Nigel
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta eat.
Played by Geoffrey Rush 
Finding Nemo (2003) · 89 quotes
Finding Nemo (2003) · 89 quotes
Scenes with Nigel
5 scenes Nigel
Nigel
Okay. Don't make any sudden moves. Hop inside my mouth, if you want to live.
Nigel
Alright! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! [crashes into the window with a thump]
Philip Sherman
[accidentally pulls The Prime Minister's tooth in snapped]
What the?!
Man
UAAAAGHHH!!!!!! Ooooooooohhh..!!!
Philip Sherman
Well, that's uh, one way to pull a tooth. [laughs and opens the window]
Man
Oooh. Ooooooh.
Philip Sherman
Hm. Darn kids. Well, good thing I pulled the right one, eh, prime minister?
Man
Oooooohh. Whew.
Nigel
[whispering]
Hey, hey. Psst!
Peach
Oh, Nigel. You just missed an extraction.
Nigel
Has he loosened the periodontal ligament yet.. Um, what am I talking about?! Nemo! Where's Nemo? I gotta speak with him.
Nemo
What? What is it?
Nigel
Your dad's been fighting the entire ocean looking for you.
Nemo
My father? Really?
Gill
Really?
Nigel
Oh, yeah. He's travelled hundreds of miles. He's been battling sharks and jellyfish and all sorts of...
Nemo
Sharks? That can't be him.
Nigel
Are you sure? What was his name? Some sort of sportfish or something: tuna, uh, trout...
Nemo
Marlin?
Nigel
That's it! Marlin! The little clownfish from the reef.
Nemo
It's my dad! He took on a shark!
Nigel
I heard he took on three.
All
Three?
Gill
Three sharks?
Bloat
That's gotta be fort eight hundred teeth!
Nigel
You see, kid, after you were taken by diver Dan over there, your dad followed the boat you were on like a maniac.
Nemo
Really?
Nigel
He's swimming and he's swimming and he's giving it all he's got, and then three gigantic sharks capture him and he blows them up! And then dives thousands of feet and gets chased by a monster with huge teeth! He ties this demon to a rock and what does he get for a reward? He gets to battle an entire jellyfish forest! And now he's riding with a bunch of sea turtles on the East Australian Current and the word is he's headed this way right now, to Sydney!
Bloat
Wow!
Deb
Oh, what a good daddy!
Gill
He was looking for you after all, Shark Bait. [gasps; Nemo has grabbed a pebble and his heading for the filter]
Gurgle
He's swimming to the filter!
Gill
Shark Bait!
Bloat
Not again!
Gill
Shark Bait!
Deb
No!
Gurgle
You've got your whole life ahead of you!
Bloat
Oh, no.
Gill
We'll help you, kid!
Bloat
Gotta get him out!
Deb
Give me that thing! Get him out of there!
Gurgle
Come on, kid! Grab the end! [jammed gears]
Deb
Shark Bait!
Bloat
Shark Bait, are you okay?
Gurgle
No!
Gill
Can you hear me, Shark bait?! Nemo, can you hear me?!
Nemo
[appears]
Yeah, I can hear you. [Everyone turn around and see Nemo is okay.]
Gill
Shark Bait, you did it!
Deb
Yay!
Gurgle
Shark bait, you're covered with germs! Aah!
Gill
That took guts, kid. All right, gang. We have less than 48 hours before Darla gets here. This tank'll get plenty dirty in that time, but we have to help it along any way we can. Jacques?
Jacques
Oui.
Gill
No cleaning.
Jacques
I shall resist.
Gill
Everybody else, be as gross as possible. Think dirty thoughts. We're gonna make this tank so filthy, the dentist'll have to clean it.
Gill
[Bloat burps]
Good work.
[Nemo chuckles]
Gurgle and Deb
[Nigel, Marlin and Dory both smile and flew straight to the dentist's office; clanging]
Ahhhhh!
Bubbles
Too loud! Too loud for me!
Darla Sherman
[first words]
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Peach
Find a happy place. Find a happy place, find a happy place!
Barbara
Darla, your uncle will see you now.
Philip Sherman
[Psycho theme plays]
All right, let's see those pearly whites.
Darla Sherman
Rah! I'm a piranha. They're in the Amazon.
Philip Sherman
And a piranha is a fish, just like your present.
Darla Sherman
[giggling]
I get a fishy. Fishy, fishy, fishy.
Philip Sherman
[As soon as he picks up the plastic bag, he sees Nemo belly up.]
Oh, no. Poor little guy.
Bloat
[Deb gasps]
He's dead.
Gill
Sharkbait!
Darla
Yay! Fishy, fishy, fishy.
Philip Sherman
Um... Must have left your present in the car, sweetie. [laughs]
Philip Sherman
[Darla moans]
I'll go and get it.
Gill
[Nemo opens one eye and winks at the Fish Gang. Everyone is surprised.] [overjoyed]
He's still alive.
Peach
He's not dead.
