Rayman Legends Adventures in Finding Nemo/Script

Penny was coming to visit the Greenwood family and she was on her computer a lot which her adoptive mother had warned the family about, mentioning she was getting close with her new friend Cody from Australia with their adventure with the Rescue Aid Society of Bernard and Bianca.

"Hi, Penny," Jesse grinned.

"Hi, Jesse..." Penny looked up for a moment.

Jesse looked over her shoulder slightly. "Of course, chatting with Cody.....I think you like him."

Penny blushed. "Wh-Whaddya mean?"

"You know what I mean," Jesse smirked.

Penny blushed slightly. "Alright, I think so...he's interesting, so brave and adventurous..." her eyes sparkled.

"Yes, he reminds me of myself at that age," Jesse had to admit, "anyhow, what's going on with Cody?"

"He wants me to visit him someday, but I'm here with you guys and he lives in Australia," Penny said, "and...I can't swim...he wants to go swimming......"

"You can't swim," Jesse never knew that.

"Not really," Penny pouted, "I know it's silly, but I once had a dream that I was a mermaid and we'd swim around the Great Barrier Reef of Australia together like merpeople."

This gave Jesse an idea.

Darla walked into the room. "Hey, Penny, Maisy and Rufus are getting along really well."

"Oh, that's good," Penny grinned to that, "by the way, if I meet your chipmunk friends?"

"Well, the Chipettes are in Australia actually," Darla replied, "they're visiting their friend from the orphanage; Olivia."

"Huh, that's funny, Cody has an Aunt Olivia who's in college..." Penny replied.

"Who's Rufus again," Patch asked.

"You see that older cat with Maisy," Jesse pointed.

Patch nodded.

"That's Rufus," Penny grinned, "I've known him from the orphanage, he was my best friend."

"Ohh, yes," Patch smiled.

"Hi, puppy," Penny grinned to Patch and petted him.

Patch grinned back and nuzzled against the girl.

Jesse came into the kitchen as his mother was stuffing lunch. "Mum, do you think we could let Penny become a mermaid," he asked.

"It would be nice to have another mermaid in the family," Riley grinned.

"She's part of that family now after all..." Jesse grinned back.

"Have I ever taught you how to turn people into mermaids," Riley asked.

"No," Jesse shook his head.

"Well, you have to put the person in the water," Riley bent down slightly to match his height, "and then you kiss their foreheads and since you've given them your kiss for being a merboy, they'll instantly become a mermaid or newt!"

"Well, uh...what if I kiss a woman on the lips," Jesse blushed.

"Oh, the same result," Riley replied, "oh! And they'd also be able to speak and breathe underwater and meet all kinds of sea creatures.  I did the same to your dad where he didn't have the consequences of casting a spell on himself to become a newt where he'd be more with me before our marriage.  As you know, the witch/wizard/Indian world can be cruel at times."

"Yes," Jesse nodded.

"Why are you asking me," Riley asked.

"Um...well, I, uh..." Jesse blushed.

"Jesse...do you want to turn Gertie into a mermaid," Riley asked since Jesse was getting shy and hesitant about the question.

"Um, well, actually---" Jesse started.

"He's already turned her into a mermaid," Casper grinned as he came in.

"Is that all," Riley asked.

"Remember if Alec and Jadis took us to meet Wendy the Good Little Witch," Jesse said, "well, I did then."

"Then who'd you like to turn into a mermaid, Jesse," Riley asked her son.

"Well, I'd like to turn Penny into a mermaid," Jesse said, making it obvious.

"Oh, how sweet," Riley hugged Jesse around his neck and kissed his cheek noisily.

"Mum, not in front of Casper......" Jesse sounded slightly embarrassed.

"Oh, c'mon, brother, we're family now, aren't we," Casper smirked playfully before taking a picture.

"Casper," Jesse said through his teeth.

Casper laughed. "I have to show this to Wendy."

Jesse sighed and rolled his eyes. "Well, mum, can I turn Penny into a mermaid?"

"Of course you can," Riley grinned, "she's part of that family now."

"Great! Thanks, but first I have to go arrest a certain brother of mine," Jesse said.

"Go ahead, but don't run around the house," Riley chuckled.

Then Jesse smirked and went to chase after Casper. "Prissy, come in here!"

"It's Greenwood now," Casper laughed as he ran from Jesse.

"Whatever! Just give me that picture," Jesse laughed.

Casper laughed as he kept running to avoid Jesse.

"Oohhhh, you're gonna get it," Jesse challenged.

Meanwhile, in the Other Realm.....

Alec was looking through his crystal ball and pouted. "Oh, poor little tyke, his girlfriend just got eaten with all the eggs..."

Soon Penelope pointed to one egg that survived.

"Huh," Alec looked to her and looked over.

The egg that survived from the barracuda attack had a small crack in it, but it was yet functional and moving. Then the clown fish cradled his last surviving egg and decided to name it "Nemo" since it was what his beloved would have wanted.

"It looks like we know what the next adventure will be," Penelope grinned.

Alec nodded, but stood up and walked behind Skippy and slapped him on the back. Skippy yelped and incidentally dropped the salt shaker right into the pot he was pinching into.

"Warn my magical students," Alec warned, "these children are going to the ocean."

Skippy sighed before he nodded.

Alec patted him on the head, but took out a ladle and tried to broth and spit right into Skippy's face. "Too salty," he walked away.

Skippy sighed once more.

Jesse decided to take Penny to meet Joanie and Gertie.

"I really like your puppy, Jesse," Penny grinned, "he looks so brave and intelligent."

"Sure," Jesse grinned.

Patch grinned smugly to that.

"Don't get carried off," Jesse warned until he saw that.

Patch stuck his tongue out teasingly in response.

"You act like brothers," Penny grinned.

"Then I heard..." Jesse chuckled.

"Welcome to the family, Penny," Patch grinned to the brunette girl.

"Thanks, Patch," Penny grinned back to the dalmatian puppy.

Casper was coming along as he didn't want to be left out on what he sensed would be an adventure.

Joanie opened the door as she was visiting the Brown house and saw her best friend, her cousin, puppy and new brother were at the door. "Oh, hey, guys."

"Hey, Joanie," Jesse grinned.

"Hey, you're here to see Gertie," Joanie highly assumed.

"Yes," Jesse nodded.

"Numbers..." Joanie replied.

"I'll visit you as well," Jesse's eyes widened in concern of her mood.

"Huh..." Joanie hummed as she let them inside her family's home any matter.

Soon Casper gave Joanie the picture of Jesse and his mum. Joanie took the picture and then laughed slightly.

"Hey," Jesse glanced to his little brother.

"Say, I had to let someone see it," Casper shrugged with an innocent grin.

Jesse sighed and rolled his eyes.

Then they all came into the house and joined Gertie in the living room. Gertie was teaching Junior how to walk on his own as he was now at that age. And where Junior seemed to be able to do it on his first try.

"Good," Gertie cooed to her little brother, "good, JJ!"

Junior grinned to his big sister as he leaned against her as she sat on her knees to match his height.

Gertie grinned and hugged him back. "Oh, you're growing up so fast......"

Junior grinned at her and then looked to see the others. Then Gertie looked up.

"Oh, dear, I missed it," Joanie moaned.

"Don't worry, Joanie, he has it on the first try," Gertie grinned as she held her little brother.

"That's great," Jesse grinned.

Penny shyly hid behind Jesse as she held her teddy bear close, feeling a little shy and hesitant.

"And who do we've got here," Gertie grinned as she noticed Penny.

Jesse stepped aside. "She's my little cousin, Penny...well, c'mon, Penny, Gertie isn't going to bite."

"Um...hello..." Penny grinned shyly to the tomboy.

"Hello," Gertie grinned.

Penny hesitantly walked over.

"Oh, you're beautiful and strong, how old are you," Gertie grinned.

"I'll be seven in June," Penny grinned softly.

"Then that sounds like a big girl," Gertie grinned.

Penny grinned.

"Oh, I like your friend," Gertie pointed to the teddy bear in the girl's arm, "what's his name?"

"Teddy," Penny replied.

"And what a pretty name," Gertie grinned.

Penny chuckled. Jesse grinned that Penny and Gertie were getting along so well and felt like nothing could possibly ruin this moment. They were suddenly teleported to Alec's office.

"What the heck," Joanie looked around as they were suddenly in chairs.

"Hello," Alec greeted before getting caught by the necktie. "Ow..." he gasped and gagged as he was caught. And where he grew hesitant as it was Jesse that caught him by his necktie and didn't look happy.

"Heeey, Jesse..." Alec grinned shyly.

Jesse slightly growled. "Why do you want us here right now?"

"Hey, I'd never do anything to hurt you or your social life," Alec replied, "I just need you to go to the Australian Ocean."

"Alright? Why," Jesse asked.

"Let go of me first," Alec said.

Then Jesse let go of him and folded his arms. "What's that all about?"

"That's a little clown fish, you have to help him where he can get home to his father in the ocean before they take him off forever," Alec said.

"A clown fish, born forever," Joanie replied, "Alec, you don't make any sense!"

Alec sighed before he showed them what he meant.

They were being shown a different ocean and were being brought to a sea anemone. A male voice kept wowing while the female voice merely agreed. There were two clown fish who were admiring the sight as they looked out into the open sea past the reef.

"Yes, Marlin," the female clown fish said to her mate, "no, I see it. It's beautiful."

"Well, Coral, if you said you wanted an ocean view, you didn't think you'd get the entire ocean, did you," the male clown fish grinned back to her, "what? Oh, yes.  A fish can breathe here.  Did your man deliver McDonald's?"

"Oh, my man delivered," the female clown fish grinned.

"And it wasn't that easy," the male clown fish replied.

"Because many other foxes had their eyes on this place," the female clown fish rolled her eyes.

"You can bet they did so, each and every one of them," the male clown fish said.

"There doesn't seem to be a problem here," Gertie said.

Then Alec decided to fast forward a little with the clown fish couples' interaction and their over 400 eggs.

"Wow, that's a lot of eggs," Casper said.

"They've been busy," Joanie joked slightly.

Then the male clown fish reminded the female about how they met and Alec let it go to normal speed right there as the ocean now seemed dark and empty. There didn't seem to be any fish, except for the clown fish couple.

"Where'd they all go," the male clown fish wondered. Soon he saw what frightened away everyone, except for himself and his wife. "Coral, come inside the house, Coral," he urged his wife, but there was a hungry and vengeful-looking barracuda in the distance.

He saw his wife look down to their eggs. He tried to stop her from going after the eggs, but she did that, which made the barracuda swoop down after her and smacked the male clown fish into their home as it roared and went after the female clown fish and all of their eggs. Well...almost all of them.

"Oh, dear..." Gertie frowned.

"That's so devastating......" Joanie even sounded emotional.

Then they were shown as the male clown fish cradled his surviving egg and named him Nemo.

"Alright, we'll go," Jesse said.

"It's very reluctant," Alec nodded.

"Can we go in our mermaid forms," Gertie asked, "I mean, we'll be in the ocean after all."

"Of course and where Casper and Penny will also have our own mermaid forms, along with Cody," Alec said.

"I'm going to be a mermaid," Penny asked.

"Yes," Alec nodded.

"We'll see Cody again," Gertie grinned to the girl, but looked to Alec, "wait, do you know Cody from Australia, Alec?"

"Yes," Alec nodded.

Penny seemed to blush at the mention of Cody.

"Well, hopefully these fish don't get afraid by seeing the mermaids," Jesse said, "by the way, I appreciate that Penny becomes one as well, she's our family now, you know."

"Yes, I reckon," Alec said.

Jesse was about to hug Alec.

"Ah, calm down, I have a bad back....." Alec stopped him right there.

Skippy swiftly shook his head no with a smirk.

"Shut up," Alec frowned at Skippy.

"I think your back's fine," Joanie grinned at Alec.

Alec growled to them until Jesse tightly hugged him. Then Skippy and Joanie shared a fist bump with each other. And where they weren't going to warn Jesse to ease up on the strength.

"Why are you so loving," Alec moaned as he was held into a bone-crushingly tight hug.

"I just want you to know how much I appreciate that and this is also because of everything you've done to Joanie and Skippy," Jesse said while yet hugging Alec with his strength.

"Oh, let it go, my life is my own personal matter," Alec groaned.

"No, I'm not going to let go," Jesse smirked as he tightened his grip a little.

Alec tried to move Jesse away. "Guh, your father was never so sticky," he felt this wasn't a hug, it was a bear hug and soon where it gave him an idea why Jesse was tightening his grip and wouldn't let go where he had to make the one promise. "Let go of me! What have you done to me," he saw Joanie and Skippy and soon had an idea what Jesse wanted.

Jesse kept hugging.

"You want me to be nicer to Joanie and Skippy," Alec weakly asked.

"Yes, and that means no torturing them," Jesse said.

"For how long," Alec asked once he was freed and he hunched forward slightly.

"Huh...how about six months," Jesse smirked.

"Six months," Alec's eyes widened, but smirked as he had a slight idea, "very good..."

"Well, that was easy," Penny grinned.

"Wait for it," Patch said, unconvinced.

Jesse looked to Alec. "What have you done, Alec?"

"What if we make this interesting," Alec curled his finger in his hair.

"Oh, really? Like what," Jesse asked.

"Uh~..." Alec thought about it, "how about I stop hurting Joanie and Skippy for six months, and if I'm successful, you have to be a girl for the rest of the year of my fun?"

"Why not let Jesse stay with you for an entire year," Joanie laughed, thinking that was a funny joke.

"What an interesting bet..." Alec chuckled.

Joanie cupped her mouth as Jesse frowned down to her for bringing that up.

"That should work pretty well," Alec smirked.

Then Jesse pulled out a stack of papers and hit Joanie with them. "Bad, bad girl!"

"Ow, ow, ow..." Joanie winced.

"Well, you children better go to the ocean," Alec smirked.

"Wait, wait, wait a second, what if I win," Jesse asked.

Alec thought about it, but laughed. "I'll replace the Tooth Fairy for the year."

"Excellent," Alec smirked.

"Will you put her dress on," Joanie sneakily purred.

"Why not," Alec smirked, "I'm going to win this bet anyhow."

"Uh-huh, sure," Jesse smirked.

"Wanna bet," Penny asked.

"It doesn't matter that now, because I'll send you to Australia straight out to the ocean," Alec said.

"Hey, wait a moment," Joanie cried out in grief about that being so sudden.

Alec ignored her and sent them all right into the Pacific Ocean without another word.

"To the ocean," Patch grinned.

"Now, I can relax for a while..." Alec leaned back in his chair and slid off his shoes and wiggled his free toes, "Skippy, be nice and massage my feet?"

Skippy smirked as he brought out a tape recorder and hit rewind before pressing play about the bet.

"Skippy, you're my assistant....." Alec reminded, "you must do what I say, wherever you say."

Skippy smirked as he pulled out a dress.

"Skippy..." Alec said in a firm tone, "I said I wouldn't hurt you..."

Skippy snickered.

"SKIPPY," Alec yelled out.

Then Skippy laughed manically as he forced the pink tutu dress onto Alec.

"OK, that's it," Alec moaned.

Then Skippy stepped back with a chuckle.

Alec frowned as he was in a pink dress with a tutu, white lights and sparkling pink slippers with glittering white fairy wings on the back and had a shining silver princess tiara on top with a magic wand, which had a tooth on it.

"I hate that bet," Alec frowned.

Skippy chuckled as he took a picture.

Alec caught Skippy by his tie and breathed heavily. "You...YOU!!"

Soon Skippy brought out a crystal ball with it meant to call Jesse.

Alec grinned hesitantly, but let go of Skippy and gently patted the smaller man. "Easy, now, easy..."

Skippy began to smirk as he could get used to this. Alec sighed as he felt like this was going to be a long while.

Meanwhile, in the Pacific Ocean...

The others were in mermaid/merman form and were now under the water.

"Wow, I'm a mermaid," Penny grinned at her indigo tail fin, "it's like a dream!"

"Ah, yes, this is a dream...." Jesse made up until he heard her yelp in pain as she pinched herself.

Penny glanced suspiciously to her big cousin.

"It's better to warn the truth," Patch whispered.

"You think he'll give it to me," Jesse whispered back, "she's mortal."

"That's true, but she's your family now," Patch reminded.

"She's a mermaid now," Gertie added.

"Good..." Jesse sighed in defeat, "uh, Penny, you need to hear a lot about our family, because now you're a member of this."

"And that was," Penny asked.

"Alright, Penny, this is one part," Jesse replied, "from the mother of the family, we're mermaids and merfolk."

"Awesome," Penny grinned.

"There's a lot to learn....." Jesse grinned back.

"I want to see the fish up close," Penny chuckled as she swam around the ocean.

"Penny, slow down," Jesse called out.

Penny chuckled as she explored. Jesse sighed and soon swam after his little cousin and the others followed before Penny would get hurt, or worse.

"Awesome," Penny grinned.

Jesse grinned himself as his younger cousin was happy. This seemed to be a happy sight as well for the many sea creatures as it felt like nothing could possibly ruin the moment. Soon Penny saw a humanoid manta ray.

"Look, Penny," Jesse held her back.

"What's that," Penny asked.

"This is Evil Manta, come back here," Jesse took her to safety.

"Why," Penny asked.

"This is bad news," Joanie warned the former orphan as Evil Manta came behind her without noticing. "He's one of the biggest and grandest creatures in the sea, Jesse has warned everything about him and he's the big sea and the greatest intimidation you'll ever encounter and he's not right about me," she asked weakly after Jesse made "shut up" gestures.

