

While unconscious, Nemo hears her mention "the Jewel of Morro Bay, California," and these magic words remind Dory that she is still looking for her family. Dory is excited, but when the class mentions an "undertow," she wanders off and gets caught in the migration. One day, Dory joins Nemo on a class field trip: a stingray migration. Running into him, she promises to help him find something himself: his kidnapped son, Nemo, thus the events of Finding Nemo take place.Ī year later, Dory now rests in a little cave next to Marlin's anemone, and constantly wakes up in the middle of the night, much to the dismay of Marlin. She then suddenly sees a white boat and a frantic clownfish named Marlin. Years pass, but she cannot find anyone who can help, and as she grows older, she even forgets who she is looking for.

Later, young Dory has been separated from her parents and is trying to find them.

While she finds this as a weakness, her parents constantly tell her that it is all right, but they warn her to stay away from the undertow. Dory is a very young blue tang who suffers from short-term memory loss.
