Finding NemoMakaela Johnson and Rebekah Shuman

Nemo Character Archetypes:

Hero: Saves fish from net, helps Gill overcome his past Initiate: Wears white, trained by the fish in the tank Damsel in Distress: He needs to be rescued from the tank

Situational Archetypes: Initiation: The ceremony that allowed Nemo( a.k.a. Shark bait)

to be accepted into the tank group Quest/Journey: Searching for a way to go home, but in order to

get there he goes through many challenges Fall: When he disobeys his father it leads to him being “fish-

napped” Unhealable Wound: His fin

Marlin Character Archetypes:

Hero: He finds Nemo Damsel in Distress: He needs help to overcome his fears

Situational Archetypes: Quest/Journey: Goes to find his son, but has to overcome many

dangerous trials first

Dory Character Archetypes:

Loyal Companion: Sticks with Marlin throughout his journey Outcast: Alone, forgetful, socially awkward Damsel in Distress: Lost

Gill Character Archetypes:

Mentor: He helps Nemo get through being on his own and to gain self-confidence despite his disability

Loyal Companion: He encourages Nemo, even after several failed attempts at escape

Coral (Nemo’s Mother) Character Archetypes:

Scapegoat: She sacrifices herself to protect her eggs from the Barracuda

Crush Character Archetype:

Mentor: He helps Marlin get through some of his fears and shows him how to build a better father/son relationship with Nemo

Darla Character Archetype:

Devil Figure: She always kills the fish that her uncle gives her and just hearing about her fills the fish in the tank with fear

Angler Fish Character Archetype:

Creature of Nightmare: It hides in the depths, is scary looking, and tries to eat Marlin and Dory

Hunting Group Character Archetype Bloat, Peach, Bubbles, Deb/Flo, Jacques, Nigel, and Gurgle: They

help Nemo escape from the tank no matter how many tries it takes and help him to adjust to life outside of the reef

Father/Son Character Archetype Marlin/Nemo: They had a lot differences and had trouble seeing

eye-to-eye at the beginning but then they got over their differences and realized how important they were to each other

Crush/Squirt: They had a really good relationship, they understood each other, and taught Marlin what a good father/son relationship looked like via example

Friendly Beast(s) Character Archetype Bruce, Anchor, and Chum: They are all made out to be evil but in

reality they mean well

Color Archetypes Black (dark): Unknown of what’s to come, evil, chaos, and death

Deep water/trench, submarine, Bruce’s eyes when he smells Dory’s blood

Red: Violence and wounds Blood from Dory’s nose and when she was injured by the

jellyfish Green: Hope, envy

The turtles (they were looking for the EAC and met the turtles once there, Marlin was jealous of Crush’s easy-going nature and his father/son relationship with Squirt)

White: Innocence and goodness Nemo (innocence) and Gill (goodness)

Orange: Egoism, pride, and ambition Marlin (egoism, pride) and Nemo (ambition)

Blue: Innocence, devotion, water Dory, the Ocean, the water in the tank

Number Archetypes Three: Birth, life, death

The number of stripes on Marlin, Nemo, Coral (Nemo’s mom), and Gill

Shape Archetypes Oval: Passivity

The shape of the turtles’ shells

Nature Archetypes Duality: Opposites, positive/negative, male/female, yin/yang

Marlin (negative, male, yin) and Dory (positive, female, yang) Valley: Depression, low-points, evil, unknown

Trenches/deep water Water: Passive (go with the flow)

Ocean, water in the tank

Object Archetypes Mask: Concealment

The goggles (concealed the location of Nemo)