Film Theory: Is Dory FAKING? (Finding Dory)

[@Jasper255]

Dory: ARE YOU CALLING ME A LIAR? Mattpat: I’M NOT CALLING YOU A TRUTHER!

[@krisdeltarun]

Reading “truther” made my brain pause and rethink the English language lmao I need sleep

[@nikkiofthevalley]

@@krisdeltarun that's me but every single day, plus I've been coding a game.. :P

[@humanityhasstoppedevolving]

@@jesuschrist4664 I didn't know Jesus would partake in such jokes-

[@flexflame2441]

@@nikkiofthevalley what kind of game did you make?

[@nikkiofthevalley]

@@flexflame2441 Honestly, at this point it's a mishmash of completely different types of games, so I honestly don't even know myself.

[@adrianjohnmanuel]

When you realize you were laughing at bad fish puns: ...Carp..

[@bellapastor9801]

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[@miac.8685]

Almost didn’t see it XD

[@pikachobi4842]

😣😤

[@diasteroid]

ANigerianSlave ToTheAmericans, I know what your salmon (sayin)

[@OlaftheGreat]

All these puns are making me hungry. I think I'll have a sandwich...maybe a Gyarados...

[@fox-a-bellaj47]

Imagine being the one making this movie, then watching this and being like... *Well, carp*

[@henry7132]

Well carp

[@fox-a-bellaj47]

I edited it to "Carp" instead or "Crap"

[@safala]

I’m pretty sure that’s what happened. I mean, a lot of the times writers and artists go through that.

[@kk_cats6072]

Koi boi

[@hussainvirk8598]

Cough cough fish pun cough

[@OrigamiAhsoka]

“Hey what movie are you watching” “It’s about a man who’s wife was brutally murdered, and who’s disabled son was kidnapped several years later. In order to find his son he must get the help of a mentally disabled woman and travel across the entire world.” “Wow that’s dark, what’s it called?” “Finding Nemo.”

[@urmumhuge5556]

Best description ever! 🙌

[@Rayllum_Nuzi]

🤣 this made me laugh for no reason 🤣

[@linzgatlin]

Describe a movie plot right

[@AshArrowCommunity]

@@linzgatlin I want to make a movie

[@little_dreamer1778]

Finding Dory "So what are you watching now?" A movie about a mentally disabled women with amnesia starts getting memories of her parents who think she is dead and she goes with a middle aged man and his disabled son across the ocean on a pointless mission to find her parents ( bad explanation but I did my best ).

[@thelanktheist2626]

Hold on… In finding Dory, her parents actually said and encouraged the fact she had short term memory loss. Dory believed it and told it to others. What if Dory’s parents were really the faking ones and just put it into her head that she did have a disability? An intense version of the placebo effectz

[@primcasiha]

i think the correct term is munchausen by proxy, not placebo

[@thelanktheist2626]

@@primcasiha A bit late but yeah that

[@connormclean4220]

Probably yea because there was an experiment done that told kids they had a severe stutter when they didn’t , and guess what happened they developed a stutter

[@cheetahlover6589]

@@thelanktheist2626 I think your right! They might have done that so they can get more respect and attention from the other families and wanted to protect dory by causing her to think she’s disabled, so everyone would respect her

[@thekittykatking4086]

@@primcasiha well if she actually did feel as if she was losing her memory then it would be the placebo effect that was put into place by a munchausen by proxy

[@gciske]

So Nemo in Latin means Nobody. Disney Pixar's: Finding NOBODY.

[@m.c.martin]

G.A. Ciske Finding Odysseus*

[@On1yGreen]

The movie is about a delusional father traumatized by losing this family

[@athena8474]

@@On1yGreen He still thinks his son is still alive, but the son has already died long ago

[@On1yGreen]

@@athena8474 yeah exactly

[@Cbenumea]

Wow, they made a movie about you lol

[@oh8911]

*Watching Film Theory to get away from homework on Ancient Rome* Matpat: "The answer lies in Ancient Rome" Me: "Oh Jesus Christ..." i dont have anything against history or ancient rome, i just hate homework ok

[@ImJayy583]

I like trains

[@schwellenangst1605]

@@devthakur2689 How is that offensive in anyway possible

[@schwellenangst1605]

@SansFighter X Well, no one cares nor no one considers that "special"

[@tazihr9137]

ImStraight wake up on the wrong side of bed ?

[@souplord3320]

Or maybe it should be 'Oh Jupiter'. ehh? ehhhhhh? ya weren't expectin' that were ya?

[@doudou7684]

4:53 Actually, Claudius faked his problems too. When he was younger, he was stuttering, but with time it went away, bur he continued to fake it. He was acting really dumb too, all of that to make everyone believe he wasn’t a treat. Then one day, the army elected him to be the emperor so they can control him and they can all control Rome but Claudius took that chance to become the new emperor.

[@liliecoffey8846]

Istg some people have the craziest lives

[@Trainboi1983]

I suffer with stuttering too,I have adhd and autisim

[@ckayyy]

*WHEN PIXAR SEE'S THIS VIDEO* Sh*t. We forgot that part.

[@fried_beans3726]

XD

[@emperorskj595]

Karma-Kun Likes To Fight nice user omg

[@caliemichele2805]

Monokuma With Despair haha so true. This guy is too smart for Pixar

[@bowenmaddren7786]

Monokuma With Despair that's for like every movie maker 😂

[@beckywilson2943]

Monokuma With Despair lol

[@Stereo6400]

I will not laugh at fish puns. I will not laugh at fish puns. I will not laugh at fish puns. **laughs at fish puns** CRAP.

[@idontknow2853]

Hahahahayahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

[@jacobkotai3710]

FyreForce 1600 b

[@madmadammim1971]

*crab

[@Stereo6400]

Ha.

