Fans of ‘Finding Nemo’ are going crazy over dark movie theory

A new fan theory about the animated childhood classic “Finding Nemo” smells a little fishy.

Fans young and old will remember the heartbreaking scene in which clownfish Nemo is separated from his father. However, on the “Just the Nobodys” podcast, the hosts conjectured that the character of Nemo never actually existed. In a “Beautiful Mind”-like twist of fate, Marlin — Nemo’s father, voiced by Albert Brooks — has just been imagining his son as a way to cope with the loss of his wife, Nemo’s mother, and their kids.