
He wonders aloud if Nemo (Alexander Gould) shouldn’t delay school another year, but Nemo is determine to attend school and make friends. Wisely, Marlin has moved to an anemone in a more central location, far enough away from the dreaded open ocean. If Marlin was a worrier before, now he’s a hovering world-class worry wart. The remaining egg is slightly damaged, but the baby fish survives and is named Nemo.ĭue to the damage of the egg, one of Nemo’s front fins is much smaller than the other. When he wakes up, his wife and all the eggs except one are gone. As Coral heads toward the eggs, Marlin attempts to defend his wife and unborn kids, but is knocked unconscious, falling into the safety of the anemone. Coral is faced with a choice–the safety of the anemone whose stinging tentacles would keep her safe or protecting their clutch of eggs. Cue in ominous music and a dark figure looming in the distance. In a small nook below their home, Marlin and Coral have already laid their clutch of eggs and are discussing baby names, when Marlin notices that the other coral fish have disappeared. Baby fish don’t have to worry about falling but the deep ocean isn’t a safe place for the small colorful coral fish. Then think of all the dangers living cliffside entails. Think of the beautiful view that houses on a cliff have. Marlin has found a place with a view, a large anemone that overlooks the end of the Great Barrier Reef and into the wide and seemingly endless ocean. We first meet the happy couple, Coral (voiced by Elizabeth Perkins) and Marlin (an always anxious Albert Brooks). The mother fish, Coral, is quickly dispatched. Life on the coral reef looks beautiful, but at the onset, we understand that death is always a possibility.
