Dory Hey, Mr. Grumpy Gills.
Voiced by Ellen DeGeneres 
Finding Nemo (2003) · 89 quotes
Finding Nemo (2003) · 89 quotes
Most-quoted character in Finding Nemo (2003): in 30 of its 89 quotes
Most scenes with: Marlin (15), Nemo (4), Nigel (2)
Hey, look. "Es-CA-pay". I wonder what that means? That's funny, it's spelled just like the word "escape."
More lines from Dory
12 quotes Dory Dory [singing]
Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim, swim.
Dory Will you quit it? I'm trying to swim here. Isn't this ocean big enough for you or something? Have you got a problem buddy? Huh? Huh? Do you, do you, do you? You want a piece of me? Yeah, ooh, I'm scared now.
Dory Are you my conscience?
Dory I shall call him Squishy, and he shall be mine. And he shall be my Squishy. Ouch!!! Bad Squishy!!!
Dory No eating here tonight, no eating here tonight, no no no eating here tonight, you on a diet!
Dory No. No, you can't. Stop! 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, forty-two... forty-two... 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... I'm home! Please. I don't want that to go away. I don't want to forget.
Dory P Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney, P Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney...
Dory Got it. Trench: through it, not over it... Hey, hey, hey, wait up I have something important to-- whoa, nice trench.
Dory What is it with men and asking for directions?
Dory Mo-o-o-o, we-e-e-e ne-e-e-e-ed to-o-o fi-i-i-nd his so-o-on. Can you gi-i-i-ve us directio-o-o-ns? [whale swims away] come ba-a-a-a-a-ck!
Dory Wow, I wish I could speak whale.
Scenes with Dory
17 scenesLook! Already it's half empty!
Dory Hmm. I'd say it's half full.
Stop that!
Dory AAAAH! Something's got me!
That was me, I'm sorry.
Dory Who's that?!
Who's that? Who could it be?! It's me!
Dory Are... are you my conscience?
[sighs, exasperated]
Yes. Yes, I'm your conscience. We haven't spoken for a while. How are you?
Dory Meh. Can't complain.
Huh. Good. Tell me, Dory, do you see anything?
Dory [A dim light gradually appears.]
Yeah, I see a light.
A light?
Dory Yeah. I see a light. Hey conscience, am I dead?
No, no, I see it too.
Dory It's so... [hypnotised] pretty...
Dory I want to touch it...
Both
[She does; the light bobs quickly away]
Ooh...
Hey, come back. Come on back here. I'm gonna get you.
Dory Come here.
Dory I'm gonna get you. I'm gonna get you.
[The light is attached to a terrifying angler fish, which looms into view.]
Good feeling's gone.
Dory How about we play a game?
All right.
Dory Okay, I'm thinking of something orange, and it's small...
It's me.
Dory Right!
Dory [Later]
I'm thinking of something orange and small...
Me again.
Dory All right, Mr. Smartypants...
Dory [Even later]
... It's orange and small, and has stripes...
Me. And the next one - just a guess - me.
Dory Okay, that's just scary.
Dory [swimming upside down]
C'mon! You gotta try this!
Will you just STOP IT?! We're in a whale, don't you get it?!
Dory A whale?
A WHALE!! Because you asked for help, and now we're stuck here!
Dory [looking around her]
Wow. A whale. You know, I speak whale...
No, Dory! You're insane! You CAN'T. SPEAK. WHALE!
Dory [the whale speaks to her]
Okay, that one was a little tougher. He either said "go to the back of the throat", or "he wants a root-beer float".
Of course he wants us to go there! That's EATING us!! [rubs his tail on the whale's tongue] How do I taste, Moby? Do I taste good?! [to Dory] You tell him I'm not interested in being lunch!
Dory Okay. HeeEEEEE--
Stop talking to him!!!
Dory He [the whale] says "It's time to let go!"
But, but, how do you know nothing bad will happen?
Dory I don't!
Dory [Marlin and Dory see a whale]
Excuse me! Whoo-hoo! Little fella? Hello! [to Marlin] Don't be rude, say hi.
Heh, hello.
Dory His son Bingo...
Nemo.
Dory ...Nemo was taken to...
Sydney.
Dory ...Sydney, yeah. And it's really, really important that we get there as fast as we can, so can you help us out? C'mon, little fella. C'mon! [claps her fins playfully]
Dory, I'm a little fella. I don't think that's a little fella.