"Woah," Penny said before seeing the sting ray.

Soon Joanie zipped behind Jesse.

"Ah, well, if not for little Jesse..." Evil Manta roughly patted the boy on the head.

"What are you doing here, Manta," Jesse frowned.

"Oh, nothing," Evil Manta smirked, "you're just going for a walk."

"Manta..." Jesse narrowed his eyes, "I know you're going to do something, they call you Evil Manta for some reason! Are you trying to release Marina from prison?"

"No, not yet, but know that I may be hungry for clown fish," Evil Manta smirked.

Jesse's eyes widened before he frowned. "You couldn't dare!"

"Probably there...." Evil Manta smirked in the direction of a sea anemone where a clown fish couple was with their hundreds and hundreds of eggs.

"Don't you dare," Jesse frowned.

Evil Manta smirked. Jesse growled as he began to wrestle against Evil Manta, but it seemed to be a diversion as a barracuda came after the clown fish family.

"Oh, dear," Patch gasped.

Jesse growled as he wrestled against Evil Manta. Penny covered her eyes as the barracuda smacked the male clown fish into his home before he took his mate and all of their eggs. Well, almost all of them. She had saved one of the eggs and hid it from the barracuda.

"Penny," Patch yelped.

Penny kept silent and hidden as she held the egg, she silently cooed though as it had a slight crack in it, but she felt a heartbeat which meant that the guppy was yet alive.

'Thank heavens,' Penny thought to herself.

Soon the barracuda swam away after thinking that had wiped out the entire clown fish family.

"Alright, friend," Evil Manta smirked to the barracuda as they seemed to have a handshake with each other, showing that they were working together.

"Why, you," Jesse frowned.

Evil Manta laughed as he swam off with the barracuda.

"Penny," Gertie came to her boyfriend's little cousin, "Penny, are you alright?"

"I'm fine...I think this little boy is fine as well..." Penny replied as she cradled the egg.

"Save one egg," Gertie grinned.

Joanie reached for the sea anemone to warn the male clown fish that it was safe to come out now, only to wince as it seemed to sting her. "OW!!"

"You alright, Joanie," Jesse asked.

"This plant just hurts," Joanie pouted as she put her finger in her mouth.

Jesse came to the sea anemone. "Say, uh...you can go out now, friend," he called out to the lone clown fish inside.

Soon the clown fish awakened with a fright.

"Hey, everything's fine, little boy..." Jesse soothed, "it'll be fine...."

"Where's Coral," the clown fish asked about his mate.

"I'm afraid to die," Jesse frowned.

"No problem, Mr. Clown Fish," Penny replied, "I'm sorry for your loss."

"We're all very sorry," Jesse said.

"Thank you all for trying," the male clown fish replied as he cradled his remaining egg, "there, there. It doesn't matter, my father's here.  My father had you.  I promise, I'll never let anything happen to you...Nemo."

"Nemo...looks like a perfect name," Patch grinned.

"Coral said he liked the name," the clown fish grinned back.

"What do you call it, sir," Joanie asked back.

"I'm Marlin," the male clown fish replied softly as he held his lone egg.

"Nice to meet you, Marlin," Jesse said.

"Also," Marlin replied, "I've heard of the farm, but I can't say that I've seen it up close."

"Imagine meeting some of them for the first time," Gertie grinned.

"I think so..." Marlin sighed as he held his egg, "I'm sorry, I'm experiencing too much emotion now. Perhaps we'll speak later."

"It's alright," Jesse nodded to the male clown fish, "my mother was the same until we lost Aunt Athena."

"Your aunt was Queen Athena," Marlin asked.

"Yes, he was..." Jesse said before sighing softly, "I miss her so much.....sometimes, if I need to calm down, I hear this lullaby in my head..."

"I don't know much about this sea life, but I think Athena was a monster of aunt..." Joanie shrugged.

Soon the group introduced themselves to Marlin. Marlin grinned back, after a little while, he decided to go home for the night and promised to take good care of his future child where they wouldn't end up like Coral, who he would name Nemo in her honor and memory.

It was of course not time to go home yet, the times had passed for everyone and sure enough, Nemo had grown into a growing young fish and was now awaiting an emotional day in his life.

"First day of school! First day of school," Nemo beamed as he tried to awaken his father, "wake up, wake up!  C'mon, first day of school!"

"I don't want to go to school," Marlin whined in his sleep, "five more moments!"

"Not you, Dad, me," Nemo warned Marlin in emotion.

"Alright...what," Marlin groggily replied.

"Get up, get up," Nemo swam around in emotion. "School time! School time!  School time!  School time!  Oh, good!  A map," he tripped outside.

"NEMO," Marlin panicked and swam outside for his only son.

"First day of school," Nemo muffled as he was stuck in some coral.

"Nemo, don't move! Stay put!  You'll never get out of there yourself.  I'll do it," Marlin helped his son and soon burst him out of the coral and looked in deep worry, which soon annoyed Nemo, "alright, where's the break?  Do you feel the break?"

"No," Nemo said.

Soon the others came out to help take Nemo to school as they promised Marlin once he was old enough.

"Sometimes you can't warn, because the liquid is flowing in the area," Marlin continued, "now, any liquid?"

"No," Nemo replied.

"Are you frustrated," Marlin turned his son over.

"No," Nemo rolled his eyes.

"How many stripes do I have," Marlin asked.

"I'm fine," Nemo moaned.

"Respond the strip question," Marlin urged his son.

"Three," Nemo rolled his eyes.

"No! Look, you need something," Marlin replied before counting himself, "I have one, two, three-is that all I have?  Oh, you're fine.  How lucky is the fin?"

"Lucky," Nemo replied as he showed his damaged fin since birth.

"Let's see," Marlin said.

Though Nemo attempted to reach his father, nonetheless they succeeded in a simple high-five to each other.

Then the others came out.

"Good morning, Nemo, hello, Marlin," Jesse grinned, "are you ready to go to school?"

"I bet," Nemo beamed.

"Are you sure you want to go to school this year," Marlin called to Nemo, "because it's a problem if not. You can wait five or six years."

"C'mon, Dad, it's school time," Nemo warned his father.

"Yes, Marlin, and we promised to help him get there," Joanie reminded the male clown fish.

"Ah-ah-ah," Marlin reminded Nemo, "you forgot to brush."

"Oh..." Nemo moaned.

"Do you want this anemone to bite you," Marlin asked his son.

Nemo turned back and grinned. "Yes!"

"Brush," Marlin warned his son.

Nemo moaned and soon brushed before his father began to tickle him as they were going to school.

"I'm a little afraid of this school, Jesse," Penny whined to her big cousin.

"Don't worry, school isn't horrible," Jesse assured her.

"Eh, wait until you're our age," Joanie added.

Jesse frowned and nudged her slightly.

"Ow," Joanie frowned back.

"You'll have fun," Gertie said.

Marlin took Nemo's fin as they were on their road to school as he reminded Nemo some rules they went over.

"Father, I'll probably see a shark while I'm at school," Nemo exclaimed.

"I'm very skeptical," Marlin replied.

"Have you ever met a shark," Nemo asked.

"No, and I'm not going to," Marlin shook his head.

"Guys," Nemo asked the others.

"No," Jesse shook his head.

"I saw the movie Shark Tale several times..." Joanie shrugged.

"Perhaps someday," Joanie grinned encouragingly.

"How old are sea turtles," Nemo asked.

"Sea turtles," Marlin replied in confusion, "I don't know."

"I have no idea," Penny said.

"Sandy Plankton from a neighbor, he said sea turtles, said they live to be about a hundred years old," Nemo replied.

"Wow," Penny grinned.

"Well, you know what, if I ever meet a sea turtle, I ask him. After speaking to the shark, well, fine," Marlin replied before suddenly stopping Nemo, "hey, hey, hey!  Wait, wait, wait for the crossing line."

There were fish swimming all around like a traffic jam until then they were suddenly stopped and it was safe to cross.

"Wow..." Penny was amazed by the pretty colors as Jesse held her hand.

"Catch my fin," Marlin warned Nemo, "catch my fin."

"Father, you're not as crazy as in the zoo, no," Nemo asked.

"Say, this snail is going to charge," Marlin defended.

"The snail wasn't even fast," Gertie said.

Marlin was busily trying to find where Nemo's class. As overprotective as usual, Marlin kept very close to his son to make absolutely certain he wouldn't wander away into any danger. "Yes...I wonder where we should go," he wondered.

"I don't know," Gertie said.

Penny was so amazed by all the types of sea creatures and she was emotional that she had to be apart of this.

"I'm sorry, here we meet this teacher," Marlin came up to the seahorse, octopus and butterfly fish as they were laughing with each other.

"Please warn us," Joanie begged.

"Look who came out of the anemone," the seahorse smirked to Marlin.

"Yes," Marlin replied, "it's shocking, I know."

"Marty, right," the seahorse asked.

"Marlin," the adult male clown fish corrected.

"Bob," the seahorse gave his name.

"Ted," the octopus added.

"Bill," the butterfly fish concluded.

"Any matter, yes, the teacher should be here in a second or two," the octopus said before the butterfly fish began to laugh to Marlin for some reason.

"Something funny," Gertie asked.

"Yes," Bob agreed.

"Yes, he's a clown fish, no," Bill asked about Marlin in emotion, "you're funny, aren't you? Hey, warn us a joke!"

Bob and Ted seemed to agree with this as they wanted to hear a joke as well.

"I don't agree," Joanie said.

"That's true, this is a common misconception," Marlin agreed, "clown fish are not funny to other fish."

"Aw, c'mon, Clowny," Bill urged.

"Yes, do something funny," Ted added.

"Yes," Bob agreed.

"Oh, it's going to be awkward," Joanie sighed.

"Well, I know one joke," Marlin said as he began to warn of the joke, "huh, is this a mollusk, you see? And it goes to the sea, well, it doesn't walk, it swims...well, it doesn't actually move the mollusk.  It's in one place and then the sea.  Cucumber, well, they mix.  It was a cucumber.  None of them walked, but forget that I-"

"You see," Joanie asked.

"Sheldon, get out of Mr. Johansen's yard right now," Bob suddenly shouts at a young seahorse, who is with a young butterfly fish and a young octopus.

Everyone looked behind to see that three children, who were messing around with an Eagle Ray fish.

"This seems a bit disgusting," Penny said.

"Father, Father, can we play as well," Nemo asked, "can we?"

"I'd feel better if you play on sponge beds," Marlin replied.

"You mean guppies," Patch asked, unimpressed.

"That's where I was going to play," Marlin sheepishly grinned.

"I bet you'd do it," Joanie deadpanned.

The girl octopus came behind Nemo and noticed a deformity. "What does this fern need?"

"He looks ridiculous," the young butterfly fish laughed.

"Hey," Penny frowned.

"Be good," Bob scolded his son despite that the butterfly fish was laughing, "this is the first time he's been to school."

"What are you," the girl octopus asked Penny.

"I'm a mermaid," Penny grinned.

"Cool," the girl octopus grinned back.

"He was born with this," Marlin warned the others about Nemo's deformed fin, "we call it his lucky fin."

"Daaaad...." Nemo moaned.

"Look at these tentacles," the girl octopus showed one tentacle with a grin to help make Nemo feel better about himself, "it's actually shorter than all my other tentacles, but you really can't warn. Especially if I spin them like that."

"I'm tolerant of H2O," the young seahorse said before falling backwards.

"I'M DISGUSTING," the young butterfly fish concluded, getting in Nemo's face.

"We can already warn you," Joanie said.

"Oohhhh, let's name the zones, the zones, the zones, let's name the zones of the open sea,~" a sting ray sang as he swam over them.

"MR. RAY," the children grew emotional.

"C'mon, boys," the young seahorse warned Nemo and Penny.

"Alright," Penny grinned.

"Wait, you better stay with me," Marlin held Nemo back.

Penny firmly pouted as she didn't like Marlin being so overprotective like this.

As Mr. Ray concluded his song and was ready to land, all of the children gathered in a spot where they were all covered by their own school teacher. Mr. Ray had a feeling at where the children were hiding and yet decided to play along just for their amusement. "Huh, I wonder where my cup went," he grinned as he pretended to look around.

'He's certainly funny,' Penny thought to himself.

"Dad, you can go now," Marlin rushed his father.

"Well, hello," Mr. Ray noticed Nemo and the others, "who are you?"

"I'm Penny," Penny greeted.

"Well, Nemo and Penny, every new researcher has to respond a science question," Mr. Ray warned his fellow students.

"Alright," Nemo and Penny replied.

"What house do you live in," Mr. Ray asked them.

That was an awkward situation for Penny. It seemed worse for Nemo.

"An enemy," Nemo attempted to pronounce the name of his home that his father taught him, "egaaaaad."

"What else is this called," Penny asked.

"Well, that's..." Jesse whispered to her, "I'm sure he didn't do that because he fell off the vehicle or something."

"This is a difficult word," Penny replied.

"I know," Jesse said.

"Well, that's it, don't torment yourself," Mr. Ray said to Penny and Nemo.

Soon Penny hugged Jesse as it looked like it was time to go to school. Jesse hugged her back.

"I haven't seen a mermaid in a long time. Welcome to the ship, Penny," Mr. Ray grinned to the former orphaned girl.

Penny grinned back as she came to go with the others on the field trip. "Where are we going, sir," she asked.

"Go to the reef," Mr. Ray informed.

"Cool," Richie said.

Penny chuckled as she rode with the others to the reef and her pigtails flew through the currents.

"Farewell, Nemo," Marlin called out.

"Farewell, Dad," Nemo called back.

"Farewell, Jesse," Penny called out.

"Have a good time, Penny," Jesse called back to his little cousin.

"I will," Penny grinned.

"Hey, you're very good with the first timer," Bob said to Marlin.

"Well, you can't catch them forever, no," Marlin replied.

"Yes," Jesse nodded.

"Yes, it was difficult for me to get my head out while traveling," Bill added.

"Oh, that could be bad," Gertie said.

"They just have to grow up--Pizza Ranch," Marlin suddenly panicked, "are they going to surrender?"

"What's a great fact," Joanie shrugged, "it's just a drop."

"Wh-What are you, crazy," Marlin swam up to her in alarm, "why not burn them now and serve them with barbecue chips?!"

"What's wrong with failing," Joanie asked.

"Hey, Marty, calm down," Bob warned the adult male clownfish.

"Don't warn me to be silent, Pony Boy," Marlin replied before swimming away to go after his son.

"Wow, he really has to worry," Gertie said.

"Jimmy John's," Bob scoffed.

"You know, about a clown fish, he really isn't that funny," Bill said.

"It's unfortunate," Ted added.

Meanwhile...

"Oh, let's name the species, the species, the species, let's name the species, that live in the sea~" Mr. Ray sang as he took the children all around the ocean floor.

"Ooh," Penny grinned.

"Wow..." Nemo marveled at the sights.

Everyone could see a vast majority of coral, all of different shapes and sizes, standing before them like a colorful jungle. A great assortment of fish passed by these reefs, some above the coral and others below. So much abundant in these parts, there was hardly any time to name all the species.

Sure enough, they arrived at their destination.

"Alright, get off," Mr. Ray warned his students as he landed to let them get away, "well, please, feel free to explore, but stay close."

"Yes, sir," Penny said.

"Stromatolytic cyanobacteria," Mr. Ray suddenly gasped before showing the others a speck before certain others seemed to wander away as he began to educate them, "gathered."

"Ooh," Penny grinned.

"C'mon, let's go," the butterfly fish boy warned the seahorse and octopus.

Soon the three of them left. Then Nemo and Penny found themselves following after their new friends.

"Hey, guys, wait up," Nemo called out.

"Yes, wait for me," Penny added.

They were too breath-taken with how big the Drop-Off truly was and nothing but miles upon miles of big, blue water stretching endlessly from way ahead.

"Cool," the butterfly fish said.

The octopus came closer until he frightened her and laughed as she seemed to gush out a black liquid form her tentacles.

"Oh, you guys made ink for me," the octopus pouted.

"Well, what's going on here," Penny asked the others.

"That's the fact," the octopus girl pointed out, "what is this?"

"I know what that is," the butterfly fish spoke up, "Sandy Plankton saw this. He called, said it was called....a butt."

"Wow..." Nemo was amazed.

"Wow, that's a pretty big butt," the octopus agreed.

"It's not a barrel, it's a boat," Penny said, "but why is there a boat here in the ocean?"

"Boat..." the others repeated the right word.

"Oh, look at me," the seahorse taunted with a smirk. "I'm going to touch the boat," he sneezed, which made him swim backward slightly.

"Perhaps we shouldn't be here," Penny said.

The others went closer and the only ones left were Nemo and Penny.

"Let's go, guys," the butterfly fish called out to them, "how far can you go?"

"Listen, I think we should go back to class," Penny said.

"Besides, my dad says it's not safe," Nemo added.

Suddenly, a voice yelled out. "NEMO, NO!!"

Penny and Nemo turned to see that it was Marlin.

"Marlin," Penny asked, "what are you doing here?"

"You're going to swim in the open water," Marlin scolded.

"No, I wasn't going out--" Nemo tried to explain.

"Marlin, he wasn't going to swim in the open water, and neither am I," Penny said.

"Sir, they're not going to go," the octopus added.

"Yes, they were too afraid," the butterfly fish nodded.

"No, we're not," Nemo frowned slightly.

"It doesn't apply to you children, and you're lucky I didn't warn your parents that you were there," Marlin warned Nemo's friends before looking directly to his son, "you know you don't swim well."