[@katherineisabelleabbey5766]

You mean.. Carp?

[@rizqirizaldo]

Dory: I saw a boat... Phil Swift: *IN HALF*

[@DecInside69420]

XD who else got that joke?

[@moba101yt9]

Hahaha

[@strkr7876]

Ha ha

[@n_0094]

@@DecInside69420 I'm sure literally everyone.

[@kyrakun2559]

hm, alexa: play my will go on

[@xenogax6774]

Just now rewatching this I realize: Dory always reminded me of an aunt. That specific aunt turned out to be a manipulative witch that doesn't care for anyone but herself and brought a lot of problems to the family. I kept feeling bad still relating Dory to her cuz ya know, its Dory, she cute. But with this theory... yeah. Dory=aunt is still pretty accurate. Cute and seemingly harmless on the outside, dark and twisted on the inside. Little me was always right lmaoo

[@nignamedmutt7270]

Sounds like little you was analyzing the actress behind dory too, as that describes Ellen Degeneres to a tee. Probably just picked up on her over-done phony optimism and "LeT'S JuSt AlL Be HaPpY" shtick that defines her entire existence.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

How is Dory dark and twisted? She's pretty harmless and happy. She did help others. Seems like you were just projecting cause of your aunt. Mat was just speculating that Dory faked her memory loss. Doesn't mean it's true. Another thing is writers can have plot holes just cause of their imperfections. I'm pretty sure all stories have plot holes. Listen to disabled, neurodivergent, and mentally ill people. They get accused of faking when they're not. That's harmful to them. One reason why is because sometimes they're capable of doing things and on some days and some not. Their disability isn't constantly the same all the time. Watch Adam Conover on technoableism or disability.

[@sarahberkner]

Or... were you? Vsauce, Michael here. I don't know the context about your aunt but I know some people bring problems to those around them accidentally and I feel like Dory's character is like that. I also notice some people are more easily manipulated, I'm not because I'm not going to put up with something I don't have to put up with, whether or not the person actually meant well. It's hard to manipulate someone who takes personal responsibility for their thoughts and actions.

[@sarahberkner]

​@@nignamedmutt7270 I happen to disagree about Ellen DeGeneres, she was just straight up mean sometimes to people, not subtly manipulative. And it's possible for her to actually care about animals, for example, but have other faults. People aren't perfect heroes and evil villains like in fairy tales.

[@FBI-ep1ts]

This movie can be summed up by: Depressed, widowed father, teamed up with mentally challenged women to find his disabled son

[@charles584]

OHH YEAAHHHHH

[@negitivebike3169]

Under water

[@FBI-ep1ts]

Under the sea

[@dahdanieldudehq7970]

@@FBI-ep1ts why do I see u Everywhere are u stalking and trying to track down the CIA

[@FBI-ep1ts]

Maybe

[@kinos6208]

Finding Dory comes out: I'm about to end this man whole theory

[@Kai_2479]

>:OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO leave this man ALONEEEEE

[@saucyburger7836]

Grettel Temple shut up poo face

[@Asterix_Angel33]

Saucy Burger shut up hater.

[@Kai_2479]

@@Asterix_Angel33 ty

[@Asterix_Angel33]

Ninja Knight Please leave before you start something you won’t have the patience to end. Thanks. 😁

[@zacharywambold1042]

So I know I'm a little late, but I had a thought. Dory says she's seen "A" Boat, that could just mean she recollects seeing boats in her long life under where apparently fishermen fish. So it could be said that little "Slip-up" is being misread here, I mean I don't even think she swims in the direction the boat went, we can't really know when they hit each other and lost their directions, met with sharks, and THEN knew where to go thanks to the mask. Idk, I read too much into cartoons too.

[@princessazulaofthefirenati5870]

It's ok we ALL do

[@FairbrookWingates]

I was actually thinking the same thing. If she sees boats quite often, would the act of seeing a boat become a procedural memory, and thus lead to "I've seen a boat!" without actually meaning the particular boat being looked for?

[@jadenvenes6177]

A little late your like 3 years late

[@Donke267]

Well, she lived in an aquarium previous to being out in the ocean, and my guess is that she was injured while getting to the ocean. She couldn't have seen a boat in the aquarium, because it's an aquarium.

[@Tyrantstorm]

Honestly, it feels like a really loose thread. I wouldn't bother following it. It's one line in the movie.

[@mprxherie3102]

Actually strong emotionally responses are associated with long term memory meaning that since Dory saw Nemo get kidnapped she could have been triggered remembering seeing the boat

[@Mackdaddyy]

Yet (and I know it’s been 2 years but this bothered me and I’m sorry) Dory never saw Nemo get kidnapped. If we look at it scene by scene, where the field trip took place there were no other fish around. Marlin followed the boat until it got so far away he couldn’t see its trail anymore. Even then he popped his head out the water trying to see where it went (I mention this due to a time reference). After he goes back underwater he begins asking fish if they’ve seen the boat, where he runs headfirst into Dory. Which showed Dory was swimming from the opposite direction from which Marlin was, meaning Dory hadn’t reached the location of Nemo being kidnapped, nor been there at all. Especially if we take the time Marlin was out of the water, it would put her even further away from the location of the kidnapping (which I mention because Dory mentions later in the film she was “built for speed”) so even if Dory was swimming at her maximum capacity, she would have been at even a FURTHER distance from where Nemo was kidnapped.

[@DaDoppen]

How would someone with short term memory loss know that they have short term memory loss in the first place?

[@bryanzeagler3552]

Good point my uncle died of it (like 2006) and he did not know he had it 😢 but good point

[@-lancepie-1002]

i never thought of that!