Dory [the whale makes a sound]
Oh, a big fella. Big... A whale... okay, Maybe he only speaks whale. [imitating the sound a whale makes] MwOOooo! WwwwEEEE... nEEeeeedd tOOooo FINNND hiIIiiss SONNNNN...
Dory? What are you doing?
Dory CaaaAAAaaN yoooOOOOu... mMm...
Are you sure you speak whale?
Dory ...giIIIVe uuuus dirRECtiooons?
Heaven knows what you're saying!
Dory CoooOOOOOOme bAAAAAAAack!
He's not coming back. You offended him!
Dory Maybe a different dialect.
[She makes random whale sounds.]
Dory, this is not whale. You're speaking, like, upset stomach.
Dory Maybe I should try Humpback.
No, don't try Humpback!
Dory Maybe louder, huh? RAH! RAH!
Don't do that!
Dory Too much Orca. Didn't that sound a little Orca-ish?
It dosen't sound like Orca! It sounds like nothing I've ever heard! [sighs] Oh, just as well. He might be hungry.
Dory Relax. Whales don't eat clownfish. They eat krill.
Krill
[A school of terrified krill swims past as the whale looms into view behind them.]
Swim away!
Dory Oh, look! Krill!
Move, Dory, MOVE!!!
Dory Have you seen a orange fish swim by? It looks just like him.
Crab
Yeah, I saw him, Bluey. But I'm not telling you where he went! And there's no way you're gonna make me.
Seagulls
[Dory holds Crab out of water for the seagulls to see.]
Mine! Mine! Mine!
Crab
AAAH! All right! I'll talk! I'll talk! He went to the fishing grounds!
[The whale departs after taking Marlin and Dory to Sydney.]
ThaAAANnnnkKK yYYyoooOOOOOuuuuUUuu, SSSIIIrrrr!
Dory Wow. Wish I could speak whale.
Dory I don't know what's going on! I don't know where I am! I know I'm supposed to be looking for someone, but I just can't remember! Can't remember...
Hey, it's okay. I'm looking for someone too. Maybe we could look together?
Dory I'm Dory.
I'm Nemo.
Dory Nemo?! [long pause] That's a nice name.
Hey, guys, wait up! [catches up to his friends] Whoa!
Tad
[Nemo and his friends gaze amazed at the open water]
Cool! [he, Nemo, Sheldon and Pearl look over the edge of the drop off] Saved your life! [pulls Pearl back]
Ahh! [inks] Awww! You guys made me ink!
Tad
[The others see the underside of a boat]
I know what that is. Oh, oh, Sandy Plankton saw one. He called… He said it was called, uh, a butt!
Wow! That's a pretty big butt.
Oh, look at me! I'm gonna go touch the butt! [sneezes] Whoa!! [Pearl, Tad and Nemo laughed at Sheldon; laughter] Oh, yeah? Let's see you get closer.
Okay. Beat that.
Tad
Come on, Nemo. How far can you go?
Oh, um, my dad says it's not safe.
Nemo, no!
Dad?
No. I wasn't go out---- But, Dad, no!
It's just a good thing I was here. If I haven't shown up, I don't know...
Sir, he wasn't gonna go!
Tad
Yeah, he was too afraid.
No, I wasn't!
This does not concern you, kids. And you're lucky I don't tell your parents you were out there. You know you can't swim well.
I can swim fine, Dad, okay?
No, it's not okay. You shouldn't be anywhere near here! Okay, I was right. You know what? We'll start school in a year or two.
Clearly, you're not ready, and you're not coming back until you are. You think you can do these things, but you just can't, Nemo!
[hurt by what his father said]
I hate you. [Marlin is shocked and visibly hurt at what his son just said]
Mr. Ray
♪ Theeeeeeere's... ♪ nothing to see. Gather, uh, over there. [The kids swim off to the side as he swims over to Marlin] Excuse me, is there anything I can do? I am a scientist, sir. Is there any problem?
You know, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt things. He isn't a good swimmer, and I just think that it's a little too soon for him to be out here unsupervised.
Mr. Ray
Well, I can assure you, he's quite safe with me.
Look, I'm sure he is, but you have a large class and he can get lost from sight if you're not looking. I'm not saying you're not looking...