"I can swim well, alright, Dad," Nemo frowned.

Penny grew worried about where this was going.

"No, that's not good," Marlin scolded Nemo. "You shouldn't be around here...oh, I was right," he took his son's fin, "you'll start school in a year or two."

"No, Dad," Nemo said, "just because you're afraid of the ocean--"

"Obviously, you're not ready and won't come back until you are," Marlin interrupted, "you think you can do these facts, but you just can't, Nemo!"

Nemo narrowed his eyes as he was very frustrated with his father right now. "I hate you."

Penny knew that had to hurt.

"There's-" Mr. Ray started to sing, but then stopped. "There's nothing to see! Ah, gather there," he warned his students before going over to Marlin, "excuse me, can I do something?  I'm a scientist, sir.  Is there a problem?"

"I'm sorry, we didn't mean to stop facts," Marlin said, "he's not a good swimmer and it's too early for him to be here unattended."

"Marlin, stop, you're disgraceful of him," Joanie scolded.

Penny grew worried about the boat and had to be sure if there was anyone there. Nemo was swimming out to the boat.

"I'm sorry, but it's none of your business," Marlin said to Joanie as she butted in like she did.

"He's no longer a gang," Joanie said.

"And you have no right to drive my little cousin like you," Jesse added.

"By the way, where is she," Patch asked.

"OH, MY HEAVENS," a chicken fish suddenly yelled out, "NEMO AND PENNY ARE SWIMMING TO SEA!!"

"Wait, what," Jesse panicked.

"Nemo," Marlin gasped.

"Nemo, no," Jesse added.

Nemo and Penny were swimming up close to the boat. Penny went up to the top of the boat. There appeared to be one man who was waiting on the boat as he hummed to himself.

"Whoops..." Penny whispered to herself before going back underwater.

Marlin kept warning Nemo not to touch the boat, but soon, Nemo did just that which seemed to summon a scuba diver.

"Oh, dear..." Penny gulped before catching Nemo and swimming him off of the scuba diver.

"What," Nemo blinked.

The scuba diver reached out for Nemo, willing to collect him which frightened the other fish. Unfortunately for the scuba diver, he was unsuccessful.

"PENNY," Jesse yelped for his little cousin.

Soon the scuba diver put Nemo in a plastic bag.

"DAAADDDYYY," Nemo cried out in grief.

"NEMO," Marlin yelped.

"Let him go," Penny frowned as she hit the scuba diver so many times until he would let go of Nemo. Her hits didn't seem to do anything as the scuba diver began to take Nemo off.

"Penny," Jesse gasped for his little cousin.

The scuba diver did groan from the punch in the face as he took Nemo off of the ocean. Soon Penny caught hold of the plastic bag and soon started to pull Nemo off of the scuba diver. Soon another scuba diver came with an underwater camera and flashed it. Penny moaned as the light blinded her and she dropped the bag and then the other scuba diver took a hold of Nemo.

"Wait," Penny frowned.

Soon Jesse punched the scuba diver to stop him.

Back with Marlin, who had fallen over due to the confusion with the fishermen, who growled in frustration before shouting out an enraged "STEELE!!"

This yell was so loud that it echoed across the ocean floor. "You alright, Penny," Gertie soothed the little girl.

"Yes, that light was just on...." Penny twitched slightly.

"The camera flash can be a little dazzling," Gertie said.

"Warn me about it," Joanie agreed as she hated school picture day for that very reason.

Jesse held Nemo protectively with a frown to the scuba divers.

"Yes! Jesse saved Nemo," Penny cheered.

"Alright, the mission is over, let's go home, Alec," Joanie said.

"He's not here," Gertie said.

"Well, it's time to go home," Joanie replied, "it wasn't an adventure, I have to say."

"Which is certainly a relief for you," Patch said.

"Well, yes, Alec, take us home," Joanie replied.

Evil Manta seemed to swim past and take Nemo away without them noticing.

"C'mon, Alec, take us home," Joanie called out.

"Nemo needs to be taken away, it can teach Marlin how to better fire his son," Alec's voice said.

Everyone looked around before seeing Alec as a merman as he thought they could use his help.

"And it looks like Nemo was taken away," Alec said.

"What," Jesse asked while fighting with Evil Manta.

"Silly merboy," Evil Manta smirked as he was being pinned down by Jesse. Soon he hit his tail down to cause a crack to appear on the ground.

The others yelped slightly from the rumbling and the crack. Mr. Ray kept his students close and safe away from the evil manta ray. Soon Evil Manta stung Jesse with his tail.

Jesse hissed in slight pain before frowning. "You are a monster!"

"Farewell for finding Nemo," Evil Manta smirked before swimming away.

"Why, you," Jesse frowned.

Evil Manta laughed darkly as he swam away, hearing the frustrated seagulls shout his name.

Marlin cried out for Nemo in grief as he was unable to get him back and soon he was swimming into a blue fish.

"That has to hurt," Gertie winced.

Jesse frowned wherever Evil Manta went and soon went down to check on Marlin as he was lost.

"Wow, a blue kelp fish," Joanie beamed at the sight of the blue fish.

"Oh...I'm sorry," the blue tang said to Marlin, "I didn't see you there!"

Soon the blue tang fish swam down to see if Marlin was alright.

"He's gone...he's gone..." Marlin sounded miserable, "he's gone...no, no. You took him away.  I have to find the boat."

"A boat," the blue seaweed fish gasped, "wait, I saw a boat!"

"You did," Marlin asked.

"Uh-huh, it passed not long ago," the blue tang fish replied.

"Was it a white boat," Joanie asked.

"Hi, I'm Dory," the fish introduced herself and held out a fin.

"How did it go," Jesse asked her.

"I-It went, um, this fashion and it went here," the blue tang fish replied before swimming away, "follow me!"

"Thank you! Thank you," Marlin followed her, "thank you very much!"

"Yes, thank you," Penny grinned.

"Oh, dear, I hope this isn't Jenny and Charlie's Dory..." Alec mumbled to himself about the blue tang fish.

"No problem," Dory grinned.

Soon they swam after Dory as she helped them. Dory grinned, but she seemed to be disturbed by the ones behind her and seemed to be trying to avoid them.

"Yes, this is Jenny and Charlie's Dory," Alec sighed.

"Who and who," Penny asked.

Alec hummed innocently like he was pretending, he didn't hear her.

"What about that girl," Gertie wondered as they tried to keep up with Dory, who seemed to be swimming all around now.

"I have no idea," Jesse said.

Soon Dory turned to the others in annoyance. "Are you going to quit?"

"Stop what," Penny asked.

"I'm trying to swim here," Dory frowned, "what, the sea isn't big enough for you?"

"Do you even remember why we're following you," Joanie asked.

"Yes, you showed us where the boat is going," Jesse added.

"A boat? Look, I saw a boat," Dory grinned. "It passed not long ago. It went here and it went there.  Follow me," she started to swim off.

"What? But that's about you," Joanie warned her.

"Was that me," Dory asked, "oh, dear..."

"If this is a practical joke, it's not funny," Marlin frowned at the blue tang fish, "and I know funny, I'm a clown fish!"

"No, that's not," Dory sighed mournfully, "I know it's not very sorry. Behold, I suffer from short-term memory loss."

"That's awful," Gertie frowned.

"Short-term memory loss," Marlin scoffed before swimming away, "I don't think so."

"No, it's true. I forget facts almost instantly.  It runs in my family......" Dory replied before pausing to think about it. "Or at least I think that's the fashion it is, right...where are you," she turned to the others with a grin as she had already forgotten all about them, "can I help you?"

"Now what," Penny asked.

"Something's really wrong with you," Marlin dismissed Dory.

"We'd better carry on," Gertie said.

Dory watched them go.

"We'd better go before something else happens," Joanie frowned back at the others as she swam forward until she bumped into someone. "Hey, watch out where I'm going......" her eyes widened fearfully.

A great white shark smirked viciously to her. "Hello."

"Oh, my heavens..." Joanie gulped.

"Well, hi," Dory beamed to the shark.

"Name's Bruce," the shark held out his fin with a smirk.

Soon Jesse went up to the shark to give him a firm handshake. Joanie hid behind Jesse, shivering like a coward she was.

"You have a good grip there, merboy," Bruce smirked to Jesse. Soon he felt that the grip got tighter.

Jesse narrowed his eyes slightly.

"It's alright, I see," Bruce replied, "why trust a shark, right? Well, what's a school like you doing out so late, right?"

"Nothing," Marlin lamented, "we're not doing anything. We're not even outside."

"Great," Bruce smirked, "then how'd you like to come to a little get-together that I have?"

"Um, I'm sure we'll make it," Penny said.

"Is this a festival," Dory asked in emotion.

"Yes, yes, that's it, a feast," Bruce smirked.

"This sounds like fun," Dory grinned to the others.

"I'm not so sure," Gertie said.

"Oh, c'mon, I exist," Bruce encouraged.

Joanie was swimming backward as he took the others over to come with him, only for her to be included from Alec.

"Alec, beat up this shark," Joanie begged as he took her hand against her will.

"Don't worry, he doesn't eat fish or sea people/mercreatures," Alec said.

"What," Joanie asked flatly.

"He and his friends have been trying to recover lately," Alec replied as he dragged her against her will.

"Seriously," Joanie asked.

"Hey, look, balloons," Dory beamed to the sights of anchored down spiked metal balls, "this is a festival!"

"Actually, these are bombs," Jesse said.

"Bombs," Penny's eyes widened.

"Yes, looks like bombs," Patch said.

Soon Bruce led the others to meet his fellow sharks named Anchor and Chum.

"Oh, just great..." Gertie moaned.

Joanie tried to get out of Alec's hold as he seemed to be squeezing her hand.

"Don't worry, they won't eat you," Alec warned her sincerely.

"They're sharks," Joanie frowned.

"They'll be fine as long as neither of them feels loose blood," Alec warned her.

"What," Joanie asked.

"Just come here, you moron," Alec scoffed.

"No way," Joanie shook her head.

"Oh..." Alec cooed, "would you rather be in the dentist's office in an aquarium?"

"Yes, at least I don't have to worry about sharks," Joanie said.

Alec smirked to Joanie, which made her hesitant. "See you, I don't want you," he laughed as he teleported her to a fish tank in a dentist's office and turned her into a plain old goldfish.

"At least I'm safe," Joanie said. Then she looked around. "Well, uh, where am I?"

A shrimp came up right behind her. "Salut."

This alarmed her a bit.

"Where are you from," Joanie asked the shrimp.

"I could ask you the same fact," the shrimp replied in his thick French accent.

A plastic treasure chest seemed to open and it showed bubbles, which made a yellow fish zip over.

"Who was that," Joanie yelped.

A starfish poked her face off the glass. "He likes bubbles, you have to be the new guy from the sea."

"Oh, I hope not," a purple fish shivered hesitantly, "she could be covered in germs!"

"She can't come out of the sea, she's just a simple old goldfish," a puffer fish grinned.

"New one," Joanie asked, "is there a young clown fish?"

"We didn't meet a clown fish, but we heard the dentist say he was bringing us a new friend," the puffer fish replied.

"More like a fish neck," Joanie frowned as she had a feeling this dentist was the same person that scuba dived.

Sure enough, the dentist came back and placed Nemo inside the tank.

"I LOVE IT," Joanie called out, "come down from here where I can slap you!"

To her dismay, he didn't listen to them.

Back with the others in the ocean...

"It's time, mate," Anchor said to Bruce.

"We've been through all of the snacks and I'm yet starving," Chum added.

Penny whined as they were surrounded by even more sharks as Alec caught up with them.

"Back off," Jesse frowned at the sharks.

"Hey, wait, take it easy, buddy, we don't do anything," Chum defended.

"Very well," Bruce said to his fellow sharks, "the meeting is officially settled. Let's all make the promise......"

"'I'm a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine'," the sharks recited together with their fins in the air, "'if I am to change this image, I have to change myself first. Fish are friends, not food'."

"Wait, what," the group asked.

Alec smirked as he knew all about this in advance.

"Except for stinking dolphins," Anchor muttered.

"Dolphins! Yes, they think they're so cute," Chum scoffed before doing a mocking imitation of a dolphin, "hey, look at me.  I'm a little dolphin!  Let me spin for you!  Ain't I-a something?!"

Dory grinned as she seemed to enjoy being apart of this. Soon Penny calmed down once she saw they were friendly.

"Alright," Bruce said to his friends, "today's meeting is step 5, 'Bring a Fish Friend.' Do you have all your friends now?"

"I think so," Anchor replied as he showed a deathly frightened green fish.

"Hi, there," Dory greeted the fish.

"How about you, Chum," Bruce asked the other shark.

"Oh, um...I seemed to have misplaced my, uh...boyfriend," Chum grinned hesitantly before showing a skeleton between his teeth.

"You ate your friend by the way," Alec asked him.

"Oh, like you didn't," Jesse teased Alec since how he was.

Alec rolled his eyes to that. Marlin was of course utterly terrified at the sight. Soon he moved so Chum might take Jesse as his next 'friend'.

"It's alright, Chum," Bruce soothed his friend, "I had the feeling that this would be a difficult step, you can help yourself to one of my friends."

"Oh, thank you, buddy," Chum clutched Jesse, "a little buddy for Chum, right?"

"Yes," Jesse nodded.

"I'll start with the testimonials," Bruce started, "hello, my name is Bruce."

"Hello, Bruce," everyone else replied in unison.

"It's been three weeks since my last fish," Bruce said before raising his fin, "with me, or may I be chopped up and made into soup."

"Nice," Alec said.

"You're an inspiration to us all," Chum applauded.

"Amen," Anchor added.

"Who's next," Bruce asked.

"Ooh! Pick me! Pick me," Dory piped up.

"She's not too bright," Alec whispered to himself.

"Yes, the little Sheila at the front," Bruce grinned to Dory.

"Whoo-hoo," Dory cheered as she took her turn, "hi, I'm Dory."

"Hello, Dory," everyone said in unison.

"And, um, well...I don't think I've ever had a fish," Dory said with a small grin.

There was awkward silence for a moment until then the sharks applauded her.

"I'm so glad I got this off my chest," Dory sighed in relief.

"Oh, boy," Alec grumbled under his breath.

"Alright, someone else," Bruce asked before looking to Marlin, "hello, how about you, buddy? What's your problem?"

"Me? I have no problem," Marlin replied.

"Uh-huh," Alec said, unimpressed.

"Denial," the sharks agreed before shoving Marlin over.

"Just start with your name," Bruce encouraged.

Marlin came in front unwillingly to the podium, which appeared to be a broken down sink. "Alright. Uh, hello.  My name is Marlin.  I'm a clown fish"

"A clown fish, really," Chum beamed.

"Oh, boy, here we go," Alec moaned.

The sharks encouraged Marlin to warn a joke since he was a clown fish.

Marlin tried his joke from earlier, but soon looked up to a rock to see a scuba mask which distracted him. "Nemo..." he whispered before swimming up to it.

"Wait, did he just say Nemo," Penny asked.

"Nemo," Chum laughed as he thought that was the punchline before he looked confused, "I don't get it."

"He's not so funny for a clown fish," Bruce replied.

"No, no, no, no, he's my son," Marlin replied as he swam up to the mask that separated him from his only son, "he was taken by these divers."

"Oh, you poor fish," Dory frowned.

"People," Chum scoffed, "think that everything is theirs."

"Probably Americans," Anchor replied.

"Now there's a father looking for his little boy," Bruce mourned.

Soon Marlin got a look at the back of the scuba diving mask. "Ugh! What do these markings mean," he asked in frustration as he couldn't read the writing as the sharks wept in sympathy for him for losing his son.

"Well, then we have to find a fish that can read this," Dory said before grinning brightly, "hey, look, sharks!"

"Dory, I think you shouldn't do that," Alec said.

Marlin tried to take the mask away from Dory, but soon it roughly hit her in the face which actually made Alec flinch.

"Oww," Dory moaned as she held her face with her fins.

"Oh, I'm very sorry," Marlin frowned, "are you alright?"

"You really got me there," Dory frowned before removing her fins as a stream of blood came out from her face and seemed to go into Bruce's nostrils, "am I bleeding?"

"Oh, dear...Jesse, you'd better get ready," Alec said.

"Ready for what," Jesse asked.

"I'm sure you know what happens when a shark can sense blood," Alec replied.

"Oh, right..." Jesse said as he was ready to handle Bruce.

"Oohhhh, that's good," Bruce smirked once he sniffed the blue tang fish's blood.

"INTERVENTION," Anchor and Chum gasped.

Soon Jesse swan towards Bruce. Chum and Anchor held Bruce down as he was getting hungry for fish again.

"Stay down," Jesse frowned at Bruce.

"C'mon, let's go," Gertie urged the others to swim off.

"And do it faster," Alec added.

Jesse frowned to Bruce as Anchor and Chum helped restrain him reminding him that fish were friends and not food.

"Look, here's something. 'Es-cap-e'," Dory looked to a sign and read it aloud before laughing, "I wonder what this means, oh, that's funny, it's spelled just like the word 'escape'."

"Jesse, get out of here," Alec warned them.

The group swiftly made their road towards the escape hatch, just as Bruce was close to opening the door after multiple head-butts.

"Here's Brucey," Bruce smirked.

"Wait a moment," Marlin looked to Dory, "can you read?!"

"Can I read," Dory asked before remembering, "that's right, I can read!"

"Faster, read the mask," Penny warned her.

Suddenly, Bruce burst through the roof of the submarine clutching the mask along his teeth.

