Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help from her friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them. Her journey brings her to the Marine Life Institute, a conservatory that houses diverse ocean species. Dory now knows that her family reunion will only happen if she can save mom and dad from captivity.Finding Dory / Film synopsis

Tasha Robinson from The Verge seems to pinpoint the overarching theme of the film in her Dory review when she states, “disabilities aren't the same as limitations.” Dory's parents and friends will work with her as much as they need to in order for her to feel safe and cared for despite any challenge she may face.

Monterey “Finding Dory,” the 2016 sequel, finds everyone's favorite amnesiac fish swimming “for the jewel of Monterey.” In search of her family, Dory's destination is California's Central Coast city and the peninsula of Monterey, a little over 100 miles south of San Francisco.

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Dory's memory problems are in reference to the fact that fish only have a three second memory. Dory's Facebook page has the most likes of any Disney character (25,118,559 at the time of publishing). Dory found a home with Marlin and Nemo, who welcomed her into their family with open arms.

Dory is a fictional blue tang and a major character of the American animated film series Finding Nemo. She suffers from the disability short-term memory-loss, which often causes frustration to Marlin, especially while his son Nemo is in danger.

The narrative-mandated internal conflict revolves around Marlin insulting Dory's memory (her ability to remember, not the memory of her) but they are separated so soon after the initial slight that the tension never takes off.

Personality. Dory is an optimistic, friendly and adventure-loving fish. She can, however, be frustrating to short-tempered fish like Marlin, and she can be ditzy and forgetful as well. After hearing about how Marlin lost his son Nemo in the 2003 film Disney's Finding Nemo, she offered to help the clownfish look for him ...

The Marine Life Institute (shortened as MLI) is a fictional aquarium seen in the 2016 Disney/Pixar animated film, Finding Dory, located in Morro Bay, California. It is the place where Dory was born to her parents Charlie and Jenny.

'Finding Dory' takes place about six months after the events of 'Finding Nemo' and follows Dory on her journey to find her parents, who she lost as a child. All her life, Dory has suffered from memory loss and constantly gets herself into trouble by accident.

Finding Dory earned $486.3 million in the United States and Canada and $542.3 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $1.029 billion. It was the third-highest-grossing film of 2016 and the fourth-highest-grossing animated film of all time.

blue tang Dory, the small blue fish with a bad memory from the "Finding Nemo" franchise, is a blue tang, or a Paracanthurus hepatus in scientific terms.