[@krasotabella9675]

I really don't want to bring back old memories but how does someone die of short term memory loss. I believe you, I just never knew people could die from it

[@travantemora9413]

+Bryan Zeagler How the fuck did your grandpa die of short term memory loss?

[@gflyr9838]

loop hole!

[@TheoryWitch]

When this episode of Film Theory is actually helping you prep for your Psycholgy exam, thanks MatPat!!!

[@ICannottThinkOfAName]

sure

[@carooper]

What he said

[@noellemorse]

Lol

[@leticiahernandez3510]

People should teach like this, I learn a lot more

[@shreya...007]

Dude Matt's videos helped me in physics and biology and even chemistry a lot, no lie 😂

[@floralpea]

Dory says "It runs in my family I swear!" But if you watch Finding Dory her parents OBVIOUSLY DON'T have short term memory loss

[@LemonSyrrup]

Yeah but it can run through the genes without it being present in a few generations. For example, Alzheimers runs in my family but my aunt doesn't have it. Just like eye colors, you can have 2 brown eyes but be born with blue and things like that. Think of it like a squib in Harry Potter.

[@RavynMad121]

She says "It runs in my family...at least I think is does...um...who are they?"

[@cutiebutterflyqueen9286]

xXPardiHouse1Xx 101

[@noceur2191]

It could have skiped a generation, 4 instance her grandmother could have it!

[@camryn.camille]

It could skip a generation

[@TheOneAndOnlyQuartzBuilder80]

But MatPat, the boat dory was saying she saw was probably not the boat that took nemo, but a boat she saw before she had short term memory loss

[@joeyburton2720]

she was born with it

[@StephanieDev]

"Ok no more fish puns" *10 seconds later* Harry Potter pun

[@vo818]

Ikr

[@poisontippedsword3457]

Those are the best kind of puns! ☺️

[@guyvalefor6016]

Hi! I had to cut poverty in the school gymnasium hmm sounds hot , how did you cut poverty then?

[@howdypardner6278]

The french caption author is named Gryffe Hondor

[@TryHardGamerYT]

no more fish puns no more fish puns

[@andythememer4205]

Who knew Ancient Rome had guns and AK-47

[@ashmondthesoutherntrashmon2210]

And a revolver and a 9! Sorry...

[@henry7132]

Everyone does it's so obviously true

[@DivineChaos204]

Apparently Matpat!

[@Derin_Halil]

and katanas

[@goodnight-moon564]

Andythememer 420 IKR! I’d’ve thought the Greeks would’ve had them first

[@code_g]

The cup has coffee in it but it just shatters lol

[@Sesshomaru474]

scary movie reference?

[@freddiejeffslock9006]

It was not coffee, it was Diet Coke.

[@markmanly5741]

@@freddiejeffslock9006 I thought it was tea?

[@themilkman7986]

It's the weird editing that matpat uses and is trademark

[@DanI-pk6mg]

iced coffee

[@sannekevogels893]

Film theory: Dory is the only fish who can read Peach inthe aquarium: The aqua scum 2003 is an all-purpose maintenance-free saltwater purifier that is guaranteed to extend the life of your aquarium fish. The aqua scum is programmed to scan your tank environment every 5 minutes

[@HomoEucharistica]

Technically Peach is not a fish, but a fair point

[@navi0760]

"Dory,on the surfish" I caught it

[@jacobblakely2224]

Water you talking about?

[@jacobblakely2224]

There is something fishy going on.

[@boot_epik]

Just keep on theorizing and theorizing and theorizing...

[@boot_epik]

Get it? Get it? 😳😳😳

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Yh. I like your comment.

[@anonymoussquid34]

Nice profile pic :)

[@juliasmith9077]

Give a heart to this man

[@asha-ge5ly]

I read that in my head and it was the tune of breathing by Ariana Grande and it took me so long to get it 😂😂 I'm very dumbbbbbb😎😂😁

[@user-oh8zh2hj1f]

When yo laughing at fish puns you feel like you want to "krill" someone

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[@genotheskychild7041]

As a sky: COTL player I feel scared-

[@YouTubes_NPC]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤚💀

[@Rayllum_Nuzi]

meh irl: jeez, does these fish puns have an end? i cant stop laughing at puns

[@balt_kai]

MatPat: *Is about to have his theory proven wrong* Some piece of evidence: "Come, this is no place to die"

[@QuartzIsAnOxide]

I just realized, Dory's "Just keep swimming" may be something her father or mother said to her while escaping from a predator, maybe that predator ate whoever was with her and that traumatized her, causing her memory loss.

[@TinePizza]

wow thats sad

[@VanillaGlaze]

Oh yeah!

[@weissgalathynius640]

but that's just a theory!

[@rtoabra100]

A very dark and disturbing subject matter theory!

[@huntermoore9194]

I agree with you

[@lizzthegayclown]

Ollie: Daddy I love this movie!!! Steph: Matthew no... Matpat: ThEiR aLl DeAd!!!!

[@torieades5612]

why did this make me laugh so hard?

[@drmobiandoom]

They're** Still funny though

[@DecInside69420]

I wonder what MatPat thinks of this comment

[@strkr7876]

NO NO NO WHY WHY

[@n_0094]

Their what? And whose is it specifically?

[@moondreamer1677]

Me studying Ancient Rome in History: Teacher: does anyone know anything about Claudius? Me: 😏

[@krisdeltarun]

Me: I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move

[@nono-yh2vi]

Me:you copy this

[@shreya...007]

That's exactly what happened when my teacher asked us wether anyone knew the story of Icarus

[@thatoneslytherin4205]

Lol

[@fatinaina8226]

I learned about icarus through hamilton 😏

[@happymarleys5335]

Matpat: DORY DOESNT HAVE SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS!! Finding DORY has left the chat.