"STOP THIS," Jesse scolded the shark, "you like fish as friends now, do you remember?!"

"His bloody sense is making him blind," Gertie said.

"Ugh..." Jesse moaned, "listen to me, Bruce! I'm the nephew of King Triton and Queen Athena!"

"I don't care," Bruce snarled as he was eager to eat the others.

"Faster, into the torpedo launcher," Alec warned Marlin and Dory.

Marlin was hesitant, but Dory already swam ahead.

"What about us," Penny asked.

Alec helped them out.

"Hey, where's Joanie," Gertie noticed they were missing someone.

"Perhaps Bruce ate her," Alec ignored.

"Alec, where's Joanie," Patch asked.

"I think she ran into some jellyfish," Alec lied.

"Alec," the others scolded.

Sure enough, the torpedo launched into Bruce's mouth and Marlin and Dory caught the mask. Then Bruce shook the torpedo out of his mouth and it was going toward one of the mines.

"Oh, dear..." Gertie gulped.

"Bruce," Anchor muttered.

"What," Bruce sniffed until he took a look and was in shock, "SWIM AWAY! BE FREE!!"

Soon the torpedoes hit the mines and there was an explosion all throughout the ocean.

"Everyone, back in the ship," Alec yelped.

Soon everyone went for shelter as there were explosions all around. Jesse coughed as he wasn't harmed, but soon shook off the explosions and narrowed his eyes as he looked for Bruce, but he seemed to had disappeared with Anchor and Chum. Soon Gertie sped up to Jesse and hugged him as she felt concerned about him.

"I'm fine," Jesse said.

"Penny, are you alright," Gertie asked.

"Yes, I'm fine," Penny came out of hiding with Patch.

"Whew," Gertie sighed.

"Alright, Alec, where's Joanie," Jesse demanded as he gave a stare in the warlock's eyes.

Alec sighed and looked away. "She's in a dentist's office right now."

"And why's she there," Gertie asked.

Alec grinned hesitantly as it looked like he had a lot of explaining to do.

Meanwhile, with Joanie...

"Dad," Nemo shivered as he was placed in a fish tank, "Daddy?!"

"Nemo, are you alright," Joanie asked.

"Who are you," Nemo asked.

"It's me, Joanie," Joanie replied, "I'm a goldfish now.....don't ask, but it'll be alright, I'm sure we'll get out of here soon."

"Where's Dad and the others," Nemo lamented.

"They're back in the ocean," Joanie said, "with a new friend."

"What," Nemo asked as he felt lost, "but where are we?"

Soon the yellow fish zipped over to his toy chest and frowned at Joanie and Nemo.

"He likes bubbles," the starfish warned Nemo as he felt uneasy about this entire new world.

"Don't worry, Nemo, none of the fish here will hurt us," Joanie assured.

"Hi guys," the scuba diver, revealing to be in his dentist scrubs grinned to Nemo and Joanie before looking to a familiar blonde boy, "beauty, right? I found that boy trying his life on the reef and I saved him."

"It seems they are, Dr. Sherman," the boy replied.

Sure enough, female chipmunks also came to see and Joanie recognized them instantly. It was Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor.

"Girls," Joanie called out.

"Looks like it's speaking to us," Brittany pointed to the goldfish.

"Oh, Britt, don't tap your glass," Eleanor warned her sister, "t-they don't like it."

"Girls, it's me, Joanie," Joanie called out.

Eleanor seemed to stare right at the goldfish. "Joanie..." she repeated almost like she could understand.

"What's with that fish," Brittany shrugged.

"I don't know, I don't speak fish," Jeanette shrugged.

"WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU DON'T SPEAK FISH," Joanie flipped out at the Chippettes, "learn! LEAAAAAAARRRN!!!"

"Joanie," the blonde boy asked her.

Joanie took a look at the blonde boy. "Wait, Cody, is that you?"

"Yes," Cody grinned, "my Aunt Olivia is following a dentist for a possible job for her college."

"Well, can you help me and Nemo get out of here," Joanie asked.

"Um, we'd love to, but we're busy right now," Cody replied.

Joanie sighed as she hit her head against the tank, which made a clink noise.

"I miss my dad," Nemo frowned, "where is he?"

"Darling, your dad's probably back at the pet shop," the starfish soothed almost maternally.

"I'm afraid Nemo isn't from a pet shop," Joanie said.

"What's a pet shop," Nemo asked.

"If he's not from a pet shop, then where does he come from," the purple fish asked.

"The ocean," Joanie said.

"Ah, the ocean," the purple fish said before his eyes widened. "The ocean! Aah!  He hasn't been decontaminated yet!  Jacques," he called out.

"Yes," the shrimp replied.

"Clean him up," the purple fish urged.

"Yes," the shrimp nodded as he went to Nemo to clean him.

"Ocean," the purple fish warned the shrimp.

Soon the shrimp spun Nemo around until soon he stopped. "That's it, he's clean!"

Joanie rolled her eyes to that, but at least it would settle down the purple fish.

"Wow, the big blue," the yellow fish said to Max, "what's it like?"

"Really," Joanie asked, unimpressed.

"Um, big and blue," Nemo replied.

"I knew it," the yellow fish pouted.

"Guys, if there's anything you need, ask your Aunt Deb, it's me, or if I'm not around, you can always speak to my sister, Flo," the blue, black and white fish grinned before looking to her reflection. "Hi, how are you," she turned back, seeming slightly crazier than Pinkie Pie, which disturbed Joanie gratefully, "don't listen to what my sister says, she's crazy!"

"Uh-huh," Joanie said as she backed off of Deb.

The starfish muffled.

"I can't hear you, Patch," the blow fish said to her.

Then the starfish burst her face out to sound clearer. "I said we have one alive!"

"One alive," Joanie asked.

There appeared to be a root canal going on from the dentist. Joanie winced and flinched as she hated visiting the dentist more than anything before she turned away while the others in the tank looked interested.

"I think you should cut back on the candy," Eleanor waved her finger to the patient.

"I'll try," the patient said.

Joanie winced and grimaced each time she heard the scraping noises as she deeply hated going to the dentist.

"Ooh, he's using a Hedstrom file," the blow fish noticed.

"That's not a Hedstrom file," the purple fish retorted, "that's a K-Flex."

"What's the difference," Joanie asked.

"I'll never know, darling," Peach sighed as soon as the blow fish and the purple fish had an argument.

Soon the blow fish got bloated.

"I'm going to deflate him," Deb rolled her eyes before swimming after the blow fish.

"Alright," Olivia warned the patient, "now go ahead and rinse."

Then the patient came over the sink and spit the water into it after his root canal.

"Yuck," Joanie flinched.

"Oh, the human mouth is a disgusting place," the purple fish agreed.

Joanie frowned in slight offense to that, but she didn't say anything since she was a goldfish now.

Suddenly, a figure smashed into the nearby window and it was a pelican.

"A pelican," Joanie yelped.

"Hey, Nigel," Peach greeted.

"What did I miss," the pelican looked around, "am I late?"

"Root canal and it's nonsense," Peach warned him.

"Root canal, right," Nigel asked, "which one did he use?"

"Alligator drill," Peach warned him.

"He seems to prefer that," Nigel replied. "Hope he doesn't get excess sealant at the portal terminus-" he noticed Joanie and Max, "hi, who am I?"

"Uh, hi," Joanie said.

"New guys," Deb chuckled.

"The dentist took them off of the reef," the purple fish named Gurgle added.

"More like he took Nemo and, uh...me from the reef," Joanie warned them.

"Outies," Nigel replied, "from the neck of the woods, right? I'm sorry if I ever shot you.  The fish have to swim, the birds have to eat."

"Wait! No, no, no, no," the dentist frowned at the pelican for breaking into his office as he began to throw him out, "they're not your fish; they're my fish.  C'mon, go!  Go ahead, shoo!"

"They were just speaking, sir," Cody pouted.

Unfortunately, the dentist yet shooed the pelican out of the building.

"Oh, the photo broke," the dentist frowned as he took out a framed picture from the window.

"Who's that, Dr. Sherman," Olivia asked as she got the next patient settled in.

"This is Darla, she's my niece," the dentist grinned, "she'll be eight this week."

"Uh, why did your fish die," Cody gulped as he saw a dead pet fish in a plastic bag in the hands on a red-haired girl with braces.

"Aw, she's a good girl, but she shook her latest birthday present a little too hard," Dr. Sherman grinned innocently like Darla was just playing.

"He thought the fish was asleep if he were actually awake," Olivia reminded the dentist.

"Poor friend," Cody frowned about the fish in the picture.

"Hey, little buddy, say hello to your new mum," Dr. Sherman grinned to Max as he showed Darla's picture to him. "She'll come here on Friday to get you. You're her gift," he silenced playfully. "It's our little secret," he put the picture in front of the fish tank.

"Gah," Joanie flinched at the little girl's picture, "and I thought I had a horrible grin."

"Oh, Darla..." the blow fish named Bloat sighed.

"What," Nemo asked, "what's wrong with her?"

"She didn't stop shaking the bag," Gurgle shuddered.

"She's a fish murderer," Peach added.

"I can't go with that girl," Nemo tried to swim off, "I have to go back to my dad!"

"Nemo, calm down, you're not going with her," Joanie assured him. "AND WATCH OUT," she yelped.

Then Nemo was sucked in through by a tube that sucked minerals out of the water. "Joanie! Help me," he cried out in grief.

"Hang on, Nemo, we're coming," Joanie warned him as she swam up to help him out.

The other tank fish panicked for poor Nemo.

"No one touch him," a sharp male voice called out.

"Who said that," Joanie asked. Then she looked to a skull figure before a new fish came out, who looked very grim and serious, even more so than Forte which gave her chills around her new gills. "Who are you?"

"My name's Gil," the fish replied.

"That's fine," Joanie smirked.

Soon he swam to Nemo.

"Can you help me," Nemo lamented.

"No," Gil replied, "you went in there, you can get out."

"What," Joanie gasped.

"Gil..." Deb spoke up.

"I just want to see him do it, alright," Gil frowned before looking to Nemo, "calm down. Alternate flipping and tail wagging."

"I can't," Nemo frowned, "I have a bad fin."

"He never stopped me," Gil replied before swimming away to show he had scars on one side of his body.

Nemo was shocked to see that.

"Just think about what you have to do," Gil mentored Nemo.

Soon Nemo began to do just that. Joanie was hesitant for Nemo, but the others encouraged the young clown fish to do it on his own from Gil's advice. Nemo eventually pushed himself free from the tube, much to the relief of the group.

"It's perfect," Gil nodded once.

"Whew," Joanie sighed out of relief.

"Yay," the yellow fish named Bubbles cheered.

"You did it," Gurgle added.

"Nice work," Deb laughed.

Joanie was happy and relieved that Nemo came out of the tube.

"Wow, from the ocean," Peach grinned, "just like Gil."

"Yes," Gil nodded.

"I saw that appearance first," Peach chuckled, "what are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking...tonight, let's give them a proper welcome," Gil replied.

"Well, you two have a name or what," Bloat asked Nemo and Joanie.

"Nemo," the young clown fish grinned, "I'm Nemo."

"And I'm Joanie," Joanie added.

Meanwhile, back in the ocean.....

Everyone caught up on some sleep as it was a bit of a big journey away from the sharks. Marlin spoke in his sleep about Nemo while Dory was rambling on about nonsense such as about a sea monkey having her money, and where the ship was now on an edge.

Alec yawned and stretched as soon as he awakened and looked over as Jesse and Gertie were cuddling each other in their sleep while Patch was curled up in a ball and Penny appeared to be sucking her thumb. Soon he looked over the edge. "Wake up..." he whispered louder, "wake up! Wake up!"

Soon everyone awakened with a yawn.

"Alec, what just happened," Patch asked.

"We'll go down, that's what," Alec panicked as he pulled onto his ebony locks.

Soon Jesse looked over the edge of the boat. Alec looked with him. Both looked to each other and bit their lips fearfully.

"I think we'd better go," Jesse said.

Dory snored as she was yet asleep and Marlin was just slowly awakening, and what he saw alarmed him. Dory kept mumbling in her sleep. Soon Marlin started to push the mask.

"SHARKS ARE EATING FISH," Dory suddenly awakened in alarm, and where she had the mask on her, moving it from place.

Soon the ship was looking like it was ready to go down with them on it. Penny awakened and soon shrieked into a panic.

"Let's move," Alec warned them.

"What," the others asked curiously.

"Let's move, move, MOVE," Alec warned them where they wouldn't have a nasty fall.

Soon they all moved. Soon the boat went smashing down below them and they all got out safely.

"Wow," Dory coughed, "dusty."

"The mask," Marlin panicked, "where's the mask?!"

"I think she dropped it," Alec said.

Jesse swam down to get the mask, only to be in a pit of darkness and couldn't see anything and he came back up. "I don't see it anymore...I'm sorry, Marlin."

Soon Dory sang as she was in her own little world. "It's just going on, isn't it? Echo!  Echo," she said to Marlin, "hey, what are you doing here?"

"It's gone," Marlin sulked, "I lost my mask."

"Oh, did you drop it," Dory cooed.

"No, you did so," Alec said.

"This was my only chance to find my son, and now it's gone," Marlin looked like it was the end of the world for him.

"We have to swim deeper," Alec said.

"Oh, do we have to," Penny lamented as the dark pit gave her memories of being forced to get the Devil's Eye Diamond for Madame Medusa.

"We'll go there together," Gertie said.

Penny frowned as she was yet too afraid.

"Penny, everything will be fine," Jesse soothed, "it won't be like Madame Medusa, we're all together."

Soon they all held hands.

"You know what makes me happy, darling," Dory soothed Penny, "I'm singing a song!"

"That sounds nice," Penny grinned.

Dory began to sing a "Just Keep Swimming" song in order to console Penny on the road down. Marlin seemed to be dragged along. The song soothed Penny, but annoyed Marlin gratefully.

"Look, I'm going to get stuck with that song now...it's in my head now!"

"I'm sorry," Dory replied as they were in total darkness.

"Now stick together," Alec said.

Dory suddenly yelled out. "Someone caught me!"

"It was me," Marlin warned her, "I'm sorry."

"Alec, Joanie had to stay with us, she sees in the dark," Jesse scolded.

"She didn't want to be near a shark," Alec warned him.

"Egad..." Jesse mumbled.

"Excuse me," Alec scolded.

"What is this," Dory gasped at the other voices.

"What could it be," Marlin replied, "it's us!"

"Are you...or are you my conscience," Dory asked.

"Oh, boy," Alec moaned.

"Yes, yes, I'm your conscience," Marlin replied to Dory, "we haven't spoken in Hawaii. How are you?"

"Guys, I see a white light," Penny spoke up.

"I see it as well," Patch said.

"Hey, conscience, am I dead," Dory asked.

Soon they all swam closer to the bright light while Jesse paused to think at what sea creature could possess a bright light as Dory and Marlin seemed entranced by it. Then he suddenly remembered what fish could do this.

"Oops..." he muttered.

"Problem," Gertie asked.

"Gertie, this is not a flashlight or anything, it's an angler fish," Jesse panicked.

"Aren't these fish using their light to deliver other fish where they can eat them," Patch asked.

"Yes..." Jesse said before he saw Marlin and Dory going that fashion, "GUYS, WAIT, DON'T!!"

It's too late since the Angler Fish showed itself. "Oh, man..." he moaned as knew that this was bad.

The angler fish snarled as he looked quite hungry. Soon Marlin and Dory shrieked before swimming off. Jesse swam over the angler fish before tackling him down onto the sand. From the light, Marlin and Dory noticed the mask attached to a rock.

"The mask," Marlin said.

"What's a mask," Dory asked.

"Seriously," Alec asked, unimpressed.

"Hey, it's not her fault," Penny reminded Alec about Dory's memory problems.

The angler fish zipped from underneath Jesse as it opened its mouth big and wide to eat its prey.

"Watch out," Jesse warned.

"Oh, sheesh," Marlin yelped.

"Hey, look," Dory noticed, "a mask!"

"Read it," Marlin warned her.

"OK, that's it...Mr. Bossy...." Dory mumbled before looking at the first line.

'C'mon, boy. Here we go,' Alec thought to himself.

Dory narrowed her eyes before she looked over. "Uh, the first line's P. Sherman!"

"Mr. Sherman doesn't make any sense," Marlin replied.

The angler fish snarled and tried to get free as Jesse held him down.

"No way, Angler Fish," Jesse frowned.

"Alright...second line 42......" Dory took another look.

"Go ahead," Alec said.

"'Walla-Walla'...." Dory attempted at first as the angler fish kept trying to eat her or Marlin, but it was yet stuck where it was.

"Walla..." Penny tried to help Dory, but even she didn't know that word, she was six after all.

"Wallaby," Dory said, "the second line is 42 Wallaby Way!"

"Great," Gertie grinned.

"Someone else," Jesse asked.

"Another line," Dory replied as she attempted with the final word.

"Sydney," Penny read.

"Sydney..." Dory repeated, "Sydney! IT'S SYDNEY!!"

"Wahoo," Penny cheered.

Soon Jesse incidentally let go of the angler fish as Marlin caught the mask and then the mask hit the fish in the face and he was temporarily blinded by the mask. The angler fish was trapped, however, by the mask and was unable to go anywhere from then on and Marlin and Dory mocked him until he was trapped and couldn't eat them now.

"Dory, what's the mask said," Alec asked.

"'P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney'," Dory said before gasping, "I remember what I said! I usually forget facts, but this time I remember!  'Dr. Sherman'"

"Wait, wait, wait, now, where is this," Marlin asked.

