Nemo Slang Meaning
Nayra Waddles
Question: Felix asked about the adjective gnarly. Sometimes it means "very difficult, or bad," and sometimes it means "very good." When you see or hear the word gnarly, how can you tell which meaning it has?
Answer: Thanks for asking this interesting question! You are absolutely right that the word gnarly has two nearly opposite meanings. To make matters even worse, there is a third meaning, not slang, which is a synonym for gnarled, meaning "bumpy or twisted."
The most common use of gnarly is to mean "bumpy or twisted," and it is used in more formal language, to talk about parts of trees: trunks, branches, vines; and to talk about body parts: hands, fingers, feet, toes, etc. Here is an example:
The second most common use of gnarly is to mean "very difficult or bad." It is used as slang. The context around the word will often show that it's about something bad, as in this example about an accident:
Finally, the use of gnarly to mean "very good" is rare. It is slang, and it is typically used by younger people, and you will usually know from the context that it is about something good, as in this example:
The main protagonist in Finding Nemo, Marlin is an adult, male clownfish with a slender shape and traditional clownfish orange and white coloring. Initially Marlin is playful and worrisome with his wife Coral and excited about their future. This quickly changes when a barracuda kills Coral and all but one of the eggs in their nest.
Clown fish are anthromorphizing fish meaning that they can change gender throughout their life. After the death of family, he takes on many female qualities becoming a paranoid parent watching over his only remaining offspring.
Marlin has several character flaws that hinder his ability to get over the death of his wife. He is neurotic, pessimistic, and worrisome, always fearing for the worst by assuming that something will go wrong. His individual differences, differences in perception of things due to varying psychological makeups, cause him to be influenced stronger by certain stimuli then other fish who are more rational with their thoughts and reactions (Baran and Davis, 2012, p. 145). He tends to take baby steps to complete any task, even one as small as leaving the anemone he lives in.
Emotionally unstable after losing his entire nest and wife, Marlin cannot take a joke. Stereotyped throughout the movie for being funny, as a clownfish, Marlin tries convincing his peers that clownfish are not funny, which resulted in him trying to impress others with a poorly delivered joke.
Nemo acts out in rebellion against his dad to show that he is a smart and strong fish, causing him to get caught by divers after swimming off the drop off. This further spirals Marlin into emotional instability.
Despite his negative qualities, Marlin proves his love for his son by overcoming his own fears in his search across the ocean to find Nemo. He breaks his fear of leaving home and travels to Sydney to locate Nemo. With the odds stacked against him, he works to overcome all of the obstacles that he faces from potentially dangerous mines, to deadly fish in order to reach his destination.
Marlin also eventually develops patience with Dory and comes up with methods for assisting her in remembering things. He becomes a celebrity throughout the ocean for his search efforts and be-friends a variety of marine life including turtles, sharks, crabs, and Nigel the pelican.
Dory is a Royal Blue Tang fish known for their distinct royal blue body color. (Blue Tang, 2011) Her yellow tail and fins trimmed with black also are a distinctive feature of Blue Tang fish. Along her side, Dory has a scar that she got from a jellyfish sting. Like most characters in the movie, Dory has very large eyes for a fish her size and an exaggerated mouth that serves for showing her facial expressions.
Bruce also uses his teeth to intimidate his fish peers into doing what he wants. When he first met Marlin and Dory, he smiled showing all of his teeth, scaring them into listening to him so that they would not get eaten.
Interested in showing new friends a good time, Crush gives Marlin and Dory a ride on his shell through the EAC (East Australian Current), which the Crush is riding while traveling back home to Hawaii.
His youthfulness and energy are traits that he uses to be-friend others throughout the film. While riding the EAC, he uses these qualities during a game of hide-and-seek with Dory. Eager to learn, he is an active listener when elders and peers are talking.
For a young turtle, the ocean has provided Squirt with an ideal environment for exploring and experiencing new adventures. In an effort to help find Nemo, Squirt shares his some of his information about the ocean with Dory and Marlin to teach them how to exit the EAC.
Nigel, a brown pelican, which are only found in the Americas, has a large yellow bill, slender brown body, and white plumage (Disney Wiki, 2013). He frequently visits the dentist office where the Tank Gang lives and also where Nemo is taken after he is captured from the ocean. His beak becomes a weapon in the movie that he uses in defense against the dentist and other sea creatures that try to interrupt his efforts to reunite Nemo with his dad.
After meeting Nemo, Nigel becomes an accomplice in the escape plan to get him back to the ocean. After receiving word from other marine residents in the bay, Nigel, an opinion leader in the Sydney Bay, works to notify Nemo that his dad has traveled to ocean to find him and is on his way to Sydney. He also spreads the news of the father-and-son story to other bay marine residents, who serve as opinion followers, in hopes of reuniting them.
Leader of the Tank Gang, Gill is the oldest and wisest member of the group, which is shown by the deep wrinkles around his mouth. He is a Moorish Idol, a small marine fish with vertical stripes of dark blue and white with yellow accents. As the leader, Gill has a mysterious personality. He is caring and determined but seeks respect from others before showing acceptance of them. Gill often acts unimpressed and tough to his peers, but shows that he has a soft side under his initial appearances.
Gill treats the arrival of Nemo differently than the other tank members. Originally from the ocean, Gill dreams of escaping from the tank. Several failed attempts in the past have left him with severe scars on is right side and a damaged right fin from landing on dental tools. Gill views the small clownfish as a tool for his newest escape plan.
From her time spent in the dental office she considers herself a dental expert. Her role in the Tank Gang is to fill the other members in on what is happening outside of the aquarium and serve as a warning for unexpected events that occur. When attached to the glass, her voice often sounds muffled causing her to unstick herself to relay the information to the tank fish. This is a common joke among the other tank fish who have to remind her that they cannot hear her.
Gurgle is a colossal phobic, who is afraid of everything. Easily frightened and frustrated, he doubts the escaped ideas of the rest of the tank members, but participates in them anyway. Aquarium life terrifies him, and the germs, plants, filter, and even other fish make him very uneasy.
Bubbles is a Yellow Tang fish with bright magenta eyes. Obsessed with bubbles, he is overprotective of the bubbles that come from the treasure chest in the aquarium and tries to prevent others from being near them.
She suffers mentally from living in the aquarium causing her to think that her reflection is her evil twin sister, Flo, as she has named her. Deb suffers from an identity conflict and is often found talking to Flo angrily for blocking her view or saying things that are not true to the other tank members.
Bloat is a brown puffer fish that has small spikes coming off his body to warn off potential enemies. His body has darker coloring on the top and lighter brown coloring underneath with brown eyes. Upon getting scared or worked up, his temper causes him to bloat up. Other tank members assist when this happens in order to deflate him.
A forward thinker, Bloat often sees the downside in the plans that the tank members come up with. Although he is welcoming to Nemo, he is disgusted by the idea of turning off the tank filter. Once all of the fish escape and are celebrating in their plastic bag, Bloat is the one who worries about how they are supposed to get out of them. His questions and realistic views often go ignored by the other tank members, which is a factor in why he gets agitated and bloats up.
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