Kathy
Oh, my gosh! Nemo's swimming out to sea!
[Nemo swims toward the boat] [gasps]
Nemo! [Nemo stops near a chain of an anchor on the boat] What do you think you're doing?! [Nemo looks up at the boat] You're gonna get stuck out there, and I'm gonna have to get you before another fish does! Get back here! [Nemo swims up the chain to the boat] I said, get back here, NOW! STOP!!! [Nemo reaches the boat's underside, then turns around to his father] You take one more move, mister! [Nemo holds his fin up] D-Don't you dare! If you put one fin on that boat... Are you listening to me?! Don't touch the boa.. [Nemo angrily slaps on the underside] Nemo!
Tad
[whispers]
He touched the butt.
[enraged; as Nemo starts swimming back to him]
You just paddle your little tail right back here, Nemo! That's right! You are in big trouble, young man! Do you hear me?! Big…! [As Nemo rolls his eyes while swimming back, a diver appears upwards out of nowhere right behind him, shocked] Big...
[Pearl screams while Tad and Sheldon cower] [turns around to see the diver, gasps, then screams, calling for help]
Ahhhh! Daddy, help me!
I'm coming, Nemo! [A second diver, dressed in a blue suit, appears upwards out of nowhere right in front of Marlin, blocking his path to the first diver and Nemo]
Mr. Ray
[Pearl, Sheldon and Tad scream] [as he protects the kids under his body]
Get under me, kids! [he and his students take cover]
Aah! Oh, no! [The first diver scoops him into a net, then swims back to the boat] Dad! Daddy!!!
[bumps a coral as he pants heavily while the second diver takes a picture with a camera, temporarily blurring him with its flash]
D'oh! Nemo! [pants as from his blurred point of view, the diver can be seen swimming away] Oh! Ugh! Nemo! Nemo, no! [as his view clears, he spots the divers swimming back to the boat] Nemo! [swims after them] Nemo! Nemo! No! [pants] No! [A propeller on the boat's underside spins, blowing him back, and the boat speeds away] Oh! [pants as he looks around, then sees the boat getting away] Nemo! Nemo! [pursues after the boat]
[On the surface, in an aerial camera shot, the boat speeds across the water. On board, the first diver opens a cooler, and puts Nemo, still in the net while flopping, inside, then closes it, just before a bump knocks him down]
Whoa! Hold on! [Unaware of him, he accidentally knocks his black and green scuba mask overboard, and it sinks into the ocean]
[Meanwhile, Marlin pants as he swims in a straight direction where the boat went. The ripples disappear]
Oh, no! No! No, it's gone! It's gone! No, no, it can't be gone! [swims to the surface, and looks around] No, no! Nemo! Nemo! Nemo!!! No! [dives underwater, then peeks out of the surface again] Nemo! Nemo! No! No, please, no! No, No! Has anybody seen a boat?! Please! A white boat! They took my son! My son! Help me, please!
Dory Look out!
Whoa!
Dory Aah!
Dory Oh. Um, sorry. Sorry! I didn't see you. Sir, are... Are you okay? There, there. It's all right.
He's gone.
Dory It'll be okay.
No, no. They took him away. I have to find the boat!
Dory A boat? Hey, I've seen a boat!
You have?
Dory It passed by not too long ago.
A white one?
Dory Hi, I'm Dory.
Where?! Which way?
Dory Ooh! It went, um. This way! It went this way! Follow me!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you so much!
Dory No problem! [Marlin and Dory take off. The farther they go, Dory starts swimming away from Marlin. He chases after her until he gets head-rushed by her]
Hey! Wait!
Dory Will you quit it?
What?!
Dory I'm trying to swim here. What, ocean big enough for you some like that? You got a problem, buddy? Huh? Huh? Do you? Do you? Do you? You want a piece of me? Yeah, yeah, ooh, I'm scared now. What?
Wait a minute.
Dory Stop following me, okay?
What are you talking about?! You're showing me which way the boat went!
Dory A boat? Hey, I've seen a boat! It passed by not too long ago. It went this way! It went this way! Follow me! [swims out]
[stops Dory]
Wait a minute, wait a minute! What is going on?! You already told me which way the boat was going!
Dory I did? Oh, no...
If this is some kind of practical joke, it's not funny! And I know funny! I'm a clownfish!
