Is Dory the fish a girl or boy?

According to director Andrew Stanton on the audio commentary for the Finding Nemo DVD, in the original story, Dory was going to be a male character but when Stanton went home to write the script his wife was watching The Ellen DeGeneres Show and when he heard DeGeneres' voice he decided to change Dory to a female and ...
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Is Bailey from Finding Dory a boy or girl?

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He is a beluga whale who used to live in the Marine Life Institute along with his companion Destiny, a whale shark, until he and Destiny escape their exhibits after Dory tells them she found her parents, Charlie and Jenny.
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Is Peach from Nemo a girl or boy?

Can't hear you, Peach. Peach is a main character in Finding Nemo and a minor character in Finding Dory. She is a pink-red starfish. She was purchased by the dentist on eBay.
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What is Dory's real name?

On coral reefs, “Dory,” the small vibrant blue fish with black stripes and a yellow tail, is known by several other names: Hippo Tang, Royal Blue Tang, Regal Tang, Palette Surgeonfish and by the scientific name Paracanthurus hepatus.
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Who is Dory's boyfriend?

Plot. Search Party depicts the lives of New York City resident Dory Sief, her passive boyfriend Drew Gardner, flamboyant show-off Elliott Goss, and flighty actress Portia Davenport.
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Who is Nemo's girlfriend?

Darla Sherman is small and 8 years old (according to Philip in the film and Pixarpedia), she has fair skin, red hair with pigtails, green eyes, braces with headgear, white turtleneck with a black spot in the center, purple long-sleeved shirt with white and pink sparkling letters that say "Rock n Roll Girl," yellow ...
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Who was Dory to Nemo?

One year after Nemo's rescue, Dory is the next-door neighbor to Marlin and Nemo, living in a purple coral bowl, similar to her original home. As she awakes in the middle of the night, she continues to wake up the duo and sting herself on the anemone until Marlin gives up and gets up for the day.
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How did Dory lose her memory?

This means that Dory's short term memory loss is hereditary, at least, according to Dory herself. Meaning, she wasn't in an accident that caused her to lose her memory but inherited it from her family of other Blue Tangs. This makes it even more important for Dory to find her family in Finding Dory.
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How did Dory get lost?

One day, curious as she was, Dory saw a beautiful purple shell for her mom, which her parents often collected and placed in the sand to guide Dory home, and she swam too far out to collect it. Dory was swept up in the in a strong current of the pipes, or the “undertow” as they called it, and was carried out to sea.
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What does Dory suffer from?

Amnesia in the movies. The character Dory from the movies Finding Nemo and Finding Dory is an example of a movie character who has amnesia, or memory loss. Some of the things that Dory does in the movies are a lot like real-life amnesia. For example, Dory forgets that she has met Marlin, another character in the movie.
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Is Nemo's dad a girl?

Nemo hatches as an undifferentiated hermaphrodite (as all clownfish are born) while his father transforms into a female now that his female mate is dead. Since Nemo is the only other clownfish around, he becomes a male and mates with his father (who is now a female).
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What jellyfish is in Nemo?

Squishy, as nicknamed by Dory, is a tiny jellyfish Dory encounters after Marlin decides that he and Dory swim over the trench (rather than through it, as previously told by the school of Moonfish because it had death written all over it).
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What animal is Crush in Finding Nemo?

Crush is a character in Finding Nemo. He is a green sea turtle who speaks in the manner of a surfer dude.
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How many years was Dory lost?

Justin: It's 13 years on, obviously, from the original film.
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Is Dory a whale?

Trivia. She might be the reason why Dory can speak whale, even though she's not a true whale, but rather a shark.
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Why is Dory called Dory?

The common name dory (from the Middle English dorre, from the Middle French doree, lit. "gilded one") is shared (officially and colloquially) by members of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
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How old is Nemo in Finding Nemo?

Nemo is a curious and impressionable six-year-old, only child who lives with his overprotective, single-parent father, Marlin. Having led a sheltered life, Nemo brims with the excitement of starting school and finally seeing the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef.
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What is Dory food?

Buying, Cooking, and Recipes

John Dory is a delicious fish with delicate white flesh and a firm, flaky texture. A saltwater fish, it has a mild, slightly sweet flavor, and can be served sautéed, baked, steamed, poached, or even coated in breadcrumbs and fried.
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Is Nemo's mom alive?

In classic Disney fashion, Finding Nemo kills off a parent pretty much immediately. Nemo's opening scene reveals that Nemo's mom, Coral, was killed by a barracuda. In the film, this just makes Marlin that much more protective of his son.
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What is Dory's disability?

The main character Dory, is a lovable but forgetful fish. She has suffered from short-term memory loss since she was a baby. In “Finding Dory,” Dory is on a quest to find her long-forgotten parents. She never lets her disability get in her way, or lets her disabilities weaken her faith.
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What disability does Nemo have?

Finding Nemo/Finding Dory

Characters who have/may have additional needs or disabilities: Nemo – he has a deformed fin on the right side, which is called his 'lucky fin'.
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Is Nemo based on a true story?

Finding Nemo is based on a true story

In his introduction to "The Art of 'Finding Nemo,'" Stanton recalls how the movie began taking shape all the way back in his childhood: "I remember going to my family dentist, who had this funky fish tank in his office ...
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Is Nemo real?

Here it is, folks: the eponymous character of this children's animated epic, Nemo, doesn't actually exist. Finding Nemo is in fact the tale of a psychologically damaged clown fish who must go on a personal journey as he tries to overcome the pain and fear caused by the loss of his family.
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Is Finding Dory real?

The Marine Life Institute (shortened as MLI) is a fictional aquarium seen in the 2016 Disney/Pixar animated film, Finding Dory, located in Morro Bay, California. It is the place where Dory was born to her parents Charlie and Jenny.
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