[@SamuraiJedi7]

Dory with flames in her eyes is surprisingly frightening

[@whataphantrash8840]

ikr :/

[@audiblesigh1067]

another crack in her story: she was apparently born with short-term memory loss. in finding dory, she got a flashback to her mom crying to her dad about dory's condition, and that's how she got lost. but also, there would be no reason to lie about having memory loss when she was in the tank unless she WANTED to be lost. hmm...

[@YouTubes_NPC]

Didnt she get lost when she was playing hide and seek with her parents and her parents told her not to touch the sand but she forgot about that and eventually did touch it leading her out of her home and she forgot the way to her home?

[@MissMultiConsole]

I literally don't remember this happening in the movie maybe I have memory loss too lol

[@YouTubes_NPC]

@@MissMultiConsole lol that did happen tho go rewatch the movie it did happen 😃

[@RAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH]

@@KZbins_NPC I think your talking about finding dory

[@cidercake4373]

@@KZbins_NPC she got lost after her mom was crying and she went out to find a purple shell for her mom that was near the pipe that got her lost.

[@Trae__]

Your free to swim away... *Hi, I'm Dory.* WHY IS THAT SO FUNNY!?!?!

[@parkjimin5107]

Trae Craig just cause it is

[@astronomicalx6500]

Trae Craig idk

[@nniico_]

You’re*

[@WorldWalker128]

It's not because you used the wrong word. "You're"

[@sabrenamelnychuk442]

It is 💩 no it is not funny

[@ripaaliah]

my grandpa has alzheimers which is like amnesia. it's so bad that he doesn't know how mirrors work anymore. he can't remember anything that has happened older than 5 minutes, and constantly mixes up me and my mom.

[@MidnightMuffin]

Doesn't know how mirrors work?

[@postaldude1200]

@@MidnightMuffin You have no goddamn fucking idea how much alzheimers messes up your brain.

[@MidnightMuffin]

@@postaldude1200 And you didn't bother to explain because...?

[@peacheroseee]

@@MidnightMuffin you could have googled but k-

[@MidnightMuffin]

@@peacheroseee I don't care enough to do that.

[@bruhyouknowme2886]

I died from the fish puns at the beginning.

[@vikingr246]

Film theory. Fixing plot holes in movies since October 2015.

[@vikingr246]

*June 2015

[@angelalveras101]

Ben Grainger: Fixing his mistakes starting June 2016

[@michalsimpson5556]

that's why I watch this channel.

[@vikingr246]

***** that's a fair argument.

[@angelalveras101]

Ben Grainger indeed

[@karaokekitten1084]

Maybe when she said "I seen a boat!" She was describing a boat from her past (coincidentally Marlin was looking for a boat-but she wasnt talking about the same boat.) The word 'boat' was a trigger word for her... Maybe something similar happened to her when she was younger that involved a boat? So it wasnt that she was retaining any new memory, but a past memory that she cant remember. But I guess we'll see when Finding Dory comes out! XD

[@tylertrach7694]

That's actually a really good explanation. I hope Matt sees this!

[@citruseditsmovedtoglxssbea7510]

Oh! Maybe she got hit by a boat when she was younger, and that's what caused her short-term memory loss!

[@SSMH6446]

+PixarFanGirl208 It's all making sense now 😱😱

[@maccameron]

-claps- good counter theory

[@karaokekitten1084]

stretchyfletchy325 Thank you! :3

[@realixot4789]

This is a classic example of over protective - over worrying parents that have successfully “ labelled ” their child as something they are not. Alot of time kids are just slow and unique. So yes Dory doesn’t actually have short term memory, more like just forgetful and adventurous... or like rebellious and naughty. She probably forgot about losing her family due to ptsd and once she helped marlin found them... in a way it healed dory so her memory started to come back. Shes not faking it though. She just doesn’t even know that she’s actually fine.

[@supermushroomtitan7597]

"let's keep lying let's keep lying"

[@urbestfriend1597]

SuperMushroomTitan What do we do we lie, lie! 😅

[@mikusruncs2516]

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[@hecatethewitch3774]

Just keep faking, faking , faking,

[@picky228]

MatPat: That's just a theory. Also MatPat: *The truth is coming out!*

[@coalspruce]

Those fish puns tho... I actually kinda laughed...

[@Solis_Aurea]

inhumanpoppy I CRACKED UP TO I THINK HE SHIULD MAKE A VIDEO JUST ON HIS JOKE I WOULD PROBABLY MAKE 50 ACCOUNTS JUST TO SUB AND LIKE

[@tustinlul5849]

inhumanpoppy same

[@pattycabrera3455]

I laugh so hard I replied the puns to my parents and there like "how that funny"

[@LandoCabrizzian]

inhumanpoppy me 2

[@crimsonredsurvival3409]

but they were bad ouns :/

[@natashacraig4250]

7 years later its still a master piece

[@dan9802]

Mes agrees withs yous ons thiss

[@eglol]

Both of the movies honestly Ig someone could argue that the first film is a masterpiece and the second is just close to being a masterpiece

[@natashacraig4250]

@@eglol i agree with you but i was talking about the video c:

[@poliin21]

A fish comes home: Fish wife: Welcome back fish husband! How was your day at the offish? :D

[@theariana1o1]

Hey that's what Jaiden animations said. Not really original

[@a_user1124]

Jaiden Animation 😁

[@matthewrobinson4455]

Jaiden's crew

[@Jinjaganja]

Ari O. Ramirez I don’t wanna be that guy buuuuuuut jaiden didn’t make the joke...but it is a good joke (sorry if I’m a bit late)

[@theariana1o1]

@@Jinjaganja oh my bad I heard it there that's why I thought

[@eagletgriff]

The patient's code name is H.M. because thats what he thinks whenever he tries to remember something new

[@charlotte822]

100 years ago????

