However, on the “Just the Nobodys” podcast, the hosts conjectured that the character of Nemo never actually existed. ... “So Disney is literally telling the audience, 'We have a movie called “Finding Nemo,” but it actually means “finding no one,” because Nemo's not real.

Did Nemo exist in Finding Nemo?

"There's a theory that Nemo's not real and never existed. It's actually Marlin's imagination because he's grieving over the death of his wife and all his kids. ... "Disney's literally telling the audience we have a movie called Finding Nemo but it actually means finding no one, because Nemo's not real."

Was Nemo ever real?

Where am I going with this? Here it is, folks: the eponymous character of this children's animated epic, Nemo, doesn't actually exist. Finding Nemo is in fact the tale of a psychologically damaged clown fish who must go on a personal journey as he tries to overcome the pain and fear caused by the loss of his family.