"Huh...I don't know, but I remembered," Dory cheered with a laugh.

"C'mon, we'd better go," Alec replied, "we find out where that is, we find Nemo and Joanie."

"Yes," Gertie grinned.

Then they went along the road as Dory memorized what she learned much to her delight which soon annoyed Marlin.

Meanwhile, in the dentist's office......

Nemo was trying to get some sleep as Joanie swam around dully as it was nighttime, but she saw that the others seemed to be up to something like a ceremony.

"What are they doing here," Joanie asked.

Jacques came over to Joanie as he was about to awaken Nemo.

"Jacques, what's going on," Joanie asked.

"Follow me," the French shrimp warned her.

Then Teresa followed him as he went to awaken Nemo, and where he had to use a few pebbles. Nemo was yet asleep until the tossed pebbles awakened him and he looked over.

"C'mon, Nemo, there's something for you," Joanie warned the young clown fish.

"What's going on," Nemo asked.

"I'm not sure about this," Joanie replied.

There appeared to be chanting heard as they came to the tiki figures. Bloat, Bubbles and Gurgle were dressed with grass wrapped around them, as if dressed like native villagers off an island. Nemo and Joanie were being led to the top of the volcano until Gil appeared and silenced the chanting from the others.

"Give us your names," Gil warned Joanie and Nemo.

"Joanie," Joanie simply said.

"N-Nemo," Nemo replied hesitantly.

"Brother Bloat, go ahead," Gil said.

The blow fish came in front of the two. "Nemo and Joanie, newcomers in orange and white with brown gold, you have been called to the top of Mount Everest to join us in the fraternal connections of the tank hood," he warned them as he acted like an Indian chief.

"Well, that means..." Joanie asked.

"We want you to be in our club, guys," Peach translated.

"Really," Nemo asked in interest.

"If you both can swim through THE RING OF FIRE," Bloat replied.

This yell was so loud that it echoed across Mount Wannahockaloogie. Nothing seemed to happen though.

"Turn on the Ring of Fire," Bloat whispered to the French shrimp, "the Ring of Fire, you said you could do this--"

Jacques pedaled his tiny legs against a knob of sorts at the bottom of the volcano as he noticed he was late from his cue to shoot out a massive bunch of bubbles to make it look like the model volcano was erupting.

"THE RING OF FIRE," Bloat repeated.

This yell was so loud that it echoed across the molten lava. "Yikes," Joanie yelped.

Then the Tank fish continued their chanting. Bubbles wanted to go on the bubbles, but the others restrained him.

"ISN'T THERE ANOTHER ROAD," Peach cried out in grief, "THEY'RE JUST CHILDREN!!"

"I'm a teenager," Joanie said.

Deb covered her eyes from the scene and even covered her sister's eyes. Sure enough, Joanie and Nemo zipped over the Ring of Fire and thumped into Gil.

"From now on, you'll be known as shark bait and buddy lunch," Gil said.

'Buddy lunch,' Joanie thought to herself.

The others chanted the new names that Gil gave Joanie and Nemo, but soon made them stop as it began to annoy him.

"Alright, the shark bait and a friend's lunch is one of us now, we agreed," Gil asked the others.

"Agreed," the others agreed.

"We can't send them to death," Gil said, "Darla will be here in five days, then what are we going to do?"

"We could force Cody and the girls to help us get into the ocean," Joanie said.

"Not only you guys, but we're running away," Gil replied.

"Escape? Really," Nemo grinned.

"We'll all run away," Gil smirked in determination.

"Please, Gil, not another of your plans," Gurgle begged.

"I'm sorry, but they--they just--never work," Deb added.

"Yes, why should this be any different," Bloat asked.

"Because we've had him," Gil said before looking to Nemo.

"Me," Nemo asked.

"Him," Joanie added.

"You see that filter," Gil pointed out.

"Yes," Nemo replied.

"You're the only one who can get in and out of this fact," Gil began, "we need you to take the pebble inside and get stuck in the gears."

"That'll stop the filter," Joanie said.

"That's right," Gil nodded to her.

"Ugh, then this'll be disgusting..." Joanie said.

"Pretty soon, the dentist will have to clean the tank himself," Gil continued his plan, "and if he does so, he'll pull us out of the tank, put them in separate bags, then we'll descend from the counter, through the window, from the awning, into the bushes, across the street and into the harbor! It's reliable?  Who's with me?"

"Aye," Deb grinned.

"Aye," Bloat added.

"Aye," Jacques helped.

"Aye," Bubbles even added.

"I think you're crazy," Gurgle deadpanned.

"Why so," Joanie asked.

"Don't be serious, baby, but, um...your little friends are not the best swimmers," Gurgle explained about Nemo's little problem.

Joanie had to agree with him on this.

"He's fine, he can do that," Gil reassured them, "well, shark bait, what do you think?"

Nemo looked up to the filter and turned back to the others as he looked determined. "Let's do it."

"I wonder if others spend time better than we do so," Joanie said.

Meanwhile, back in the ocean.....

Dory continued to ramble on about what she remembered.

"This is so annoying," Alec moaned.

There was suddenly a school of moonfish.

"Hey, I bet these guys can help us," Jesse suggested.

"Yes," Patch nodded.

Marlin tried to speak with the moonfish, but they appeared to keep swimming off.

"Hey, wait, gray fish," Penny called out, "come back here!"

Soon Alec magicked up a staff and came in front of the fish and stomped the ocean floor. "You...won't...FIT!!"

Then the fish swam over him, ignoring him.

"Damn it," Alec moaned, "that worked in Middle Earth."

"Why didn't they stop," Gertie asked.

Soon Marlin grew annoyed with Dory and came toward her and decided to speak with her alone while the others tried to stop the moonfish with little to no luck.

"You mean, you don't like...me," Dory sounded like she was going to weep after Marlin asked her to go away and never see each other again as he felt she was no help during this adventure to finding his son.

"Oh, great," Alec moaned.

Penny frowned as she felt mournful for Dory.

"Oh, don't cry, I like you..." Marlin tried.

"Hey, wait," a sharp male voice called and the two turned to the school of fish, "lady, is this man bothering you?"

"Um, I don't remember," Dory replied before looking to the others, "was he?"

"Uh, dear. No, he wasn't," Alec lied.

"Say, do you know how to get to the..." Marlin was about to ask.

"Look, mate, we're speaking to the lady, not you," the leader scolded before looking to Dory, "hey, wait, do you like impressions?"

"Uh-huh..." Dory nodded slowly.

"Alright, just like rehearsal, gentlemen," the leader said before he and his school shifted into a schoolfish, "guess what?"

"Seriously," Alec moaned.

"Oh, oh, I've seen one like this," Dory tried to think.

"I'm a fish with a nose like a sword," the leader hinted, being patient with Dory's slowness.

"Hey, wait, um..." Dory paused.

"It's a swordfish," Marlin warned her.

"Where's the butter," the leader asked as he and his school turned into a lobster.

"Oh, oh, oh," Dory replied, "it's on the tip of my tongue!"

"Lobster," Marlin coughed.

"Cheater," Penny frowned.

"What," Marlin asked, acting like he didn't do anything.

"Many legs, live in the ocean," the leader said before he and the others turned into an octopus.

"Clam," Georgette guessed.

"Close enough," Gertie said.

Their final transformation was that of an old-fashioned sailboat, with several moonfish mimicking cannon fire and one jumping off a plank. "Oh, it's a whale of a tale, I'll warn you lad, it's a whale of a tale......~"

"Will someone please show us the road," Marlin growled in annoyance.

"Would someone please show us the road," the leader mimicked Marlin as the moonfish transformed into the clown fish frowning.

Penny chuckled as she thought the fish were funny.

"I'm serious," Tramp frowned in irritation.

"Blah-blah-blah! Me-me-blah!  Blah-blah-blah-blah-me-me-me," the leader taunted Marlin again.

"Thank you," Marlin moaned.

"They're just trying to help Dory feel better," Alec said.

"It's not like I did anything," Marlin huffed before frustratedly swimming away.

"He's impatient," Alec said.

"Oh, dear, hey, wait, come back," Dory swam after Marlin, "hey, what's the matter?"

"What's the matter," Marlin frowned at her, "while they're doing their crazy little impressions, I'm miles from home, with a fish that can't even remember her own name!"

"Son, I bet that's frustrating," Dory replied.

"Oh, that is," Patch said.

"Yes," Marlin replied, "meanwhile, my son is there"

"Your son Chico," Dory asked.

"Nemo," Marlin corrected.

"Alright, I get it," Dory nodded.

"But it doesn't matter, because not a single fish in this whole ocean is going to help me," Marlin sulked.

"Well, we'll help you," Penny said.

"Stay right here," Dory said before going to the school of fish, "hey, guys."

"What, is he bothering you again," the leader asked.

"No, no, he's a good fellow," Dory replied, "take it easy, he's lost his son Fabio."

"Nemo," Gertie coughed.

"Have all of you heard P. Sherman, Wallaby Way, Sydney," Jesse asked the school of fish.

"Sydney? Oh, sure," the leader said before they became an Australian opera house, "Ted, there are relatives in Sydney.  Don't you, Ted?"

"Of course that is," one other fish replied.

"Oh, thank you," Gertie grinned.

"Hey, they know Sydney," Dory called out to Marlin.

Then Marlin gasped and swam right back.

"Do you know how to get there," Jesse asked the fish.

"What you want to do is follow the EAC, that's the East Australian Current," the leader explained while the others mimicked certain words to help them out, "big stream, can't miss it, it's in that direction. Follow this for about, I don't know.  What do you think?  About three leagues?  And these little babies, you go right past Sydney."

"Wahoo," Patch grinned.

"We're coming, Nemo and Joanie," Penny beamed.

"Thank you, guys," Gertie grinned.

"Oh, boys," Dory grinned to the school of fish before swiming away with Patch, "you really nailed him. Farewell!"

"Hey, wait, you two, one more fact," the leader stopped them for a moment.

"Yes," Dory and Patch replied.

"If you get to this ditch, swim through it, not over it," the leader instructed.

"Why," Patch asked.

"Believe me, better safe than sorry," the leader replied, "have you ever met a jellyfish before?"

"No," Patch shook his head.

"I'm sure you wouldn't like it, little friend," the leader replied, "can I trust you to remember this?"

"I will," Patch saluted before swimming away, "thanks again, moonfish!"

"Yes, thanks," Dory grinned.

They were going over until they came up to the trench mentioned before.

"Nice trench," Dory commented.

"Let's keep going," Gertie said.

"No, no. Bad trench!  Bad trench," Marlin said before swimming up, "c'mon, we're going to swim over this fact."

"Hey, wait, partner, there's a red flag going up," Dory replied, "something's warning me to swim through it, not over it."

"That's because there are jellyfish up there," Patch reminded her.

"I don't remember, but that's probably the reason," Dory agreed with Patch.

"See this fact," Penny complained, "it looks eerie!"

"Then close your eyes," Gertie said.

"It'll be fine, Penny," Jesse soothed his adoptive cousin, "I know Madame Medusa scarred you for life, but you'll never have to worry about her again."

Soon they went together while Penny tried to stay brave as she remembered getting the Devil's Eye Diamond, but managed to calm herself down once Jesse consoled her since they were family now.

"You can't be serious about going there," Marlin panicked about them.

"Dory warned us to go this fashion, and then we're going that fashion," Jesse warned the clown fish.

"That's right," Gertie nodded.

"Yes, good, that's logical," Marlin muttered before gasping suddenly, "look! Something shiny!"

"Where," Dory asked, turning the other road.

"Oh, it just swam over the ditch, c'mon, we'll follow it," Marlin said before swimming that fashion with Dory following him.

"Marlin," Gertie scolded.

"C'mon, you guys," Marlin warned them.

"Oh, man, I was afraid this was going to happen..." Jesse sighed as he held Penny's hand.

Soon Marlin and Dory went over the trench which seemed to be clear so far, but it would not last long.

"We'd better hurry before the jellyfish come," Penny said.

Jesse sighed as he went to go after Marlin and Dory. "Marlin, listen to us, this is a bad idea!"

"Yes, but look at that," Marlin replied, showing them something, "there's the current! We should be here soon!"

"Hey, little guy~" Dory cooed at something tiny and squishy.

"Oops..." Gertie gulped until she saw the tiny and squishy fact was a baby jellyfish.

"And you wanted to go through the trench," Marlin scoffed.

"I'll call him Squishy, and he'll be mine, and he'll be my Squishy," Dory grinned to the baby jellyfish. "Come here, Squishy. Come here, little Squishy--ouch," she yelped as she got stung by a bee.

"Dory! That's a jellyfish," Marlin panicked.

"Bad Squishy! Bad Squishy," Dory pouted frustratedly.

"Get away from us, go ahead, shoo," Gertie warned the baby jellyfish.

Then Marlin whacked it off while Dory sniffled to her fin.

"Oh, Dory..." Gertie frowned as she checked out the blue fish's fin.

"Heeey, how come you stabbed," Dory pouted to Marlin.

"That's true. It's just that...shut up," Marlin warned her as he helped, "I live in this anemone, and I-I-I'm used to this kind of sting.  Come here."

"Hold silent for a second," Jesse warned Dory.

Dory sniffled as she held out her fin to Jesse.

Jesse took a look. "Well, you're lucky, it doesn't look so bad, but as someone says we swim through a trench, we do that," he said before frowning at the male clown fish, "RIGHT, MARLIN?!"

"How could I have known there'd be a jellyfish in here," Marlin defended.

Jesse narrowed his eyes in aggravation.

"Let's be thankful it was just a little one this time," Marlin warned them.

Suddenly, they were surrounded by a bunch of jellyfish.

"Like the people around us," Penny panicked.

Jesse and Gertie held onto Penny as they began to panic from the jellyfish.

"Wait...where's Alec gone," Gertie asked before frowning, "that jerk left us!"

"Alec," Jesse shouts.

"He's left us," Penny shivered, "I'm more afraid of this jelly!"

"This is bad, boys," Marlin moaned as he could only blame himself.

"Hey, look at this," Dory called out as she bounced on top of one of the jellyfish, "boing! Boing!"

"Dory," Patch panicked.

The others tried to swim to her, only for her to swim off.

"You can't catch me~" Dory sang as she bounced along.

"Dory! Don't hit the peaks!  They won't..." Marlin warned until he suddenly had an idea, "don't sting you. The buds don't sting, that's all!"

"Of course," Gertie grinned.

"Ooh! Two in a row, beat that," Dory laughed.

"Dory! Alright, listen to me," Marlin warned the blue fish, "I've had an idea, a game."

"A game."

"A game?"

"A game!"

"Yes," Marlin nodded, trying to stay patient with her.

"Aah! I like games," Dory beamed, waving her fin, "choose me!"

"Alright, here's the game," Marlin warned her, "uh, whoever can jump out of these jellyfish the fastest, wins."

"Alright," Dory grinned out of emotion.

"But you have to listen to the rules," Gertie said.

"Alright," Dory grinned.

"You can't touch the tentacles, only the tips," Marlin warned her.

"Something with tentacles, understand? Ready, set, go," Dory grinned before dashing away instantly.

"You can't touch the tentacles," Patch warned her as they went after her.

"I was beginning to wonder who the adult is here," Penny said.

"Heh...no joking," Jesse said to his adoptive cousin as she seemed more mature than Dory.

Soon they bounced along the jellyfish to make it out of the road as it seemed to get more and more intense, especially for Marlin and Dory.

"I hope the road out is safe," Penny said.

"Just stay close, Penny, I'll protect you," Jesse consoled.

"Alright," Penny warned him.

Soon they went to join Marlin and Dory to get out of the jellyfish parade without getting stung by a wasp, and it seemed to work. Then the two adult fish began to get competitive. Eventually, they all made it out of the jellyfish swarm. Well, almost everyone.

"The clown fish is the winner! Woo-hoo!  We've done it," Marlin cheered.

"But wait, one of us is missing," Penny frowned.

Everyone looked around and soon saw who was missing.

"Dory..." Marlin called before frowning. "Oh, dear..." he swam back into the jellyfish swarm to find his new friend.

"Oh, dear..." Penny frowned.

"Should we go after him," Gertie asked.

"I don't know if this is a good idea," Jesse replied.

"Hey, guys, I hope you haven't missed me too much," Alec's voice said behind them.

"Where have you been," Jesse frowned.

"I'll help you get across the East Australian Current," Alec replied.

"This is great," Gertie grinned.

"Um, where are the fish," Alec asked.

The others pointed into the jellyfish swarm.

"I should've known that Marlin would be too arrogant to listen to Dory," Alec sighed sharply.

"Oh, he sure was," Jesse sighed back.

"Alright," Alec said before turning his head, "this is going to be harder than I thought, but you're clear!"

"Yo, dude," a voice replied.

"Who said this," Penny asked.

"Help is on the road," Alec warned her, "I hope you don't mind turtles."

"Turtles," the others asked before soon they saw turtles coming over to help Marlin and Dory and the others on their quest to find Nemo and Joanie.

"Sea turtles," Gertie grinned.

"They're going to take us to the EAC," Alec warned them.

"You could've warned us about that," Jesse complained, "we thought you dumped us!"

"Would I," Alec replied innocently.

"Yes," Jesse, Gertie and Patch said simply.

Alec narrowed his eyes. "Go on these turtle shells before I make you soup."

At last, they were all taken for a ride on the turtles while Marlin and Dory both seemed to be knocked out.