[@knoxc.3218]

Film Theory: Ruining your childhood 1 movie at a time

[@bobwilson679]

ikr

[@CoolingKit9]

+Jesus Sandoval Stfu it was a joke

[@jkzeno]

Nah i'm pretty sure it was a joke dude

[@knoxc.3218]

+Jesus Sandoval it was a joke.

[@jkzeno]

see. Hahaha

[@arjundwivedi2649]

That Unusual Suspects ending literally gave me chills

[@KingPOTB]

I do not agree. Though she said she has seen a boat, she never actually says at what moment she saw the boat. In the same way that Marlin knows what a boat is though he's somewhere out in the open sea, Dory must of seen/known of boats before any injury or trauma. However she does actually say that she's seen the boat and the direction it went. It may just sound like i'm writing this for nothing, but i'm not trust me;). I researched into short term memory loss and found that people who suffer from short-term memory can retain information for up to 30 seconds! Now if you refer back to the movie from the point that they meet (by swimming into each other) to when they leave in the direction of the boat, all of that happened around 30 seconds, so it would be possible for her to still remember seeing a boat. you even notice that around 20 seconds she starts to slowly forget about the boat.

[@tactic34wot52]

King P but rember? Dory says that its hereditary, that strsight up blows her cover

[@SAMA691]

I say she lies

[@milesyuen3926]

Also not to mention, in the movie Finding DORY, it shows flashbacks of her as a child, and her parents coping with her short term memory loss.

[@adriannaa545]

Agree. The Finding Dory movie basically debunks this theory. Dory's parents clearly raised Dory WITH a short-term memory. Otherwise, Dory would still be happily living with her family and her whale friends. There is no reason for her to be sinister and fake it... She's not even a bad person!...er fish. There's nothing to motivate her to be sinister. Her short-term memory was just hard for Disney's creators to recreate in their movie.

[@nova_rainbowflare2938]

Your comment in my brain Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla

[@Kalo_]

What if "Finding Dory" reveals Dory having old, traumatic memories about her family being taken away in a boat though? That would tie the ends of her condition in the first movie together, no?

[@NikkiSaguinTheFabulousNikki]

yeeesssssss!!!!!!!

[@JoseFlores-yx8fz]

;( they touched the butt

[@brunobaia7898]

Maybe the fishermen's net captured her parents kind of like in the end of Finding Nemo, except Dory didn't get inside the netand she had a tearful goodbye with her parents who told her to " Just keep Swimming "

[@CATaskForce]

Yeah... that boat she remembers was me netting her family. I must say that was a delicious meal that day

[@kwertiop1527]

It would not explain how she rembers just seeing a boat, she might know what a boat is and what it looks like. But the memory that she just saw the boat is the thing she should of forgotten.

[@eixmlilk]

"I am onto you Ellen DeGeneres" "More like Exposing Dory" He knew.

[@frin.-]

ah yes finally ive been waiting for this comment lol

[@butterboi4539]

PhysicPat is on the scene

[@haihai9022]

This comment has aged like fine wine

[@Rayllum_Nuzi]

ah yes, he knew because HE SAW IT! (I accually dont know lol)

[@Rayllum_Nuzi]

@@butterboi4539 ah yes da classic name.

[@aartivarma8589]

Intro: Happy and Cheerful music Outro: Suspence Intensifies

[@logicallyweird7784]

Does anyone else feel like the creators of films like this watch the theory video matpat makes about their movie, and thinks "huh, that's a really cool idea" and then tells matpat got it right but in reality matpat created the idea in the first place? Oh well, that's just a theory, after all.

[@jazzy3120_]

logically weird yeah I think so too

[@tripaloski_6971]

logically weird yeah i thought about that, it could be right.

[@donjezza10]

That's probably how FNAF kept above water.

[@averagethesmithsenjoyer]

logically weird yeah

[@cajomik6761]

Meh..... we haven’t even solved FNAF

[@blacksai8532]

Well, Dory may not be faking, but Ellen is.

[@Rayllum_Nuzi]

oh no

[@anica7438]

oh gods this did NOT age well-😭

[@MJ_The_Butterfly]

Who's Ellen..?

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

@@MJ_The_Butterfly the actress who plays dory

[@tanyaneilsen5680]

Faking what?

[@tamaramiller469]

This feels like a good place to say this: Sometimes when I talk and I'm trying to listen to something at the same time, in the middle of a sentence not even a second after, I forget what I'm even talking about.

[@ahursm]

Well maybe your just bad at multitasking what you are doing is pretty much the definition (trying to focus on two things at once but getting overwhelmed) People who are better at multitasking can deal with focusing on two things at once without being completely overwhelmed Though I don’t know you and this is just what came to mind when I read your comment anyway hope this happening doesn’t cause you to much trouble irl

[@tiffany-up2ii]

That just happens sometimes

[@dsansone]

Lets take a second to appreciate how much research and editing and making work that he does so that we can know about lore

[@sarahthompson4505]

So Marlin said to Nemo "You don't swim well!" THAT IS THE SAME THING AS TELLING YOUR CHILD THEY CAN'T WALK WHILE THEY ARE 7 YEARS OLD! (Don't hate on me if I spelled Marlin wrong)

[@MichelleMonic]

nemo is like, half disabled..

[@gravityzoommaster]

Sarah Thompson he has a short fin compared to his other fin

[@joeye1015]

that's actually like saying "you don't walk well" to someone with half a foot on one leg

[@khimanihopkinson1441]

lowkey roasted

[@qianna6572]

megajoe 99 right!

