Fun fact: Blue Tangs (The Dory fish) have a venomous spine near their tail fin. It’s their primary form of self defense. Dory was running around with the fish equivalent of a shiv the entire movie and just forgot. It’s very on brand for her but I will never get over it. And maybe some of you are thinking “It’s a kid’s movie. Maybe they didn’t include that feature.”. Nah! It’s there! They took the time to draw it. Baby girl is clueless and armed.
I saw these bootleg "Finding Nemo 2" figurines in a dollar store today. At first glance, there wasn't anything particularly notable about it, besides the yellow Marlin and incorrect sequel name.
But the BACK of the box is where things get weirder…
The back has promo renders of the Finding Nemo characters on it. But the one of Nigel carrying Dory and Marlin in his beak has been edited to have them all be covered in oil!
It turns out this pic and the Finding Nemo 2 logo were swiped from a series of parody posters made by blogger Chibiboto.
The posters were made in 2010 in response to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, highlighting how much damage it had done to the environment. I guess the bootleggers looked up "Finding Nemo 2" on Google, and mistook the Nigel one for a real poster!