Dory's friend is Nemo, a four-letter word. Nemo is a clownfish who is the protagonist of the 2003 Pixar animated film Finding Nemo. He is the son of Marlin and Coral, and is voiced by Alexander Gould. Nemo is a brave and adventurous fish who embarks on a journey to find his father after he is separated from him in the Great Barrier Reef. Along the way, he meets Dory, a blue tang fish with short-term memory loss, who becomes his close friend and helps him on his quest.