Dory No, it's not. I know it's not. I'm so sorry. See, I suffer from short term memory loss.
Short term memory loss? I don't believe this.
Dory No! It's true. I forget things almost instantly. It runs in my family. Well... I mean---- At least I think it does. [thinks] Hmm. Where are they? [looks at Marlin] Can I help you?
Dory P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney. Why do I have to tell you over and over again? I'll tell you again. I don't get tired of it.
Okay, all right.
Dory Hu?
Here's the thing.
Dory Uh-huh.
Uh... I just—— I think it's best if I... if I just—— if I carry on from here by… by myself.
Dory Okay.
You know, alone.
Dory Uh-huh.
Without, without—— Well, I mean, not without you. I mean, it's just—— But I don't want you... with me.
Dory [shocked]
Huh?
I don't want to hurt your feelings.
Dory You want me to leave?
Well, I mean, not... Yes… Yeah. It's just... You know, I just can't afford anymore delays and you're one of those fish that cause delays. And sometimes, it's a good thing. There's a whole group of fish. They're... delay fish.
Dory You mean... [whimpers] You mean you don't like me? [crying]
No, of course I like you. It's because I like you I don't want to be with you. It's a complicated emotion. Oh, don't cry. I like you.
School of Moon Fish
Hey, you! Lady, is this guy bothering you?
Dory Um, I don't remember. Were you?
No, no, no, no, no. We're just, we're... Hey, do you guys know how I can get to P. Sh——
School of Moon Fish
Look, pal, we're talking to the lady, not you. Hey, do you like impressions?
Dory [pauses; Marlin looks to fish-tades]
Mm-hmm.
School of Moon Fish
Okay. Just like in rehearsals, gentlemen. So, what are we? Take a guess.
Dory Oh, oh. I've seen one of those.
School of Moon Fish
I'm a fish with a nose like a sword.
Dory Wait. Wait. Um...
It's a swordfish!
School of Moon Fish
Hey, clown boy! Let the lady guess! Where's the butter?
Dory Ooh-ooh-ooh! It's on the tip of my tongue…
Lobster!
School of Moon Fish
Saw that.
What?
Well, listen, fellas, thank you.
School of Moon Fish
Don't mention it! Just, uh, loosen up, okay, buddy?
Dory Oh, you guys, you really nailed him. Bye.
School of Moon Fish
Oh, hey, ma'am. One more thing.
Dory Yes?
School of Moon Fish
When you come to this trench, swim through it, not over it.
Dory Trench... Through it, not over it. I'll remember. Hey, hey, hey! Hey! Hey, wait up, partner! Hold on! Wait, wait, wait! I gotta... I got to tell you something. Whoa. Nice trench. [echoing] Hello! Okay, let's go.
[pulls Dory back]
No, no. Bad trench, bad trench. Come on, we're gonna swim over this thing. [starts to swim over]
Dory Whoa, whoa, partner! Little red flag going up. Something's telling me we should swim through it, not over it.
Dory I'm sorry, but I really, really, really think we should swim through.
And I am really, really done talking about this. Over we go.
Dory Come on, trust me on this.
Trust you?
Dory Yes, trust. It's what friends do.
Look. Something shiny!
Dory Where?
Oh, it just swam over the trench! Come on , we'll follow it.
Dory Okay. Boy, it sure is clear up here.
Exactly. And look at that, there's the current. We should be there in no time.
Dory [sees a tiny jellyfish]
Hey, little guy.
You wanted to go through the trench.
Dory I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine. And he shall be my Squishy. Come here, Squishy. Come here, little Squishy. [mumbles cutely to it and gets zapped] Ow!
Dory, that's a jellyfish!
Dory Bad Squishy. Bad Squishy!
Shoo, shoo, shoo! Get away! [flicks the tiny jellyfish out of sight with his tail] Come here. Let me see that.
Dory Don't touch it. Don't touch it.
I'm not gonna touch it. I just want to look. [grabs Dory's fin]
Dory Hey! How come it didn't sting you?
It did. It's just that... [grabs Dory's fin second time]
Dory Ow, ow, ow, ow!
Hold still. I live in this anemone and I'm used to these kind of stings. [grabs Dory's fin third time] Come here.
Dory Ow, ow, ow!