Meanwhile, Nemo was staring out the window into the ocean as he floated in the tank.

"Hey, mate," Cody grinned.

Nemo gave a small grin back, but soon sighed as he was thinking about something else, obviously.

"I'm thinking about your dad," Cody speculated.

"Uh-huh..." Nemo admitted.

"Yes...I miss my dad as well," Cody replied, though his situation was a lot different than the young clown fish's.

"Do you often meet him," Nemo asked him.

"No...I can't see him anymore," Cody said softly about his father.

Nemo frowned as he knew what that must have meant.

"You miss your dad, don't you, shark food," Gil asked the young clown fish.

"Yes," Nemo said softly.

"Well, you're lucky to have someone looking for you," Gil consoled.

"He's not looking for me," Nemo frowned, "he's afraid of the sea."

"Your dad may surprise you," Cody said.

"Peach, whatever your move," Gil warned the starfish.

"He drank at least four cups of coffee, and it's about to come," Peach replied.

"Keep him going," Gil warned her before turning back to Nemo and Joanie, "my first escape, landed on a dental tool. I was aiming for the toilet."

"The toilet," Nemo asked.

"Oh, yes, the toilet and the sink are both open to the sea," Joanie said.

"That's right," Gil nodded to her. "All drains lead to the sea, child," he added to Nemo.

"Wow. How many times have you tried to leave," Nemo asked.

"Oh, I lost the number," Gil replied, "the fish aren't meant to be in the box, boy. It does something for you."

Soon the yellow fish was past the treasure chest as it burst open and he had a fit again. "Oh, dear! My coat!  My shoes!  Oh, thank heavens!  Mum will be furious!  What should I warn her?  I daren't go back there.  Mr. McGregor's surely waiting for me.  And I'm late for dinner," he said once it closed up.

"I can warn you," Joanie said.

"I'll be back soon, boy," Dr. Sherman warned Cody.

"Yes, sir," Cody replied.

Then Dr. Sherman went to use the bathroom.

"Toilet break! Toilet break," Peach warned the others, "he caught Reader's Digest!  4.2 moments."

"You can do this, Nemo," Cody grinned at the clown fish.

"Alright, I have to do it sooner," Gil warned Nemo, "once you enter, you swim to the bottom of the room, and I speak to you through the rest."

"Alright," Nemo said, a little hesitantly.

"Please, it'll be kelp," Gil warned him.

Soon Nemo took a deep breath and went above the water, and soon forced himself through and made it to the other side, and the others could see his silhouette.

"Are you alright," Joanie asked Nemo.

"I think so," Nemo replied, though his voice was a little muffled.

"The pebble has arrived," Gil warned him before sending it over to the young clown fish, "well, can you see the small opening?"

"Uh-huh," Nemo replied.

"Alright, there's a spinning wheel in it," Gil instructed, "very carefully push the pebble into the fan to prevent it from spinning."

"But be careful," Joanie added.

Nemo came towards the fan before yelping as it almost hit him.

"Be careful, shark food," Gil warned the young clown fish.

"I can't," Nemo cried.

"Gil, this isn't a good idea," Peaches spoke up.

"Peach is right," Joanie said.

"He'll be fine," Gil warned them before continuing to coach Nemo, "retry."

"Alright," Nemo said before going to try again, being extra careful with the pebble, and soon everything seemed to stop, "I have it! I've had it!"

"Whew," Cody sighed.

Peach just sighed as she knew this plan would somehow fail.

"He found it," Bloat cheered.

"That's grand, boy," Gil grinned, "c'mon, swim out of the tube."

Nemo nodded and soon just did that. As soon as the young clown fish swam up to the tube, the propeller seemed to move slightly.

"Why am I feeling sick," Joanie asked to herself, "I always do so, but this isn't a good fact..."

Soon the pebble moved out and broke out of the fan, which made everything start up again, which would be a fatal incident for young Nemo.

"Oh, dear," Nemo yelped as he began to go backwards against his will, "Gil! Gil!"

"Faster, Cody, turn it off," Joanie panicked.

Soon Cody rushed away to do what he could while Nemo panicked, along with the others in the fish tank.

"Oh, Nemo," Joanie frowned for the young clown fish.

Soon Cody found out how to turn off the fish tank cleaner. Then Nemo was brought back, breathing rapidly.

"Oh, thank heavens," Joanie said, "Nemo, it's a disgrace you had to experience this."

"Gil, don't let him go back there," Peaches warned the fish.

"No. It's over," Gil frowned.

Joanie began to console Nemo as he was yet afraid. Nemo appreciated that very much.

"I'm very sorry, Nemo," Cody whispered for the young clown fish.

Joanie sighed as she began to wonder and concern about the others.

Meanwhile, with the others....

"Hey. Wait.  Focus, hey," a voice warned Marlin, "wait."

"Marlin, c'mon, wake up," Gertie's voice said.

Marlin let out a small moan, but soon he awakened.

"Oh, he's alive," the turtle beamed, "hey, you!"

"Oohhhh....what just happened," Marlin asked him.

"Oh, I saw it all, wait," the turtle said before explaining, "oh, at first! And we are all whoops!  And you are oops!"

Soon Gertie decided to explain in a different fashion. "Basically, I saw a jellyfish. You came back to save Dory, and it just reached you."

"Wow," the turtle grinned.

"Ooh...I'm hungry," Marlin moaned.

"Oh, man," the turtle warned him, "don't throw it at the shell, hey, alright, just waxed."

"Well, Mr. Turtle" Marlin began.

"Wow, hey," the turtle said, "Mr. Turtle's my father. My name's Crush."

"Robbery? Really, alright, Crush, look, I need to go to the East Australian Current," Crush continued, "East Australian Current?"

"Hey, you're hiding it, wait," the turtle laughed, showing the other turtles, "check this out!"

"Yes, you have to see this," Gertie grinned at Marlin.

Soon Marlin took a look around as other turtles were swimming through the current, and they were almost there to finding Nemo.

"Alright, catch the shell," Crush warned Marlin as it was about to turn into like a roller-coaster ride.

"C'mon, boy. Here we go," Gertie grinned.

Soon Marlin caught hold of the shell as they were going for a ride down the current.

"This is better than Disneyland," Gertie laughed as she had a lot of fun with that.

Marlin seemed to have a different opinion.

"ROCKO! ROCKO!!  YES," Crush laughed with Gertie.

Alec grinned from where he was as the others were having fun riding on the turtles for this adventure as he seemed to join in on the fun. At last, it stopped as Marlin didn't have as much fun as the others.

"Well, what brings you to the East Australian Current on this sunny day," Crush asked the adult male clown fish.

"Well, Dory and I need to go to Sydney––" Marlin began before gasping about his new friend, "Dory? Dory!  Is she alright?!"

"Oh. Oh, Little Blue," Crush replied before gesturing to a blue fish as she lay on another turtle shell as they traveled together, "she's a sub-level, but wait."

"She's hiding and seeking with a young sea turtle," Gertie warned Marlin.

Penny chuckled as she hid with the other sea turtles and Patch while Dory was counting with her eyes covered.

"Oh, Dory. I-I-I'm very sorry," Marlin frowned to the blue fish, "this is all my fault, it's my fault..."

"...29, 30! Ready or not, here I come," Dory beamed as soon as she completed counting and went to find the young sea turtles. Soon she found all of them, along with Penny and Patch.

"Oh, dear," Penny chuckled.

"Now I've got you," Dory smirked to Penny and Patch.

"Oh, stop this," Patch laughed.

"Now, where are the others," Dory smirked playfully.

"I can't warn you," Penny chuckled between laughs.

Patch simply shrugged.

"Ooh, I'll find them," Dory smirked before swimming around.

"I like her," Penny grinned to Patch about Dory.

"Yes, she's fun," Patch grinned back.

Jesse peeked out with the other sea turtles before laughing with them as soon as Dory found them. One sea turtle laughed as he swam side by side soon before he seemed to go into the current.

"Oh, my heavens," Marlin panicked for the young sea turtle.

"Calm down, Marlin," Gertie said.

"But that boy," Marlin replied.

"Hey, murder the motor, wait," Crush warned him, "let's see Squirt's flying solo."

The young sea turtle seemed stuck for a while until he eventually came out freely.

"Squirt, you did this," Gertie grinned to him, "we knew you could do that!"

"Hey! Wait!  It was amazing!  Hey, Dad, did you see that," Squirt beamed, "did you see me?  Did you see what I did?"

"You're so rocky, Squirt," Crush grinned to his son, "then give me a fin."

Then they slapped fins.

"Noggin," Crush said before they hit heads with each other.

"Yo, dude..." the father and son grinned to each other.

"Marlin, this is Crush's son, Squirt," Gertie introduced.

"Yes," Crush added, "jelly beans, descendants. Jelly beans, descendants."

"Jellies," Squirt asked, "sweet."

"Completely," Crush nodded to his son.

"Well, apparently, I must've done what you liked, uh...wait," Crush replied.

"Hey, you shake," Squirt grinned as he butted heads with Marlin.

"Ow," Marlin winced as that hurt him.

"Remember, son, curl off," Crush warned Squirt before turning back to Marlin, "oh, awesome, jelly beans. The little guy is just an egg.  After hatching on the beach, coo-coo-ca-choo, they find a road back to the big old blue."

"All alone," Marlin asked, a bit surprised.

"Yes," Crush nodded.

"B-But, man, I know if it's ready," Marlin replied.

"Well, you really don't know, but if they know, you know, you know," Crush replied.

That really didn't seem to help at all, but Gertie nodded as it was just the life of a sea turtle.

Soon Dory laughed until she was chased by Penny and Patch before seeing Marlin. "Hey! Look, everybody!"

"I know the man," Squirt grinned, "it's a jelly bean."

"Now, continue and jump on him," Dory warned the young sea turtles.

Soon the sea turtles charged at Marlin. Marlin yelped and soon he was in a dog pile, though in this case, a turtle pile.

"Are you funny?"

"Where's your shell?"

"Are you running off?"

"Did you really cross the jellyfish forest?"

"Did they stab you?"

"One at a time," Marlin warned them.

"Mr. Fish, did you die," another turtle boy asked.

"I'm sorry. The details were a little vague," Dory grinned bashfully.

"She really was," Penny said.

"Then where are you going," Squirt asked the adult clown fish.

"Well, you'll see my son taken away," Marlin frowned, "my son was taken away from me."

The young sea turtles gasped to that.

"No way," Dory said like she didn't know.

"What just happened," Squirt asked.

"No, no, no, children," Marlin frowned, "I don't wanna speak about it."

"They may be familiar with this," Patch said.

"Well, that's alright. I live in this coral reef far away from here," Marlin sighed as he began his long story.

"Oh, boy. This is good, I can warn you," Dory grinned to the young sea turtles.

"And my son, Nemo, you see, he was frustrated with me. If I weren't so rough to him, he wouldn't have done it, I don't know," Marlin continued, but he didn't know that this story would be spread from creature-to-creature throughout the ocean floor, "anyhow, he was swimming in the open ocean of this boat.  Until he was there, these divers appeared and I tried to stop them, but the boat was too fast.  Then we got them, I swam in the sea to chase after the ship..."

Meanwhile, at the dentist's office......

Nemo seemed to be hiding away.

"Is he doing alright," Deb frowned.

"No, you guys," Joanie warned them as Nemo sulked that day.

"Well, no matter what you do, don't mention D-A-R-" Gurgle suggested.

"It's alright, I know who you're speaking about," Nemo sighed as he swam past the older fish.

"Nice catch," Joanie frowned at Gurgle.

Bloat even gave him a hit, which made him yelp.

"Gil? Gil," Nemo called out until he found the fish he was looking for.

"Hey, shark food," Gil replied.

"I'm sorry I couldn't stop the––" Nemo began.

"No, I'm sorry. I was ready to go out, then I was ready to taste the ocean," Gil cut him off with a sharp sigh, "I was going to harm you and get there.  I shouldn't be worth it.  I'm sorry, I couldn't get you back to your dad, your boy."

Cody frowned as he wished he could do something.

"Don't worry, Nemo, if I knew Jesse, he would help in some fashion, even if it took a while," Joanie warned the young clown fish about her best friend.

Soon Nigel was flying side by side before whacking against the glass window.

"What the--" Dr. Sherman gasped, incidentally yanking his patient's tooth right out of his mouth.

"AAUGH," the patient yelped in pain.

"Well, yes...that's one fashion to pull the teeth," Dr. Sherman grinned hesitantly before coming to the window, but saw no one there so far. "Well, children. Well, it's good that I pulled the right person, huh, prime minister," he chuckled as he came back to his patient. Once he left, the pelican came in.

"Hey! Psst," the pelican whispered to the fish.

"Oh, Nigel. You just missed the extract," Peaches grinned.

"Oh! Has he loosened the periodontal ligament yet?  Oh, that's what I'm speaking about," Nigel replied until he returned to focus, "Nemo?  Where's Nemo?  I have to speak to him."

"Nemo, you have a visitor," Joanie said.

"What? What is this," Nemo asked the pelican.

"Your dad's looking for you and fighting the whole ocean," Nigel warned him.

"Anyone with him," Joanie asked.

"Some friends of yours I believe in," Nigel replied, "is that it...over there...what was that boy's name? I don't hear this every day."

"Jesse," Joanie said hopefully.

"That's right! That's it," Nigel replied, "also, Nemo's dad is fishing for the coral reefs!"

"Cool," Cody grinned.

"He traveled hundreds of miles," Nigel warned Nemo, "he has fought sharks, jellyfish and all sorts of facts––"

"Sharks," Nemo replied, "this can't be him."

"Are you sure? What was his name," Nigel asked, "some kind of sportsfish or something; tuna, um, trout..."

"Marlin," Joanie warned him.

"That's it! Marlin," Nigel replied, "a little clown fish from a coral reef."

"It's my father! He took a shark," Nemo cheered.

"I heard he took over the three," Nigel smirked.

"Woah," Cody grinned.

"Three," Deb, Bloat and Gurgle added.

"It must have 4800 teeth," Bloat gasped.

"Look, boy, after being taken by Diver Dan over there, your dad chased your boat like a maniac," Nigel grinned to Nemo.

"Really," Nemo grinned back.

"He's swimming, swimming, giving everything he has, and three giant sharks catch him and blow him up," Nigel replied as he warned him what he heard from the others, "and you can dive thousands of feet and be chased by a monster with huge teeth! What does he get to tie this demon to the rock and get rewarded?  He fights the whole jellyfish forest.   And now, he's riding a bunch of swarms of the East Australian Current sea turtles, the word is that he's heading like this now, to Sydney!"

"Woah," Joanie said.

Now Nemo seemed to be motivated and soon swam off of the others.

"Oh, what a good father," Deb grinned.

"In the end, he was looking for you, the shark food," Gil added, only to see that Nemo was now missing, which made him panic at first.

"Uh, guys," Joanie spoke up.

"What is this, Chum lunch," Gil asked her.

"Nemo's swimming towards the filter," Joanie warned them.

"What," the others panicked.

Cody glanced over at the fish tank every so often while helping out Dr. Sherman. The other fish panicked for Nemo as he kept going in determination, who didn't hesitate even for a moment. The other fish tried to stop Nemo because the last time was such a disaster, but he kept moving. Suddenly, everything seemed to stop in the fish tank.

"Shark food! Are you alright," Bloat panicked.

"NO," Gurgle cried out in despair.

"Can you hear me, shark food," Gil panicked with them, "Nemo! Can you hear me?!"

"Yes, I can hear you," Nemo grinned as he appeared right behind them.

"You did it," Joanie cheered.

"Shark food, you're covered in bacteria," Gurgle grinned as he hugged Nemo at first before freaking out, "aahhhh!!!!"

"It needed guts, boy," Gil commented.

Cody grinned to the fish as he stood behind Dr. Sherman while he worked.

"Alright, now we need to get this tank dirty," Joanie said.

"Alright, gangsters. It takes less than 48 hours for Darla to get here," Gil warned the others, "this tank will get pretty dirty in the meantime, but we have to help it in every possible fashion.  Jacques!"

"Yes," Jacques replied.

"I won't clean," Gil warned him.

"I will exist," Jacques replied.

"Everyone else, be as gross as possible," Gil warned the others, "think dirty thoughts. We're going to make this tank very dirty, the dentist has to clean it."

Then Bloat suddenly let out a rather disgusting belch.

"It's perfect," Joanie said.

"Thank you for your hard work," Gil nodded while Nemo chuckled.

Cody could just warn the tank would get filthy enough for the dentist to clean it. The fish tank gang decided to get straight to work.

"I hope this isn't too big," Joanie said to herself as even she had standards before she let out a sigh, "Oh, Jesse, what has taken you, Marlin, and the others so long?"

Meanwhile, with the others....

"Well, we're here, guys," Crush alerted, "be prepared! Your exit's approaching, young man!"

"Where?! I can't see it," Marlin replied.

"Right there," Dory grinned, "I see it! I see it!"

"Are you saying a spiral of horror," Patch asked.

"Oh, yes, my darling," Crush replied.

"Of course that is," Marlin deadpanned.

"Well, find a road out first, my friend," Crush instructed them as Dory held onto Marlin, "do you have a road out, my friend?"

"Yes," Jesse and Gertie told him.

Soon Patch joined Penny and Jesse joined Gertie.

"Well, Squirt here will now give you a brief overview of the right road out," Crush warned them.

Soon the young sea turtle swam out in front of them. "Hello, we're going to have a great jump today! Well, make a hard cut if you hit the wall!  There's a shriek at the bottom, but be careful!  Remember; tear it, roll it and punch it!"

