They each dare each other to see how far out they can go from the reef, but as Nemo is telling them that his father says it's not safe, a frantic Marlin (who was chasing after them upon hearing they were heading to the drop-off) rushes in, attempting to stop Nemo from swimming off. At one point, he joins his friends in sneaking away from the rest of the class and discovers the drop-off, seeing a boat on the open ocean. Years later, Nemo heads off to his first day of school. He was given his name because Coral mentioned she liked 'Nemo' as a name while they were looking at their eggs. As a result of the egg damage, Nemo's right fin is smaller than the left, thus Marlin worries about him and becomes overprotective of his only son. Only Nemo's egg survived, albeit slightly cracked. Before he hatched from his egg, his mother, Coral, and the other eggs containing his brothers and sisters were killed in an attack by a barracuda. Nemo is a young clownfish who lives with his father, Marlin, in a sea anemone. Nemo is a small and slender orange clownfish with big white stripes, small black stripes, freckles, scarlet eyes, and an underdeveloped right fin. He is also very defensive and forgiving of Dory's short-term memory loss as he is unhappy with his father condemning Dory over it. He handles the mission to find Dory's parents better than his father, as he is willing to help Dory find her family. In the sequel, Nemo has a more mature and loyal personality. Nemo demonstrated remarkable leadership, as seen when he led a school of fish to direct them to swim downward to break the net that captured them. However, after learning of his father's bravery, he became braver and hopeful, wanting to quickly meet up with and reunite with his father, which he managed to do at the end of the film. However, after being fishnapped by some scuba divers and placed in a fish tank, he felt sorry for what he did but did not believe his father would come to get him due to his paranoia and fear of danger. Although Nemo loves his father, initially, he felt suffocated and confined by his father's overprotectiveness, which led him to tell Marlin 'I hate you'. Nemo's relationship with his father, Marlin is what defines the film. Nemo can also be very brave, as shown when he was willing to risk his life to jam the filter after hearing about all his father had done to come and save him and when he willingly entered a net that captured Dory and a school of fish to lead them to freedom. Adventuring and exploring are some of his likes. His father, Marlin's, overprotectiveness leads to him being frustrated most of the time, which leads him into being captured by scuba divers. He is also quite friendly towards anyone he meets. He is very eager to go to school at the beginning of the film, but lazy at the end. Nemo is a very energetic young clownfish.

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