Finding Nemo (2003) Writers Andrew Stanton (original story and screenplay), Bob Peterson (screenplay) and David Reynolds (screenplay). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuvF113uty4 MARLIN (Chasing Dory): Hey! Wait! DORY: Will you quit it? MARLIN: What? DORY: I'm trying to swim here. What, the ocean isn't big enough for you or something like that? MARLIN: Huh? DORY: You got a problem, buddy? Huh? Huh? Do ya? Do ya? Do ya? You want a piece of me? Yeah, yeah. Ooh, I'm scared now. What? MARLIN: Wait a minute... DORY: Stop following me, okay? MARLIN: What are you talking about? You're showing me which way the boat went. DORY: A boat? Hey, I've seen a boat. It passed by not too long ago. It went, um, this way. It went this way! Follow me! MARLIN: Wait a minute. Wait a minute! What's going on? You already told me which way the boat was going. DORY: I did? Oh, no. MARLIN: If this is some kind of a practical joke, it's not funny. And I know funny. I'm a clown fish. DORY: No, it's not. I know it's not funny. I'm so sorry. See, I suffer from short-term memory loss. MARLIN: Short-term memory loss? I don't believe this. DORY: No, it's true. I forget things almost instantly. It runs in my family. Well, I mean, at least I think it does. Uh, hmm. Where are they? This is the scene that introduces Dory, one of the most lovable amnesiacs in film, brilliantly voiced by Ellen DeGeneres. We are often told to give our characters a tic, something that makes them memorable. Dory's memory problem was her defining characteristic. It gave her a weakness to overcome and provided the story with a source of complications, but her overriding optimism counterbalanced Marlin's eternal gloom.

Men In Black II (2002) Writers Lowell Cunningham (comic book "Malibu Comics") Robert Gordon (story, screenplay) Barry Fanaro (screenplay) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY8nCuwSf84 (Agent K walks into the shop.) JEEBS: Okay, whoa. He's retired, right? J: We need the deneuralyzer. JEEBS: You're kidding. J: The meter's running, Jeebs. JEEBS (to K): You...remember me? K (Shakes head): Can't say I do. I'm pretty good with faces. I think I'd remember that (points at Jeebs' nose). JEEBS: Ha ha! The great K's a neutral. K: You're standing between me and my memories, pal. You have this deneuralyzer thing or not? JEEBS: No. Fresh out. Can't help you. Don't got it. Even if I did, if it doesn't work, he dies and you blow my head off. If it does work, I brought back K who, just for the fun of it, blows my head off. So, what's my incentive? (J puts a gun to Jeebs' head.) Okay, homie, I keep it downstairs next to the snowblowers. So many tropes used in this scene. The pawnshop owner who fences illicit goods from the back room (or basement, in this case). The sleazy third-rate criminal who thinks he's got leverage against the authorities. The silent treatment. Show of extreme force to turn the tide in the conversation. Yet they all work well for comedic effect in this scene.

Movie: Memento Youtube: https://youtu.be/i_Y5UB3xxW8 Leonard Shelby: Looks like somebody’s home. Teddy: Ah, that thing’s been here for years Leonard Shelby: What are you talking about? These tracks are only a few days old. Teddy: Tracks? What are you, Pocahontas? Come on. Leonard Shelby: Let’s take a look inside. (reading the photo) Teddy, don’t believe his lies, he is the one. Kill him. I finally found him. How long have I been looking? Teddy: Find anything? Didn’t think so. Let’s go, huh? Aw fuck this. Leonard Shelby: You’re going to pay for what you did. Beg forgiveness and then you pay. Teddy: You don’t have a clue you freak. Leonard Shelby: Beg my wife’s forgiveness before I blow your brains out. Teddy: Leonard, you don’t know what’s going on, you don’t even know my name. Leonard Shelby: Teddy. Teddy: That’s because you read it off a fucking picture. You don't know who you are. Leonard Shelby: I'm Leonard Shelby. I'm from San Francisco. Teddy: That's who you were. That’s what you’ve become. Leonard Shelby: Shut your mouth. Teddy: You wanna know Lenny? Come on, come on let’s go down in the basement. Let’s go down, you and me together then you’ll know who you really are. No. Comment: This movie literally made my brain hurt the first time I saw it. Amazing screenplay that breaks all the 'rules'.