Sydney Harbor is a harbor located in Sydney,Australia. InDisney•Pixar's2003 animated filmFinding Nemo, this is whereMarlin andDory go to findNemo. Sydney Harbor was first seen (as a word) on the mask. Some of the inhabitants of the harbor include pelicans likeNigel andGerald, variousseagulls, and crabs. The harbour contains many sailboats and speedboats, some of them having the word "Sydney" written on them, as well as others namedAussie Flosser (Dr. Sherman's speedboat),For the Birds, andSurly Mermaid. There is also a snack bar there called "Angel's Cove" that serves as the pelicans' hangout.
WhenMarlin andDory arrive at the harbor after being shot out of thewhale's blowhole, they are suddenly swallowed whole byGerald, who then threatens to eat them only to stopped byNigel, another pelican who knows who Nemo is and his current whereabouts since he is constantly visitingDr. Sherman's dentist office. When Nigel notices a flock ofseagulls arriving to eat Marlin and Dory, he scoops them up and flies them to the dentist's office while luring the gulls into a sailboat, causing them to crash into the sails while the pelican flies through the empty space formed by the boat's mast.
When Marlin thinks that Dr. Sherman's nieceDarla had killed Nemo by shaking his plastic bag (he was pretending to play dead to trick Dr. Sherman to flush him down the toilet), Nigel returns him and Dory to the harbor in grief, and the two to part ways, only for Nemo to emerge from a sewage pipe leading from the dentist's office and meet Dory, who then asks him to find Marlin. During their search, Dory is accidentally caught in a fishing net, causing Nemo to warn his father and prompting Dory and the other fish to escape the net by literally swimming down, causing the net to be weighed to the point that it literally gets torn apart, allowing the fish to swim free. Nemo's plan succeeds, and the three all return home together.
It can be briefly seen in the credits forCars 2, whereLightning McQueen andMater are shown climbing the Sydney Harbor Bridge.
Trivia[]
InCars 2, part of the Sydney Opera House's podium is modeled on the front of a Holden FC.
InThe Rescuers Down Under, whenWilbur flies past the Opera House, the building is rendered in CGI.The Rescuers Down Under was the first Disney animated film to feature fully-rendered CGI backgrounds.
There was an abandoned Disney resort concept called "Disney Wharf at Sydney Harbour", which had to be in this particular location.
Gallery[]
Nigel flies over the harbor.
The Sydney Opera House at night.
Sydney Harbor at night.
Sydney Harbor in the closing credits ofCars 2.
Lightning McQueen and Mater climbing the Sydney Harbor Bridge.
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