Bloat
What's happening? Why is he playing dead?
Gill
He's gonna get flushed down the toilet. He's gonna get out of here!
Deb
Yay.
Bloat
He's gonna get flushed.
Gurgle
What a smart little guy!
Gill
[gasps]
Oh, no, not the trash can!
Bubbles
Nemo, no!
Nigel
[Nigel arrives with Marlin and Dory in his mouth]
Hey, hey. I found his dad!
Marlin
Where's Nemo? Where is he?
Bloat
Dentist! Dentist!
Gill
He's over there!
Marlin
What's a dentist? What is that?
Marlin
[Sherman opens the trash can] [gasps]
Nigel, get in here!
Nigel
I can't go in there.
Marlin
Oh, yes you can. [grabs his tongue and pulls it forward, barging right into the dentist's office] CHARRRRRRRRRGEE!!!!!
Philip Sherman
[Darla starts screaming in horror]
What the...?! [shouts; while Nigel is attacking him inside] Darla, sweetie, look out! Steady, steady, steady. Hold still. Hold still! Easy, easy! Hold still! Nobody's going to hurt you!
Marlin
[gasps looks and sees Nemo floating upside down. He thinks that his son was dead.]
Nemo.
Dory
Oh, my goodness.
Philip Sherman
[slight pauses; grabs Nigel; Darla continues screaming]
Gotcha! [Nigel flapping his wings] Keep down! [tried to Nigel push out the window]
Marlin
Nemo!
Nemo
[stops pretending to be dead]
Daddy?
Philip Sherman
OUT WITH YA! [slams the window] AND STAY OUT!
Nemo
Daddy?!
Darla Sherman
[picks up Nemo, upside down]
Fishy? [starts shaking it] Fishy! Wake up! Wake up!!!
Deb
Oh, no!
Gill
Quick! To the top of Mount Wannahockaloogie!
Darla Sherman
Why are you sleeping?!
Peach
Hurry!
Gill
Bloat! [Bloat inflates, Deb, Bubbles and Gurgle pushes a little bit right] Ring of Fire!
Darla Sherman
[Jacques turns the Mount Wannahockaloogie on blast mode, it launches Gill out of the tank, flying. He lands flopping on Darla's head.]
Fishy! [screams, drops a bag with Nemo in it, which it hits the tray and splats water everywhere] Get it out!
Philip Sherman
Crikey! All the animals have gone mad! [hits himself into the x-ray machine and gets knocked out]
Darla Sherman
[screams]
Get it out! [screams]
Gurgle
Smack her in the head, would you?!
Bloat
Go, Gill, go!
Darla Sherman
There's a fish in my hair!
Nemo
[Gill lands on the tray next to Nemo.] [awakens and gasps]
Gill.
Gill
Shark Bait... Tell your dad... I said... hi. [flops on the spoon]
Gill
[Nemo gets launched into the spit sink. He goes down the drain.]
Go get 'em.
Bloat
[Philip Sherman groans, then gasps and puts Gill back in the tank]
He did it! [laughs and cheering]
Deb
Yay!
Bubbles
I'm so happy!
Gurgle
Is he gonna be okay, Gill?
Gill
Don't worry. All drains lead to the ocean.
Darla Sherman
[last words]
FISHY!!! [gets sprayed in the face with water]
Nigel
[Nigel brings Marlin and Dory back to the ocean; all three saw only part of what happened in the dentist's office, so they believe Nemo is dead]
I'm... I'm so sorry. Truly I am. [flies away]
Dory
[They both dive into the ocean. Dory swims to comfort Marlin.]
Hey.
Marlin
Dory, if it wasn't for you, I never would have even made it here. So thank you. [starts to swim sadly]
Dory
Hey, wait a minute. [swims in front of him] W-w-w-wait! Where are you going?
Marlin
It's over, Dory. We were too late. Nemo's gone. And I'm going home now. [starts to swim]
Dory
No. No, you can't. [stutters] Stop! [Marlin stops swimming] Please don't go away. Please. No one's ever stuck with me for so long before. And if you leave... if you leave... I just, I remember things better with you. I do, look. P. Sherman, 42... Ugh. Forty... Two... [sighs] I remember it, I do. It's there, I know it is, because when I look at you, I can feel it. And-and I look at you, and I... And I'm home. Please... I don't want that to go away. I don't want to forget.
Marlin
I'm sorry, Dory. But I do. [sadly swims away]
Other characters in Finding Nemo
Dory
Ellen DeGeneres
Marlin
Albert Brooks
Nemo
Alexander Gould
Bloat
Brad Garrett
Gill
Willem Dafoe
Gurgle
Austin Pendleton
Crush the Turtle
Andrew Stanton
Peach
Allison Janney
Deb
Vicki Lewis
Jacques
Joe Ranft
The sharks
Bruce
Barry Humphries
Bubbles
Stephen Root
Pearl
Erica Beck
Philip Sherman
Sheldon
Erik Per Sullivan
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