Does Nemo not exist? Understand the dark theory of ‘Finding Nemo’

This Tuesday, the 30th, the animation “Finding Nemo” completes 20 years of release. The production, directed by Andrew Stantonis one of the biggest hits ever released by Pixar, receiving huge critical acclaim and grossing an estimated $940 million at the worldwide box office.

The plot follows the clownfish Marlin, a single father who goes on a relentless search for his son Nemo, who went out into the open sea and ended up being captured by a fisherman. During his journey, he meets Dory, a little fish who suffers from recent memory loss and who decides to help him in his quest.

However, even if the animation presents the adventures experienced by fish while they are in the open sea – or even in the human world -, some theories created by fans present a very different interpretation.

No Nemo?

Early in the film, we discover that Marlin lost his wife and almost all of his eggs after a barracuda attack on the coral they lived in, where only Nemo would have survived. However, according to the ScreenRant portal, a dark theory developed by animation fans states that, in fact, everyone would have died, and Nemo would be the fruit of Marlin’s imagination.

The hypothesis states that, after losing its mate and all its eggs, the clownfish would have invented a surviving child that would have “disappeared” as a way of dealing with the tragic loss, before meeting Dory. Another point mentioned in the theory is that the saga in search of the little fish would be a way for Marlin to overcome his insecurities while learning important lessons about life.

Despite presenting an important point, the theory does not make sense since the film also presents Nemo’s point of view during his journey on the open sea, in addition to both being mentioned in the sequence “Finding Dory”, something that, if the hypothesis were true, this would not have happened.