planet Truck scene in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'']].

!Spoilers for this movie will be marked as usual. However, due to its nature as the sequel to ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', ''that'' film's spoilers are unmarked here. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!

* AdultFear: The film basically hits all the sore spots for any parent that has to care for a child with cognitive differences, especially with having to carefully supervise them 24/7 and wondering if they could ever fit in with society or survive on their own.

* AwardBaitSong: ''Unforgettable'' by Sia plays over the end credits.

* ContinuityNod:
** As Dory begins to remember her parents, she asks Marlin if he knows what it's like to deeply miss someone he loves. As Dory asks him, Marlin takes a long look at Nemo and answers a quiet "Yes", clearly thinking of Nemo's mother and siblings that died in the first film.
** Marlin exclaims "Not again!" when Dory is snatched by the humans in a boat.
** Destiny the whale shark recognized Dory because of Dory's alleged "ability" to speak whale.
** Dory can read [[spoiler:because she grew up in an aquarium]].

** [[spoiler:As the first movie started with Marlin and his wife Coral looking at the view, the ending does the same thing with him and Dory at the drop-off.]]

* CerebusRetcon: Dory's memory problems are not a RunningGag here. In fact, it's revealed she ''can't even remember her own parents on command''. It puts the throwaway line "It[[note]]Dory's short-term memory loss[[/note]] runs in my family... Where are they?" from the first movie into a completely different context when you realize that Dory forgot about her goal to reunite with her family for an entire year of her life. In fact, that single line is responsible for this movie's very existence, after the writers realized the vast implications of what it could mean for Dory's character.

What lies next for the ''Finding'' saga? Andrew Stanton has been very quiet about it since the film's release; currently, he is busy working on ''Series/StrangerThings'', and Pixar is busy developing original material for the next several years. However, if some fairly optimistic comments from Stanton and the film's sequel hook after the credits are any indication, there's more to come!

* RealityEnsues: [[RealityEnsues/{{Pixar}} See here]].

** Hank the octopus can, like many octopi, survive for a short time outside of water, so long as he remains moist, but real octopi can't leave the water for the extended periods shown in the film. Hank also has two siphons on either side of his face, whereas real octopi have only one on their right side, and he is also shown to have permanently lost a tentacle, whereas real octopi can regrow any arms that have been severed. Additionally, several blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments late in the film show that he has a white ToothStrip shared with many of the fish characters in the film instead of a beak, or at least an atrophied, miscolored beak in the spirit of such (real octopus beaks are black and strongly hooked).

* GaveUpTooSoon: When Becky leaves the bucket containing Marlin and Nemo on a tree branch to eat popcorn, Marlin loses patience and ends up catapulting himself and Nemo into a gift shop aquarium. A few seconds later, Becky takes the empty bucket up to the roof of the quarantine building, which Nemo snarkily points out.

* NoMouth: Hank looks like this most of the time, making him more authentic than the franchise's other octopus character, Pearl, as real octopi have beaks which are hidden among their tentacles and therefore are seldom seen. Hank has a human-like lower lip, in the proper place, which is visible on occasion.

* ShesAManInJapan: Creator/SigourneyWeaver is replaced by a local celebrity in all non-English dubs of the movie. Sometimes (like in the Swedish and Hungarian dubs) said celebrity is male.

** A GiantSquid pursuing and attacking a character named "Nemo" is a clear reference to ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea''. The main difference is that Creator/JulesVerne's ''Captain'' Nemo had a slight comfort and protection in his ship, the ''Nautilus''; Pixar's Nemo doesn't have that advantage and almost got eaten by the Humboldt squid ([[FridgeHorror which meant he would have been]] KilledOffForReal).
** In Disney's film adaptation of ''Film/20000LeaguesUnderTheSea'', Nemo was almost devoured by the squid.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Actually subverted with Music/LouisArmstrong's "What A Wonderful World", [[SoundtrackDissonance/WhatAWonderfulWorld a song known for being used cynically in dark and violent contexts to contrast with its hopeful lyrics]]. While the initial situation it appears in ([[spoiler:a truck flying off of a freeway and landing into the ocean]]) is certainly calamitous, the progression of events ([[spoiler:all the Cleveland-bound marine life being freed and Dory reuniting with her family]]) complement the meaning of the song.

--> '''Marlin:''' Mr. Ray... you've got help.

* TalkingInYourSleep: Still a staple for Dory.

* CuddleBug: The otters.

* DareToBeBadass: Dory, to Hank.

** On the other hand, ''Nemo'' of all characters was written with his father's snarky attitude at times, particularly to remind Marlin that he had screwed up. Nemo's sarcasm usually and rather ironically comes at his father's expense. Sometimes, it may results in a small SnarkToSnarkCombat. Fans are rather divided on this. Time will tell whether it's a permanent trait of Nemo's.