[@nownotavailable]

I'm learning so many new things in these videos that would've been helpful back when I was in science class in school, I had no information about genetics in sixth grade when we were learning about it, I wish I watched the "Frozen Not Sisters" one back then...

[@XianTheRetiredYoutuber]

The real reason his dad wanted to find Nemo so much: Clownfish can change sex and may do so if the population is too low. The population of clownfish was low..... and he got lonely.....

[@Da1337Man]

I am pressing charges for the vicious murder of my childhood. that was uncalled for.

[@XianTheRetiredYoutuber]

Sorry, that's what analysis typically leads too.

[@XianTheRetiredYoutuber]

Don't worry about your childhood; it'll grow back.

[@raisa1918]

...Thanks for that very disturbing fact that I didn't need to know.

[@captaindave-o7410]

I knew at least one person would bring the clownfish thing up.

[@wonderofu6951]

10:24 A montage of parents checking their children's grades

[@tiffany-up2ii]

That coffee cup shatter was noice

[@TheKillzone32]

I knew that there was something fishy about Dory's behavior.

[@bozzbros1014]

boiiiiii

[@christinalittleton2242]

It's almost in too deep to take it all in.

[@Rogue_ac]

+Christina Littleton that's what she said

[@dalgeubam]

oh shit waddap

[@mussanabe3031]

i sea what you did there

[@calystae4163]

Hey, Mat Pat, i found a fact: Nemo means no one... I read in a book that acttually, Nemo is never there.... it's just marlin that pretends to have a son... can you try solving this?

[@divinegrlczdugan6067]

"Finding No One" Its all in Dory's head since the shark eat Memo, Marlon and his wife. END OF THE STORY. LOLOLOL!!!

[@orangetre330]

Doodley Undertale Fan Just look it up! Several theorists have researched that topic which your looking for answers!

[@mikaelapaula]

I remember I read or watched this. Marlin might be imagining Nemo while experiencing the 7 stages of depression. idk where I got that search it

[@RTFXSTUDIO]

yes nemo is no one in Latin, that kinda makes since

[@Taksheel]

Doodley Undertale Fan he's named after a pilot

[@anonnymouses7134]

Fun fact: the guy who played Malcolm on Malcolm in the Middle has retrograde amnesia due to a skateboarding accident. He has no memories of playing Malcolm or most of his childhood movies.

[@lewis9659]

How is that fun

[@adoltinamuremi279]

that's a lie, he experiences severe memory loss as a result of suffering multiple concussions and mini strokes (transient ischemic attacks)

[@MarcoRodriguez-ci3pg]

This has already been addressed by Frankie Nunez and is a lie.

[@mitsuri_the_mochi_lala]

WHEN DID THIS BECOME FUN-

[@arfansthename]

1:42 Yeah this aged like organic natural wine

[@Alberto-vx4ev]

Anyone else go "Man f*** you" as soon as he said "Next time?" P.s. i love you mat

[@av4d]

Why censor yourself? Why not just say "fuck"? Covering yourself up does nothing.

[@munchkinik]

It's not his fault. He can't upload videos longer than 15 minutes.

[@cdot32]

Why tell him not to censor himself?Why not let him just say "f***"? Telling him that does nothing about the original comment.

[@irusuferal3834]

I agree so much with you, I was screaming XD

[@SusanBoots]

Yes he can and he has already done just that.

[@alittlebitofkit8384]

I'm always amazed on how well he backs he theory so perfectly

[@kalakritistudios]

_Kitty Catty_ That scene in the end was well done too ... He is a Film Theorist after all ! 😂

[@joshr2867]

"Thanks for watching my theory and see you next time!" Translation: "Thanks for letting me ruin another Disney movie!"

[@batulraza8779]

Drawing With Josh and then I'm like: "I didn't let you."

[@dylantaylor2724]

Drawing With Josh fuck you

[@thedoughnutsystem539]

When Matpat fails to consider dissociative amnesia and a majority of the theory becomes moot

[@dr.sonicyt9437]

Me: mom mom dory is exposed!!!! Mattpat: for the f**king last time REMEMBER IT'S JUST A FILM THEORY!!

[@audrahinty]

and thats *hits screen with nails obnoxiously* the motherfing tea

[@n_0094]

It's not the last time.

[@Midnight_Wolf13]

Lmao

[@bmcdow8884]

This video seems fishy...

[@idkwhatimdoing1713]

XD

[@robinfiybe]

*slowclap*

[@nova_rainbowflare2938]

No it doesnt you just wanted to use a pun for likes you butthole

[@CoatApple]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@legendscrafters4572]

no more fish pun allowed

[@Fabrezz123]

A Shark Tale theory would be pretty fun to watch.

[@DrTonio-bx4xo]

how to run a mob gang 101

[@hirobray7142]

Lol

[@TheFluffyWendigo]

Extortion, racketeering, drugs, murders, bribing politicians, prostitution...

[@posh137]

lets demand the that episode.

[@AustinGen]

how about a theory for the movie Finding Nemo is based on?

[@PBallard71807]

“I’m on to you Ellen degeneres” took on a whole new meaning

[@mothermorrighan7376]

Why am I getting creeped out by fish amnesia?

[@alexmallins5489]

Mood.

[@catgirl7111]

It's Ellen Degeneres

[@lumie9614]

because normal fish dont have amnesia

[@jaeedinger-vanatta4244]

Same bro.

[@DopeDevastation]

Erin Steeley because matpat has that suspense power like shane Dawson

[@lyndsayapril1486]

They live in the ocean. Boats probably pass by hundreds of times. Thus a repetitive memory.

[@lyndsayapril1486]

BUT THATS JUST A THEORY lol

[@Ringleberry]

A FILM THEORY

[@carboncrafter793]

YEAH!

