Talk:Finding Nemo
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The rather prominent whale should be added to the list of species, though I forget what type of whale it is.. 33° 23:38, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Looks like a Blue whale. The only difference I can see is that the blue whale doesn't appear to have the white underside like the one in the movie, nor as wide a jaw - Fizscy46 01:56, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Could be a Fin whale then: that last external link from Blue whale leads to an article implying that the two can possibly interbreed, noting that one of the most obvious differences is that the Fin whale has a pale underside. HTH --Phil | Talk 08:54, May 5, 2004 (UTC)
I always thought it looked more like a humpback to me... --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 00:16, Jul 11, 2004 (UTC)
What does "Mount Wannahockaloogie" refer to?
The article states that Mount Wannahockaloogie ("wanna hawk a loogie") is a subtle gag. Too subtle for me: what's it refer to? --Phil | Talk 14:06, Jul 27, 2004 (UTC)
- 'Hocking a loogie' is slang for 'coughing up phlegm.' I don't know if this would be spelled 'hocking' or 'hawking;' it's a varient on 'hacking.' I think. The words are onamotepias for the noice someone makes when coughing up pleghm. --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 18:39, Jul 28, 2004 (UTC)
It wasn't so much "what does this mean?" but "where does this phrase come from?" that I was after: the article implies that this is some kind of reference to popular culture which obviously hasn't made it to sunny Buckinghamshire :-) --Phil | Talk 08:56, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)
- It makes a little fun of places with long native names - the infamous US example is Mississippi, which is hard to spell and pronounce right, yet is right in the middle of the country so can't be ignored. "Wannahockaloogie" sounds like a native Hawaiian name (that's what I thought when I first heard it) until you realize they just twisted the slang phrase a bit. Good thing we have an encyclopedia in which to explain all this, eh? :-) Stan 13:46, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Nitpicking
- Mr. Ray sings a song "The Zones of the Open Sea" (about the different biological regions of the ocean), which is a parody of Tom Lehrer's periodic table song.
Changed parody to pastiche, as I feel it's not really a parody if the oringial was as well.--217.155.42.246 07:52, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- I agree with this change --Will2k 20:49, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)
- Mr. Ray is not a manta ray, and given his coloration is most likely a "white spotted eagle ray" (http://www.getinvolved.qld.gov.au/emblem/ss_eagleray.html) -- 131.236.1.5 21:33, 6 Feb 2005
- Based on pix and descriptions of the manta ray, I agree Mr. Ray isn't one. But it's less clear which ray he is. The picture and description at Eagle ray do suggest a "spotted eagle ray", as suggested, so I've made the change. I'm troubled, however, at the specific absence in any pictures I've seen of the unexplained bulbous growth in the middle of Mr. Ray's tail (if it's a stinger, like a stingray, it's certainly not where I'd expect it — at the end), and by the vague mention of tropical water habitation without a specific mention of Australian seas. Anyone have better info? — Jeff Q 08:40, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Bloat's species
Bloat is listed as being a pufferfish, but his spines make him look more like a porcupinefish. Anybody agree?