"In English," Penny called.

"Looks like he's going to speak to me, I know that!" Marlin said to Dory before turning back to Squirt, "you know, you're really cute! But I don't know what you're speaking about!  Say the first fact again!"

"Alright, jelly beans! Go, go, go, go, go, go," Crush said once it was time to go.

"C'mon, man. Here we go," Gertie said.

Penny felt afraid, but Patch held her in consolation as soon as they went for a ride down the current.

"Believe me, it will be alright compared to other adventures," Alec warned Jesse and the others.

"If you say so!" Jesse replied.

Soon they kept riding through the current and soon made it back out to the plain ocean water, which wasn't as intense.

"You alright, Penny," Jesse asked his little cousin.

"Let's go again," Penny beamed.

"It was fun," Patch added.

Then Jesse grinned in relief that it went well for all of them.

Even Marlin had fun. "I really liked it!"

"Hey, look! Turtles!" Dory pointed out.

"Great! Turn your fish tail and swim straight to Sydney," Crush grinned to them, "don't worry, young man!"

"No worries," Marlin replied, "thank you, Captain Crush!"

"Yes, thanks," Gertie added.

"Bye! Farewell, jelly bean," the young sea turtles called out to Marlin.

"You warn your little friend, I'm fine," Crush called out.

"See you guys later," Squirt added.

"Farewell, everyone!" Dory warned them.

"Oh, Nemo would love it," Marlin grinned until soon he thought of something, "hey, ooh! Wait, Crush!  Crush, I forgot!  How old are you?"

"150, darling, he's young as well," Crush warned him as he left with the others, "carry on!"

"150! 150, I have to remember that." Marlin warned himself.

"Look ahead," Jesse said.

Soon they all took a look.

"Wow. Are we going in there?" Dory asked.

"Yes," Marlin warned her.

"P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney," Dory asked.

"Yes," Marlin repeated, "we'll just swim straight."

"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming~" Dory sang.

"Dory," Patch sighed.

Soon they kept on swimming, which took quite a while.

"Son, it takes a long time," Marlin commented.

"Hey, how about we play a game," Dory suggested.

"Um, alright," Jesse said.

"Oh, that's fine," Dory began, "I'm thinking of something, uh, orange, and it's small..."

"It was me," Marlin sighed.

"Right." Dory replied.

"It's not hard to guess," Gertie said.

"Well, orange, too small..." Dory tried again

"It was me," Marlin warned her.

"Alrighty, Mr. Smarty Pants," Dory replied as they seemed to be going in the same place over and over again, "orange and small, and white stripes..."

"Me. And the next one's just a guess: me," Marlin replied.

"Well, that's awful," Dory said to him.

"That's because he's the only orange and small fact here," Patch said.

"Oh, I didn't notice," Dory said.

"I'm very sorry," Alec told Jesse, Gertie and Patch about dealing with Dory.

"How long have we been here," Penny asked.

"It feels like forever," Patch frowned.

"W-W-Wait, I've seen this floating spirit before," Marlin began to panic, "it means we've overcome it before and it means we're going in a circle and it means we're not going straight! We have to get to the surface, c'mon!  Let's find out there.  Let's go!  Follow me!"

"Marlin, calm down," Jesse said as he stopped him.

"Hey! Calm down," Dory told him, "take a deep breath.  Now, let's ask someone for directions."

"Well, fine. Who do you wanna ask, the spot?  There's nobody here," Marlin replied.

"Well, there has to be someone. It's the ocean, foolish, we're not the only seven here.  Let's see...alright, there's no one there.  Oh, dear.  Nothing."

"I think I'm seeing someone." Penny pointed out.

"Truly," Patch asked, "where are you from?"

"There," Penny pointed to what she saw.

"I'm sorry! Woo-hoo!  Little guy?  Hello," Dory called out. "Don't be rude, say hello," she scolded Marlin.

"H-Hello..." Marlin called.

"His son Bingo" Dory began.

"Nemo," Marlin corrected.

"Nemo, was taken to, uh..."

"Sydney."

"Sydney. Yes.  Don't we really want to go there as soon as we can," Dory asked, "then can you help us out?  C'mon, little boy.  C'mon."

"Dory, I'm a little human," Marlin said hesitantly, "I don't think it's a little guy."

"Then what is this," Gertie asked.

Soon they heard a slight moan sound. "Oh. Oh, oh, big guy.  Big fe--whale.  Well.  Perhaps he only speaks like a 'Whale'," Dory grinned before she attempted to speak like a whale, "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH!!!"

"Dory, can you stop? Your stomach seems to hurt," Patch said.

It seemed like the whale was swimming off.

"Perhaps I should bend over," Dory suggested.

"No, don't try to bend over," Marlin begged.

"TAKEEEE IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTT," Dory bellowed.

"It's even worse," Patch complained as he covered his ears.

"Do you speak to whales," Gertie asked her boyfriend.

"Erm...to be honest, I don't think so," Jesse said as he was unsure himself.

"Well, it can't be that hard," Penny said.

"Uh...I mean I have to," Jesse replied, "my aunt was a mermaid."

Dory continued to attempt to speak the sea mammal's language, but neither of them seemed to notice that it was coming right behind them.

"Like him, he might be hungry," Marlin sighed, "why don't we have lunch?"

"Don't worry. Whale clowns don't eat fish, they eat krill," Dory warned him.

"She's right." Jesse grinned.

Suddenly, they were met with a school of krill. "SAAAAAAAAAARRRRAAAABBBBBBIIIIIIIIIIIII!!"

"Oh, look, krill," Dory grinned.

"Why did they shout at us to run off," Penny wondered.

"That's a warning," Alec said, pointing behind them.

Soon they turned around and yelped as a whale came to eat them.

"Swim for dear lives," Mo panicked.

Soon the whale came towards them.

"Any ideas, Alec," Jesse asked.

"Swim off? I hope you don't digest," Alec replied, though he knew that wasn't hopeful, but he didn't know what else they could do in this situation.

"Just swim," Patch warned them.

Soon they attempted to swim away from the whale, but it seemed hopeless.

Meanwhile, the fish tank was now icky and grimy.

"Look at that. Can you see that," Gil commented as they looked through the grotesque fish tank. "Dirty. Absolutely dirty.  And it's all thanks to you, baby.  You made it possible--" he frowned to the French shrimp, "Jacques, I said wouldn't clean!"

"I am disgraceful," Jacques frowned as he was unable to exist.

"I don't know what will happen if it didn't make the dentist clean the container," Joanie said.

Gurgle had an issue, of course, because he liked facts being neat and tidy.

"Hey, look! A scum angel," Peach laughed as she waved her arms all around while sticking to the tank.

Bubbles tried to enjoy his bubbles, but it wasn't as much fun as they were now disgusting.

"Flo! Flo!  Has anyone seen Flo?  Flo," Deb called out, unable to find her 'sister'.

"Are there no dentist symptoms yet," Cherry asked Peach.

"Not yet, but it should be soon," Peach warned her before checking, "um, we're leaving. 9:00, the dentist."

"Hello, Barbara," Dr. Sherman grinned to his receptionist as he came into work, "I'm sorry I'm late."

"Alright. Alright, boy.  Here we go, alright," Peach warned them all.

"Now we just have to wait for him to check the tank," Joanie said.

"Bloat, that's disgusting," Gurgle complained to the puffer fish as he seemed to eat the flakes and wallowing in the filth.

"It tastes great to me," Bloat grinned before burping.

"Oh," Gurgle grimaced, "don't you guys understand that we're swimming ourselves?"

"Csendes! He's here," Peach interrupted.

Soon the other fish hid themselves, which made Nemo and Joanie follow them.

"Crikey, how are you," Dr. Sherman grimaced as he opened up the tank, sliding his finger on the inside before looking at it as he wiped it on his patient's cloth. "Oh. Barbara, what's my first date tomorrow," he called out.

"Oh, 10:00, that's nice," the woman replied.

"Leave it open, will you," Dr. Sherman asked her, "I have to clean the fish bowl before Darla comes here."

"It's a good choice, Dr. Sherman," Cody grinned.

"Thank you, my friend," Dr. Sherman said to him.

"Did you hear shark bait," Gil grinned.

"Yes! He'll clean the bowl!  He'll clean the bowl," Nemo cheered as soon as he swam out, "we'll be clean!"

"Are you ready to see your father, son," Gil asked.

"Uh-huh," Nemo nodded.

"Of course you are," Gil said before they looked out to the window to the outside world. "You know, I'm not surprised he's waiting for you at the port right now."

"Yes," Nemo grinned.

"I'm sure your friends are waiting for you as well, hippo chum," Gil added to Joanie.

"I hope so," Joanie replied.

Meanwhile, back with the others.....

Soon they were inside of the whale as it swam around.

"Immersed in a whale....." Jesse sighed.

"Not for the first time," Alec replied.

"When will this whale feed us," Gertie asked.

"Oh...he probably won't," Alec smirked, "perhaps he'll really help."

"I doubt whale swallowing will help us," Patch deadpanned.

"If he swallowed us, but why didn't he put it in his stomach," Alec asked.

"Well, he--" Jesse frowned until he paused with wide eyes like he was now thinking about it.

"Yes..." Alec smirked.

"Stop that," Jesse moaned.

"See? I'll never put you in real danger," Alec replied.

"I think so," Patch said.

"When did I put my guys in real danger," Alec asked.

Jesse, Gertie and Patch gave him a look of deadpan.

"Just believe me, it's alright," Alec said, "we go with the whale, we'll reach Joanie and Nemo."

"Alright, but you might want to warn Marlin," Penny said.

"But he'll listen," Alec replied, "man, he's been very hesitant since Coral's incident."

"We could've saved her, but no! You allowed us to eat him," Gertie complained.

"Why did you let her eat it," Patch added to Alec.

"Because Marlin should've learned a lesson about being a parent to his son," Alec replied.

"You thought losing your wife was a good lesson," Jesse frowned.

"Oh...I can never explain anything to you," Alec moaned slightly, "if you're just trying to complicate facts, I probably won't let you into such an adventure. I'll take you all home and erase your memories of me and everything I've been through so far."

"Well, I'm sorry if you think it's selfish for Nemo to never know his mother's love," Gertie frowned.

"Hey, I did my best to get you here," Alec replied.

"Well, I wish we'd let you stop Coral's death," Jesse frowned.

"I'm a hero! Not a genie," Alec frowned back, "do you think my job's easy?!  In the end, everything will be fine!"

"But that's not fair," Patch replied.

"LIFE isn't fair, Spot," Alec glared.

"We hope we get to Sydney soon," Penny said.

"Trust me, we'll do it," Alec replied before catching Patch and Jesse, "and you two don't have to shout at me like that again, or I'm going to send you to Mars!"

"The planet or the heavens," Jesse asked.

"I'll find out for myself," Alec smirked evilly.

"Planet, yes," Jesse sighed.

"You'll see if you speak to me like that again," Alec said before dropping them on top of each other.

"Yes, sir," Jesse and Patch replied.

Marlin seemed to be feeling anxious while Dory was having the time of her life.

"What's wrong with her," Gertie asked, referring to Dory.

"You know Dory has special needs," Alec replied, "I think it's because she had her parents from an early age."

"Ooh," the group grinned, "historical time?"

"How old are you," Alec raised an eyebrow at them.

"Oh, c'mon, warn us," Penny begged.

Alec looked to her until she gave him a puppy dog pout. "HA!! Little girl, I'm hundred years of old, do you really think that old trick will work...on...me..." his voice grew soft as he looked like he was going to give in, "OK...that's it, I think Marlin and Dory can warn you while you're trying to find a road out...do you like it?"

"Oh, yes," the others grinned.

"OK, that's it, I'll warn you," Alec replied, "now, Dory, like many fish, was born in the sea. She can't do it by her own actions, that's how she is, and her parents should always remind her what her name was and how to play a simple game.  She didn't have as many friends as a guppy."

"Woah," Patch said.

"She's divorced," Alec continued, "she tried to look for them everywhere."

"How did she break up," Gertie frowned.

"She was looking for a purple shell because her mother loved them," Alec said.

"When did she reunite with them," Jesse asked.

Alec looked to them and looked down as he tried not to weep as this was actually pretty mournful.

"She never did, did she," Jesse frowned.

"I'm scared," Alec replied, "at that point, she swam into Marlin...she was yet looking for them."

"Oh, my..." Penny frowned.

"Wow, Alec...I feel really mournful......" Patch commented.

"I think Dory can stay with Nemo and Marlin for a while after she loses her family. She doesn't remember, but she knows what it's like to lose a family," Alec replied.

"I think so, as well," Penny whispered about her biological family.

"Then where do we think we're going to Sydney," Gertie asked.

"Are we there," Penny added.

"Not yet...soon," Alec replied.

"How fast," Penny pouted.

"Children..." Alec sighed.

"I'm just curious," Penny pouted.

"Don't worry, we'll be there soon," Alec warned her.

"I hope so..." Penny replied.

"In the end...I know it's awful to be in a whale, but it'll get better," Alec coaxed.

"Oh...you care about us," Gertie smiled.

"Yes, yes," Alec rolled his eyes.

Penny scooted behind Jesse. Soon Jesse hugged his adoptive little cousin to console her since she didn't like being here. At last, the whale growled and it sounded like they were about to be swallowed by it.

"Whoops..." Patch gulped.

"Well, that's it, we're going to fly in a few moments," Alec warned them as he knew what was going to happen.

"What do you mean," Gertie asked.

"Just believe me, it's alright," Alec replied.

"Alright," Jesse said.

"Well, it was a little rude," Dory said after a while, "he said we should go behind the two pipes, or we want to take a root beer float."

"Of course he wants us to go in there," Marlin frowned, "that's eating us! How do I taste it, Moby!?  Really!?  Am I delicious!?  You reminded him he wasn't interested in lunch!"

"Alright," Dory replied. "hullo-o-o-o!"

"Stop speaking to him," Marlin warned her.

"Calm down, he's just going to get us out of the blow hole," Alec warned Marlin.

"How do you know," Marlin asked him.

"Calm down," Alec replied, "don't worry, Dory, believe it!"

"Yes, besides, you don't want to warn Nemo what you said before you took Joanie and the divers," Gertie said.

Marlin looked over, he yet felt unsure, but it looked like he had no choice. Soon they dropped down, and at last, before they knew it, they were spit right out of the whale's spout and flying through the air as the whale came up for air.

"Wahoo," Jesse cheered.

"This is crazy," Gertie cried out in grief before grinning, "I love it!"

"Adventure, that's the life for us~" Patch sang like a pirate before laughing.

"She felt like she was falling," Penny chuckled.

Soon they splashed back into the water.

"Ha ha ha," Marlin laughed in victory, "we're alive!"

"Look! Sy-d-ney...Sydney," Dory said as she found signs that they were now where they needed to be, "uh, Sydney!  Sydney again!"

"You were right, Dory! We did it," Marlin beamed, "we'll find my son!"

"With Joanie," Jesse grinned.

Soon the whale began to swim off after dropping them away.

"TAKEEEE ITTTTTTTTTT," Marlin ordered the whale.

"Wow. I wish I could speak to a whale," Dory commented.

"Well, we have to find a white boat," Patch said.

"Right," Dory replied.

"Well, guys, we can do it," Marlin said, feeling determined now.

"Oh, yes," Gertie grinned.

And then, they went away as they were almost there to finding Joanie and Nemo at long last.

Soon the next morning came in the dentist's office.

"Morning. It's morning, everyone," Peach yawned as she awakened first. "It's today! The sun is shining, the tanks are clean and we're out-" she gasped at one of the facts she just said, "the tank is clean.  The tank is clean!"

"What?! How," Joanie panicked.

"The boss must've installed it while we were sleeping last night," Gil said as he found some sort of device inside the tank.

"What are we going to do," Nemo frowned.

"What are you speaking about, Peaches," Gil asked the starfish as she found a handbook past their tank.

Peach muffled at first since her mouth was against the glass.

"Peaches, we can't understand you while you cover your mouth," Joanie warned her.

Then Peaches plucked her face away as she began to read aloud. "'The AquaScum 2003 is a versatile, self-cleaning, maintenance-free brine purifier that can extend the life of your aquarium fish'," she began.

"STOP THIS," Bloat panicked before he inflated upwards.

"'Is the AquaScum programmed to scan the tank environment every 5 moments'," Peaches continued.

"Scan?! What does this mean," Gurgle panicked.

Suddenly, the device turned on, and a laser scanned them all, which made the purple fish hesitant.

"Temperature: 82 degrees. PH balance, normal," the device reported.

"Ooh~..." the fish oohed in amazement.

"Nice..." Peaches commented.

"Oh...ah...curse you, AquaScum," Gurgle frowned.

"That's for the escape plan," Bloat cried out in despair, "damn you all from hell!"

"Then how do we" Nemo was about to ask.

Soon the waiting room door opened to bring in a patient.

"DARLA," the fish panicked.

"Hurry up, Nemo, hide," Joanie warned the young clown fish.

Soon Gil hid Nemo inside of a barrel, but it was just a false alarm.

"My nerves can't take more than this," Gurgle sighed with the others.

"What if that little girl comes here," Bloat muttered.

"I'm thinking, I'm thinking," Gil replied.

"Think faster," Joanie cried out in grief.

"No, wait, Dr. Sherman," Cody's voice called out, catching the fishes' attention, and where they saw what the dentist was trying to do.

