Film Theory: Is Dory FAKING? (Finding Dory)

The assassination of JFK. The moon landing. Area 51. None of these conspiracies can match... DORY: Keep swimming, swimming, swimming... *Theme music* Hello Internet! Welcome to Film Theory, the show where everyone hopes this episode doesn't contain fish jokes. I mean, if I do that, I would be a "turtle" mess HA, Sorry, I really thought that joke was ''DOLPHIN'' Arghh, KAK, I have to stop being so ''BOT'' Shrrrrggghhh, this, this It's taking too long. What a "MEDUSA" I am. Ugh! *BEEP* Okay... no more. It's out of my system. NEVER more fish jokes. Anyway, no one wants a movie

theory

about "Shark Tale"...

Ahh, Finding Nemo. Everyone loves Finding Nemo! And don't blame them. It has everything you want from an animated children's

film

. Which is about abandoned children, kidnappings, captivity, mental illness and the dangers of the outside world. MARLIN: What should you remember about the ocean? NEMO: It's not safe. MARLIN: That's my boy! But seriously, that's the beauty of Pixar. Sure, Finding Nemo features cute animated fish cracking jokes, but at its core it contains serious adult themes. What if I told you that there is a Pixar secret so hidden, so subversive and so shocking that no one has discovered it yet?

Would you believe me? Let me go one step further. What if I told you that a fish, Dory, has been lying to us all this time? HO HO Got you, Ellen Degeneres. "Finding Dory"? Previously "Exposing Dory." The truth comes to light! Throughout "Finding Nemo," small fish outsmart larger predators. Nemo is constantly told that he simply isn't strong enough to swim in the ocean. MARLIN: You know you can't swim well! But, near the end, it was Nemo's swimming skills that saved him from the humans. Marlin, a small clownfish that no one takes seriously, becomes a legend in the aquatic community after surviving sharks, jellyfish and whales.

It's such an important theme for the

film

that it even appears in the credits. The smallest and most nervous fish of all, Blenny, turns the tables on the lanternfish, which it devours in one bite. The film revolves around a central idea: don't judge people, or in this case fish, just by their appearance. And if there is one fish that stands out, the most vulnerable of all, it is Dory. At first glance it is easy to dismiss it. He suffers from short-term memory loss, so he has no idea where he is at any given moment. She... just wanders everywhere and nowhere.

Kind of like the animated fish version of Mister Bean. Dory: Keep swimming! Keep swimming, swimming, swimming! Dory keeps making stupid and dangerous decisions. Whether it's asking sharks for directions, pretending to talk to a whale by "talking slowly," or jumping on a jellyfish like it's a diving board. Dory even thinks that sea mines... DORY: Balloons! Look, a party! Who takes this fish seriously? But the results tell a completely different story. When you look at what Dory accomplishes, she's actually the most skilled and intelligent fish in the movie! Dory successfully swaps places with him and convinces him to become a vegetarian!

He may not know what sea mines are, but he sure knows how to fire a missile from a sunken submarine! She is the only fish that can read English and the only fish that can speak whale! Because... yes, speaking slowly was really the right way. She's the fish that knows you have to- DORY: Get down! when he sees a seagull and, most importantly, the fish that finds Nemo and takes him back to his father! So how do you reconcile Dory's naïve personality with her smart resume? The answer lies in the distant past, even in Ancient Rome.

No! No, wait a minute. It sounds strange, but listen. Claudius was Roman emperor from 41 to 54 AD. As a child he walked with a limp and was slightly deaf. As a result, his family rejected him and considered him a disgrace to his name. He was practically Tyrion Lannister. However, these disabilities saved Claudius during the tempestuous rule of Tiberius and Caligula, who murdered ALL nobles and potential heirs to the throne. However, Claudio was saved because he was not seen as a threat. And despite Claudio's physical limitations, he was an excellent political thinker. Just… like… Tyrion Lannister. After the assassination of Caligula, Claudius became emperor and, under his leadership, Rome returned to the prosperity of the time of Augustus. aqueducts, new roads, canals.

Everything was built. And the empire was powerful again. So...what does this have to do with a fictional animated fish? Well, like Claudio, Dory uses a physical limitation to avoid potential dangers. But, unlike Claudio, she doesn't really have those physical limitations. You heard right! I tell you, here and now, Dory does not suffer from short-term memory loss. Throughout Finding Nemo, she pretends. Don't let that freckled face fool you. Using our knowledge of the normal symptoms of short-term memory loss in Dory, we found gaps in her so-called "story." It's time for Dory to feel like a fish out of water.

There are two forms of amnesia: retrograde and anterograde. In retrograde amnesia, a person forgets everything that happened before an injury or accident. Someone suffering from retrograde amnesia can still form new memories. But the memories from before the accident are lost. This is usually caused by brain trauma. In particular the hippocampus where new memories are formed. Think of retrograde as the "Bourne identity" of amnesia. After Jason Bourne is shot and left to die, he no longer knows who he is or what happened. People with retrograde amnesia can remember general information, but not specific information. So in the case of Jason Bourne, she still knows how to kill a man with a towel, but she doesn't remember the name of the guy who taught her how to kill a man with a towel.

