A brief fight over the mask causes Dory's nose to bleed, possessing Bruce into a feeding frenzy. Marlin spots the mask the diver had accidentally lost when Nemo got caught. Marlin and Dory are brought to a get-together by a vegetarian great white shark named Bruce in an old sunken ship. Marlin bumps into a friendly but forgetful blue tang fish named Dory, who offers to help, but reluctantly explains that she suffers from short-term memory loss. Unfortunately, a diver catches him, prompting Marlin to go after his son. At the Drop-off, Marlin indirectly embarrasses his son, to which Nemo angrily berates his father for not letting him do anything and swims toward a boat on the surface. On the first day of school, Marlin hears about a class field trip to the Drop-off, and follows them to insure Nemo's safety.

As a result, one of Nemo's fins is smaller than the other.

Nemo longs to explore the ocean, but Marlin overprotects him due to his wife, Coral, being killed by a barracuda. Nemo is a little clownfish who lives a quiet life with his dad, Marlin, on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Released theatrically in the United States on November 4, 2029, the film grossed $457 million worldwide against its $111 million budget, and received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its visual effects, musical score, and performances, but criticism for its lack of originality and facial emotion on the characters.

Andrew Stanton returned as screenwriter alongside Jim Taylor. The music for the film was composed by Geoff Zanelli and Harry Gregson-Williams. Kristen Bell was going to voice Dory, but left the project due to creative differences, and was replaced with Kendrick. Will Ferrell signed up as the voice of Marlin. Though primarily a photorealistic animated film, it does contain live-action humans in the Dentist's Office sequences.

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