Soon Dr. Sherman was taking Nemo out of the tank with a net to put him in a plastic bag for his young niece. Soon Gil swam down in the net next to Nemo, but the others joined in and they swam down together, which made Dr. Sherman lose control of the net as soon as it fell inside of the tank with the fish.

"Whew," Cody sighed out of relief.

Soon Nemo backed up, only to get in a plastic bag this time.

"Nemo," Joanie yelped.

Soon Dr. Sherman took Nemo out of the tank in the bag and put him behind the tank. Soon Cody secretly made his road to Nemo to help him get back to the ocean.

"Cody, what are you doing here," Dr. Sherman asked as he caught the boy.

"Um..." Cody blinked as he felt stuck on what to say, "uh...I..."

"C'mon, Cody," Joanie whispered, "think of something!"

"Did you think Nemo could use air," Cody grinned hesitantly.

Joanie face-finned to that.

"Stop playing around with Darla's birthday present," Dr. Sherman warned him.

"Cody, run faster and take Nemo to the sea," Joanie warned him.

Soon the door burst open as a girl came to have her dental appointment.

"DARLA," the fish tank gang panicked.

"Now, Cody, please, wait," Joanie begged.

"How about you," Cody asked.

"Get Nemo out of here," Joanie warned him, "he belongs to the sea! Take him home!"

"What's going on," Dr. Sherman asked as soon as Cody ran out of the room with Nemo's bag, passing Darla at the door as she seemed to stare at him.

"Whew," Joanie sighed.

Soon Darla came to the fish tank and tapped the glass, which sounded like a booming loud noise to the fish.

"Aah! What is this," Joanie cried out in despair.

"Too loud! Too loud for me," Bubbles yelped.

"Twinkle, twinkle little star~" Darla sang as she tapped the glass.

"Find a happy place, find a happy place, find a happy place," Peaches warned the others.

"Well, at least it can't be better," Joanie yelped until she was suddenly pulled out by a plastic bag.

"Hey! Wait!"

"What a lunch," Gil cried out for Joanie in grief.

"Darla, your uncle's going to meet you now," Barbara called to the crazy little girl.

Soon you could hear horror music as Darla turned her head.

"Alright, let's see your pearly whites," Dr. Sherman grinned grinned to his niece.

"Rrrrrrraaaaaaaaahhh," Darla attempted to chomp on his finger before grinning back to her uncle, "I'm a piranha. They're in the Amazon."

"And piranhas are fish like your gift," Dr. Sherman warned her as he got her ready.

This got Darla emotional as she was going to get a fish for a present. Joanie panicked as she didn't want to die like this before she remembered how a fish was found dead and decided to act like that.

"Oh, dear...poor little tyke...." Dr. Sherman frowned once he saw Joanie, thinking she had just died.

"She's dead," Bloat cried out in despair.

"Hippo chum," Gil added.

"Yay! Fishy, fishy, fishy," Darla beamed.

"You must've left a present in the car, babe," Dr. Sherman grinned hesitantly as he hid the plastic bag behind his back.

Soon Joanie showed the rest of the fish that she wasn't dead, but was playing dead as she winked at them before returning to her acting.

"I'll go and get it," Dr. Sherman continued.

"She's yet alive," Gil gasped.

"She's not dead," Peaches added.

"What's up," Bloat asked, "why is she pretending to be dead?"

"She'll be flushed out of the toilet," Gil noticed, "she'll get out of here!"

"Hurray," Deb cheered.

"She's going to turn red," Bloat beamed.

"What a smart boy," Gurgle added.

Soon they saw Dr. Sherman heading for the trashcan, which caused them to panic.

"Oh, dear, not the trashcan," Gil panicked.

"Joanie! No," Bubbles cried out in grief.

Soon a familiar pelican was seen coming with some company in his beak.

"Hey! Wait!  I found my dad," Nigel warned the fish tank gang while opening his mouth to show who he had with him.

"Where's Nemo," Marlin panicked, "where is he?!"

"Is that safe, and where's Joanie," Jesse added.

"Order! Order," the other fish stammered.

"What's a dentistry?! What is this," Marlin asked before gasping as Dr. Sherman was about to throw Joanie off in the trash, "Nigel, get in here!"

"I can't get in there," Nigel warned him.

"Oh, yes, you can," Marlin replied before yanking on his tongue to make the pelican fly into the dentist's office, "load it!"

Soon Nigel let out a squawk. Darla shrieked as the pelican burst in through the window.

"What the--" Dr. Sherman gasped, "Darla, darling! Be careful!"

A little boy in the waiting room looked over to see what was going on, but it looked like Darla was getting dangerously hurt by the dentist which shocked him a bit, and where it got even more intense until Nigel was flying around. This made more and more patients look worried.

Due to being out of the ocean, Jesse appeared to be a beta, which was a fighting fish as soon as he flopped over. "Joanie? Joanie," he called out for his best friend before soon he found her in a plastic bag.

Soon Joanie looked over until she thought she heard her name. The two looked to each other before yelping at their fish forms as they didn't recognize each other at first, and which was a bad sign as Darla noticed Joanie awake.

"Fishy smell..." Darla asked as she caught the bag and began to shake it violently, "fishy! Wake up!  WAKE UP!!  Why are you sleeping?!"

Joanie began to shriek as this was very uncomfortable for her. Soon the gang in the fish tank rushed to the volcano.

"Hurry now," Peaches cried out in despair.

"Bloat," Gil called.

Soon Bloat puffed up to tilt the volcano.

"Ring of Fire," Gil called.

Jacques pedaled his feet to the volcano and soon launched Gil out of the fish tank and onto Darla's head, which caused the little girl to shriek.

"What?! All the animals are crazy," Dr. Sherman cried out in grief soon before he got hit by his own mirror and fell flat on the floor.

"I HAVE A FISH IN MY HEAD," Darla shrieked as soon as she dropped the plastic bag with Joanie inside and it burst open.

Soon Jesse attempted to flop up with Joanie, shivering a bit. "Oh, Joanie, thank heavens..."

"Hurry up, we need to get the pipe down..." Joanie shivered.

"Come with me...I'll take you to the sea......but where's Nemo," Jesse asked.

"C-Cody took him...." Joanie replied, "I think you missed him."

Soon they got down the pipe.

"Trust me, right," Jesse asked Joanie.

"Yes! All drains have to lead to the sea, right," Joanie replied.

"That's right," Jesse nodded.

"FISHY," Darla cried out in despair and soon the sink sprayed water in her face.

Joanie and Jesse yelped as they went down the pipe and were on their road into the ocean, and once they got into ocean water, they turned into merfolk again.

"Yes, I'll be rerun again," Joanie cheered until she glanced at herself, "but wait!"

"This is much better," Jesse grinned.

"Um...thank you for saving me," Joanie said to him.

"What's your best friend," Jesse asked.

"Don't push it," Joanie looked away.

Soon Jesse hugged her.

"Wah! You're hurting me," Joanie cried out in grief, though he kept hugging since he was glad she was alright.

"I'm glad you're alright," Jesse grinned.

"Alright, you can now let go....." Joanie complained, "don't ruin my welcome home festival."

Soon the others swam over as Jesse let go of her, and soon where they saw Cody reaching the ocean before he untied the plastic bag and poured all the water, including Nemo into the ocean. Nemo looked over.

"Go, boy, you're free," Cody grinned to the young clown fish.

Nemo grinned back before hearing familiar voices, which was one of his father's voice. He began to swim over and looked over to Joanie and Jesse.

"C'mon, Nemo, let's take you home," Jesse grinned to the young clown fish.

"Yes, you're quite adventurous," Joanie said.

"Joanie? Is this you," Nemo asked her.

"Yes, that's a long story," Joanie replied as soon as she and Jesse swam with him to go back home to Marlin.

And soon where they saw Marlin rushing over to Nemo. The father and son embraced each other once they were eventually reunited.

"Nemo, are you alright," Marlin asked, "I was very concerned about you."

"Dad...I don't hate you," Nemo softly said.

"Say, Marlin, why don't you warn Nemo about sea turtles," Gertie spoke up.

"Huh...you think so," Marlin replied.

"I'll go for this," Gertie grinned.

"Alright," Marlin grinned back.

"What is this, Dad," Nemo asked his father.

"Sea turtles? I met you," Marlin grinned, "and he was 150."

"150," Nemo asked.

"Uh-huh," Marlin nodded.

"Because they said Sandy Plankton can live to be 100 years old," Nemo replied.

"Sandy Plankton? Do you think I'll cross the ocean without knowing as much as Sandy Plankton," Marlin glanced at him for that.

And where this caused Nemo to laugh slightly as his father started going at it, acting silly at the same time.

"He was 150, not 100," Marlin continued, "who is this Sandy Plankton who knows everything?"

The next day back at Nemo's home. Nemo was catching up on some sleep.

"It's time for school! It's time for school," Marlin beamed as he attempted to awaken his son, "wake up!  Let's go!  Let's go!"

"He's certainly enthusiastic today," Gertie grinned.

"Just as it should have been," Alec said, "I'm impressed, you guys, this was shorter than I expected."

"Great," Jesse grinned.

"Alright, I'll be right back, guys," Alec said before swimming off as he was going to find a road to take them back home.

Soon Nemo and Marlin were seen racing to school. This made the others very happy to see as they decided to see this day of school until they would leave the ocean.

"I'll win," Marlin smirked.

"No, you're not! I did this," Nemo laughed.

"Oh! My son beat me," Marlin smirked playfully.

"Get on board, adventurers," Mr. Ray grinned to his students.

Jesse and the others were happy for this day.

"Looks like everything's being wrapped up neatly...I wonder what's next," Joanie replied until she had a buzz in her phone and she took it out after it was made waterproof.

"Eradicate these," Jesse asked.

"Yes, it's from the Sugar Rush Speedway app that I downloaded after we met Ralph and Vanellope," Joanie replied.

"Great," Gertie grinned.

"Is there a new level," Jesse asked.

"Uh...guys? I think we need to check this out on land until we leave," Joanie said.

"But what about Dory's parents," Penny asked as Dory yet didn't have her family back.

"I have a feeling this won't be the last tim we see Dory," Patch said.

Penny pouted.

"Don't worry, Penny, I'm sure we'll see each other again," Jesse soothed his adoptive cousin.

"Alright..." Penny sighed softly.

"Well, hello, Nemo," Mr. Ray grinned to the young clown fish, "who's this?"

"Exchange student," Nemo grinned back as he came with a familiar young sea turtle.

"I'm from the Australian East Stream, man," Squirt piped up.

"Sweet~" Mr. Ray said.

"Absolutely," Nemo and Squirt replied.

Marlin was seen making a joke with the other adults. Unlike the last time, they seemed to actually laugh at it because he warned it right.

"But seriously, Marty, you really did all the facts you said you did so," Bob asked after they shared a laugh.

"Uh, excuse me," a familiar voice said before they turned around to see that it was a shark with his friends, "land ho-o-o-o!"

And where this caused one of the adults to let loose some ink.

"No joking," Bruce warned them.

"Oh, we just wanted to make sure our newest member got home safely," Anchor added as he showed Dory.

"Thank you all, guys," Dory grinned as she swam out from the shark trio.

"Well, we'll see you next week," Bruce warned Dory.

"Keep up with the show, Dory," Chum grinned.

"Remember that fish are friends," Anchor warned her as he and the other two sharks swam off.

"Not food! Farewell," Dory grinned as she waved to them.

"Hang on, boy! Let's get started!  Next is knowledge," Mr. Ray said as soon as he went to swim with his students.

"Farewell, son! Have a good time," Marlin waved.

"Farewell, Nemo," the group grinned.

"Farewell, friends," Nemo grinned back as he was on his road to school until soon he turned back to his teacher, "hey! Wait, Mr. Ray!  Wait.  I forgot something."

Then Mr. Ray stayed put and soon Nemo swam back faster and hugged his father.

"I love you, Dad," Nemo grinned.

"I love you as well, son," Marlin grinned back as he embraced the hug.

The hug seemed to be a little longer than how normal hugs would be. Joanie hid a small chuckle to this.

"Uh, Dad? You can let go now," Nemo said.

"I'm sorry," Marlin replied once he let go, "now go on an adventure!"

"Farewell! See you guys later," Squirt beamed as he went with Nemo with Mr. Ray and the class.

"Farewell, Elmo," Dory grinned and waved.

"Nemo," Jesse corrected.

"Nemo," Dory said, "farewell, Nemo!"

"See you after school, Dory," Nemo called back, "farewell, Dad!"

"Farewell, son," Marlin grinned.

"Alright, looks like now might be a good time to go," Gertie said.

"Just what I was thinking," Alec's voice replied.

Executive Producers DENNIS DESHAZER SHERYL STAMPS LEACH

Senior Producer JIM ROWLEY

Writer STEPHEN WHITE

Production Designer JESS NELSON

Musical Director BOB SINGLETON

Lyricist/Composer PHIL PARKER

Educational Specialists MARY ANN DUDKO, Ph.D. MARGIE LARSEN, M.Ed.

Performance Director PENNY WILSON

Cast: Voice of Barney... BOB WEST Barney's Body Costume... DAVID JOYNER Voice of Baby Bop... JULIE JOHNSON Baby Bop's Body Costume... JEFF AYERS Voice of B.J. ... PATTY WIRTZ B.J.'s Body Costume... JEFF BROOKS

Cast: Shawn... JOHN DAVID BENNETT, II Michael... BRIAN EPPES Carlos... COREY LOPEZ Stella the Storyteller... PHYLLIS CICERO Jason... KURT DYKHUIZEN Kathy... LAUREN KING

Cast: Juan... MICHAEL KROST Min... PIA MANALO Julie... SUSANNAH WETZEL Irene... KRISTEN DUNST Tosha... HOPE CERVANTES Herbert... LEONARDO DICAPRIO

Cast: Kenny... JOHN MORRIS Tracy... BRITTANY SNOW Seth... BUG HALL Chester... SEAN MAGUIRE Liz... PARIS HILTON David... KENNY COOPER

Cast: Matthew... KEL MITCHELL Wendy... MARA WILSON Garrett... JUDE LAW Bruno... MICHAEL CALOZ Mary... HEATHER HOGAN Christopher... TODD BOSLEY

Associate Director ERIC NORBERG

Stage Managers HEATHER SMITH TERRIE DAVIS MANNING

Lighting Designer STEVEN BRILL

Editor MCKEE SMITH

Audio Director DAVID M. BOOTHE

Art Director ELIZABETH SAGAN VELTEN

Wardrobe Supervisor/Designer LISA O. ALBERTSON

Technical Operations Supervisor RANDY BREEDLOVE

Video Engineer BINK WILLIAMS

Camera Operators LARRY ALLEN OZ COLEMAN TOM COX BRUCE HARMON

Production Audio RONALD G. BALENTINE

Boom Operators JAMES JOHNSON BRYAN MAYO

Lighting Director LOWRY G. PERRY

Key Grip BUZ CANNON

Lighting Board Operator TODD DAVIS

Grip/Electric JAMES EDWARDS

Construction Supervisor CHARLES BAILEY

Craft Shop Supervisor RAY HENRY

Art/Craft Coordinator AMY ATHERTON

Set Dresser AGGIE DAVIS-BROOKS

Draftsperson CHRISTOPHER MCCRAY

Craft/Prop Artist MARK BROGAN

Props/Special Effects DAVID COBB

Carpenters TY M. BURNS DANNY SMITH

Scenic Painter E. (BILL) SLETTE

Swing Crew CARMELLO GONZALES

Costume Shop Manager GEORGIA FORD WAGENHURST

Costume Technician D.J. SEGLER

Costume Sewing NATALIE SERGI-SAARI SUSIE THENNES

Make-Up Design JEANIE L. D'IORIO

Hair Stylist DEBRA HERTEL HAEFLING

Costume/Wardrobe Assistants BRIAN N. BLEVINS JANET BUSH

Field Producer SANDY JANTZEN

Post Videotape DUDLEY ASAFF

Post Production Audio DENICE CROWELL CRAIG CHASTAIN

Production Office Manager SUE SHINN

Script Supervisor CATHERINE REYNOLDS

Production Coordinators JULIE HUTCHINGS KELLY MAHER

Production Accountant DEBBIE COTTLE

Production Secretary AUSTIN GRAY

Asst. to Performance Director DAVID VOSS

Production Assistant BRADEN MCDONALD

Barney Music Department JILL HANCE CHARLES KING JONATHAN SMITH ETHEL WADSWORTH

For Singleton Productions, Inc. KEITH DAVENPORT LARRY HARON MIKE PIETZSCH

Educational Research Staff PATSY J. ROEBLES GOODWIN, M.Ed. KIMBERLY THORNTON, M.Ed. JOY STARR

Children's Teacher SANDRA GILPIN

Children's Supervisor DWAYNE HULL

Barney and the Backyard Gang™ and Barney & Friends® were originally developed by Sheryl Leach, Kathy Parker and Dennis DeShazer.

Vocal Performances Enhanced with Help from Singleton Productions, Inc.

"I Love You" • Lyrics by Lee Bernstein (BMI)

Special Thanks to Tom Rennen of Intelligent Light Digital Imaging Animal Trackers

Original Barney, Baby Bop and B.J. Costumes by IRENE COREY DESIGN ASSOCIATES

Produced by THE LYONS GROUP AND CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION

For Connecticut Public Television Executives in Charge LARRY RIFKIN SHARON BLAIR

Executive in Charge RICHARD C. LEACH

BARNEY & FRIENDS • BJ Takes the Cake Copyright 2003 • Lyons Partnership, L.P.