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Title: Watching Finding Nemo as a College Student

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Scranton chapter.

I, like most of the world’s population love Finding Nemo. At 21, I still find myself quoting the movie and making references to it in my daily life. Just last week, my friends and I went to get sushi. Right before we began eating someone exclaimed, “fish are friends not food!” I then had a somewhat-brilliant revelation. I’m positive that the thoughts I’d have watching the movie now would be quite different then the ones I had when I was a kid. So I decided to write down each thought I had while watching the movie. The result…well just see for yourself.

1. All right here we go, Finding Nemo! I haven’t seen this movie in forever.2. And the Pixar lamp just killed the I, that’s not teaching the kiddies to be violent or anything.3. Awh, Coral and Marlin. #cutestcoupleever4. Coral is the sass master.5. Three minutes in and I’m already crying.6. Like come on Pixar, can you not make a movie start off so sad?7. Corallll and the 399 other babies noooooooo!8. The feels, the feels are real.9. Why is Nemo so excited to go to school?10. Wait until college bro you never wanna go to class.11. Yo Marlin! Stop talking about Nemo’s lucky fin, he’s fine.12. I would hate to live in a house that would sting me every time I left it. No thank you I’ll go live under that nice non-stingy rock over there.13. Marlin is in need of some meds.14. Like take a Zanex or something, bro you need to calm down.15.  Lol the Clown Fish isn’t funny.16. “I’m obnoxious,” story of my life.17. Wow Marlin, you’re not very encouraging. Nemo just showed that he can swim and you’re like uhm no.18. “He touched the butt.”19. I now remember that this movie made me terrified of scuba divers as a kid. #thankspixar.20. Oh hey Dory.21. When is Finding Dory coming out?22. This movie came out in 2003, I think its time for the next one.23. I mean if you don’t love Ellen DeGeneres, are you even a person?24. The sharks are having an intervention.25. If sharks are having an intervention, is it called and intverfishion?26. Are they fishaholics?27. Bruce has some massive issues, he doesn’t know dad, and he’s a recovering fishaholic.28. This movie is getting too real.29. This movie also made me hate the dentist.30. The porcelain express, I can’t stop laughing, that was good.31. Gill reminds me of a drug dealer, but a knowledgeable one. 32. What kind of fish is Dory?33. Hello Google.34. Fun Fact: She’s a Blue Tang if anyone’s wondering.35. Did anyone else want a Clown Fish or a Blue Tang after seeing this…no…just me…okay.36. Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming swimming….37. Apparently staring at the light make the fish “happy”.38. Is “happy” a code word for under the influence? I wonder.39. Adult jokes, adult jokes everywhere.40. Putting adult humor in here, sneaky, sneaky Pixar.41. Hey, the guy who does the voice of the blowfish is the character of Robert Barone from Everybody Loves Raymond. Fancy seeing you her broski.42. The fish obsessed with bubbles, he speaks to me.43. Nemo’s nickname in the tank is shark bait. That’s kind of awful considering that he can’t swim. Well, I guess there’s a high probability that he’ll be eaten by a shark.44. Drinking game! Drink every time: Dory says P. Sherman 42. Wallaby Way Sydney, the fish in the tank talks to her reflection, when Marlin prevents someone from doing something, or won’t listen to advice, or when any of the fish in the tank mention they don’t like being dirty.45. Marlin’s an a-hole, if he just listened to Dory they wouldn’t have gotten stung by all those jellyfish.46. Dory is my spirit animal.47. I WANT A SQUIRT!48. After this I’m going to the pet store and getting a little turtle, it’s happening.49. Fun game: when with a group of your friends say, “Have you found your exit buddy?” and see how many of them grab someone.50. That’s when you know they’re cool because they’ve seen this movie.51.  Is there anyone who hasn’t seen this movie?52.  “What is it about men not asking for directions.” #realtalk53. Why is the whale the only fish in the ocean that can’t speak English?54. All these fish have psychological issues, like all of them.55. I would love to have Dory’s outlook on life, she sees the best in everything.56. She’s also a fun time.57. Nigel the pelican’s a cool bro. He’s pretty chill just hanging with his pelican friends on the top of buildings.58. If he were a person I’d be his friend.59. Marlin and Dory have been through so much in this movie, they almost died multiple times and he thinks his son’s dead. To top it off, Dory finally has a friend and he’s leaving her!60. This movie is sadder than I remember.61. THEY FOUND NEMO!!!!62. Yes everything is happy Marlin found Nemo, Dory has her friend back and ….s*&t63. Haven’t these fish gone through enough and then Pixar makes Dory get caught in the net! What next?64. Come Pixar enough’s enough, I can’t take any more awful things happening to these poor fish.65. The force from all the fish swimming down you would think would be enough to take the whole boat under.66. They’re free!67. Awh, the end is still adorable.68. I wonder if those fish from the dentist ever get out of the plastic bags.69. Or what if they’re just random fish swimming in plastic bags full of water on the surface of the ocean somewhere?70. This movie taught me never to shake the bag or they fish will go belly up.71. It also taught me not to poke the tank because the fish they don’t like it.72. But seriously when is Finding Dory coming out?73. Will that movie answer my questions about bagged fish? I guess we’ll find out.

Jordan Gruttadauria is a NEPA native that can't wait for a New York City lifestyle. She is a senior at the University of Scranton majoring in Strategic Communication with a concentration in Public Relations and minoring in Theatre. When she is not working on one of the theatre productions at Scranton, you can find Jordan either eating a burrito or binge watching Law and Order: SVU on Netflix(I mean who doesn't want to grow up one day to be Olivia Benson). Jordan and coffee are a bond that cannot be broken, so if you see her on campus expect her to have coffee cup in hand. She is very excited to start writing for Her Campus and share stories with other girls on campus. Follow her on Instagram @jordangruttadauria and on Twitter @jordaaann13
Samantha is an East Coast girl from Pennsylvania with a New York City attitude and a Florida mindset. Her shopping habits are contagious; she has inherited them from her mom (they say mother knows best, right?). Samantha is a University of Scranton senior majoring in Strategic Communication with a minor in Business. She is the Campus Correspondent of Her Campus Scranton, which she co-founded in September 2014 with her best friend, Elise. She is also the captain for Scranton Love Your Melon and secretary of the University of Scranton's Business Club. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter, @samanthaamilazzo @samanthaliza_