[@tuantran6469]

AAAANNNDD CUT

[@wolfloner95creates]

still ruins the whole purpose of a kids movie

[@goferboy2374]

Actually one of my friends aunts has short term memory loss, and she once remembered something that was a declarative memory, though it only happened once so far

[@leo_3-e]

These theories cover things we always think, "What if this was true?" And then this channel proves them true ❤

[@GazzaGhost11]

Game theory : Ruining your childhood one theory at a time .

[@بدرالأسمري-ف1ظ]

i thing you mean Film Theorist (also Game Theory IS a childhood Destroyer)

[@timtomticklewagond202]

+Darkness Deathfear... *think

[@27shinigami27]

Lol

[@plutterton]

How can anything ruin your childhood if you've already lived through it?

[@TheAnit500]

Dory is a fish, she just meant to have a bad memory and human physiology doesn't apply to her.

[@artydomi2466]

Don't you mean a FIN Theory? Ok I'll show myself out...

[@pyrodragonman9143]

That joke was FINtastic

[@sibe2013]

No I''ll *sea* your way out

[@randomcommentingguy977]

I'll sea the you sleep with the fishes

[@emmarose9402]

I SEA what you did there

[@randomcommentingguy977]

Not bad, but Mat Cod do better

[@joeywild2011]

Funny how he mentions fish puns at the beginning, but the first 3 examples he used (turtle, porpoise, clam) aren't fish 😂

[@dhruvshenai542]

Call it Aquatic puns instead

[@fins889]

Well, he just went through a ton of research, give him a break!

[@joeywild2011]

Yeah, don't worry I'm not giving him a hard time. I just thought it was funny :D

[@elisarosales-solis5999]

Even though MatPats theories may be wrong from time to time, he sure does know how to make a great story with his theories.

[@melinavalenzuela5897]

My mom has Anterograde amnesia but I didn't know what it was called until now I would just call it memory problems because she was in a car accident

[@marcnicholson6956]

I'm so sorry for your Mom's accident

[@2Dawesome]

Poor woman

[@shadow_5331]

Soz to hear that 😔

[@JNSStudios]

Hope she's ok.

[@thecandynator1239]

Sorry about that friends

[@nightbot6924]

Me:(trys to say it with him) Me:Thats just a theory A GAME THEORY... *DAMNIT!*

[@bigchungus4647]

Hey you justu be wanna be myth right

[@morqaner7809]

My name is jeff k?

[@midnightartist43]

That’s happened to me before 😂

[@chaosrose1495]

Haven't we ALL done this.

[@matmaimai]

nightbot aa

[@colinsladek6199]

I honestly love puns because of how cheesy they are.

[@urbestfriend1597]

Bob Awesome8 Yeah, they're so PUNNY! I'm sorry..

[@bonnietelocole6777]

actualy its how _fishy_ they are ;3

[@chillydhruv3087]

Bonnietelo Cole- Yes the new anglerfish

[@giblemeister5714]

Bob Awesome8 some puns are cheesy ey well lets add some bread can i

[@LucDeLaat]

MeowWow Cat Videos Get out

[@BriarLovesU]

I came back to look at this again.... These symptoms you point out remind me a lot of my own depressive ones.....and depression can make it hard to form or recall memories. And her doing better around others, when she feels better, or when she has set goals is very similar to how you get better remembering things as some one with depression and a few other mental problems.. Love you though matpat ♡

[@insius2223]

Anyone realize how the end is just like The Usual Suspects when the cop drops his coffee 😂

[@calvinbrooks7404]

Keaton always said, I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him. Well, I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Kaiser Sosae. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was getting the world to believe he didn't exist.

[@insius2223]

Calvin Brooks the last quote is really powerful bro as he just vanishes

[@themilkman7986]

He probably meant to do that

[@noelward7491]

That's the point

[@HAL-vm3wn]

Who didn't?

[@willbrady3129]

4:05 anyone else get that Harry Potter reference?

[@liamf4290]

yes i love hp

[@Painfully_Real]

I had to rewind the vid when I saw this comment.

[@Painfully_Real]

@@liamf4290 health points?

[@timmy3485]

How wouldn’t you?

[@TrueInkpoint]

Yup

[@wildfirefox1]

That awkward moment when the new movie disproves the entire video.

[@OSCARMlLDE]

Exactly

[@theblackhundreds7124]

Never watched (and wont) Can you tell me what it is you're talking about?

[@wildfirefox1]

+ruskodisco You should. It's a really good movie. The entire movie is about Dory slowly remembering who her parents are, and having flashbacks to when they were teaching her how to manage her short-term memory loss. She goes looking for them.

[@theblackhundreds7124]

Vash Zwingli Ahh thank you. And naw, I didnt have an emotional tie to finding Nemo when I was young and today it's just nothing to me If Aladdin comes back or maybe some other disney movie from the 90's or early 2000 then that would be great but Finding nemo was that one movie I didnt care about :/

[@wildfirefox1]

***** Understandable. If you ever get the chance to watch it, even if you aren't really emotionally invested in the series (ha, series), it's a really funny movie.

[@syra1541]

I love this video, the editing is spectacular. I used to be so scared when I watched it idk why

[@Nerazmus]

Seeing a boat would fall into emotional shock memory, people with anterograde amnesia are able to recall moments with strong emotional connection, f.e. if someone is aiming at them or if they love someone, they remember the face (this was done right in 50 First Dates, not the best movie ever, but they got this right). And I thing seeing a boat is very emotional for fish.

[@phetproductions5818]

why? don't they see boats all the time

[@Nerazmus]

Japhet Falcutila No they don't. It's quite rare for this kind of fishes (fishes form coral reefs) to go so close to surface. They can see a lot of divers there.

