“What’s your name?” A dude asked God.
“Uhh... Nemo!” God replied.
“Huh?”
“Nemo is Latin for ‘no one.’ I have no one name.”
“Alright, Nemo,” the dude said. “It’s nice to meet you!”
“Just call me God, okay?”
-Lucy 12:50 (Sassy Jesus Translation)
Pixar’s Finding Nemo (2003) was originally about a tired circus clown named Merlin finding trust in God and the truth. It was once going to be a Veggietales (R.I.P.) short, but Big Idea sold the rough notes and sketches were sold to Pixar for a whopping $2.
There were bumps in the road to the finished film, like when Lin-Manuel Miranda denied the invitation to play Merlin, saying:
“1. That sounds stupid.
2. I’m pretty sure I’m not famous yet.”
The biggest roadblock of them all was the executive decision was made to change it to a non-religious movie about clownfish. With only 5 minutes to spare, the team changed the characters and dialogue to fit the new story. They changed the clever lady priest to a surgeonfish with short-term memory loss, and God to Merlin’s son, who was cleverly named “Nemo.”
You might not have known, but “You Found Me” by The Fray was written for Finding Nemo, but scrapped along with the original plot. The Fray still released it, but made it a little edgier.
So few people know about this fact, that some people have theorized that it’s made up for comical reasons! Balderdash!
I haven’t seen Finding Nemo, TBH. But I still felt the need to tell y’all about this fascinating fun fact. Emphasis on fact. This is definitely not real *coughcoughcoughCOUGH* I mean fake. It’s not fake.
.....
Have y’all read A Kind of Paradise? It’s really good, it’s just not gay.
“Uhh... Nemo!” God replied.
“Huh?”
“Nemo is Latin for ‘no one.’ I have no one name.”
“Alright, Nemo,” the dude said. “It’s nice to meet you!”
“Just call me God, okay?”
-Lucy 12:50 (Sassy Jesus Translation)
Pixar’s Finding Nemo (2003) was originally about a tired circus clown named Merlin finding trust in God and the truth. It was once going to be a Veggietales (R.I.P.) short, but Big Idea sold the rough notes and sketches were sold to Pixar for a whopping $2.
There were bumps in the road to the finished film, like when Lin-Manuel Miranda denied the invitation to play Merlin, saying:
“1. That sounds stupid.
2. I’m pretty sure I’m not famous yet.”
The biggest roadblock of them all was the executive decision was made to change it to a non-religious movie about clownfish. With only 5 minutes to spare, the team changed the characters and dialogue to fit the new story. They changed the clever lady priest to a surgeonfish with short-term memory loss, and God to Merlin’s son, who was cleverly named “Nemo.”
You might not have known, but “You Found Me” by The Fray was written for Finding Nemo, but scrapped along with the original plot. The Fray still released it, but made it a little edgier.
So few people know about this fact, that some people have theorized that it’s made up for comical reasons! Balderdash!
I haven’t seen Finding Nemo, TBH. But I still felt the need to tell y’all about this fascinating fun fact. Emphasis on fact. This is definitely not real *coughcoughcoughCOUGH* I mean fake. It’s not fake.
.....
Have y’all read A Kind of Paradise? It’s really good, it’s just not gay.