Makaela 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 ID: 472494
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Finding Nemo
Makaela Johnson and Rebekah ShumanSlide2
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 finSlide3
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 firstSlide4
Dory
Character Archetypes:
Loyal Companion: Sticks with Marlin throughout his journey
Outcast: Alone, forgetful, socially awkward
Damsel in Distress: LostSlide5
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 escapeSlide6
Coral (Nemo’s Mother)
Character Archetypes:
Scapegoat: She sacrifices herself to protect her eggs from the BarracudaSlide7
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 NemoSlide8
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 fearSlide9
Angler Fish
Character Archetype:
Creature of Nightmare: It hides in the depths, is scary looking, and tries to eat Marlin and DorySlide10
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 reefSlide11
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 exampleSlide12
Friendly Beast(s)
Character Archetype
Bruce, Anchor, and Chum: They are all made out to be evil but in reality they mean wellSlide13
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 tankSlide14
Number Archetypes
Three: Birth, life, death
The number of stripes on Marlin, Nemo, Coral (Nemo’s mom), and Gill Slide15
Shape Archetypes
Oval: Passivity
The shape of the turtles’ shellsSlide16
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 tankSlide17
Object Archetypes
Mask: Concealment
The goggles (concealed the location of Nemo)