In Disney/Pixar's 2003 animated feature, the popular Finding Nemo, a forgetful blue tang fish named Dory helped reunite the clownfish Marlin with his son Nemo. Now, upbeat, perky Dory has her own movie titled Finding Dory. But wait. Dory has no short-term memory. How would anyone know if she were lost, not the least Dory herself? If she were lost, how could she find her way back? And, would she want to? "Dory was not wired up to be a main character," says Finding Dory Director and Writer Andrew Stanton. "Self-reflection is the reason you can follow why a character grows. But, we gave her short-term memory loss. She has emotional memory, but she can't track progress. So, how do you give her the opportunity of self-reflection when she can't do it herself? I would never recommend this to a writer."
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