History WesternAnimation / FindingDory

** Bruce, Anchor, and Chum are never mentioned by name once during the whole movie. Likely justified as most of the film is spent away from their neck of the woods and there isn't really a good place for them to show up in the plot, but their absence is still noticeable, and taken by fans as a good sign that there could be more to come for the series.

* CerebusRetcon: Dory's memory problems are ''not'' a RunningGag here. In fact, it's revealed she ''can't even remember her own parents on command''. It puts the throwaway line "It[[note]]Dory's short-term memory loss[[/note]] runs in my family... Where are they?" from the first movie into a completely different context when you realize that Dory forgot about her goal to reunite with her family '''for an entire year of her life'''.
** In fact, that single line is responsible for this movie's very existence, after the writers realized the vast implications of what it could mean for Dory's character.

** Alexander Gould (Nemo's original voice actor) provides the voice of [[spoiler:the truck driver]].

->"Hello. I'm Creator/SigourneyWeaver. Thank you for visiting the Tropes Page for the film, ''Finding Dory''. Have a nice day."

* HairTriggerTemper: Hank, despite the fact that he (like real octopuses) has three hearts as Dory stated. But he is also fittingly good-hearted.

-->Destiny: (opening her mouth at the camera) Ahhh! (muddled and slurred, since she can't close her mouth) Ahhy Ahhy, Ahhen Hree! (Olly Olly, Oxen Free!)

* AdultFear: The film basically hits all the sore spots for any parent that has to care for a mentally disabled child, especially with having to carefully supervise them 24/7 and wondering if they could ever fit in with society or survive on their own.

* CreativeClosingCredits: It begins with scenes of Hank messing around with his camouflage ability. Once that's done, the scene switches to the ocean, with the camera slowly panning up from the seafloor to the surface through the kelp forest.

* MenagerieOfMisery: ZigZagged. The film has a major "Fish belong to the ocean, not to tanks" message, but also establishes that the Marine Life Institute is primarily a rescue center that releases animals that recovered from their injuries, and its fish habitats are more or less accurate to real-life aquaria. Yet, the "touch pool", from the animals' point of view, is depicted as a terrifying place where the poor starfish and sea cucumbers hide for their lives from [[HumansAreCthulhu the giant hands of human children]]. Also, the Cleveland Aquarium is referred to as a scary place where animals end up if they are in a too bad condition to be released to the wild.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: In Russia, a song "Дари Дори" ("Dari Dori") written and performed by a band FRUKTЫ (Fruits) playing during the closing credits in place of "Three Hearts", "Loon Tune" and "Fish Who Wander." When the song ends, the beginning of "Three Hearts" can be heard, slowly followed by the ending part of "Release."

* FlashbackBPlot: At the same time that Dory, Marlin, and Nemo are traveling in search of Dory's parents, the audience also learns through flashbacks about Dory's old life with her parents at the Marine Life Institute, how she ended up accidentally getting herself separated from them, and how she spent her life wandering in the ocean before finally meeting up with Marlin for the very first time during the original ''Finding Nemo'' movie.

* {{Flashback}}: Occurs when Dory remembers her parents.

* TwoLinesDifferentTimes: At the same time that Dory, Marlin, and Nemo are traveling in search of Dory's parents, the audience also learns through flashbacks about Dory's old life with her parents at the Marine Life Institute, how she ended up accidentally getting herself separated from them, and how she spent her life wandering in the ocean before finally meeting up with Marlin for the very first time during the original ''Finding Nemo'' movie.

Soon after her separation, Dory meets Hank, a cranky septopus (an octopus missing a tentacle) who dreams of spending his days alone in an aquarium in UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}. Together they navigate the Institute while meeting plenty of colorful creatures, including a nearsighted whale shark named Destiny and a sarcastic beluga named Bailey. Traversing from the sickly Quarantine holding zone to the [[RunningGag Locomo- er, Open Ocean]] exhibit, Dory sets on a journey larger than herself, and perhaps discovering who she really is along the way. Creator/SigourneyWeaver "appears" as the narrator of the Marine Life Institute.

!!"Hello. I'm Creator/SigourneyWeaver. Welcome to the tropes for the film, ''Finding Dory''":

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: One of the main characters is Hank the octopus, although, being a good guy, he is portrayed benignly. The GiantSquid who lives in the waters near the Marine Life Institute, on the other hand...

* {{Imprinting}}: Marlin had to do this with Becky so she could take he and Nemo to Quarantine.

* RingAroundTheCloseUp: Dory has one with [[spoiler: her parents when they are finally reunited.]]