[@pfamilygal]

Maybe but the boats then did not take a loved one with them...

[@Ptscf2]

But you have to remember Dory has had some time on the surface if she remembers that seagulls are dangerous. She could have been caught by a fisherman in the past or something. Even if the details aren't exact, that would be traumatic.

[@Ultinuc]

Wouldn't that just mean she'd remember what a boat is, but not actually seeing the boat?

[@sewoh100]

How do we know its the same boat? She could be recalling memories of a boat before a possible injury that left her with amnesia.

[@eoincampbell1584]

You are mixing up the two types of amnesia, short term memory loss isn't caused by trauma or head injury, Dory herself said it runs in her family

[@seancrawford4786]

That's what I was thinking

[@sewoh100]

Arimm The Amazing That is a really good point though I question the reliability of the information she has given because she herself is not sure if the information of wither amnesia running in her family is correct or where her family even is. Also I'm not confusing the two types of amnesia. MatPat just told a story of a person who got the same type of amnesia due to surgery on his brain which constitutes as a non-genetic form of acquiring this type of amnesia.

[@randomname4950]

That's what I was thinking.

[@ÆTHOS559]

Or what if she just saw the boat right before Marlin. I mean, he crosses an ocean in like 2 days, so the boat couldn't have been far until he ran into Dory.

[@GrimRe4per86]

You should've said, "I'm on to you Ellen Degenerfish."

[@GrimRe4per86]

Get it?

[@Luna-by9eo]

+Andrew McCullough lol thats a good one XD

[@chillaria4722]

lol

[@av4d]

Never comment ever again

[@Mus1caChica]

👍

[@ToddlerTornadoTomato]

Dory: *Shows all the signs of Amnesia* Matpat: Welp guess I was wrong Dory: *Remembers a boat* Matpat: AHA!

[@supdawg444]

Because as any psychiatrist will tell you, mental disorders are extremely simple cut-and-dried cases with no person to person variation.

[@zachk3702]

And there is no way that anyone with amnesia of any kind can recover and improve, even in part.

[@Porkako]

Ghoul whip?

[@Simon-mw5ez]

Am i the only one who finds it funny that a psychiatrist goes by the name of SupDawg?

[@Johnny20022002]

+Let's get right into the noose he didn't say he was one.....

[@lens_hunter]

I think you're missing the point of this channel.

[@EclipseSeth]

Hmmm. To be honest. I think Pixar just made her say "I have seen a boat" just so that Marlin would follow her. I know it doesn't add up to their version of her having short term amnesia, but they couldn't find a way of how to make a desperate father stop frantically swimming and talk to a complete stranger that gets lost every 5 seconds.

[@EclipseSeth]

But maybe that short term amnesia is kind of recent? Like she got hot really hard on her head and since there are no hospitals on the sea she just had to keep up with her life and pray that illness is just temporary. Maybe she is even an expert on mental illnesses, since she seems to know various tricks and stuff.

[@librariantopokemon]

WAIT A SECOND! WHAT IF, THE BOAT IS THE ISSUE! WHAT IF, THE BOAT KNOCKED HER ON THE HEAD, SHE REMEMBERS THE BOAT, BUT GETS PERMANATE RETROGRADE AMNESIA

[@greenyoshi119]

she said that the retrograde amnesia was hereditary though

[@noahhounshel104]

Do we know that she actually saw the boat that took nemo? because for all we know she never actually saw that boat.

[@rockwitharms7455]

+EclipseSeth "She got hot really hard" xDDD

[@coleeeeeeeee_e3437]

I never knew Ellen plays dory until now

[@Painfully_Real]

Same

[@gamingstuff7852]

Me too my dude

[@AstraSp4rk]

How tho

[@__-zf3tz]

Saame

[@vx11135]

How????? Lol

[@crescent_midnight7929]

When he says dory is faking her amnesia because she remembers seeing a boat and then you realize she could have seen that before she stating suffering from short term amnesia

[@Ericland_Entertainment_Inc]

Pixar: HOW!? Mind blown!

[@thediamondslayer1561]

Eric Ramirez Gaming 101 boom

[@samyramaratha2210]

Eric Ramirez Gaming 101 remember it’s a theory

[@xCanYouFeelTheLovex]

How is Nemo a neglected son? lol. Pretty sure Marlin is the opposite of neglectful.

[@marioalmanza32]

He was so overprotective that he neglected Nemo's abilities

[@xCanYouFeelTheLovex]

Ehhhh...kind of a stretch.

[@tibnyn4635]

Finally I've found hd Finding Dory here => twitter.com/b897c6b12a2ec17cd/status/739084066801254400?guid=cfbb64c6-350b-4ac5-acce-c51d1d621fa7 Film Theory: Is Dory FAKING? (Finding Dory)

[@aydenwoyus7943]

No it's cause he lost his wife and all his other children so he doesn't want to nemo go too

[@suzannecrowe9473]

YEAH

[@nothingkillsamanfasterthan5732]

Also, how would this kind of memory loss be genetic, as she says it runs in her family

[@testerwulf3357]

That’s got some bad implications

[@milily57]

True memory disabilities have been proven to not be hereditary

[@norotolol4463]

@@testerwulf3357 Kung gn c. Ca v vCard.

[@lz2339]

And we saw her parents yet they didn’t forget her or anything else. We don’t hear anything about it from her parents so Dory has some explaining to do 👀

[@MissionManIAm]

Short term memory lose is a thing and it can in rare chances "run in the family" and MIGHT not effecting certain parts of the family. So thier is a chance that the short-term memory loss skipped a generation or it started with her and she's lieing about it running the family.

[@morbid_fantasy7029]

5:18 When you realize retrograde is misspelled and you didn't notice it the other 17 times you've watched the fish conspiracy video