The second type of amnesia, anterograde, is known as "short-term memory loss," and this is the form of memory loss that Dory apparently has. In anterograde amnesia, a person is unable to form new memories after a traumatic event. However, long-term memories prior to that event remain intact. A person with antegrande amnesia can remember her school mascot, but she cannot remember what she had for lunch 20 minutes ago. Think of anterograde as the Memory of Amnesia. The independent and less popular version of the blockbuster Retrograde. In anterograde amnesia, people lose explicit memories - memories of events - but retain implicit memories, also known as procedural memory.

The best way to explain this difference is to tell you about the most famous case of anterograde amnesia ever documented. A patient known by the code name H.M. In 1953, Henry Gustav Molaison underwent a lobectomy to cure his epilepsy. In the end they removed a large part of his brain. Unfortunately, the procedure, in addition to curing his epilepsy, caused anterograde amnesia. Which stopped Henry from forming new memories. For example: Henry liked crossword puzzles. He was able to complete all the answers about the events before the operation, but he had difficulty with the words about the events after the operation.

However, Henry was still able to retrieve information through procedural memory. The scientists gave Henry the same maze every day, and when they asked him if he remembered doing it before, he didn't remember anything. And yet, by instinct, he managed to solve the maze a little faster each time. He ran through the maze faster, not knowing that he had already walked through it before. Dory initially has many symptoms of anterograde amnesia. When she takes Marlin to the ship that Nemo took, she keeps forgetting who she is. DORY: Don't keep following me, okay? A person's name falls under explicit memories, so it makes sense that Dory would forget Martin.

In fact, Dory often has problems with names. She calls Nemo "Fabio", "Chico", "Bingo", "Harpo" and "Elmo", but never gives him his real name. Dory also tends to forget things that happened just before. While she is chased by sharks, she forgets during the flight that they are chasing her! When Dory and Marlin lose their snorkel mask, Dory can't remember what they lost! All of these things are part of short-term memory loss. Like patient H.M. But Dory does remember some specific phrases. Especially her personal motto: DORY: Keep swimming! Keep swimming! Later, Dory even remembers the address where Nemo is imprisoned!

DORY: P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Those are explicit memories too, so... is that proof that she's

faking

it? Well, not really! According to Scientific American™ One of the most common suggestions for improving short-term memory is to use a Mnemo technique! Dory's mantra of "Keep Swimming" is a simple mnemonic that helps her remember her main survival tactic. By repeating simple phrases, people with short-term memory loss can remember new things. And Dory's repetition of the numbers places that address in procedural memory. But how can Dory read English, like the exit sign and snorkel mask, without knowing she could?

With this logic, would Dory no longer know how to read? Has she not forgotten? Well, no! Believe it or not, there are several cases of patients with anterograde amnesia who learned to play an instrument. In these cases, the patient did not know that she had learned the instrument, but when she was asked to play it, she did very well. This is because instruments are learned through a lot of repetition and practice. Procedure memory. Think back to H.M. that she doesn't remember solving the maze, but she always solves it much faster than the last time. So there is scientific precedent that Dory can read when she doesn't remember being able to do so in the first place.

MARLIN: Can you read?! DORY: Can I read? Hey yeah! I can read! Almost all of Dory's achievements are due to procedural memory. She knows how to talk like a whale, avoids seagulls, reads... All because she's done it before! Dory doesn't remember having these abilities, but she does remember how to use them instinctively. But then why do I call Dory a liar? Who am I kidding? I wasted an entire episode contradicting myself! Maybe Dory HAS anterograde amnesia. Everything seems to fall into the right place. Apparently, sometimes a kids' movie about talking animated fish is just a kids' movie about talking animated fish.

Rooster! You can swim away freely. DORY: Hello. I'm Dory. DORY: I suffer from short-term memory loss. DORY: Okay, okay! I forget things almost immediately. That is from the family. DORY: Keep swimming! Keep swimming! DORY: A boat? Hey, I saw a ship! DORY: Hey, I saw a ship! How does Dory remember the ship... ...but she didn't meet Marlin? That ship does not enter the procedural memory... It is a fact that Dory saw a ship. An explicit memory. And if Dory really has anterograde amnesia... she would have forgotten it, like all explicit memories, like Marlin's name over and over again.

Not well! The only explanation is that Dory was

faking

it the whole time. Apparently I was right all along. And I have even more proof... Next time! But remember, in the meantime... It's just a

theory

, a MOVIE THEORY! Eeeeeeen cut! Keep subscribing! Keep subscribing! Keep subscribing! To make sure you know as soon as part 2 comes out! We find a lot of evidence that Dory is a big liar. And while you wait, she checks out the Wisecrack channel. If you liked this, you'll DEFINITELY like her Incredibles video. They highlight the film's not-so-subtle message. It's a very good theory, so click here to check it out!

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