It doesn't look bad, you're gonna be fine. But now we know, don't we? That we don't want to touch these again. Let's be thankful this time it was just a little one.
Marlin and Dory
[Marlin notices the big jellyfishes approaching and gasps. Marlin and Dory scream in terror.]
Ahhh!
Don't move. [looks around all the jellyfishes] This is bad, Dory.
Dory Hey, hey, watch this. [starts jumping on the tops of jellyfish] Boing! Boing!
Dory Boing, boing, boing! You can't catch me.
Dory! Don't bounce on the tops! They will... not sting you? The tops don't sting you, that's it!
Dory Two in a row. Beat that.
Dory [after Marlin and Dory got sucked inside the Whale]
Here comes a big one. Whooo! [swims upside down] Come on! You got to try this!
Would you just stop it?!
Dory Why? What's wrong?
We're in a whale! Don't you get it?!
Dory A whale?
A whale! Because you asked for help, and now we're stuck here!
Dory [looks around her]
Wow. A whale. You know, I speak whale.
No! You're insane! You can't speak whale! I have to get out! [bumps into the whale's baleen] I have to find my son! [bumps again] I have to tell him... [bumps repeatedly] ...how, old, sea, turtles, are! [sobs and groans]
Dory Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoooo! Hey. [looks at Marlin] Are you okay? [swims to Marlin] There, there. It's all right. It'll be okay.
No. No, it won't.
Dory Sure, it will. You'll see.
No. I promised him I'd never let anything happen to him.
Dory Huh. That's a funny thing to promise.
What?
Dory Well, you can't never let anything happen to him. Then, nothing would ever happen to him.
Gurgle and Deb
[Nigel, Marlin and Dory both smile and flew straight to the dentist's office; clanging]
Ahhhhh!
Too loud! Too loud for me!
Darla Sherman
[first words]
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Find a happy place. Find a happy place, find a happy place!
Barbara
Darla, your uncle will see you now.
Darla Sherman
Rah! I'm a piranha. They're in the Amazon.
And a piranha is a fish, just like your present.
Darla Sherman
[giggling]
I get a fishy. Fishy, fishy, fishy.
[As soon as he picks up the plastic bag, he sees Nemo belly up.]
Oh, no. Poor little guy.
Sharkbait!
Darla
Yay! Fishy, fishy, fishy.
Um... Must have left your present in the car, sweetie. [laughs]
[Nemo opens one eye and winks at the Fish Gang. Everyone is surprised.] [overjoyed]
He's still alive.
He's not dead.
What's happening? Why is he playing dead?
He's gonna get flushed down the toilet. He's gonna get out of here!
Yay.
He's gonna get flushed.
What a smart little guy!
Nemo, no!
Where's Nemo? Where is he?
Dentist! Dentist!
He's over there!
What's a dentist? What is that?
I can't go in there.
Oh, yes you can. [grabs his tongue and pulls it forward, barging right into the dentist's office] CHARRRRRRRRRGEE!!!!!
[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!
Dory Oh, my goodness.
[slight pauses; grabs Nigel; Darla continues screaming]
Gotcha! [Nigel flapping his wings] Keep down! [tried to Nigel push out the window]
Nemo!
OUT WITH YA! [slams the window] AND STAY OUT!
Daddy?!
Darla Sherman
[picks up Nemo, upside down]
Fishy? [starts shaking it] Fishy! Wake up! Wake up!!!
Oh, no!
Quick! To the top of Mount Wannahockaloogie!
Darla Sherman
Why are you sleeping?!
Hurry!
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!
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]
Smack her in the head, would you?!
Go, Gill, go!
Darla Sherman
There's a fish in my hair!
Shark Bait... Tell your dad... I said... hi. [flops on the spoon]
[Philip Sherman groans, then gasps and puts Gill back in the tank]
He did it! [laughs and cheering]
Yay!
I'm so happy!
Is he gonna be okay, Gill?
Don't worry. All drains lead to the ocean.
Darla Sherman
[last words]
FISHY!!! [gets sprayed in the face with water]
[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.
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?
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.
I'm sorry, Dory. But I do. [sadly swims away]
Other characters in Finding Nemo
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
Nigel
Geoffrey Rush
The sharks
Bruce
Barry Humphries
Bubbles
Stephen Root
Pearl
Erica Beck
Philip Sherman
Sheldon
Erik Per Sullivan
