Just caught 'Finding Nemo' again last night, and you can't ignore Dory. Her line 'I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy' to the jellyfish gets me every time. The oblivious sweetness of it is just classic. Not technically a Nemo line, I know, but it's from the scene where he's right there, so I'm counting it.
What's truly underrated, though, is Nemo's own brand of humor. It's not just slapstick; it's that tiny-fish-big-attitude thing. The way he deadpans 'First day of school!' with zero enthusiasm after his dad's frantic, over-the-top morning routine perfectly captures kid energy. It's a quiet, relatable joke that lands because of the context.
And you have to mention the tank gang. Their dynamic is a riot, but the quote that sticks for Nemo is his part in the chaos. When they're planning the filter jam and he says, with this serious little determination, 'We're gonna make it go like this: blub blub blub blub blub,' miming the bubbles? That's the funniest kind of kid logic—absurd and completely earnest. It's less of a punchline and more a glimpse into how his mind works under pressure, which is honestly funnier.